The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 380 It’s still a long way to go

"Is the United States really willing to help Persia?"

Zou Jiahua was a little surprised: "Before, things were very tense between them and they almost went to war."

Before, when Persia was under the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty, it had a very good relationship with the United States. Although the two sides did not sign an alliance agreement document, they had a quasi-alliance relationship, and the relationship between the two sides was as good as wearing the same pants.

The United States was willing to export even advanced third-generation aircraft such as the F-14 to Persia, even though the U.S. military did not have many of them, and other allies had never received the F-14. At that time, even his father could not own an F-14.

However, after the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty, the relationship between the two sides took a sharp turn for the worse.

They went from being staunch allies to mortal enemies, and even nearly had a war break out.

If the United States had not been in the midst of a deep economic crisis and was powerless, and if the polar bear had not brazenly roared into Afghanistan, fearing that launching a war against Persia would give the polar bear an advantage, war would probably have broken out between the two sides long ago.

If the United States had launched a war and attacked Persia at that time, there would be no doubt that Persia, facing a life-and-death crisis, would definitely turn to the Soviet Union without hesitation and become a member of the Soviet camp.

"How is it impossible?" Liu Tao said, "There are only interests between countries. How can there be any deep-rooted hatred? We have established diplomatic relations with the United States, and we are now in the honeymoon period."

"Think about the past and now. Now some people call them husband and wife." Liu Tao said confidently: "If Iraq really occupies the lower reaches of the Shatt al-Arab and becomes the hegemon of the Gulf region and controls the oil trade, then the United States will have a headache. This is not the situation the United States wants to see."

"The tone of both sides has softened and they even met in Geneva. We'll see, maybe it won't be long before the United States will directly sell weapons to Persia or even provide loans to Persia," said Liu Tao.

Of course, it is also very difficult for the United States to do this.

Because the two sides have quarreled so fiercely in the past few years, and the Americans are quite hostile to Persia, it is very difficult to take this step. If it is done secretly, once it is exposed, the backlash will be very great.

"The Iran-Iraq War can last at least four or five years, and at most five or six years. There is no need to worry too much!" said Liu Tao.

Liu Tao was quite confident about this.

He wants to sell arms for a few more years and make more money.

"Yes, you are right. There are only interests between countries. As long as the interests are big enough, no matter how big the hatred is, it can be put down." Zou Jiahua said with emotion.

The current relationship between China and the United States has only been going on for about ten years since Nixon's visit to China. The relationship between the two sides has made great progress, especially in the past five years, which has been a honeymoon period with very close economic, political and cultural exchanges.

This year, the number of Chinese students studying in the United States has officially exceeded 5,000.

As for those who went to the United States for exchanges, the number exceeded 10,000.

You know, right now across the country, there are still many students and workers singing "The East Wind Blows and the War Drums Beat"!
Now the relationship between the two parties is even praised as a husband-and-wife relationship.

Zou Jiahua said: "Your words give me some confidence. If we can make money for another five or six years, I think our weapons industry system will have completely completed the reform and got out of the predicament. By then, I will have an explanation to history."

His mission was to reform the weapons industry system, which included the transformation of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building into the China National Ordnance Industry Corporation and the reform of other state-owned factories in the weapons industry system.

The third-line factories were "transferred from military to civilian" and handed over to local industrial bureaus. Large military factories were modernized, with equipment replaced, organization reformed, equipped with modern factory operation concepts, improved production efficiency, and developed advanced weapons and ammunition.

In recent years, the weapons industry system has been the most prosperous of all systems, and the "military-to-civilian" conversion has also progressed most smoothly, allowing these state-owned factories to start over with a light load.

The most harmonious relationship is also achieved with the local industrial bureau.

After completing these tasks, Zou Jiahua's historical mission was accomplished.

meeting room.

A high-level meeting was being held at this time. In addition to leaders and heads of major ministries, there were also top scholars in the fields of communications, computers, etc.

"Leaders, the importance of root servers is beyond doubt. Whoever controls the root servers will control the Internet." Liu Tao began by emphasizing the importance of root servers. "According to our calculations, we will set up a National Internet Information Center in Beijing, where the parent root server will be built. Nine cities, including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Kunming, will also establish National Internet Information Centers as auxiliary root servers."

"The first phase of the optical cable project can be laid to provincial capitals and some individual cities. The second phase will extend to second-tier cities. The third phase will extend to third-tier cities based on second-tier cities. The fourth phase will extend to fourth-tier and fifth-tier cities. The fifth phase will cover all towns, and the sixth phase will cover all villages. It will take 24 years to complete the nationwide network." Liu Tao switched the PPT, which had detailed time nodes, coverage areas, and investment amounts for each phase of the project.

This is a long-term project and can be called a project of the century.

"The total number of root servers is limited. There are 13 root servers in the world's Internet system. China has set up 10 root servers, including one parent root server and nine auxiliary root servers. The remaining three auxiliary root servers can be set up in the United States, Europe, and Moscow." Liu Tao introduced: "Of course, we can talk about this ten years later."

"While building the optical cable, it is recommended to build the communication system simultaneously to prepare for the closure of mobile phones and landlines," Liu Tao introduced.

The head of the Ministry of Finance did not look very happy. He looked at the investments listed above one by one, and his expression became a little gloomier with each investment.

He thought Liu Tao was crazy for coming up with such an unprecedented plan. If it were really implemented, the whole country would have to tighten their belts and live a hard life.

No matter how much fiscal revenue increases, it cannot support this plan.

He didn't understand how the leaders could allow such a big plan to be brought to the meeting. It was simply a fantasy.

It seems like the country can really turn on the printing press and print money continuously.

The Ministry of Finance has not had an easy time these years and has been living a tight life.

In order to regulate the country's fiscal revenue, the Ministry of Finance has racked its brains, but plans often cannot keep up with changes and always have to be adjusted.

Now seeing Liu Tao introducing the plan, he wanted to die.

Liu Tao mentioned hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars as soon as he opened his mouth, but how much does the Ministry of Finance earn in an entire year?
The head of the Ministry of Electronics Industry also glared at the head of the Ministry of Finance. Their eyes were spitting fire and anger, as if their reverse scale had been touched.

If it wasn't for this occasion, he would have slammed the table and cursed.

(End of this chapter)