The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 421: You should always have dreams, what if they come true? (asking for monthly tickets)
I stayed in Hong Kong for a total of eleven days, and then I took a flight directly from Hong Kong Airport to Beijing Airport.

This time he returned to Beijing to attend an important meeting.

There was only one topic for the meeting, and that was the Kashmir region!

A map on the wall shows the Kashmir region.

The Kashmir region is divided into Pakistan-controlled areas and Indian-controlled areas.

As for the Aksai Chin region and the Karakoram Corridor region, they are completely Chinese territories and there is no dispute over these places at all.

"Pakistan cannot lose again, and it cannot lose control of Kashmia. Once it loses Kashmia, the entire situation in Pakistan may collapse, and it will be swallowed up step by step by India. Once India takes over the whole of Kashmia, it can project its power to Afghanistan and other Central Asian and even the Middle East." The sudden outbreak of the fourth India-Pakistan war has attracted global attention, and China is naturally no exception.

A middle-aged man frowned and said, "But at present, our energy is on streamlining the troops, as well as reforming and reorganizing them. The war in the south has already made us feel exhausted, and we are no longer able to project too much power in the Kashmir region."

The annual military expenditure is less than 20 billion yuan. Streamlining the troops is already a lot of energy, and military reform also requires a lot of energy.

There is really no spare money to be kept in Kashmir.

For the troops, completing the reduction of one million troops is the top priority this year and the first task, and everything else comes second.

Kashmir is important, yes, but it is not among the top ten issues today.

"Comrade Liu Tao, please tell me." The old man smoked a cigarette and looked at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao hesitated for a moment and organized his words: "We all know that we must not let India control Kashmir. This is a strategic issue, not a tactical issue."

When the others heard Liu Tao say this, they all nodded slightly.

This is a consensus!

Without controlling Kashmir, India can only be confined to the South Asian subcontinent, and at best it cannot be called the overlord of South Asia.

But if India gains control of Kashmir, then there is no doubt that India will gradually grow into the overlord of South Asia and dominate the entire South Asia. Pakistan will find it difficult to sustain such a situation for too long.

After dominating South Asia, India will certainly expand its influence to Central Asia and the Middle East. At that time, it will not be a regional power but a world power.

"Helping Pakistan is an inevitable option, not a question of whether or not. Of course, we can convince the Americans to pay, and we will sell it to Pakistan at a low price. India dares to start a war at this time, and there must be the Soviets' instigation behind it. The Americans will never want to see the Soviet Union really open up a channel to the Indian Ocean. Once Pakistan is finished, the Soviet Union will gain access to the sea in the south, and its influence will radiate to the Indian Ocean and will have a huge influence on the entire Arabian Sea." Liu Tao seemed very calm, "This influence will far exceed the Soviet Union's acquisition of the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base."

The Soviet Union's acquisition of the Cam Ranh Bay naval base was naturally very influential, but after all, the US military also has a military base in Singapore, and Cam Ranh Bay is not too far from Zhanjiang, so the overall situation is controllable.

But if Pakistan collapsed and the Soviet Union gained access to the sea there, then it can be said that the entire world situation would be affected and the United States would probably have to raise the white flag.

Although the United States produces an astonishing amount of oil every year, it is the world's largest oil importer. Together with Europe and Japan, they have to import oil from the Middle East every year.

Once the Soviet Union gains access to the sea there, the Soviet Navy will be a world-class navy. By then, the entire Gulf and the entire Middle East will be under the Soviet military's attack. Which country in the Gulf dares not to listen to the Soviet Union or to disobey the Soviet Union?
By then it will certainly no longer be an 'oil-dollar system', but an 'oil-ruble system'.

That is enough to shake the entire foundation of the United States.

With their energy lifeline being strangled, can Europe and Japan still stand on the side of the United States?
You're thinking too much! Just strangling their energy can kill them.

"Are Americans willing to pay? Now their fiscal deficit is getting bigger and bigger, and the US debt is also increasing. Americans are not as generous as before." Some people questioned.

There is no doubt that the United States is powerful.

On land, the Soviet Union was the absolute hegemon.

But in the ocean, the United States is the absolute overlord. The Soviet Navy is very strong, but it is still far behind the US Navy.

This can be seen from the fact that the United States has naval bases all over the world, which can control the world's major waterways.

But the current situation is that the landlords have no surplus food.

Over the past decade or so, the United States has shown signs of decline.

The Vietnam War seemed to have wiped out the spirit and energy of this man who was once the most generous man in the world.

Since the end of the Vietnam War, the United States has not caused any major trouble. As for its invasion of Grenada in 1983, it not only failed to establish its prestige, but instead became a laughing stock.

Because Grenada is just a tiny country, with an area of ​​only 344 square kilometers and a population of less than 10.

One of the two poles of the world actually bullies a younger brother among younger brothers.

There is nothing glorious about this.

"And don't forget that the United States has already spent a lot of money to help Israel. Don't they have the spare money to spend?" someone else added.

In the fifth Middle East war, Israel suffered a terrible defeat, losing tens of thousands of troops, and a large number of tanks, planes, and artillery. In addition, its myth of undefeated status was broken, and its halo as the "Little Overlord of the Middle East" was gone. The surrounding countries were eyeing it covetously. In this situation, the son naturally needed to lend a hand to keep his father from dying.

Liu Tao said: "During the Iran-Iraq War, the United States is secretly selling weapons to Persia. Although this has not been reported, everyone knows it."

"In Persia, the United States will not allow Iraq to win, lest Iraq gain hegemony in the Gulf. Similarly, the United States cannot afford the consequences of Iran turning to the Soviet Union. That would be disastrous for Europe and the United States. The two sides would not have to continue fighting, and Europe and the United States could just raise the white flag and surrender." Liu Tao said: "Similarly, the United States cannot accept India doing this at this time, and cannot accept Pakistan losing Kashmir. If that happens, the series of consequences it causes will likely lead to the collapse of the United States' fundamentals."

"Both Europe and the United States are working hard to prevent the Soviet Union from obtaining an ice-free port. To be more precise, this is a strategy that has been implemented since the British Empire." Liu Tao said: "No matter how difficult life is for the United States, it has to grit its teeth and pay."

"Besides, we should always have dreams, what if they come true? If the United States is willing to pay, then we will definitely be the ones who make money." Liu Tao is inclined to believe that the United States will grit its teeth and come up with the money.

You know, the United States has the largest gold reserves in the world.

During the First and Second World Wars, the United States made a fortune and became the world's largest creditor nation. It also has the largest gold reserves in the world and its industrial power is the strongest in the world.

It is precisely because of this that the United States was able to gain the status of a superpower after World War II.

It is true that the current environment is that the Soviet Union attacks and the United States defends, but that does not mean that the United States has no financial resources. On the contrary, the United States has a solid financial foundation.

(End of this chapter)