The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 61 Understanding (asking for monthly ticket)

Taking into account products in the civilian field?

Wang Baoguo was stunned.

It took him a while to come back to his senses and he looked at Liu Tao with a strange look.

Other military factories would like to have as many military product production targets as possible, and they are all thinking about developing military industry. There is absolutely no military factory willing to convert military products into civilian ones.

Liu Tao, on the other hand, actually thought of taking into account the civilian field as well.

What on earth is this head thinking about?
"Panshan Machinery Factory produces guns and bullets. I wouldn't be surprised if they produce mortars and cannons in the future. Why are you producing civilian products? Can you even produce them?" Wang Baoguo looked at Liu Tao in confusion.

He knew the situation of Panshan Machinery Factory very well.

Since the factory was founded, it has not produced any civilian products.

"Just because it's not possible now doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future!" Liu Tao said as a matter of course: "TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, cars, motorcycles, maybe we can all produce them in the future."

Liu Tao has a big heart!
For example, he wanted to produce a military vehicle to improve troop transport capabilities and transport supplies.

It’s just that I’m busy developing firearms now and don’t have time to do it!

"Military-to-civilian conversion doesn't mean military factories can't produce civilian products. It just means the confidentiality regulations must be enforced!" Wang Baoguo hinted.

Liu Tao understood immediately.

As for confidentiality regulations, any military factory must follow them.

In the past, Panshan Machinery Factory was a third-level confidential unit. Later, after Liu Tao developed advanced firearms, it was promoted to a first-level confidential unit.

In other words, in order to maintain confidentiality, if Panshan Machinery Factory wants to produce for civilian use, it will have to build another factory to separate it!

Liu Tao naturally had no objection to this.

In addition to the current plot of land, Panshan Machinery Factory has three other plots of land. These plots of land belonged to Panshan Machinery Factory after the three previous military factories were merged into the factory.

Liu Tao is now applying to mark out larger tracts of land, especially those he wants to use as production bases for military factories, which are all large areas.

After staying for half an hour, Liu Tao left.

Wang Baoguo has a lot of things to deal with every day, so being able to have half an hour is already very good.

The higher the level of the leader, the more precious time is, and the less likely he is to do meaningless things.

In the afternoon, Liu Tao arrived at No. 2 Ritan East Road in Beijing, which is the Egyptian Embassy.

Egypt is a country that established diplomatic relations with China very early. The two sides established diplomatic relations on May 1956, 5.

In the past, China provided Egypt with free assistance of aircraft-related equipment, and Egypt also donated some well-equipped weapons to China for China's research.

After a few interactions, the two sides established a friendly cooperative relationship.

The delegation of the Third Ministry of Machine Building went to Egypt for specific inspections and negotiations on the pretext of repairing aircraft. They overcame numerous difficulties and obtained an order for aircraft and engines worth US$1.76 million.

Liu Tao naturally would not give up Egypt as a potential target.

Egypt is poor, but a little bit of meat is still meat.

Last year, Egypt's GDP reached 148 billion US dollars, but its annual military expenditure was as high as 55 billion US dollars, accounting for 37.16% of GDP!

After showing his letter of introduction and explaining his purpose, the guard made a phone call. About ten minutes later, a staff member came to take Liu Tao in.

"Sir, this is the embassy. Please do not walk around casually. Thank you for your understanding." The staff member reminded in English.

Liu Tao nodded slightly to show that he understood.

The embassy is a special place, and matters here are highly confidential.

If he wanders around and sees something he shouldn't see or hears something he shouldn't hear, he will most likely not be able to get out.

The staff led Liu Tao to the ambassador's office.

This is an old man who looks very steady. His hair has turned gray. He wears a pair of glasses, a white shirt and a watch on his left hand.

"Young gentleman, what do you want to see me about?" Osama looked at Liu Tao with interest.

Normally, apart from dealing with people from China's foreign affairs department, they also deal with staff from other embassies. As for ordinary Chinese people, they never come to the embassy.

"Hello, sir!" Liu Tao said with a smile, "I am the head of a large military factory in China. I came here to discuss business."

Osama looked at Liu Tao meaningfully.

But in his heart he was wondering whether what Liu Tao said was true or false.

Liu Tao talked eloquently: "I have heard about Nasser's deeds. I admire him very much. The current situation of Egypt makes me feel very sad. Without the hero Nasser, Egypt's situation is not good. The polar bear is eyeing it and needs to gain control of the Suez Canal."

Nasser is a hero of Egypt, and even a hero of Muslims in the Middle East. In 1953, he and a group of free officers overthrew the Farouk dynasty. He took control of Egypt in 1956. In the same year, Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal and fought against the British, French and Israeli forces in October.

It can be said that this person is a tough guy sent from heaven. Times create heroes, and heroes also create times!
Nasser enjoys high prestige among Muslims in Egypt and the Middle East. He is also the founder of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Osama was very surprised that a young Chinese man knew so much about Nasser. He showed a nostalgic look and talked about Nasser with Liu Tao with some sadness.

Osama is Nasser’s comrade-in-arms!

The two sides seemed to have found a common language, the awkward atmosphere suddenly dissipated, and the relationship between the two became much more harmonious.

"If Nasser were still alive, Egypt's situation would not be so bad now!" Osama seemed unwilling.

The Fourth Middle East War broke out, and Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in order to regain the Sinai Peninsula. This was not without cost, the cost was that Egypt suddenly went from being a leader in the Middle East to being despised and ignored by many white robes in the Middle East, and the Soviet Union was also eyeing it covetously, which put Egypt under tremendous pressure.

Egypt's location is really too important. It spans the two continents of Asia and Africa, and occupies an important strategic position as a world transportation hub, world trade channel and world military passage. It is the center of three concentric circles: Africa, the Arab world and the Islamic world.

This has caused Egypt to attract the attention of a group of wolves, who all want to control Egypt and the Suez Canal!

With the support of the United States and the Soviet Union, they worked together to make Britain lose control of the Suez Canal.

But it's not that the two philanthropists are good people. They just don't want the former overlord to control the Suez Canal anymore. They want to control it themselves and thus strengthen their influence on the surrounding areas.

Liu Tao couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Osama. Osama thought that this situation would not exist if Nasser was still around. In fact, this situation is unavoidable under the general trend. Hasn't China been trapped between two superpowers for so many years?

The combined national strength of the two superpowers is so strong that it far exceeds that of other countries. It can even be said that their military power far exceeds that of the former British Empire.

The competition between the two sides is all-round, involving military, economy, culture, technology, etc.

Both sides are far ahead of other countries in space exploration and have created countless first records.

(End of this chapter)