The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 758 093 Nuclear Submarine Construction Starts (asking for monthly tickets at the end of the month)
The total construction period for Type 093 and Type 094 nuclear submarines from construction start to service is planned to be 9 years.

It took seven years from the start of construction to launching, and two years from launching to commissioning.

The reason why the total construction period is so long is that the two nuclear submarines have too many new technologies, and China's technology in this area is not mature.

The first boat is like this, it takes a long time to build. Once the technology is mature, the supporting system is improved, and the workers' skills are improved, the construction will be faster.

By the time the third or fourth Type 093 or Type 094 nuclear submarine is built, the total construction period will only be five or six years.

The later it is, the shorter the construction period will be.

As for these two nuclear submarines, the Type 093 nuclear submarine costs about 20 billion yuan, and the Type 094 nuclear submarine costs about 30 billion yuan, both excluding weapon systems.

And this price is definitely not profitable.

The money for building Type 093 and Type 094 nuclear submarines will still be advanced by Panshan Group and will be deducted from taxes when the time comes.

The navy’s current funding is extremely tight. Not to mention building nuclear submarines, even daily operations and maintenance are already tight.

Of course, this situation not only exists in the navy, but also in the air force and the army. Everyone lives a tight life and has to owe a lot of debts every year.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Type 093 nuclear submarine was different from previous ship groundbreaking ceremonies. In the past, the groundbreaking ceremonies for ships would be very lively and everyone in the factory knew about it, but the groundbreaking ceremony for the Type 093 nuclear submarine was very low-key.

The entire submarine construction workshop is located in a corner of the shipyard, which is very secluded. Since everything is built indoors, as long as the workers responsible for the shipbuilding task do not talk nonsense, the outside world will not know what is being built here.

A huge banner was hung up with the words - Warmly celebrate the start of construction of the 093 nuclear submarine!
One by one, the leaders walked up to the podium in front and gave speeches to the people below.

"Comrades, I am very happy to be standing here today. The Type 093 nuclear submarine is a nuclear submarine that has reached the world's highest level. When it came to the Type 091 submarine, we only solved the problem of whether or not it had any, and its performance was poor. With our efforts, we finally made persistent efforts and have this Type 093 nuclear submarine, which will make our underwater force on par with the world," a leader delivered a speech.

Later, when Liu Tao delivered a speech and reviewed the development history of China's submarines, he optimistically expressed that with the new Type 039 conventional submarines, China's underwater forces are sufficient to ensure China's security, and the Type 093 nuclear submarines will allow the navy's underwater forces to spread across the world's oceans, deterring all tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves.

"Now, I declare that the Type 093 submarine has officially started construction!"

Following Liu Tao's order, the plasma cutting machine started and the first submarine steel plate began to be cut.

Of course, this steel plate has already been rolled into the corresponding size when it leaves the factory, and now it’s just the edges and corners that need to be cut. After the cutting is completed, the huge steel plate is sent to the three-roller plate rolling machine.

With the official start of construction of the Type 093 nuclear submarine, it means that the history of the Chinese Navy will usher in a new chapter, which is a milestone.

Now the Type 093 nuclear submarine has officially started construction, and the Type 094 nuclear submarine will also start construction in a month.

Naturally, Liu Tao would not stay in the Yangcheng Shipyard for a month. He went to Pengcheng to deal with some matters in Pengcheng, and then went to Hong Kong.

Finally, I went to Qiong Island.

At this time, Qiongdao has become a hot spot, with countless funds pouring into Qiongdao, these funds come from both the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan. Liu Tao came here this time, of course, not to invest in real estate.

Instead, Panshan Group has invested in three ports here, namely Haikou Port, Sanya Port and Basuo Port.

There are 14 commercial ports on the whole island of Qiongdao: Haikou Port, Basuo Port, Sanya Bay and Haikou New Port are open ports; Baimajing Port, Xincun Port, Boao Port, Qinglan Port and Puqian Port are small commercial ports; Xinying Port, Lingtou Port, Haitou Port, Xinying Port and Changhua Port are small transportation ports, and there are almost no port equipment except the docks.

In addition, Maniao Port, Diaolou Port, Haiwei Port, Sanya Gangxi, Li'an Port, Gangbei Port, Qingge Port, Tanmen Port and Baoling Port are all county-owned fishing ports; Wanglou Port, Dongying Port and Dongzhai Port are all silted up and are only used as seasonal fishing ports; only deep-water ports such as Yangpu Port, Macun Port in the northwest and Wuchang Port in the southeast are included in the development plan, while the rest of the ports are not used.

As an island, if Qiongdao does not have developed maritime transportation and numerous ports to rely on, the development and construction on the island will repeat the closed mistakes of history.

Panshan Group is the company with the most experience in port development in the country and also has strong financial resources. Panshan Group also took a fancy to the excellent port on Qiongdao Island, but Qiongdao Island lacked funds for development. The two parties hit it off.

Panshan Group invested in the construction of Haikou Port, Sanya Port and Basuo Port, and built these three ports into modern ports. After the development of the three ports, the subsequent development will be Yangpu Port, Qinglan Port and Wuchang Port.

The entire development plan will take twenty years.

This time he came to inspect Haikou Port, Sanya Port and Basuo Port. Each of the three ports is divided into three phases. The first phase is currently under construction and the third phase is expected to be completed by the millennium.

Liu Tao first inspected Haikou Port, which is located in the south of Haikou Bay in the north of Qiongzhou Island. It is a tidal port composed of a bay and an estuary (Nandu River). The port is surrounded by low-lying terrain and has a good sandy coastline, which is 8.4 kilometers long. It has the conditions for developing deep-water berths and even super-large deep-water berths, and can be built into a deep-water port. Haikou Port has always been known as the "Gateway to Qiongzhou".

This was Liu Tao's second visit to Qiongdao. The last time he came to Qiongdao, he was discussing port development matters, but at that time Qiongdao was still under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.

Panshan Group not only invests in the port of Qiongdao, but also in the Red River Delta, the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, as well as Rongcheng Port and Ludao Port in Fujian Province.

Currently, Panshan Group has a huge amount of funds, and Liu Tao plans to invest heavily in the Magic City Port, the Yangtze River Delta Port and the ports in the Yellow Sea region.

Ports are absolutely high-quality assets. At least for the next three or four decades, they will be absolutely high-quality assets with amazing rates of return.

Currently, local governments lack funds to develop ports and have no experience in opening ports, but these Panshan Groups are strong points.

In terms of military industry, no matter how much it develops, it will always be limited. After all, the global arms market is only so big each year.

But the situation is different in the civilian sector, which is a hundred or even a thousand times larger than the military market.

When there is a lack of funds, there is naturally no need to say more.

Now that we have obtained two extra sums of money, we must naturally make good use of them.

As for leaving the funds in Europe and the United States, only a fool would do that, because the risks are too great. If you are not careful, billions of dollars can be lost quietly.

(End of this chapter)