The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 873 Thanks
It's better to come early than to come by coincidence.

The day after Liu Tao arrived at Yangcheng Shipyard, he happened to encounter a grand event.

A Type 052 destroyer, a Type 054 frigate and a new Type 039 conventional submarine were delivered to the Navy on the same day.

The commander of the North Sea Fleet came to the Yangcheng Shipyard in person with a huge smile on his face.

In recent years, as the South China Sea Fleet has continuously replaced new warships, its strength has leapt to become the top of the three major fleets.

Even the once strongest North Sea Fleet was surpassed in strength by the South Sea Fleet.

Although the North Sea Fleet is also replacing new warships and converting retired warships into coast guard ships for use by the coast guard for maritime law enforcement, it is ultimately not as good as the South Sea Fleet.

The delivery of these three warships to the North Sea Fleet means that the strength of the North Sea Fleet will be further enhanced.

The North Sea Fleet's maritime defense zone is the Yellow Sea and Bohai Bay north of Lianyungang. Its main mission is to protect the capital's maritime gateway and guard against maritime threats to China from surrounding areas.

It can be said that the North Sea Fleet is under the greatest pressure, because the North Sea Fleet is supposed to defend the capital area.

In recent years, the Navy has also been continuously strengthening the strength of the North Sea Fleet, so that the North Sea Fleet's air force has three naval aviation divisions, including two fighter divisions, one bomber division, as well as a training regiment and a ship-based helicopter brigade.

Even China's latest third-generation fighter jets, the J-10 and J-11 fighter jets, are equipped by the North Sea Fleet with more than ten each.

The coastal defense forces along the line are equipped with a large number of "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.

Originally, the warships produced by Yangcheng Shipyard were mainly delivered to the South China Sea Fleet, and some were delivered to the East China Sea Fleet. On the contrary, the warships produced by Dalian Shipyard were mainly delivered to the North China Sea Fleet, and some were delivered to the East China Sea Fleet.

However, as the situation changed, the urgency of strengthening the North Sea Fleet became apparent, and it was decided that this batch of warships would be delivered to the North Sea Fleet.

Even the only large electronic reconnaissance ship, the Type 818 electronic reconnaissance ship, was transferred from the South China Sea Fleet to the North Sea Fleet.

"Comrade Liu Tao, thank you for your outstanding contributions to the navy!" The commander of the North Sea Fleet excitedly shook Liu Tao's hand and said gratefully.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "If you want to thank someone, thank the higher-ups. After all, they paid the money, and we are just busy doing nothing."

With the adjustment of tax rates, the production of warships at these shipyards under Panshan Group has increased significantly.

After all, brothers should settle accounts clearly. Those who were careless about it before have to settle accounts clearly now.

All of this is naturally paid for by the higher-ups and deducted at the end of the year.

The shipyard reports and pays taxes on time every month, and everyone has a clear account.

"Yes, yes, we should thank our superiors!" The commander of the North Sea Fleet laughed because it was the truth.

Their navy has tens of billions of dollars in credit every year.

Relying solely on the navy's own military budget, it would be good enough to maintain normal training, let alone purchase new warships.

Even now, the navy’s military expenditures for personnel training, salary payments, etc. are already very tight.

They all had to live a tight life, and they didn't dare to fire bullets or artillery shells at will during training, let alone missiles.

According to the draft of this year's defense budget, 551 billion yuan was submitted. This is the first time that the defense budget has exceeded 500 billion yuan. However, even so, the military still has to live a tight life. After the delivery ceremony, the officers and soldiers of the North Sea Fleet drove the warship away.

The new Type 039 conventional submarine dived into the sea and disappeared, while the Type 052 and Type 054 destroyers headed north to return to the North Sea Fleet.

Liu Tao watched the warship leave, then inspected the foreign trade section.

After a while, a batch of export version warships will be delivered.

It’s not that the warship has not been built yet, in fact it has been built.

Instead, we have to wait for a new batch of escort formations to set off and then follow them.

Since the Iran-Iraq ship raiding war, the Chinese Navy has regularly dispatched two escort fleets every year to provide escort services to protect shipping routes, combat pirates, and contribute to world peace.

And every time the escort fleet sets out, it is accompanied by warships delivered to customers.

In order to ensure the supply of the entire fleet, two supply ships are often brought with them when they set out.

Liu Tao will stay in the Yangcheng Shipyard for a period of time this time, mainly to participate in the construction of Type 093 nuclear submarines, Type 094 nuclear submarines, and Type 001 light aircraft carrier.

093型核潜艇、094型核潜艇的建造工期长达9年，从开工到下水7年时间，下水再到服役用时2年，前后总工期9年。

It can be said that the construction period of Type 093 nuclear submarines and Type 094 nuclear submarines is longer than that of Type 001 light aircraft carrier.

It's not that the construction technology of Type 093 nuclear submarines and Type 094 nuclear submarines is much more difficult than that of Type 001 light aircraft carriers, but that large surface ships have already had a complete industrial chain after the previous Type 052 destroyers, Type 054 frigates, and large electronic reconnaissance ships, and the supporting factories are much easier to operate.

However, the Type 093 and Type 094 nuclear submarines are different. China started late in building nuclear submarines, built few, and its industrial chain is not perfect. It is equivalent to rebuilding the supply chain and forming a complete supporting factory.

And all of this takes time.

Once the supporting factory is completed and the workers have gained experience, the speed of building the second ship will be greatly improved.

Liu Tao participated in the construction in order to earn upgrade points so that he could fix some defects and ensure that the subsequent construction would be qualified.

At the same time, problems can be discovered and solved in time.

While Liu Tao was participating in the construction at the Yangcheng Shipyard, the state officially stipulated that employees should work 8 hours a day and an average of 44 hours a week.

Although Panshan Group has been a pilot unit for this system for more than ten years, it has not been implemented nationwide until now.

People choose to work in order to have a better life.

The 8-hour work system allows people to have time to spend with their families, rest, entertain themselves, think and study after a day's work.

After all, people are not working machines. If we work until midnight every day, what is the meaning of work? What is the meaning of life?
To be honest, after the 8-hour work system was promulgated, the best implementation came from government departments, public institutions, state-owned enterprises, as well as foreign, Hong Kong and Taiwan companies. On the contrary, private enterprises in the mainland implemented it the worst. There was no overtime pay for overtime work, and they called it "voluntary overtime" and "dedication", but in reality it was nothing but exploitation.

Even more than 20 years later, there are still "entrepreneurs" who say that "996 is a blessing". Many people criticize this, not knowing that it is the norm in private enterprises. At least their companies have high salaries, but in most private enterprises, the monthly salary is three to four thousand.

All we can say is that implementation in this regard takes time and needs to be deeply rooted in people's hearts, rather than compromise or surrender.

(End of this chapter)