Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

On the first day of National Day, the Chinese Navy presented a great gift for National Day.

The entry of Hainan Ship has directly strengthened the strength of the South China Sea Fleet. Now among the three major fleets of China, the South China Sea Fleet is the strongest.

Four of the eight 052 destroyers that China has already put into service have been given to the South China Sea Fleet. Now that Hainan Ship is in service again, the strength of the South China Sea Fleet has increased again.

The service of Hainan Ship has directly changed the military pattern in the Asia-Pacific region. After this news broke, Japan, South Korea, India, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries have successively announced that they will increase the naval budget.

Especially Japan, after seeing the Hainan Ship in service, Japan has also begun to think about it. Japan certainly cannot openly own an aircraft carrier now, but China's current amphibious assault ship, Japan can also have it, and can also build it.

Vertical take-off and landing fighters are not only available in China. Although the vertical take-off and landing version of S-14 is currently the best performing fighter among the vertical take-off and landing fighters in the world.

But if there is a market, Japan believes that European and American military industrial enterprises will also develop similar products. By that time, Japan can also have an aircraft carrier.

Japan has always wanted to break free from the constraints of the defeated country clause, and now China's military strength is constantly increasing. The current strategic focus of the United States is not in the Asia-Pacific region, so Japan feels that the opportunity has come. As long as the United States lifts the ban on itself, Japan can further become stronger.

The service of the Hainan ship is not only concerned by Asian countries, but also highly concerned by the United States.

In a conference room in the Pentagon, many people have serious expressions.

"This is the latest intelligence we have obtained. In the dock of China, 12 Type 052 destroyers have been started at the same time. The performance of this destroyer is no worse than our Arleigh Burke class. In addition to these, four Type 076 amphibious assault ships have been started at the same time in the Chinese shipyard. And a few months ago, China also launched a new warship with a displacement of about 15,000 to 20,000 tons..."

In the conference room, a soldier took out the intelligence they had collected.

This intelligence made everyone look serious. China's warships are like dumplings. It's too scary to start so many warships at the same time.

Now the United States does not have such shipbuilding capabilities. In recent years, American shipyards have been closing down. Especially in the past five or six years, China's shipbuilding industry has taken off like a cheat.

Most of the shipbuilding orders from countries around the world have been taken away by China. China can now build all kinds of ships, including various special ships, and even luxury cruise ships.

Not only can it build, but it can also build quickly and cheaply.

According to the order situation in the first half of this year, China's shipyards have taken about 85% of the global shipbuilding orders.

Most of the remaining 15% are still concentrated in Japan and South Korea, and the orders received by American shipyards are pitiful, not even 1%.

The shipbuilding industry in the United States is already a doomsday industry, and it can't make any money at all. How can shipbuilding make money like playing finance, entertainment, and sports?

The decline of the shipbuilding industry has left the United States far behind in the speed of shipbuilding. Now there is only one shipyard in the United States that can build aircraft carriers. There are only two shipyards that can build destroyers.

Over the past few years, the hollowing out of the industry in the United States has been particularly serious. The manufacturing industry has been constantly relocating abroad. Now Americans are unwilling to play with manufacturing.

American people like to play with finance, entertainment, sports, the Internet, etc. These industries not only have high wages, but also make money quickly.

It is precisely because of this that they can't help but sigh after seeing China's shipbuilding speed.

"This is a new warship launched by China a few months ago. The displacement is about 15,000 to 20,000 tons. From the appearance, it should be a missile cruiser. We only have blurry photos and no specific information. China has a high degree of confidentiality about this ship..."

The staff took out the photos taken by their satellite, and the photos only captured a blurry outline. The current high-resolution satellite technology in the United States is not so awesome, so the details can't be taken clearly.

This ship is nothing else, it is the first 055 launched a few months ago, with a full load displacement of 19,800 tons. In terms of tonnage, the US estimate is still very accurate.

But the United States only has this little information now, only knows the tonnage, not the specific information. If they knew the specific combat power of this ship, they would be shocked.

Just this thing, one can fight a bunch of Arleigh Burke-class. One of this thing dares to confront your aircraft carrier battle group.

"We must list China as the number one competitive target. They have been constantly innovating in the economy, military, and technology in recent years. They are developing too fast..."

SittingThe old man at the front couldn't help but say. This made everyone nod their heads. Yes, China is developing too fast.

Americans actually have a deep fear of China. Because Americans have suffered too much from China.

This is also true in the past two years. Their own Carl Vinson aircraft carrier battle group was destroyed by China. Now the ships of the entire battle group are under overhaul in the shipyard.

"Solve the problems in Europe and the Middle East as soon as possible. After solving them, we need to move east strategically. Although China is rising, our biggest opponent now is Europe. The euro will be issued in a few months..."

The words of another old man in the conference room made everyone sigh.

The United States is facing a lot of challenges now. It was thought that the Soviet Union would disintegrate and the United States could be the boss at ease.

But the situation is not the case at all. After the Soviet Union disintegrated, the European Union came and was eyeing it. The European Union also created a euro that wanted to touch the lifeblood of the United States.

This is absolutely intolerable to the United States. China is rising rapidly, but China has not touched the lifeblood of the United States. The RMB is not an international currency, so it can't affect the foundation of the US dollar at all.

But the euro is different. The euro is backed by the European Union. After it was issued, it was to compete with the US dollar for food. Why is the US economy so good now? It relies on the hegemony of the US dollar.

The EU wants to move the hegemony of the US dollar, which is absolutely not allowed.

Everyone in the conference room is still discussing that China's warships are being produced in large quantities, but the United States is not too scared. It's nothing more than building a few more destroyers and a few more amphibious assault ships.

Compared with the United States, it's still far behind. The United States has dozens of aircraft carriers of only 100,000 tons. The construction speed of the Arleigh Burke class is also very fast.

In their view, these warships built by China are simply impossible to compete with the United States for naval hegemony in the world. They are nothing more than protecting their own country in their waters.

It's not too late to wait for the United States to deal with Europe and then come back to deal with China. At this time, we must not make enemies with China, otherwise China and Europe will be completely tied together, and the US dollar will be in danger.