The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Wang Baoguo's office.

"Tell me, it's not your nature to be coy. Don't keep it in your heart if you have anything to say." Wang Baoguo looked at Liu Tao who was thinking and said angrily: "You came to my office, but it turned out that you didn't say a word."

"Leader, aren't you thinking about where to start and how to say it?" Liu Tao scratched his head.

"Say what you have to say!" Wang Baoguo picked up the enamel teacup and took a sip of water.

Liu Tao said: "Leader, I just met Mr. Huo and thought I could have some overseas cooperation with him."

"Overseas cooperation? What can we cooperate with?" Wang Baoguo looked confused.

"This is what I think. Many third world countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America are too poor and do not have foreign exchange to buy weapons and equipment. However, they often have abundant resources. We can completely accept that they use their resources to purchase our weapons and equipment." Liu Tao said.

Wang Baoguo glared at Liu Tao, "That's exploitation, how could you have such an idea!"

"Leader, last year we no longer provided free military assistance, but paid it! Times have changed, and our ideas have to change!" Liu Tao emphasized, "This is just business, pure business, but they are not using US dollars. Trade, but use resources.”

Wang Baoguo was stunned.

After a while, he said nonchalantly, "But many countries are in chaos, and they don't have the ability to develop resources."

"So, we need to form a security force, just like mercenaries in Europe and the United States, and then help our customers develop resources." Liu Tao said: "The leader is thinking, now that we are disarmament, we can also deal with some veterans. The placement is not."

"Mercenary, that's not a good thing, how can you do it?" Wang Baoguo shook his head repeatedly, with a look of disgust and resentment.

Mercenaries are a group of people who have no faith. They are all just for money. As long as they have money, they are the boss.

"It's not mercenaries, it's security guards. We can open a security company and recruit veterans as security guards to protect the safety of the mine." Liu Tao quickly changed his statement.

Although in Liu Tao's view, mercenaries and security guards have almost the same meaning, they are just another way of saying it, but the essence is the same.

But obviously, security guards sound much better than mercenaries.

Sure enough, Wang Baoguo's expression softened, "Security guards are just security guards. What about mercenaries? Do you want to scare this old man like me to death?"

"Yes, yes, I didn't express myself well." Liu Tao quickly admitted his mistake.

"What's the point of cooperation with Mr. Huo?" Wang Baoguo seemed a little confused again and couldn't figure out what room for cooperation there was.

"Leader, isn't it because we are not familiar with overseas, and the company is in our mainland, but it has not been liberalized yet. This security company can be registered in Xiangjiang. Huo Daheng also has connections and talents. He is responsible for resource extraction, transportation, and trading. Expert." Liu Tao said, "Besides, we are weak in shipping and have to go through others. Otherwise, how can we transport weapons, equipment and mined resources?"

Liu Tao knew that if this security company was successful, it would be very profitable.

Looking at Wagner in the future, he will have a large number of mines, sophisticated weapons and equipment, and his influence cannot be underestimated.

Of course, there are some lessons that need to be learned, that is, don't be too powerful. If you are too powerful, you will easily lose control.

And this can be easily solved, just hire more security companies.

"Leader, you see, this matter is not only beneficial to our export trade, but also helpful to deal with some veterans, and it can also help our brothers in the third world. That is a hundred benefits without any harm. It's a win-win situation," Liu Tao said.

By the end of last year, the number of military personnel nationwide exceeded 6 million again. Just last month, superiors made a decision to streamline and reorganize the army, focusing on reducing infantry personnel and increasing the proportion of technical arms to improve the army's air defense, anti-tank firepower and excitement capabilities. Vigorous efforts were made to streamline agencies, reduce non-combatant personnel and support troops, and implement streamlined forms for some troops.

Although the plan to streamline and reorganize the army has not yet been released, Liu Tao knew that this time the total number of personnel in the army would be reduced from 6.02 million to 5.3 million.

In other words, 720,000 people will be disarmed in one year!

Looking at the whole world, only China can achieve such a large disarmament effort.

You must know that many countries in the world are still preparing for war.

And you must know that this is just the beginning, not the end. In two years, the army will be reduced by another one million, reducing the total number of personnel in the army from 5.3 million to 4.3 million. By the mid-1980s, another million troops will be cut, reducing the total number of troops to 3.3 million!

In other words, in a few years, China has disarmed nearly three million people!

Three million people. Many countries even have a total population of less than three million!

One can imagine how courageous China was in the 1980s and how much it contributed to world peace and development.

The more Liu Tao talked about it, the more excited he became. He felt that his idea was very feasible.

Not to mention too much, as long as the number of security guards in the security company can reach 100,000, it will provide employment for 100,000 veterans.

In addition, the extraction of resources requires machines and people, which can also solve part of the employment.

Most importantly, this can increase the scope of arms trade.

Third world countries are poor, but it does not mean that they are useless. On the contrary, many third world countries have very rich resources, such as natural gas, oil, iron ore, copper mines, gold mines, etc. Even countries in Southeast Asia are also rich in resources. It has abundant timber resources and is very suitable for growing rice, so it can open up a large number of fertile fields for rice cultivation.

As long as a deal can be reached, these resources are perfect for trading weapons and equipment.

The weapons and equipment sold can just be replaced with more advanced weapons and equipment.

The more Wang Baoguo heard, the more frightened he became, but it happened that this matter was very feasible. He wanted to split open Liu Tao's head to see what Liu Tao was thinking, that he could have such an idea.

"In this case, you follow me to the leader." Wang Baoguo pondered for a moment and said.

This matter was no small matter, and he couldn't make a decision directly.

Liu Tao understood immediately and said quickly: "Leader, I will come forward to talk to Huo Daheng about this matter. If it can be done, it will be the best. If it can't be done, it's okay."

"If anything happens, it's only the company's business and has nothing to do with the country." Liu Tao said.

The leader looked satisfied.

Liu Tao and Wang Baoguo returned to the office, and they had a good discussion to improve it.

After feeling that it was almost done, Liu Tao left and went to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse to ask to see Huo Yingdong.