The construction of a new canal on the Kra Isthmus in Thailand to connect the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea has long been an important part of Yang Weiping's "Grand Strategy for the Indian Ocean."

This is one of the reasons why Yang Weiping is eager to launch a military operation to unify the whole of Myanmar after the economy of northern Burma has entered a stage of steady development.

Because the Kra Canal project cannot be launched without resolving the South Burma issue.

If we do not take advantage of the fact that the vast majority of US energy in recent years will be restrained by the Soviet Union and the Middle East issue, the resistance that the US Government will have to face in the future when it comes to its senses and launch the Kra Canal Project is bound to be extremely great, and it may even have to deal with the threat of war from the United States.

Seeing that Yang Weiping was not joking, Qian Lao stared at Yang Weiping's two eyes with a solemn face, and said extremely strictly: "Regarding the Kra Isthmus Canal, I heard Nie Shuai talk about it five years ago. After China resolved the issue of Vietnam, the Central Military Commission held many discussions on the issue of jointly developing the Kra Isthmus Canal with the four countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, and Laos, led by China.

However, because of the lack of foreign exchange reserves of the country at that time, the construction machinery manufacturing enterprises in technology and output scale and foreign effective gap, that once the excavation in the Kra Isthmus started, it will definitely encounter multi-layer obstacles from the United States, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines and other national governments.

The biggest resistance certainly comes from the US government. Of course, there are also different voices at the top level, saying that China-US relations are in the honeymoon period, and we should not do anything that damages the diplomatic relations between the two countries, let alone let the people of the whole country tighten their clothes and food and accumulate funds to invest in Thailand to help others develop and invigorate the economy. Due to disagreement at the top, this plan has not been followed up until now. But I know that Deng Gong, Nie Shuai and Xu Shuai have always been reluctant to dig the Tongla Canal. ”

"Hehe, this strategic plan. I mentioned it to Deng Gong and Xu Shuai before I went abroad. Yang Weiping smiled very calmly: "At that time, I just said it casually, because I was sure that there would be many people in China who would not agree with this plan." You must know that many of our leading cadres who hold real power in high positions have been trained in Singapore. These people will certainly put the interests of Singapore and Poe above the interests of the state. ”

"I'd better call your godfather right now. Qian Lao Zhengse said: "I am sure that there will be endless arguments in China now because of this matter." ”

Sure enough, Qian Lao's words have not yet fallen. Yang Weiping's mobile phone resting in front of the computer desk rang again.

Looking at the garbled characters on the caller ID on the mobile phone screen, Yang Weiping knew that this call must have been made from a satellite encrypted phone.

"I'm Yang Weiping!" Yang Weiping pressed the answer button and said solemnly.

"Wei Ping, why won't you stop this little monkey, why are you in such a hurry to start the Kra Canal project after you have just finished settling the Vennai regime in southern Burma by force?"

Deng Gong's kind voice came from the microphone of the mobile phone in his ear, and Yang Weiping smiled lightly: "Because I think now is the best time to open the Kra Canal." Grandpa, with your old man's strategic vision, you shouldn't know that after digging the Kra Canal. How much benefit will it be to China's shipping industry?"

"You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to do everything one by one. Deng Gong sighed lightly and said: "You didn't talk to me to clean up South Burma, and you didn't say hello to my old man when you started the Kra Canal Project, do you think that now that your wings are hard, you don't need to deal with us old men?"

"How can it! Grandpa, no matter how great Sun Monkey's ability is, he can't turn over the Five Finger Mountain of the Buddha!" Yang Weiping hurriedly explained: "To fight South Burma, pay attention to a fast word. The excavation of the Kra Canal also has to cut through the mess quickly. Otherwise. After a long time, the more it drags on, the more trouble it has. ”

"Wei Ping, the Americans will certainly not ignore their existing vested interests in Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Deng Gong said earnestly: "On the issue of South Burma, you have already offended them, and now you cut the flesh on them, you really think Reagan is a soft persimmon." What's up to you?"

"When the United States even fought against Vietnam and South China, I don't believe that they now have the courage to fight North Burma. Yang Weiping replied confidently.

"Wei Ping, don't forget, the Yue Nan people were able to drive away the Yankees back then, because they were standing behind Huaxia. Deng Gong's tone obviously changed to stern.

Yang Weiping's brows furrowed when he heard this. He asked tentatively: "Grandpa, listen to what you mean, if North Burma plans to start a military conflict with the United States because of the Kra Canal plan, the country plans to stand by and watch?"

Deng Gong sighed and said: "Now the international community has regarded the reunification of Myanmar as the beginning of China's foreign expansion policy. If you do this again in the Kra Isthmus, the international community believes that China will continue to expand into the South Pacific region.

At the beginning, I strongly advocated the implementation of the national policy of reform and opening up in China to convert military to civilian use, that is, I believed that in the next 30 years, China would not go to war with any country. It has been our established national policy to comprehensively develop China's economy, and now you are making it so that we old men are very passive. ”

"Grandpa, don't you think that the construction of the Kra Canal can greatly promote the rapid development of the domestic construction machinery manufacturing industry?" Yang Weiping took a deep breath and explained very calmly: "The Kra Canal is excavated in a narrow section of the Kera Isthmus of Thailand at 9 ° north latitude / 100 ° east longitude, and the two-way synchronous sectional construction is implemented, with a total investment of 120 billion Asian dollars in the canal project with a total length of 100 kilometers, and the construction period is expected to be five years.

In terms of engineering construction, a large number of construction machinery and equipment are inevitably needed. I can very responsibly guarantee that it will definitely bring orders of no less than 50 billion Asian yuan to domestic construction machinery manufacturing enterprises. This is of great significance for comprehensively improving the scale and technology of domestic military-to-civilian construction machinery manufacturing enterprises and realizing the technological upgrading of the industrial chain. ”

"Hehe, you mean, your Tiangong Group will not swallow this cake alone?" Deng Gongle smiled happily: "I heard that Tiangong Heavy Industry Group has been firmly ranked in the world-class construction machinery manufacturing industry, if domestic enterprises want to learn from you, you kid should not turn away, right?"

Damn, you're waiting for me here! What an old fox!

Yang Weiping secretly slandered in his heart, and of course he smiled quite happily on his mouth: "Welcome, warm welcome! I very much hope to see that domestic enterprises have pioneers who go abroad in a group to become bigger and stronger." In my opinion, this kind of international cooperation in a win-win way is essentially a win-win industrial alliance.

This kind of strong alliance has a unique strategic value for increasing the international competitiveness of Tiangong Group and domestic heavy industry manufacturing enterprises. Not only Tiangong Group benefits from the Kra Canal plan, but also domestic construction machinery enterprises such as Liuzhou Heavy Industry and Xuzhou Heavy Industry can also benefit. ”

"You have to add a Taiwanese heavy industry manufacturing company, right?" asked Deng Gong with a half-joking, half-serious smile.

Yang Weiping replied without hesitation: "Tiangong Taiwan Heavy Industry Group is a heavy industry manufacturing enterprise controlled by Tiangong Group, whether it is economically, or politically, it will put the interests of Tiangong Group in the first place. Grandpa, I know that there are many people in China who have opinions about my investment in Taiwan, but I assure you that no matter what time and no matter how far Taiwan's economy and industry develop, Taiwan will always be a part of China and will always belong to the Chinese people!"

"The implementation of the policy of one country, two systems in Taiwan and the peaceful settlement of cross-strait reunification, of course, my old man is happy to see it. Deng Gong said with great satisfaction: "It's just that to achieve this goal, we still have many difficulties to overcome and face."

The Americans will not sit idly by and watch the first island chain that they have worked so hard to build collapse completely. If the US Government can bear your behavior in Taiwan, digging through the Kra Canal will definitely touch the bottom line of the US Government. Wei Ping, are you, and the Burmese government, including the people of the whole of Burma, really ready?"

"Grandpa, as long as no one in China pulls me back, I promise that I can solve all the problems well!" Yang Weiping replied firmly.

The excavation of the Kra Canal is an important chess piece in Yang Weiping's "Indian Ocean Grand Strategy", but from an economic point of view, it is also a far-sighted layout of the construction machinery manufacturing enterprises under the Tiangong Group in the international market development. Because, once the financial leasing business of construction machinery of Tiangong Group has been realized on the Kra Canal project, it will surely lay the leading position of Tiangong Group in the field of construction machinery manufacturing in the world.

The Kra Canal is the embodiment of Yang Weiping's strategic thinking of "a game of chess in the world, a game of chess in Asia, a game of chess in Myanmar, and a game of chess in China". In the process of preparing for the plan, it will open up the international market in a win-win way, which is a win-win situation for the entire construction machinery manufacturing industry and the target market. This means that under the leadership of Tiangong Group, China's domestic construction machinery manufacturing entrepreneurs can also learn to operate enterprises with a world-class strategic vision.

Of course, the Kra Canal project involves the interests of many Asian countries, and countries and regions such as Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Canada, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao will be extremely sensitive to this plan. Among them, there must be those who strongly oppose it, and naturally there will be those who strongly support it, and there will also be those who sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

In this regard, Yang Weiping has long had a sober and comprehensive understanding.

However, if China and the Soviet Union were to go against the United States, and then find a way to persuade the British royal family and government through the Guòfield family, Yang Weiping felt that it would not be too much of a problem to make the Carat Plan finally implemented. (To be continued......)