Chapter 724: The Heavy Weapon of the State

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At three o'clock in the afternoon of December 3, the military delivery ceremony of the first H-20 "God of War" strategic bomber was held in Shekou Industrial Zone in Shenzhen.

The ceremony was simple and solemn.

In addition to Fan Wei and other high-ranking officials of Galaxy Aerospace, more than a dozen senior generals of the military were personally present, and two of them had the rank of general.

They are the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and the commander of the Air Force.

It belongs to the highest specification.

You must know that even the military delivery ceremony of the first F-21 heavy fighter jet from both sides two months ago was attended only by the commander of the Air Force.

Significantly worse than one level.

In fact, it is no wonder that the military attaches so much importance to it.

The H-20 Ares strategic bomber is based on the Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber, which in turn is the largest bomber in the world.

At the same time, it is also one of the most advanced bombers.

Even the most advanced.

At present, the most advanced strategic bomber in service in the United States is the B-1B, nicknamed 'Lancer', which was officially delivered to the US Air Force in 1985.

Its maximum take-off weight: 216 tons,

Maximum bomb load: 34 tons, maximum flight speed: Mach 1.25, range: 12,000 km, combat radius 5,500 km.

The Figure 160 was commissioned in 1987.

Its maximum take-off weight: 275 tons, maximum bomb load of 45 tons, maximum flight speed of Mach 2.05, range of 16,000 kilometers.

The combat radius is 7300 km.

From these data, it can be seen that although the two have a similar aerodynamic layout, the performance of the Figure 160 is far exceeded.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call it the most advanced bomber in the world.

As a strategic weapon, strategic bombers are much more difficult to develop than tactical aircraft.

It is a real guarantee of national security.

To put it simply, although the Chinese Air Force is now equipped with F-21 fighters. But it does not have an advantage over Taiwan in terms of scale and technology.

But the H-20 is different.

When it is equipped with 12 Meteor-801 long-range cruise missiles and makes a high-altitude penetration at twice the speed of sound, Taiwan will have no choice but to wait for death.

Even the United States is difficult to defend.

That's deterrence.

In today's situation where China's land-based strategic weapons are dominated by the well-shaped Dongfeng-5, and the sea-based strategic weapons are dominated by the Julang-1 with limited range,

The H-20 will become China's most powerful strategic weapon.

It can also ensure that the Chinese Air Force will have a reliable strategic offensive force in the next two or three decades.

It can also significantly enhance the country's international influence.

Like Russia today, although it is still mired in an economic crisis, the size of the economy is less than a tenth of that of the Soviet Union.

But no one dared to underestimate it.

Even in the international arena, Russia is still the only country outside Europe that can confront the United States a few times, and the reason is its strategic nuclear forces.

Whether it is land-based, air-based or sea-based,

Russia has the strongest strategic nuclear forces other than the United States, and if the United States dares to push too hard, it can ensure mutual destruction.

Another example is Sakhalin,

As one of the republics that split from the former Soviet Union,

Due to its location in the Far East, Sakhalin is not only sparsely populated, but also has the lowest economy among the many divided republics.

However, its international status is not low.

The reasons are the same as in Russia.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sakhalin was assigned a strategic nuclear force second only to Russia, and later cut off part of it in accordance with the Washington-Don Agreement.

Coupled with the lack of economic strength,

unable to afford the huge military spending, a part of it was mothballed and shifted, and the number of nuclear warheads was reduced by another 70% after the Agreement,

Only a little over 500 remain.

Four Delta 4 and 2 Typhoon classes remain 2 Delta 4 and 1 Typhoon class, and the remaining three are leased to China.

6 Oscar-class cruiser missile submarines,

Three Sierra 2 multipurpose nuclear submarines and four Akula 1 multipurpose nuclear submarines also retain only two Oscar-class and two Akula 1.

For the rest, 3 Sera Serra 2 were mothballed,

Four Oscar-class and two Akula-1 ships were leased to China. It can be seen that China has benefited a lot from this process of disarmament.

So why rent, not buy?

It's not that complicated to be willing.

China formally acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) last year, although the treaty does not explicitly stipulate that nuclear submarines are prohibited weapons.

But after all, it's nuclear energy.

Moreover, ballistic missile nuclear submarines use intercontinental missiles as their main weapons. This approach was adopted in order to avoid arousing the doubts of the international community.

In fact, there is no essential difference from buying.

The deal was completed between June and September this year, and at that time it caused dissatisfaction in Western countries such as Europe and the United States, as well as Russia.

Western politicians are shrewd,

Although Sakhalin has a strong strategic nuclear force, it has a small population and a small economy, and this powerful power will not be maintained for a long time.

Throughout history,

What militarily strong country is not economically strong? Sakhalin is a lame hero who can only succeed for a while.

But China is different.

In 1992, China's GDP grew by 18.2 percent, reaching $752.8 billion, surpassing Italy, one of the top four European countries.

Second only to the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and France,

Ranked 6th in the world.

What's even more frightening is that China's economy is still developing at a high rate, and it is expected that in just five years, China's GDP will surpass that of Germany, Britain and France.

and surpassed Japan within 10 years.

This is undoubtedly the biggest economic miracle of the century.

When Western economists study China's economy, they believe that the huge population is the key to China's rapid economic development.

Because population means market.

The centuries-old colonial history of the West is not about the city.

The second is the central government's appropriate reform measures. The same socialist countries, the economic reforms of the USSR failed, and led to the disintegration,

China, on the other hand, is making steady progress.

The two are in stark contrast.

In addition, Wei Xiong's support is also a very important factor. Although there is no publicly available data on how much money Wei Xiong borrowed from the Chinese government,

But there are always channels to get some information.

According to a report by the U.S. Senate, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Wei Xiong has lent more than $50 billion to the Chinese government.

These loans are low-absorption loans.

Such a large amount of money allows the Chinese government to be more relaxed in formulating relevant policies, and also has more funds for the construction of facilities in a hurry.

And it turns out that China is right to focus on infrastructure development.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

It's a bit of a stretch, after having a strong economic power, if it has a strong military power, it will definitely bring a huge threat to the West.

Therefore, the Western countries reacted strongly.

As for Russia.

In the eyes of Lao Maozi, Sakhalin's belongings were originally theirs, and now they are certainly not happy that they have fallen into the hands of the Chinese.

However, no matter how dissatisfied you are, it is useless to be unhappy.

It is related to national defense construction,

The Chinese government cannot change its plans just because some countries are unhappy. At the same time, Europe, the United States and Russia are also putting pressure on Sakhalin,

But it didn't work.

Not to mention the Weixiong factor, the de facto alliance between the two countries alone is enough to make it difficult for all countries that seek to undermine it.

Of course, Sakhalin is not without opposition.

But it soon disappeared.

Over the past two years, Ivanovsky has carried out several large-scale purges in the country, the most recent of which was two months ago.

The opposition is basically clear.

Three SSBN submarines are currently being converted at the Star Shipyard in Sakhalin, and six attack submarines are being converted at the Huangpu Shipyard in China.

Whampoa Shipyard is affiliated with Galaxy Aerospace,

At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, it took the opportunity to absorb a number of high-ranking Soviet shipworkers, and a large part of them came from the Star shipyard in Sakhalin.

Now there are more than 20,000 employees.

There are more than 1,000 workers from the former Soviet Union, and all of them are senior technicians or veteran workers with more than ten years of work experience.

Before being acquired by Weixiong,

Huangpu Shipyard is mainly engaged in the construction of civilian ships and some military ships, but due to the general environment, it has been in a state of loss.

Otherwise, it is impossible to sell.

After being acquired by Weixiong, while reforming the shipyard management and operation system, it actively expanded its business and invested in a new factory in Nansha, Guangzhou.

By now, the operation of the shipyard has entered orbit.

Thanks to the rapid development of the economy, China's shipping industry has also entered a period of rapid development, and the demand for various professional ships is increasing day by day.

The shipyard has long since turned a profit.

At the same time, the new shipbuilding base in Nansha, Guangzhou, has also been completed, and it has a strong capacity to build five 300,000-ton giant oil tankers at the same time.

There are also two indoor slipways for the construction of nuclear submarines.

Each slipway is capable of simultaneously starting construction of two nuclear submarines with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons. That is, the shipyard can start building four nuclear submarines at the same time.

However, nuclear submarines are not ordinary military ships.

In its original history, China's nuclear submarines have always been built by the Bohai Shipyard in Huludao, Liaoning Province, and have never changed.

This is due to both technical reasons and confidentiality.

After all, the Bohai Shipyard is close to Beijing, and the guards are naturally much tighter. And this has become the biggest disadvantage of the Whampoa shipyard.

Before the construction of these two indoor slipways,

Kong Liang, president of the shipyard, had personally communicated with the military's top brass. If the Navy still only allows nuclear submarines to be built at the Bohai Shipyard,

The Whampoa Shipyard will not waste resources.

In response to this question, the military conducted some research, and finally gave the answer that it is not mandatory to build nuclear submarines at the Bohai Shipyard.

Straight to the point.

Since the military attended at the highest level, Galaxy Aerospace naturally had to put on a corresponding level, so Wei Xiong also appeared at the delivery ceremony.

At this time he was sitting in the audience,

Mr. Zhang Zhen, vice chairman of the Military Committee on the stage, is making a speech: "Today is a happy day, a day worth celebrating and remembering.

I joined the army in 1930,

It has been 63 years now, and I believe everyone knows the weapons used by our people's army during the Anti-Japanese War.

Machine guns are all a luxury for us.

Not to mention artillery, if a regiment can have a cannon, it must be supplied like its ancestors, and it must be wiped and maintained by special people every day.

I'm afraid it's rusty.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, we finally had our own defense industry, and the first domestic fighter made its first flight in 1956.

It has been 37 years now.

In the past 37 years, we have built J-6, J-7, J-8 and other fighters by imitating, improving, or designing ourselves.

Bombers also have H-5 and H-6 and so on.

However, in the international environment, it has always been difficult for us to get in touch with the advanced military technology of the current world, and this has caused very serious consequences.

The J-82 fighter entered service in 1988,

It's only been five years.

It is the most advanced model among the domestic fighters, but there is a 30-year gap with the main fighters of Western developed countries such as the United States and Europe.

It's unimaginable.

You can imagine that in the event of a war, our fighters may be shot down one after another without any defense.

What will the Air Force use to defend the airspace at that time?

Defending the homeland?

Fortunately, the advent of Galaxy Aerospace has changed this situation.

The previous entry into service of the F-21 fighter made China one of the few countries in the world that can independently manufacture third-generation fighters.

Narrowed the gap with Western countries.

Today's H-20 service is the first time that China has a real strategic bomber, and it is the most advanced bomber in the world.

Let China have a real triad of nuclear forces.

That's a huge contribution.

It is a great achievement for the country, the people, and the entire Chinese nation. Here, on behalf of the country and the people, I would like to thank Galaxy Aerospace and Mr. Wei Xiong for ......"

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With a burst of applause, the old man stepped down from the stage steadily, and Wei Xiong immediately got up to greet him: "Old Zhang is too famous." ”

Zhang Zhen smiled and said, "How can there be?

I still think I'm expressing it too simply, but in fact, needless to say, what Mr. Wei has done for the country, people who have a heart can also see it. ”

Wei Xiong smiled: "It should be." ”

Then Wei Xiong walked to the stage, originally he didn't want to speak on stage. Over the years, he has given speeches only a handful of times.

But then I thought about it, Mr. Zhang Zhen came in person,

He doesn't want to be too low-key.

Standing in front of the podium, Wei Xiong looked around at the crowd: "General Zhang's words just now are indeed very emotional, what does it mean to start from scratch,

Our Chinese defense industry is.

In that era when the people were hard to eat, not to mention all kinds of advanced scientific research equipment, there were not even the most ordinary calculators.

The addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of various data uses an abacus.

You can imagine that

That's a lot of work. But it is under such difficult conditions that China's defense industry is advancing step by step.

Until now,

Although many technologies lag behind the developed countries in the West, they have a strong foundation and complete disciplines, and what is missing is some fresh blood.

And Galaxy Aerospace is this new blood.

Just now, General Zhang said that he would like to thank Galaxy Aerospace for its contribution to the country, but in fact, what I want to say is that there is no so-called contribution and no contribution.

Everything has a value for its existence.

The value of Galaxy Aerospace is to contribute to the rise of the Chinese nation, and this is also the proudest thing for every Chinese son. ”

Applause!

In the applause, Wei Xiong came down from the stage, and Mr. Zhang said with a smile on his face: "Well said, contribute to the rise of the Chinese nation,

That's what I've wanted all my life. ”

Wei Xiong smiled: "Although I grew up in Hong Kong, my father taught me to be a Chinese and love my motherland.

I never forget. ”

Zhang Zhen nodded, and said with emotion: "Be a father like Wei Hongdao, there are not many people I admire in my life, but Ling Zun is definitely one of them,

It's really amazing. ”

Wei Xiong said: "My father will definitely be very happy to hear what Elder Zhang said." Please, it's ready over there, let's go and have a look. ”

To the left of the podium was the huge H-20,

With its gray-and-white paint and elegant form, it is no wonder that the Soviets gave it the nickname 'White Swan'. Of course, Westerners don't call it that.

Instead, it's called the 'Pirate Flag'

The pejorative meaning and jealousy are obvious.

The performance of the H-20 is not fundamentally different from that of the current Russian Tu-160, but due to the fact that the cockpit replaces part of the instrument panel with two LCD screens,

It is easier for pilots to operate and perform tasks.

This is inherently a performance boost.

Wei Xiong and Mr. Zhang, accompanied by the chief designer Tupolev and others, boarded the H-20, and Tupolev explained to the two.

Old man Zhang's interest was very high.

Take a look at this and that, ask some questions from time to time, and finally get into the cockpit and sit in the main driver's seat to experience it.

Wei Xiong sat in the passenger seat,

This was the first time he had sat in the driver's seat of a strategic bomber, and it felt quite a novelty. Old man Zhang was also excited.

I only heard him say: "It's really a good thing."

Not to mention, it's just the South China Sea conflict 5 years ago (the Sino-Vietnamese naval battle in 88), if there was such a weapon at that time, it would be much easier.

Go straight to the South China Sea and take a turn,

Look at the Vietnamese people dare not be so arrogant. ”

These indignant words made Wei Xiong smile: "Elder Zhang relaxes, as long as our national defense is carried out, everything will be fine." ”

Zhang Zhen nodded approvingly.

Then he said with feeling: "Yes, as long as we carry out national defense, we will have enough confidence to get back what we have lost."

Commander Cao, let's feel it too. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Zhen got up, gave up his position to the commander of the Air Force, and asked after a while: "By the way, the Air Force should have ordered 16 planes in the first batch, right?" ”

Cao Shuangming nodded and said, "Yes,

At present, the Air Force has dispatched a number of capable bomber pilots for training, and according to the training progress, the first batch of 16 bombers is sufficient.

But in the end it should be equipped with more than 64 aircraft.

It depends mainly on funding. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhen sighed: "Yes, it mainly depends on the funds, with the current scale of the Air Force, it is not too much to equip 64 aircraft.

But now economic development is the main theme.

Alas, without further ado, today is a happy day. However, the Military Commission will definitely guarantee the procurement of H-20 to the greatest extent.

No matter how poor you are, you can't leave behind key projects. ”