Chapter 1777 Raw Material Prices
It seems that in the past few years, China has continued to expand, and in just a few years, it has occupied twice as much land as the original, from about 11 million square kilometers to more than 30 million square kilometers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In fact, most of the territory currently occupied by China, the land it has taken, is vast and sparsely populated, relatively easy to occupy, can be regarded as soft persimmons, Siberia, more than 7 million square kilometers of land, but Russia in the past few hundred years, step by step occupied, less than 10 million people, many of them, when the war began, all fled, which in fact, reduced the difficulty of China to occupy Siberia. Australia, like Australia, has a total population of no more than 10 million, spread over 7 million square kilometers of land, and more than a million in Europe, so it took China three years to occupy Australia.
Among the lands occupied by China, Southeast Asia has a larger population, but Southeast Asia is different from Australia and Siberia, which itself is the sphere of influence of the Chinese circle, and there are a large number of Chinese as the base, and it is an underdeveloped area, which belongs to the Dutch colony, so that as long as the Netherlands is defeated, the core area can be taken, and then the defeated colonial forces such as Britain and France can be easily taken.
In this way, Southeast Asia still moved a lot of hands and feet, and it was prepared in many ways, so that it was taken, which not only developed before the southeast was started, but also located in Borneo, a place with a huge land and a broad foundation in China, without any of these two, to take Southeast Asia, it would take a lot of hands and feet, step by step to occupy, and even deceived the Netherlands, Britain and France, with the help of the general trend of the imminent outbreak of World War I, this was won.
What kind of place is the Middle East, even if it is as strong as the United States, it just dares to pull a sideline, support Israel, and move among countries, at most it has a certain right to speak, not absolute control. In this way, it was hit by a 911, New York was hit like never before, the security of the United States was wiped out, and in the face of such an unspeakable blow, the United States reacted, even a strong retaliation, but it was useless. In the face of Afghanistan, which is full of mountains, poor jingles, and no resources, the United States has mobilized ground troops and huge military spending, and the final result is that the lantern may have been killed, but the KB doctrine has been solved, and the KB attacks have made the whole world a mess.
Such a lesson from the past, how dare Yang Yuanzhao stretch out his hand to Central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula is already the limit, it is a desert, vast and sparsely populated, that is, hundreds of thousands of tribes, they are also poor jingle, give some money, expelled things, this is not difficult to do, but the whole of Central Asia, what about Persia, these places, the population is not old and young, really have to make a mortal enemy, China may pay the price, at present, China can use strong strength to suppress these resistance forces, what about the future, China does not want to be under the threat of terrorism.
Because of this, China let go of Japan, a country with tens of millions of people, hostile countries, is a big trouble, unless China exterminates Japan, otherwise, it will always be under great threat, for 200 years ago, the exchanges between countries in the world, did not reach a certain extent, such extinction, maybe it can be carried out, similar to the United States in the early two hundred years of the founding of the country, the extermination policy of the Indians, as well as the transportation of black slaves in Western countries, these are black spots, at that point in time, Because under the mainstream voice of the world, genocide is a thing that will cause endless troubles, and China can bear this kind of consequences, and the future will also be a huge stain.
Under the premise that the harvest is not big and the future is endless, how can China easily start, especially in religious countries, this trouble is far more powerful than Japan, and the strength of the United States in the future has been made out of a 911 by terrorism, God knows, if China enters Central Asia, what will those religious madmen do, China's current population concentration and industrial development, as long as it suffers such a terrorist attack, the loss may be greater, and it can't be for the sake of counter-terrorism, Banning all ports in China is definitely not worth the loss.
In the face of the huge influence that may arise, even if Central Asia is at your fingertips, even like Stalin, with a small part of the Russian army, you can control the whole of Kazakhstan, where China could have taken a few years ago, China has stubbornly resisted, and even now, Turkey has sent the opportunity to the front, it seems that the distance of more than 2000 kilometers will pass through southern Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, parts of India, and part of the future Pakistan, and then it will be able to reach Persia, Kazakhstan is nothing in the middle, but Afghanistan, India, and even Pakistan, which is not a fuel-efficient lamp, looks like a piece of fat, but in fact it is a hot potato, and after taking it, it may not be able to eat it.
Rather than occupy such a troublesome land, it is better to put the land there, as long as there is no contradiction between each other, it is impossible for these nationalities to provoke China, but that was before, now Turkey has this idea, China really needs such a railway, this railway, for China, is not meaningless.
For example, China's heavy industrial base is basically located inland, and although it is moving to the coastal areas, the speed of this transfer is very slow. The central industrial zone, which has been established for many years, is rich in resources and rich in population, and has been built by China through the railway network, it is already a very mature industrial zone, and there is no need to put it on the coast, in this case, most of the materials transported to the Middle East are produced near Baotou, and then transported to Shanghai or Guangzhou, and then taken by boat to Basra.
If the construction of the Eurasian Land Bridge is completed, just from Baotou to Shanghai, the saving of double mileage will exceed 2000 kilometers, not to mention the conversion from train to sea, sea to train and then to train, every transshipment, even if China uses a large number of machinery and equipment, so that from train to ship, from ship to train The efficiency has greatly increased, no longer like the past, completely manual, a 10,000-ton cargo ship, it may take half a month to be able to load and unload, but even so, a giant ship of more than 10,000 tons, a loading and unloading, It also takes at least 3 days, one day to prepare, one day to load and unload, one day to leave and deploy, so that it takes at least 6 days to go to sea and enter the port.
If you look at the time of sea transportation, 6 days should be good, than the previous half a month, I don't know how much, but really compared with the railway, 13,000 kilometers of railway, if the average speed of 120 kilometers, 110 hours can be from one end to the other, how much time can be saved, this is less than 5 days, it is still Germany, not Basra, compared to the sea, much faster, this in peacetime, nothing matters, in the war years, Time is efficiency and victory.
There is a similar armor suddenly appeared, as long as the reconnaissance plane found out, there is no need to retreat step by step, to gain time, this side of the shipment, with the fastest speed, may be able to reach Germany in four days, at a critical moment, this speed is enough to reverse the victory or defeat of a game, besides, with the Eurasian land bridge, it does not mean that the sea route will be abandoned, some large quantities, not so important, not very suitable for railway transportation, can be transported by sea, which from one side, increased the number of materials delivered to Europe, Even if there is no spare time for the 3B railway, it is good to put it in Turkey and slowly spread it to Europe, which is also an aspect of increasing the volume of transportation.
In the end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs got instructions, Yang Yuanzhao's opinion is very simple, the Eurasian land bridge, is a transportation artery through Europe and Asia, is a good thing, not only can strengthen China's ties with the Arabian Peninsula enclave, but also strengthen the ties with the allies, this can be built, but there is a premise, this land, to Turkey itself, China in Central Asia, will abide by the principle of territory, do not take a step, if Turkey can connect the territory with China, then, China can afford to build the railway, and it can even pay in advance. This point is emphasized by China, because China knows that Turkey has no money, and it itself sends an official letter to the Chinese side, with this purpose, to get China to pay this money.
Can't come up with this money, it's not a big deal, for China, this is a good thing, for Turkey, astronomical funds, for China, it's not a big deal, first of all, for the construction of railways, China has a lot of advanced tools, for example, rail laying machines, can be equivalent to more than 200 times more manpower, laying rails, sleeper laying machines the same, other such as bulldozers, excavators, under advanced technology, the requirements for manpower can be reduced, the machine is oily, the oil price of future generations, It can still be supported, not to mention in this era, compared with manpower, not only is the speed many times faster, but the cost is also reduced.
As for sleepers and rails, on the one hand, China has long eliminated wooden sleepers, with a more advanced formula of cement, as long as the mold is enough, it is the ratio of steel and cement, the scale is large, the cost of the unit is reduced, as for the rail, itself is China's most fist product, China's steel production, a large part, is to supply railways, China in just a few years, built more than 700,000 kilometers of railways, plus double lines and built for foreign countries, this number is more, Almost all railways are trunk railways, that is, heavy railways with more than 55 kilograms of steel per rail, and these consume a huge amount of steel, and a little bit of it is enough to build an Eurasian railway.
It seems that the total length is more than 10,000 kilometers, but the 3B railway is built, in China, from the sea to Xinjiang, and even the Siberian railway, this is also built, that is, the middle of such a section of 2,500 kilometers, according to the speed of building the 3B railway, as much as possible to increase the difficulty of building the railway, it will not take more than a year, it can be completed, which is almost for China's industry, there is not much impact, but it can bring the influence of a region, China does not have to bear the consequences of terrorist attacks, but it can reach deep into Central Asia.
If you want to get rich and build roads first, this is completely correct, China does not occupy territory, it does not mean that China's influence does not extend to the past, these originally have resources, but barren places, the reason is that the transportation is underdeveloped, now there is a developed railway, their products can be shipped out at a faster speed, then who will be traded, not necessarily China, but it is very likely to be China, because China gives money, price is always a key reason for the purchase of international industrial raw materials, especially under the premise that exports between China and Turkey.
A Eurasian land bridge, connecting Germany and China, Turkey can be ignored, he proposed the Eurasian land bridge, in order to gain benefits in it, his own industrial capacity, simply can not digest these industrial raw materials, selling is the best choice.
The increase in industrial added value represents the increase in the price of raw materials, the basic processing industry, such as pig iron, when the price of iron ore rises to a certain extent, it is not worth it, if you choose expensive raw materials, there will be a large loss, later generations of China also appeared several waves of several turmoil, when the national economy is developing rapidly, the steel industry has many floats, directly caused a large number of steel mills to lose, which almost formed a fluctuation, far-reaching impact.
Iron and steel mills produce ordinary steel, facing a price crisis, there will be problems, but if your steel mill is the production of special steel, his price profit and loss point must be higher than that of pig iron plant, this is the added value of science and technology for ordinary raw materials, of course, technology is a huge threshold, when many enterprises have entered this threshold, the profits of special steel will be compressed, but no matter how compressed, it is much stronger than ordinary pig iron.
Not to mention high-end special steel, for example, deck steel, special steel, and even the steel used in 155 heavy artillery, his profit and loss point is higher, take 155 artillery as an example, his price is more than 870 times that of ordinary steel, although it is more about the cost of technology and processing, but the pure raw materials are far higher than ordinary steel.
155 heavy artillery, just one of China's special steel, even he is not the highest rate of raw materials, naval artillery is, there are some aircraft and large steam turbine engines, his raw material cost will be greater, with these foundations, China's ability to withstand the rise in raw material prices is much stronger than that of other countries in the world, as long as the Eurasian land bridge is completed, China is indeed the most likely to obtain the largest amount of raw materials.