Chapter 398: Six Great Powers
Jiang Baili's concern about the Daqing Oilfield is very reasonable, the strategic value of such a high-yield and stable production oilfield is simply immeasurable, from the moment the Daqing Oilfield was discovered, it attracted the coveted eyes of the surroundings, the most coveted of which is said himself, they have also operated in the Northeast for many years, but they have not found that China can have such a large oil field, but now it is all too late, the forces of the book have all been driven out of China, and there is no way to seize oil. They can only desperately look for oil in the Far East that can be exploited to supply domestic needs!
In fact, it is not strange that I can't find the Daqing Oilfield, but the Daqing Oilfield is buried too deep, the depth is more than 1,000 meters, there is no such deep drilling equipment in the world at present, in fact, many people don't believe that there is oil here, but Qiao Yu naturally knows what is going on in the Daqing Oilfield.
More than 10 experts were hired from the United States, and the mechanical experts sent from Germany were gathered together to tackle key problems, and finally developed a drilling machine that can drill to less than 1,000 meters, which made it possible to develop Daqing, and at the same time, China suddenly caught up with the world's advanced level in drilling machines!
Qiao Yu and Jiang Baili came to the Daqing Oilfield, which is still desolate, but both of them know very well that there will be an oil city here in the future, and it is also one of the most important sources of industrial blood in China, so the security level of Daqing has reached extremely high requirements.
Although China's biggest opponent is now the most likely to threaten the safety of the Daqing Oilfield, there is no aircraft capable of flying such a long distance, but this kind of prevention is also very necessary, in order to prepare for the future, in addition to the army, air defense forces, Qiao Yu is also ready to deploy two flight squadrons here to ensure that Daqing's defense has no loopholes!
Of course, it is still a wasteland, and the living conditions of the oil workers are still very difficult, but these people are full of sincere relief that China finally has a stable supply of oil, which also lays the foundation for the next development!
Not only aircraft and tanks need oil, in fact, the current automobile industry has begun to develop rapidly, which is especially obvious in the United States, and then China will also do some work on the car, in addition to automobiles, Qiao Yu also plans to develop mechanized farming in the Northeast, a large number of agricultural machinery, to make up for the lack of labor in the Northeast, but also to make the Northeast the most important granary!
It can be said that China's demand for oil is very amazing, so the development of Daqing Oilfield is of great significance!
"All oil workers, this glorious moment belongs to you, the future world is the era of oil, this black liquid will surely become the blood of industry, you are China's hematopoietics, the development of the motherland will never be separated from your efforts!"
After Qiao Yu's brief speech, he began to award commemorative medals to the most important workers' representatives, don't look at this is just a small medal, it is not only as simple as honor, with this to enjoy half-price treatment when taking all public transportation, and preferential conditions will also be given on issues such as children's schooling, and other detailed arrangements such as pension and medical care, so that these people who have worked hard for the country can get the honor they have won!
This policy is also vigorously promoted in the army, all the soldiers who fight for the country will receive all-round preferential treatment, martyrs, the treatment of the disabled will be even better, I don't know how to compensate them from the money, but also to give them a higher social status, to enhance the whole society of martial dedication!
The next 20 years will become the most important period of change for the world and China, China will make decisive achievements in industrialization, and the world will quickly reshuffle, and a new world war will begin to brew, it can be said that the face of World War II is all the result of the accumulation of these 20 years.
If China wants to become a world-class power, it must advocate the spirit of dedication and sacrifice, so that a martial nation can survive in a world where the law of the jungle is the strongest!
After the issuance of the medal, Qiao Yu listened to the plan for the construction of Daqing City, in the plan, will be built around the Daqing Oilfield to build a city that is enough to accommodate 500,000 people, the petrochemical industry is the main economic pillar of the city in the future, considering that the oil will eventually be extracted one day, so Qiao Yu will be the China University of Geosciences layout here, but also established an automobile factory!
In the future, even if Daqing's oil is exhausted, it will become the cradle of China's geological talents, and the automobile industry will also become one of the main pillars, ensuring the healthy development here.
"Prime Minister, there is news from Washington that the Americans have only promised us to have five capital ships, and the British have also supported the request, and they have taken out the Chinese Navy's action in Batavia and began to hype up the theory of the China threat!"
Qiao Yu and Jiang Baili both knew that the battleship was not China's choice at all, and now it was just used as bargaining capital, but it was also a good litmus test, just to be able to see through the virtues of these powers, and at this time, China was determined to fight for it, which would force the powers to build more battleships and waste more financial resources.
This is especially true of China's main enemy, and the island's resources are limited, and the more it is wasted on battleships, the more difficult it is to really threaten China.
"Brother Baili, how far do you think China should increase the weight?"
"Prime Minister, how do we increase the weight, it should also depend on my own thoughts, don't look at these I have suffered a big loss in front of our air force, but I am absolutely unwilling to admit that the battleships are outdated, they will install a lot of anti-aircraft firepower on the battleships, and it is also possible to vigorously develop aircraft carriers, but the battleships will still exist as the main force, and the stubbornness of the widows of the island country is here!"
Jiang Baili's analysis is not bad at all, in history, he used aircraft carriers to attack Pearl Harbor of the United States in a whimsical manner, but what is worth noting is that he still learned his tactics from the Americans, and he himself has never understood how to use aircraft carriers, nor how to use new weapons such as planes and submarines, and he has completely buried the huge combined fleet, which can only be said to be the evil result of strategic short-sightedness and tactical conservatism.
"Brother Baili has seen through himself, knowing himself and knowing the enemy, so that he can survive a hundred battles, how many battleships do we have to be accepted by all countries in the world, and can we still force Yue Ben to a dead end?"
"Prime Minister, I think we might as well follow the suggestion of the United States, we want five battleships, and now the Nagato-class battleship has been built, and this class of battleships has a 410 mm main gun, which is the largest among all battleships in the world, which can also be seen in his own ambitions!"
Indeed, the caliber of the main gun of the Nagato makes the book very proud, this more than 30,000-ton giant has 4 twin-mounted main gun turrets, two symmetrical front and rear along the longitudinal center line of the hull, using a piggyback layout, and in order to observe the needs of the main gun in the long-distance artillery battle and command, the front mast adopts a tall conical structure of the mast supported by 7 pillars, and a shooting command post is set up at the top, which is quite strong and not easy to be damaged by bullets.
Jiang Baili continued: "There are Kaga-class battleships under construction, according to the style of doing things, the Kaga-class battleships will definitely exceed 40,000 tons, and according to the legend, there are other first-class battleships in the design, there are two Nagato-class battleships, and there are also two Kaga-class, and it is said that there should be more than four new battleships on the drawings!" If China has five battleships, minus the Guangxi, it means that China still has four brand-new battleships, and I guess Ben will stick to the Kaga class, and the next class of battleships will also build more than two! ”
Qiao Yu is also very clear about the ambition of the company, the energy invested in the navy of such an island country is beyond imagination, and the madness of the British Empire is far less than that of the island country, of course, this also determines that the combined fleet in World War II is more brilliant than the Royal Navy, but Qiao Yu's current purpose is to use the madness of the book to let them go further on the wrong path!
"Brother Baili, although we deliberately mislead Yue himself, but don't forget, our warships are still only on paper, and we have not built a real battleship so far, so I think we might as well only have four in number, and then allow China to build large warships in the next ten years, and make this ship-building game realistic, so that Yue Ben has to follow up!"
The main purpose of Qiao Yu's arrangement is to make China's pursuit of battleships realistic, with the current momentum of China's industrial development, it will definitely be able to reach the level of building its own battleships within ten years, and at that time China will use the latest technology to build the largest battleships, which will definitely follow closely, so that the validity period of the arms treaty is actually only ten years, as long as China starts to build warships in a few years, it will definitely follow, so it will completely fall into the trap!
The attitude of China's political axe was transmitted to Washington, and Gu Weijun also had a bottom in his heart, in fact, the most fierce quarrel at this meeting was the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries were just foils, and the other countries were just foils, and they used China's threat as an excuse to demand that the total tonnage of their warships should reach at least eighty percent of the United States, and at the same time maintain more than three times the advantage over China!
Where would the United States and Britain want to see the expansion of the book, and finally overwhelmed the proportion of the book, and at the same time promised to build a battleship Kaga, and in addition, the company could build a new battleship after China started to build a new battleship!
In the end, he accepted this result, and compared to history, the total tonnage of the navy increased by more than 50,000 tons, and he was able to build a new warship.
In the end, the proportion of the navy was finalized, the United States and Britain became the first class, with 52,500 tons of capital ships, said to be the second class, with a total tonnage of 368,000 tons, France and Italy became the third class, with 175,000 tons, and the biggest difference from history is that China also got its own share, which is 135,000 tons, according to this ratio, China has become recognized as the sixth largest power!
(To be continued)