From the experience of his previous life, Qi Yiming knew that the Chakri that Thailand originally ordered from the Spanish Bazin shipyard? The Nalubet was not a qualified warship in many ways. In order to reduce the cost, the Thais let the Spanish shipyard choose a large number of materials for civilian ships, because the sales of civil ship materials are large, and the cost can be reduced. They only design and construct in accordance with military standards in projects such as flight decks, power plants, power distribution systems, and damage control systems. Even, in addition to the necessary flight operation equipment, other Thais think that it is useless, can be saved.

Even on the armament of this ship, only 4 "Meroka" 12-barreled 20-mm short-range anti-aircraft guns were used, and there were no phalanx systems and anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, avionics equipment is basically used in slightly outdated or low-cost and low-quality American products, so as to ensure that the ship can be controlled within 400 million US dollars as much as possible.

According to Qi Yiming's "black-hearted business experience", he built a light aircraft carrier with a full row of 12,000 tons, and if the equipment and systems were complete, he would charge at least 500 million to 600 million US dollars, but a domestic cruiser Type 055, which was also 12,000 tons, was actually quoted to the navy less than 800 million yuan, that is, about 100 million US dollars. Natural aircraft carriers are more expensive to build than cruisers, but cruisers also have complex universal vertical hair systems, Aegis systems and other expensive components. It can be seen how profitable Qi Yiming's arms business is.

However, even if the price is black-hearted, Qi Yiming can pat his chest in terms of quality to ensure that he is strong enough. A complete set of weapons systems can at least greatly improve the combat strength of the Royal Thai Navy.

However, the Thais just wanted a bargain, and Qi Yiming sent the details of various entries to the shipyard below, and the shipyard said that construction was not a problem. There was also a little tidbit in the middle, the Thais contacted the shipyards of several naval powers in the world, and in China they took the initiative to find Shenghua, who had business dealings, and the business was assigned to Qingdao Shipyard, because the Bohai Sea was built with nuclear submarines, and the Huludao Shipyard was actually the vest of the base shipyard. However, several other state-owned shipyards also came out and gave their own plans, including two shipyards in Huangpu and Hudong.

Dachuan and Jiangnan did not participate, because these two companies have a lot of civilian ship projects, and there are also big businesses such as aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, and cruisers in the military ship project, so there is no surplus slipway to help Thailand build this light aircraft carrier. Huangpu and Hudong belong to the PLA orders with some frigates, but they feel that they are still insufficient, not too full, and if they continue like this, it will be difficult for them to upgrade the shipyard if they have no accidents, and they will be producing frigates for a lifetime.

Of course, the qualifications of Qingdao shipyard are worse than those of Huangpu and Hudong, and the main ship in production is the 056 light frigate, but Qi Yiming dispatched enough red police engineers, plus the strength of the shipyard is also strong, and it is not a problem to build a light aircraft carrier of one or two hundred thousand tons.

Because he was worried that the competition would not be able to compete with Huangpu and Hudong, the company's manager Zhou Yutong finally pulled out the group's reinforcements. The total value of the contract is $600 million, including an aircraft carrier and 10 J-8V vertical take-off and landing fighters, plus two Z-8 naval helicopters, including corresponding training and mentoring costs.

When such a condition is opened, the competitiveness of Huangpu and Hudong will be greatly reduced. Thailand considered buying second-hand AV-8B from other countries at a low price, but the Thais are not stupid, knowing that AV-8B is a food delivery compared to China's J-8V, although J-8V is more expensive than second-hand AV-8B, but after all, it is a new machine, and the combat power is considerable.

The final contract has not yet been signed, and it will definitely be signed next year at the latest, and Shenghua has basically locked in this 600 million big order, and the Thais also feel that they have made some cheap. In fact, the proposal given by the Spanish shipyard Bazin is also good, although it is slightly worse than the Chinese weapons in terms of tactical indicators, but the price can even be slightly lower. Qi Yiming complained for a few minutes after knowing this matter, a developed country in Western Europe, **** China is still inferior and cheap, it is really feng shui in turn.

In November, China made another big move – signing an armistice and peace treaty with Vietnam.

Over the years, China has sent troops to various hot spots, so much so that many people have actually forgotten that China and its small neighbor to the south are still at war, and in fact not only China itself, but even the Nanyang Republic intermittently clashed with Vietnam at sea. Vietnam has constantly had military or civilian ships enter the South China Sea under the control of China or the South China Sea, and the two sides are in a state of war, and as soon as they meet, they will start fighting, so Vietnam has also lost a lot of maritime power, and its navy has shrunk to the lowest point in history.

In fact, after the Long March came to power, Vietnam already had a tendency to reconcile with China, but by that time China had completed its hegemony in the South China Sea, and all the islands and reefs claimed by Vietnam had been occupied by the Chinese, and they could not touch it back, because as soon as the ship was dispatched, it was immediately swept by powerful Chinese radar, and the nearby defense force immediately attacked and repelled it.

Moreover, although the two-mountain round battle has basically ended, the Chinese are wilting, and the Chengdu Military Region has taken over the main defense of the Sino-Vietnamese border, so the generals of the Chengdu Military Region are particularly fond of pulling in several division-level or brigade-sized troops without having to do anything, maneuvering hundreds or thousands of kilometers to the Sino-Vietnamese border, and then carrying out mighty actual combat exercises. Such a move made Vietnam very nervous, and the residents of northern Vietnam have even become fewer and fewer in recent years, because of the fear that China's powerful PLA may cross the border at any time, and this time it is obvious that Vietnam is unlikely to resist much better, so North Vietnam has become a dangerous zone, no one has the heart to build, and most people have fled to the more stable central and even southern regions.

This can be regarded as a faithful fulfillment of the original strategy set by the Great Elder to drag down Vietnam's economic development and to intimidate and intimidate the enemy. It is precisely because Vietnam feels that it is untenable, especially after the Soviet Union crossed Taiwan and Russia fell into its own internal strife, Vietnam has completely no backers to help itself against China, they are now just a quail egg, China's sledgehammer can crush them at any time, and the yolk will flow out.

A key clause of the peace agreement signed between China and Vietnam, which Vietnam cannot accept, is the recognition of China's absolute jurisdiction over the waters within the nine-dash line, and the ownership of all islands and reefs within the nine-dash line. This would be tantamount to Vietnam completely abandoning its claims to the Paracels and Spratlys, and it would never be possible to say that the two archipelago were disputed in the future.

Vietnam is also the last country near China's nine-dash line that has not been recognized, and Malaysia's non-recognition has been replaced by the recognized South Seas, and the Philippines has pinched its nose and recognized it for fear of China's anger and the instigation of the United States. Now only Vietnam itself is still on its shoulders.

Ye Yaozi paid attention to the Sino-Vietnamese peace agreement on behalf of the Strategy Bureau, and she said quite smugly: "Looking at the faces of those Vietnamese representatives, they are like eating, which is really happy." They even wanted to learn from our old wisdom and say that the peace agreement should put aside the disputed issues, but our Foreign Minister Qian made it clear that all rights and interests within the nine-dash line belong to China and that this is the basis on which a peace agreement can be signed. ”

Qi Yiming also smiled slightly, and said: "But our posture and posture are still correct, I heard that CNOOC even put forward a proposal to cooperate with Vietnam to exploit oil in the Beibu Gulf, which is equivalent to sending money to Vietnam." ”

Ye Yaozi was a little helpless, and said: "Back then, Beibu Gulf was divided into two and a half, and at this time, it was always unacceptable for some comrades to overturn the formulation of their predecessors. Besides, the so-called cooperative exploitation must be that we extract oil from Vietnam's side of the sea, and our oil from our side, where can Vietnam want to do so. In the final analysis, we still make cheap. ”

Qi Yiming also knows that it is not enough for Vietnam to really accept that Xisha and Nansha belong to China, and it is not enough to rely on a big stick to slam it, at least give more than one and a half sweet dates in order to make Vietnam finally back down. And even if China doesn't get involved, sooner or later the oil companies of other countries in the world will intervene, and then will it be extremely ugly to let Chinese law enforcement ships or warships harass them.

Qi Yiming has read a rough exploration report that the oil reserves in the Beibu Gulf basin alone can be exploited by technology, and the total amount is about 16.7 billion tons. Of course, it is not as good as super oil fields such as Tyumen, but it is still far better than Daqing and Victory on land.

CNOOC Limited has already started planning to drill oil in a shaft near Weizhou Island, and it is only natural that it will enter Vietnamese waters to exploit in the future, after all, the formation of regional cluster benefits can better control costs and increase profits. In addition, Vietnam also lacks petrochemical capabilities, and has empty oil fields around the coast, but it cannot turn them into fuel for cars and ships. Some in the industry believe that a large-scale petrochemical base should be established in Guangxi, mainly for Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, to make profits.

In fact, even before Qi Yiming crossed, Vietnam still exported crude oil while importing refined oil, and if it can block the supply of refined oil products to Vietnam, Vietnam's clamping capacity will be greatly improved.

Even if it's not just the oil in the Gulf of Tonkin and the offshore oil fields that Vietnam in the south had already started cooperating with the Soviet Union in advance, the future of Vietnam has become uncertain because of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Vietnam can choose to cooperate more Westernly, but China also has a chance, despite Vietnam's wariness of China.

In this way, under pressure from many sides, Vietnam finally chose to return to the negotiating table and agreed to China's demands in exchange for China to reduce military pressure on Vietnam's northern border and provide some help on issues such as oil exploration and investment. But then again, the so-called military pressure is easy to withdraw, and it is equally easy to put it up.