"That's a good idea!" Then one of the staff officers said, "But...... It's too far away for us! ”

"Far away?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this.

"Staff Officer Lin means ......," Commander Li explained: "We now have a weak industrial base, although the research on missiles was relatively early, but it has also been interrupted for many years, and now the national strength is poor and all kinds of industries are waiting to be developed, it is conceivable that the development of such an anti-ship ballistic missile that can be mobile by car and requires a range of 3,000 kilometers seems unrealistic, and even if this is possible...... That would be at least a decade or even decades away! ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, I couldn't help but understand the thoughts of the cadres.

In fact, it is not surprising at all, I am a modern person, and I know that history has developed according to this trajectory, that is, I know very well that this Dongfeng-21 anti-ship ballistic missile will definitely be successfully developed and equipped with our army, and these are still facts for me.

However, this is not the case for a group of cadres, just as Commander Li said, we have only recently restarted the missile project, and we are still in a very backward state in terms of missiles, and even the first solid surface-to-surface missile was successfully tested only a few years later, and at this time, I talked a lot about the idea of being able to deal with an imaginary enemy's aircraft carrier from a distance of 3,000 kilometers, and it is no wonder that the leaders feel that it is "far away."

Commander Zhang pondered for a while, and then said: "I think that this kind of thing should be thought farther, and a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!" Besides, as you said before, the development of aircraft carriers, fighter planes, air-to-air missiles, etc., which one is not 'distant'?! ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be silent.

After a long time, the cadre known as Staff Officer Lin said: "This is also the reason why I am more inclined to develop fighters and air-to-air missiles." The present form shì is an ally of the American and British empires in our country. And they were allies in the common fight against the Soviet Union, a formidable enemy. Under this form shì. I believe that the United States, Britain and other congresses would prefer that we have more advanced fighters or air-to-air missiles to counterbalance the Soviet Union! ”

"I agree with Staff Officer Lin!" Another cadre continued: "We also saw it in the Falklands War. Argentina basically uses American-style equipment, such as Skyhawk fighters, aerial bombs, etc., and even their only aircraft carrier turned out to be British, which shows that we are also very likely to get some of their advanced equipment. And it turns out that we can get more advanced equipment, such as artillery sight radar and ship-to-air missiles, which will arrive soon.

Of course, we can't pin our hopes on the equipment that Britain and the United States and other countries have sold us, I mean we should learn some technologies that we do not have from these equipment, and digest and absorb these technologies and use them in our own equipment. This will undoubtedly make the pace of modernization of our army faster! ”

"yes, that's what I meant!" Staff Officer Lin continued: "And I think that now that we are a quasi-ally with the United States, the United States will definitely make appropriate concessions on the Taiwan issue." In this way, I don't think the Taiwan issue will drag on for too long! ”

When I heard this, I realized that what Staff Officer Lin said about "distant" actually had another meaning, that is, he believed that the Taiwan issue could be resolved in the immediate present or in the next few years.

Of course, Staff Officer Lin's idea is not unreasonable, because even now, when the Chinese armed forces are just beginning to move towards modernization, it is not too big a problem to liberate Taiwan, and the problem has always been US interference. And now the United States has become our ally, that is, the problem has weakened. Then, in the foreseeable future, the settlement of the Taiwan issue will not be very far away

From this, I also truly understand why so many cadres are eager to develop aircraft carriers, fighter planes, air-to-air missiles, and other equipment...... These are offensive weapons. Moreover, a considerable part of them can be purchased directly from the United States and Britain, which means that a quasi-modern force can be formed in a short period of time, and it can play a role in shocking the Taiwan issue and even in actual combat.

But I know that this is not true, and at the same time, I can understand why the leaders have this kind of thinking, you must know that most of them have grown up or come over in a state of isolation for ten years, so their ideas about the relationship between countries in the international community are relatively simple, and the international outlook is relatively not up to date.

"What do you think?" Seeing that I was silent, Commander Li raised his head at me.

"Let's put it this way......," I thought about it, and then I said: "First of all, I think it is appropriate to discuss the US position on the Taiwan issue, because some leaders think that we are now allies with the United States, so it is possible for the United States to back down on the Taiwan issue and eventually achieve the goal of settling the Taiwan issue, but it should be said that this is impossible." ”

After glancing at the leaders around me who were not impressed, I continued: "We all know that the relationship between countries is based on interests, for example, the reason why the United States and Britain and other countries have changed their attitude towards our country in the past, are willing to sell some advanced equipment and progress to us, and even show solidarity with us in the international community, is because we have a common enemy...... USSR.

However, on the Taiwan issue, if we stand on the US standpoint, will it be in the greater interests of the United States to continue to maintain this state of division? Or let's have more interests in completely resolving the Taiwan issue?! ”

Hearing this, the cadres couldn't help but be stunned, they really hadn't thought about the problem like this before.

"Obviously, the former has more interests!" I continued: "The reason is very simple: once the Taiwan issue is truly resolved, then the United States will have no political bargaining chips in its hands. And if the Taiwan issue still exists, then the United States can continue to use it to threaten us and reap benefits from both sides. Therefore, what I want to say is that even if we are friendly with the United States for decades, hundreds or even thousands of years, this Taiwan issue will not be resolved. The United States plays the role of a policeman who maintains world peace, but what it does is to cause trouble all over the world and profit from it!

Therefore, if we understand this, it will also be clear to us that all the concessions and all the benefits that the United States has made to us now are because of the Soviet Union, and we must not pin our hopes for the settlement of the Taiwan issue on the United States. ”

"Well said!" Commander Zhang nodded and said: "So it is foreseeable that there will be such a situation, when we think that we can solve the Taiwan issue if we are a little stronger and the United States retreats a little more, Taiwan will also become stronger and new problems will appear." It's a piece of bread painted on the wall, you can see it, but you can never get it! ”

"In terms of armament!" I continued: "My view is that this will not accelerate the pace of modernization of our military, but may slow down!" ”

"This ...... Unlikely! Staff Officer Lin objected: "We have obtained more advanced technology and equipment, how can we slow down the pace of modernization?" ”

"The main reason is that all the equipment and research that we have come to us are Soviet-style equipment!" I said: "And there is often a big difference in the design ideas between Soviet-style equipment and American-style equipment, and I don't know much about high-tech things, so I'll talk about assault rifles...... The Soviet AK47, which was characterized by good reliability and power, but poor accuracy, was the opposite in terms of performance, while the performance of the M16 in the US army was the opposite.

This peculiarity is expressed in high-tech equipment such as fighter planes and missiles, which often means that if we want to follow the line of American-style equipment, we will have to completely overturn or most of the previous research results and accumulated experience.

This is undoubtedly quite dangerous, because once our common enemy with the United States, that is, the Soviet Union, is defeated, and we are no longer allies with the United States, it will cause our military industry to waste several years on the wrong path. ”

I saw a lot of cadres nodding their heads, and it was clear that they were already having this problem.

"But Comrade Yang Xuefeng!" One of the cadres frowned and said: "We have no choice now, the Soviet Union is at odds with us, what can we choose if we don't choose American-style equipment?" It's impossible not to develop! ”

"Of course!" I said: "This does not mean that we will not buy equipment and will not develop it, but just like Staff Officer Lin said, what is more important for us to be able to absorb, digest and transfer the technology of these equipment to our own use, and based on our country's existing industrial capacity, we should strive to be able to imitate and produce it ourselves, rather than relying too much on other countries in terms of equipment and being controlled by other countries!" ”

This is evident, and one of the most extreme examples is India.

India is a country that is not even able to produce rifle bullets completely domestically due to its weak basic industry.

It should be said that under such circumstances, it is necessary to develop the economy and industry in a down-to-earth manner, just like China, which has been "taoguang and obscure" for decades, and when the industrial level and scale reach a certain level, many problems will be solved.

But India did not do this, and their mental state was a bit like that of some cadres in the conference room at this time, too eager to achieve a step to the sky or to achieve modernization in a short period of time by purchasing advanced equipment from other countries.

But as the saying goes, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." The result of this is that the country's military equipment is overly dependent on foreign countries, whether it is the production of tanks or fighter planes, not to mention the foreign parts of the whole body, and it is still very helpless to face an embarrassing situation that has fallen behind before it has been produced.

It can be said that if a country's military develops like India's, it can almost be said that it can only be said to be a grandson. Because once he starts a war, the owner of his equipment made in all nations can jam him on the relevant equipment, and then he can only stretch out his neck and let others slaughter. (To be continued......)