Chapter 92 Everyone Is Drunk but I Am Sober

Living in this era, I just understand what the US-Soviet hegemony and the Cold War are.

The only protagonists in the world are the United States and the Soviet Union, with them as the core forming the two camps of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

The competition between the two camps is all-round competition in ideology, economy, politics, culture, technology, military, etc., with no blind spots at all.

As for the third world countries, although there are many countries, they are all poor as hell, and are synonymous with backwardness and poverty. China is not even the best. Being the leader of the Beggars' Gang is still not something that all beggars are convinced of.

China in this era is just a marginalized country, not standing at the center of the world stage at all.

The polar bear roared and showed its claws, easily tearing Afghanistan apart, which was a huge shock to people.

Iraq, Pakistan, and Thailand did not hesitate to purchase weapons and equipment to enhance their strength in order to survive longer in the turbulent world.

Thailand was obviously very interested in using rice as a transaction before, but now it would rather pay in US dollars than trade in rice.

The situation is obvious. Once the war starts, the world situation will be turbulent, and food prices will inevitably rise.

"No wonder China's most elite troops are all in the north. Even so, it is very likely that they will be defeated in a short time and lose a large area of ​​land!" Liu Tao was very emotional.

The Soviet Union's millions of troops are pressing on the border. They can choose a place to raid at any time on the 12,000-kilometer-long border between China and the Soviet Union and China and Mongolia. They can even directly occupy important cities in just two or three days by air transport over thousands of kilometers, just like the Afghan war this time.

No matter how many troops China has, it can't defend the 12,000-kilometer-long border, not to mention the huge gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides.

Ten years of honeymoon, ten years of debate, and ten years of confrontation, how much pressure there is, you can imagine.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the country may be destroyed at any time.

Facing the steel torrent of millions of troops, although the pressure is huge, China did not choose to surrender or give in, but made the worst plan, that is, to carry out the third-line construction in 13 provinces and autonomous regions in the central and western regions, and invested more than 200 billion yuan in frugality and gritted teeth to build a second complete defense industry and heavy industry system in the heart of China.

That is not just the construction of military factories and heavy factories, but also the relocation of scientific research institutions and universities.

USTC moved out of Beijing under this background!

USTC is just one of them, and more universities have moved to the heartland.

It is this kind of passion for fighting against heaven and earth and comprehensive strategic planning that has established more than 1,100 large and medium-sized industrial and mining enterprises, colleges and universities, and scientific research institutions between the mountains and ridges of the northwest and southwest of the motherland.

Just like this time, the polar bear roared and showed its claws. It took only three days to take the capital of Afghanistan. In just one week, all the major cities in Afghanistan fell. The whole world was shocked, and China was also shocked because this military strength was too strong and too terrifying!

Of course, Liu Tao is very optimistic. Although he is also shocked by the powerful military strength of the polar bear in this era, he does not think that the S3 season will start. History has proved that the S3 season will not start. Peace and development are the theme of the times. This is the trend of history.

Unless one side is really crazy and desperate!

Otherwise, the S3 season will not start for another forty years.

Liu Tao was very relaxed and calm. He was more happy about getting a big order. This joy was because he saw that Panshan Machinery Factory would continue to develop rapidly.

Earning RMB is not a skill, earning US dollars is a great skill!

When he returned to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, he saw that many people looked heavy-hearted, but Liu Tao was smiling.

When he came to Wang Baoguo's office, Liu Tao put the contract agreement on his desk.

"The total order is 1.4171 billion US dollars, and the order for our Panshan Machinery Factory is 500 million US dollars!" Liu Tao said with joy.

Whether it is the total order or a single order, it has created the highest in the history of China's military trade.

And you know, China started to convert free aid into paid aid this year. In less than a year, there are so many orders, which is unbelievable.

Wang Baoguo sighed: "I don't know if it is appropriate to export now, if there is a war."

Obviously, Wang Baoguo also felt great pressure.

As a veteran who walked out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, Wang Baoguo is actually ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

This time, the polar bear roared and showed its claws, which also put Wang Baoguo under great pressure. He felt that the war was coming.

"We can't fight. We are poor as hell here. If the Soviet Union wants to fight, it will be eyeing the fertile land in Europe." Liu Tao said easily: "Besides, except for the orders from our Panshan Machinery Factory, the other orders are replaced. We can make a lot of money by selling them, and we can also produce more advanced ones."

"The productivity of Panshan Machinery Factory will become larger and larger, and the weapons and equipment replaced for the troops will become more and more." Liu Tao smiled, "With this order, the scale of our Panshan Machinery Factory can be increased by three times."

Wang Baoguo said with a smile: "It's great to be young!"

These days, they haven't had a good sleep, either internal meetings or attending higher-level meetings.

Liu Tao is very optimistic.

"Leader, this order has a delivery time, and they will pay the deposit soon. You must pay attention to it, otherwise they will say that we don't abide by the contract and have no contract spirit." Liu Tao reminded.

Wang Baoguo smiled and said: "Don't worry, we have set up a working group to take charge of this matter, and we won't waste any time."

"And you also know the leader of the working group, he is an old acquaintance of yours!" Wang Baoguo said with a smile.

"Old acquaintance? Who is it!?" Liu Tao was a little curious.

He knew more or less people in the Fifth Machinery Department, but as far as old acquaintances were concerned, Wang Baoguo seemed to be the only one.

"Father, Comrade Liu Zhenbang!" Wang Baoguo said with a smile.

All right!

What an old acquaintance!

"This time the other party pays the deposit, and the ministry will settle the payment in RMB first so that you can produce well." Wang Baoguo said: "When do you plan to leave Beijing? The working group can go back with you to inspect Panshan Machinery Factory."

"There's no rush!" Liu Tao said, "I'll stay in the capital for a few more days and find an opportunity to get in touch with the Americans."

"You want to contact the Yankees? Why?" Wang Baoguo said in surprise, "The weapons of the Yankees are at the world's advanced level, but they look down on us scrap metal."

"Even if the firearms produced by your Panshan Machinery Factory are not rare, they have the wrong caliber." Wang Baoguo smiled amusedly.