After the military received Zhao Yi's suggestion on the construction of a space-ground integrated information data link system, it began internal discussions. Combined with the modern equipment provided by China Military Industrial Company, it was felt that the feasibility was very high.
Of course, the Beidou satellite navigation system alone in space is not enough to establish advantages in the field of space information. In the future, more military satellite systems will need to be launched to support the space-ground integrated information data link system.
After the discussion, a consensus was formed within the military that the combat methods of modernized armies will change in this direction in the future, and the equipment developed by various military equipment companies must also move closer to this aspect.
Shortly after the meeting, Huaxia Military Industrial Company received relevant requirements from the military, which were basically consistent with the documents obtained by Huaxia Military Industrial Company. The company only needed to improve the relevant modules according to the suggestions given by Zhao Yi.
Huaxia Military Industrial Company has absolutely no objections to the military's requirements. All their military equipment has been designed with this aspect in mind.
However, other military equipment companies are not so calm after receiving relevant requirements from the military. If they really follow the military's requirements, many previous military equipment will have to be pushed back and provide upgraded versions.
Just when they were having a headache, China Military Industrial Company revealed the news to these military equipment companies through relevant channels and was willing to provide component modules in this area.
Because Huaxia Military Industrial Company has a complete set of relevant military information technology, whether it is software or hardware, it is highly mature and can be produced in a short time.
After other military equipment companies obtain the relevant modules, they can immediately start modifying the military equipment design. Since the relevant modules provided by Huaxia Military Industry are quite small, this work can be completed without major modifications.
Zhao Yi didn't know about military technical cooperation in the laboratory. Through this military technical cooperation, Huaxia Military Industrial Company and domestic military equipment companies finally established their own cooperation channels.
Since they had not cooperated with each other before, and because Huaxia Military Industrial Company was a private enterprise, the two parties did not interfere with each other. There was neither much personnel exchanges nor technical cooperation.
Through this cooperation, the situation has changed a lot. First, in terms of technical level, the military equipment of China Military Industrial Company is much more advanced than other domestic military equipment companies, and its relative confidentiality is weaker.
In fact, after the relevant equipment parameters and test data of Huaxia Military Industrial Company came out, the management of these military equipment companies also obtained relevant information. Although it was not very specific, they already had a rough understanding of Huaxia Military Industrial Company.
Regarding the fact that China Military Industrial Corporation has produced so many types of advanced military equipment in such a short period of time, their previous views have been fundamentally changed.
You must know that before this, they did not think highly of China Military Industrial Company. After all, there is still a big difference between military technology and civilian technology.
As a newcomer, if you dive into the field of military research and development without any military technical foundation, even if it does not end in failure, it will take a long time to complete the research and development of a military equipment.
The result was certainly beyond their expectations. In just over a year, Huaxia Military Industrial Company not only completed a research work on military equipment, but also conducted a comprehensive and series of research and development work on military equipment technology. .
From the perspective of those who know the inside story, this is just a fantasy, but judging from the results of military experiments, they have to accept this reality. These are all true.
Leaving aside the rest, many of the land warfare military equipment developed by Huaxia Military Industrial Company have been intensively tested by the military. As the testing progresses, they have attracted more and more attention from relevant military personnel.
Before completing all testing work and field battlefield exercises, the military has placed an order for 100 tanks and 200 armored vehicles with China Military Industrial Corporation.
Although these quantities are nothing to Huaxia Military Industrial Company, it can be considered a good start. With the improvement of mutual trust and subsequent good test feedback, there will definitely be no shortage of orders in the future.
Like heavy tanks, Huaxia Military Industrial Company only paid 10 million yuan for one. Although it is not cheap, its technological advancement is definitely worthy of the price.
This is still the internal price. If it is exported, the price will increase by at least 50%, and the technical level will have to drop by one level before it can be sold externally.
Compared with tanks, the price of armored vehicles is much higher. According to the quotation given by China Military Industrial Company, it reaches 30 million yuan per vehicle, which is three times more expensive than tanks.
The reason why they are so expensive is that these armored vehicles are not armored personnel carriers, but armored multi-functional battlefield information collection vehicles. They have advanced information collection and battlefield situation processing capabilities, and are information collection points and command nodes on the battlefield.
Moreover, armored vehicles can also be used as an important part of homeland defense information. They can perform real-time data monitoring of air and ground, and play an important role in air defense and ground armed force collection.
This is also why the armored vehicles sold by China Military Industrial Company are so expensive, because they use the world's most advanced radar technology and other detection technologies and high-speed information processing technology.
For example, Huaxia Military Industrial Company does not intend to make ordinary armored personnel carriers by itself. Although there is a certain degree of technical content in this aspect, it is relatively weak.
If domestic military equipment companies such as Cornerstone Materials Company purchase relevant basic materials and components, they can also develop an armored personnel carrier with good performance and sufficient use.
Although Huaxia Military Industrial Corporation wants to become a world-class military equipment R&D and production company, it does not mean that it must be involved in all fields.
In the future, Huaxia Military Industrial Company's main focus will be on the research and manufacturing of high-end military equipment, solving my country's technological gaps in the military field, and improving my country's military defense and strike capabilities.
Under this technical guidance, it becomes logical to hand over some less important areas to other military equipment companies, and when the relevant military basic conditions are met, the performance of the products they produce will also be good.
Although the unit price of these military equipment is very high, because the total quantity of equipment is very limited, in fact, the operating income obtained by Huaxia Military Industrial Company is not very large.
Even if the military purchases thousands of tanks in the future, the average price will be calculated based on the maximum price of 10 million yuan, which will only generate revenue of tens of billions of yuan, and the procurement will be divided into several years.
Compared with main battle tanks, the purchase quantity of multi-functional armored vehicles will definitely be smaller. Even if the total purchase volume reaches thousands in the future, the revenue will only be 30 billion yuan.
Although these may not seem low, they are nothing compared to the civilian companies under Zhao Yi, and these military equipment can be used for decades without any problems without a technological leap forward. of.
Therefore, when divided equally, the annual operating income is actually very low. If it were other companies, it would be nothing. After all, they are all state-owned enterprises and do not particularly care about revenue.
At the same time, their achievements are the result of many years of accumulation and are a matter of course. However, in order to achieve the desired results in a short period of time, Huaxia Military Industrial Company has made many mistakes, and its investment has naturally increased.
In order to recover costs quickly and have enough time to carry out research on next-generation military equipment, the unit price of these military equipment is destined to be very high. There is no way around it.
The reason why he estimated so little was because he understood that it was impossible for all the troops to be equipped with these most advanced weapons and equipment. The most advanced weapons and equipment would only be installed in small quantities, and most of them would be equipped with mid-range weapons and equipment.
Because these mid-range weapons and equipment are relatively cheap, they can be deployed on a large scale, and they can also be used in the army to match high and low levels, and they can still play their due role.
The reason why China Military Industrial Corporation does not seize orders for a larger number of mid-range military equipment is mainly due to the survival issues of other domestic military companies. It is not impossible.
This is different from the civilian field. If you can grab enough market share based on your own ability, you don't have to worry about it. You can grab as much as you can. In the military field, there are a lot of worries and it is not a completely market-oriented field.
However, compared with the army military equipment, in the air force field and the navy field, Huaxia Military Industrial Company is confident to win enough orders, because in these two fields, competitors are too weak.
If the air force and naval equipment provided by China Military Industrial Company exceed the world's advanced level, and no domestic company can produce high-end related military equipment.
In this case, if Huaxia Military Industry Corporation accepts orders in this field, there will not be so many obstacles. This is not because it is not particular, but because its competitors cannot come up with military equipment that can fight.
Moreover, Huaxia Military Industrial Company, which is able to develop the most advanced military equipment, will then turn around and develop lower-grade military equipment. The difficulty will be very low, and the work can be completed in a shorter period of time.
According to Zhao Yi's plan, the price of the first batch of air force and navy military equipment provided to the military will not be so outrageous. In the previous situation where the relevant military equipment was poor, the military is likely to conduct a large-scale listing of these advanced equipment. Pack.
After the next generation of more advanced military equipment comes out, the current advanced military equipment will be reduced to mid-range military equipment, creating a high-low mix situation and reducing the cost of military equipment installation.
These things are all Zhao Yi's own ideas, but the specifics depend on the country's considerations for our country's military construction. For the military, of course, the more advanced the military equipment, the better, and the larger the scale of installation, the better.
But after all, domestic military expenditures are relatively fixed and need to be budgeted every year. They cannot increase as much as they want. Therefore, he does not have a bottom line on how much Huaxia Military Industrial Company's domestic revenue will be.
According to my country's economic development level, the current domestic annual budget is less than 100 billion yuan, which is a little less than the size of domestic GDP.
Even if the total GDP is 4 trillion U.S. dollars, or more than 8 trillion yuan, the defense budget accounts for less than 1.25% of GDP, which is a relatively low level in the world.
However, our country's current development is centered on economic construction. If we want to increase our national defense budget on a large scale, if nothing unexpected happens, we will not increase it significantly.
After all, our country currently does not need to safeguard overseas interests on a large scale, nor does it have large-scale overseas garrisons and military bases to maintain. Even if the navy's strength increases significantly in the future, protecting local security will only be its top priority.
Under such circumstances, if you want to develop a high-level modern army, you need to continue for a long time and squeeze out relevant budgets from the annual defense budget to purchase advanced military equipment.
However, these are all apparent defense budgets under normal circumstances. If this pace is followed, it will be difficult to achieve the goal of military modernization envisioned by Zhao Yi before 1990.
Because it is already December 1986, and we are about to enter 1987. There are only about 4 years away from 1990. Even if half of the annual defense budget is invested in the purchase of new equipment, the overall amount will not be very large.
The expenditure components of the defense budget include personnel living expenses, training expenses, equipment procurement expenses, equipment maintenance expenses, defense technology research and development expenses, and many other expenses that cannot be disclosed.
In fact, it is difficult for the procurement of new equipment to account for half of the national defense budget. The proportion is much lower than this. It is quite good to account for one third.
Even if the domestic economy achieves leapfrog development in the future, the annual defense budget will not exceed 200 billion yuan, and the total scale of new equipment procurement in four years will only be about 200 billion yuan.
This may seem like a lot, but it is not, because this period is a period of rapid expansion of our country's military equipment. Whether it is the army, air force, or navy, they all need to be equipped with new equipment on a large scale.
Therefore, if we want to achieve this goal within the next four years, we must find additional financial resources for the military. We cannot rely solely on the defense budget to support the construction of a modern military.
You must know that in addition to the large-scale military equipment mentioned above, he also has advanced individual combat equipment such as combat uniforms. Although the unit price may be much lower than that of large-scale equipment, it cannot support the huge quantity.
Even if the suit and smart glasses are used together, the price of a set is calculated as 500,000 yuan, and the scale of equipping 500,000 people will require a procurement cost of 250 billion yuan.
Moreover, the safe use period of battle suits and smart glasses is 10 years. After 10 years, their performance will be much lower. They can only be used by second-line troops and cannot be equipped in front-line troops. After 15 years, they will be completely scrapped. .
Although Zhao Yi has never thought that all troops must be equipped with such advanced individual equipment, which is unrealistic and unnecessary, the scale of equipping 500,000 soldiers is relatively reasonable.
First of all, the front-line troops must be fully equipped, and secondly, the border guards need equipment. Calculated in this way, the scale of 500,000 people is not very large.
This is still individual soldier equipment, and there are many systems and other equipment supporting the individual soldier equipment. Although the overall procurement scale will not be so large, it is still a considerable expense.
In his previous life, Zhao Yi heard that part of the national defense expenditures came from tobacco taxes. Although he was a small citizen in his previous life and did not know whether the news was true or false, he still heard the news from people with noses and eyes, so for the time being, he believed it to be true.
It is unrealistic to completely ban the sale of tobacco. After all, humans are sensory animals and occasionally need stimulating items for stimulation. Even if tobacco is banned, other items will appear to replace similar functions.
In this case, it means that tobacco sales will never be cut off, and the tobacco market size is very large, whether domestic or foreign. If this part of the income is used for military development, the quantity will not be large, but it will be quite stable.
Of course, the harm caused by tobacco is also obvious to all. In his previous life, Zhao Yi would have been helpless against the harm caused by tobacco, but it is different now. He can use technical means to develop new tobacco products.
Through technical means, we can not only retain the original irritating components of tobacco, but also remove harmful components such as tar, which will be much less harmful to the human body.
When he thinks about this issue, he is not only thinking about the safety of national life, but also has his own personal interests in it, because the increase in diseases caused by tobacco will increase the burden on Chinese medical companies, which will also increase his burden in disguise.
No matter which aspect you consider, it is imperative to develop new tobacco products that can not only take care of the physiological needs of the people, but also minimize the harm, and it is not impossible to even bring beneficial supplements.
When Zhao Yi was developing smart glasses, Zhao Yi put the research and development task of new tobacco on the agenda. In fact, according to Zhao Yi's wishes, if he wanted to bring the same stimulating effect, he did not need to exist in the form of tobacco at all.
The reason why he still does this is entirely to take care of tradition, so that it will be much easier to promote. If it is a new product, it will be troublesome to promote, and consumers may not be able to accept it.
Moreover, such a good product cannot only be sold domestically. According to Zhao Yi's idea, after the new tobacco products are released, they will also open up a road to international trade and drive other tobacco manufacturers into the dust.
According to the preset goal, Zhao Yi needs to improve the taste of tobacco. To be honest, no matter how high-end the current tobacco tastes, it will be very uncomfortable if smoked too much, and it will also cause many oral diseases.
Therefore, he needs to make improvements in this area an important part. He plans to develop tobacco products with various flavors to provide consumers with different needs to choose from.
At the same time, reducing the harmful components of tobacco requires not only reducing the harmful parts, but also increasing the beneficial parts. Not only will it not harm your health, long-term use will also help your health.
Of course, the sensory stimulation brought by tobacco is essential, which means that new tobacco must have the function of nicotine, but it does not necessarily have to be nicotine, and other ingredients with different effects are also possible.
In addition, it is to reduce the addictiveness of new tobacco. In Zhao Yi's view, there can be a certain degree of dependence, but there can be no obvious physiological response. Continuing to smoke can only be a matter of habit, not a matter of physiological response. .
Because it has a strong physiological reaction, it is no longer an ordinary tobacco, but a drug. Not only is such a product not allowed by the state, even private consumers will have strong opinions.
If you become addicted, won't you be manipulated at will? Your destiny will be in the hands of others, and everyone will be more vigilant.
According to this goal, Zhao Yi is not only busy in the physics laboratory, but also takes time to conduct related experiments in the biology laboratory after perfecting new tobacco products.
To be honest, if it is really developed, this new type of tobacco will actually belong to two different varieties from the current tobacco. It will be a completely new plant variety. (End of chapter)