Chapter 66 Division of Labor and Cooperation
After the rescue operation began, Mu Haoyang's work also changed.
Although no one is sure that the volcanic eruption in Iceland can save humans, everyone knows that after the volcanic eruption, if the dust entering the stratosphere cannot be removed in time, humans will still perish. Therefore, when the world's top drilling teams gather in Iceland, Mu Haoyang was busy with another thing.
After a month-long survey, China, the United States, Europe and Russia have a comprehensive understanding of the global industrial structure. [bsp; On November 4, Mu Haoyang flew to Washington to attend the Quad military high-level meeting to jointly discuss the manufacturing of stratosphere aircraft.
When entering the country, I also encountered a small problem.
Before the outbreak of the Second Korean War, Mu Haoyang was blacklisted for a secret operation in Taiwan, but was refused entry by the US Customs.
Fortunately, the Pentagon officials arrived in time to solve the problem for him.
In order to ensure Mu Haoyang's personal safety in the United States, the US president also signed a pardon order on the same day, prohibiting Cia from investigating him.
On November 5, the four-party military industry negotiations began.
Logically speaking, this should be a business and industrial sector, but time is very tight. If the business operation is carried out, the production efficiency will definitely not meet the requirements. Therefore, the United States first proposed that the military should lead the organization of industrial production based on wartime standards.
You should know that wartime standards are much more efficient.
Take the construction of warships as an example. If a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier is built in peacetime, it will take at least five to seven years, while during wartime, it will only take at most two years. Relatively speaking, the efficiency of producing aircraft during wartime is higher than that of building warships. For example, an aircraft production line produces only a few hundred aircraft during peacetime, but in wartime it can reach thousands, or even thousands.
If stratospheric aircraft are not produced by wartime standards, it will definitely not be possible to complete a production task of 100,000 aircraft within one year.
In fact, the total output is likely to be more than 100,000 aircraft.
The reason is simple. Scientists only gave preliminary evaluation results based on the most conservative analysis. If the intensity of volcanic eruptions in Iceland exceeds expectations and the amount of dust entering the stratosphere increases, more stratosphere aircraft must be produced and cleared in advance.
How many racks should be produced and how fast it should be produced, it will take until after the volcano erupts.
However, 100,000 aircraft are definitely the bottom line.
The problem is that for human production capacity, 100,000 aircraft is a huge challenge.
If construction work is directly allocated, that is, the manufacturing quantity is allocated to each country, it will definitely not be able to improve production efficiency, because not all countries can manufacture necessary equipment for stratospheric aircraft. The most effective way should be to subdivide manufacturing work and then assemble the parts produced by each country.
There is another more important reason for doing so, namely political and military influence.
In the face of disasters, stratosphere aircraft are tools to save the earth's ecosystem, but after the disaster has passed, these super-large aircraft that can fly tens of thousands of kilometers in the stratosphere and carry hundreds of tons of loads are definitely weapons of war, or the most threatening strategic strike force.
More importantly, this type of aircraft gathers the highest wisdom of human civilization, and each technology is representative. If a country masters all the technologies, it will have the ability to manufacture more advanced aircraft, and military aircraft in a very short time.
In this way, if a country masters all manufacturing technology, it can equip its army without any scruples.
Only if no country can manufacture it alone, can we ensure that after the disaster passes, these aircraft will not become weapons that threaten human survival.
Mu Haoyang came to Washington to solve this problem.
To put it bluntly, it is to subdivide manufacturing tasks according to the technical and industrial strength of each country.
After a week of intense negotiations, the four parties, led by China, the United States, Europe, took the lead in reaching an agreement. China is responsible for manufacturing electrostatic adsorption devices and power supply systems, the United States is responsible for manufacturing engines and wing sections, Europe is responsible for manufacturing fuselage and main structures, and Russia is responsible for manufacturing tail wings and aerodynamic control systems. In addition, countries with certain industrial strength such as Canada, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, India, South Africa, etc. have also undertaken corresponding manufacturing work, such as dust recovery devices, remote control systems, environmental testing systems, etc.
However, on the most critical issue, there are still differences between the four parties, namely where to assemble these aircraft?
There is no doubt that assembly is crucial, and the countries responsible for assembly will receive the most benefits, even the assembly location is crucial.
To put it bluntly, if it is assembled in China, China is likely to take this opportunity to master all manufacturing processes.
The same is true in other countries, and there is no guarantee that the assembly countries will not benefit from it.
At this time, Mu Haoyang proposed a plan that would at least satisfy the United States and Russia, that is, to set up an assembly factory in Japan, which has been occupied by China, and the countries involved in the manufacturing work will send technicians to complete the assembly work together. The assembly factory is managed by a safety agency jointly established by the four parties. No party will participate in all the work, and there will be no chance to master all the technology. After completing the assembly work, the assembly factory will be demolished or blown up under the supervision of the four parties, and the staff involved in the assembly will be settled in Japan, supervised by the four parties. They will not leave the designated settlement area for life, nor will they contact the outside world without authorization.
This is indeed a bit cruel, but it can ensure that the country's cutting-edge technology does not fall into the hands of other countries.
Of course, Mu Haoyang also mentioned that since they had to settle in Japan after participating in the assembly, they could only recruit workers through volunteers.
After the United States and Russia agreed, the EU did not object.
As long as the technical security and confidentiality clauses proposed by Mu Haoyang are strictly implemented, the impact of where to assemble is not great.
On November 12, the military meeting made the final decision: to open a special place in the Hokkaido area of Japan to be responsible for the assembly of stratospheric aircraft. All countries involved in the manufacturing must complete the recruitment of workers within one month, and China will be responsible for the construction of the assembly base.
On that day, Mu Haoyang took a special plane back to Beijing.
When choosing Hokkaido, first, the area is not affected much by the war, and the degree of destruction of infrastructure such as road traffic is much lighter than that of Honshu and other areas. Second, Hokkaido is already widely located and sparsely populated, with less than 10 million permanent residents. Affected by the war, more than half of them fled to Honshu. Third, the area is close to Russia and the United States, not far from China, and is within the surveillance range of long-range reconnaissance aircraft of China, the United States and Russia.
In addition, the Port of Zapo in Hokkaido is well preserved and can easily transport engineering equipment and materials.
On November 13, the Chinese Marine Corps troops stationed in Japan began to operate, and the first engineering battalion took a transport plane to Zapo on the morning of the same day.
According to Mu Haoyang's arrangement, you must first choose a more suitable location.
After three days of comprehensive survey, the main purpose of using reconnaissance aircraft to survey and map the topographic map, and finally chose to establish an assembly plant in Kushiro Wetland National Park at the eastern end of Hokkaido. This is a plain with sufficient water resources. In the north is the Nemuro Naval Base of the former Japanese Navy, and the expressway and railway leading to Zapo. The most important thing is that this was a national park in Japan before and there were no permanent residents.
After confirmation, Mu Haoyang rushed to Tokyo on November 16th to start the construction of the assembly plant.
The busyness of more than a month reminded Mu Haoyang of a movie he watched while in the army, that is, the movie that predicted the end of the world in 2012.
Although the world was not destroyed in 2012, the reality was not so exaggerated, and the earth could not completely change within one day, the things Mu Haoyang was engaged in were very similar to those in the movie, that is, human civilization was not only extremely fragile in the face of natural disasters, but also extremely crazy.
If it weren't for the imminent survival crisis, what happened in the past two months would probably take ten years or even a hundred years to do.
When I came to Japan, this feeling became even stronger.
The war has ended for two months, but the social situation in Japan has not changed at all.
According to statistics from the Occupy Army, 14 million Japanese civilians have died in two months, most of which have died from severe radiation diseases. About the same number of Japanese civilians are enduring the torture of the disease, and more people are waiting for the trial of fate without hope.
In name, Mu Haoyang was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese occupation army, so after coming to Tokyo, he first dealt with the occupation army.
The biggest problem is not how to save Japanese civilians, but how to boost the morale of the army. In the past two months, at least one-third of the officers and soldiers submitted application for transfer. Pang Yuelong had proposed to the General Staff based on this to shorten the deployment period of the occupying army to three months so that the officers and soldiers can return to their country to rest. Unfortunately, Teng Yaohui did not approve because there was not enough transportation force to transport the troops.
The result was that the first batch of occupying troops had to leave Japan after working for a year.
This is not an easy task for anyone, because the main task of the occupying forces is not to occupy Japan, but to clean up the bodies of civilians that can be seen everywhere.
In addition, the occupying forces had to deal with the tide of Japanese refugees.
Just outside Mu Haoyang's residence, there were tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of civilians waiting for relief at any time, but the assistance that the occupying forces could provide was very limited. It was not that there were not enough relief supplies, but that millions of tons of food were stockpiled in Yokohama Port, but that there were not enough personnel.
At that time, the total force of the occupied troops stationed in Japan was less than 200,000, which was not enough to maintain social order.
Fortunately, things are getting better.
The Japanese Provisional Government has been established, and the first public security force has been formed, and is undergoing basic training. It is expected that the Japanese Provisional Government will be responsible for the rescue operation at the end of the year, and the occupying forces can be withdrawn from the front line and handed over the most difficult task to the Japanese public security force.
At that time, the biggest question was Japan's political system, that is, whether to retain the constitutional monarchy.
To put it bluntly, is there still a need for the Emperor to exist?
Li Pingko had already stated that this was Mu Haoyang's business. The Chinese government would not interfere in principle, and the commander-in-chief of the occupying army decided the fate of the emperor.
Chapter completed!