Chapter 114 Strategic Project

As a soldier and a senior general, Mu Haoyang has a very keen intuition and is also very clear about the long-term impact of technology.

According to his plan, in addition to the four ports that must be controlled, what needs to be controlled is a large air force base.

Of course, Mu Haoyang could not get all the air force bases he wanted. After all, China had long promised not to deploy military forces in India for a long time, and the military bases rented were very limited. To this end, he had to do another thing, namely, to ensure that India's military equipment could be used during the war.

At the end of November, Mu Haoyang submitted a speech to Huang Hanlin, mentioning signing an alliance treaty with India.

Huang Hanlin did not object to this.

By this time, it was no longer a suspense that China and India signed an alliance treaty, because India had promised to lease four ports including Visakhapatnam to China and extend the lease term of Southern Andaman to 2144 years. In most people's eyes, it would be strange if India did not form an alliance with China.

At that time, Huang Hanlin had instructed Du Xiaolei to negotiate with India.

For this matter, Huang Hanlin also invited the Pakistani President to visit Beijing.

In a sense, the main obstacle to the Sino-Indian alliance is Pakistan, because it will weaken Pakistan's status in South Asia.

The problem is that China will never alienate Pakistan for the sake of India.

Although in South Asia, India has the ability to replace Pakistan and become China's main ally, as the only country that has been aligned with China (Indonesia is not a purely national country), Pakistan has a pivotal position in China's alliance system.

To put it simply, Pakistan has a great influence when China deals with ** countries.

From a strategic perspective, after controlling the Indian Ocean, China will definitely march westward, otherwise it will not support Egypt and Syria to challenge Israel in 2037. In other words, China must establish good relations with ** countries in order to use the Middle East as a springboard to have an impact on Europe.

In this way, Pakistan has an irreplaceable importance.

It can be said that Huang Hanlin was facing an unfinished task at that time: to allow India and Pakistan, these two countries that had been hostile to nearly a hundred years of peaceful coexistence.

Of course, this is a politician's business and has little to do with Mu Haoyang.

In Mu Haoyang's view, after the Second Indian Ocean War, no matter where India-Pakistan relations go, they will not turn against each other in the next few decades. The reason is very simple. Whether it is Pakistan or India, they need China's assistance in economic development and national security.

In fact, this kind of thing is not without precedent.

After the end of World War II, South Korea and Japan were allies of the United States. Although the two countries had a feud, it could be said that they were incompatible, but they also lived peacefully for decades under the coordination of the United States. As long as China does not favor either side in South Asia policy, it is not difficult for India and Pakistan to maintain peace.

Of course, it is not difficult to sign an alliance treaty with India.

After receiving a positive answer from Du Xiaolei, Mu Haoyang did not hesitate anymore and placed the airport in the important position in the Indian infrastructure construction plan.

According to Mu Haoyang's vision, the next step should be to focus on developing electric transport aircraft.

There is no doubt that this is not a tactical decision or just a matter of equipment construction, but a strategic decision that concerns the team's future combat capabilities.

Even so, it can be said that Mu Haoyang made a desperate decision.

If the electric transport aircraft project is not successful or Mu Haoyang's expected goals are not achieved, the team's combat capability will definitely be greatly affected.

At that time, Mu Haoyang did this out of long-term considerations.

The most fundamental reason is that it comes from the navy.

However, many people do not understand the reason, and seem to think that the navy has nothing to do with electric transport aircraft, so it is impossible to have anything to do with it.

As the Chief of General Staff, Mu Haoyang is not considering a certain military branch, but the overall military force.

At that time, the biggest shortcoming of the power of the matter was the navy.

Although before the Second Indian Ocean War, the Chinese Navy was the second largest in the world after the US Navy, and its fleet size was equivalent to 70% of that of the US Navy, the main combat areas of the Chinese Navy were only 40% of that of the US Navy. Therefore, in some areas, the Chinese Navy's strength surpassed the US Navy, but the navy was originally a strategic branch and had strong strategic maneuverability. The gap in strength was difficult to make up in other ways. During the war, the Chinese Navy had no advantages at all.

More importantly, after the end of the Second Indian Ocean War, the size of the Chinese Navy's fleet shrank by one third.

It can be said that this is a factor that cannot be ignored.

You should know that the construction cycle of the navy is very long. Even if the Chinese Navy has passed the accumulation period and entered the high-development stage, it is still unlikely to catch up with the US Navy in just a few years. Take the fleet as an example. It is impossible for China to build a warship that can tie the US Navy in a few years, and it is impossible for it to compete with the fleet.

As a navy general, Mu Haoyang knew very well what the outcome would be.

To put it simply, if the Chinese Navy still had only eight aircraft carriers during the outbreak of World War III, there would be no chance of winning.

Of course, there will definitely be more than eight aircraft carriers by then.

The "C3" project has been approved during the Second Indian Ocean War. The first four "C3"-class aircraft carriers will all start before the end of 2045, and are expected to be launched in 2048 and will be put into service between the end of 2049 and the end of June 2050. Since then, China will build the "C3"-class aircraft carrier at a rate of four every two years, and start construction of twelve by the end of 2049. The "C4" aircraft carrier is expected to be completed by the end of 2049 and start construction by the end of 2050 or early 2051. That is to say, if World War III broke out in 2055, the Chinese Navy will have twenty large aircraft carriers, and there are eight to twelve aircraft carriers under construction. At the same time, the construction of other warships will also be carried out simultaneously.

There is no doubt that this is a maritime force that cannot be underestimated.

You know, by 2045, the United States had only fifteen aircraft carriers.

The problem is that as long as China accelerates its shipbuilding, the United States will follow up and build aircraft carriers faster to maintain the navy's leading edge.

In early November, Mu Haoyang received information provided by Li Mingyang. The US Navy had submitted plans to Congress to build four New York-class aircraft carriers, and during the deliberations, the US Congress was likely to increase the number of construction from four to six.

The reason is very simple. By then, the US authorities will definitely know that China has started construction of four aircraft carriers in one go.

If so, by 2055, the U.S. Navy will have twenty-eight to thirty-two aircraft carriers and sixteen aircraft carriers under construction.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing.

The good thing is that a huge shipbuilding plan will definitely drag down the US economy and have a negative impact on the US military power construction. If World War III does not start, then in another five to ten years, that is, between 2060 and 2065, the US defense expenditure will account for 60% of the total federal government expenditure, and the US federal government will also go bankrupt.

The bad side is that this situation will definitely not be maintained. The United States will definitely lead to war before bankruptcy, or in other words, it will lead to war when it has mastered its military advantage. China only needs to maintain a stable economic development instead of focusing on military force, then it will never be able to catch up with the United States in naval construction, and it will be impossible to gain an advantage in the early stages of the war, and it will inevitably be in a passive state.

Strategically speaking, comparing with the United States to build warships is obviously a bad idea.

To this end, while increasing the scale of shipbuilding, Mu Haoyang also had to find other ways to offset the gap in naval strength.

Electric transport aircraft is the method that Mu Haoyang thought of.

To be precise, it should be a large-scale high-efficiency strategic air transport force to replace maritime transport, thereby reducing the navy's combat burden and improving the navy's combat efficiency.

It can be seen that large electric transport aircraft is a strategic project.

According to Mu Haoyang's vision, if large electric transport aircraft can be successfully developed and the overall cost meets his expected plan, strategic air transport can partially replace sea transport, and the navy will not have to focus on strategic routes and can invest more troops in other directions.

From a tactical perspective, strategic airlift forces are also the main pillars supporting the local peripheral defense line.

If China had to adopt a strategic defensive posture in the early stage of World War III, then the local peripheral defense line would determine the final outcome of the war. To put it simply, as long as the team can defend the local peripheral defense line and ensure that the local government does not suffer military strikes, China will have enough time to mobilize the war, exert all the potential of the war, and surpass the United States in overall strength. If it cannot defend the local peripheral defense line, the United States' strategic bombing can defeat China's war foundation and cause China to lose its ability to counterattack.

At this time, strategic air freight will inevitably play a crucial role.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the project that has extremely high strategic value that Mu Haoyang invested tremendous energy and made strategic deployments in advance.

Fundamentally speaking, Mu Haoyang intends to use a technology-driven military campaign to eliminate the strength gap between China and the United States.

To this end, in the next few months, Mu Haoyang spent a lot of energy on large-scale electric transport aircraft projects, and indirectly inquired about the progress of the project as the Chief of Staff, and visited Xifei Group and Hengtai Group many times.

Perhaps, in the eyes of many people, Mu Haoyang is making a big deal.

As the Chief of Staff, he had to deal with so many things, and the Equipment Exhibition was just one of them, so there was no reason to ignore other things.

However, from the perspective of handling it, Mu Haoyang once again proved his vision with his actions.

Chapter 114 Strategic Project
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