Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1361

In the past ten years, the Soviet Union’s economy has been very sluggish.

The fiscal budget available to the military industry sector is decreasing every year.

The projects of various units have been rolled out, and they all want to get more funds from the Military Industry Committee, which makes the head of the Military Industry Committee depressed all day.

The annual funding of the Military Industry Committee is not enough for the top military industrial units in Russia. The other republics outside of Russia have poor technology and get even less…

The Soviet Union can sell some backward technologies to China, the Chinese get funding for their development, and the Soviet Union can also get funding.

It is entirely possible to increase funding through such cooperation and reduce the financial pressure on the Military Industry Committee.

For this kind of thing, Oleg naturally has no reason to object.

He is even actively persuading other bigwigs who do not agree to export technology and production lines to China.

In such a meeting, it is almost difficult for others to have a chance to speak.

It’s not that they are unwilling to speak, but that they don’t know what opinions to express. The big guys all agree and oppose it. Isn’t this unpleasant?

Seeing that the meeting was over, someone stood up directly.

“Kiroff, do you want to oppose it? Or do you think it is inappropriate to export technology to China?”

Oleg’s face was so gloomy that it was about to drip, and it was his men who stood up and opposed.

As a member of the Military Industry Committee, Kirov, who holds the rank of major general, is naturally qualified to express his opinions at such meetings.

He ignored his boss’s dissatisfaction, and poured cold water on the excited boss, “Chiefs, although this scheme looks good, we must consider whether China can afford the cost of introducing these technologies… …China is currently fully engaged in economic construction, and all policies are tilted towards economic construction. Only last year, China’s huge army spent less than US$6 billion in annual military expenditures, and this year’s military budget has also not increased much, only about US$6 billion. …”

Kirov’s meaning is obvious, everyone is thinking about it, but China has no money.

In cooperating with the Chinese, the Soviet Union could not get much benefit.

“With the technology given, can we get the huge funds we need? Even, with technology, the Chinese don’t even need to introduce a complete set of equipment…”

Kirov’s words made the smiles on everyone’s faces stiff.

“Yeah! What can we get? A bunch of light industrial products?”

This thought came up in everyone’s minds.

The Chinese have no money, and the whole world knows it.

“The Chinese people’s ability to learn technology is very terrifying. Once we give them these technologies and help them improve the industrial system, it is not a good thing for us. Even we can’t even sell a single fighter…”

Kirov ignored the murderous look in Oleg’s immediate boss and continued.

“Kirov, the export is outdated technology, which is of little use to us. In exchange for the funds we need…” The Minister of Defense personally explained.

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As soon as Misavichowski heard this, and then looked at the looks of the people, he suddenly felt that things must be changed.

He hurriedly said, “It’s not very useful to keep our backward technology, so we might as well use it in exchange for funds. The Chinese have a poor technical foundation, and it is not easy to digest these backward technologies. Even if they digest it, it will be a long time later. Things will become even more backward…”

Kirov didn’t buy it, and directly pushed back, “For us, these technologies are indeed lagging behind. For the Chinese, these technologies are very advanced. They have developed from the existing foundation to the extent of introducing technology. It cannot be solved in a short time with a little introduction cost. Importing from us will quickly shorten the technological gap between them and ours!”

Oleg frowned and looked at his men.

The Secretary of Defense’s face turned ugly.

There is not only a sober person like Kirov here, everyone does not say, because they have no other way.

Immediately he asked Kirov dissatisfiedly, “Kirov, do you think that if we do not provide technology, the Chinese people will have no channels to obtain technology? In the past few years, China’s relations with Western countries have become better and better, and technical cooperation has also become better. More and more… These technical cooperations are almost all-round. Whether it is air force equipment, naval equipment, or army equipment, the most typical example is the peace model project between China and the United States. The F-8II is followed by radars provided by the Americans. After the avionics system is improved, what is the performance level?”

The Peace Model Project is a thorn in the throat of the Soviets.

The J-8 is based on the MiG-21 technology. After China is developed, it will not be able to intercept the supersonic penetration of the Tu-22M strategic bomber, but with the American radar and avionics system, all of this is It’s not a problem…

“Have you been bought by the Americans, and regardless of harming national interests, you want to help the United States prevent our technical cooperation with China?”

Kirov trembled with anger as soon as Oleg spoke.

He tried his best to suppress his anger, and said, “What I said is for national interests! All technologies are precious national assets, and it is not a good thing to sell them to the Chinese at a low price. Not to mention, it is just the Soviet Union. The -27 fighter is only 27 million U.S. dollars. This is a betrayal of national interests and a crime against the entire country!”

Kirov’s words made Mishavicowski upset.

What’s the matter, what are you doing with the internal conflicts of the Military Industrial Committee?

“Su-27 was actually provided to the Chinese at a price of 27 million U.S. dollars, with production technology!”

Kirov did not end, but emphasized the price of the Su-27 once.

Everyone’s gaze fell on Oleg and Misavsky.

They negotiated the contract and sold it at such a price, completely betraying the national interests of the Soviet Union.

Misavsky was very popular, but he had to explain, “It’s true that 27 million US dollars per one. The Chinese fighter jets and production technology are provided at this price. The reason is that the Chinese provide us with four-axle and five-axle aircraft. Axis-linked CNC machine tools, these machine tools are products that Western countries impose on us. Even, it includes the production technology of 4-axis CNC machine tools, including the production technology and production line of 16-bit chips…”

The Minister of Aviation Industry gave out the details of the technical cooperation with China. When these bigwigs heard that the Chinese could actually provide them with the four-axis linkage production technology embargoed by the West and the five-axis linkage CNC machining center, they were shocked. Unparalleled.

The Soviets didn’t make it out, and the Chinese secretly solved these technical problems in front of them.

At this time, everyone has no mind to consider whether this technical transaction is cost-effective.

Kirov was even more confused. “The Chinese have advanced technology to such an extent. If we provide technology, won’t they quickly digest it and develop technology that surpasses us?”

This is his worry, but also the worry of others.

The Chinese people’s ability to learn technology is too worrying.

Among other things, just the establishment of China’s industrial system is astonishingly fast.

When the People’s Republic of China was founded, the entire country did not have any industrial foundation, and there were not even a few larger machinery factories… It has only been forty years now, and China’s development in certain technical fields far exceeds that of the Soviet Union in the forty years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The level of development, some top technologies even belong to the international advanced level…

“Everyone, we have the same concerns before. Don’t forget that the design of the Su-27 fighter provided to the Chinese has major flaws. At the beginning, due to the urgency of the Air Force, Sukhoi did not do all-round. In the test, many technologies are not mature, which also caused the Su-27 to be prone to disintegration accidents during high-speed flight…”

As the main person in charge of this negotiation, especially the technical cooperation with China, Mishavicowski will not do without explanation.

If the explanation is not good, it will affect the relationship with other departments.

“Although the Su-27 is advanced and has a lot of defects, it provides technology to the Chinese. With their existing technical foundation, it will not be able to digest the technology at all in 20 or even 30 years, let alone make improvements to this fighter. In addition, you can rest assured that although a full set of production technology is provided, it does not include the engine technology used by the Su-27. We only provide the whole engine for export to China…”

His words show everyone that in this technical cooperation with China, not all the technology will be provided to China, and the contract also has restrictions.

China does not have engine manufacturing technology. As many engines as the Soviet Union provides, the Chinese can produce as many fighters, rather than as many fighters as the Chinese produce, the Soviets have to provide as many engines.

“Not only that, after selling a full set of Su-27 fighter technology, the Chinese will definitely invest more capital and technical force in the localization of the Su-27 fighter aircraft, spending huge extra money to introduce technology… In this way, it will be Further alleviate the pressure that the Chinese put on us on the Super-7 project. The research and development progress of the Chinese Super-7 project is too fast…”

These reasons convinced everyone.

China’s annual military expenditure is more than six billion U.S. dollars, which is not of the same order as the Soviet Union.

China’s military spending of more than six billion US dollars not only has to feed millions of troops, but also support the training and equipment expenses of these millions of troops. At the same time, it also has to undertake the research and development of military technology…

In this way, the funds that can be invested in equipment procurement are pitifully small, and the Su-27 has already occupied too much Chinese funds this time.

Seeing that everyone’s expressions were relieved, Misavsky was relieved.

After a while, I said again, “Even if the technology of the An-22 turboprop aircraft is provided to China, even if the Chinese develop a larger aircraft, what about it? The international future development direction is jet aircraft, which will be faster. Faster, stronger carrying capacity, and more advanced performance. Without providing these technologies, Antonov cannot support it without funds. Could it be that they provide the world’s top strategic transport aircraft production technology like An-124 to the Chinese?”