Chapter 1099 Steel

Although the civil shipbuilding and military shipbuilding industries are closely related, there are still great differences between the two. For example, in the past, the development of the shipbuilding industry in the United States was relatively deformed.

Apart from the sail era, the American civil shipbuilding industry has always lagged behind Europe, but the military shipbuilding industry was particularly strong. This situation continued until the 21st century, until the revival of the Far East Empire. In the early 20s of the 21st century, the Far East Empire had shown an unstoppable development trend in both military and civilian shipbuilding, rather than the United States, where only the military shipbuilding industry was very developed and the civilian shipbuilding industry was in a mess.

As a result, the United States' large-scale shipbuilding industry in the later period almost completely relied on military orders to survive, and the original technological advantages of the US military shipbuilding industry were difficult to maintain due to monopoly and other reasons. In the final analysis, the military shipbuilding industry should develop in coordination with the civilian shipbuilding industry.

At the current stage, except for Britain and Japan, most of the world's naval powers are facing similar problems, especially the United States and Germany.

As for the development of Japan's shipbuilding industry, it is completely supported by low labor costs and a militaristic development model. To put it bluntly, the quality of life of Japanese shipworkers is not even as good as that of East African slaves. Of course. The development of Japan's shipbuilding industry also has serious problems, that is, resource limitations.

Ernst: "The development prospects of the civil shipbuilding industry are very broad. my country still has many shortcomings in the field of civil shipbuilding. For example, with the development of the oil industry and the automobile industry, my country's demand for oil has increased rapidly, and overseas imported oil is an important supplement to my country's oil demand. The transportation of strategic materials such as oil depends largely on sea transportation, so the research and development of related transport ships is a necessary demand for my country."

At present, East Africa consumes a huge amount of oil, and orders from important oil producing areas such as the United States and Russia are increasing rapidly every year. It has become the world's largest oil consumer.

Of course, for energy security considerations, East Africa's domestic oil production has occupied a major position. Relying on the production of the Great Lakes and Lake Turkana oil producing areas, it can basically meet the country's needs. In addition, East Africa's oil exploration work on the west coast is also progressing very smoothly.

However, to resolve East Africa's energy security concerns, the most important thing is to quickly resolve the war in the Beibu Gulf Territory (UAE). Complete control of the Beibu Gulf Territory can greatly ease East Africa's future energy production pressure.

From the development relationship between the oil industry and the shipbuilding industry, it can also be seen that emerging industries have greatly promoted the development of East Africa. New technologies and new industries can also open up new markets.

Chris Sean, director of the Shipbuilding Industry Bureau, said: "my country's support policies for the civilian shipbuilding industry have been greatly promoted, and the application of new technologies and new materials by shipyards has also increased, creating huge demand for my country's industrial development and driving the development of heavy machinery equipment manufacturing, steel industry, communication technology and many other fields."

"Since the Third Five-Year Plan, my country's shipbuilding industry has carried out a new round of technological innovation. Various shipyards have actively promoted technological research and development, and have made great breakthroughs in the fields of steam turbines, steam engines, internal combustion engines and other ship power. At the same time, they are actively building large docks and slipways to accumulate advantages in building large ships."

In the early 20th century, the ship power was mainly steam engines, and the British, who had rich technical accumulation, naturally had the right to speak in this regard. This is also the shortcoming of the shipbuilding industry in other countries in the world.

The East African Shipbuilding Industry Bureau hopes to catch up with Britain through the application of the final steam turbine and internal combustion engine technology in the field of ship power.

As for other aspects, East Africa has certain advantages in the shipbuilding industry, such as materials, communications, etc.

In terms of materials, the shipbuilding industry is closely related to steel production. Material changes are an important factor in promoting the development of the world's marine strength. For example, the United States once surpassed Britain with the rich forest resources of the American continent and became the first shipbuilding power in the sail era.

With the application of steel in the shipbuilding industry, Britain quickly regained the world's first throne, which also extended the life of Britain's world hegemony to a certain extent.

Up to now, the shipbuilding industry is almost linked to the steel industry. The shipbuilding industry is a major consumer of steel, so the development of the steel industry has a huge impact on the shipbuilding industry. The lower the production cost of the steel industry, the lower the production cost of the shipbuilding industry will be.

During the Second Five-Year Plan, East Africa's steel production has exceeded 10 million tons, which is equivalent to Germany. During the Third Five-Year Plan, East Africa's steel industry production plan was to reach at least 20 million tons before 1915.

This goal is not difficult to achieve for the East African government, which already has relatively rich experience. It is optimistically estimated that the steel production in East Africa can reach at least 23 million tons in 1915.

The background of the rapid increase in steel production is the rapid development of East African industry. The emerging industries cultivated in East Africa in the last century have begun to take off. In addition, during the First Five-Year Plan and the Second Five-Year Plan, the scale of East African industry has developed by leaps and bounds, and the demand for steel in East Africa is growing.

Putting aside the factor of industrial development, the population of East Africa is still in a stage of rapid growth, and population growth itself can bring a large consumer market.

Moreover, during the Third Five-Year Plan, large-scale engineering construction in East Africa remained at a high level. Large-scale projects such as the East African National Canal Plan, as well as urban development and construction, railways, highways and other transportation construction have greatly promoted the steel industry.

During the Third Five-Year Plan, the goal of East Africa's steel production is to completely surpass Germany and become the world's second largest steel producer after the United States. This is in line with East Africa's current population, industrial scale, and economic situation.

At the same time, East Africa has made more outstanding progress in the production of special steel. Military manufacturing, automobile industry, shipbuilding, etc. have put forward higher requirements for raw materials such as steel.

In fact, the development of East Africa's steel industry has reached the ranks of the world's top powers in terms of scale and quality, as an important industrial development indicator in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Steel production can largely reflect the industrial level of a country, and in steel production, East Africa has reached the standards of an industrial power in terms of both total volume and per capita.

The overall reference objects of East African industry are mainly the United States and Germany, among which the United States is the most meaningful for East Africa, including steel production, railways, shipbuilding and many other fields. The East African government will use the US industrial production data as an important indicator.

Of course, the gap between East Africa's industrial shortcomings, that is, the light industry level and other industrial countries, is still significant, mainly reflected in the disadvantage in the competition in the international market. This is also the main reason why the Third Five-Year Plan emphasizes the development of light industry.

If East Africa makes up for the shortcomings of light industry, East Africa's industry can be said to be complete, and the gap with industrial countries such as the United States will be reflected in the financial industry and service industry.

Returning to the topic of shipbuilding, Ernst said: "The development of the shipbuilding industry requires rich technical accumulation and a long investment cycle. At this stage, countries are focusing on the development of the navy. my country's civilian shipbuilding industry has certain advantages. We must take advantage of this window period to achieve leapfrog development of the civilian shipbuilding industry, and actively cooperate with many emerging industries in China to achieve breakthroughs in safety, practicality, comfort, etc."

"As for the navy, the military shipbuilding industry should focus on the research and development of emerging ship technologies, including breakthroughs in aircraft carriers, submarines and other technologies, and further pursue quality development."

In fact, the current naval arms race among countries is seriously exceeded, which can be seen from the Washington Naval Treaty after the end of World War I in the previous life. In fact, the navies of various countries are largely passive. East Africa has temporarily gotten rid of the naval military competition, and should devote more energy to economic development.