novelaction Chapter 326: The Third Industrial Revolution
Chapter 326: The Third Industrial Revolution
In 39 AD, apart from the ancient country establishing the East Asian Trade Organization and taking over colonies such as Siam, Persia, and Corte from England, nothing major happened.
This includes the Europa region.
However, according to the intelligence Jiang Hua obtained, this was just the calm before the storm.
Although Hans did not do anything big in public, he kept making small moves in private.
The entire Hans has even completed the war mobilization, and is only waiting for the order, and this sophisticated war instrument will start moving.
In Jiang Hua's opinion, Hans was well prepared for this war.
Next, Hans will probably open his bloody mouth and attack the surrounding countries.
Because under the push of the power behind it, the Hans Wehrmacht's fighting machine is almost unable to stop.
Whether it was the low-level soldiers or the middle and high-level officers and generals, they were all eager to try and avenge their previous humiliation.
The ancient country also had to prepare for war in the new year.
The National Bureau of Statistics presented Jiang Hua with a confidential statistical data set.
Currently, the GDP statistical method is used for national economic data statistics.
The statistics include not only those of ancient countries, but also approximate values of several major countries.
Through this data, Jiang Hua can have a clearer understanding of the current comprehensive national strength of the ancient country.
According to statistics, the ancient country's GDP in 39 was 527 billion US dollars.
It is higher than Hans's 384 billion and England's 300 billion, but lower than the United States' 762 billion.
This number has completely left behind the second-tier countries such as Hans and England, and the distance from the first-tier countries such as the United States is not so great that it is despairing.
In the absence of war, it would not take many years for the ancient country to surpass the United States. Three to five years would be enough.
In international trade, the share occupied by the ancient country has even caused a certain impact on the United States, and a lot of market share has been seized by the ancient country.
The ancient country has now built a relatively complete industrial system, and is able to produce basically all industrial products on a large scale.
This journey took eight years with the support of the Red Alert Base plug-in.
This can be seen from the current import and export trade between the two countries.
The United States' import and export trade has been in a state of substantial growth.
Starting from 36, the total value of the United States' exports was US$28 billion and the total value of its commodity imports was US$22 billion.
At this time, the export trade of the United States had already been affected to a certain extent.
A large number of high-quality and low-cost industrial products from ancient countries began to enter the markets of some countries.
By 39, the United States' total exports were worth $32 billion and its total commodity imports were worth $25 billion.
The ancient country's total export value increased from US$36 million in 7 to US$21 billion, or 52 billion Huayuan.
From 7 to 21 billion, it has almost tripled.
The total import value in 39 was only US$12 billion, which was a trade surplus.
Moreover, the ancient country's export trade is still growing at a very rapid pace.
However, the momentum of the United States has slowed down under the impact of the ancient country.
Of course, the United States still holds a high share of the world's industrial output value, reaching about 30%.
The ancient countries are also not weak, accounting for 16%.
In terms of industrial output value, it is already half that of the United States.
In this era, the annual steel output is the easiest way to reflect a country's comprehensive strength.
A country's steel production is based on its own needs, rather than ignoring market demand and producing as much as it can without considering the problem of overcapacity.
Therefore, a country’s annual steel production means how large the country’s industrial scale is.
A country that can produce 10 million tons of steel every year means that its industry can consume these 10 million tons.
A country's annual steel production represents its industrial strength.
That’s why there is a saying that steel is the country.
In fact, this is the same even in the modern era of the original time and space.
In the 24 years of the original time and space, the annual steel output of Dongda was 18.8 billion tons, and the annual steel output of Yingjiang was 9500 million tons.
The annual steel output of the University of Tokyo is twice that of the United States.
In that year, the industrial output value of the University of Tokyo accounted for about 28% of the world's total, while that of the United States was only 16%.
If the US had not relied on its high-tech moat to protect the University of Tokyo, it would have been driven out of its position as the world's leader long ago.
In 39, the annual steel production of the ancient country was 2700 million tons, while the annual steel production of the United States was 5200 million tons.
The converters currently used by some of the U.S. steel companies are all imported equipment from ancient countries.
Because the oxygen top-blown converter produced by the ancient country is far more efficient than the current open-hearth furnace, its only disadvantage is that it consumes more energy and is more technically difficult.
Not only the United States, but also countries such as England, Hans, France, and Tsarist Russia are actually purchasing converters from ancient countries.
The equipment now used by the ancient country's steel companies has been updated from oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking technology to oxygen bottom-blown converter steelmaking technology and top and bottom combined blowing steelmaking technology.
The efficiency of steel smelting has been increased exponentially.
There is still a certain gap between the two countries in terms of steel production, but this gap is only reflected in the scale of industry.
This is also because the ancient country’s current development time is too short, only seven or eight years.
In the field of high-tech industries, the ancient country has surpassed the entire West, let alone the United States.
It can be said that the ancient country is currently at the beginning of the third industrial revolution.
The West is still in the second industrial revolution.
The hallmarks of the Third Industrial Revolution are the invention and application of atomic energy, electronic computers, space technology and bioengineering.
In terms of atomic energy, the ancient country has completed the development and production of nuclear weapons, and has now begun large-scale construction of second-generation nuclear power plants.
Not to mention electronic computers, commercial-grade personal computers have begun to appear on a small scale in scientific research institutions and government agencies.
As for the supercomputer, its floating-point computing power reaches 1.6 million times.
In terms of space technology, rockets like the Saturn V can now be produced entirely independently.
Manned space flight began several years ago.
The ancient country's first-generation space station, 'Purple Sky Palace', has already entered the engineering planning stage.
The first main module of the Zixiaogong-1 space station will be launched for the first time between July and September 40.
The total mass of the main module of the Zixiaogong No. 1 space station is 18 tons.
It is estimated that it will take 40 to 50 years, a total of ten years, to complete the construction plan of the ancient country's first-generation space station, Zixiao Palace.
Plans for manned lunar landings are expected to begin in 55 years.
The space station is about to enter the launch phase, not to mention various satellites.
Hundreds of various types of reconnaissance satellites, communication satellites, relay satellites, navigation satellites, resource satellites, meteorological satellites, scientific satellites, etc. have been launched.
Currently, there are 312 satellites operating in space.
For example, the 24 satellites of the global satellite navigation system have completed their launch missions and have begun to play an important role in the military field.
Not to mention bioengineering.
The ancient country is at the forefront of world development in medicine, food, agriculture, forestry, chemical industry, metallurgy, and oil production, and it is a field that has been interrupted.
The ancient country already possesses all four major characteristics of the third industrial revolution.
This naturally also means that the ancient country has started the third industrial revolution.
At present, the industrial scale has not yet achieved comprehensive catch-up simply because the development time is too short.
Of course, this is only the big development aspect. In terms of many details of development, perhaps because the development speed is too fast, it is still not satisfactory.
No country is perfect, and that is impossible.
For example, the domestic traffic conditions are still not very good, and many rural roads are muddy dirt roads.
For example, workers' wages are still generally low, and many small and medium-sized cities with poor economic development do not have many factories, and agriculture is still the main industry.
The average monthly wage for workers is only 15 yuan.
In large and industrial cities, the average monthly wage of ordinary workers is more than 50 yuan.
But at least the ancient country is currently developing in a good direction overall.
Especially in terms of transportation, the mileage of ancient roads is increasing at an increasingly faster rate every year.
It has increased from 37 kilometers in 23 to 40 kilometers today.
In just two years, the road mileage increased by 17 kilometers.
The railway mileage has also increased from 37 kilometers in 3.8 to 5 kilometers now.
At present, the ancient country’s railways have covered all provinces except Wusi Province.
Main railway lines have been built in the three southwestern provinces and the three northwestern provinces.
The locomotives are all powered by internal combustion engines, with an average speed of 60-80 kilometers per hour.
At the same time, some trunk railway lines are undergoing technical upgrades, and speed increases are continuing.
The development of transportation also laid a solid foundation for the economic development of the ancient country.
These nationwide road and railway networks have driven the development of cities along the routes.
This is how the ancient country achieved its industrial and economic take-off.
It is precisely because of the high output of infrastructure investment that the investment in infrastructure has not decreased over the years.
According to Jiang Hua's estimation, the ancient country only needs 10 to 15 years of development time.
The ancient country was able to develop its overall industrial and technological levels to the level of the early 20s in the original time and space.
It is fast but also normal to cover 20 years' distance in 40 years.
After all, the development of the ancient country was based on the strength of giants.
As soon as the 40th year was approaching, Hans in Europe began to act impatiently.
This also means that the powder keg in the West is about to be ignited.
Jiang Hua also keenly realized that the opportunity belonging to the ancient country had come.