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Chapter 847 Dare to be the first in the world

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    Being a late mover requires the ability to overpower others; being a first mover requires a leading advantage.

    In the three years since the Feng Dynasty took control of Beijing, China's army has quietly become the largest in Asia in terms of quantity and equipment.  Once upon a time, neither Zhang Zuolin nor Zhang Hanqing, nor anyone in the Feng Faction, would have thought that the People's Party and the People's Army would grow so fast.

    Under Zhang Hanqing¡¯s forward-looking awareness, the government led by the People¡¯s Party has effectively tapped the country¡¯s potential and effectively mobilized idle social resources, thus giving the country a youthful atmosphere.

    China¡¯s potential is huge.  This kind of industrial capacity and economic development relying on exponential growth has brought surprises to the world.  From the beginning of the development of Fengxi to the present, it has been its "golden decade".

    Huge investments and a stingy expansion of reproduction policy have made China¡¯s finances start to feed back the military after carefully maintaining necessary and limited defense expenditures.  In the month when the "Tanaka Memorial" was born, the Chinese Senate passed the government's decision to double defense investment.

    It seems that China has so many armies, but considering that China is surrounded by so many powerful enemies and has a long coastline that needs to be guarded, it is not surprising that Europe, the United States and Japan are "surprised" that they have so many troops.

    Because the navy is weak, it is basically defenseless at sea. The enemy can land at any location with its powerful navy.  Due to traffic restrictions, rapid mutual assistance cannot be achieved in the southeast, east China, north China and northeast directions. In this way, if there is no certain defense capability in any direction, the national defense will be destabilized.

    The Northeast will be the front line of resistance against Japan, so six armies are permanently stationed.  Not only must they be sure of eating the Kwantung Army, but they must also be on guard against the Japanese troops supporting from North Korea, as well as the long Sino-North Korean border¡ªseveral locations are "accident-prone areas";

    The Beijing Military Region mainly faces invading enemies from the Bohai Sea direction.  Historically, all major powers entered Beijing from the sea via Tianjin, and it was the center of the capital. Five armies could only be considered barely adequate;

    The Jinan Military Region is responsible for the important task of going out to support North China, and it also has to guard Qingdao, the most important naval base in the north - it is also one of the "favorite" landing sites of the great powers, because it is one of the few good military ports in the north.  one;

    Needless to say, the Nanjing Military Region must not only have a certain degree of binding force on the cancerous "Public Settlement" in Shanghai, but also protect the safety of the important Yangtze River waterway during wartime to prevent internal harassment.  The above four military divisions separate China's five strongest main forces and are the first line of barriers.

    The Guangzhou Military Region is too far away from the other military regions, and the transportation is quite inconvenient. At present, except for the Beijing-Kowloon Line, the only convenient way to enter and exit is by sea.

    Therefore, Zhang Hanqing placed the South China Fleet here. The general strategic idea is that in the event of a large-scale war, Hainan will be abandoned, relying on Hong Kong, and defending Guangzhou Bay.  Therefore, although four armies were deployed here, there were basically no troops to support it for three to five months.

    The other Lanzhou and Chengdu Military Regions each have three armies, each responsible for two directions. The four armies of the Wuhan Military Region serve as the national strategic reserve.  In other words, the number of troops that China may deploy in any direction in the east, west, south, or north is only 10 corps with 500,000 troops at most

    Having completed the make-up lessons for the Army, China began to have the energy to spend money on the Navy.

    The delay in building railways will not help the urgent situation.  From Wuhan to Guangzhou, it takes 15 trains to transport an infantry division to the front line. Under China's current transportation capacity, this is equivalent to half a month

    The correct solution is to defend the enemy from outside the country.  Instead of fortifying the sea everywhere, it is better to build a fleet with certain combat capabilities.  However, in view of limited financial resources, the Chinese Navy adopts a "small steps and fast running" approach. Although the three fleets are small but comprehensive, China has everything that a modern fleet should have.

    Based on the earliest three submarines in each group, the three submarine commands have each added one group.  Compared with the relatively unreliable and weak sea surface force, it enables China to have relative attack means for the first time.

    The naval aviation force's annual supply of 200 seaplanes gives the Bohai and Yangtze River fleets the opportunity to expand into large units with three brigades each - a wing (division), namely the 1st and 2nd Water Bomb-1  Alliance.  The South China Fleet can only serve as the second echelon at this time, but it is also equipped with two squadrons and two reconnaissance squadrons.

    The 4th, 5th, and 6th destroyer fleets also set up draft teams.  The former are four "Jiujiang" class destroyers that are worthy of being on the market, and are stationed in Qingdao; the latter two are both 15 "Hankou" class gunboats, each with one "Jiujiang" class destroyer as the flagship.

    There is no way. This kind of outdated destroyer can only be manufactured in small batches. It is not only to gain experience in the shipyard, but also to serve as an internship for naval cadets. Therefore, the annual output is only 2 ships.

    Counting together, China has experienced two consecutiveThe military expenditure in 2006 was not low - since gaining control of Congress, the Republic of China government has increased its focus on the military industry, and financial allocations have reached 390 million for the first time.

    Even so, it is only equal to Japan¡¯s military expenditure during the same period.  However, Japan has invested heavily in its navy. For example, it has successively launched the "Hosho", "Akagi", and "Kaga" aircraft carriers, which are far beyond what China can imagine.

    Because of this, the glory of the Chinese Army has been achieved.  Zhang Hanqing has reason to believe that even if Japan strives to catch up, it will never have a chance to catch up at a time when the national economic situation is getting further and further away from China.  And Japan risks weakening its naval investment - as we all know, the Japanese navy is the backbone of its dominance in Asia.

    When the Chinese Army slowed down, money was not spent indiscriminately. This is Zhang Hanqing's forward-looking consideration of the military leap: whether the limited money can be spent wisely depends on whether China's military strength can catch up in the short term.  A barometer of great powers.

    So the Air Force deserves special praise.

    Following the service of the improved version of the seaplane "A-type I" "Shuihong-1" and the service of the land aircraft "J-1", the country has invested more and more resources in aircraft. This is due to the increase in national power.  , there are considerations of military strategy and factors of foreign support.

    On May 21st of this year, American navigator Charles Lindbergh piloted the monoplane "Spirit of St. Louis" to complete the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris, which lasted 33 hours and 39 minutes.

    While the Americans on the other side of the ocean are still marveling at this feat, and the French are still embracing their hero, some people may just regard his achievements as a stunt flight to make money, and envy the Outlaw Award he won.  At $25,000, others saw an opportunity.

    Businessmen saw that the future of aviation and air travel was brewing. Aircraft designers began to develop aircraft with longer range and greater load capacity to give more people the opportunity to fly in the sky. Zhang Hanqing already clearly understood: the era of great aviation  has arrived.

    With his efforts, China Aviation has firmly grasped the world trend. Although it is in the stage of introduction and imitation, that is because of the industrial gap.  The world has not yet developed a deep understanding of the military role of aircraft. Therefore, when the arms embargo was imposed on China, there was no comment on the introduction of aircraft, which gave China an opportunity.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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