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Chapter 127 A Different Way to Prepare for War

In fact, although the production of automobiles in Western countries is huge, the proportion of commercial freight trucks is not large.

For example, last year, France produced only 2.2 trucks, but 14.3 cars; the United States produced 69.7 trucks, but 327.4 million cars.

15 trucks is not a small amount. With such a large order in one go, it would be great if several Canadian car manufacturers could buy 2 trucks together, because their truck production last year was only 3.7 trucks.The remaining 13 vehicles will naturally be American dishes.

But these orders require a lot of funds. The prices of light-duty and medium-duty trucks such as Ford G917 trucks, Dodge T203 trucks, and Chevrolet G472 trucks are different. It must be around $[-] to $[-].

In other words, the total price may exceed [-] million US dollars?If you convert it, it is [-] to [-] million yuan in banknotes from all over the world?
You must know that a destroyer is only 2000 million yuan now, and the purchase price of the Wuyishan-class heavy cruiser is just over 8000 million yuan.

So where does the money come from?Tax increase?Or cut other budgets?

Wu Zhengren had guessed what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought in his heart - education, medical care and other aspects of people's livelihood should not be acted rashly; besides that, the most expensive thing was naturally the army.

The three armies of the Ming Dynasty, who will be killed?

The army is large in size and consumes the most military expenditure, and even if old equipment is used, its combat power will not be greatly reduced.

The military expenditure of the navy is second, and the navy contract is about to expire. The Ming navy is ready to decommission the old ships, and then update them and build new ones on a large scale. This is also a big money burner.

The nascent air force is not as large as the land and sea armies, so the proportion of military expenditure is not much, and there is nothing to cut. At the same time, it is also the military branch whose use of old equipment has the most significant impact on combat power, so it is not appropriate to cut it.

After Zhu Liqie went back to eat, Wu Zhengren sighed: "Such a strategy runs counter to today's radical trend, and it's a dilemma... It's not a good idea."

Build for a few more years before preparing for war. This kind of strategic planning is quite different from the impatient ideas of many people in the DPRK and China.

But the crown prince is a very persistent person. Can such a contradiction be reconciled?
There are tens of thousands of people who are as sad as him, and Zhou Changfeng barely counts as half of them.

After Yang Zhen admired the random essay, he focused on Zhou Changfeng, which made the latter's life in the Marine Corps training class suddenly a little sad.

From time to time, ask him to answer questions, express opinions, or write a report alone.

But sadness is only relative, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is essentially an unusual value.

Landing operations theory, marine corps command, staff operations, logistics supply, tactical organization, arms distribution, coastal defense and many other disciplines are almost all top-notch.

Because of its standard and accuracy, the tactical plan of his staff work was even handed over to the Army Armed Forces Academy by Yang Zhen as a model for learning and reference.

"It is a must for the completion of the course to write an essay. This is an opportunity to condense your own learning results and personal thoughts. It cannot be perfunctory, and you must be cautious. If you have an idea, you can start making preparations from now on."

On the fifth day of October, although there was still more than a month before the end of the training class, Yang Zhen had already assigned tasks in advance.

It can be said that the requirements of this task are not difficult. I can choose one point in many aspects to discuss. The [-]-word "discussion" can be written in a few days, and then I can refine it a little, and try to solve it within ten days.

But this afternoon, just as Zhou Changfeng was about to go to Zangshu Pavilion, there was news that most of the Mixed Third Brigade had been taught?

So he put down what he was doing and hurried over.

In the elegant and simple value room, when he saw Zhou Changfeng, Huang Taize, who was processing the files and documents, instantly turned cold.

"You guys still know how to come back? Is the bait from the navy delicious?" He continued to write with a pen, and his voice could not hear any emotions.

The slightly embarrassing Zhou Changfeng replied with some embarrassment: "Back to Jun Zuo, what I want is to have more opportunities to participate in the war after I go to the Marine Corps. This should not be considered as eating inside and outside."

"What did you join the war for? To kill the enemy and serve the country? To make meritorious deeds? You're just like an idiot, laughing after being pushed into the fire pit, right? Do you really think the navy is a good place?"

"In terms of intricate relationships, that place is no less than ours. Do you have a foundation? You are an army martial arts student... you will be happy when you are asked to do all the dirty work and drudgery in the future?"

After accumulating anger for so many days, Huang Taize couldn't vent his anger at this moment.

"Brigade Commander, isn't that the case?" Zhou Changfeng recalled the conversation with Shen Yu that day, "I don't know who is behind the scenes involved in this transfer, and the navy should not mess around."

Huang Taize scolded him, and he was almost relieved. After all, since the secret manipulator could persuade the navy to poach the wall, and the "price" is very high, it is unlikely that the imperial army can protect the calf, so there is no need to blame Zhou Changfeng. myself.

As a result, Zhou Changfeng's call made him angry again.

"The one behind the scenes? Do you know who he is? You'd better pray to God and Buddha, and pray that he really treats you as one of his own." He frowned.

Of course, Huang Taize was just complaining. After all, if he didn't pay special attention to it, the person behind the scenes wouldn't spend so much effort to let the navy to recruit people.

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng bowed his head and said nothing, he waved his hand, "Get lost! There is no delay in the funeral ceremony tomorrow."

"Yes."

Just as he was about to leave after saluting, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of the level of pensions, so he stopped and briefly explained to Huang Taize what he had gone to the Military and Political Department some time ago.

Hearing that he first went to the Army General Hospital to collect the signatures of the wounded soldiers, submitted a letter of recommendation to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then went to the Military and Political Department of the Ministry of War, Huang Taize snorted coldly.

"For you, you have a sense of purpose. You are not wrong in this matter, and the military and political secretary is also the same. If there is such a mistake in the rules, it is enough for you to give feedback and suggestions. It is self-defeating to chase and make a fuss to solve it all at once."

"clear."

"It's difficult to separate the military from the government. You will have to suffer a lot in the future. Be smarter...forget it, let's go."

In this far-flung war to the frontier, the Imperial Army representing the royal family and the old forces fought well. Although the Third Mixed Brigade's annihilation of the Wilson contingent had deficiencies, it was not satisfactory.

Excluding the 171 killed in the first battalion, the total number of killed in the second, third, fourth, and fifth battalions and other units was 423, and 1007 were injured, and most of them were surrounded and wiped out the Wilson task force overnight on that day There were no casualties in the ensuing confrontation.

In the early morning of the next day, the burial ceremony, which had already been prepared by the left-behind office of the Mixed Third Brigade, began.

It can’t be said that the heaven is not beautiful, because it seems to feel the desolation of the shroud of horse leather, and there is a light rain in the gray sky.

(End of this chapter)