Section 451 Signals of China's Rise
"After listening to the reports of the cabinet ministers, I am very pleased. It is your merit that our world's largest and most populous empire has achieved such brilliant results in just one year. However, we cannot help but see that our development is still very uneven, and some places, some aspects, and some industries are still at a relatively low level. Even if we can look at the total amount of steel, heavy industry, light industry, and agriculture, but after being averaged by the population, our per capita share is only one-tenth or even one-tenth of that of the United States, and in terms of per capita, we are not even comparable to Red Russia, which was encircled and suppressed by the whole world. Wu Chenxuan rarely spoke at length, but when he saw that all the ministers were talking about merit and performance, but rarely talking about problems and difficulties, he couldn't sit still.
"I think the speech of the general seat is very timely, many of our government departments think that they have worked hard and have an arrogant attitude of Lao Tzu who is the best in the world, and this impetuous style must be curbed as much as possible, otherwise it will endanger the healthy development of the hài empire." How did Old Man Xu not know how to express his position, these questions were the most important for the government department he was in charge of, and if he, the prime minister of the government, did not come out to express his position, would he wait for the head of state to come up with specific examples of his subordinates? That's passive. Make your position clear first, show your attitude, and when the general seat makes up its mind to rectify, Xu Shichang, who took the lead in expressing support, will naturally not be affected by his subordinates, and if you can't take the opportunity to reshuffle the cards and insert more of your own factions into it, why not?
The two bigwigs set the tone, and Xiong Xiling, Zhang Nanjiang and others also vigorously agreed, so an ideological reflection movement that swept all levels of party, government, and military discussions to find gaps and oppose complacency began vigorously. However, the meeting continued. The next report is on the military side, and Duan Qirui, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stood up and began to report.
"From the moment the empire was founded, the armed forces of our country took a new oath. At present, both the Wehrmacht Army and the Wehrmacht Navy take an oath of allegiance to the Reich. As for the air force, with the approval of the General Headquarters, it was renamed the Royal Air Force of the Democratic Empire of China, and officially became an integral part of the national armed forces. The aviation units that had been transferred to the Wehrmacht Navy were also reorganized into the Wehrmacht Naval Aviation Units, referred to as the Navy. The armed forces of our country will consist of the Wehrmacht, the Royal Air Force, the Home Guard, the Foreign Legion, which will be temporarily under the command of the Wehrmacht. At present, the Imperial Armed Forces have a total of 1.6 million active soldiers, including 800,000 in the Wehrmacht, 160,000 in the Navy, 200,000 in the Royal Air Force, 430,000 in the Home Guard, and about 10,000 directly subordinate troops. Our National Defense Forces, Royal Air Force, and Internal Guard have all been tested in several wars, and their personnel and equipment can fully meet the requirements of defending national independence and territorial integrity. The actual combat effectiveness of our army and the Royal Air Force occupies the first place in the world, and this has also been recognized by the world. The navy is one of our weak links, but since we defeated the Japanese combined fleet, Britain, the United States and France have actively invited us to join the treaty on the limitation of naval armaments, although our naval tonnage is only ranked sixth, not as good as Italy, but strength is the last word, we can take out half of Japan's naval strength, is our pass to enter the ranks of the world's top navy. ”
"Yes, the little devil also killed the Russian Pacific Fleet before he entered the ranks of the world's naval powers." Xiong Xiling was still deeply impressed by the old things back then, "But the little devils have suffered a big loss this time, I don't think they will be willing to lie in wait, and Ma Yao may not be able to restrain their revenge." Do we have to prepare accordingly on the part of the navy? ”
"Xiong Lao is well versed in the temperament of the little devils, these gangs must have ill intentions, but it doesn't matter, our Dawn Goddess bombing, not only destroyed Japan's shipyards, but more importantly, killed a large number of Japanese scientific researchers and skilled technicians, without these human resources accumulated since the Meiji Restoration, with the current resources of small Japan, even if it has great ability, it will not be able to show. Moreover, our air bases and naval bases in the Ogasawara and Ryukyu Islands are not decorations, as long as we have an order, we can burn the major cities of Japan again within 24 hours, and after 48 hours, there will be no surface ships of more than 500 tons in the combined fleet. Yang Shihai's words were categorical, so that everyone had a preliminary impression of the strength of the Royal Air Force, which is recognized as the world's first, which is quite a bull's fork.
Since the bombing of the Goddess of Dawn in the 45th Century, the major powers of the world have been collecting and analyzing the process of this asymmetric war without any contact between sea and land from their own angles and methods. Despite mixed reviews, the world's major powers have all substantially increased their investment in air power.
A Japan, which relied on several hundred advanced biplane fighters in the late stage of World War I, was ridiculously vulnerable in the face of the overwhelming all-metal monoplane fighters and bombers of the Chinese Air Force, and later it became a luxury to even go to the sky to participate in the war. The vaunted powerful army, the invincible navy, became useless in the face of this air superiority. No matter how many naval guns can't threaten the whistling eagle in the air, no matter how strong the cavalry is, it can't use a saber to deal with the "ballistics" of the bomb, which makes France and Britain, which once thought they were the first in the army and navy, become as ridiculous as clowns, and even some people in the US ** team, which has always regarded the two oceans as their own moat, have begun to worry faintly that perhaps when China and the United States clash, there will be overwhelming Chinese fighters to cover the sun over the United States.
Air Force Lieutenant General Wei Lihuang, one of the founders of the Chinese Air Force, wrote the book "Air Supremacy" and has become a must-read work for many scholars and officers, "Ensuring air superiority is the guarantee for victory in the war, and losing air superiority is the beginning of defeat in the war." It has become a famous saying that many soldiers take as Guibing.
"There are many opponents in the empire, and Japan is not the first and not the strongest, but it is the one we must be wary of." Wu Chenxuan's speech made all the bigwigs understand that the boss did not relax his vigilance against Japan, and for this nation that is good at creating miracles, paranoia and endurance are amazing, a defeated peace treaty will not have a second way except for them to taste their courage. China has not given up its suppression of Japan, and in addition to its war debts, overseas bases are also an important link in restraining Japan, and of course the means are not limited to this. Economically, Japan, which is strictly dependent on exports, is actually very fragile, and has to face the cruel competition of Chinese products in the international market, and has lost the raw material bases of the mainland, Taiwan, and Sanhan, and it is difficult to keep the cost of Japanese products low. In that case, there is no need for China to take action, and Kawashima Naniwa, who fled back from China, and Kita Kazuki, Nakajima Kosuke, and others who returned with him will all be theoreticians and leaders of the Japanese peasant and labor revolution, and perhaps with the help of the Red Russian International Bureau. In the future history, there are still two big gift packages waiting for the little Japan to check, waiting for these two gift packages to be detonated one after another, not to mention revenge, whether Japan can maintain the status of an industrialized country has to be said.
"Our work has achieved remarkable results, but our people have been suppressed for too long, and they need to regain their confidence, so I propose to publish this year's economic figures and the world rankings for the country. In addition, there are some unsatisfactory places that should not be concealed, we are a democratic empire, and if we do not let the people know, how can they be the masters of their own affairs, this democracy is a fake democracy. Wu Chenxuan's construction has of course been approved and implemented, from the first year of the empire to the government work report, the beginning is a statement of the empire's main economic figures, although later due to the changes of the times, some numbers and calculation methods have been adjusted a lot, but every year to look at the economic numbers announced by the government jù has become a compulsory course for imperial citizens. Moreover, this system has also been promoted, and at the end of the year, the provincial, city, and county governments publish various economic figures in their regions and the implementation of policies related to the vital interests of the people, which has also become an important basis for the parliament to exercise its decision-making power in accordance with the law.
"Next, let's talk about our financial policy, a steady and active economic policy and a steady and prudent monetary policy, which makes China play an increasingly important role in international economic life. Next, our steps should remain the same, reduce the hot and cold loan policy, and look at it from the perspective of development...."Suddenly there was a tremor for no reason, and the bump between the ceramic teacup and the teacup made a pleasant porcelain sound, and everyone looked at each other, and couldn't help but look up at the huge chandelier that was already swinging like a swing overhead.
"Earthquake?" Wu Chenxuan was the first to react, "The situation is urgent, and I propose a temporary adjournment." All departments should pay close attention to the implementation of the spirit of the meeting, and the departments that did not report will report on a scheduled basis. Xiao Deng, go and ask Director Su to come over. ”
Before Deng Xianxian could close the shorthand book and go to find Director Su of the attendant office, the door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside, and a lady in a lead-gray suit strode in, it was Director Su Wansu.
"Report to the Führer, Ministers. According to the report, a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 on the Richter scale has occurred in Haiyuan, Gansu Province, and I have asked President Xie Jiarong of the Earthquake Disaster Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences of the Government Council to organize a professional team to inspect the earthquake situation. Please instruct us on the next arrangements for earthquake relief. ”
"Ahh The important ministers were shocked, although they did not necessarily know what a situation of 8.5 on the Richter scale was a situation, but what kind of destructive force an earthquake that was clearly felt in Jinan, which was more than 2,000 miles away, everyone could imagine. For a while, the conference room fell into a brief dullness, and Haiyuan, a small border county, was destined to become the most involved place in the center of the empire for some time to come.