Chapter 310: Spikeman's America and the Balance of Power
readx; In Hangzhou, China, a gringo walked on the streets, carefully studied China's customs, he went to Chinese schools, went to Chinese farms, went to Chinese theaters, went to Chinese ports, went to Chinese construction sites and other places. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
His name is Spikeman, a professor of international relations at Yale University in the United States, and he is deeply disturbed by the rise of China, especially since the United States is pursuing a policy of isolation.
Once the 'world island' of Asia, Africa and Europe is unified by one country and one nation, then the Americas in the Western Hemisphere will be encircled.
The Eastern Hemisphere has twice as much land and ten times the population of the Western Hemisphere, and once the United States is surrounded, the result will be catastrophic.
It has been nearly half a year since Spikeman arrived in China, during which time he has inspected many places and was even arrested by Chinese intelligence agencies, but was released because he did not spy on important information, but only investigated the situation in Chinese society.
After more than half a year of investigation, Spikeman had to admit that China would be a country that was very likely to unify Asia, Africa and Europe as the world's island in the future.
The national ideology of the country has been revived, and at the same time it has begun to rise militarily, economically, politically.
It is a talented country, and at the same time, it is very clean, which means that it is extremely efficient in administration and in social construction. As can be seen from the various projects that have been intensified in various parts of China, it is an administrative country with a high level of operational capacity.
If it were another country, it would never be able to do so to such an extent.
Moreover, China is an extremely developed agricultural country, and Stockman's expedition found that most of China's agriculture has been mechanized.
At the same time as mechanization, China has begun to carry out in-depth agricultural reform, and the land leveling and irrigation methods have been deeply transformed, which will make China's agriculture enter a stage of high automation.
In other words, in the event of a war between China and other countries in the future, they can maintain the food supply of the entire country with a small population, and most of the population can participate in the war.
In particular, China is a country of 450 million people, and during his expedition, Spikeman found that China's political axe was calling for more births and more children.
Having more children became a mainstream topic in Chinese society at this time, and women felt that the most important thing was to have children.
At this time, China already has a population of 450 million, and under the call for more births and more children, China will have more people in the future.
And because of China's advanced agriculture and the fact that China has a vast territory, it has the ability to feed a larger population. At the same time, China has the world's most advanced medicine, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, which is even more effective than Western medicine, although American pharmaceutical companies do not admit this, but after investigation, Speickman has to admit that Chinese medicine does have a huge advantage over Western medicine in many aspects.
Spikeman consulted doctors at many hospitals and learned from them that the infant mortality rate in China is very low, about 1 percent, and it is decreasing.
When the medical and agricultural problems are solved, China's population will be able to grow without limit.
Other countries in the world do not have the awareness or ability of China at all, although the book also has the consciousness of having more children and more children, but unfortunately, the resources of the book are limited, and medicine is not as developed as China, and the population base is not as huge as China.
At this time, China already has a population of 450 million, and perhaps in the future China's population will grow to more than 1 billion.
When Spikeman thought of this, he felt a chill in his body, one billion Chinese, there will be an incomparably large source of soldiers, and there will never be any fear of exhaustion.
In terms of the quality of the soldiers, Spikeman found in the school that Chinese schools have military training for those boys, especially target training, and each student can get 20 rifle rounds for each interest, which can be said to be extremely luxurious.
But if you look at China's bullets, you will find that China's bullets are made of steel shells and cores, and the cost is very low, and with the benefits that China has gained in this world war, it is fully capable of supporting such expenses.
China's political axe is also in a very good financial situation, with a deficit of not half a penny and a large amount of financial funds still in reserve.
Through the investigation of China's industrial industry, we will find that China's industry is vigorously tilting toward the military industry, shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, and other fields, and these can all be turned into war potential in war.
At the same time, China has the most advanced air force, the most advanced naval submarines, and the latest naval combat weapon, aircraft carriers, has produced the most advanced battleships in the world at present.
Spikeman's strategy through China since the stage of East China's political axe is to advance by land, sea and air, and in terms of China's geographical location, China should be a country that focuses on the development of land power, because China is located in the easternmost part of the world island, and it will face some very powerful threats on land, so land power must be developed, unlike Britain, which can not be directly threatened by land power, so as to focus on the development of sea power.
According to Mahan's theory of sea power, it is impossible for a country to attach importance to both land power and sea power at the same time, and it should choose one direction to carry out key development.
Obviously, China had made such a mistake at this time, but Speikman was puzzled to see that the Chinese seemed to have a lot of energy to develop sea power when developing land power, which made him vaguely begin to question this view of Mahan's sea power theory.
At this time, China vigorously developed shipbuilding, as well as ocean transportation, and the tonnage of merchant ships had surpassed that of the United States, reaching the level of nine million tons.
At this time, the total tonnage of merchant ships in the United States was only six million tons.
The tonnage of British ships has dropped dramatically, to 13 million tons by this time, and is about to be caught up by China.
In terms of industry, China's rapid industrial growth also threatens the hegemony of the United States in various fields, such as steel production, which at this time has more than half of the steel production of the United States, which was still poor and white ten years ago.
To Spikeman's surprise, he found that despite its rapid industrial development, China was not an unlimited industry.
They focus on ecological protection, many resources are banned from exploitation, and if China opens up to such restrictions, economic growth will be faster.
However, this is also a terrifying place, and China's strong efforts to protect ecological benefits will make China's sustainable development capacity very long-lasting.
"The United States said that if it does not give up its isolation policy, China will inevitably unify Asia, Africa and Europe as the world island in the future, because their actions have already begun, and the fact that New Russia has turned to China is the best proof that China will use New Russia as a shield to advance all the way, so as to finally defeat all the countries that stand in the way, and finally unify the world island with a huge population, a huge economy, and a strong industrial strength. The United States should not hesitate to use force to balance the world island. ”
In the evening, Spikeman wrote this passage in his notebook.
"The best option for the future of the United States is to unite with Great Britain and the Soviet Red Army, with Britain being a sea power and the Soviets being a land power. This would allow the United States to find two more deformed allies on the island of the world that would not threaten the security of the United States. At the same time, the United States should unite with the United States, saying that it is a sea power country, but they have made the mistake of Mahan's theory of sea power, that is, they have also focused on the development of the army. The United States should help the United States to carry out a thorough transformation, so that the country can develop into a land power, and the sea power will be handed over to the United States, because the ultimate result of the development of sea power is to be dragged down by China. ”
"This is a country that is rapidly becoming stronger, and an ancient people that is rapidly reviving, and the speed at which they are growing stronger is not only terrifying to me personally. I believe that the world's mainstream powers are frightened by China's rapid development, especially Yueben, who is already very uneasy, and believes that the alliance will be very smooth. Although the Soviet Red Army was politically opposed to the United States, the development of the Soviets did not pose a threat to the United States, because they were a land power. Britain is also in fear, and China's desire for revenge makes them deeply afraid that China will take brutal revenge for their historical aggression against China after it becomes stronger......"
Spikeman's in-depth study of Chinese society was terrifying, especially when he saw that every school in China was training boys, and he realized that China's political axe was already preparing for future war.
In this world war, China remained neutral, refusing to join the Entente or the Allies, which made Spikeman feel that this was a very wise approach.
Although many people think that China is afraid of falling into the quagmire of war, Spikeman believes that the Chinese are ready to fall into the quagmire of war.
China just doesn't want to get bogged down in war too soon, because China is a newly unified country, and its roots are far from so strong.
Even more frightening to Speickman was China's decision-maker, the handsome young head of state who had a high sense of foresight for military development.
Whether it is the army or navy, China has made great achievements, especially in the development of military science and technology, China has been at the forefront of the world.
At the same time, China took the lead in forming an air force and confirmed that planes could blow up and sink warships.
When the air force appeared, Britain insisted that the air force could not sink warships, which was just a self-deception in order to maintain its own superiority.
As a result, the destruction of the Combined Fleet not only confirmed that the Air Force could sink naval warships, but also officially established that as long as the Air Force had a certain number of aircraft, it could even wipe out the capital ships of a large-scale naval fleet.
Spikeman didn't know much about the role of this air force in the future, and he decided to visit Mitchell, an American air rights expert, when he returned home.
(To be continued)