When the War Bills were actually announced to the public, it unsurprisingly caused an uproar. In fact www.biquge.info people with a little insight have already anticipated the inevitability of this situation, several countries in Europe have carried out comprehensive mobilization, if their mobilization can be implemented, then Datang is likely to face a European army of more than 6 million, or even 10 million. In order to win every bit of potential that Europe is squeezing itself, it is obvious that Datang does not need to do this as a leader, but in order to be able to compete normally, it is obviously impossible for Datang to still deploy hundreds of thousands of troops to confront millions of European troops. Even if the Tang Army was better trained and better armed, the number of people fighting in the war was still a matter of common sense.

If Datang doesn't want to lose, then the expansion of the army is a normal phenomenon. So many people have been prophesying or warming up the news before.

Naturally, there are opponents, but more Tang people are accustomed to following the will of the country, and the propaganda of war justice is relatively in place, coupled with other factors of youth and enthusiasm, there are still a lot of people who respond and support it.

In terms of science and technology, land area, population and other aspects, Europe is lagging behind, and no one will think that Datang has the possibility of losing. Especially on the population side, when the general mobilization was announced in Europe, many Tang people laughed at it. The growth rate of the Tang population is staggering, which is inseparable from the encouragement of the state, but it is more because of the living conditions and the lack of threat, so the baby boom phenomenon in the Tang Dynasty has lasted for almost 30 years.

It was only after 1810 that the natural growth rate of the developed areas of North America began to decline, but the natural growth rate of North America was still very high due to immigration. The total population of the entire Tang region of North America had reached 93.51 million at the end of 1815, but considering the huge area, the population density was still too low. As for the Huaxia region, which was the main exporter of the population, millions of people left their hometowns each year for new homes, but the population here continued to grow rapidly, and at the end of 1815 the population of the Huaxia region was 627 million. In other words, the total Chinese population in Datang is more than 700 million.

Datang also has a huge overseas territory, such as Japan, with a relatively large population, with a population of more than 40 million, North India has a population of 50 million, and Siam, Myanmar, Sunda and other places have a population of more than 10 million, so the total population of Datang is more than 800 million, accounting for about 70% to 80% of this world.

What is the population of Europe? Taken together, so many countries are just over 100 million. But if a person loses his mind and goes crazy, he cannot reason with him.

The Tang Dynasty carried out nationwide conscription, which was carried out by some provinces directly under the central government and overseas, and all Datang citizens had an unshirkable obligation to fight for the country. Because the scale of this conscription is too large, the Ministry of Defense has adopted a combination of voluntary and compulsory military service. If there are not enough people to volunteer for the war, then a group of young people of appropriate age will be recruited.

I have to say that the spiritual consciousness of the Tang people is still okay. Especially the current young people in Datang, they are all a generation that grew up in the educational environment of Datang, serving the public interest and dedicating themselves to the people is what they have been instilled since childhood, so quite a lot of young people voluntarily go to the recruitment station, hoping to participate in the war.

However, Datang's conscription work is also very cautious, and those with bad personal conduct will not be accepted, students in school will not be accepted, and those who are judged to be more valuable in other jobs will not be accepted. For example, if a young scholar in theoretical physics shows up at a recruiting station, he will definitely be rejected. And unemployed young people are likely to receive a notice of enlistment even if they do not sign up for the service.

As the vast majority of the population, the Chinese region is naturally the focus of recruitment, but in fact, many other overseas consulates also have the enthusiasm to join the army and participate in the war, such as the Japanese overseas consulates.

Shingo Ozawa, a young apprentice carpenter, arrived at the recruiting station with his mother's plum rice balls in his arms, a little apprehensive and a little excited. His family lived in the countryside of Aichi Prefecture, and it was a long journey to get to the city's recruiting station. There are not many long-distance buses in the small village, and Shingo Ozawa also cherishes his family's money, so he walked to the recruiting station step by step.

Ozawa is the youngest child in the family, and he has two older brothers, one who works as a farmer and the other who works in a soy sauce factory around the village, both of whom are married. The brothers and sisters in Ozawa's family stopped studying after finishing junior high school, and Ozawa's family was originally a farmer and was not smart. After the Tang Dynasty ruled Japan, they had the current surname, and thanks to the national policy, they were able to go to school and read and write. It's just that none of them are good enough to apply for a scholarship to continue their studies. The Ozawa family could afford the tuition, but they couldn't afford to pay for all five of their children, so they didn't go to school at all.

"Name, age, how many people are in the family?" The officers at the recruiting station looked very arrogant and spoke this rather broken Chinese. In Japan, speaking Chinese is obviously a matter of honor and a symbol of cultural status. Even if this officer is actually not a prominent samurai in his ancestors, he is a merchant, but now that he is an officer, he naturally has to fill the scene. Another effect of using Chinese to converse is that if overseas residents are not fluent in Chinese, they cannot enter the military at all. Because the military requires collaboration, although in the past most of the troops were formed by ethnicity. However, it is likely that there will be a mixed group, and it is difficult to imagine how we would be able to fight side by side if we were not able to communicate properly.

Ozawa hurriedly replied in Chinese: "Shingo Ozawa, 19 years old this year, there are now seven people in the family, but the four brothers and sisters have already separated, and I am the youngest son." ”

The officer nodded, although there is no written rule that Tang Jun does not accept only children, but in practice, many staff members will be screened out. Ozawa's Chinese doesn't seem to have a problem, after all, all Japanese schools have made Chinese a major subject since elementary school. And unlike another Chinese Chinese learning English, in the overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty, people often need to use Chinese, including newspapers and magazines and work needs. Japan belongs to the Chinese cultural circle, so it has a certain advantage in learning Chinese.

The officer continued: "Okay, you fill out a file here, and we will send someone to your township to find out, and after the review is passed, you will receive a report notice, and then you will report directly to the army station." ”

Shingo Ozawa was even more excited, it was obviously an extremely honorable thing to be able to enter the Tang Army in Japan. The cult of samurai has never been changed by social reforms, not to mention the fact that the soldiers of the Tang Army have a high social status and are well treated, which is far better than that of ordinary Japanese. And after retiring from the army, he will be given extra care and assigned a career, which is far more promising than his current apprenticeship as a carpenter. (To be continued.) )