Chapter VII: Mobilization Mechanisms

Speaking of quality, no matter what the standard judgment is. Pei Chengyi is a pragmatic and begging cheek

Although many people combine Pei's shocking performance on the battlefield with his political proposition, they believe that he will be one of the few extremely tough national leaders in the history of the republic. But putting aside appearances and taking facts as their basis, no one can deny it. Whether on the battlefield or in the political arena, Pei Chengyi behaved very steadily. Even in the Indian War, which is considered by many to be the most classic after World War II, the attacking side fought, Pei Chengyi's performance was mainly to win steadily. did not do anything to show the combat effectiveness of the republican ** team, and rarely even rashly attacked without full certainty.

All in all, as a country leader with a military background. Pei Chengyi is very aware of the importance of seeking stability.

There is no doubt that the political field is also a battlefield, and it is an even more brutal battlefield. In the event of defeat in the war. There is also a chance to make a comeback. If you lose the political struggle, you will never turn around. In fact, outstanding politicians have the characteristics of being pragmatic and seeking stability, and Ji Jieguo and Wang Yuanqing are no exception. Without the idea of fighting steadily and steadily, step by step, it would be impossible to have a stronger and stronger republic.

At that time, Wang Yuanqing attaches great importance to Pei Chengyi, and I am afraid it has a lot to do with Pei Chengyi's stability-seeking character.

Of course, seeking stability does not wait for cowardice.

In the case of putting national interests first, seeking stability means putting the overall situation first. In other words, when national interests are threatened and all other means are ineffective, it is not risky to achieve the end through war. You know, in the history of the republic, there is no shortage of such cases. In the face of crisis, it is the greatest enemy of national interests to make continuous decisions and protracted delays. When there is no other choice, it is the courage and wisdom of a national leader to face challenges bravely. It reflects the fighting spirit and morale of a country.

On the night of July of that year, Pei Chengyi, who had just assumed the post of state minister of the republic, was about to face a difficult choice.

As predicted by the outside world, at the dinner to celebrate the new state president, Bae Chengyi left the venue after his congratulations and went to the secret meeting center located on the ground floor of the back garden. Because it was a newly designed Yuanfu, the infrastructure was built to the highest wartime standards, and in addition to a subway to the suburban strategic command center and air base, important facilities such as the conference center and service center were placed underground to prevent damage. Of course. The exact location of these important facilities is certainly the top secret of the republic.

Of course, for Pei Chengyi, there is no need to care about these trivial things.

If he really encounters danger, Yuan's guards can send him to the air base on the outskirts within minutes, and the "Republic No. 1" special plane can take off with Yuan and the dignitaries within the fastest minutes after receiving the alarm, leaving the capital, which is extremely vulnerable to strategic attacks.

Regardless, the Republic of the Wonfu is certainly one of the safest places in the world.

At least at this time, none of the officials sitting in the Yuanfu conference center were thinking about their personal safety. What is the value of personal safety in the face of danger to the country?

After the meeting began, Pei Chengyi gave up the right to speak to Jiao Meishan.

is the opposite of being his partner with Yan Jingyu, in his partner with Jiao Kuishan. Pei Chengyi, as the state minister, is in charge of security work, and Jiao Kuishan, as the vice minister of the country, is in charge of economic affairs. Although he did not remiss the premier of the State Council, according to Pei Chengyi's arrangement, it was former Vice Foreign Minister Yong Yugang who replaced Jiao Weishan as the premier of the State Council, so it was Jiao Kuishan who was really responsible for the daily work of the State Council. Of course. This Yong Yugang also has an extraordinary relationship with Pei Chengyi. Because he is an old subordinate of Pei Chengyi's father-in-law Liu Yulong, and a college classmate of Pei Chengyi's wife Liu Qingqing. All in all, he has the closest personal relationship with Pei Chengyi among State Department officials.

According to Pei Chengyi's habit, economic and foreign affairs were discussed before talking about military issues.

In fact, the Republic's greatest problems come from economics and diplomacy, not military preparations.

Although it is the first time to partner with Pei Chengyi. But there is experience in cooperation with the previous year. Jiao Mianshan is very clear about Pei Chengyi's concept of employing people, that is, employing people without suspicion, and not using suspicious people. It is precisely because of this that when talking about economic issues, Jiao Kuishan did not fully roll out. Only a few important issues were mentioned.

Of course, all important issues are related to war readiness.

First of all, the pre-war mobilization of the military industry. It has already been mentioned. Because since the beginning of the calendar year, the authorities of the republic have made additional appropriations and financial subsidies to let . A number of major arms enterprises carried out war mobilization in advance, recruited more skilled workers, expanded production capacity, stockpiled important raw materials, and so on, so by the time Pei Chengyi came to power, the military industry of the republic had already completed the war mobilization.

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The pre-war mobilization of the military industry is not exactly what ordinary people understand, to put it bluntly. In order for an arms enterprise to expand its production capacity, it is not necessary to build new plants. There is not even a need to expand the production line. Compared with the civilian industry, the military industry has to take into account the needs of wartime during the period of regulation.

Take the fighter production line as an example, the actual production capacity of any production line in peacetime is only one-tenth or even one-twentieth of the maximum production capacity of the design. For example, the maximum design capacity of the production line used by AVIC Group to produce small and old fighter jets is four per month, but the actual monthly output of one gram is less than the strength frame, and India's war spirit has been reduced to below the combat level. Even so, AVIC still maintains two production lines at its two major aircraft factories in Shenyang and Xi'an. That is to say, as long as the war breaks out, without being affected by other conditions, the monthly output of small old fighters can reach the level of racks, which is beyond the promised output in peacetime.

Other aspects are no exception, such as the actual production of the ground main battle platform of Northern Heavy Industries is an average of blade vehicles per month, and the design maximum production capacity is as high as a month. Even if it is a warship with a relatively long construction period, at full power. The production efficiency can be increased several times. For example, "Chongqing", which would take seven years to build in peacetime. The aircraft carrier does not include the design and pre-delivery tests, and only refers to the time from the laying of the keel to the completion of the perching in wartime conditions. It will only take 3 years to build, and if the module production efficiency can be improved by mass production, the floor can be built.

In addition to the particularity of munitions, the main factor that affects the production efficiency of the military industry is whether the productive forces are sufficient.

In accordance with wartime standards, the munitions production line is subject to normal maintenance required in accordance with design standards. Normally, it runs continuously for hours. The problem is that, in peacetime, it is subject to various decrees, for example, according to the labor laws of the republic. Workers are paid twice as much overtime as they would normally work, and if they work more than six hours of overtime per week, the pay will be doubled to three times the usual amount. And so it goes. If the production line is running non-stop. The average labor cost will increase by nearly 2 times, making the enterprise unprofitable.

Exactly. The first thing that the authorities of the republic did was in the form of financial subsidies. Let arms enterprises recruit skilled workers in advance. Complete the labor pool.

The problem is that when workers are recruited, jobs have to be arranged. It is necessary to increase production.

This brings us to the second problem, which is arms reserves.

Although, according to the general understanding. Arms stockpiles should be a military issue, and the Logistics Service of the Ministry of Defence is responsible for the related work. But the reserve work involves all walks of life, so it is included in the economic category.

The munitions standby is divided into two aspects, one is the main equipment, and the other is ammunition and materials.

In order to avoid premature exposure of war intentions and military strength, the authorities of the Republic have adopted a workaround, that is, to replace the old equipment that has been mothballed with newly produced equipment, and the old equipment is disposed of by means of assistance to friendly countries, as consumables for scraping, and direct destruction. Take, for example, the fighters of the Air Force. By the end of June. All the mothballed old and small Cham series fighters were disposed of, and some of the newer models were refurbished and provided free assistance to friendly countries that could not afford to buy new fighters. Some of the older signals were converted into unmanned target aircraft, which were consumed in daily practice. There are only a very small number of direct scrap destruction that cannot be retrofitted. In place of the old and the small, all of them are newly-produced small old and a series of fighters. Moreover, they are all the latest improved models, and they are completely replaced in the right way, so as to ensure that after the start of the war, the armament can be expanded to the fastest degree. Except for the Navy's warships, which are too large to steal beams and replace pillars, other mothballed equipment is basically replaced with the latest equipment in the same way.

The key is still ammunition supplies.

As we all know, in modern warfare. Especially in large-scale wars with little difference in strength, the consumption and consumption of ammunition and materials are very staggering. Take the Peninsula War as an example, in the initial battles of the old days, the republican ** team consumed about 20,000 tons of various materials, and before the end of the large-scale military operation, the Republic Army alone consumed as many as 10,000 tons of various combat materials, which is equivalent to the annual material consumption of a medium-sized country with a population and 10,000 milk. More importantly, the consumption of materials is too fast, so that the production capacity of any country cannot meet the needs of the war. Although after the all-out war mobilization, the great powers of the Republic and the United States have sufficient capacity to produce enough ammunition and materials, the all-out war mobilization will take at least several months to complete, and before that, the national productive forces have not exploded. Material production is far from keeping up with war consumption. So it is necessary to rely only on strategic reserves.

Exactly, even in peacetime. The Republic and the United States also stockpiled a very large amount of war materials.

In order to ensure that the war materials of Hebei were not diverted for other purposes. The Republic and the United States have also introduced relevant laws.

In accordance with the provisions of the "Strategic Goods Reserve Law" promulgated by the Republic in the first year of the Republic and amended in the second year, the second year and the previous year. The total amount of the Republic's reserves of strategic materials shall not be less than the amount consumed by the state within 6 months under normal conditions. The so-called strategic materials include grain, mineral resources, medicines, and so on.

With regard to war materials, the Act has also been amended over the years. That is, based on the combat operations of the old days before the turbulent Middle East War, the average annual paste will increase. The war materials in reserve shall not be less than the combat consumption of the republican ** team in the old days, including ammunition, military rations, consumable equipment, and so on. According to this standard, by the end of the year, the number of impeachments in the Republic's reserves will exceed 10,000 tons.

In comparison, the United States will not have much less ammunition in stockpiles.

There is no doubt that "ammunition is definitely not a decimal number, it is all just a thousand life class flights." The bamboo tails are connected together, which is enough to circle around the earth's equator. So much ammunition, if all stored in a standard arms warehouse, would require at least a blade. warehouses. Of course. In accordance with the regulations of the Republican ** Corps, all explosive materials are to be stored in underground warehouses and dispersed.

In fact, the republic's reserves of ammunition are much more than 40,000 tons.

According to the relevant information provided by Jiao Kuishan, by the end of June of the next year. In addition to the gangsters built before the calendar year. outside the ammunition warehouse. I built it in two years. Four of them are unmanned underground ammunition depots with a storage capacity of depots, and these depots are filled with ammunition. As a result, the Republic has stockpiled more than 40,000 tons of ammunition, which is a double of what is normally the case. What's more. As long as the ammunition factories of the republic are still operating. The number of ammunition depots will increase by the number of piles per week, and all of them will be unmanned underground ammunition depots at the Dankou stew level. In other words, if the war drags on for a week, the republic's stockpiles of ammunition will increase by 10,000 tons.

It's not hard to see why. Why is there a problem with the economy of the Republic and the United States?

Even according to the minimum standard, the value of the 10,000-ton ammunition is about 400 million yuan. Other words. The Republic spends as much as $100 a year on the purchase of ammunition alone, plus the cost of building ammunition depots, maintenance and management, and so on. The actual investment must be about 100 million yuan in Lietian. Because the state gives priority to guaranteeing the military industry. Prioritizing the production of ammunition has led to the influx of significant resources into the arms industry first. Therefore, the impact on the social economy is far more than that, and the actual economic losses caused by it are likely to be more than multiplied.

And so to speak, only under the threat of a world war. That's why the Republic is so frantically expanding its armaments.

Of course, the results are also very obvious. According to Jiao Boshan, even a full-scale war with the United States is twice as tragic as a war in the Middle East, and it has been fought in full swing from the beginning. The war broke out at the end of the year. The ammunition and supplies stored in the republic are also enough for the army to consume for half a month.

As a result, it is extremely crucial to be able to put the economy on a wartime track within half a month.

This is the third in the economy. Issue. That is, how much time it will take to complete a full-scale war mobilization.

There is no doubt that even if you have done enough preparatory work. No country has been able to put its economy on the wartime track in just 10,000 days. In fact. Unless the Republic initiates a war, it will take several days to bring the country into a state of war after the war has begun. Exactly. From the very beginning, Jiao Kuishan proposed that the country's war mobilization should be carried out in three stages. Prepare for legislation first, i.e. after the outbreak of war. The Plenum is to pass the "Wartime Authorization Act" as quickly as possible. "Let the state state mobilize the forces of the state in accordance with the law and issue a war mobilization order. The second is to ensure that military-related industries and industries enter a wartime state after the start of the war. That is, to give priority to ensuring the productive forces of war. Finally, the country's all-round war mobilization, that is, in accordance with the wartime mobilization law, all walks of life will be restructured and reorganized in a way that is most conducive to war.

Arguably. That's the key point in the economy.

According to Jiao Kuishan, wartime authorization can only take a few hours at most, so it is necessary for the head of state to personally communicate with the main members of the plenary congress and make preliminary preparations. Reduce unnecessary troubles and ensure that the country can enter a wartime state in the shortest possible time. The key lies in the second step, that is, whether the initial mobilization can be completed within the occupation of Japan and whether the country's production capacity can meet wartime standards. on this. Jiao Kuishan's proposal is to increase the country's strategic reserves, so that some of the government's administrative power can be used after the outbreak of the war to give priority to key industries and accelerate industrial transformation. And so it goes. It is possible to complete the mobilization work within the old days to occupy the heavens. Relatively. The last step is not too critical, after all, with the strength of the republic. As long as priority can be given to securing the military industry, as well as war-related industries and industries. In the absence of a serious blow to the homeland, even if the country does not enter a state of all-out war, it will not have much negative impact on the war. What's more. A state of total war is tantamount to tightening everyone's line. No one can relax until victory is won, so it will have a great impact on the will of the people to war. Without absolute necessity, no country's leader will put the country into a state of all-out war, and it will basically be delayed. In the case of the United States during World War II, in fact, until the end of the war, the United States did not carry out all-out war mobilization like Britain and the Soviet Union. According to the meaning of Jiao Tuo Mountain, prepare first. As for the need to enter a state of total war. It was determined by the situation at the beginning of the war.

Apparently. Jiao Jie Shan is one. An expert in managing the economy, especially in economic planning, his experience of working beside Wang Yuanqing has played a great role. You must know that during the Peninsula War, the Japanese War and the Indian War, Jiao Shushan was Wang Yuanqing's secretary and helped Wang Yuanqing deal with many wartime affairs.

on this. Pei Chengyi is also very willing to be public

In his words, Jiao Kuishan is in charge of economic affairs. He had nothing to worry about.