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"Unexpected, reasonable!"

Regarding the United States' entry into the war with the Allies, Wang Chenhao did not show too much worry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info╔╗

In Wang Chenhao's view, the size of the U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force is strictly limited, and the Chinese Empire has laid out a powerful island chain blockade around the United States, and the fragile U.S. Maritime Self-Defense Force is simply unable to threaten the maritime security of the Chinese Empire, so Wang Chenhao does not need to worry at all, but feels extremely excited about the United States joining the allies.

"Isn't that interesting?"

Perhaps this is the loneliness of the masters of the invincible Chinese Empire! Wang Chenhao muttered confidently.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Zizhong said to Wang Chenhao: "The U.S. invasion of Canada, with its strong strength, is estimated to destroy Canada in a short time, and then the U.S. power will expand to the Arctic Ocean, threatening the security of the empire's northern frontier and Alaska territory. ”

The alliance between the United States and Germany was the best excuse for the imperialist army to expand its army, and with the complete break between the United States and the Entente countries, after the U.S. military invaded Canada, the imperialist side further put forward the theory of the threat of the U.S. military and formulated the Guanghua 41-year military expansion bill. The bill has now passed the consideration of the House of Representatives of the Imperial Diet, but when it reached the Senate, it was blocked by the Democratic Senators led by Soong Kyo-in. The reason is simple: Soong believed that the current military strength of the Chinese Empire was sufficient to deal with any military threat, although military spending accounted for only 11% of the empire's financial expenditure. ╔╗But the total amount is the highest in the world.

According to Guanghua's fiscal revenue for 40 years, the empire's GDP reached 205 billion dragon coins last year, and the proportion of fiscal revenue to GDP was the lowest in the more than 40 years since the founding of the empire, only 20% (mainly due to the imperial government's policy of returning the wealth to the people). The financial accounts of the other major powers have reached between 35% ~ 60%)).

Despite this, the Chinese Empire has the highest GDP in the world, and its 20% fiscal revenue is as high as 41 billion dragon coins. And even if the Chinese imperial government attached great importance to economic development. As much as possible, the imperial expenditure will be reduced, so that the imperial expenditure will be the lowest level in 20 years. Guanghua's military spending in the past 40 years has only accounted for 2.9% of fiscal expenditure, which is the lowest rate among the major powers (other countries are above 30%, especially Germany, which has reached 90%), but the total military expenditure is still nearly 1.2 billion dragon dollars, which is still the highest military spending in the world (ranking of non-war countries).

For Song Jiaoren and his ruling party, the power of the Chinese Imperial Army is still the strongest in the world, not to mention that it also has nuclear weapons to deter, and it would be good if he did not continue to cut military spending. Where will agree to the military's proposal to reach out to Congress for money under the pretext of an alliance between the United States and Germany!

Moreover, to Song Jiaoren's great dissatisfaction, the imperial army expansion bill led by Zhang Zizhong this time was simply outrageous. The four major arms of the Imperial Army, Navy, Air and Space have all expanded more than three times, and the Imperial General Staff has opened its mouth, and military spending has suddenly soared from the 1.2 billion dragon coins stipulated at the beginning of the year to 10 billion dragon coins, accounting for 24.3 percent of the fiscal expenditure. With such a huge military expenditure, Song Jiaoren would never agree to it.

"Your Majesty!" Song Jiaoren didn't wait for Zhang Zizhong to finish speaking, so he interrupted him. ╔╗ and protested, he said: "The military's military expansion bill is ridiculous, and the military spending has skyrocketed several times, up to 10 billion dragon coins, which will seriously affect the development of the empire's economy." Meantime. The Empire's conventional military power is enough to deter any country that dares to launch a military provocation against the Empire, and coupled with the Empire's powerful nuclear weapons force, there is no need to expand armaments at all. Instead of investing eight billion dragon coins in armament consumption, it is better to invest in the economic development of the western and northern parts of the empire, with an annual rate of return of up to 8%. ”

Song Jiaoren did not mention the importance of armaments at all, but only proved from the economic figures that the tremendous benefits that can be obtained by increasing economic input.

Zhang Zizhong immediately retorted: "Now almost the whole world is at war, but this time is different from the last war, the strength of the Allies has swelled sharply, and the Entente will not last long." At the same time, our nuclear forces may still have a deterrent effect in the short term, but we are well aware that countries are developing nuclear weapons, and Germany in particular is making much faster progress in this regard than we expected. As soon as the Germans also got their hands on nuclear weapons, then they would no longer accept our nuclear blackmail. When the time comes, the United States and Germany will attack us from east to west, and we will face a very difficult choice. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary for us to build up our armaments. ”

Song Jiaoren was also scathed by Zhang Zizhong's remarks, although he was not happy to allocate funds for army construction, believing that it was a waste of taxpayers' money. But he is not a pedantic person, just now Zhang Zizhong said the key point, that is, once Germany also has nuclear weapons, the Allies will no longer accept the nuclear blackmail policy of the Chinese Empire, the relationship between Germany and the Chinese Empire is tense, coupled with the support of the United States, no matter how strong the Chinese Empire is, it is not so easy to face the military threat of the entire Allies alone.

Thinking of this, Song Jiaoren's attitude suddenly softened, and said: "Even if what you say is reasonable, it is impossible to ask for 10 billion dragon coins at once, and there is no need for this huge amount of money to be invested in armaments." ╔╗ I think three billion is enough! ”

"At least nine billion!" Zhang Zizhong saw that Song Jiaoren was relieved, and also made some concessions, explaining: "The four armies of the army, navy, air and space all need to improve their equipment level, the empire has not updated its equipment on a large scale for more than 20 years, and quite a lot of new equipment needs to be installed in the army as soon as possible. In particular, the nuclear arsenal of the Celestial Army needs to produce more nuclear bombs, and one nuclear bomb costs 930 million dragon coins......"

"That was before, and now the cost of a nuclear bomb is 240 million!" Song Jiaoren immediately retorted.

Zhang Zizhong saw that he couldn't fool Song Jiaoren, and suddenly coughed slightly embarrassed, and said: "What you said was the atomic bomb, and now we already have a hydrogen bomb." The cost of a hydrogen bomb is several times that of an atomic bomb. ”

Song Jiaoren was speechless for a moment, he knew very well that the empire's hydrogen bomb was extremely powerful, because before the hydrogen bomb was detonated, it was necessary to detonate the atomic bomb inside to reach a high temperature of 100 million degrees before the hydrogen bomb nuclear reaction could be detonated. As a result, the cost of the hydrogen bomb is extremely high.

"You can't make an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb like you make an artillery bomb, can you? In that case, we won't be able to invest all our national resources in it! ”

Zhang Zizhong suddenly smiled and said: "Of course I understand this, and I didn't say that I would build thousands of nuclear bombs in one go!" The military expenses you gave us 9 billion dragon coins are only enough to make a dozen. ”

"It's three billion!"

Song Jiaoren immediately corrected it. ╔╗ Don't drill any loopholes for each other.

Zhang Zizhong said with a smile: "Three billion is only enough to build two hydrogen bombs!" You're going to have to give us a meal for the army, navy, and air force! Strategic and tactical bombers, new armored fighting vehicles and artillery, new warships, and more. How can it be without billions? Besides, our space army doesn't just rely on a few hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs to deter the enemy, right? Newly developed missiles and rockets. Don't you all have money? ”

Song Jiaoren and Zhang Zizhong were-for-tat and refused to give in to each other. Other civil and military officials were also fanning the flames and confronting each other, only Wang Chenhao on the dragon chair slowly drank the best tribute tea and quietly listened to their quarrel.

It wasn't until they were tired of arguing that Wang Chenhao stretched his muscles and said with a smile: "Go on, who won?" ”

"Tired Your Majesty Holy listened! The sin of the minister! ”

Everyone was immediately embarrassed. Hurriedly pleaded guilty.

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "Zhang Zizhong, you dare to open your mouth too much, 10 billion is too much, you have to surrender!" ”

Zhang Zizhong hurriedly said: "The minister obeys the order!" Your Majesty, Holy Judge! ”

Wang Chenhao then turned to the civilian camp and said to Song Jiaoren: "Song Jiaoren, do you also have to understand the military's hard work!" They don't ask for money to go **, it's all for the national defense and security of the empire! Besides, this is an eventful time, and if we want to develop the economy with peace of mind, we must have sufficient defense spending as a guarantee. ╔╗ If there is no defense. How much money you spend to develop the economy is in vain, and in the end you are all the enemy. I think these three billion are too little, and they have to rise. ”

"Panic! Your Majesty, Holy Judge! When Song Jiaoren heard Wang Chenhao say this, he immediately asked Wang Chenhao to make a decision.

Wang Chenhao was a good man, and suddenly said: "That's it." Both sides are for the sake of the empire, and the starting point is worthy of affirmation. Since you want me to decide, how about I let you each take a step back? ”

"Your Majesty, please judge!"

Song Jiaoren and Zhang Zizhong took the lead, and civil and military officials responded in unison.

Wang Chenhao is naturally inclined to the military in his heart, after all, he, the emperor, has given all other rights to the cabinet, and only retains the right to the supreme leader of the army, so Wang Chenhao naturally wants to speak to Zhang Zizhong.

"So be it! Each of you will take a step back, and it will be eight billion! ”

"The Emperor Shengming!"

Zhang Zizhong and other military officials immediately agreed, this result has exceeded their expectations, in fact, the bottom line given by Zhang Zizhong and others is 5 billion, but it is unexpected to be able to get the 8 billion set by Wang Chenhao.

"Your Majesty!" Song Jiaoren was a little confused, in the past 20 years, Wang Chenhao has been supporting the cabinet to reduce military spending, so Song Jiaoren thought that Wang Chenhao would continue to support him this time, even if the threat of virtue expanded, he would not give the military too much military spending. Song Jiaoren thought that Wang Chenhao would be capped by promising to give the military a maximum of four or five billion dragon coins, but he never thought that Wang Chenhao would directly favor the military and promise to give the military eight billion dragon coins, which was much unexpected by Song Jiaoren.

"Your Majesty, this is a little too much!"

"I said Lao Song, how can you be a fart when you speak! You just let Your Majesty make a holy judgment, why did Your Majesty just issue a wise and martial ruling, and you went against the tune? Are you accusing Your Majesty of being unwise? ”

"That's not what I meant!" Song Jiaoren glared at Zhang Zizhong, knowing that Zhang Zizhong was playing a trick on him, and hurriedly said to Wang Chenhao: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean that!" ”

Wang Chenhao had a mirror in his heart, and said while the iron was hot: "Since you don't object, then this matter is decided!" ”

Song Jiaoren was swept in by Zhang Zizhong, and hurriedly gave Cao Rulin and others a look, but Cao Rulin and others had already seen the emperor's thoughts, and they would not go against Wang Chenhao at this time.

"Your Majesty is wise! No objections! ”

Song Jiaoren was speechless for a moment, glared at Cao Rulin and the others angrily, and had the intention to continue to object, but his mouth moved but he didn't say anything in the end, which was equivalent to acquiescing.

In this way, after the Guanghua 41-year military expansion bill submitted by the Chinese emperor was amended, the National Assembly approved this special military expenditure bill totaling 8.02 billion dragon coins.

The General Staff Department issued instructions to the four major arms departments of the empire to expand armaments and warfare and update the most advanced equipment, and the commanders of the major arms broke through the door of the General Armament Department one after another, and reported a series of the latest lists and price lists of the empire's weapons and equipment to the General Staff Department's Budget Office.

Before, the Imperial General Staff did not realize the diligent efforts of the major military industrial units under the imperial government during the treaty and peace period of more than 20 years, and it was not until the chief officers of the major arms submitted the declared weapons and equipment procurement lists and quotations that the General Staff realized that the original imperial military industrial enterprises had developed a large number of new weapons and equipment, and because the imperial government restricted the export of high technology to foreign countries, especially in weapons and equipment, these military industrial enterprises could only count on the imperial procurement list.

During the peace period of more than 20 years of treaty era, the imperial government has been cutting military spending, resulting in a considerable number of military industrial enterprises whose scientific research results cannot be adopted by the imperial side, and these achievements cannot be exported, and military industrial enterprises can only wait for the war to come.

It can be said that when the Second World War broke out, the major military enterprises of the empire were really excited. However, the imperial government still restricts military spending, and some of the military industrial enterprises that can't help it export some products abroad through private smuggling, but they are soon locked by the imperial intelligence agencies.

When the Imperial Congress approved the additional military budget of more than 8 billion dragon coins allocated to the imperial side, these military industrial enterprises suddenly came to the spirit and took out their advanced scientific research products one after another. From battleships and aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 100,000 tons, to plastic bombs in grams. The variety is comprehensive, the performance is advanced, it really makes the emperor dazzled, and I don't know which one to choose for a while.

As a last resort, the Imperial General Staff then ordered an open bidding for key projects, in anticipation of the highest performance and lowest price enterprises winning the bid.

For the Chinese Empire, key projects including traditional combat vehicles, aircraft, warships, artillery, guns, ammunition, fuel, etc., and non-traditional projects including nuclear reactors, missile systems, rocket systems, electromagnetic pulse weapon systems, electronic warfare systems, and wireless communication systems were also allowed for the first time to participate in the development and bidding of private enterprises with high reputation and strength in the empire. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )