Chapter 261: Chinese Military Industry
The world situation is far from China, and it is also close to China.
Paying close attention to the situation abroad, Chen Shao just wanted to better grasp the course of history. History has been changed beyond recognition and can only be analyzed with intelligence. It's just that some things have changed, and some things have remained the same. Some deeds have returned to their original trajectory, and Chen Shao, who was originally worried about losing control of history, saw that many things were still traceable, and his heart relaxed a little.
In the past ten years, Chen Shao has also had to admit that some things have changed a lot. Compared with later generations, the development of various events has made great progress. This is mainly due to China's military pressure ten years ago, and where there is pressure, there is motivation. A lot of equipment has been developed ahead of schedule, and it has to be said that China has made great contributions in fueling the fire.
It's just that some things have been diluted under Chen Shao's intentional guidance. Thousands of spies from all over the world are the representatives of the hidden power in Chen Shao's hands. Their size is small, but their role is inversely proportional to their size. They have established a huge "database" for Chen Shao to study the world situation, which can be read by Chen Shao at any time to grasp the world situation.
The dark front does not see the smoke of war on the surface, and the battlefield inside can only be experienced by the spies themselves. As the only cyborg who can fight in the Red Alert base, intelligence mobile phone work is only half of their job. Assassination sabotage is ubiquitous, with a variety of faces and a variety of camouflage skills, making them invincible in the action.
After the countries of the world got rid of the shadow of the economic crisis, the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and although the economic crisis has seriously damaged the industries of all countries in the world, the military industry has not been greatly affected. After the economic depression, the development of armaments in various countries accelerated a lot.
In 1938, Chen Shao's first five-year plan had been completed in the first three years, and the second five-year plan had been completed three years after the first five-year plan, and in the past 29 years, three five-year plans had been completed in nine years, and the fourth five-year plan had begun to be implemented. The scale of three five-year years took less than three years on average. This speed can only be said to be far beyond Chen Shao's expectations, and the construction and development of various projects in China have gradually flattened.
As the pace of war approached, Chen Shao's Fourth Five-Year Plan also began to lean towards the military aspect. In the first five-year plan, military spending accounted for 1 percent of the national budget every year. The second five-year plan is three percent, and the third five-year plan is five percent. By the Fourth Five-Year Plan, military spending had increased to 10 percent.
This budget is very low in wartime, but in peacetime, the annual military budget of 10 percent is not low. The main consumer of military spending is the navy, followed by the air force, and finally the army.
According to Chen Shao's plan, starting next year, the strength of the aircraft carrier battle group will be increased by an average of one year. And it's an Imperial-class aircraft carrier battle group, not a Shihuang-class aircraft carrier. In other words, the navy alone will have to increase the total tonnage of ships by 140,000 tons every year.
The Imperial-class aircraft carrier and the Admiral-class battleship have completed sea trials, and the construction of the second and third ships of the two ships has directly begun. And Chen Shao's resolution, the construction of the No. 4 ship of the two ships also began. If it starts work in full force, it will only take a year and a half, and in 40 years, China will have eight capital ships in the true sense of the word, all with a displacement of more than 70,000 tons.
Moreover, the construction of the First Emperor-class aircraft carrier has not stopped, and at the rate of one in two years, there are now eight First-Emperor-class aircraft carriers joining the Navy. This is also a force to be reckoned with, and if the Chinese Navy now announces its naval strength, it will definitely make the world tremble. They were shocked not by the strength of the Chinese Navy, but by the fact that China has so many aircraft carriers. Eight aircraft carriers with a displacement of about 40,000 tons are already the most powerful aircraft carrier countries in the world. At a time when the whole world is desperately building battleships, one can imagine how much shock these aircraft carriers will cause once they are exposed.
The combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers was only recognized by countries around the world during World War II, and World War II had not yet begun, and now they have not yet seen the power of aircraft carrier-based aircraft. Although many countries have aircraft carriers, they are not fully valued. They were also caught in the mighty brilliance of the battleship.
However, what satisfied Chen Shao was not how much military power China had, but the powerful industrial system that had been built in more than 20 years. At that time, the Soviet Union closed the country for more than 20 years and created a red miracle for more than 20 years, and if it were not for its strong industrial capacity, the Soviet Union would not have been able to fight a war of attrition with Germany. There was no way to stop the attack of the German army of millions, forcing the German army to sigh outside Moscow and Stalingrad.
And it is precisely with the world's second military industrial base, followed by countless tanks and artillery to participate in the counterattack against the German army, without the support of these industries, with the support of the allies alone, it is absolutely impossible to arm the army of 12 million, with a sea of people to fill the German army's armored superiority.
Like the Soviet Union, China is now committed to developing its own industrial capacity and trying to catch up with the Western powers. More than 20 years of industrial construction is no longer comparable to the industrial capacity of Britain and France today. Also completely threw off Sud. Billions of dollars have been invested unreservedly to acquire a large number of industrial equipment from all over the world, just to one day be able to compare the industrial capacity with the United States. This is an obsession of Chen Shao, he wants to create a real Chinese miracle.
Now that goal is not far from China, if the industrial capacity of all countries were to be revealed, China could already wrestle with the United States. Especially in shipbuilding, not booing the United States at all. No matter how good the United States is, it is not as good as the Red Alert base. You can build a shipyard in a few days, and it's almost for nothing, no matter how powerful you are in the United States, it's useless, and there is no doubt that it will exceed.
The United States can launch an aircraft carrier in a month and a 10,000-ton freighter in seven days. In terms of shipbuilding industry, in the past 20 years, Chen Shao has trained hundreds of thousands of shipbuilders, and this number is still increasing rapidly every year. Thanks to their efforts, large cargo ships are launched every day. More than half of them have experience in building warships. Once it is converted into a wartime economy, it can really be realized, and getting off a warship is like going into a dumpling.
In the past ten years, in the development of the shipbuilding industry, China has never stopped the development of other industries, and the production speed of military production has gradually increased with the expansion of Germany's armaments. The consumption of tens of millions of bullets a day also keeps China's military industry working.
On average, a soldier's shooting volume of two magazines a day is the same regardless of whether it is a reserve or an active duty, whether it is an armed police force or a reserve force. A magazine is eight bullets, plus the consumption of machine gun and submachine gun bullets, the consumption of bullets is like running water.
At that time, someone suggested to Chen Shao that live-fire training should be turned into three times a week, but Chen Shao refused. If it is peacetime, there is no need for others to say, Chen Shao also understands. But as the pace of war draws closer, it is no longer a matter of saving a little. The marksmanship is fed with bullets, and there are no tricks. A soldier's ability to increase his combat effectiveness by even half a point is very precious, and it is not at all something that can be measured by money.
Moreover, the ammunition produced by the tank factory is very cheap. Bullets are completely automated. The manual steps are only to seal the box and load it away, and even the quality inspection is not required. As long as there are ten tank factories that continuously produce bullets, such ammunition consumption is nothing at all. Moreover, the shells are recycled, which further reduces costs and improves efficiency.
Perhaps it costs a penny to produce one bullet from a self-built military factory, and ten bullets from a tank factory. This does not include the cost saved by labor, and Chen Shao can calculate this account. For example, all the military training in the country consumes 30 million bullets per day, and if ten bullets cost one point, it is 30,000 Chinese dollars. And the cost of bullets in a year is 11 million Chinese dollars.
Feeding the marksmanship is a must, and Chen Shao has to do the same, he can waste more money, and he doesn't want the soldiers to add more casualties. Moreover, in actual combat, killing an enemy with one bullet and killing an enemy with ten bullets are two completely different concepts. Of course, Chen Shao does not expect every soldier to be a sharpshooter and be able to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, but at least to ensure the accuracy of effective shooting, not to mention headshots, hitting the vital point is the basic requirement. As for those that exceed the effective range, it can only be seen by the soldiers.
The soldier's marksmanship has been emphasized in every way since the establishment of the Security Corps, and it has been used to this day. For veterans and other active-duty troops, live firing may not be so frequent. As for the recruits, the daily training subjects are a little unchanged, live ammunition.
The Red Police Base has been of great help to Chen Shao, who has been following the upgrade of the base over the years. He didn't want to wait until the end of World War II or the second upgrade of the Red Police base after World War II, so it didn't make much sense.
Chen Shao is most concerned about the Red Police weapons and civilian units, and after detailed calculations over the years, Chen Shao found that the civilian units of the Red Police Base are the most valuable. Not to mention issues such as cost, it is the technology inside that is the biggest help to Chen Shao. These technologies are all mature technologies, and they can all be mass-produced. This has played a very good role in promoting China's scientific and technological level in various fields.
Chen Shao has been looking forward to the Red Police weapons and equipment for more than 20 years, but his appetite has always been hanging, and he doesn't know how long this situation will last. Chen Hong's left and right sentences are: "The conditions for promotion have not yet been met." This sentence almost became Chen Shao's magic barrier, and Chen Shao often comforted himself: those who wait will have good things, and those who come too quickly are parallel goods.
Chen Shao only hopes that when World War II is in full swing, the Red Alert base can be upgraded. It's just that the opportunity to upgrade came quickly, very quickly.
(To be continued)