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According to the international situation at the time of Tian Nian. Even if the war broke out over the years. That is, the second phase of the reduction of the London Treaty has been successfully completed, and both the Republic and the United States will reduce their nuclear warheads. The total amount will be reduced to about one piece, and the strategic carrier vehicle will be reduced to about one piece. As a result, the strategic strike capabilities of the two countries are within the upper limit of the interception capability of the other side's strategic defense system, but from a strategic point of view, ensuring the security of the homeland first and then considering striking the adversary is certainly the only choice for the Republic and the US authorities. In other words, if even the security of the homeland is not guaranteed. Even if you can defeat or even destroy your opponent, you won't be able to win. In fact. This is the main reason why a world war is unlikely to break out before the calendar year, after all, no one can be the ultimate victor under the premise of mutually assured destruction.

The problem is that this is not a good thing for military strategists on both sides, especially senior generals.

When determining the direction of strategic exhibition. Pei Chengyi has repeatedly stressed that even if more attention must be paid to defense, it should also be actively defensive, that is, tactical counterattacks should be the mainstay, rather than passive defense.

The situation in the United States is similar. At the time of vomiting years. Stark, who left the Pentagon, mentioned it in a special interview with the TV station. In future wars, defense will be the main factor in victory, but the United States absolutely cannot give up the initiative because of this, and only through active defense can it defeat its opponent. Take Stark more Duchway relations. This can also be seen as Duchway's military theory, after all, when Duchway needs to take off his military uniform, it is unlikely that he will be publicly interviewed by the public media as a military strategist.

Anyway. This transition is a very painful thing for both parties.

Of course, that's why it took years for both sides to prepare.

In a sense, the two sides are making strategic adjustments at this time in the hope that before the war breaks out, they will drag down their opponents through an all-out arms race and create a greater probability of victory.

In fact, this is also a very normal thing.

You know, before the first two world wars, the arms race was "foreplay".

Take the First World War, for example, before the outbreak of war. Germany and Britain have been engaged in an arms race in recent years. The two sides have invested almost all of their national strength in naval construction. In a sense, it was precisely because of the sheer amount of German naval force that the German Army was unable to defeat France on the ground. Before the old old years. Germany's superiority on the ground battlefield was very obvious, and it even defeated Tsarist Russia on the Eastern Front. On the Western Front, victory was one step away. If Germany had put more effort into building the world's most powerful army before the war, I am afraid that the outcome of the First World War would have been rewritten, and it might even turn into the Second Franco-Prussian War, making Germany the most powerful country in continental Europe and the world.

Ironically, the underappreciated German Army won a victory that all Germans could be proud of, while the Kaiser's navy failed to achieve any results and ended up being a trophy of the Entente. From this, it follows the arms race before the First World War. In fact, it became the last straw that broke Germany's back.

Look at it from another angle. Pre-war propaganda of the Entente bloc. and the leading role played in the arms race was also an important factor in setting Germany astray.

Kaiser Wilhelm II was the nephew of the King of England at that time, and the powerful British Royal Navy left a profound influence on the Kaiser, so that the Kaiser paid more attention to the navy in the construction of sea and land. Underestimating the Army, which was vital to the survival of Germany. In the circumstances of the time. Germany is the quintessential "land power." "Even if Germany had the strength to compete for world hegemony before the outbreak of World War I, Germany's industrial strength was second only to the United States, and its comprehensive national strength was second only to the United States, and it should regard France in the west and Tsarist Russia in the east as its main opponents, and only after defeating these two strong enemies should it deal with Britain, instead of fighting three powerful enemies at the same time.

From a historical point of view, Germany was able to defeat France in the Franco-Prussian War precisely because it was under the correct leadership of Bismarck. Good relations were maintained with the United Kingdom, taking advantage of British support. Stabilized Tsarist Russia in the east and created an opportunity to deal with France alone.

Of course, these are already national strategic issues and have little to do with the arms race.

In addition to the naval arms race that preceded the First World War, the arms race that preceded the Second World War was very prominent. Although after the First World War, the United States, Britain, Japan, France, Italy, and other powers imposed severe restrictions on the naval arms race through the "Washington Treaty" and the "London Treaty" in the hope of avoiding the next world war, after these treaties expired, the arms race still became the foreplay of the world war. For example, the naval arms race between the United States and Japan has been in full swing since the beginning of the thug year, and it has determined the final outcome of the Pacific War.

Compared with the First World War, the most important feature of the arms race before the Second World War was the equal emphasis on land and sea, and the addition of the air force.

In a sense, the arms race before World War II was dominated by the Air Force.

Shortly after the Wright brothers' "Aviator" took to the skies. The Air Force is in charge:. Since then, the war feud has changed from flat old to three-dimensional. Air power became the main one. We are the decisive force. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the "degree race." The air power race marked by it is one of the most important components of the arms race. Some of the best fighters in the early days of the Second World War, such as the German Lie Say, the "product" of the Small Degree Contest

It can be said that there is a scramble to show air power. It was a highlight of the arms race before World War II.

From a tactical point of view, although World War II was a typical mechanized war, and the most representative ground tactics were the German Army's blitzkrieg and the Soviet Army's theory of large-depth offensive, the core strength of these two army tactics was not the mechanized troops dominated by tanks and combat vehicles, but the aviation units dominated by fighters, attack planes, and bombers, especially the tactical aviation units dominated by fighters and attack aircraft. It can be said that if there is no aviation security officer to open the way in front. It is impossible for the armored forces of the German Army to sweep through Western Europe, let alone to Moscow, and it is impossible for the Soviet Red Army to reach Paelin and finally defeat Germany.

From a strategic point of view, the strategic bombing initiated by the United States has pushed the war to a new peak. It can be said that it was precisely because of the brilliant results achieved in the strategic bombing of Germany and Japan in World War II that the US Air Force was born and the US authorities regarded the Air Force as the number one military force. The U.S. Air Force was still the Army Air Force at the time, capable of dominating the skies during World War II, which was also inextricably linked to the pre-war arms race. For example, the use of airtight cockpits on American prisoner bombers comes from the technological exploration before World War II. The turbocharged motor is closely related to the pre-war "degree race".

Compared to the previous two world wars, the arms race that began in infancy was even more brutal.

Judging from the situation at that time, if the Republic and the United States had followed the new strategic thinking, that is, to abandon the offensive mode of building up their armed forces and focus on defense, then the two countries would have to reequip their troops before the outbreak of war, and at least more than half of their main battle equipment would have to be replaced.

Take the Army, for example. The Republic will have to adjust the tactical indicators of the main ground battle platform and the air combat platform.

Relatively speaking, the problems of the army are not serious. In any case, the ground main battle platform and the air combat platform are designed with an open architecture and in accordance with modular standards, and after adjusting the tactical indicators, it is only necessary to reopen various functional modules.

Taking the main battle tank as an example, after it was determined that the defense capability should be improved on the original basis and had the ability to resist the armor-piercing shells fired by the first generation of spiral electromagnetic guns, that is, the combat quality under the maximum protection standard was increased from Wu Ton to 4 pure, which mainly caused three problems. First, the cost of production has increased by about paste. The main thing is to increase the amount of high-strength alloy armor. Second, the protection module has to be redesigned, after all, the size data will also change after the quality changes, so it is natural to redesign the shape. Third, the requirements for the power system are higher. In the case of a weight-gainer blunt, i.e., a weight-gainer maca, in order to maintain tactical mobility, the power of the power system needs to at least increase the jump. These three issues do not have much impact on the work. In the words of the engineers of Zhongzhong Group, as long as there is enough money, the problem can be solved.

It is the Navy that is really affected.

In any case, the army's main battle equipment is won by numbers, whether it is a main battle tank or a low-altitude attack aircraft. When purchasing in large quantities, it is measured in hundreds. Even in the thousands. The main combat equipment of the Navy is different, even if it is an anti-submarine ship with the largest number of equipment, a single ship is purchased in bulk, and at most only a few ships. The number of large warships such as aircraft carriers is only a few.

What's more, the design cycle of the Navy's main battle equipment is longer and more difficult to change.

Although the Navy has long adopted an open architecture and modular design, in any case, after the Navy has set the tactical indicators, it will set a price, according to which the designers will first determine the displacement of the battleship, and then carry out the detailed design. Taking aircraft carriers as an example, after determining the tactical indicators such as the number of standard carrier aircraft, the continuous combat occupation of the sky, and the deployment period of the month, engineers can derive a relatively reasonable displacement range, that is, whether it is about 10,000 tons or about 10,000 tons. After the displacement range has been determined, the individual functional modules are formulated according to the actual requirements. In this way, if the Navy changes the tactical indicators halfway, for example, requiring the standard number of carrier aircraft to be 2 months, the engineers will increase the displacement from the old 10,000 tons to 10,000 tons, and then adjust the modules, which is equivalent to starting all over again.

In fact, this is the main reason why the thug "Chongqing" class aircraft carrier has been tossed for many years.

Of course, the problem is not that simple.

After the strategy of focusing on defense was determined, the importance of aircraft carriers became less prominent. To know. The aircraft carrier is definitely an attack-oriented naval warship, and only an offensive can reflect the value of the aircraft carrier. The new address of this site has been changed to: a muscle... 8 ribs... Please land on Valve!

Herein lies the problem.

The war in the Middle East, as well as the Indian war before it, have proven that in future naval warfare, the attack capability of aircraft carriers will hardly pose a threat to opponents of the same level in sea supremacy missions. Taking the Republic's "Shanghai"-class aircraft carrier as an example, in the case of carrying carrier-based aircraft, the Kurabe knife mount fighters were dispatched based on the calculation of the largest mountain, of which the brand aircraft carried out the air defense mission of escorting the Yuanyu horn, and the other aircraft carried out the attack mission. Moreover, each of them carries four anti-ship missiles, and can only be used to deliver fighter aircraft carriers as the core, and the air defense network of the battle group with cruisers, two multi-purpose destroyers, and anti-submarine destroyers can intercept more than one anti-ship missile in a single defense. In other words, in the case of comparable size, it is difficult to break down the opponent with an attack.

It is also true that in the previous wars, even in the early days of the Indian War, the Republic Navy had not completely relied on carrier-based fighters to destroy an Indian fleet of comparable size.

Affected by this, the aircraft carrier was completely turned into an active sea airfield. The new address of this site has been changed: Yili... Otter please land the valve to make!

The problem is that aircraft carriers are far inferior to sea bases in terms of supporting combat aircraft.

Other words. If we do not consider issues such as navigation, a sea base is a more ideal air support platform. It can even be said that as long as the magnetic induction propulsion system is mature, the support capability of the "air base" of the Air Force Exhibition will be above that of the aircraft carrier. As a result, the value of the aircraft carrier's existence will be greatly affected.

In fact, in the year of the secret thug, some people doubted the value of the existence of aircraft carriers.

Although some people believe that the war before Tian Nian did not reflect the value of aircraft carriers. After all, in a war with a limited purpose and scale, the battle for sea supremacy is not of decisive significance, or the belligerents are not active in seizing sea supremacy, so it is difficult for aircraft carriers to perform normally in sea supremacy operations. In total war. The aircraft carrier's sea supremacy capability, especially its strategic maneuver and deployment capability, will be fully reflected. But it must be admitted. In the context of rapid technological progress, this advantage of aircraft carriers is no longer so obvious.

Of course. When the situation is unclear, neither the Republic nor the United States will easily change the policy of naval construction.

The reason is simple: the longest change in the construction period of the navy has the greatest impact, so it is not advisable to make a major adjustment until the situation is clear. In fact, the great navies throughout history have had similar strategies. In the case of the United Kingdom, when the Royal Navy was rampant around the world, it was arguably the least aggressive navy in the world, and many new technologies and weapons, such as steam engines and torpedoes, appeared in the navies of other countries before they were adopted by the British Navy. And with the strong national power of Britain, it quickly surpassed its opponents. Until after the Second World War. It was only when Britain could no longer maintain the world's largest navy that the Royal Navy made a difference in technological innovation. For example, the catapult, the beveled flight deck and the glide take-off method, which had the greatest influence on the modern navy, were all masterpieces of the British.

It is precisely so that the US Navy is in no hurry to innovate.

In fact, after the Middle East War, the Republican Navy had been recognized as a first-class navy on an equal footing with the U.S. Navy, so after that, the Republican Navy became more conservative.

At the end of the year, the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China approved the construction of the second batch of the "Chongqing" class aircraft carrier, and at the beginning of the following year, it approved the third batch of improved design work. That is, the republic not only did not slow down the construction of the Navy. On the contrary, the construction of new warships was accelerated, and the decision to rapidly expand the naval strength was made. In fact, this is also the most direct challenge to the United States. To know. With the exception of Canada and Mexico, no other country wants to threaten the United States. First of all, you have to have the most powerful navy in the world. From the standpoint of the United States, the most intolerable thing is the emergence of a maritime force capable of posing a threat to the US Navy.

Affected by this, the US authorities also approved the expansion plan of the Navy at the end of the year and the beginning of the year.

Compared to the army and navy, the air force has been affected the least.

Relatively speaking, the Air Force is an offensive force of "absoluteness". In Du Hei's "Theory of Air Domination." . The value of the existence of the Air Force is to go on the offensive, rather than shoot down enemy fighters in the air. It is better to blow up the enemy's fighters on the ground, so a truly powerful air force is definitely dominated by bombers, and not fighters.

Although after the Second World War, with the advancement of technology, the strike capability of fighters has been greatly improved, but it is affected by the price factor. The number of bombers with equipment is decreasing. Even in the United States, the number of bombers was only a few hundred, and by the beginning of the century, it had shrunk to less than a hundred. But in combat use. Ground strikes remain the main task of the Air Force.

Of course, technically speaking, the main thing for the Air Force to change from offensive to defensive is structural adjustment, that is, the proportion of heavy air supremacy fighters in the fleet. For the Republic and the US Air Force. The thing to do is very simple, and that is to spend more money to procure more and better air supremacy fighters. to strengthen the combat capability of air defense.

It can be seen from this that under the new operational guiding ideology, the first thing to be done by the army, navy, and air force is to adopt new weapons and equipment in order to popularize new tactics. In fact, this is the essence of the arms race, that is, the idea of war drives the construction of equipment, which has an impact on the country's economy, and ultimately makes the country prepare for war during this period, and has no basis for the final outcome of the war.

The problem is that no one can ignore the influence of the "Fourth Army", that is, the Celestial Army!