Yang Du stood up and expressed his opinion: "President, ladies and gentlemen, I think that the United States has joined the Entente to fight against Germany, and the war can end within two years, if the United States can enter the war as soon as possible, then the strength of the Allied forces on the Western Front will be strengthened, and in this way, our pressure on the Eastern Front will be reduced a lot!" ”

End the war in two years? Xiao Zhenlei heard this, and thought that this matter was only very suspenseful, you must know that this world war can be very different from the world in his previous life, the world in his previous life Germany did not sweep France in the first time, but with the British and French armies in France for several years, the trench war was fought on both sides exhausted, the number of deaths far exceeded any previous war in history, and the war lasted for the longest time in history, and it dragged all European powers, including Britain, to the scarred, the economy withered.

But in this time and space, it is different, in this time and space, due to the intervention of Xiao Zhenlei's intelligence department, Germany has suffered a lot less, until now, Germany's military strength has not been weakened much, it swept through France in the first time, and obtained French resources.

Britain, France, and Russia suffered huge losses, especially France, where not only was the vast majority of the army captured by the Germans, but also the war resources were seized by Germany. Britain is not much better, its southeastern mainland has been almost bombed into a scorched earth, when fighting in France, the British army lost a lot of troops, and Russia is the most serious loss of the Entente's troops, until now, Russia has directly killed more than 3.5 million people in the war, and now the Russian army on the defensive line is basically several people who have a rifle to use, and the soldiers often have only a few bullets on their bodies. Nevertheless, the Russian Provisional Government continued to wage imperialist war against Germany and Austria.

However, Yang Du said that after the Americans entered the war. If the forces of the Entente on the Western Front are strengthened, then the pressure on our armies in the east and west will be greatly reduced. Xiao Zhenlei agrees with this.

Jiang Baili stood up and said: "President, ladies and gentlemen, I don't understand politics and economics, I just analyze this issue from a military point of view, first of all, I think that even if the United States enters the war, based on the current situation in the United States, if the US Army wants to land on the European continent to participate in the war, it will take at least a year!" In this year's time, the Americans can only wave their flags and shout. Even if the U.S. Army lands in Europe, I think it will take at least three years, if not longer, to defeat Germany."

Others didn't understand, Liang Qichao asked, "Baili, why is this?" ”

Everyone was very puzzled by Jiang Fangzhen's words, after all, not everyone here understands military affairs. Jiang Baili said: "Because the number of the US Army is too small and too small!" Before the war between the United States and Spain in 1898, the U.S. Army was less than 30,000 men, a pitiful amount given the size of the U.S. land. Wait until 1900. The U.S. Army has grown to 100,000 men, including 30,000 on the mainland, 10,000 in Cuba, and 60,000 in the Philippines. From the end of the Spanish-American War to the present, the strength of the US Army has not increased in the past ten years. These 100,000 people have to be stationed in the mainland, the Philippines and Cuba, and their own troops are insufficient. This is also because the United States is located on the North American continent. It is flanked by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to the east and west, with the exception of Mexico to the south and Canada to the north. Its territory is basically not attacked by other countries, and if it is not for its geographical location, it is simply a fool's dream to rely on these 100,000 people to ensure the security of the country!

And over the years, not only the US Army, but even the Navy have never fought a war, and this number will not even risk a single artillery in the European battlefield, and it will not play a big role at all, so the United States needs to re-recruit soldiers after entering the war, and these soldiers must also go through long-term training before they can be pulled to the battlefield, and if they want to play a role on the European continent, they will not work without millions of troops. It took more than half a year to train our 500,000 recruits.

If we want to train 1 million troops, it is not enough to pull all the officers of the current US Army as instructors, and the United States also needs to seconded officers from Britain and France, and of course, it may also seconded regiments from our country to help train soldiers, which requires consultation and time. If the United States wants to pull its army onto the European continent within a year, it can only fight a war while training, otherwise it can only spend more time, after all, the construction of the army is not a matter of one day, and how many years has it taken for the army building of various countries to grow from less to more, from scratch? Will the United States still be able to turn its army from 100,000 to 1 million in a year, without losing its combat effectiveness? This is simply impossible, even if those soldiers are sent to the battlefield, they are only cannon fodder, so for at least a year and a half, the role of the United States is extremely limited! ”

In Xiao Zhenlei's previous life, when the United States entered the war, Britain, France and Germany were exhausted, not only the British and French Army suffered serious losses, but also the elite of the German Army suffered a lot of losses, some veterans died in the early stage, and the later ones who were sent to the battlefield were some recruits.

But in this time and space is different, Germany did not lose much troops in France at all, most of the elite troops still existed, and the German army's military combat strength at this time was still extremely strong, which is also the reason why the British did not dare to land on the west coast of France to fight, because once they did not have enough certainty to land and fight, there was a great possibility that they would be driven into the sea by the German elite troops and drowned.

However, at this time, Germany was also very aggrieved, and it was empty but could not use its strength, because Germany hoped that after the overthrow of Tsarist Russia, the new Russian government would be able to withdraw from the war, and the two sides signed a cease agreement, but they did not expect that the Russian provisional government was controlled by the bourgeoisie, and announced that it would continue to fight against Germany and Austria, which made Germany very annoyed.

In other respects, due to the weakness of the navy and the lack of absolute air supremacy in the air force, Germany has never dared to launch an operational plan to land on the British mainland, leaving the more than 2 million German troops stationed in France idle.

In southern Europe, due to the blockage of the Alps, the British, French, Italian and other armies used the natural defensive barrier of the Alps to block the German-Austrian army in the north of the Alps.

In southeastern Europe, after the Chinese army captured the Asia Minor Peninsula, Germany originally wanted to send superior forces to recapture the Asia Minor Peninsula and the Middle East, although the German-Austrian coalition forces were superior, but due to the existence of the Mediterranean Sea, the Turkish Strait, and the Black Sea, the naval strength of the Central Powers was wiped out, coupled with the strong air force of the Chinese expeditionary force, the German-Austrian coalition forces organized several attacks, but the Chinese troops were blocked by the Chinese army on the other side of the Turkish Strait and could not cross the strait, which made Germany's powerful attack force never come into play.

Therefore, Germany is very aggrieved, and it has always been in a situation of being surrounded by the Entente in terms of overall strategy, which makes it unable to give full play even if it has a strong army combat force, and it suffers a big loss due to the shortcomings of the navy and air force.

After the Russian Provisional Government announced the continuation of the war against Germany and Austria, Germany was very annoyed and wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Russia to organize an attack on the Russian lines, but recently there was news that the British were preparing to launch a sea-crossing operation to land on the west coast of France, which forced Germany to abandon the organization of an attack on Russia and focus on the Western Front.

After Jiang Baili finished speaking, Xiao Zhenlei said: "Baili's analysis is very reasonable, this is the current situation of the US Army, the United States needs at least a year to organize an army that can play a role in the European battlefield, otherwise even if it pulls people over, it will only send food to Germany."

The geographical location of the United States makes its homeland basically immune to attacks by other powers, so once a war starts, its homeland will not be harassed and attacked at all, and it can produce with peace of mind, and its economy will not only not be affected, but will become more prosperous because of the war.

The war potential of the United States is enormous. In 1783, there were only three million people in the United States, but by 1860, the number had increased to 32 million in less than 100 years, an increase of more than tenfold. By 1890, it had doubled again in two decades to 63 million people. The population of the United States is now 98 million.

Before the war, the national income of the United States was $13.7 billion, while that of Britain was only $10, the United States was more than 13 times that of Britain, and the per capita income of $377 was far higher than Britain's $244.

In addition, the strength of the US Navy should not be underestimated, and now the total tonnage of the US Navy is basically the same as that of our country, second only to Britain and Germany. The shipbuilding industry of the United States has caught up with Britain and can produce more ships at any time if it wants to, while we are still a cut behind the United States economically, only half of the United States in the shipbuilding industry, and the army and air force are stronger than the Americans.

Does the U.S. entry into the war have any impact on our country? Of course there is, it's a good score cake, the cake is only so big, one more person will share, others will share less, and the U.S. Army was originally scum, but after this war, the U.S. Army will become stronger, and the United States will not only become the world's first in terms of economy, but also become a first-class power in the world in terms of military strength. What does the combination of these two things look like? Since then, the United States has become the number one power in the world, and even Britain and France cannot compete with it! (To be continued......)