Along with the results of the first five-year plan, there was also the proclamation of the beginning of the second five-year plan. On the land of China, there was a burst of cheers.

These people are celebrating, celebrating the strength of their country, celebrating the achievements of their country in the past and in the future.

Naturally, while these people were still cheering, they didn't know that there were some numbers that were not revealed to them in the broadcast just now. In fact, I am afraid that it will never be revealed in a short period of time, and these are also related to the secrets of the national government.

First of all, not to mention the growth of industry, the Communist government now has arsenals in some important areas of the country. Including several arsenals located in the Ural Military District, these arsenals currently produce enough weapons and equipment to support an army of at least five million people for operations―――――― of course, provided that there are sufficient resources. Otherwise, if resources are basically cut off, as in the case of Germany or Japan in history, there is not much hope.

However, today, China is already self-sufficient in most of its resources, except for oil, so that it does not need to worry about this problem at all. Even for oil, as long as the fields in the Northeast and several other regions are successfully developed, this concern can be over.

It should be noted that the above military factories are basically state-owned. Not counting some civilian arsenals, which naturally also include the Yushi Group. After all, no matter how close the relationship between Yushi Group and Yan Shao is, he still belongs to a private enterprise.

If you can count the Yushi Group. Then the entire national government can support at least seven million troops to fight. This is still in the case of sufficient equipment, if it is not sufficient, 10 million is no problem. But that's the case. There are many units that are probably only equipped with rifles, grenades and light machine guns, and as for equipment such as gun-mounted grenades, it is impossible to think about it, even mortars.

After all, that's more than 3 million people...

But even so, the ability to mobilize 10 million people to fight is still the most powerful in the whole world, especially after the fall of Tsarist Russia. Even more so...

In the history of the Anti-Japanese War, if China can have the industrial base of today's China, even if it is equipped with weapons and equipment of Yan Shao's era. Without any updates, I am afraid that the Chinese government at that time would not need to be afraid of Japan.

It's just a pity that China didn't have this kind of industrial strength at that time, so many things naturally were...

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Years of hard work. This has given China a great capacity for mobilization. This is especially true of the promotion of hukou and identity cards, which can mobilize more than 10 million troops in an instant, and this ability, combined with its vast territory, makes China a formidable adversary for anyone―――――― at least in this era.

Of course, you also need to eliminate some opponents from the sea first, after all, even if you have more people, if the opponent is at sea, it is useless. You can't learn Jingwei and let your troops go to the sea to balance it...

Ten million people. Hmm, maybe fill in a Taiwan Strait?

Of course, no one would do that...

In addition, these troops also need to receive a certain amount of training, otherwise even if there are more troops, it will be useless. Historically, China also had a lot of troops, but because of the problems of equipment and training, it was often defeated like a mountain, and sometimes it was clear that the troops were several times more than the other side, and sometimes even more than ten times the number of Cheng dù, but it just couldn't win.

There is also the historical Soviet Russia, which was swept away by Germany in World War II, and one of the reasons is that because of the Great Purge, the quality of officers has decreased, and the training of troops has also declined.

There is also the previous World War I, Russia, known as the steam roller, is also not satisfactory. It was nothing against Austria-Hungary and Turkey, but it was rare to win against the Germans.

Fortunately, at this time, the national government had established a relatively effective training mechanism, and at the same time, the military academies in each province also brought a large number of young officers to the national defense force to ensure that the blood circulation of this army was unimpeded. Naturally, no one knows how long this unobstructed can last, but Yan Shao hopes that he can at least hold on until Yan Shao makes this country the hegemon of the world...

In addition to these war resources, there has been great progress in other areas.

For example, the first battleship that the Navy has begun to plan at present, all of which represent the development of military technology. Although battleships and so on, it seems that in this day and age they are no longer particularly advanced, but even so, this represents many things.

Above all, this meant that China had the ability to build its own battleships.

And before the aircraft carrier technology matures, the battleship will undoubtedly be, and will still be, the hegemon at sea.

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The content of the radio is cheering for the Chinese people, but it also makes many people worried.

However, these problems have nothing to do with Yan Shao, and Yan Shao can't manage so much at the moment.

Beijing, Presidential Palace.

As the snow melts, the earth, which used to be white, has now changed to a different color. Even the originally majestic presidential palace has become a little bit vibrant.

Naturally, Yan Shao absolutely doesn't like this, and the reason is very simple, because Yan Shao still hopes that the place where he lives can be more domineering. And the white snow coupled with the howling cold wind can undoubtedly make your residence domineering.

It's a pity that winter can't never pass, and Yan Shao obviously can't move to the North Pole to live, so he has no choice but to endure some.

Fortunately, Yan Shao has also gotten used to it over the years, so his mood has not been affected much, at least when he signed some documents.

But for now. He was suffering from something else.

Say, Iran...

No, no, no, exactly. It's the oil field problem in the Middle East...

"President, according to the return of the Middle East, two oil fields have been drilled, both of which are highly productive oil fields. At present, Kuwait and Iraq have announced the blockade of these two oil fields, and in addition, the progress in the eastern Persian Gulf seems to be going well. ”

Stand by Yan Shao's side. His secretary held a copy of the document and reported it carefully.

"The news didn't leak out..."

"Nope." The secretary shook his head. "The Kuwaiti and Iraqi sides also attach great importance to this matter. Therefore, the news is very tightly blocked, and the news has not leaked for the time being. However, if this continues, it is difficult to say whether there will be a leak of information one day in the future..."

At this, the secretary frowned slightly.

Even him. It is also clear that the secrets of these oil fields are leaked out. What kind of trouble will it cause? If nothing else, at least many countries will have the idea of coveting it, trying to get a piece of the pie, or even simply snatching it by force.

Of course, the latter point is relatively less likely, because Yan Shao has already stationed a large number of troops in the Middle East in order to solve this problem. In particular, in some port cities along the coast of the Persian Gulf, submarine formations of the Navy are stationed. Plus forts and other facilities...

It is particularly important to note that China is no longer the weak country it once was. Although his navy is not as strong as the navies of countries such as Great Britain. But it also has the ability to retaliate against these countries, and if it really attacks China's territory in the Middle East, then even Britain must be mentally prepared to lose India and all its colonies in Southeast Asia.

And if those lands are lost for the Middle East, it is hard to say who will win in the end.

Of course, this is indeed a difficult thing to measure, after all, the oil resources in the Middle East are really rich and abnormal, compared with India and Southeast Asia, it is really difficult to say which is more important...

Of course, if you take into account those lazy Indians, Yan Shao feels that the Middle East is more important.

"Trouble..."Looking at the information in his hand, Yan Shao rubbed his head with a headache. Next to him, the secretary nodded approvingly.

It's hard to have hidden secrets in this world, just like a phrase often said in TV dramas, dead people don't reveal secrets. But the question is, is the one who kills the mouth considered a living person? If it does, then I'm afraid there is still a possibility that the secret may be leaked.

Paper can't keep the fire, Yan Shao can fully imagine what kind of shock it will cause in the world if one day in the future, the news of the discovery of a large amount of oil in the Middle East is leaked. If that's the case, I'm afraid things will be a little troublesome.

At least, if all the countries try to come up and get a piece of the pie, even Yan Shao will feel a certain amount of pressure.

What's more...

Although China now has the ability to build battleships, one thing is certain: the Chinese navy will not be able to compete with the great powers in the short term. Even though China has the largest underwater fleet in the world, these things are only useful for sneak attacks or break-up engagements, and it is difficult to say how much of a role they can make if they are involved in large-scale naval battles. Maybe it's a disservice in the end, but no, to be exact, it's very likely.

After all, in this era, there are all direct-sail torpedoes, and if you really want to involve the underwater fleet in the war, it is not small that you will accidentally injure your own people. And if you die in the hands of the enemy, then forget it, but if you die in the hands of your own people, how aggrieved it is...

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The inferiority of the navy puts China's mainland in danger of being cut off from its overseas territories, namely the Middle East. Siberia and Central Asia are nothing, after all, there are railways for transportation, at least on the road, but at sea, if there is really a country with a strong navy to come out and make trouble, it will be really a troublesome thing ...

On land, the two pieces of land are not next to each other, and if something happens, how to reinforce the territory of the Middle East is really a headache...

"It seems. It's time to think of something...", after contemplating the film, Yan Shao said to the secretary. "Go. Bring me a map..."

"Maps?" Hearing that Yan Shao needed a map, the secretary was slightly stunned, but quickly asked. "Do you need domestic or not..."

"Asian, Asian..."

"Yes!"

The secretary's movements were also very sharp, and he quickly took out a map of Asia from the cabinet next to him, and then placed it in front of Yan Shao.

Although the area of this era is really rough, there is no way to compare it with the maps drawn up by later generations. However, through this map, Yan Shao can still clearly understand the general geography of the whole of Asia.

On this map, China's territory already covers a significant part of Asia.

The sheer size of its territory. It is even easy to think that this country is already the largest country in the world in terms of territorial area.

But on the other hand...

In the new territory located in the Persian Gulf, it is blocked by a state...

"Iran..."Looking at the country on the map, Yan Shao frowned slightly.

Because of the relationship between Yushi Group and the oil explorer in Iran, Yan Shao has some understanding of Iran. It is also clear what is happening in Iran right now.

Now it's obvious. From the map, there are only two ways to connect China's land territory, one is that the troops in the Astana Military Region continue to advance in the direction of Europe, all the way to the Caucasus, and then continue southward to occupy part of the territory belonging to Turkey, and then directly connect with the territory in the Middle East.

The question is if you do it. It's too difficult, not to mention anything else. Be clear. That is, the relationship between China and Soviet Russia is very complicated today, because of the relationship between Siberia and Central Asia, Soviet Russia is very hostile to China, just because it is unwilling to be attacked on all sides, and at the same time hopes to have one more object of support, so it reluctantly swallows its anger.

But this does not mean that Soviet Russia will always be patient, at least, it will definitely not violate their bottom line. Those territories located in Asia can be thrown away for the time being, but if China dares to infringe on the interests of Soviet Russia in Europe, then I am afraid that in the end the two sides will have to divide their lives and deaths.

Although Yan Shao was not afraid of Soviet Russia, he did not think that the hundreds of thousands of Wehrmacht troops in the Urals and Astana would really be afraid of the five million troops of Soviet Russia. But in this era of imminent great development, it is not wise to do so―――――― Soviet Russia certainly has five million troops, but a considerable part of them need to be invested in the borders linked to the great powers, to guard against possible attacks by the great powers.

Therefore, in fact, there are only one or two million people who can be invested in the war, and considering that the weapons and equipment of the Soviet and Russian armies have always been relatively poor, and their combat quality is not very good. In addition, with the influence of the Russian army in World War I, although there are only hundreds of thousands of Wehrmacht, it is not true that there is no chance at all if you want to fight with Soviet Russia.

But...

Even if he can win, Yan Shao is not willing to turn against Soviet Russia, after all, he still needs a target to attract the hatred value of the powers. The reason why the great powers have not yet turned their faces with China is that on the one hand, China's strength is already very strong, and the other reason is because of the existence of Soviet Russia.

Until these red guys are dealt with, the great powers are not willing to turn against China.

Of course, there have been examples of Hitler in history, but Yan Shaozhi never intended to be like Hitler. And if it really gets like that, Yan Shao will never give Soviet Russia a chance, and Britain...

What's more, Yan Shao will never choose a teammate like Italy to be his teammate.

That's a real pig teammate...

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Since the Caucasus road from Europe is impassable, there is only one other path left, and it is also a more difficult road, but at least there is a slight chance of it.

The path is also very simple, that is, Iran...

"Look at the map..."In Yan Shao's conference room, after hanging the map on the wall, Yan Shao looked at Feng Guozhang, who had just returned from the northeast, and several other generals. The security of the territory of the Middle East must be guaranteed, but there is still a question here, that is, if war really breaks out, how should we reinforce several provinces in the Middle East when the waterways are blocked..."

"At present, it seems that the easiest way is to find a way to connect our mainland territory with several provinces in the Middle East, but in this case there are only two options, one is to take Soviet Russia, that is, from Europe, and then take the route of the Caucasus and Turkey, but this is too risky, and the probability of angering Soviet Russia is very high, although I am not worried about Soviet Russia, but now is indeed not a good time to turn against Soviet Russia."

"The other is simpler, that is, it passes directly through the territory of Iran, you see...", Yan Shao pointed his finger at the map, and then said to the crowd. Iran's territory borders our provinces of Turkmenistan and Iraq, and as long as we can possess the territory of northern Iran, we will be able to directly connect with several provinces in the Middle East..."

"But the problem is..."Standing aside, Feng Guozhang touched the beard on his chin and frowned slightly. Will this irritate the British? I remember that southern Iran was supposed to be the British sphere of influence, right? ”

"That's right." Yan Shao nodded. "That's exactly what I'm worried about..." (To be continued......)