Chapter IV: Pre-War Meetings

Ai Mengmeng, who is also the head of the intelligence section, is standing in front of Vincent at this time to report the newly arrived information: "Chief, the Sun Empire is a small country established by the survivors of the original Wa Kingdom, and now the main entrenchment is the Shikoku Island area of the former Wa Kingdom, with a population of about 400,000, and the emperor is Kamei Katsutaro. However, since they had obtained two complete fleets, they had a good naval power. The strength of the Sun Empire was about 25,000 men, but the navy accounted for 18,000 men, and the commander of the navy, Admiral Kazumoto Yamamoto, was a typical militarist. ”

Speaking of this, Ai Mengmeng took out a document and handed it to Vincent, which was specific information about some of the main officials of the Sun Empire, Vincent continued to listen to Ai Mengmeng while flipping through the information: "Our country is a coastal country, the depth of east and west is not long, and the entire country is exposed to the firepower coverage of the enemy navy. Therefore, if we do not establish effective preventive measures in a short period of time, we are in danger of being annihilated once the enemy army attacks. ”

Ai Mengmeng paused and continued: "But we don't have to worry too much, Yamamoto Kazumoku has a lot of political enemies in their country because of his high position and heavy military position. This is also the reason why Tian Wuwei staged such a farce, because they were not able to attack us in a short period of time, at most they would harass us and affect our military morale. However, Yamamoto Kazumoku was able to climb to this point without being fuel-efficient, and Kamei Kamei Katsutaro trusted him extremely much, according to the unanimous analysis of our think tank, he wanted to completely eliminate the opposition in the country, as fast as 3 months, slow as half a year, that is, the time left for us is 3 months to half a year. ”

Finally finished listening to Ai Mengmeng's narration, Vincent sighed heavily, and he asked while continuing to flip through the documents, "Is 3 months right?" What are your countermeasures? ”

The scorpion looked left and right, and found that no one had any intention of speaking, he leaned back, leaned on the back of the chair and said: "It is necessary to build our own naval force to fight, but the navy cannot form combat effectiveness overnight, the reason why the Sun Empire has such a huge fleet is because Yamamoto Kazume was a naval colonel during the civilization period, and a large number of naval officers and sailors under him survived with him, so their navy can form combat effectiveness in a short period of time." ”

The scorpion picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea gently, and said, "There are indeed so many navies among the former active duty soldiers who have gathered civilization, but we don't have ships." Now how can we have a few patrol boats against other people's warships? It is estimated that the northern sea area is completely under the control of the Sun Empire, and we can only go to the south if we want to get ships, and there should be ships in several naval bases over there. But don't have blind confidence in this, this is not a movie, you can get on the boat and win, and if you don't have a year or two, we will not have combat effectiveness even if we form a navy, at most it will play a role of containment and deterrence. ”

The scorpion looked around at the crowd, and then said: "But don't be too pessimistic, our Chinese navy was not as good as the U.S.-funded Japanese navy in terms of combat effectiveness and advanced degree during the civilization period, but didn't we suppress them the same at that time?" So even if we have a ship and combat effectiveness, we may not necessarily win, but we have an advantage, that is, air power, and it is impossible for the current Sun Empire to have aircraft carriers. That means their planes can't reach us, but we have fighter jets, and that's the only place we can hold them down now. ”

After listening to the scorpion, the lynx on one side also added: "That's right, in terms of sea power, we are far behind the strong Sun Empire, but we are not completely at a disadvantage, Tian Wuwei has engaged in this farce this time and did not directly send troops to attack, it is estimated that it is taboo to the strength of our air force and missiles." So we may not lose this battle, what do we rely on to fight? Rely on people, rely on supplies, people we occupy the position of the main field, there is no need to be afraid of them at all, as for materials, our food is completely enough to support us in a war, as for planes and warships, this will be our main goal in the next step. ”

After seeing that the other generals did not show signs of continuing to speak, Vincent cleared his throat and ordered: "Okay, now I'll arrange our next step, Scorpion, you take your subordinates and parachute into various air bases throughout China to collect all the military planes that can be used, and then drive me back, and start recruiting pilots into the army, be sure to ensure that after 3 months, we will have at least 300 planes to go to the sky." Lynx, you lead people south to various naval bases to find warships, and then find a hidden place in the south to start secret training. Gunpowder, you take people to the major military regions to find usable tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, and all kinds of vehicle-mounted missiles, radars and other weapons, in case the first line of defense composed of our air force and missiles fails, you will use the army to drive the enemy into the sea, as for Ai Mengmeng, during this period of time, take over the domestic defense, stop rumors and spies. ”

"Yes." After Vincent's words, everyone stood up and replied loudly.

Then, at Vincent's signal, the meeting ended, and everyone jumped out of Vincent's office, and just as the scorpion was about to walk to the door, Vincent's voice came from behind: "Scorpion, you wait, I still have something to say to you." ”

After hearing this, the scorpion turned around and returned to Vincent's desk, sat down solemnly, took the cigarette case on the table, took out a cigarette and lit it: "Boss, what do you command?" ”

Vincent also lit a cigarette and followed the scorpion to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog before he spoke: "There is something I want to discuss with you, you are an old soldier, there is something to discuss with you." You see, we're going to have a big battle going on soon, but we only have 16,000 troops, most of them still in the army. You know, the next thing we have to face is the Empire of the Sun, once we are engaged in army operations, it means that the war is not far from defeat. So I want to expand the army, I want to expand to 40,000, in addition to the navy to invest 18,000 people, the air force to expand to 4,000 people, the army to expand to 18,000 people. But we have a population of just over 200,000, and do you think my over-conscription will cause a backlash? ”

The scorpion continued to smoke and said casually: "Don't be afraid, it's not a problem, you know, in China, being a soldier is the best way out." You said that you want to expand the army, but it is too late for those ordinary people to be happy, how can anyone oppose it? As for how many recruits will die after the war, if we win, then worry about the aftermath of the war, if we lose, everyone rolls up the covers and follows you to the prairie to dominate, naturally you don't have to worry about this. The demographic problem is simple, we won, and it's time for our second expansion, and if we lose, we don't need to worry about it anymore. ”