Over the years, with the expansion of the empire's territory and the rapid development of the economy, the total economic volume has quadrupled compared with 1900, and in 1909 the total economic volume has exceeded the 10 billion dollar mark, officially surpassing the United Kingdom, second only to Germany, and ranking third in the world.

It should be seen

Before the war, the total economic volume of the United States was extremely large, both the total amount of steel and the scale of the economy, more than the sum of the two combined, Germany, which ranked second, and the ocean empire, which ranked third, and the industrialization index reached 126, far exceeding that of all countries in the world.

After the brutal war, the dismemberment of the country, the huge blow to industrial and agricultural production, and the rapid shrinkage of more than half of the country's economy in a short period of time, this gave Germany the opportunity to stand in the first place in the world and have a good time. But that was only in 1909 and 1910.

After the end of the war

The economy of the United States is recovering rapidly, the transatlantic trade is showing a straight upward curve, and the United States is recovering at an alarming speed after coming out of the trauma of the war.

If nothing else, in the economic statistics of 1911, the United States will once again surpass Germany to stand on the first throne in the world.

In the wool war, the Northern Union, the Republic of California, the Republic of Texas, and the Republic of Virginia were independent in a total of 10 states, accounting for about 24.7% of the original territory, that is to say, the United States lost 1/4 of its territory in the war, lost 1/3 of its national economic output, and its population dropped sharply from 89 million to more than 54 million.

Objectively speaking

The war has caused unimaginable damage to the United States, especially after the heavy industry of the Great Lakes has been looted, and the steel, chemical, shipbuilding, machine tool and equipment manufacturing industries have been slashed in the waist, and it is difficult to recover in a short time.

However, after all, the heavy industry base of the United States is still there, and the strength of the industrially dense cities, mainly on the north of the east coast and the Great Lakes region, still exists, and they are quickly recovering in the peaceful environment after the war, which is much faster than the agricultural economy.

After the war, the United States reorganized the Federal Army, reorganized it into the United States Army, adopted the method of "bringing in and going out," hired many military instructors from Europe, and sent a large number of overseas students to study in Britain, Germany, France, and other countries, so as to vigorously improve the level of military command.

Because the war treaty strictly limited the size of the US army, after the war, the US strengthened the militia organization, and the number of militia participating in regular training was as high as more than 1.2 million, and it was the local militia organization that had friction with the Japanese army in New Mexico.

There is no way for the allies to solve this kind of side-kick behavior.

Therefore, it is a necessary choice for the Empire to maintain a considerable degree of military deterrence in the Northern Federation.

In the short term;

As long as the United States does not develop its navy, it will not touch the sensitive nerves of the empire and suppress it. A country that has lost its coastal defense capability is useless even if it has 10 million land forces, and will only be trapped firmly on the North American continent.

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From the point of view of protecting the defense of the Northern Federation, consolidating the frontline fortresses of Salt Lake City, and maintaining the security of friendly borders, within 5~10 years, the Imperial army stationed in North America should not be less than 260,000 people, which is the minimum requirement. Marshal Li Xuanzhu talked for more than an hour, and after taking a sip of his teacup, he continued;

"Among them, there are about 60,000 in the Republic of Virginia and about 200,000 in the Northern Union, and at least 2~3 armored divisions, two heavy artillery divisions, 6~7 rapid reaction infantry divisions, and 4~5 garrison divisions should be guaranteed in order to effectively safeguard the interests of the empire.

Besides

The vast territory of the empire should retain 5~60,000 rapid mobile troops, no less than 150,000 garrison troops, plus the headquarters of the Royal Praetorian Guard, the total size of the force should not be less than 300,000, plus the army aviation and tank experimental troops, the strength should be between 590,000 and 600,000.

Looking at the development of the armies of various countries

Since the Second Anglo-Boer War, Britain has been deeply aware of the limitations caused by the long-term small size of the army, so the size of the standing army has increased from about 280,000 to 530,000~540,000, which does not include an overseas corps force belonging to the Royal Navy.

In order to cope with Germany's land military challenge, France has maintained a standing army of between 900,000 and 930,000 troops, which is well-equipped and has a high level of training, making it an important land power in Europe.

After the disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Tsarist Russia paid more attention to the construction of its army, and its army size increased from the original 1.1 million to between 1.35 million and 1.4 million today, ranking first in the world in terms of army size alone.

The same is true for Germany, which maintains a standing army of 890,000 men, but we should note that Germany has a fairly high-quality reserve force of 2.6 million troops, which can be quickly put into the battlefield after simple mobilization in wartime.

Therefore, the plan prepared by the War Department took into account the factors of the Royal Navy, carried out self-limitation to the greatest extent, and kept the total number of troops within 600,000, which was a compromise arrangement made taking into account the situation of all parties.

Your Majesty, the world is in turmoil today, and the ministers do not take the liberty to play;

With the current strong economic strength of our empire, there is no need to tie up one's hands and feet, the average infantry division cannot eat much budget, and the financial budget of 10 million gold ocean can maintain 10 first-class infantry divisions, which is like plucking a hair for the internal affairs government, but it is of great significance to national defense construction.

Therefore, the ministers asked the Holy Majesty to expand the Royal Janissary at the appropriate time. ”

After a few words

The study fell silent again, Li Fushou thought about it carefully and asked; "How many well-trained reservists are there today?"

"Back to Your Majesty, during the war in the past few years, the military has strengthened the training of reserves, and the number of militia reservists trained is about 200~2.2 million."

"And what about the discharge?"

"Uh...... If the work of demobilization is completed next year, there should be no less than 3 million. ”

In the next step, we must continue to vigorously grasp the training of reserve forces, and establish a standing militia contingent at the grassroots level and in pastoral areas where conditions permit, factories and mines, so as to protect factories and mines, and to deepen the depth of national defense forces." Li Fushou's slender fingers tapped lightly on the desk, and said while thinking;

"In this regard

In addition to the standing appropriation from the state treasury, you will come up with another plan with the War Department, and I will personally approve it when the time comes, and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs also contribute some money to get this work done.

The requirements are; The number of well-trained reservists is to reach 4 million people, including reserve artillery and armor.

Driving an armored vehicle is similar to driving a tractor, so in light of the characteristics of this aspect, the training of reserve armored troops is mainly maintained in agricultural and pastoral areas, and the scale of squads, platoons, and companies can be used, but rotation training must be organized every year.

As for the expansion of the Royal Janissary, you will draw up a charter.

Now that we have a big spread, it is really necessary to expand the scale of the standing forces, and I think the reorganization plan of the War Department will be fine, so it has been decided. ”

The Holy Lord Li Fushou made the final decision, and Marshal Li Zhuzhu, who was sitting on the side, finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and a rare smile appeared on his face.