In fact, although the production of automobiles in Western countries is huge, the proportion of commercial freight trucks is not large.

Last year, for example, France produced only 22,000 trucks but 143,000 cars, while the United States produced 3,274,000 cars from 697,000 trucks.

150,000 units is not a small number, and placing such a large order in one go, it is remarkable that several car manufacturers in Canada can eat 20,000 units together, because their truck production last year was only 37,000 units. The remaining 130,000 vehicles will naturally be Americans' dishes.

But the order requires a lot of money, Ford G917 trucks, Dodge T203 trucks, Chevrolet G472 trucks and other light and medium-duty trucks are sold at different prices, even if it is only unassembled parts, the unit price is estimated to be around $1,300 to $2,000.

That is, the total price may exceed $200 million? Converted to 800 million or 900 million yuan of banknotes?

You must know that a destroyer is only 20 million yuan now, and the purchase price of a Wuyishan-class heavy cruiser is just over 80 million yuan.

So where does this money come from? Raise taxes? Or do you cut the budget for other areas?

Wu Zhengren had already guessed in his heart the thoughts of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - education, medical care and other aspects of people's livelihood should not act rashly; And in addition, the most expensive thing is naturally the army.

The Ming Army, Navy and Air Force, who will be cut?

The army is large in size, consumes the most military spending, and even if it uses old equipment, its combat power will not be greatly reduced.

The military expenditure of the navy is secondary, and the expiration of the naval treaty is approaching, and the Ming Navy is ready to carry out a wave of retirement of old ships, and then replace them and build them on a large scale, which is also a big money-burner.

Because the size of the new air force is not comparable to that of the army and navy, the proportion of military spending is not large, and there is nothing to be reduced, and at the same time, it is also the service branch that has the most significant impact on combat strength by using old equipment, so it is not appropriate to reduce it.

After Zhu Liqi went back to eat, Wu Zhengren sighed: "Such a strategy runs counter to today's radical trend, and I am in a dilemma... It's not pleasing at both ends. ”

Building for a few more years and then preparing for war is a strategic plan that is very different from the impatient thinking of many people in the DPRK and China.

But the crown prince is a very persistent person, can such a contradiction be reconciled?

There are thousands of people who are as sad as him, and Zhou Changfeng is barely half of it.

After Yang Zhen praised the essay he wrote casually, he set his eyes on Zhou Changfeng, which made the latter's days in the Marine Corps training class suddenly become a little sad.

From time to time, ask him to answer a question, give an opinion, or write a report on his own.

But sadness is only relative, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is inherently unusual.

Almost all of the results in many disciplines, such as landing operation theory, Marine Corps command science, staff operation science, logistics supply science, tactical organization science, arms matching system, and coastal defense science, were all first-class in the same water.

Because of its excellent standards and accuracy, the tactical strategy of his staff operations was even transferred by Yang Zhen to the Army Armament Academy as a model for study and reference.

"At the end of the course, you must write an essay, which is an opportunity to condense your learning results and personal thoughts, which should not be perfunctory and must be cautious. If you have an idea, you can prepare it now. ”

On the fifth day of October, although there was still more than a month before the end of the workshop, Yang Zhen had already assigned the task in advance.

It can be said that this task is not difficult, and it is enough to pick one point in many aspects and expound it on oneself, and the 6,000-word "thesis" can be written in a few days, and then it will be slightly refined, and it will be resolved within 10 days.

But this afternoon, just as Zhou Changfeng was about to go to the library pavilion, there was news that most of the mixed third brigade had been classified?

So he put down what he was doing and hurriedly set off to rush over.

In the elegant and concise duty room, as soon as he saw Zhou Changfeng, Huang Taize, who was dealing with the dossier documents, instantly turned cold.

"You kid still know to come back? Does the bait on the navy's side smell good? He took the pen and continued to write, and his voice could not hear joy or sorrow.

Zhou Changfeng, who was slightly embarrassed, replied with some embarrassment: "Back to Junzuo, what I want is that I can have more opportunities to participate in the war after I go to the Marine Corps, which shouldn't be considered a meal." ”

"What are you fighting for? Kill the enemy and serve the country? Make a difference? It's embarrassing, like a stunned person, being pushed into the fire pit and laughing, right? Do you really think the Navy is a good place to be? ”

"In terms of the intricacies of the relationship, that place is no less than ours, do you have a foundation? A ...... from an army martial arts background In the future, you will be happy if you are asked to do all the dirty work and drudgery? ”

After saving up the anger for so many days, Huang Taize is not angry at the moment.

"Brigadier Commander, isn't that enough?" Zhou Changfeng recalled the conversation with Shen Yu that day, "I don't know who the person behind the scenes involved in this transfer is yet, and the navy shouldn't mess around." ”

Huang Taize reprimanded, he was almost discouraged, after all, since the secret manipulator could persuade the navy to dig up the foot of the wall, and the "offer" was very high, it was unlikely that the forbidden army would be able to protect the calf if they wanted to, so there was no need to blame Zhou Changfeng himself.

As a result, Zhou Changfeng's call made him angry again.

"The one behind the scenes? Do you know who he is? You'd better pray to God to worship the Buddha and pray that He will treat you as his own. He frowned.

Of course, Huang Taize is just complaining, after all, if he didn't pay special attention to it, the person behind the scenes wouldn't have spent so much effort to let the navy poach people.

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng was silent, he waved his hand, "Get out!" Tomorrow's burial ceremony is not allowed to be delayed. ”

"Yes."

Just as he was about to leave after saluting, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of the matter of the pension level, so he stopped and briefly told Huang Taize about his trip to the Military and Political Department some time ago.

Hearing that he first went to the Army General Hospital to collect the signatures of the wounded soldiers, and submitted a letter of advice to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then went to the Military and Political Department of the Ministry of War, Huang Tize snorted coldly.

"Count on you, kid, and have a little heart. You are not wrong in this matter, and so is the military and political secretary, it is enough for you to give feedback and suggestions on such rules, and it is boring to chase and solve it all at once. ”

"Understood."

"It is difficult to separate the military and the government, you will have to suffer a lot in the future, be smart...... Let's go, let's go. ”

In this war to the frontiers, the forbidden army representing the royal family and the old forces fought well, and although the annihilation of Wilson's task force by the Mixed Third Brigade had shortcomings, it was not satisfactory, and it could be described as quite sharp and majestic.

Excluding the 171 killed by the 1st Battalion, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Battalions and other units totaled 423 killed and 1,007 wounded, and almost all of them occurred during the siege and annihilation of Task Force Wilson overnight that day, and there were no casualties in the confrontation that followed.

In the early morning of the next day, the burial ceremony that had been prepared for the 3rd Brigade was announced.

It is not beautiful to call it heavenly, because it seems to feel the desolation of the horse leather shroud, and a light rain is falling from the gray sky.

(End of chapter)