...I don't look down on those ships in Japan, and it's not a little worse than our new ships." Zheng Yu continued, "In South America, Chile, Argentina and Brazil are in a naval arms race (historical fact). The two armored cruisers of the Chileans were bought by the Japanese, who are now in a hurry to seek medical treatment. Now they have a lot of cash in hand and are waiting for the victory or defeat in the battle in the East.

To evaluate the actual combat level of naval shipbuilding in the world. Now the Chileans have officially proposed to purchase Guangzhou-class battleships, or at least Cheetah-class. They are real naval experts. These old ships are not easy to fool them. The navy has reduced the Vulcan and Shuri class provided to Germany, specifically targeting the appetite of the Chileans. In addition, the Argentine fleet is known for its high-speed cruisers. Zhidao Ren intends to purchase our Dali patrol to immediately overwhelm the Argentine cruisers." "Now the strongest South American navy is the Argentines. West has never been interested in Argentina. In December 1904, Congress passed the Navy Construction Act (historical facts), requiring the purchase of three 12,000-15,000 battleships, as well as two fast cruisers less than 10,000 tons, ten destroyers, three submarines and a submarine mothership (historical facts).

Originally they were staring at Fearlessness, but now Britain was shocked by the naval strength of our empire and had announced that the dreadnoughts would not be sold to the outside world. It was ready to quickly update its own fleet, so the Brazilians came to us." "I am going to deal with the Japanese Satsuma, Mikasa and Asahi, plus a batch of cruisers and destroyers to the Brazilians." Zheng Yu smiled. "After all, it is spot, and it is a new ship. There is no need to wait, and immediately make Brazil the first navy in South America. This power is not resisted by the remaining two Shikijima and Hakuse, the Greeks wanted it. They were deeply powerful at the Turkish naval expansion. The Turks are in stock, and they also want to stock." "Your Majesty, the lost tonnage..." Ning Guochen said carefully, "Now the British call for strengthening the strength of the Far East Fleet is very high... The United States is also discussing the establishment of a special Pacific Fleet and stationed in Hawaii." "The existing plan, even if these old ships that make up the numbers, is enough to shock the great powers." Zheng Yu's heart was like a mirror. He counted, there were twenty-two new warships equivalent to or even more fearless in later generations. With the support of airships, aircraft, seaplanes and submarines, what is there to be afraid of in local combat?

Ning Guochen had a little embarrassed face. His plan was completely denied, and the navy's total tonnage was cut so much that it made it really difficult for him to face his colleagues.

"Guochen, this naval battle has proved that after the new type of imperial warships, especially after being organized with high-speed light ships, their combat power is not comparable to old warships, let alone we are local combat." Zheng Yu said, "In terms of submarines, don't rush to expand immediately. Develop more and improve more, and improve the xing energy as soon as possible. This is the trump card of the future empire... There are also carrier-based aircraft. The current biplane wooden aircraft can only bomb horizontally and is too fragile. This performance is really disappointing."

"Mingren, Mingzhe, when you sit in this position, you must have a global perspective and understand how to look at the world's military structure from a comprehensive and development perspective... Zheng Yudun stopped and continued, "This Asian war will surely trigger a comprehensive change in the world's military field. It can be foreseen that in the next ten years, the army and navy of all countries will conduct in-depth research on all parties involved in the war, especially the pros and cons of our war in this battle, update our equipment on a large scale, and change our tactics. Especially these legends To unify the country, we will definitely mobilize their industrial and military forces to catch up with us with all our might." "At this stage, we have expanded our army blindly too early, which not only increases the financial burden of the country, but also prevents us from concentrating resources to seize this favorable opportunity to consolidate our national strength, but may also lead to waste too many resources on the soon-to-be-out military equipment in the face of the ever-changing military revolution. Instead of doing so, it is better to consolidate our national strength solidly...

Du Zhi and others listened silently, thinking too.

"Although new changes have occurred in the international situation, there is no real imminent military threat within ten years." Zheng Yu said, "This civil war in Russia will never end hastily. Even if peace is restored in the end, it will be severely damaged. The loans from Britain and France, the damage to our war reparations and the destruction of the civil war will cause this country to be severely damaged. Germany's occupation of Bolan, Romania and Turkey take advantage of the fire to rob, and the independence of a series of ethnic regions will also cause this old empire to be severely damaged.

He is constantly with his neighboring sister Wu, and he can't have the courage and strength to provoke us." "As for the British, what he fears most now is that we really join forces with Germany and aim the finger at his Sun-Down Empire. Although there are some noisy voices inside them, the shrewd politicians in power cannot abandon the Sino-British alliance and start a war against us, otherwise they will definitely fall into Germany's desire, and the world war may begin, and the first thing that suffers is the weak India, Malaya, Australia and Nanyang...,

"At this stage, our best choice is to maintain a capable standing military force and an efficient mobilization system. Once needed, a huge continental army of three million people can be expanded within one month. As for the navy, the empire relies on the base group, cooperates underwater and air to stabilize our circle of power in the Western Pacific. What we want is real combat power, and we do not need to overstimulate Britain and the United States in terms of quantity and tonnage. If a comprehensive military competition is launched, our national strength will still suffer a little, and there will be no resources to consolidate and develop new occupied areas."

"The Emperor* team has already been in the world, and there is no need to further slaughter the great powers in military affairs.

Instead of expanding the army with great fanfare, it is better to maintain a strategic defensive that can meet the challenges at any time and accumulate strength in a low-key manner, which will also help the country release goodwill and use the financial and technical commissions of Europe and the United States to consolidate and develop the results of the war." "On the other hand, the imperial order dominated by the Empire will shift to the South China Sea." Zheng Yu's words made Ning Guochen suddenly feel excited. "The Empire should increase its support for the South China Sea, including its immigration support for Australia. The fleet and marines of the Imperial Navy are the strong backing for the implementation of the Imperial Asian policy."

Ning Guochen finally felt a little calmer.

"I originally wanted to let you play, but the result was really hard to satisfy." Zheng Yu paused and emphasized his tone. "I see you have tried your best. Since that's the case, I set a tone: "Everyone listened quietly."

"First, the treatment of soldiers cannot be reduced, but when awarded ranks during war, we must now carefully adjust and identify them one by one. Those who should be transferred for permanent ranks must be transferred, and those who should be retired should be retired. After the war, 1 instead of letting many officers stay in the army for a big pot, it is better to join society earlier. Those who should be business, those who should be political, and those who should be taught the ranks should be taught the ranks. Second, the military expenditure before the war was largely for the preparation for the war. The exercise training intensity was very high and consumed a lot. This part will be cut off in the next five years.

I see, it is okay for each division to cut off 15% to 20% of the military expenditure: Third, in this battle, the A Division performed poorly, and the B Division also had poor combat effectiveness. The various units performed well and badly, and they could not be treated equally after the war. Many troops were expanded before the war, not only were the expansion of the brigades, but the number of brigades themselves also expanded too quickly.

All these must be adjusted and reduced. Some of the troops will be converted into reserve troops. The equipment will be sealed into warehouses, and a certain number of training days will be maintained every year. It is not necessary to fully expand the B Division into the A Division. The excessive strengthening of the A Division is even more false. To deal with possible rebels and bandits in the newly occupied areas, maintaining public order, it is enough to have a cavalry brigade. The key is to grasp their core figures, establish grassroots regimes in a solid manner, govern the government must be honest and fair, and respect folk traditions.

The overall army military expenditure, including reserve, education, headquarters administration, and even equipment procurement and other costs, will be deducted from the costs borne by the government supervision state. I set a threshold that must not exceed 300 million Chinese yuan per year." "Fourth, the Navy should be committed to improving its actual combat power, and should not pursue flashy tonnage numbers and the number of armored ships on paper. Just as I just said, the Navy's military expenditure will be handled, and the cost of building ships will be connected every year, which is enough for a total of 200 million yuan per year.,...

"A total of 500 million." Zheng Yu stared at the two people. Compared with the great powers, the military level of the empire is far beyond. In addition to Jian's 1903/1904, the military expenditure of the imperial army and navy was twice the daily military expenditure of Britain (historical facts), and Germany's average annual military expenditure of 1 billion marks in the past five years was equivalent to 560 million Chinese Yuan: the French army and navy supported about 1 billion francs (historical facts), which was only 300 million Chinese Yuan. If so much military expenditure, with local benefits and 450 million nationals as support, it still could not guarantee the national defense security of the empire. Then I think this army is better to disband as soon as possible." Du Zhi and others could hear the emperor's firm tone, looked at each other, and bowed together: "Yes, Your Majesty."

For Zheng Yu, this was just a few words, but when it came to Du Zhi and others, it would be a big trouble. Zheng Yu also knew that once this news was spread, the offices of these people would be kicked by the military leaders of various departments, and the phone would be blown up. He simply asked them to come up with a plan within two days of the time limit, and took several of their trusted confidants over and closed their office together.

Two days later, the three staff officers who became Panda Eye took out the revised national defense outline, and Zheng Yu made a brief revision, communicated repeatedly with Xu Fan, Jiang Sheng, Cen Chunxuan, Lin Taizeng and others, and finally announced it to the public. The revised version of the national budget drawn up based on this outline will be handed over to the Congress for voting.

The main content of this national defense outline: National defense construction objectives: In order to safeguard the interests of the empire in Asia, maintain peace in Asia, and deal with possible challenges of potential hostile forces, the Imperial Army is committed to improving the army's comprehensive combat power, mobility and firepower delivery capabilities, and consolidating the empire's frontiers.

Ruins: Organization: Royal Guards: Six Railing Infantry Brigades, Six Motorcycle Divisions, Two Mobile Artillery Brigades, and a total of 180,000 permanent troops.

The National Defense Forces: 14 Class A Divisions, 12 Infantry Brigades, 16 Cavalry Brigades, ten Heavy Artillery Brigades, ten Class B Infantry Divisions, six Guard Brigades, four Motorized Infantry Divisions, four Motorized Infantry Brigades, six Aerial Brigades, and six Aviation Divisions, with a total standing force of 500,000.

Military Education: Two new army universities are built, located in Lanzhou and Kunming. Eight army middle schools,

Fifteen professional army training schools, four military medical universities, and the newly established Second National University of Defense Technology.

The way to maintain the first draft of the war zone division.

In terms of equipment, the improvement of army equipment has been slowed down, but the construction of military facilities in the newly occupied territories has been retained and strengthened, including the expansion of the ferrous combat training base in the Siberian region.

The Navy is organized as follows: The First Fleet: Take Zhoushan as the main base, and three squadrons are arranged in Yokosuka, Vladivostok and Zhoushan, including two Guangzhou-class, two Changsha-class, two Wuhan-class, two Wenzhou-class, two Cheetah-class, and two Cheetah-class, a total of twelve armored ships, together with six coastal defense ships, six cruisers, eighteen destroyers, twenty submarines, and one seaplane-class mothership, with a total displacement of 380,000 tons.

The imaginary enemy of the First Fleet is the American Fleet.

The Second Fleet: With Zhanjiang as the main base, three squadrons are arranged in Guam, Naha and Zhanjiang, including two modified battleships in Guangzhou, two Changsha-class battleships, four Wuhan-class, two Siberian tiger-class, two Baoding-class, and two Haikou-class, a total of eighteen armored ships, together with six sea defense ships, six cruisers, twenty destroyers, twenty four submarines, and a water-based Xiji mothership. The imaginary enemy of the Second Fleet is the British-French Fleet, including the reinforcement fleet after it may obtain reinforcements from the local area.

Marine Corps: six Marine divisions, four brigades, plus fortress garrisons, bases, logistics and other personnel, a total of 200,000 people.

In addition to the inland fleet, the displacement of combat ships in the entire army reached 880,000 tons, and the roadbed aviation troops were expanded to 32 squadrons, eight squadrons of ship-based troops, and a total of 350,000 service personnel, including the Marine Corps.

According to the outline, the average annual military expenditure of the National Defense Forces is 300 million Huayuan, and the annual net military expenditure of the Navy and the Marine Corps is 200 million Huayuan.

As part of military expenditure, from 1906 to 1910, the Navy needed to allocate a total of 300 million yuan of shipbuilding funds to build six Wuhan-class (Wuhan-class), and...the construction costs of six Nanjing-class new battleships, as well as a large number of light cruisers, submarines, test aircraft carriers, transport ships, landing ships and various professional auxiliary ships.

In addition to the captured Russo-Japanese warships and Guilin-class armored cruisers each sold overseas, a large number of warships such as the Hound-class and Mustang-class protective cruisers that had been in service for 20 years and the Water Moon-class destroyers that had been in service for 15 years will be eliminated, some will be sold, and some will be converted into training ships. Three Hanoi-class battleships will be converted into training ships.

As a comparison, the French Army had a total force of 700,000, the British Army had a total force of 600,000, and the German Army had a regular army of 550,000.

In the face of the navy, the British navy's total tonnage is about 1.3 million tons, the French navy's 650,000 tons, the US navy's 550,000 tons, and the German navy is still catching up.

According to the outline, the empire will have the world's largest standing army and the second largest navy. Once a full-scale war breaks out, the Chinese Empire will mobilize three million reserve armed forces in the first month, and the total number of land-based military forces can be expanded to seven million in two months.

Although the Chinese Empire has been recognized as a world-class military power after the Asian War, this grand defense outline still shocked European and American countries. This shows that China not only has the courage to rush to form a powerful army to win the national war, but also has enough confidence to maintain a one-of-a-kind military force in the world to provide sufficient force for its rapidly expanding empire.

In Germany, German Emperor William II happily announced that "the peace in Asia for the next hundred years has been laid down." Then he pointedly mentioned that "unless a country that has seized non-divided interests in Asia as a vested interest is uneasy about the status quo." He openly stated that "the German Empire believes that the Chinese Empire's national defense construction policy reflects the sense of responsibility of a great power" is "very admirable." At the same time, he announced that the Crown Prince William of the German Empire will set off on behalf of the German Empire to visit China within the year to further strengthen the cooperation and intimacy between the two countries" "mainly cooperation in the field of business, and of course, it also includes national security issues that both countries are concerned about."

In the new countries such as Japan and North Korea, the praises of praise were overwhelming, and the dynamic Asianists celebrated each other and announced that "the days when the Asian nation was enslaved by white colonists are gone." Seeing China's huge naval expansion plan, many unemployed Japanese naval soldiers finally could not suppress their desire to return to the sea. Out of their love for the navy and their expectation to improve their lives, they came to the Chinese naval authorities in Japan and asked to "naturalize the Celestial Empire and join the navy" or at least "join as foreign employed personnel."

After discussion between Xu Fan and Zheng Yu, the Imperial Navy recruited in Japan in the previous model of recruiting foreign seafarers in Annan, and adopted two rounds of written tests for the preliminary and re-examinations. In addition, interviews and file screening, it finally absorbed more than 400 former Japanese naval officers, more than 1,200 non-commissioned officers and 8,000 sailors who had been dismissed, first sent to the training school to study Chinese and learn military rules and military culture.

This system later developed into an annual public recruitment that was permanently established in the Navy of the Empire of China, and the recruitment scope also expanded from Japan to regions within the Chinese circle of influence such as North Korea, Siam, and Nanyang.

These people who received systematic Chinese and Confucian education since childhood, admired China's strong Asian naval soldiers, overcame the initial distrust, cultural differences, and concepts, and finally completely integrated into this national melting pot and all became authentic Chinese...
Chapter completed!