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    You are not afraid of thieves coming to steal, but you are afraid of thieves missing you. Yang Qiu finally understood the meaning of this sentence.  Currency reform had just begun, and the devaluation of the yuan had just begun. Even the tens of billions of deficits accumulated by the Ministry of Finance had not been written off, so the navy and army blocked him in the office.

    "Say it."

    Faced with this situation, Yang Qiu simply put the pen on the table, leaned against the back of the chair and crossed his fingers.  He knew that if he didn't do anything good today, he would definitely be annoyed by these bastards in the future. Rather than being unable to clean his ears, he might as well just open his ears openly.  But his feeling of relief made Chen Shaokuan and Qin Zhangshu sweat secretly. Why did they feel something was wrong?  Do you want to mention military expenditures?

    Yang Qiu couldn't help but laugh. He stood up and poured himself a cup of tea and stared at his eyes: "You have nothing to say? Then get out, there is no extra lunch in the house."

    1. Are people like you that much like freeloaders?  Qin Zhangshu and Zhang Xiaozhun bowed their heads and laughed, Bingwen hid beside him and snickered, and even the thickest-skinned Chen Shaokuan dropped his lips.  But there was no such store in this village. It was rare that the president was in a good mood today, so he immediately asked: "President, do you know the Japanese Navy's shipbuilding information?"

    "I know, what's wrong?"

    "What? Big ship building!" Chen Shaokuan shouted this in his heart, but he did not dare to be presumptuous. He deliberately pretended to be anxious and said: "President, the strength of the Japanese navy is slightly higher than ours, and now there are eight more ships.  1. The British Far East Fleet in Nanyang has also begun to increase its numbers. If this continues, we will be under too much pressure."

    Speaking of the current situation of the navy, Chen Shaokuan immediately forgot that he had become a talkative woman just now, talking about backwardness, danger, shortcomings, etc., not to mention Qin Zhangshu and Zhang Xiaozhun, even Bingwen sitting next to him had his cheeks burning.  Why is the usually tough and tough commander so arrogant when it comes to military expenditures?  It really embarrasses the navy!

    Yang Qiu also had a big head. He touched his forehead and wanted to let someone blow away his navy commander. In the end, he had to tap his fingers on the table: "Don't talk nonsense!"

    The more annoying everyone is, the prouder Chen Shaokuan becomes. This is his usual method to obtain military spending.  So he immediately put the plan on the table: "President, look, this is the plan we have prepared for 4 70,000-ton battleships, 4 30,000-ton aircraft carriers, plus 8 heavy cruisers, light cruisers, 36  A fleet-type destroyer, 22 submarines, and 2 amphibious landing ships"

    "Pfft, cough" Zhang Xiaozhun, who was listening at the side, choked on his tea and coughed hard. He pointed at Chen Shaokuan with trembling fingers: "Chen Houfu, are you still shameless? Do you want to fight against Japan or take the opportunity to blackmail the president?  "

    "Nonsense, am I such a person? This is already the minimum requirement for our calculations!" Chen Shaokuan jumped up immediately.

    Minimum requirement. Is this guy still shameless?  If funds are allocated according to this standard, wouldn¡¯t the Army have to drink from the northwest wind again?  Qin Zhangshu glared at Chen Shaokuan with a dark face, wanting to imitate Xiao Lin.

    But the latter didn't care at all, and counted each ship on his finger: "Japan has begun to upgrade four Kongo-class ships to battleships. The Ise-class ships are retired, but they will definitely change after the treaty expires. In this way, they will  There are ten ready-made battleships. Japan developed 460mm naval guns during the European War, and after World War I also took the opportunity to obtain 18-inch technology from the United Kingdom. In terms of naval gun technology, it is not much worse than ours. But they  The country's power is poor and its resources are small, so it will definitely not be able to completely crush us, so this time it must be a big one with 70,000 tons. We only have six ships now"

    "Stop! Aren't there eight ships?" As soon as Qin Zhangshu discovered his mistake, Chen Shaokuan glared at him confidently: "The structural damage of Anhai and Zhenhai does not count."

    ? 1. After all, it is a battlecruiser with a total of 5 mm. It cannot defeat battleships, but it can defeat secondary heavy cruisers, right?  In the end, it was wiped out by just saying "doesn't count". You are so cruel!  Qin Zhangshu raised his thumb directly to Chen Shaokuan, who pretended not to notice and continued: "The gap between heavy cruisers is even greater, Aoba, Furutaka, Myo-daka, Kaohsiung, Mogami, and now four more Ligen, with twenty  The absolute advantage over eight suppresses us. If it were not for the lack of funds and technology to take care of both light cruisers and aircraft carriers, we might also fall behind in these two categories. If we cannot recover the gap as soon as possible, what if Saudi Arabia and Sakhalin appear again?  I don¡¯t even know which ship to send for this kind of thing.¡±

    "Chen Houfu, don't think I don't know! Is a 70,000-ton battleship so easy to build? Krupp's carburizing steel technology is in Chongqing. It's hammered, quenched, and surface hardened. It takes a piece of armored steel from embryo to finished product.  It takes several months! Therefore, Japan only has a manufacturing capacity of 30,000 tons of armored steel in a year. There are also slipways. Recently, four domestic oil tanker slipways in Jiangnan, Zhanjiang, Qinzhou and Mawei have expanded. A 100,000-ton tanker costs 5 million.  Not counting large cranes and processing equipment. There are also 30,000-ton hydraulic presses, heavy-duty free forging, barrel heat treatment towers, and Zeiss lenses that are larger than a desktop.A special ship for transporting large structures and gun barrels. It took less than two years to prepare, and even the keel could not be laid!  "Qin Zhangshu refused to give in.

    Chen Shaokuan did not expect that an army commander could lay out the complexities and problems of building a super battleship one by one. But how could he admit defeat and said: "Yes, it takes a long time to prepare, so this allocation is necessary."  It can be done earlier. Our navy is not like your big-headed soldiers. It takes three months to drill a gun and pull it up. It takes four to five years from preparation to construction. It will take about a year after it is launched to form combat effectiveness. Can we not do it earlier?  ?¡±

    Although the two people's voices were not loud, it was really unseemly to reveal each other's background in front of the president, so Bingwen wanted to try to persuade him, but to his surprise, Yang Qiu didn't seem to hear anything, and just lowered his head to look carefully.  Chen Shaokuan's plan.  In fact, he has long known about the competition between the three services. No matter which army develops to a certain level, the competition between the services cannot be escaped. This kind of competition is actually beneficial as long as it is controlled well.  And he also knows that the war between the three armed forces of the Republic of China and the conflict between Japan's land and sea are two different things, because the sharing of civilian military expenses has always been relatively fair. Although the sea and air costs have been high this year, it was because the army was cautious and willing to give in under pressure. The reason for the quarrel this time was  It was entirely because tens of billions of funds were released after the currency reform, which made these guys jealous.

    ¡° Take Chen Shaokuan¡¯s plan for example, the Navy is actually like a mirror in its mind, knowing that it is impossible to obtain so much funding at once. It just wants to seize the pit first so that it knows that they have such a plan.  It's not that he doesn't want to develop the navy, but he has his own ideas and concerns.  The first is that the naval treaty cannot be broken, at least before 1936, the tonnage cannot be dug out, because the Ankai-class fourth ship and the Ise-class warships purchased after the European war are different. According to the twenty-year standard stipulated in the treaty, it will not be until 1937.  Even if the pre-construction time is taken into account, it is too early to start construction now.  In addition, he must be careful about the Soviet Union. You must know that Stalin has listed himself as a top priority. The size of the Soviet Red Army is rising steadily. According to the current growth rate, it is very likely to expand to 2.5 million or even 3 million in three years.  When the number reaches a certain level, the technological advantage will be infinitely reduced. Therefore, it is imperative to expand the army.  According to the minimum requirements of the General Staff, even if a war does not break out, the number of army must reach 70% of the Soviet Union, so as to ensure the needs of the northwest and northeast.

    There is no need to worry about human resources and recruitment and training speed, but equipment manufacturing always takes time. Adding hundreds of thousands of army troops is equivalent to more than doubling the arms and material reserves. In addition, strategic material hoarding has begun. This amount of money is actually  It is far from enough to support land and sea at the same time.  What's more, this doesn't even count the needs of the Air Force. You must know that as aircraft become more and more advanced, their expenses are no less than that of the Navy.

    Of course, the most important thing is that there is no time yet to mobilize troops at all costs. More funds must be reserved for national construction. If we start too early, we will miss the time to catch up with Europe and the United States.  However, the Navy really couldn't act too late, so he thought about the plan and asked, "I can promise you everything above."

    "real?!"

    Chen Shaokuan almost jumped up with excitement. He never expected that Yang Qiu would nod this time without even a discount.  Especially the battleships were unexpected. Everyone in the navy knew that Yang Qiu particularly disliked the expensive battleships. Instead, he had a soft spot for aircraft carriers and light cruisers, so he almost fainted with happiness.  But before Qin Zhangshu could express his dissatisfaction, Yang Qiu poured cold water on him and raised his finger: "You should know that whether it is for cooperation or strategic needs, the bottom line of the naval treaty cannot be broken. Japan cannot die now! We need  They act as a shield across the Pacific, so you, the capital ships and aircraft carriers, make preparations first, and keep an eye on Italy during your operations. We will take action whenever they take action."

    Chen Shaokuan nodded¡¤The bottom line of the Washington Naval Treaty must be maintained for the time being. This is the bottom line of Sino-British and Sino-US cooperation.  However, he is not really in a hurry. Last year, France started building Dunkirk-class battlecruisers. This year, Japan announced the construction of new battleships. Italy and Germany are bound to follow up as soon as possible, so they can definitely start construction after one more year.  However, he was not without gain, because the next light cruiser and destroyer Yang Qiu relaxed his requirements: "It doesn't matter if the tonnage of the light cruiser is not enough. I will ask Jin Jiu to come forward and order four ships in the name of North Korea. As long as the plan and conditions permit, you can do it."  Okay. You can use the fleet-type destroyers as you like, and I won¡¯t put any restrictions on the number, but you must control the cost. The Taishan-class is a bit expensive.¡±

    The Taishan-class destroyers built according to Utopian-class standards are indeed very good, especially the 45-knot speed during sea trials, which allowed the Navy to see France's strength in super destroyers. However, the price is too expensive, so the Navy has repeatedly requested to build more.  pass.  Fortunately, its main high-pressure rotary boiler and other technologies were obtained as expected through this cooperation. As long as the speed standards are slightly lowered, it is not difficult to build a batch of lower-priced destroyers.

    Seeing that both Chen Shaokuan and Bingwen were recording their words, Yang Qiu suddenlyMentioning one thing, he raised his lips and smiled and said: "Let's do this. I will find a way to increase some of your military expenditures and let you start building a batch of frigates. The tonnage does not need to be too large, and the full load is guaranteed to be 1,500 tons. The ship type safety standards are higher than  A civilian ship can be slightly higher. The speed is about 26 knots, and the weaponry does not need to be too strong. Two single-mounted 120mm naval guns are enough. But if it has to have endurance, the anti-submarine equipment must be complete! The sounders, depth bombs, and mines must be strengthened as much as possible, and the anti-aircraft  Moderate"

    Chen Shaokuan¡¯s eyes widened in surprise, 1,500 tons?  Section 26?  Civilian ship standards?  Two 120mm single-mounted cannons. Can these things be built to work?  Offshore patrol to protect fishing?  That's not as cost-effective as a torpedo gunboat!  Even Bingwen scratched his head and couldn't figure out what Yang Qiu meant. In his opinion, except for the two 120-meter naval guns, the rest were almost the standard of a Coast Guard patrol ship.

    "36 ships, they should be used to train personnel in advance." Yang Qiu did not explain.

    336 ships!  Dedicated 36 frigates for personnel training?  !  Not to mention Chen Shaokuan, Qin Zhangshu and Zhang Xiaozhun who were waiting nearby both thought that Yang Qiu was too good for the navy!  You must know that the Army is not willing to eliminate even the first-generation T1 and tz tanks and use them to train new recruits. The Navy would be better off just building dozens of training frigates.

    Chen Shaokuan is a thick-skinned man. Anyway, everything he puts into the pot will be vegetables. The president said that he should be educated. If it is not suitable, he will also be given to the Coast Guard, so he immediately wrote down this amount.  But he never expected how much benefit these anti-submarine escort frigates would bring to the Republic of China.

    After the navy problem is solved, it will become the army. Compared with the navy's gold swallowing plan, Qin Zhangshu's idea is much simpler.  Within three years, adding 5 divisions, adding 2 infantry divisions to Pyongyang, North Korea, purchasing 1 tank and armored vehicles, purchasing heavy artillery, 480 85mm field guns and cannons, etc. are not outrageous. On the contrary, the biggest expense is ammunition.  According to his idea, the purchase of ammunition should be increased by 20% every year from now on, and the ammunition reserve should be tripled in five years.

    Rather than pursuing the immediate purchase of a large number of advanced weapons, instead increasing the purchase of ammunition, this shows that the Army is no longer optimistic about the situation in the northwest, so Yang Qiu not only agreed to this expansion and purchase plan, but also deliberately increased the purchase proportion of some new weapons.

    After settling Lu Hai's matter, Yang Qiucai realized that it was already noon and waved to Bingwen who was about to leave: "Bingwen, please stay for a while."

    The relationship between Bingwen and Yang Qiu was well known to everyone. Qin Zhangshu and others thought that the two were reminiscing about old times, so they immediately went back to the Ministry of National Defense to arrange their own plans.  After everyone left, Yang Qiu produced a document and handed it to him: "This is the military exercise delegation plan we exchanged with the United States. I am going to send you to lead the delegation of the three services to observe this year's fleet issue exercise. You should take a look at these documents first.  , leaving in half a month."

    "Besides!" Bingwen was just about to look through the documents, but Yang Qiu suddenly stood up, looked at him and emphasized his voice: "I want you to do something for me. Go to Mexico and meet Trotsky!"

    "Trotsky?! He's not."

    "I know that if you go to see him, people will inevitably gossip. But don't worry, I will help you suppress this matter at home. What you have to do is to keep a high profile! You must make Mexico and the United States know about you and him  If we have contact, we should invite him to visit China!" Yang Qiu walked to the bookcase and took out a thick paper bag from underneath: "This is what Chen Haohui prepared for you. There is 500,000 US dollars in it. You can find a way to hand it over.  He¡¯d better let them see it!¡±

    "One of them" Bingwen nodded heavily.
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