Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 531 Federal Disarmament

2051 7 Month 7 Day.

The goal of the second phase of the Fuxi project was completed nearly a month ahead of schedule.

When the last two sections of the acceleration pipeline were docked and closed in space, the installation of the VLCC around the sun was completed.

A thousand and one space base stations and a 5 million-kilometer-long acceleration pipeline form a whole, an unprecedented giant experimental instrument.

The quality of the raw materials used for construction has reached 5 billion tons, and the cost is beyond estimation.

In the later stage of the construction project, nearly 100 space battleships, 1000 million flying chariots, 1000 million electromagnetic guns and laser cannons of various types, and nearly [-] million sets of white tiger mechs were dismantled or disassembled or smelted into raw materials to manufacture parts and components. into this Hadron Collider.

After sending away the Forsaken and the Zerg, the federal army no longer has to maintain such a large scale, and the excess weapons and equipment can be regarded as the last waste heat!

In the past, a large number of surplus military factories, military production lines, military production equipment, and civilian spaceships have already been turned into parts and added to the hadron collider.

This made the huge consumption of the Fuxi project not cause too much burden on the Federation, and did not affect the completion of the Federation's post-war reconstruction project ahead of schedule.

After the installation of the Hadron Collider is completed, the remaining debugging and testing work will be handed over to professional engineering and technical personnel. Before the first impact test, a comprehensive debugging and testing of each system of the equipment is required.

Testing a hadron collider with such an energy level is no less than the nuclear bomb test of the year, and there are also great dangers.

And this is also different from general equipment. Once a failure occurs during operation, the loss caused will be immeasurable.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, it is planned to take three months, and the responsible engineering and technical personnel have to hurry up.

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Zhong Cheng and other top executives of the Federation Army returned to Earth, preparing to implement the Federation's large-scale disarmament plan.

The General Staff of the Federal Army has already formulated a disarmament plan, just waiting for final approval.

After the major disarmament, the Federal Army will retain five space fleets with more than 600 space warships of various types, and form a new Federal Space Force, which will be under the jurisdiction of the newly established Federal Space Force Command.

The five space fleets are stationed on the Earth, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune respectively, forming a ladder-like line of defense against the inner space of the solar system, the asteroid belt, the outer space of the solar system and the Kuiper belt.

Each space fleet has 15 warships and a mecha corps of 15 mecha troops, a total of 30 people, and the five space fleets have a total of 150 million troops.

On the surface of large planets such as the Earth and Mars, three to five mecha legions are reserved, for a total of 300 mecha legions with a total of [-] million mech troops.

Each ground mecha corps is equipped with a Qinglong aircraft carrier, 360 flying chariots, a total of [-] fighters, and a total of [-] million troops.

These troops stationed on the surface of the planet form the Federation Strategic Army, which is under the jurisdiction of the Federation Strategic Army Command.

Coupled with the 300 million reserve troops of the local defense forces scattered in various human colonies, the Federation will maintain a standing army of 800 million in peacetime after the war.

And it must ensure the ability to expand to 2000 million troops within a month when a full-scale war breaks out.

Among them, the space army and the strategic army are the main force of the federal army, and their fleets and legions will perform space and surface garrison tasks in rotation.

The target of the large-scale disarmament is the more than 1000 million officers and soldiers in the main force of the Federal Army. They will first be voluntarily cut down according to the screening conditions, and finally the remaining troops will be reorganized.

The retired soldiers are disarmed and returned to the fields, and the federal government arranges employment. Those who don't want to work can live the rest of their lives without worrying about food and clothing by relying on generous subsidies.

The disarmament plan of the General Staff has been unanimously agreed by the top leaders of the Federal Army, but Zhong Chenglai is the only one who decides on the streamlined arrangement of the top leaders of the Federal Army.

Sun Lin, Paul, Meng Ye, Li Shaojie, Chen Yilong, Deng Jinhai, Shi Hanxing and other former senior federal army officials have made it clear that they have retreated to the second line in the past few years.

The new generation of high-level federal forces must be determined now so that the transition and handover work can be done in the next few years.

The current status of the army in the Federation is far from comparable to that before the war, and it is impossible for the Federation to reduce the size of the army to the point where it is dispensable.

The lesson of forgetting to fight is very painful. If the Federation had a standing army of this size before the war, I believe that Robin would not dare to create counter-measures.

A large number of outstanding young generals emerged in the federal army during the war, and there were many newly selected high-level leaders.

Under the recommendation of everyone, Yang Shijun, the current commander of the 15th Fleet of the Federal Space Force, was appointed as the deputy commander of the space force and Meng Ye's deputy.

Cheng Guo, the current head of the Seventeenth Mars Corps, was appointed as the deputy commander of the defense force, as the deputy to Li Shaojie and Chen Yilong.

Tang Dao, the current head of the Mars Ninth Army Corps, was appointed as the deputy chief of the general staff of the federal army and Deng Jinhai's deputy.

Ying Zongliang, the current head of the Mars 33rd Legion, was appointed as the deputy director of the General Armament Department of the Federal Army and Sun Lin's deputy.

Xu Jiuwen, the current deputy director of the Military Intelligence Department of the Federal Army, is already preparing to take over Shi Hanxing's job...

In addition to these high-level appointments, there is another most important position, which is the deputy commander of the strategic army and Paul's deputy.

In the future, the Federal Strategic Army will be stationed at the spaceports of the various planets of the Federation, playing a strategic support role for the surface and space battlefields, and it will be the most important armed force of the Federation Army.

Everyone has been recommending Zhong Yi to take up this position, but Zhong Cheng is a little hesitant.

He will not take the issue of cronyism to heart, Zhong Yi's credit and ability are convincing.

He was only worried that Zhong Yi was still too young, he was only half a month away from turning 31, would it be appropriate to raise him to such a high position prematurely?
However, Shi Hanxing, Li Shaojie, and Chen Yilong persuaded Zhong Cheng that they are still guarding the gate these few years, and Zhong Yi will not be young by the time Zhong Yi is.

Moreover, Zhong Cheng himself took charge of Red Star Company in his 30s, and the situation he faced was even more complicated, and he did not always do a very good job.

Zhong Cheng hesitated again and again, but he agreed. Let's have a look first. If it's not suitable, he will remove Zhong Yi himself.

After the future leadership of the Federal Army is determined, there is one last issue left in the plan for major disarmament, and it is also the issue that everyone is most concerned about.

It is how to reward or compensate these retired or about to retire soldiers.

During the war, all soldiers fought for the Federation for free. Now that the Federation's economy is on the right track, it's time to reward those who have made great contributions.

This is related to the stability of the military's morale, and it is also related to the interests of the top leaders of the federal army.

Nearly 2000 million federal troops and federal logistics personnel who have contributed to the war are within the scope of this award.

It has been almost two years since the war ended, and the reward plan has not been finalized for a long time, which has caused criticism in the federation.

It's not that Zhong Cheng didn't think of it, but that the cash-based reward method he formulated at the beginning was rejected by Yang Shuzhen.

The top generals of the federal army were also dissatisfied, but no one dared to say it in front of Zhong Chengming.

Yang Shuzhen's reason for denial is that the federal economy has just recovered, and the new federal currency system is still very fragile.

If the federation spends tens of trillions of federal new currency to issue rewards, it will inevitably overwhelm the federation's monetary system, resulting in no rewards in fact, but just a pile of waste paper to the officers and soldiers, it is better not to give out.

Now the Commonwealth has plenty of living materials and a very generous social welfare system, but it lacks consumer goods that really cost a lot of money, that is, luxury goods.

Even if the currency does not depreciate, what do officers and soldiers buy with this money?
This is also where the top generals of the federal army are dissatisfied, and it also represents the thoughts of those who have made meritorious service.

Zhong Cheng himself doesn't need military rewards, and he doesn't care about military rewards, but he can't force others to be like him.

Improper handling of the issue of rewards for military exploits will not only bring him and the Federation a harsh reputation, but also chill the hearts of those who have made meritorious deeds. Who will be willing to work hard for the Federation in the future.

Zhong Cheng had no choice but to postpone the military rewards until the time of disarmament, so that he could have some time to think about it.

(End of this chapter)