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In addition to them, China has many semi-military institutions that do not participate in military operations.

Such as the Construction Corps, Disaster Relief Mobile Force, and Police Force. These organizations are also very large, with a total of nearly 600 million people, and the number is still increasing.Although these people are different from field troops, they undergo military training every year.It is a semi-military institution.These troops have at least practiced shooting and simple military tactics.

In addition to them, there are a large number of groups in China who have received the most basic military training.

That is, the reserve forces.

Duan Xun has always attached great importance to the training of reserve soldiers. Every year, the local government conducts military training for many people of the right age according to their own conditions.This is why Duan Xun has not withdrawn the governors of the provinces so far.At present, the duties of the provincial military governors are to make statistics on the conditions of these people of the right age to join the army, and to provide them with appropriate military training every year.Of course, such military training is relatively simple.

Many are just training in simple military subjects, as well as strengthening their military discipline.In fact, the reservists in many places have never even fired a gun.But because they have all received the most preliminary military training and military discipline, they can become qualified recruits as long as they undergo a little training in the army.

The number of this group is very large in China.

In China at present, there are 5000 million people who have received this level of military training, and they are basically between the ages of 20 and 40, and of course some are over 40.In a word, what China lacks most at present is the source of troops.As long as there is a need, China can rapidly expand its military.China's field troops currently have 300 million people, and China can expand its army by tens of millions in a short period of time.This is definitely not a difficult task for China.

What is the most difficult thing for China?

Modernization of the military.

China's industrial scale no longer requires the Chinese army to fight other people's tanks and artillery with rifles.Because China already has enough strength to produce the planes, tanks, and cannons it needs, and there is no need to use flesh and blood to fight other people's steel divisions.

Therefore, Duan Xun is most concerned about the development of China's weapons and equipment.The closer to the war, the more concerned about this.Not only aircraft, tanks and cannons, the Chinese army has begun to equip a large number of transportation tools such as large trucks and motorcycles.For this reason, China has also introduced a large number of motorcycle production lines in recent years.

"How much can the annual production volume reach?"

"The design output is 2000, most of which are light tanks. However, our current output is about 1200, but it will take a year or two before our output can reach the design output. If war mobilization is carried out, The annual output can exceed 3000 vehicles.”

China borrowed from Germany, and used those loans to introduce tank production lines, which came to China at the end of 1936.Using this tank production line, the Military Equipment Department established a dedicated tank arsenal.

Before the tank production in China, there were sub-factories under those arsenals, and the factories produced tanks.China mainly produces tank arsenals, mainly Wuchang arsenal, Taiyuan arsenal and Shenyang arsenal.The tank production line introduced this time directly established a tank production factory.

The place chosen was Chifeng, a newly established city.

Chifeng is the city where the cabinet was just established four years ago.The reason why the tank arsenal was established in Chifeng is because Chifeng's location is very good.It itself is a city in Inner Mongolia, but it borders several northeast cities, and is the location of the junction between Inner Mongolia and the Northeast.The establishment of a tank arsenal here can not only rely on the strong industrial base and talent strength of the Northeast, but also produce tanks that can be supplied to Outer Mongolia, Tangnu Wulianghai, and can also support the army in Heilongjiang. The strategic location is excellent and the traffic conditions are excellent. Also very convenient.Of course, another point is that Chifeng is an industrial city that is vigorously developing, especially the development of the mining industry is in full swing.

If there is a disadvantage in Chifeng, it is that there is some water shortage.Chifeng is not a city rich in water resources, on the contrary, water resources are relatively insufficient.

"How many tanks can we produce this year?"

"We calculate that it can reach about 2700 vehicles."

Duan Xun paid so much attention to the issue of military equipment, which put a lot of pressure on Han Linchun.It should be said that ever since the third five-year plan decided to invest in the military industry, Han Linchun has been under great pressure.

Duan Xun's requirements are too high, but China's industrial base is limited.Originally, Duan Xun's request was to produce 1935 tanks from September 9 to September 1936, but because of Han Linchun's opposition, he did not make such a decision.It is also because Han Linchun believes that China's tank production cannot have a leap forward, so he will specifically introduce new tank production lines from Germany.

With this specialized tank arsenal, Han Linchun stated that he could produce 2700 tanks this year.

"2700, is there any difficulty in equipping 1939 tanks before [-]?"

"Prime Minister, we will work hard. We will not hold back the army."

"Actually, I am here to make it difficult for you. Our country and Japan have signed a cooperation agreement. Japan will send shipbuilding experts to help us build the aircraft carrier Chicheng and the heavy cruiser Mogami. The complete technology of the heavy cruiser was handed over to us. Among the conditions, my country is required to produce some tanks for Japan. This is the type and quantity of tanks they need."

The cooperation between China and Japan is increasing.

The military exchanges between the two sides are also getting deeper and deeper.China needs Japan's help to develop its navy.China has invested a lot of money in the navy, so it needs more and more warships.At present, Japan is the most suitable one that can help China build warships.

Similarly, Japan is a small country with limited strength in many aspects.In history, when Japan and the United States went to war, their strength was indeed good, but that was the wealth that Japan had accumulated for many years. It can be said that it was the war preparation made by Japan's national strength.After the war started, the gap between Japan and the United States was immediately reflected.

The industrial production capacity of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

The equipment replenishment speed of the Japanese army is very slow. In comparison, the production speed of US military equipment is several times, or even ten times, that of Japan.This is the difference between a big country and a small country.As long as there is a fight, for the same industrial country, it depends on whose scale is larger.In this regard, Japan cannot compare with the United States at all.Not to mention the United States, Japan is at an absolute disadvantage compared to most industrial countries in the world, and Japan's industrial output is limited.

The same is true now.

Most of Japan's military spending goes to the navy.Because it was going south, the navy became more and more important.Therefore, the navy accounts for most of Japan's military expenditures.The result is that the Army is remarkably slow to update its military equipment.Because Japan's military spending is limited, it is impossible to cover everything.Moreover, the scale of Japan's military expenditure itself is not large. At present, Japan's military expenditure is only about [-] million U.S. dollars.

In comparison, China's annual military expenditure has already exceeded 40 billion US dollars, and it will soon reach 50 billion US dollars, which is more than seven times that of Japan's military expenditure.Of course, this gap is also the gap in fiscal revenue between China and Japan.The current military expenditure ratio of the two sides is about half, but because of the huge gap in fiscal revenue, the result is that the gap in military expenditure is also so large.

The most powerful is Germany.

Germany's current military expenditure has exceeded 70 billion U.S. dollars, making it the country with the largest military expenditure in the world.Japan spends 6 million U.S. dollars in military spending, but it has to support the number one naval force in the world. Of course, their military spending is stretched.

At present, the number of tanks in Japan is less than 500, which is several levels behind that of countries such as China, the Soviet Union, and Germany.

The tanks produced by China, the Soviet Union, and Germany in one year are several times more than Japan's national tanks, and the number of tanks in Japan is more than ten times that of Japan.Japan also knows this situation, but they can't change it.Because the Japanese navy spends too much money, Japan has no extra funds to produce tanks.But Japan is now staring at the Nanyang region, and it must be fighting with Britain, France and the United States.Britain, France and the United States are the countries with the most powerful industries in the world, and they still have a lot of army tanks.

Especially after Germany's current strong rise, although Britain and France have been retreating, they have also begun to slowly increase some military expenditures.Needless to say, the military expenditure of the United Kingdom is more than 30 billion U.S. dollars.Even France, which has been paddling, currently spends more than $7 million on its military, which is higher than that of Japan.In future wars, tanks will play a very important role in land battles, and Japan is well aware of this.Since it has no ability to produce more tanks, Japan has set its sights on China.China is a really big country, and as long as anything is produced, it will be on a very large scale.

This is the case with Chinese military factories.

The number of military products produced is astonishing.Moreover, Chinese tanks are basically taught by Germany.Even many tanks are German tanks, but one is produced in Germany and the other is produced in China.There are two types of tanks.When the Germans conducted tank tests in China, German experts directly guided China to produce German tanks in the Chinese arsenal.

Moreover, German tank commanders used these tanks to conduct tank tactics drills in China.Therefore, Japan believes in Chinese tanks more, so using the cooperation between the Chinese and Japanese navies, it has to order a large number of tanks from China.Anyway, with the cooperation between the Chinese and Japanese navies, it is impossible for China to really hand over real money, and the price is paid for by exported raw materials.The current cooperation between China and Japan is the same.

Neither side will come up with real money, because both countries lack gold, silver and foreign exchange.Therefore, the cooperation between the two countries is to use other things to offset that part of the price.If China introduces Japanese aircraft carrier and heavy cruiser technology, China will have to pay the same price.Japan wants tanks made in China.

"500 tanks, and the ratio of medium tanks to heavy tanks is so high."

Han Linchun frowned deeply.

The production speed of light tanks is completely incomparable with that of medium tanks and heavy tanks, and the production costs are also completely different.The price is completely different. The current purchase price of light tanks is about 2 US dollars, the purchase price of medium tanks is between 3 US dollars and 4 US dollars, and the better ones are 5 US dollars.But the purchase price of heavy tanks is not less than 10 US dollars.At present, the tanks purchased by the Chinese military also have the highest proportion of light tanks, medium tanks are about one-third of light tanks, and the annual production of heavy tanks is limited.

"Prime Minister, if this is done, it will delay our own production plan."

Han Linchun was in a dilemma.

Suddenly there are so many orders, and it is relatively difficult to produce medium tanks and heavy tanks.If it is the production of light tanks, the order for 500 tanks, and it is still an order for two years, only 250 tanks per year, is not impossible to complete.However, China itself does not produce much medium tanks and heavy tanks, which will seriously affect China's production plan.

"Recently, my country and Italy completed a loan contract. I am considering whether to introduce another tank production line?"

"Prime Minister, if we can introduce another tank production line, then there is nothing better than this. The composition of our army, and our country's land situation, tank division is very necessary. I think it is better to introduce a tank production line as soon as possible. All important."

Han Linchun nodded repeatedly.

The current plan is very urgent, but the production volume is not going up.The best way to increase production is to keep machines running day and night.But this is only done during wartime, and it is done during war mobilization.

It is still a time of peace, so it is not good to do so.

Therefore, if the tank production line can be introduced, many problems can be solved.Including the goal of 1939 tanks in the country set by the Ministry of Military Affairs in [-] can also be achieved.

"Okay. You should personally negotiate with Premier Wang (Wang Yongjiang) on ​​this matter."

loan.

Wang Yongjiang started a new round of large-scale loans.Negotiated with European and American powers, and began to borrow a lot from their financial institutions.Several loans have been completed so far, including the third loan in the Sino-German cooperation agreement, the loan in the cooperation agreement signed by China and the UK last year, and the cooperation agreement signed with China when Italy signed the "Anti-Comintern Pact". Among the loans, there are also loans from US financial institutions.In addition to them, there are many loans from financial institutions in small European countries.Countries such as Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Belgium have all given loans to China.

In less than a year, China's loans from European and American financial institutions amounted to about US$14 billion.Moreover, the loan amount currently being negotiated is also around one billion U.S. dollars.The money is mainly for importing their machinery and equipment, especially machinery and equipment related to the military industry.