Beiyang reactionaries
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Originally, Dong Songyan's qualifications were average.Although he was born as a student of Duan Xun, his qualifications in the army are relatively low compared to those of the military generals.But this time the reorganized troops were able to become the commander of the First Corps and stationed in Heilongjiang.
It's all because of their qualifications in the Korean peninsula.
With my own qualifications and credit, if I sit in Sumatra for a period of time, I will at least be the commander of the military region when I return to China.If he made military exploits, even the Military Commissioner of the Ministry of Military Affairs would not be able to reward him for his merits.
But again, this task is not easy to accept.
After all, Sumatra is far from the mainland.
"President, what am I going to do?"
Xie Hongxun is a fierce general.
Now that I am a little older, I am much more stable.But when he was young, he had already reached the rank of brigade commander, but he still led troops to rush and fight. He was a very well-known fierce general in the Beiyang Army.Xie Hongxun made great contributions to Lu Yongxiang's years in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.As long as it is a position that Lu Yongxiang can't take down, there is nothing he can't take down if handed over to Xie Hongxun.
Although he is getting older, Xie Hongxun's temper still exists.
Sumatra is more dangerous than in the country, but it is also a place where soldiers make contributions.Soldiers are shrouded in horse leather, and their value lies on the battlefield.So he figured it out quickly.
"Protect Sumatra. At present, our military strength in Sumatra is relatively weak, and there is only one regular division. However, we have used this year's time to quietly dispatch an army of one division to Sumatra. It's just that these troops It exists in the form of a regiment, and it exists in the form of a security regiment. That is to say, our current force in Sumatra is two divisions. In addition to the army division, we have four aviation regiments in Sumatra, and the navy has two destroyers , three torpedo boats, and two submarines. This is all our forces in Sumatra."
"How much more?"
Xie Hongxun certainly does not think that China only deploys such a small number of troops here.
"Add two army divisions, a mechanized brigade, an artillery brigade, and an anti-aircraft artillery brigade. In the name of helping the Sumatra Autonomous Government to build an army, help the Sumatra Autonomous Government build the first army army, which has the first army division and the first army army. The second division. In our name, we will send an additional mechanized brigade to Sumatra, including 120 tanks, as well as the required trucks and motorcycles.”
"Add three aviation regiments, all of which are nominally affiliated to the Sumatra Autonomous Government. The navy is too sensitive, and we need to discuss it. Our current two divisions in Sumatra are the Sumatra First Army, an army formed in the name of the Sumatra Autonomous Government The first army, the number in our army department is the Sumatra Second Army. Xue Yue, who is currently in charge of the Sumatra military, is the commander of the Sumatra First Army. Fu Zuoyi was transferred to Sumatra to serve as the commander of the Sumatra Second Army. Brigadier, you have only one purpose, and that is to defend Sumatra. I don’t care who the opponent is, whether it’s Britain or France, or Japan or the United States, as long as anyone dares to reach out to Sumatra, I will cut off that hand.”
"Prime Minister, can local Chinese overseas Chinese receive military training in Sumatra?"
"You want to create a reserve system?"
"Yes."
Xie Hongxun nodded, and said: "Prime Minister, Sumatra is not a domestic country. It can be supplemented by reserve forces who have received military training anytime and anywhere. Therefore, I hope that a simple reserve system can be established in Sumatra. When the domestic support cannot catch up, it can go first. Supplement it with local Chinese and overseas Chinese."
"It's a good idea. The mobilization department will make arrangements."
"Prime Minister, I accept the appointment."
"Prime Minister, are you really? 260 billion, how can you say it out, the Ministry of Finance is not a place to print money."
As the war approached, Duan Xun became more and more busy here.The main work of the cabinet was handed over to other cabinet leaders, and Duan Xun devoted himself to the army.During this period of time, Duan Xun also frequently met with senior military generals to discuss military plans and army building with them.
During this period, as long as Duan Xun held a cabinet meeting, he was asking the cabinet for money.
Dai Kan was in charge of the daily affairs of the cabinet, and supported the cabinet together with Wang Yongjiang.Both of them are busy now.Because the Ministry of Military Affairs requires more and more military expenditures, much more than the third five-year plan formulated at the beginning.
When the third five-year plan was formulated, the five-year military expenditure was 500 billion.The first year is 80 billion, and then gradually increase.But after the real expansion of the army and the construction of the military, the military expenditure is astonishing.
第三个五年计划已经是过去了三年半的时间,但实际军费数目已经是超过了500亿,1937年的时候军费已经达到了200亿。而且1938年要的数目更多,段勋跟内阁要260亿的经费。这已经是财政收入的60%了。
If it weren't for Wang Yongjiang's current presidency of large-scale loans, the central finance would have been overwhelmed.In fact, the current central finance is already beyond its means, and it has to issue a lot of national debt every year to maintain it.
In 1937, Wang Yongjiang even issued national debts to Nanyang.
In Singapore, Wang Yongjiang issued 5 million US dollars of 3000-year treasury bonds.Fortunately, the [-] million overseas Chinese in Nanyang are very rich, especially those Chinese businessmen whose assets are inflated.That's why so many national debts have been absorbed.
This is all to make up for financial loopholes.
Both Dai Kan and Wang Yongjiang were very nervous.In the third five-year plan, the investment in military industry and infrastructure construction is too much, and the finances can no longer withstand it.In order to make up for the financial loopholes, China began to mortgage a large number of high-quality properties and loans from financial institutions of the great powers, and then issued a large number of medium and long-term national debts in the country. In 1937, it was really unbearable, so it issued national bonds in Nanyang.
That is, at this time, the relationship between China and the overseas Chinese in Nanyang was very good, so they were able to absorb those national debts.
But what about 1938?
Duan Xun asked for more military expenses, and Dai Kan and Wang Yongjiang still had a headache.The situation is very dangerous now, and everyone in the cabinet knows this.If the war does not come as expected, the Chinese economy will inevitably collapse by then.
First of all, the central government will go bankrupt.Because there are too many loans and too many national debts, it will not be able to pay the interest in a few years.As long as the central government goes bankrupt, the entire Chinese economy will collapse.Because a large amount of funds in China's financial sector are borrowed by the central government.In fact, China's fiscal revenue has increased rapidly in recent years, as has the scale of China's economy.
Say nothing else.
China's total import and export volume in the third five-year plan is more than three times that of the second five-year plan.Although the third five-year plan will not be the same as the second five-year plan, investment has not decreased at all, and imported machinery and equipment have not decreased at all.During the third five-year plan, China lacked foreign exchange and gold, but China exported more than the second five-year plan.
Because Japan and Germany need a lot of resources to prepare for war.China later signed a large number of resource export agreements with Italy and Spain.Regardless of the bad relationship between China and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union also imported a lot of things from China.
Especially what the USSR didn't have.
For example, natural rubber, bristles, tung oil, and even more than half of the coffee beans imported by the Soviet Union were exported from China.
The increase in the scale of import and export has also promoted the growth of the domestic economic scale.However, the current situation is that the investment in the military industry is too large, and the growth rate of economic scale and finance cannot keep up with the increase in investment.
Especially the large amount of road construction, power construction, and communication construction in the border areas cost a lot of money.However, the output of the invested capital is limited, which means that the profit ratio is very low.Most of them have only inputs and not much output.
If the money is invested in provinces with a large population and a good economy, the profits will be greatly increased.
But no.
The roads, electricity, and communications currently being built in border areas are all national defense projects.Things to do even if you lose money.That's why it's so difficult.So when he heard that Duan Xun wanted 260 billion military expenditures, Dai Kan spoke with a wry smile.
"Premier Dai, Premier Wang, if possible, I certainly don't want to do this."
Duan Xun nodded, understanding their difficulties.
But Duan Xun had no choice.Duan Xun took out a copy of the information he had just received, handed it to Dai Kan and Wang Yongjiang, and said, "Look, this is the strength of the Soviet army and the aircraft and tanks owned by the Soviet Union that we just collected."
"is this real?"
Dai Kan looked at it for a while, then gave him to Wang Yongjiang.After thinking for a while, he questioned the data and said, "Prime Minister, in terms of industrial scale, the Soviet Union is far inferior to our country. Since China discovered and developed the Shengli Oilfield, the oil production of China and the Soviet Union has been comparable. Occupied After the Sumatra Oilfield, China's current oil production has surpassed that of the Soviet Union. In terms of other statistics, China has even surpassed the Soviet Union. From crude steel production, coal production, power generation, automobile production, tractor production, motorcycle production, and China's The output of machine tools, generators, communication equipment, and even precision instruments in China is ahead of the Soviet Union. The foundation of the Soviet Union is indeed better than ours, but it suffered heavy losses in the last European war and civil war. After redevelopment, the industrial scale is completely inferior to that of our country. How could they produce so many planes and tanks in a short period of time, and be able to feed so many troops.”
"Yes."
Wang Yongjiang also nodded.
Looking at this data, Wang Yongjiang also felt incredible.
"Prime Minister, our country has only expanded its military by 300 million, and the production of aircraft and tanks is far inferior to that of the Soviet Union, but our finances are already under such great pressure. Given the industrial scale of the Soviet Union, the population size of the Soviet Union, and their financial situation, how can they It is possible to produce so many planes and tanks. Don't they develop other industries? Their economic balance? Or all their resources are used in the military?"
How much steel did the Soviet Union produce?
Manufacturing so many planes and tanks, and expanding the army so much, is it possible that all the steel used in the Soviet Union is used in the army?Steel is the foundation of industry, without steel there would be no industrial development.If the Soviet Union used all steel for the army, how would their industry develop?
"There is no doubt about the accuracy of this information."
"crazy."
Wang Yongjiang immediately said: "The Soviet Union is crazy. They only have a little more industrial scale, but they have already manufactured 12000 aircraft and more than 7600 tanks. And their army size is already 460 million. This, this... …”
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