"The second disarmament of the Soviet Union was also due to the frantic expansion of its military power during World War II in order to defend itself against German attacks, and by the end of World War II in 1945, the Soviet Union had more than 11 million troops, making it the largest in the world...... After the end of World War II, also in order to save military spending and develop the economy, by 1948, only 2.8 million people remained in the Soviet army, and the number of disarmed troops exceeded 8 million......"

Xie Kai introduced the Soviet Union's major disarmament.

Not to mention Thailand, even in China, many people have not paid attention to the Soviet Union's several major disarmaments that no one has surpassed.

The scale of the reduction of more than 8 million people at a time is not even the total population of many countries.

"Even as the Cold War intensified and the Soviet army grew, even though it was the largest in the world, it no longer exceeded 6 million men, and 85 years later, the Soviet Union began to secretly disarm for no other reason than to bring down their economic ...... because of the high costs generated by the huge army."

Xie Kai said calmly.

The Soviet Union's disarmament has always been carried out secretly.

By the time the Soviet Union collapsed in '91, the huge army had been reduced to just 3.5 million.

More than two million were disarmed, but this disarmament did not save the economy of the Soviet Union.

"Your Majesty, in a situation like this, even if the Soviet Union disarms more than 2 million troops and controls the size of its army to less than 3 million, will their military strength be weakened?" Xie Kai asked King Bhumibol.

The king didn't know and looked at General Bing.

"No!" General Bing shook his head gloomily. "Even if the number of people is reduced, their combat capability will not decrease, and even because the number of personnel is reduced, the cost savings can be replaced with more advanced heavy equipment to improve their combat capability. ”

Even if the Soviet Union had an army of only 2 million people, not many people were upset.

There are too many planes, tanks, artillery or something.

As a senior general who has been in the army for decades, General Bing still has this cognitive ability.

Xie Kai grinned, "Yes, that's it. Today's wars are no longer won by the number of men. The Iran-Iraq war has thoroughly demonstrated this......"

The king understood what Xie Kai meant, "Reduce the number of troops, save money, and update equipment, so as to obtain stronger national defense strength?"

Xie Kai nodded.

Everyone understands people.

Through several disarmaments, the number of PLA personnel has continued to decline, and in the end, the number of people is basically below the scale of 2 million, but the combat effectiveness is even stronger.

The United States, the world's largest military power, has maintained a military size of about 1.5 million people, and it is still constantly engaged in activities with countries around the world, fighting Afghanistan and Iraq, and then fighting with polar bears in Syria or something, and the scale has not expanded.

Isn't it strong in combat capability?

Everyone wins by equipment.

The huge US army is equipped with 7,800 main battle tanks, 6,700 infantry fighting vehicles, 18,000 armored transport vehicles, nearly 1,500 helicopter gunships, and more than 3,000 transport helicopters; the Air Force has 6,400 fighters, including more than 3,200 combat aircraft; and the Navy has 11 aircraft carriers, 95 submarines, 31 missile cruisers, 52 missile destroyers, and 49 missile frigates......

These huge and advanced equipment have maintained the United States as the world's number one military power.

Similarly, hundreds of billions of dollars are consumed every year.

It is precisely because of the frenzied expansion of US military spending that by the time Xie Kai left the original world, the United States was becoming more and more unable to control the world, and even the economy had been seriously affected.

I don't know if it will be dragged down by huge military spending like the Soviet Union in the end......

Especially when I think about the compensatory development of Chinese warships like dumplings, the army is equipped with 99A tanks, the Air Force's J-10B plays Cobra maneuver, and the J-20 is even more coquettish...... Aircraft carrier or something, I don't know if the 003 aircraft carrier is nuclear-powered, and there is no steam catapult on it......

At that time, military spending was more than 100 billion US dollars, accounting for only 1.3% of GDP, if it continued to develop, how many aircraft carriers should there be, and how many 052Ds should be equipped?

With the habit of the domestic military to live a hard life, it is estimated that the 59 tank will be used for several more decades......

Thinking about it, that saliva flowed down.

"Brother Kai, Brother Kai......" Mo Qi, who was sitting next to Xie Kai, saw Xie Kai distracted, and King Bhumibol called twice in a row and didn't react, so he couldn't help but poke Xie Kai with his slender fingers.

"Ah, what's wrong?" Xie Kai came back to his senses and saw the king looking at him with a smile on his face, General Bing was dumbfounded and smiled awkwardly, "I'm very sorry, just now I was thinking about how to provide a better plan for your country's army construction." ”

"Is there any?" General Bing clearly didn't believe it.

"There you go. In terms of the navy, with an aircraft carrier fleet, there is no need for anything else, the escort fleet is established in advance, and the aircraft carriers are slowly equipped with carrier-based fighters after they return; while in the air force, your country is planning to purchase F-16s, and only one or two squadrons are needed as sharp knife troops; and the most important thing is the army, I think it is enough to establish a composite brigade for rapid reaction...... This unit is different from other units in that it is ...... battalions."

When Xie Kai introduced, it was completely in accordance with the model of the special operations brigade.

Whether it is combat capability, equipment allocation, or even reaction capability, it is all built up in accordance with the development trend of future wars.

"A brigade with not only armored troops, but also combat aircraft, helicopters?" even King Bhumibol found incredible.

In addition to paying attention to the economic development of the country, he often visited poor areas and helped them develop agriculture, so as to change the living conditions of his people.

For the military aspect, not much is known.

"That's right. Not only that, but it is also necessary to establish supporting firepower, such as missile battalions, etc......., "Anyway, Xie Kai didn't plan to go back empty-handed this time.

According to the configuration of the special brigade, such a force, if you don't cheat him for a billion dollars, Xie Kai has no ability.

Equipped with 359 tanks, equipped with ground red flag missiles, no, it is rocket artillery for tactical support, and there are even fighters for air supremacy or something.

With such a force, Thailand has only 510,000 square kilometers of territory, and does not need an army size of 200,000 at all.

"The cost of such an army is very high, isn't it?" King Bhumibol was a little worried.

"It is true that the cost is higher, but the combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of ordinary troops. The role of such a brigade can even surpass that of an ordinary armored division!" Xie Kai did not brag about this.

In the special composite brigade, the units that cooperate with tank operations are equipped with a large number of individual heavy firepower.

Xie Kai gave a detailed introduction to the composition of the entire unit, and even how each branch of the army is matched and what their respective responsibilities are.

Originally, this plan was made for the purpose of selling equipment, China has a template, the Iraqi army is building like this, and even Xie Kai bragged that the Iraqi troops have formed combat effectiveness, otherwise there is no way to stop the more powerful offensive of Khomeini's army or something.

"Your Majesty, time ......"

King Bhumibol's Interior Officer has reminded the time several times.

It was only planned for 30 minutes, but now it's almost three hours.

Xie Kai is too good to blow

Seeing that it was already late, even if the king was still unsatisfied, even if he had more questions to talk to Xie Kai, he had to give up.

At the end of the day, His Majesty was going to invite Xie Kai to dinner at noon the next day, but Xie Kai said that he would return to China the next morning and declined the king's invitation.

"Your Majesty......" When General Bing was about to leave, the king, who was urged to rest, left him behind.

"What do you think?" asked the king, General Bing.

This general, whom he trusts the most, has a very important opinion.

"Your Majesty, his plan has been discussed by the Ministry of Defense before, and I think it is very good. In this way, the size of our army can be reduced to less than 100,000, and quality can be replaced by quantity. This is also of great benefit to the country's economic development. General Bing said.

The purpose of bringing Xie Kai here was to hope that the king would approve it.

"It takes a lot of money. And disarmament can only begin when this army is becoming combat-ready......"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. We can negotiate with them and use the same payment methods as the aircraft carrier fleet. Even, we can cooperate with them to exchange resources for equipment, so that if we do not enter, we can promote the development of our country's mining industry and solve the problem of funding......" After eight years as prime minister, General Bing naturally did not think about these things.

Xie Kai's previous plan made him tempted, and what made him even more tempted was the exchange of resources for equipment.

Although Thailand's domestic electronics industry is developed, the machinery manufacturing industry can hardly be compared with China, and most of the equipment has to be imported.

"It's a really good plan, and it's very beneficial for both of us. When the king heard the proposal, he had to praise this as a good approach, but he was also worried, "China has far more resources than we do." ”

China is a big country in terms of resources.

In exchange for foreign exchange, even a large number of various resources are exported.

"They are also big consumers of resources. General Bing said with a smile.

"You can really brag! I'm nervous, I'm afraid of embarrassing you, but it's good for you to brag in front of other kings. On the way back, Mo Qi looked at Xie Kai and said with a complicated mind.

Xie Kai shook his head, "It's not that I can blow it, but it just so happens that they have such an idea." ”

"How is that possible! You let others disarm first in order to buy equipment, and it seems as if you are thinking about others. Mozi despised Xie Kai a little.

"General, are you kidding?" What Xie Kai didn't expect was that just after returning to the hotel, before he could rest, General Bing came again.

Because this big guy brought news that there is still a princess in their country who is unmarried!