When Wu Yuanqing returned to Yuanfu. Ye Zhisheng has been waiting for half a dozen people in the study.

"The latest investigative report." Ye Zhisheng handed the black file he brought to Wang Yuanqing. Picking up the cigarette on the table, he said, "Time is very tight, so I have cited some of the previous survey data, and a more detailed investigation report is still being formulated, and it is expected to be completed tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Yuanqing nodded and flipped through the documents.

The time constraint is not Ye Zhisheng's fault, the war has just broken out, Wang Yuanqing made the decision to formally declare war on India last night, leaving Ye Zhisheng only a few hours to collect and sort out the investigation report of the national defense forces. Fortunately, Ye Zhisheng had already done a lot of preparation work before this.

Only by knowing Mao and knowing the other can we survive a hundred battles.

All-out war is a fight for the country's overall strength, especially the country's national defense strength.

Unlike a war against a weak country, an all-out war with a regional power like India is more tested not by the combat effectiveness of the army, but by the country's military-industrial production capacity. Arguably. Wang Yuanqing, who served as assistant to the Yuan Xi during the administration of Ji Youguo and vice president of the state during the administration of Zhao Rundong, knows best the significance of the production capacity of the military industry to large-scale warfare. Both the Korean Peninsula War and the Japanese War tested the republic's military-industrial production capacity. Especially for the war in Japan, if it were not for the preparations that Zhao Rundong and Wang Yuanqing spent several years on, the Republic would inevitably encounter many problems.

As with the Japanese war, the scale of this war will not be much smaller.

Because this is a large-scale war of a regional nature, Wang Yuanqing pays more attention to the equipment and ammunition production capacity of the army and air force, after all, the construction cycle of the navy is too long, unless the war lasts for several years, otherwise the wartime mobilization mechanism will not have much impact on the navy.

After a cursory glance, Wang Yuanqing lit a cigarette.

There is no big problem with the production capacity of the military industry, because Wang Yuanqing will not fight a battle that he is not sure of. Just as he planned the war with Japan in those years, after the end of the conflict in southern Tibet, Wang Yuanqing took advantage of the opportunity of the military industrial reform to make a comprehensive adjustment to the military industrial production structure of the republic, not only bringing in private capital on a large scale, but also successively formulating relevant laws and systems to restrict private arms enterprises, including the responsibilities and obligations that should be fulfilled by private military enterprises in a state of war, and bringing private arms enterprises into the state's strategic regulations. Through the introduction of the country's long-term strategic plan, the government's responsibilities and obligations in the construction of the military industry have been stipulated in the form of legislation, such as providing government loan guarantees for arms enterprises and reducing the operating taxes of arms enterprises, so that arms enterprises can establish more arms production lines in peacetime, instead of building production lines according to sales standards.

In other words, the small young fighter meets the purchase needs of the air force and navy of the Republic, as well as overseas potential customers; In fact, the Zhongzhong Group has set up a total production line, among which Luo produces the Air Force, and Xiaotiao specializes in the production of export-oriented small old series fighters for overseas potential customers. According to this standard, under the condition of normal operation, it is possible to provide all customers with at least a small old series of fighters per year; If sales are not taken into account at full capacity, the production line runs every day, at least hourly per year, and at least 4 four fighters per year. Building more production lines means more investment. To this end, the company obtained a loan guarantee from the government and included the cost of setting up the production line into the production cost of the fighter. Although this practice will reduce the competitiveness of small old in overseas markets to a certain extent, arms are different from ordinary commodities, and in the case of performance first, the price preference is not the main factor affecting sales.

Similarly, the rest of the republic's arms production lines have been strengthened in four years.

Of course, it is not only the production capacity that determines the efficiency of arms production, but also the needs of the army.

According to the investigation report provided by Ye Zhisheng, under the condition that the air force of the Republic of China has basically seized air supremacy and the navy has basically seized sea supremacy, the demand for high-tech weapons, including small old and small mouths, will not be too great, and there is no need for the air force and navy to comprehensively expand their establishment during the war, mainly to meet the needs of the troops for replenishing battle losses. Relatively speaking, what really needs to be vigorously produced is the armament of the army, as well as various ammunition.

Unlike the Japanese War, the war against India could not be won in the air or at sea.

After Wang Yuanqing decided to declare war on India, the ground would become the decisive arena that would decide the final victory. According to the relevant estimates made by the Ministry of Defense, it is very likely that the ground forces finally invested by the Republic will be more than the old O thousand, or even more than the old O thousand. Although the main forces that play the key left and right will not be too much, that is, the field troops fighting on the front line will be around the old army, and most of the combat troops will be used to maintain the strategic supply lines in the rear, as well as the security work in the occupied areas, and can also reduce the war burden of the republic by inviting the allies to send troops, but the army's demand for equipment will definitely be far greater than that of ordinary wars, and it is necessary to provide more combat equipment for the army.

In the investigation report submitted by Ye Zhisheng, the army's equipment procurement accounted for the lion's share.

According to the calculation of the standard for the formation of a ground force with thugs and 10,000 soldiers, it is necessary to purchase for the army at least about 10,000 sets of individual combat systems, 10,000 sets of old squad support weapon systems, and 10,000 sets of company and platoon fire support systems. The prerequisite for this procurement plan is that all the weapons systems that have been mothballed in the past years will be modernized and made available to the second-line troops. In this way, all the expenses incurred in the purchase of new weapons and the modification of old weapons would cost about four dollars in war expenses.

Money is not the key issue, the problem is that the production and modification of equipment will be completed within the year and a half set by Wang Yuanqing as a war counter. It can be said that the time is quite short, and in order to complete the production work, it is necessary to increase the production capacity in an all-round way from now on.

The production of ammunition is more problematic than the production of equipment.

In peacetime, the state can retain a large amount of weapons and equipment through mothballing, but it is difficult to retain ammunition through mothballing. Although with the improvement of technology, the effective storage time of most ammunition has passed the old year, and some even reached the strength year, but the risk of storing ammunition is too great, and the replacement of ammunition is faster, and no country will produce ammunition in large quantities in peacetime.

As a general rule, countries such as the Republic and the United States will only keep enough ammunition in peacetime to meet the needs of a low-intensity war, or for the first three months of a large-scale war. If the scale of the war expands. Or if the war is prolonged, the production of ammunition will have to be accelerated.

The investigation report of the impeachment was based on battlefield information fed back from the front-line command.

According to the calculation of the ammunition consumption on the first day of the war, the republic's ammunition reserves can not meet the thug's week at most, and even if the consumption is reduced by half in the later battles, it can only meet the combat consumption for half a month.

Fortunately, the production cycle of ammunition is very short, and as long as the production line is running at full capacity, it can be replenished.

As a result, the new question is whether the state can come up with sufficient funds for the war in the short term to purchase weapons and ammunition from arms manufacturers.

Ye Zhisheng made it very clear in his report that the central government's war budget needs a turnover cycle of one to three months before it can be handed over to arms manufacturers. Although large arms manufacturers such as the China Heavy Arms Group and the AVIC Group have expanded their production scale, sold arms during the war in the form of settling accounts in accordance with the contracts signed with the government, and have received guaranteed loans from the government, the major arms manufacturers must use cash to order resources for the production of weapons and ammunition from upstream enterprises, especially resource production enterprises.

Seeing this, Wang Yuanqing frowned.

"The solution is not non-existent, but it must require the ability of the state to regulate and control."

Wang Yuanqing nodded and said, "In the absence of a better choice, we can only do this." You come up with a detailed control plan as soon as possible, and then discuss it with Yan Jingyu

Ye Zhisheng let out a long breath and didn't say much.

The so-called "state regulatory capacity." "In fact, it is to replace the operation of the market with planned production in accordance with the wartime mechanism, that is, to use the power of the state to concentrate the industrial production forces of the state. There is no doubt that this will inevitably have a negative impact on the country's economic development, because after all, the raw materials needed for the production of munitions are not much different from those needed for the production of other products, and the concentration of materials in the field of munitions production will inevitably raise the prices of industrial raw materials, and thus the prices. In this context, the economy of the republic faces a major problem, that is, the impact of incomplete war mobilization on prices, which will eventually increase the burden on society and negatively affect the lives of all citizens of the republic.

As the leader of the country, Wang Yuanqing had to think about this issue.

It's just that in the case of winning the war as the fundamental goal, Wang Yuanqing has no good solution.

"How is the mobilization of skilled workers going?"

"Major arms manufacturers have begun to recruit skilled workers, although there will be some impact in the initial stage, but after three months, the impact is not too obvious Ye Zhisheng extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and said, "According to the data provided by several large arms manufacturers such as China Heavy Group and AVIC Group, because most of the arms production lines have achieved automated production, the requirements for workers are not too urgent, so the impact of insufficient workers is not very obvious." Next month, the production capacity of the major munitions production lines will reach about 60 percent of the maximum design value, and the maximum production capacity will be reached by the end of October. As long as the progress of the war is within our expectations, the production of munitions can keep up with the war attrition

Wang Yuanqing nodded slightly and said, "Another problem is the mobilization of soldiers. ”

Ye Zhisheng didn't say much, because the second half of the investigation report said about this problem.

Historically, the size of the republic's armed forces has been decreasing, and the largest attrition is in the army. In the early days of Ji Jieguo's rule, the total strength of the army was close to Jinwan, and if you count the armed police and other paramilitary forces, the total strength of the army was more than 10,000. By the late period of Ji Youguo's administration, the total strength of the army was reduced to Jian Wan, and if you count the paramilitary forces, it is not as good as the thug Tian Wan. By the time Wang Yuanqing was in power, the republic was waiting. Sichuan's forces were reduced to Minwan. The paramilitary force has been reduced to 10,000, a total of 10,000.

As the total number of troops shrinks, so does the number of retired soldiers.

By the beginning of the calendar year, there were less than 40,000 veterans suitable for re-service.

Obviously, all veterans who are fit to serve again must be mobilized in order to make up for the shortfall. In other words, the total strength of the Republican Army, including the paramilitary forces, must surpass that of the ground forces.

The problem is that certainly not all veterans are willing to serve again.

In fact, with the improvement of the professionalism level of the army, the proportion of technical soldiers is increasing, coupled with factors such as labor shortages, most retired soldiers have found suitable jobs in society and established their own families. Even if some retired servicemen will wear military uniforms again under the inspiration of the state, there will still be many retired servicemen who will not return to service, and it is impossible for the state to force retired servicemen to serve again.

If we can't recruit enough veterans, we can only expand the scale of recruitment.

Ye Zhisheng clearly mentioned in the report that the scale of recruitment should be expanded as soon as possible. If the war ends at the end of the year, then in the first half of the war. The Army's strength is barely enough to support operational demands. As the scale of the war increases, especially in the occupied territories, the army's demand for troop strength will increase dramatically at the beginning of the year. In this way, it is necessary to train enough generals before then. Although the training period of the army is relatively short, in the context of the increasing number of technical soldiers and the increasing difficulty of training, it is not sufficient to train a group of joint generals in half a year.

Turning to the last page of the document, Wang Yuanqing knew it in his heart.

Scaling up recruitment is not a simple matter. Although there will be many enthusiastic young people who will serve in the army under the inspiration of the state, in the case of the overall shortage of labor in the country, the more soldiers recruited, the greater the impact on society. More importantly, all aspects of organization and training must be well prepared.

"If you expand recruitment now, will it have an impact on Doff?"

Ye Zhisheng was stunned for a moment, then understood what Yuan meant, and said: "It's still impossible to say what kind of impact it will have, but one thing is certain, our practice system can't meet the needs yet." In addition, after recruiting more soldiers, it will definitely have an impact on the country's economic activity, and coupled with the high consumption of resources in military production, I am afraid that we will have to prepare for the worst

Wang Yuanqing let out a long breath and said, "You're right, it's just that we can't afford to wait. ”

"If you start recruiting military personnel now, I recommend that the age and education of the most recruited personnel be limited."

"What do you mean?" Wang Yuanqing lit a cigarette.

"We have to consider the impact of war casualties on the domestic situation. If we limit the age limit of military recruitment to between the ages of 18 and 20, then most of the military recruits are born between the year of Libang and the year of Likou, and this is also the time when we liberalize the birth policy. In other words, most of these young people have siblings, and the impact and impact on their families is much lower than that of only childrenYe Zhisheng paused slightly, and said, "More importantly, most of the young people in this age group have just entered college and have not yet graduated. If we define the target of recruitment as social labor, it will inevitably have an impact on social production. The impact on social production can be minimized by recruiting current university students. Of course, university students could be attracted through a variety of subsidies and welfare policies, such as the state paying for their tuition fees and the promise of free choice after the war ended

"You can do that, but you have to set the premise that recruiters have to volunteer

Ye Zhisheng nodded and said, "That's for sure, after all, we are recruiting volunteers, not compulsory soldiers."

"Also, the contract for new recruits can be appropriately modified, after all, after the end of the war, the size of the army must be appropriately reduced."

Ye Zhisheng nodded again, indicating that he understood what Yuan meant.

"Any other questions?" Wang Yuanqing glanced at Ye Zhisheng and said, "Just like at the beginning, come up with a detailed plan as soon as possible, and then discuss specific measures with Yan Jingyu."

"Nothing else, I'll take my leave

Wang Yuanqing nodded and sent Ye Zhisheng away.

So far, Wang Yuanqing has gained a relatively comprehensive understanding of the situation in the republic.

It's not bad, but it's not ideal. The war will definitely have an impact on the country's economy and society, and all Wang Yuanqing can do is to minimize the impact as much as possible, so that most citizens of the republic will not lower their living standards or lose their loved ones because of this war.

To achieve this goal, Wang Yuanqing must do one thing well, that is, to control the scale of the war.

When Yan Shanglong arrived, Wang Yuanqing had been thinking about this issue.

It's not that there is no way to control the scale of the war, it's just that the scale should be controlled to what extent. Obviously, this has a lot to do with Wang Yuanqing's upcoming declaration of war. Even if it's a wording. will change the meaning of the declaration of war, and thus have an irreversible impact on the war.

Wang Yuanqing knows very well that at this moment, the intelligence agencies of the United States and India have received the news, and the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of India are waiting for the declaration of war of the Republic of China!