Chapter 553: The Post-War Economic Crisis

readx; Chen Jingyun, in order to win over the navy, but also to maintain the combat effectiveness of the navy, can be said to have fully accepted the navy of the former Qing era, not only officers but also soldiers He continued to use it, Sa Zhenbing and Cheng Biguang are the most obvious examples. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Over the years, the navy has also been different from the army and the air force, the army and the air force were built by Chen Jingyun, and it can be said that Chen Jingyun has controlled them very thoroughly, but in the navy, Chen Jingyun can only guide and guide the general policy many times, and rarely interfere in practical affairs, otherwise Chen Jingyun would not be surprised that the group of people in the navy went to test aircraft carriers or even modify aircraft carriers without his own orders.

Although the navy still obeys Chen Jingyun's orders, but this state is somewhat uncomfortable for Chen Jingyun, who is used to being in charge of everything, and has been cultivating his own lineage in the navy over the years, Yu Wentao has been promoted to vice admiral with the support of Chen Jingyun, and served as the director of the Admiralty's Operations Department, there is no such thing as the General Staff Department in the Admiralty, so the Operations Division in the Admiralty is also different from the Army's Operations Division, but more like the Army's Operations Division's superior organization, the Staff Department, Or it is an organization such as the Naval Operations Department in the navies of other countries, which is mainly responsible for the strategic planning of the whole navy and the direct guidance of the operations of the navy's fleets in wartime, otherwise it would not be Yu Wentao, the top lieutenant general in the navy, who will serve as the director.

Although Chen Jingyun's intention to cultivate the strength of his lineage and control the naval force was not explicitly stated, those subordinates were all old people who had followed him for more than ten years, and they also saw this sign one after another, so some older people began to take the initiative to give way.

And this initiative to give way does not mean that he has given up power, but has retreated into the background, for example, Tang Huikang, who plays a pivotal role in the military industry, also resigned from his position, but he did not fade out of politics but continued to be led by Chen Jingyun's private industrial consultant, and his influence has not weakened much. Another example is Sa Zhenbing, if he retires from the position of chief of the admiralty, he is still the only admiral in the navy, and many of the admirals below are either his students or his subordinates, this influence is still the same, and the difference is that he is standing in the front desk now, and after he retreats, he is standing behind the scenes.

To a certain extent, this is a means of retreating into advance, Sa Zhenbing knows that if he continues to sit in the position of chief of the admiralty, Chen Jingyun will not say anything on the surface, but with Chen Jingyun's means, it is estimated that he will not have any good fruit to eat in the future.

And the important thing is that for the development of the navy, Sa Zhenbing knows very well that if Chen Jingyun wants to develop the navy with his heart, then he must let Chen Jingyun think that the navy is under his control, not controlled by a few admirals such as Sa Zhenbing and Cheng Biguang, Chen Jingyun's mind to completely control the navy is no secret, from the closure of the Fuzhou Naval School to the opening of the Nanjing Naval Officer School, and breaking the power of the old Fujian system, it can be seen from the recruitment of naval students across the country, Chen Jingyun is to establish his influence among the younger generation of the navy, and with part of the strength of Chen Jingyun's descendant Vice Admiral Yu Wentao in the navy, it is only a matter of time before Chen Jingyun personally takes control of the navy.

After considering many circumstances and for the future of the navy, Sa Zhenbing has decided to retire in advance, but before retiring, he has to arrange follow-up affairs, such as the candidate for the next chief of the navy, Sa Zhenbing is optimistic about Cheng Biguang.

Cheng Biguang naturally didn't know what Sa Zhenbing was planning in his heart, although he was puzzled, but since Sa Zhenbing asked him to do a new round of naval development plan, he was naturally very happy, so in the next time he was busy discussing the design plan of the next generation of heavy cruisers with the Department of Naval Administration, and he also began to formulate a new round of naval development plan, that is, the fourth phase of the navy development plan.

Although the Soviet army has won many victories in the past few years, and has recovered large territories such as Ukraine, it has also defeated many Russian White Army, and defeated Poland's 700,000 troops, but in Omsk in the face of more than 800,000 Chinese and Russian coalition troops, coupled with Omsk's complex and strong trenches and limited capacity of the Far Eastern Railway, So that the Soviet army could not fully devote millions of troops to the front line, although it also invested nearly a million troops to fight, but it was impossible to capture Omsk at all.

In addition, at this time, due to years of war in Soviet Russia, the level of industrial and agricultural production had been reduced to less than a quarter of the level of Russia in 1913, even if they believed in Marx God, but the people of the Social Workers also had to eat, and the war also needed shells and bullets, so in the foreseeable future, it was impossible to achieve a complete victory on the Eastern Front, and Soviet Russia also launched secret contacts with Russia.

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At this time, other countries that were Entente countries on the Chinese side also took a certain amount of diplomatic pressure, so they successfully allowed Soviet Russia and Russia to reach a temporary armistice agreement, which did not involve any political issues such as sovereignty, but signed a temporary armistice agreement under the pretext of humanitarianism, in order to avoid more casualties among the soldiers of China, the Soviet Union and Russia, and in humanitarian considerations.

At this time, Soviet Russia and Russia did not recognize each other, and they both said that they were Russian orthodoxy, and the front line of Omsk still maintained a large army, but because of the signing of the temporary armistice treaty, the emergence of large-scale battles was finally avoided, so that the Soviet army and the Russian army were given a full respite, and the two Russia in the east and west got valuable development time, the Soviet Union began to put forward the first five-year industrial development plan, and the Russian Provisional Political Axe also announced the formation of a formal political axe, the establishment of the Russian Republic, and the preparation of the National Congress, Kerensky's Socialist-Revolutionaries won the election, and Kerensky was elected the first president of the Russian Republic.

After the fighting stopped for a while, the Chinese side also transferred other troops from China to Russia to replace the troops of the 10th and 12th armies stationed in Russia for many years, the purpose of which was to let those domestic troops who had not fought for many years also go to the front line in Omsk to feel the tense atmosphere of war.

You must know that although the two sides signed a temporary armistice agreement, the two sides of the Omsk front still maintain heavy troops, the front-line troops are still in a state of combat readiness, and a large number of soldiers are still deployed in those trenches, which is not much different from the war period, and in fact, although the large-scale war is over, some small-scale conflicts still occur from time to time, such as scouts to investigate, sneak attacks, assassinations and other things often happen.

In any case, the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922 and the signing of the Provisional Armistice in Omsk finally brought an end to the war that had lasted for many years on a global scale.

Just when people thought that peace had come, a better life was waiting for them, but they found that even if there was no war, the world was not so beautiful, with the end of the war in Europe and even the Russian civil war, the industrial development of various countries stimulated by the war came to a standstill, whether it was the United States, the United States or even China, because of the end of the war, a large number of military-related enterprises contracted, laid off, and other industries were also affected by the post-war economic crisis and encountered serious difficulties.

Naturally, China and China, which had been integrated into the world trading system, were also deeply affected by the post-war economic crisis, and their industry and commerce began to shrink as soon as Germany surrendered in 1919. China's industry and commerce were also hit hard after the end of the European war, especially the textile industry and other light industrial products were greatly hit, and a large number of British, French and even so-called 'local enterprises entered the Chinese market, so that China's own light industry system is facing a major crisis. Rather, the heavy industry system lasted for two more years because it was still supported by the Russian Civil War, but when the Russian Civil War ended, it also fell into a state of stagnation.

At the beginning of 1923, Ma Yinchu of the Economic Development Department looked at the economic development forecast report in his hand with a sad face, and did not know how to say good to Chen Jingyun, and Zhuang Nan of the Ministry of Finance was even more depressed, because in the 1923 fiscal revenue budget, there was the first decline since the Fujian military and political axe era in 1911, and the fiscal revenue budget for 1922 last year was 1.9 billion Chinese yuan, although it was only 20 million more than the 1.88 billion yuan in 1921, but it maintained growth. However, the 1923 budget for fiscal revenue was only 1.86 billion, and instead of increasing, it was 40 million less than last year's 1.9 billion, and even 20 million less than in 1921. And what does the direct reduction in fiscal revenue represent? It represents that the post-war economic crisis has begun to affect China's economy on a large scale.

China's economy began to decline, and China's neighbors said, 'Ben is better off going there, they began to decline in 1919, and in 1920 they said, 'Although the political axe stimulated the economy through the development of armaments, there was a rare prosperity that was better than during the war in Europe, but it only lasted for a year, and in 1921 the economy plummeted, and in 1922 the post-war economic crisis was even more serious. The emergence of the U.S. economic crisis has not only hindered China's raw silk exports, but also hit China's export trade, which mainly exports raw silk and foreign cloth.

In 1923, when China once again raised the import tariffs on cloth and other textiles to protect its textile industry, it was already struggling in the Chinese market, not only to compete with Chinese foreign cloth but also with Britain, France and the United States.

At the beginning of 1923, China, like other industrial countries in the world, was plagued by the post-war economic crisis, and even the fourth phase of the Chinese Navy's naval development plan was forced to delay, and the completion of many warships under construction was also delayed. He said, "It's not much better, the modified aircraft carrier was originally going to be commissioned in 1924, but now they have adjusted the plan to after 1927."

In order to protect its own industry and commerce, China not only raised tariffs on light industrial products, but also advocated the use of domestic products in the country, which was strongly opposed, and the two countries had already been in conflict because of economic problems in the first two years, and in 1923, when the Luda Concession Treaty expired, it completely ignited the contradictions between the two countries!

Less than a year after peace, the shadow of war once again looms over people's heads!