"Even the Americans, now we are not afraid!" Fan Chong said confidently that this confidence stemmed from the strategic plan in Meng Xiang's hand.

If it is said that when Meng Xiang showdown the Nanyang plan last year, Fan Chong still had a trace of worry about challenging the former number one power, but this year the British are no longer enough to become an opponent in his eyes. In the future strategic plan of the General Staff, only the Americans who are showing more and more strength will be in front of China.

"The Americans produced more than 80 million tons of steel in '43, and even though we produced 16 million tons of steel last year, the disparity is still huge." Zhou Bai said worriedly.

Zhou Bai just read out the annual economic work report for 43 years a while ago, and a more detailed and true list of reports was also sent to the desks of high-level giants.

Last year's economic performance was undoubtedly a step further. In particular, the most notable production of steel in this era.

In 42 years, steel production was already close to 11 million tons. This year, it soared again to nearly half.

It stands to reason that the construction of heavy industry requires a process of accumulation. At first, it can grow exponentially on a pitiful base, but after reaching a certain amount, it will slow down under the combined constraints of the market, costs, equipment and talents.

If there is no accident, a country with a weak industrial foundation like China may also encounter a bottleneck in industrial development if its output has exceeded 10 million tons, and the domestic industrial level has not been greatly improved and the market demand has stabilized. According to Huaxia's industrial level, even if there is more demand in the Huaxia market, even if more steel is produced, there is not enough processing capacity for a series of products, and it can only be a pile of scrap iron piled up there.

The huge number of talents required by the industrial chain has become a bottleneck restricting the further development of China.

There is not enough relevant talent. Even if Meng Xiang buys more machines, it is useless. This requires a precipitation process of digestion and absorption.

Because of this. In Mengxiang's plan, there is no plan to significantly expand steel production capacity, and this year's steel output can increase by 20% on the basis of available capacity. Such a big increase, even he didn't expect it.

However, a few things in the past 43 years have changed all that.

During the occupation of the Korean Peninsula. Huaxia took over the three steel mills set up there by the Japanese. After the loss of the Northeast, the Japanese had planned to use the iron ore resources of the Korean Peninsula to establish a solid arms supply base. But it was packed and packed up by Huaxia with people and equipment. As a result, Huaxia Iron and Steel increased its production capacity by more than one million.

Last year, China completely conquered Australia. Although it was destroyed by the Japanese and the Allies, it still retained nearly one million production capacity.

Because of Huaxia's southern offensive plan, Meng Xiang was worried about encountering an economic blockade after tearing his face with Britain and the United States, so he ordered a large number of blast furnaces and steel smelting machines from the Americans, and increased the steel production capacity by about one million.

In the hands of the Germans, a batch of steel equipment produced in Germany or in other European countries was ordered and exchanged, and the production capacity could be increased by another one million.

Of course, due to the relationship of time, these production capacities have not been transformed into actual output in time. Perhaps because of these increases in production, it is not the main reason for the rapid growth of Huaxia steel production capacity last year.

Huaxia's breakthrough in steel production last year mainly boiled down to two points. Technology and talent.

After several years of research. Huaxia has mastered and perfected the steelmaking technology of oxygen top blowing converter, which has greatly improved the efficiency of steelmaking. Plus a higher level of smelting and manufacturing techniques obtained from the Germans. As well as the advanced management experience learned from the Americans, the production efficiency has been greatly improved.

And this improvement is not only reflected in the steel industry, but also drives the improvement of the entire industrial level.

Because of the fear that the affairs of the Australian mainland would turn against Britain and the United States, Huaxia successively recalled more than 100,000 international students in Britain and the United States, and these people injected vitality into Huaxia industry in technology, management and other aspects.

And with them to Huaxia are a large number of contacts and talents accumulated over the years.

America doesn't have to be paradise. Although the war brought more jobs to the United States, some Europeans who fled to the United States were still depressed by various exclusions. Including some scientific and technological talents in the United States, when the United States, which entered the war, wanted to make way for the war, some trendy scientific and technological technologies were not taken seriously.

However, Meng Xiang, who is still bathed in the light of some historical golden fingers, is extremely familiar with the development of technology, and even the goal of some international students to study at the beginning is to go directly to these future technologies. At this time, it came in handy, and a lot of future science and technology bulls were brought back.

Because of the continuous war in Europe, many left-behind scientific and technological personnel and senior technical personnel have been completely disappointed, and a large number of them have been dug up by China one after another.

This kind of talent and technology has become the main driving force for China's industrial development last year, and at the same time, it has also promoted the substantial potential increase of steel production in the original basic equipment.

Of course, there can be no greater miracle under the improvement of such potential, unless money is spent on expanding production capacity again.

However, with the accumulation of Huaxia's industrial base, it already has the ability to expand itself, Meng Xiang does not want to squeeze Huaxia's own hematopoietic ability with a large number of imports, and the past two years have reached the critical period of Meng Xiang's looting plan, and there may be a large number of machines that do not need to spend money can be directly pulled back. Therefore, in the new year's plan, Meng Xiang did not import and expand machinery and equipment for the steel industry.

Zhou Bai, who didn't know Meng Xiang's plan to plunder, naturally saw at a glance that the gap between the strength of the United States and Huaxia could not be leveled in a short period of time.

"Steel production is five times worse, and industrial manufacturing capacity, especially in the military industry, is probably even worse!" Zhou Bai hesitated for a moment and then said.

Although Zhou Bai is not a hardcore pro-British and American faction like the pro-German model, it is precisely because of his experience of studying in Britain and the United States that he has a particularly deep understanding of Britain and the United States, especially the powerful industry of the Americans.

The horror of American power is not just steel, but that the Americans are putting most of their steel production into the war machine, turning it into tanks, artillery, planes and warships, etc., and sending them directly to the front line of war.

As everyone knows, China's military industry has only just begun, and the vast majority of the weapons of the national defense forces are still imported.

At the beginning, Huaxia completed the strategy of attacking Australia before the American war machine climbed to its peak, which made the Americans hesitate and did not completely tear their faces with Huaxia.

If this is a year late, I am afraid that as soon as China has landed in Australia, I am afraid that the Americans will first land in Australia from the sea and directly snatch the fruits of victory.

And now there is a South China Sea around China that needs to be completely resolved, and the possibility of American intervention is doubling.

"America is not so scary. They will still be busy in Europe for a while, and that time will be enough for us to solve the problems of the South Seas once and for all. Meng Xiang smiled indifferently.

The whole historical trend was somewhat deformed, and Meng Xiang had to plan in advance, taking advantage of the fact that the Americans' center of gravity was still in Europe, to close the net in Nanyang and even the whole of Asia as soon as possible, so as to prevent the Americans from pouring out their hands to deal with China.

Zhou Bai is not very familiar with the military, and he deliberately does not interfere in peacetime, so he also needs Meng Xiang to explain at this time, "Even if the Americans want to compete with us, across the Pacific Ocean, it will be the end of the crossbow!" ”

The United States of this era is not yet the United States that can control the world in later generations, and the best American transport planes cannot fly across the Pacific Ocean at once. The logistical pressure of crossing an ocean is enough to give the Americans a headache.

"None of them will necessarily be able to cross the Pacific Ocean!" Fan Chong said with a smile beside him.

Because the origin of the weapons in the base is unknown, some things cannot be explained, so Meng Xiang deliberately used clones to control the links, blurring everyone's vision, and many of them do not need to go through financial allocation, which also makes Zhou Bai, the big man, not very clear about the true strength of the Huaxia National Defense Force. On the contrary, Fan Chong, who was in charge of the General Staff, had a rough estimate of the overall strength of the Chinese army.

Among them is also the naval strength of China, which has always been unassuming.

Under the strength of the Huaxia Navy known to Fan, although it may not be able to directly overwhelm the US military, coupled with the strong air force of Huaxia, it is still no problem to cut off the Americans' Pacific supply lines. Without logistical supplies, how long can the Americans fighting across the ocean last?

"Even if they come, how many people can come? Can it be compared to our army of tens of millions? The old Tang next to him also smiled.

Even though after the disarmament of Huaxia, there were more engineering troops and a lot fewer field troops, everyone knows that the combat effectiveness of the Huaxia army, which has been strengthened by mechanization, is only strong but not weak, and it is not too simple to deal with the second-rate army of the Americans. Even if the Americans can cross the Pacific Ocean, they will be able to land smoothly under the protection of the Chinese army? The landing is easier to handle, and I am afraid that under the encirclement and suppression of the most powerful army in China, there will be no return.

"The American army has nowhere to bargain with the Japanese, let alone our Wehrmacht!" Yan Xishan also smiled.

"I'm afraid they won't dare to come!" Meng Xiang said with a smile.

Although once he completely turns his face with the United States, it will be very detrimental to the economic development of China and other aspects, Meng Xiang is not afraid of a war with Britain and the United States. When the fruit was ripe, Meng Xiang could no longer tolerate any further hesitation and delay.