Chapter 329: The Battle for Military Spending
readx; Now that the branches of the armed services have been completely separated, it is natural that disputes between the branches of the armed services, especially between the branches of the armed forces, will inevitably arise. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although the pillar of the national army is now the army, and the army does occupy more than eighty percent of the military spending, but the fight is still to fight, some time ago the navy worked hard to get an entry ceremony to Chen Jingyun to see is also to let Chen Jingyun pay more attention to the navy, so as to allocate more military spending to the navy, and this is indeed successful, Chen Jingyun not only promised to make up for the navy's maintenance expenses this year, but also ordered a 4,000-ton light cruiser for the navy in the second round of aid treaty signed with the United States. In addition, he has made a private commitment to Sa Zhenbing that if there is no major change in the domestic situation in the distribution of military spending next year, then the navy will appropriately increase a part of the maintenance funds for the entry into service of a large number of US-made warships that will return to China next year.
Although the navy is a huge expenditure to buy warships, the maintenance expenses are not small, the cost of a large warship is extremely high in a year, for example, for a warship of 500 tons to 7800 tons, the annual salaries of officers and soldiers, coal burning and maintenance costs add up to about 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, one does not sound like much, but a whole navy has a lot of warships of similar tonnage, but there are more than one or two, and now there are gunboats of less than 1,000 tons in the Admiralty of the National Army. There are dozens of destroyers, which add up to a high cost, and a large cruiser, such as the Haiqi, costs about 300,000 yuan a year, and at the same time, various facilities in various military ports also require a large amount of military expenses. The annual cost of maintaining the existing naval fleet alone, as well as other naval facilities, is no less than four million. With such a high maintenance cost, it is not difficult to understand why Chen Jingyun said that he raised the navy and supplied it in full, and a large number of naval officers took refuge in it.
The current maintenance expenses of the navy are so high, and when a large number of US-built warships return to China next year, the maintenance cost of an ocean-going high-speed cruiser fleet will not be low, and according to the current regular expenses of the navy, it will not be able to meet them at all, so if the navy does not increase military spending next year, Sa Zhenbing can only endure the pain of decommissioning a number of old gunboats, and then reduce some of the personnel, and call on the vast number of officers and men of the navy to give play to the spirit of enduring hardships and standing hard work, and then pay arrears and suspend the maintenance work of the warships.
However, after the commissioning ceremony, Chen Jingyun privately promised Sa Zhenbing that next year's navy funding will rise, as for how much it will rise, but it will not make the navy even unable to raise warships, but he also said to Sa Zhenbing: "Now there are too many old and useless old ships in the navy, and some old ships with weak combat effectiveness and difficult maintenance should also be decommissioned, otherwise it is useless to keep them!" ”
Although Sa Zhenbing was unwilling in his heart, he also knew that those old ships were of little use, and if they were kept, they could only be used to maintain the establishment and personnel, and the combat effectiveness was almost negligible. Next year, the Chinese Navy will welcome a large number of American-made warships back to China, and it does not matter if the establishment and personnel are maintained, at that time, it applied for the retirement of one old gunboat, and two months later applied for the retirement of two old gunboats. In addition, it is also planned to continue to decommission a number of old warships after the US-made fleet returns to China next year, and save part of the funds for the maintenance of the Navy's new ships and the overhaul of some of the main old ships.
The Navy is like this, and the Air Force is also fighting at military expense.
The situation of the air force is much better than that of the navy, and because of Chen Jingyun's strong support and the great contributions he made in the war in southern Jiangsu at that time, many army generals have a good impression of the air force, and they also rely heavily on the air force to provide air reconnaissance information. In spite of this, the army generals of the army are also very dissatisfied with the large number of procurement funds taken by the Air Force, especially when they heard that the Air Force's batch of D4A fighters, which have only been used for less than a year, have not even improved them, and their opinions are even greater after they are directly retired and dismantled, and they shout one after another: "Our army's old and retired guns still have to be used, why do you say that the new guys who have only used it for one year will throw them away, and then replace them with the latest aircraft!" ”
For this reason, the Air Force attracted a lot of resentment, which made Wu Shizhong under great pressure. Sometimes when I walked into the headquarters, those army generals randomly came up with a rank no lower than him, and then they all asked how the air force was, and Wu Shizhong had to give them a smile.
After waiting in the side hall of the Generalissimo's Mansion for a short time, Yu Shifeng from the Secretariat of the Marshal's Mansion came to call him, saying that Chen Jingyun could see him.
Immediately, Wu Shizhong walked into Chen Jingyun's office, at this time, Chen Jingyun was holding a pen and commenting on a document, and when he looked up, he saw Wu Shizhong come in and said, "You do it for a while!" ”
Regardless of Wu Shizhong, he continued to bow his head and write, Wu Shizhong could only sit on the sofa next to him, and then wait quietly!
After more than ten minutes, Chen Jingyun put down the pen, closed the document, and handed it to Yu Shifeng: "Give this to the Ministry of Civil Affairs!" ”
Yu Shifeng said: "Yes! Then he took the papers and walked out.
Chen Jingyun walked to the sofa, and then sat down, at this time, naturally the secretary of the secretariat served tea, Chen Jingyun took a sip to moisten his throat and said: "I heard from the people below just now that there is a plane coming over there in Beiyang?" ”
Wu Shizhong said: "Yes, about an hour ago, two pigeon planes of the Beiyang Air Force flew to the sky over our Nanjing city to conduct reconnaissance, and four fighters quickly took off from our Nanjing Air Base, and after an air battle, they successfully shot down these two enemy planes, and people have been sent to search for the wreckage of these two planes, and it is expected that there will be news soon!" ”
Chen Jingyun was a little happy when he heard that two planes had been shot down after an air battle, and although this result was within his expectations: "Yes, it can be seen that the Air Force's training has not been in vain!" ”
At this time, Wu Shizhong landed a document: "This is a detailed report on this air battle!" ”
Chen Jingyun took it, glanced at it a few times, and then closed the document: "This air battle is the first air battle of our army, and you should pay attention to grasp the experience in it, promote the good ones, and correct the bad ones." In addition, the four meritorious pilots this time also need to be commended, well, in this way, Huang Feihang, who led the team, was awarded the Silver Medal, and the other three pilots were awarded the Bronze Medal. ”
Wu Shizhong naturally has no opinion on Chen Jingyun's personal commendation, even if Chen Jingyun doesn't say it, he plans to ask for credit for this pilot, after all, this is the first air battle, and the publicity is of great significance. And you can't just look at the downed two enemy planes.
This time it was able to shoot down the enemy plane smoothly, which proved that the fighter force of the Nationalist Army was usable, and it should also be able to continue to report air superiority, after all, the gap between the air force of the Nationalist Army and the Beiyang Army was too great, and it was unlikely that the Beiyang Army would use the two inferior planes, Gao Delong and Pigeon, to gain air supremacy on the battlefield. But then again, the sky is so vast, and whether it is the aircraft of the National Army or the Beiyang Army, the range is not large, only about four or five hundred kilometers, and there is no radar detection system in these years, so in the absence of accurate information, the chances of the planes of the two sides meeting in the air will not be very high. It will not be said that the Nationalist Army will be able to maintain full air supremacy with more than 20 D5A fighters, and the reconnaissance planes of the Beiyang Army can completely take advantage of the time difference, or even make a detour for a period of time, and then control the situation of the Nationalist Army's ground forces.
So after thinking of this, Chen Jingyun said: "I told you before that the best way to destroy the enemy's planes is to destroy them on the ground, and your air force should expand the search range, find out their air base, and then give him an air raid to wipe them out on the ground!" ”
Wu Shizhong said: "Commander, rest assured, I have already passed down the order to search for the enemy's air base before I came, and it is expected that the results will come soon." In addition, in the near future, our air force will also increase patrols along the Yangtze River to intercept reconnaissance flights of enemy planes! ”
"Very good, you also know these in your heart, I won't say more!" Chen Jingyun said and took another sip of tea.
At this time, Wu Shizhong said: "However, in this air battle, some problems have also been exposed, although the D5A fighter that our army is now equipped with can easily shoot down enemy aircraft, but it has also exposed some problems. If the Beiyang Army is equipped with more advanced aircraft, I am afraid that the current D5A fighters will have a hard time coping with it. Therefore, the Ministry of the Air Force thought of asking the Fuzhou Aircraft Factory to develop a fighter for air supremacy. ”
Chen Jingyun knows about the D5A fighter in service, and knows that this aircraft is also based on the D5 reconnaissance plane, and it was not developed for the fighter from the beginning, but it has been modified and optimized a lot, and it is much more successful than the D4A fighter that was improved according to the D4 reconnaissance plane last time.
With the rapid development of the Nationalist Army's aircraft, the Beiyang Air Force is bound to purchase more advanced aircraft. The Great Powers will also develop specialized air supremacy fighters. If the great powers really let go of the research and development of the posture, with the strong industrial capacity of the great powers, I am afraid that it will not take two months to come up with a fighter that is more advanced than the D5A, and in order to maintain the leading position of the national army's aircraft, it is necessary for the Fuzhou Aircraft Factory to develop a more modern fighter.
Immediately said: "This is okay, your Air Force Department will put forward a request according to the existing situation, and let Qin Guoyong develop it!" ”
Wu Shizhong showed a look of embarrassment at this time: "The funds of the Air Force Department are all used to purchase D5 reconnaissance planes, D5A fighters, and B3 bombers, and the cost of developing new planes is ......."
In the national army system, the Fuzhou Arsenal is mainly responsible for recognizing the research and development and production of the military industry, and the Fuzhou Arsenal has organized many departments into enterprises, such as Mawei Shipyard and Jiangnan Shipyard and Fuzhou Aircraft Factory have been separated from the Fuzhou Arsenal, and the Southeast Iron and Steel Plant has now become a steel enterprise. However, whether it is the Fuzhou Arsenal or the Southeast Iron and Steel Plant, the two shipyards or the aircraft factory, although these enterprises are inextricably linked with the Nationalist Army, they have now become out-and-out private enterprises. If they don't have the money to take it out, they won't, and they don't have enough money to support the development of a new fighter.
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