Before, Wang Jitong was worried about fighting with two world powers, but at this time, facing reality, he finally changed his attitude and felt that the three East Asian countries could indeed fight with one of them. Yang Rui didn't speak when he saw this, but he drank tea with a smile. It's advisable to go through North America at least on paper, and the next thing is how to do it in practice. Unlike the smoother plans on paper, he believes there will be numerous obstacles to its implementation, such as finding a foothold in Mexico and Cuba, and even more so bombing the bauxite mines in several southern states.

Of course, the Americans know the importance of bauxite, and if they lose bauxite, they will lose their air force -- according to the data on Yang Rui's notebook, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false: even if the Soviet Union had 280,000 tons of aluminum aided by the Allies in World War II, plus 260,000 yuan of self-produced, an average of 120,000 tons of aluminum per year, but so much aluminum could only be used in wooden planes; During the entire war, only more than 14,500 twin-engine bombers and 40,000 fighters were built into 400,000 tons of aluminum; Germany, on the other hand, produced 190,000 tons of aluminum in the year of the war, and 260,000 tons at the peak, which was only enough to build a tactical air force.

Aluminum that moves the Americans is the life of the Americans. In the early days of the bombing, the US Army Air Force would definitely fight for its life, and I don't know if the Air Force would be able to withstand it. Thinking of this, Yang Rui opened his mouth and asked: "50,000 combat planes and 10,000 bombers every year, is this number enough?" Can you add some more? ”

"Sir, this depends on whether there is an additional source of military spending." Zhou Sixu said. "Bank Xingjian has come up with a lot of ways to make money. Another is that before landing in Panama, we must take the South Seas, and after landing in Panama, it is better to take India, West Asia, Africa and other places. In this way, with the exception of Europe and Soviet Russia, the resources of the whole world are within our control. In addition to resources, the Asian dollar can also be widely circulated in these regions, so that the annual military expenditure will definitely exceed 60 billion, reaching 70 billion or more.

The current situation is that adding 10,000 more single-engine combat planes will roughly require an increase of about 2.1 billion yuan in military spending, of which 400 million yuan will be the cost of replacing spare parts. The ratio of planes to pilots is five to three. If it is one to one, plus airport facilities and radar ground crew, it will take 2.6 billion. It's just that fighter jets are being upgraded every year, and we roughly judge that new planes can only be used for one year, and no more than two years at most, so the ratio of five to three aircraft pilots is more than enough, and when the time comes, there must be not enough new planes and too many pilots, and many new pilots can only fly planes that have been used for a year.

The ratio of planes to pilots on the bomber side is one to one, and although the number of machine gunners has been increased in the future, the machine gunners will not make the training cost increase much, so the military expenditure required for each additional 10,000 four-engine bombers is roughly 7.5 billion, and 750 million per 1,000 planes. But unlike single-engine aircraft, which became obsolete in a year, the four-engine bomber was surprisingly expensive to use. According to current estimates, even if military salaries, ammunition, fuel, and airfield facilities are not calculated, 10,000 bombers will still spend about 800 million yuan a year on spare parts, especially for replacing engines. In this way, it will take 830 million for every 1,000 additional bombers. ”

Zhou Sixu paused here and said: "In fact, in addition to increasing the cost of building more planes, there is also a way to shorten the range. It was only 1,200 kilometers from the U.S.-Mexico border to bomb Arkansas bauxite, and from Cuba it was only 1,200 kilometers to bomb scattered bauxite mines in Alabama and Georgia. Such a range bomber can not only be fully loaded, but also fighter escort, and this gain is much more important than the increase in yield. ”

"That means Mexico and Cuba have to take it." Yang Rui pondered. "And the Army is going to push the front to the U.S.-Mexico border."

"Yes, sir. It is necessary to consider it from the perspective of restraining the opponent. Once the range is reduced to less than 1,200 kilometers, the Air Force's 40,000 planes will be able to engage the US Army in full combat. Once engaged, considering their lack of aluminum, the planes were one less to fight, and in the end, they had to use wooden planes. ”

"What is the difference in performance between a wooden airplane and an aluminum airplane?" Wang Jitong, a bystander, suddenly asked.

"The main reason for the wooden aircraft is that the fuselage is not strong enough, and in order to achieve this strength, the aircraft will appear very heavy, resulting in insufficient maneuverability; In addition, the wood is not homogeneous and must be glued together, so the quality control of the manufacturing process is extremely critical.

The last is the yield and model, the wood needs to be processed for a long time after cutting, the most important thing is to let it lose water naturally, and at the same time considering that the wood is easy to deform, no matter how careful, the life of the body is difficult to exceed a year, or even half a year, especially in the humid south, the wood deformation is even worse. These two factors will greatly increase the difficulty of mass production of wooden aircraft, and the increased pressure of mass production will cause the production quality to get out of control, and then form a vicious circle.

In addition to this, wooden planes can only be built with single and twin engines, and four-engine bombers cannot be built due to the strength of the fuselage. This is tantamount to saying that the Americans will have only one tactical air force, and this air force will lag far behind us in the performance of combat aircraft. Zhou Sixu explained. Based on the above considerations, even if the Air Force bomber force is completely wiped out, it will have to forcibly suppress the bauxite production in the southern United States, ensuring that their aluminum production is only less than 50,000 tons, or even almost zero. ”

"Alright, let's talk about it." Yang Rui remembered it in his heart, but he didn't care about it. He pointed to the general table and said: "Why is there no ammunition navy in the back?" ”

"Sir, the navy needs less ammunition in the first place." "We estimate that the annual ammunition cost of the Navy will be about 300 million, and after landing in Panama, the US oil production will drop sharply, and she can only use the limited oil for the army, and the battle at sea will only occur between submarines, aircraft carriers and land-based aircraft." In addition, naval equipment can also be reduced on a large scale in the later period, and now the table shows that the navy will still have 3 billion yuan in equipment costs in 32 years, 2 billion yuan in 33 years, and 1 billion yuan in 330 years, which is only an estimate. As far as the actual situation is concerned, I believe that after the landing, the cost of naval equipment can be reduced to less than 1 billion yuan. ”

After talking about the cost of ammunition and equipment for the navy, Zhou Sixu went on to say something else, "In the later period of the Air Force, there was an annual equipment cost of 20 billion, and the ammunition cost was mainly taken into account strategic bombing, so it increased year by year, and the highest was 2 billion. Oil is calculated according to oil production, and the maximum of 4 billion yuan is an estimate, but it should not be used in practice -- chemical products are mainly invested in the early stage and the technology is also high, but the real production cost is not high. The investment in the petrochemical industry in the early stage has been listed in the column of 'others', and there are about 4 billion yuan of infrastructure and production expansion costs every year.

The standard bereavement pension is $1,000 for the dead and $500 for the disabled. This was issued at that time, and there was a pension every year after that, but these are not reflected here. In the year of landing, we expect 1.5 million casualties, of which 500,000 are killed and 1 million are disabled, and after that, 250,000 killed and 500,000 disabled are expected each year. ”

The numbers are extremely understated, but the truth is brutal. Yang Rui pondered for a moment and said, "If Mexico could have invited us earlier, then we might be able to go ashore in Mexico, so that there would be fewer casualties in the landing." ”

"Sir, we judge that in order to prevent the landing of our troops, all of Mexico will be occupied by the United States. And given the preparation time, even if the president of Mexico invites us to station, we will be helpless in the face of the full force of the U.S. Army. So the early bombing can only hope for Cuba. It is separated by more than 260 kilometers from Miami, the nearest port on the mainland, and the submarine force can completely cut off the supply of US troops from the sea, and Cuba has serious anti-US sentiment. This is the place to be captured before landing. ”

"It's a pity that the Cuban government is still pro-American." Yang Rui thought of the intelligence bureau's analysis of the Cuban government, but he regretted it.

"But the Cuban people are not pro-American." Zhou Sixu added. "I think it's better not to use the Peng bomber on a large scale until the capture of Cuba. Or the landing in Panama and the landing in Cuba at the same time, at least one nail should be wedged in Cuba, so that the army will have a foothold when it lands. I have already mentioned this suggestion to the General Staff Staff, and everyone thinks that it is not impossible to land an army, but what they are worried about is how the army will hold out on the ground in Cuba despite the lack of supplies, and that if there are too few people who go, they will be strangled by the US military, and that there will be too many people to sustain it. ”

"What year will Panama be taken?" Yang Rui asked.

"It is expected to be at the end of the twenty-ninth year of Shenwu." Zhou Sixu said. "That is, at the end of the year after that."

"Isn't the supply sustained at this time?" Yang Rui asked strangely: "Isn't the army going to build a 30 million ton ship?" If they don't land for the time being, can't they be requisitioned? ”

"Sir, our main concern is that the Panama Canal locks were blown up by the U.S. military at the time of the seizure. If the locks are destroyed, we will have to delay at least half a year, and the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar may not be able to be taken in this half year, so the supply voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa will exceed 25,000 kilometers. And I don't know if the resources and military spending of that year can sustain the army to fight in Cuba......"

"Make up as much as you can." Yang Rui explained. "Cuba doesn't need armored divisions, mountain divisions do, so fuel is saved, and the rest of the supplies can be solved locally, only ammunition needs to be replenished. This matter can be left to the Japanese, and they have always been saving money by fighting. Then we will land in Panama from the Pacific Ocean, and they will land at Guantanamo, Cuba, from the Atlantic. If the preparation is insufficient, the entire landing can be postponed for half a year. ”

Seeing that Yang Rui was really determined to take Panama and Cuba at the same time, Zhou was speechless and said: "Don't postpone it, the more you postpone it, the more prepared the Americans will be." We must take Panama in the 29th year of Shenwu and blockade the whole of America. ”

"Then let it be decided." Yang Rui nodded, "Compared with whether the army's tactics are kept secret, it is more important to seize Cuba and bomb the bauxite in the southern part of the United States. Meow chariots can be used in Cuba if needed, and once they are used in Cuba, they can be used on the Panamanian side. ”

"When the students go back, they will explain to the General Staff to change this part of the battle plan. In fact, they are not worried about the meow style, but they are worried about the early exposure of the Buddha mat. Zhou Sixu smiled. The General Staff is probably from many army officers, so when making plans, I can't help but think more about the army, especially the secrecy of tactics and weapons, but with Mr. 's words, then there is no need to worry.

The Buddha mat is a hovercraft, drawing on the mythical Arabian flying carpet, and the project team took the name of the Buddha mat. Landing by hovercraft will indeed make the US military unable to guard against it, but if the weapon is captured and copied by the US military, even if it is not imitated and only its performance is known, it will be detrimental to the subsequent large-scale landing, and the wary Americans will definitely let their own side bleed during the landing.

"Exposed, exposed." Yang Rui, who understands how to choose, is sure. "I would rather sacrifice 500,000 more people when the army lands, but also suppress the production of aluminum in the United States as soon as possible and comprehensively. The landing may really cause heavy losses, but once it lands, we will have air supremacy in a war. Regardless of how many people will be sacrificed, the key is that the war in North America can end as soon as possible. But don't forget that the war in North America is only a part of the entire world war, and we have been fighting in North America for the past few years, and I am afraid that Germany will have swallowed the whole of Europe long ago, and Soviet Russia is estimated to have been beaten half to death by him......"

Speaking of which, Yang Rui thought about what would be the result of the Soviet Union alone against Germany without US aid? I have seen too many Su fans say that the US aid arrived after 43 years, and the US aid does not affect the war. However, in terms of military spending, trucks are undoubtedly the most expensive equipment of the World War II Army, and the initial equipment cost is estimated to be 4.5 billion, more than 1.2 million vehicles; followed by 2.4 billion, 150,000 armored vehicles; After that, there were 1.8 billion, 32,000 vehicles. The Soviets, who did not have enough trucks, would find it difficult to push the line back, even if they could grit their teeth and hold the line. If the Soviet-German war is a stalemate, the Soviet Union, whose industrial base is all in the west, will probably not be able to hold out, and Comrade Steel will really go crazy.

Thinking of this, Yang Rui couldn't help laughing - once the United States is gone, it really depends on my Greater China to turn the tide and preside over world justice. He was laughing inexplicably, but Wang Jitong's mouth was long enough to swallow a teapot, and he said, "Ah?!" The European side is also going to fight? When was this decided? How did I not know? ”

Seeing that Wang Jitong was surprised, Zhou Sixu smiled and said nothing, but Yang Rui said, "Brother Xu." From an American's point of view, he is most afraid of three situations: first, Germany's domination of Europe and occupation of most of Soviet Russia is actually to obtain Soviet Russian raw materials; second, the occupation of Central Europe, that is, Germany and France; Third, the Sino-Japanese alliance, or the rule of Soviet Russia over China and Japan. These three scenarios are what the Americans are most worried about, and if we are to completely occupy the North American continent, we will also have to worry about the first and second scenarios, especially the first situation.

Although Germany was a fascist, it only rejected Jews and inferior races, and only controlled the economy rather than destroying it, and this political system could be maintained, but it was only to constantly plunder foreign countries. As far as Europe is concerned, we would rather see the Soviet Union occupy Europe than Germany occupy Europe, so in order to eliminate hidden dangers in the future, Germany will definitely continue to fight, at least the southern and eastern parts of Europe will be spit out. ”

Yang Rui said about the geographical relationship, and then said: "When we are at war with the United States, in addition to controlling the resources of Asia, Africa, and South America, we also need European funds and some cooperation in the early stage, and the price is that we ensure the security of their countries. Even if they die, we will support them in establishing a government-in-exile. As the saying goes, there is much help for the righteous and little help for the unjust, whether it is during the war or after the war, this is extremely necessary. (To be continued.) )