In fact, although the automobile production in Western countries is huge, the proportion of commercial freight trucks is not large.
For example, last year, France produced only 22,000 trucks, but 143,000 cars; the United States produced 697,000 trucks, but produced 3.274 million cars.
One hundred and fifty thousand vehicles is not a small amount. With such a large order placed in one go, it would be amazing if several Canadian car manufacturers combined could take 20,000 vehicles, because their truck production last year was only 37,000 vehicles. The remaining 130,000 vehicles will naturally be the food of Americans.
However, this batch of orders requires a lot of funds. The prices of light and medium-sized trucks such as Ford G917 truck, Dodge T203 truck, Chevrolet G472 truck, etc. vary. Even if they are just spare parts without final assembly, the unit price is estimated to be It should be around US$1,300 to US$2,000.
In other words, the total price may exceed US$200 million? If converted, it would be 800 to 900 million yuan in Sihai banknotes?
You must know that a destroyer currently only costs 20 million yuan, and the purchase price of a Wuyishan-class heavy cruiser is just over 80 million yuan.
So where does this money come from? Increase taxes? Or cut the budget in other areas?
Wu Zhengren had already guessed in his heart the thoughts of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - education, medical care and other aspects of people's livelihood should not be taken rashly; apart from that, the most expensive thing was naturally the military.
Who will be killed by the army, navy and air force of the Ming Dynasty?
The army is large and consumes the most military expenditures, and even if it uses old equipment, its combat effectiveness will not be significantly reduced.
The navy's military expenditure is second, and as the naval treaty is approaching the expiration date, the Ming Navy is ready to decommission old ships, replace them with new ones, and build large-scale new ships. This is also a big money burner.
Because the size of the new Air Force is not as large as that of the Army and Navy, its proportion of military expenditures is not large and there is nothing to reduce. It is also the service that uses old equipment and has the most significant impact on combat effectiveness, so it is not appropriate to reduce it.
After Zhu Lizhen went back to have dinner, Wu Zhengren sighed: "Such a strategy goes against today's radical trends. It's a dilemma...it's hard to please both sides."
The strategic plan of building for a few more years before preparing for war is completely different from the impatient thinking of many people in North Korea and China.
But the Crown Prince is a very persistent person. Can such a contradiction be reconciled?
There are thousands of people who are as sad as him, Zhou Changfeng can barely count half of them.
After Yang Zhen admired the casual essay he wrote, he set his sights on Zhou Changfeng, which made the latter's days in the Marine Corps training class suddenly become a little sad.
From time to time, ask him to answer questions, express his opinions, or write a separate report.
But sadness is only relative. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is essentially an unusual consideration.
The scores in many subjects such as landing combat theory, Marine Corps command science, staff operations science, logistics supply science, tactical organization science, arms matching science, coastal defense science, etc. are almost all at the same level.
Because of its standard and accuracy, the tactical strategy diagram of his staff work was even forwarded by Yang Zhen to the Army Armed Forces Academy as a model for study and reference.
"It is essential to complete your studies by writing an essay. This is an opportunity to condense your learning results and personal ideas. You must not be perfunctory and must be cautious. If you have ideas, you can start making preliminary preparations today."
On the fifth day of October, although there was still more than a month before the end of the training class, Yang Zhen had already assigned tasks in advance.
It can be said that this task is not difficult. You can just pick one point from many aspects to discuss. The 6,000-word "discussion" can be written in a few days. After a little refinement, I will try to solve it within ten days.
But this afternoon, just as Zhou Changfeng was preparing to go to the Library Pavilion, news came that most of the Third Hun Brigade had already returned?
So he put down what he was doing and hurried over.
In the elegant and simple check-in room, Huang Taize, who was processing files and documents, instantly turned cold when he saw Zhou Changfeng.
"Do you think you're going to come back? Does the Navy's bait taste good?" He continued to write with a pen, and there was no emotion or joy in his voice.
Zhou Changfeng, who was slightly embarrassed, replied with some embarrassment: "When I return to my seat, I want to have more opportunities to participate in the war after joining the Marine Corps. This should not be considered cheating."
"Why did you join the war? Kill the enemy and serve the country? Make achievements? You're so messy. You look like a fool. You still laugh when someone pushes you into a pit of fire, right? Do you really think that the navy is a good place?"
"In terms of complicated relationships, that place is no less than ours. Do you have a solid foundation? As someone with a martial arts background in the Army... will you be happy if I ask you to do all the dirty and hard work in the future?"
After so many days of anger, Huang Taize couldn't get angry at this moment.
"Brigadier, this is not serious, is it?" Zhou Changfeng recalled the conversation with Shen Yu that day, "I don't know who is behind this transfer. The Navy should not mess with it."
Huang Taize scolded him, and he was almost relieved. After all, since the manipulator behind the scenes could persuade the navy to poach the enemy, and the "offering price" was very high, it was unlikely that the imperial army could protect him, so there was no need to blame Zhou Changfeng entirely. myself.
As a result, Zhou Changfeng's call made him angry again.
"The man behind the scenes? Do you know who he is? You'd better pray to God and pray that he really treats you as one of his own." He frowned.
Of course, Huang Taize was just complaining. After all, if he didn't pay special attention to it, the man behind the scenes wouldn't have spent so much effort to recruit people from the Navy.
Seeing Zhou Changfeng lowered his head and said nothing, he waved his hand, "Go away! Don't delay the burial ceremony tomorrow."
"yes."
After saluting and just about to leave, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of the pension level, so he stopped and briefly told Huang Taize about his visit to the Military and Political Department some time ago.
Huang Taize snorted when he heard that he first went to the Army General Hospital to collect signatures from the wounded soldiers and submitted a letter of recommendation to the Metropolitan Procuratorate before going to the Military and Political Department of the Ministry of War.
"I guess you are a little bit thoughtful. You are not wrong in this matter, and so is the guy from the Department of Military Affairs. It is enough for you to give feedback and suggestions on this discrepancy in the rules. If you chase it and try to solve it all at once, you are asking for trouble."
"clear."
"It's difficult to separate military and political affairs. You will have to endure a lot of training in the future. Be smart...that's all. Go ahead."
In this war going to the border, the imperial army representing the royal family and the old forces fought well. Although the third mixed brigade's annihilation of Wilson's task force had shortcomings, it was not satisfactory, and it was quite powerful and majestic.
Excluding the 171 killed in the 1st Battalion, the total number of killed in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Battalions and other units was 423, and the number of wounded was 1,007, and most of them were during the overnight siege and annihilation of Task Force Wilson on that day. appeared, and there were no casualties in the subsequent confrontation.
In the early morning of the next day, the funeral ceremony, which had been prepared by the Hunsan Brigade's left-behind office, began.
It’s hard to call God beautiful, because he seemed to feel the desolation of the corpse wrapped in horse leather, and a light rain began to fall in the gray sky.
(End of chapter)
