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    In terms of army construction, China and the Second German Empire are fundamentally different.

    Seeing this difference clearly, you can understand why the armies of the two countries had so many differences during the Cold War.

    The difference is that in the military power of the Chinese Empire, the Army was only one of the components, and not the most important component. However, in the military power of the Second German Empire, the Army not only had the most important position, but could even  Said to be the backbone of its national defense strength.

    The resulting impact is that among China¡¯s military forces, the Army is only treated as a secondary force.

    ??Obviously, in the German army, the Army is the decisive and leading force.

    Of course, this is also directly related to the environment and basic military strategies of China and Germany, and it is not only the army that is affected, but also the navy and air force.

    The key point is that the living environment of the Second German Empire was far worse than that of China.

    You know, at the end of the war, the Second German Empire was almost completely surrounded by China.  There is Britain to the west, Turkey and several countries east of the Urals to the east, Egypt and Sudan to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north.  China deployed its troops outside the doorstep of the Second German Empire, and the German army's most advanced military bases were thousands of kilometers away from China's mainland. The Second German Empire was in an extremely bad situation.

    In the possible outbreak of a Sino-German war, the strategic situation of the Second German Empire is obviously extremely unfavorable.

    The environment directly determined the basic strategy of the Second German Reich.

    This is because there is not enough defensive depth.  Therefore, the Second German Reich certainly could not adopt a basic strategy focusing on defense during the Cold War.

    On the contrary, China¡¯s main strategy during the Cold War was defense-oriented.

    If the German army pursues a defensive strategy, then after the Sino-German war breaks out, the German army will lose the initiative and quickly lose the war.

    ??Obviously, China relied on huge strategic depth, even if it was in a disadvantageous position in the early stages of the war.  It can also turn defeat into victory.

    ??Military strategy is only a tool, not a purpose, and its service object is the country¡¯s basic strategy.  That is, the country's basic strategy determines its military strategy.

    The Second German Reich must pursue an offensive strategy, so it must build its military power around offense.

    It can be said that the equipment construction of the German army.  Very thoroughly reflects the importance of offense.  To put it simply, all the German army's equipment development plans revolve around offense.

    During the Cold War, the German army formulated several war plans against China. The core content of these war plans was that after the war broke out, the German army must launch an attack first, quickly remove the Chinese military bases around the homeland, and do everything possible to  If the war reaches China itself, China's military presence in the Western Hemisphere should at least be eradicated in the shortest possible time, so as to obtain a strategic situation comparable to China's.

    This idea is most obvious in the Imperial Army.

    This is.  All equipment development of the Imperial Army is mainly based on large-scale attrition warfare. Any kind of weapons and equipment can be mass-produced in wartime.

    To put it bluntly, the German army never thought about using a tank for decades.

    Affected by this, the main battle equipment of the Imperial Army does not have outstanding performance.  It is also not equipped with advanced equipment to achieve optimal performance based on ease of production.

    For example, among the three third-generation main battle tanks of the German army, the cost of the "Leopard" main battle tank with the largest number of equipment is only 2.3 million Reichsmarks, equivalent to 1.5 million Chinese yuan, while the T-  The cost of 88a is as high as 5 million Chinese dollars.  It is more than three times that of the "Leopard" type.  The other two third-generation main battle tanks of the German army, namely the "Tiger" and the "Lion", both have production limits due to their high cost.

    Actual combat has also proved that the "Leopard" is a very reliable tank, but its performance is not very good.

    Not to mention compared with the T-88A, even compared with the "Tiger" and "Lion", the "Leopard" is still far behind. Its combat effectiveness is only improved compared to the second-generation main battle tank, and compared with the mainstream third-generation main battle tank.  There is a clear gap between the third-generation main battle tanks, even the tanks developed by Israel and the United Kingdom.

    Of course, this also ensures sufficient production of the "Leopard".

    By the end of the Cold War, nearly 20,000 "Leopard" tanks had been produced, more than 12,000 were equipped by the German army, and thousands more were sold to more than 30 countries.

    In the early 1980s, when the Cold War was at its peak, the empire¡¯s arsenal could produce dozens of tanks every day.

    You must know that at the peak of mass production of T-88A, the annual output was less than 2,000 units, that is, each year??Only a few units will be produced.

    Of course, tanks are only part of the army's equipment.

    During the Cold War, other main battle equipment of the Imperial Army adopted a similar development method to the main battle tank, that is, everything was focused on mass production.

    During the forty-five years of the Cold War, the Second German Reich produced a total of 150,000 tanks, 200,000 armored vehicles and combat vehicles, 120,000 self-propelled artillery and rocket launchers, and 300,000 towed artillery.  You must know that during the Cold War, China produced less than 100,000 tanks, 150,000 armored vehicles and combat vehicles, less than 100,000 self-propelled artillery and rocket launchers, and only 50,000 towed artillery.

    ¡°Obviously, the German army has strong combat effectiveness, but it also carries a heavy burden.

    You should know that most weapons and equipment will not be destroyed immediately after decommissioning, but will be sealed up so that they can be replenished to the troops after the outbreak of war.  During the Cold War, most main battle equipment would be officially scrapped after ten or even twenty years of storage.

    In other words, sealing and storing weapons and equipment is a huge expense.

    On top of that, maintaining a large army costs a lot of money.

    During the Cold War, China pursued an overall defense strategy, so it could maintain a relatively small ground force in peacetime.  The Second German Empire pursued an offensive strategy and had to be ready for war at any time, so it had to maintain a relatively large force.

    Of course, it¡¯s not just the Army that¡¯s affected.

    During the Cold War, the Imperial Air Force's army-building policy was also deeply affected by the overall strategy.

    This means that when the Imperial Air Force develops new fighter planes, it also has to facilitate mass production, so it has to limit the technical level of the fighter planes.

    To put it bluntly, advanced technology itself is not convenient for large-scale industrial production.

    As a result, in the first two decades of the Cold War, when the jet age had just arrived, the Imperial Air Force was still able to build advanced fighter jets based on the technology accumulated during the war.  However, with the advancement of electronic technology and the increase in the value of electronic equipment on modern fighter aircraft, the performance of the Imperial Air Force's fighter aircraft began to lag behind, and it was never able to catch up with the Chinese Air Force.

    By the time the fourth-generation jet fighter was born, the gap between the Imperial Air Force and the Chinese Air Force had widened to ten years.

    In addition, because bombers are more expensive to build and it is difficult to quickly expand production during wartime, the Imperial Air Force has not paid much attention to strategic aviation.  In a sense, the main existence value of the Imperial Air Force's strategic aviation is to allow the Second German Empire to have a third strategic strike method, and the reliability and value of this method in other aspects are not the key.

    Of course, the Imperial Navy was not immune.

    The emphasis on the development of submarines and the single combat capability of surface combatants prove that the Imperial Navy is a navy that has no intention of returning after going to sea.

    In other words, the basic task of the Imperial Navy is to attack and kill the Chinese Navy that comes after the war breaks out, and the best result is to die together with the Chinese Navy.  As long as the Chinese Navy can be defeated, even if the Imperial Navy will completely lose its ability to fight at sea, it can at least ensure that the homeland will not be threatened from the sea.

    It can be seen that the armaments development of the Second German Empire has a common characteristic.

    This is that most of the equipment of the German army is "disposable".  In other words, when the German army developed equipment, it did not consider how long it would be used. The main goal was to withstand the large-scale consumption of all-out war. That is, the weapons and equipment must be cheap so that they can be mass-produced during wartime.

    If a full-scale war breaks out between China and Germany, the development strategy of the German army will play a key role.

    To put it bluntly, the huge consumption of large-scale wars can turn any kind of sophisticated weapons and equipment into decorations. Only weapons and equipment that can be mass-produced can produce scale effects in wars, and the production quantity of weapons and equipment directly determines the strength of the army.  The scale also had an impact on the outcome of the war.

    The problem is that the war did not break out.

    In fact, if a total war between China and Germany breaks out, the outcome will definitely not be determined by conventional weapons, and there will be no real winner.

    Don¡¯t forget, the nuclear weapons produced by China and Germany during the Cold War were enough to destroy the earth hundreds of times.

    In other words, in a total war, conventional weapons become a supporting role, so the quantity and performance of conventional weapons cannot affect the final outcome of the war.

    More importantly, under the threat of total destruction, neither China nor Germany can easily provoke a war.

    The result is that the German army's armaments development strategy has made serious mistakes.

      In a sense, the Cold War has ended after 45 years, and China's impact through large-scale government projects is extremely limited.

    What defeated the Second German Reich was its astonishing scale of armaments.

    In other words, the military force that was supposed to be the security guarantee of the empire eventually became a burden that crushed the empire and became the most unfavorable factor in maintaining the security of the empire.

    Of course, the key is not the armaments development of the Second German Reich.

    As mentioned earlier, the Cold War itself was a comprehensive confrontation between countries in a non-war manner, and the key role was a country's comprehensive national strength.

    With its overall national strength inferior to that of China, the Second German Empire was the final loser of the Cold War.

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