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    The foundation for Westerners to dominate the world is industrial technology, which puts them in an advanced military position. At this time, their industrial technology was surpassed by the Republic of China, and the result was that their military power was surpassed.  First, it was surpassed in technology, and then it was surpassed in military strength.  At this time, the only thing that gives Britain, France and the United States some confidence is naturally the navy, but when it comes to the army, they have no confidence at all.  The most important thing is that China's deliberately leaked plan scared them. According to the European and American consortium, China is in the construction stage at this time, the employment rate is very good, and there are no internal conflicts. Logically speaking, it is impossible to launch a plan during this period.  of war.  However, as a country that they have bullied, China has created strong suspicions in them, and they feel on tenterhooks that China may attack Europe at any time. This is their current state of panic.  "The ratio of troops to population and military expenditures in the Republic of China are normal. Do you think there is still room for disarmament?" Song Jiaoren said with a calm smile, which was a sense of taking the initiative.  "There is room for disarmament. China does not need to maintain so many troops because there are no countries around China that can threaten China's security." Wilson retorted.  "It is very normal to have a military force of one percent of the population, and it is only to protect national security. I think that all countries in the world should build their military according to the ratio of one percent of the population." Song Jiaoren thought of himself.  Said, as if not hearing Wilson's words.  "When the number of military personnel exceeds one percent, it will cause a huge burden and threat to the life of all mankind. Therefore, we should sanction those countries whose proportion exceeds this bottom line, thereby being responsible for all mankind. This is also the case for several countries in the world.  The obligations that major countries should bear. "But China's military power has posed a great threat to us. If China does not disarm, will the arms race resume?" French Prime Minister Raymond said very displeased.  "We have a saying in China: You can eat as much as you can. If you want to support yourself, then I don't care." Song Jiaoren said nonchalantly, wishing in his heart that you would engage in an arms race!  Let's see who dies first in the end of the competition.  During the negotiations, Song Jiaoren firmly disagreed with disarmament in accordance with the plans proposed by Britain, France and the United States, but insisted on disarmament in accordance with the proportion of population.  With two options, you can naturally pee less than a pot.  The plan proposed by Song Jiaoren naturally has great advantages for a populous country like the Republic of China, but for Europe and the United States with a relatively small population, according to such a disarmament plan, their military numbers will not be able to match the  The Third World Alliance formed by China countered.  This is a very real problem.  China's military strength exceeds that of Europe and the United States, and Europe and the United States naturally have to find ways to deal with this problem.  Because the growth of military power has threatened Europe and the United States' control of the world, or in other words, Europe and the United States' control of the world has long ended.  Today, the Republic of China occupies a lot of territory.  are fighting against Europe and the United States.  The Republic of China, which has mastered strong power, did not directly launch a war at this time, which actually made Britain, France and the United States very lucky.  But the Republic of China cannot never invade Europe, they must find a way to deal with it.  ?Either let the Republic of China disarm, or they expand their armaments.  "Of course, if the world trade situation can maintain the current situation. Since the import tariffs of various countries remain unchanged, then our Republic of China can ensure that the army strength will not increase further. But if the world trade situation changes, then we can only rely on the military  Construction is here to boost the economy." Song Jiaoren then said something that made Britain, France and the United States feel chilled all over.  Obviously there is something in Song Jiaoren's words.  That is, if Britain, France, the United States and other countries maintain the current tariffs, the Republic of China is unlikely to go to war, but if the export of goods does not go smoothly, then the Republic of China will increase military construction.  The result will naturally be war. Can the guns and airplanes created by Tao be recycled?  Due to Song Jiaoren¡¯s insistence on the disarmament plan, the four-nation summit meeting broke up unhappy.  Britain, France and the United States did not meet their psychological expectations.  Even the slightest expectation was not met, which made the governments of Britain, France and the United States feel very disappointed.  ¡°At the same time, I also feel helpless about the current predicament. The Republic of China has clearly given a warning. If Europe and the United States increase import tariffs on goods, the result will be a large-scale investment in military construction by the Republic of China.  The United States is planning to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods.  I had to put this idea aside for the time being.  But the army's disadvantages do exist, and the dangers are extremely terrifying.  The result of the four-nation summit meeting was that it broke up unhappy.  Song Jiaoren went back to China and did not even visit the United States.  The Four-Nation Summit then became the Three-Nation Summit, and the United StatesThe government, the British government, and the French government formally determined a plan to establish an army defense system.  According to the previous plan, the U.S. Army maintained a strength of 3 million troops, and at the same time, 1 million troops were stationed in Poland to deal with the Third World Alliance's troops stationed on the borders of Ukraine and Belarus.  As for the navy, it has created a 3:2 tonnage advantage over the Navy of the Republic of China. That is, the Republic of China, including the members of the Third World Alliance, built 2 battleships, and they built 3 battleships.  "Two to one is too much. Previously, the Republic of China could afford it if it only had eight battleships. However, the construction plan of thirty battleships launched by the Republic of China is really too much for Britain, France and the United States.  In terms of the air force, the leaders of Britain, France and the United States also requested a plan to build strategic red fighters and advanced combat vehicles, with the three parties jointly paying for them and pooling scientific research talents.  In terms of military spending, the only option is to increase taxes and extend working hours.  In this regard, the European and American consortium once again showed their indifference to the people. The people are just tools to them.  An arms race has clearly emerged.  In this arms race, Europe and the United States first focused their technology research and development on Air Force aircraft and Army tanks.  As for the navy, it only focused on battleships.  Because the number of battleships in the Republic of China is increasing, plans for thirty ships have been worked out, and in their view, China is indeed already manufacturing them.  What Europe and the United States don¡¯t know is that the Republic of China only built merchant ships.  The most important thing in Europe and the United States is to expand the size of the army, and also to expand the size of the navy. Thirty battleships is not a lot.  During World War I, the British naval tonnage exceeded 2.7 million tons of displacement.  Thirty three-ton battleships are only about 1 million tons.  The British navy, which had a displacement of 2.7 million tons, could only be retired because the Chinese navy built more advanced battleships, cruisers, and destroyers.  This is the case with the navy. If warships fall behind, they will be beaten.  In the past, Europe and the United States relied on maritime interests to support their navies, but now Europe and the United States' maritime interests have declined significantly.  Because the Republic of China is building more and more merchant ships, and the tonnage is getting bigger and bigger, the backward merchant ships in Europe and the United States basically have no benefits.  The transportation of bulk goods is basically taken over by the merchant ships of the Republic of China.  The tonnage of the merchant ships of the Republic of China has exceeded 25 million tons this year, and they are all ships.  The tonnage of European and American merchant ships was squeezed out to only 13 million tons.  And the transportation cost is higher than that of the merchant ships of the Republic of China.  It is only thanks to the policy preferences of European and American consortiums that these merchant ships have room to survive.  For example, when companies under European and American consortiums want to transport goods, they do not choose lower-cost Chinese merchant ships, but choose local merchant ships with higher freight rates for transportation.  In the international market.  A large share was also captured by the Republic of China and its affiliated countries. At this time, more than 70% of the international market was occupied by Third World Alliance member states.  In terms of fisheries, the distant-water fisheries of the Republic of China have been fully developed due to the economic prosperity. At this time, Chinese distant-water fishing vessels can basically be seen on the high seas of various oceans on the earth.  A large amount of fishery products are shipped back to China every year.  Sales are good.  Maritime interests have been seized by China in large quantities. This has also caused Europe and the United States to lack original funding for naval development, thus requiring government funding.  The Republic of China does not need it, because the Republic of China now has maritime interests and can use maritime interests to support its navy, which is relatively easy. ? Annual tax revenue generated from marine benefits.  It has enabled the Republic of China to maintain a larger navy.  An arms race has begun.  It¡¯s just that in terms of the army, the Republic of China has an absolute advantage.  Whether it is in terms of military strength or military technology.  There is also an absolute advantage in the air force. The aircraft manufacturing capabilities exceed those of Europe and the United States, and the technology is not as simple as it appears on the surface.  In terms of navy, the Republic of China is at a disadvantage in terms of scale, but it has achieved a leading position in technology.  But Britain, France and the United States have united at this time.  Actively conduct research and development on technology, but technology requires production and construction.  If a large amount of labor is invested in the military, there will naturally be less construction.  The Republic of China has successfully restrained the European and American labor force in the military. For example, the European and American armies have established more than six million soldiers. A soldier who is not involved in production needs at least one labor force to feed them.  This is equivalent to 12 million laborers being tied down.  The Army strength maintained by the Republic of China is normal, because the Republic of China has enough labor force to invest in the military.  In terms of internal construction, the Republic of China is absolutely fast.  Projects are under construction one after another, and the entire country??There are construction sites everywhere.  A large number of reservoirs, hydropower stations, railways, highways, and high-rise buildings have been continuously constructed.  The European and American economies were increasingly at a disadvantage due to the impact of the Republic of China, and the gap really widened with the rapid development of the Republic of China.  The progress of the naval arms race allowed the plan of the Republic of China to succeed.  European and American countries have also invested a lot of labor in warship manufacturing. Britain, France and the United States plan to launch a battleship manufacturing plan with a total displacement of 1.55 million tons.  In addition to destroyers and cruisers, the total displacement reaches 2.5 million tons, of which the United States is responsible for 1.5 million tons, the United Kingdom is responsible for 700,000 tons, and France is responsible for 300,000 tons.  That is to say, it will form a 3:2 advantage over Chinese battleships.  This plan is not as crazy as the British plan to deal with Germany, but it is not much different in terms of tonnage.  Of course, these warships cannot be built all at once.  Rather, it needs to be built batch by batch.  The construction of the first batch of battleships started last year, with the number of 16 built, which are 30,000-ton battleships, such as the American Colorado-class battleships, which are used to deal with the Huadong-class battleships of the Republic of China.  The construction of the second batch of battleships started in 1923. A total of 10 battleships were built, which were 36,000 tons. They were planned to be launched into service within two years.  This 36,000-ton battleship is considered very advanced by Britain, France and the United States, but in fact its tonnage is only about 2,000 tons more than the Huadong and battleships.  However, the overall performance is actually not as good as that of the Republic of China.  Thinking about it in Britain, France and the United States, this kind of tonnage is indeed the most advanced.  A few years before the end of the First World War, Europe and the United States once again invested huge sums of money to build advanced navies. This was also a last resort.  The Republic of China¡¯s big navy plan is too aggressive, forcing European and American countries to invest money. Money is just a virtual number, and what is really consumed is labor force.  The more labor force is invested in the military, the less is devoted to people's livelihood.  On the issue of the international market, Britain, France and the United States were not ready yet, under Song Jiaoren's warning.  Having to compromise with the current situation, no country has adjusted its import tariffs.  Goods are still pouring into the European and American markets, as well as the markets of backward countries around the world.  The export of a large amount of goods has reaped a lot of benefits for the Republic of China.  It is naturally impossible to just seize without investing, otherwise the cycle will be interrupted. Therefore, the foreign capital export of the Republic of China is also constantly expanding.  In South America, the total investment volume of the Republic of China this year has exceeded 3 billion Yanhuang coins.  There is a strong tendency to catch up with the total investment of the United States in South America.  A large amount of investment has enabled those backward countries to export commodities, raw materials and agricultural products to the Republic of China.  The Republic of China exchanged precious raw materials for what one person could produce.  Moreover, goods that can be produced by one person may be replaced by goods that may require more than a dozen people to produce.  The overseas capital export of the Republic of China has begun to expand to more and more countries and regions.  Especially in India and Africa.  Britain and France made a lot of investments in the colonies, mostly in the mining of minerals and other raw materials.  Then sold to the Republic of China.  By selling resources, the national strength of Britain and France has been slightly enhanced.  Because the extraction of raw materials mobilized labor support in the colonies to a certain extent, thereby creating wealth, and then through taxation and other methods.  Collect the money.  But raw materials cannot be used for war.  After these minerals are dug out, as long as the price is right.  There are as many Republics of China as there are.  Save what you can¡¯t use for later use.  When Jiang Yu asked about the raw material reserves this year, Zhou Ziyue gave an astonishing figure. The reserves of fuel and ore were enough to last the entire Republic of China for more than half a year.  ¡°Since last quarter, the raw material mining in the Republic of China has been reduced by one-third. In one year, the scale of raw material mining in the Republic of China can be stopped by half, and in three years, the mining of most strategic raw materials can be stopped.  "Zhou Ziyue said.  "We need to maintain the mines we heard so they can still be used during the war." Jiang Yu ordered. It is a good import and export model to mine other people's mines and develop our own industry.  The same model has also made China¡¯s exports of goods marketable.  That is, through the export of goods and capital in exchange for more valuable raw materials, while squeezing the labor resources of other countries.  "I have already arranged it." Zhou Ziyue replied. The suspension of mining in domestic mines is not to abandon it, but to retain it.  It will definitely be used during wartime.  At this time, the consortium¡¯s strategy is to import as many strategic raw materials as possible. As for those minerals that are rich in reserves and insignificant, they can be mined at will, as long as they do not cause environmental problems.So.  But after the minerals of other countries were dug up, they also lost enough war potential.  Without sufficient war potential, it will naturally be unable to shake the status of the Republic of China in the future and will not be able to pose a great threat to the Republic of China.  After signing the trade deficit elimination agreement with the Republic of China, Britain, France and the United States are also actively mining large quantities of minerals and other raw materials.  The United States¡¯ mining capabilities are obviously relatively strong. The United States took the lead in eliminating the trade deficit with China, and the United States also generated a surplus. The total amount of raw materials exported to the Republic of China was greater than the total amount of goods imported from the Republic of China and its affiliated countries.  A lot of investment in Britain and France is still under construction, but the scale of raw material extraction is also expanding.  The expansion of raw material extraction has, to a certain extent, curbed the decline of the national power of Britain and France.  But Britain and France declined industrially, but economically, because they gained great benefits from the export of raw materials in the colonies, the national living standards did not drop too much.  ??If we consider the problem from an industrial scale, the national strength of Britain and France has begun to decline. Britain and France can accept this but do not want to accept it.  The Republic of China is relatively strong in the export of renewable resources, such as the paper industry. The scale of Japan's paper industry continues to expand and it supplies a large amount of ordinary paper to the world.  This is due to the development of forest areas in the Beihai Administrative Region by the Republic of China.  The Republic of China has been constructing railways in the Beihai Administrative Region over the years, mainly for transporting timber. The amount of timber felled by the Republic of China in the Beihai Administrative Region has increased year by year.  After the railway is built to the forest area, the development of the forest area means building roads in the forest area.  Although a large amount of wood is cut down, most of it is done by cutting down the over-mature trees, which is conducive to the growth of other immature trees.  At this time, the Republic of China controlled the Beihai Administrative Region and also controlled Siberia. Its timber resources were already the largest in the world, but it would not be able to generate benefits without development.  The large amount of timber resources has given the Republic of China sufficient confidence to cut down large quantities of timber and export them to Japan for papermaking. In provinces with poor environmental conditions, they have vigorously developed artificial afforestation.  In agriculture, agricultural reforms are being carried out across the country, resulting in an increasingly large scale of mechanized agriculture.  The development of animal husbandry is also rapid, and the mechanized artificial grassland technology of the Republic of China has become mature.  The consortium is constantly investing in artificial grassland. Two to three acres of grassland can be used to raise a sheep. In the past, raising a sheep required 20 to 30 acres of grassland.  The first phase of the North-to-South Water Diversion Project has been completed. The consortium has used the water resources from Lake Baikal to build a large ranch covering an area of ??10 million acres in Mongolia.  Sprinkler irrigation technology is used in the pasture. Every spring and summer, the pasture thrives with sufficient water water.  ??And the pasture is artificially created, and the plants are all edible pastures for livestock. In addition, high-yielding pasture varieties are selected, so the utilization rate of the pasture is greatly improved.  This super ranch uses the most advanced animal husbandry management technology, many links are automated, and the manual input for grazing is greatly reduced.  The completion of this ranch is undoubtedly a good asset of the consortium and is not for sale.  There are huge areas of grassland in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and northern Shaanxi, part of which has been enclosed and turned into a national park, and some herds of wild horses live in it.  Most other places can be converted into artificial grassland.  Animal husbandry itself requires less labor, but requires too much land area.  But the emergence of mechanization and automation technology has greatly improved productivity.  Although the input cost is relatively high, the consortium is not short of money. What is considered is how much labor to invest and when is the best time to invest.  And the investment is only in the initial stage, and a lot of labor can be saved later.  The saved labor can be invested in other aspects of construction.  However, the Republic of China did not lack agricultural and animal husbandry resources at this time, so the scale of artificial grassland development was not too large. Jiang Yu was obviously more concerned about the issue of desertification control.  The North-South Water Diversion Project can obviously solve the problem of desertification.
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