"Before the war, although Japan's standing force was only 380,000, its reserve and reservist numbers were as high as 4.4 million.
On the other hand, our country has only 1.7 million active soldiers and 500,000 supplementary troops. The navy has a tonnage of 110,000 tons, which is less than one-tenth that of Japan. The air force only has 305 fighter jets and a total of only 600 aircraft of all types.
Compared with the army, the strength of the navy and air force is only one-tenth or even a few-tenths of Japan's. Such a huge gap naturally makes many people despair.
However, Japan has a congenital weakness, that is, its small territory and poor resources, and almost all resources rely on external input. This is why Japan has to tighten its belt and devote all its efforts to building a world's third navy.
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It's a pity that success is a failure. Although Japan has a powerful navy, it has to invest most of its resources into this gold-swallowing beast. The construction of the army is far inferior to that of the navy.
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Gao Hongming was talking casually on the stage, and the reporters in the audience listened attentively. Wang Jingguo on the side sighed: "I originally thought that the Gao family's son was just talking casually, but I didn't expect that he actually said something meaningful. It is really rare."
Zhao Chengshou nodded and said: "As a soldier, it doesn't matter if you can win a few battles, but it is very rare to have such a strategic vision at such a young age."
Although China and Japan have been at full-scale war for several years, due to the speed of information dissemination in this era, many Chinese people lack understanding of the situation in Japan, let alone their own country.
Therefore, when Gao Hongming laid out the strength, political system, economic situation, and international relations of the land, sea, and air forces of China and Japan one by one, analyzed and compared them with data, not only the reporters in the audience were stunned, but even Yan Xishan
These senior generals also felt enlightened after hearing this.
"Okay, the above is my comparison of the strengths of China and Japan.
But as I just said, success is also achieved by failure. Although Japan's economy is developed, its resources are extremely scarce. Coupled with earthquake poverty, this has also created a natural lack of security for the Japanese, so since the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese have
The pace of external seed expansion has begun.
It's a pity that the world's territory has basically been divided now. If the Japanese want to be the world hegemon, they must seize territory from established powers such as the United States and Britain. But think about it, Western countries will allow Japan to seize territory from their own plates.
Something to eat?
Therefore, the United States, Britain and other countries are bound to have a war with Japan, and this is China’s opportunity.”
Hearing this, a reporter raised his hand and said, "Commander Gao, the Japanese have not even completely conquered China. How could they go to war with the United States and Britain? This is unreasonable."
Many people nodded. Fighting on two fronts is a taboo. The Japanese should not be so stupid.
Gao Hongming said meaningfully: "What you said does make sense, but you have forgotten. China has everything except oil. Without oil, the Japanese warships and tanks will have to stop and all the machines will go on strike.
Oil has become a rope around the necks of the Japanese. As long as Britain and the United States are willing, they can slowly hang the Japanese to death at any time. Think about it, with the character of the Japanese, will they let their lifeline be in the hands of others?
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And you don’t think that the navy that the Japanese tightened their belts to build is just a show-off, right? So I think it is not possible but inevitable for Japan to go to war with the United States, Britain and other countries.”
Gao Hongming's words were clear and coherent, and essentially analyzed the relationship between Japan and other countries in the world. Everyone couldn't help but sigh with emotion after hearing this.
Someone else asked, "Commander Gao, when do you think the Japanese and Western countries will go to war?"
Gao Hongming thought for a while, "If nothing goes wrong, there will be a war between the United States and Japan within two years."
"Wow..."
Everyone was amazed. Gao Hongming must have been too sure.
At this time, an eerie voice sounded: "Commander Gao, are you so sure? What if the United States and Japan do not go to war within two years?"
When everyone saw it, it turned out that Lucian had woken up at some point and came running over again.
Gao Hongming would not get used to this guy and asked directly: "If there is no war, there will be no war. Does Reporter Lu still want me to be responsible for these two countries?"
"Hahaha……"
There was another burst of laughter from below. For some reason, these celebrities and reporters felt an inexplicable pleasure when they saw Gao Hongming making fun of others.
Of course... not everyone is pleased with Gao Hongming. Some people said in a strange way: "Captain Gao, you are so domineering at such a young age. Isn't it a good thing?"
Gao Hongming smiled brightly: "If you are not young and energetic, how can you still be called a young man?"
One sentence immediately made the man speechless.
A press conference ended in controversy, and reporters were talking a lot.
In this era where modesty is regarded as the beauty, everyone has seen such a fierce man like Gao Hongming, who defies the sky, the earth, and the air. Many people are talking about it in private.
Some people say that Gao Hongming is so arrogant and must learn a lesson. Others say that it is normal for young people to be a little arrogant. Who has not come from a young age? It would be terrible if even young people are depressed.
The public discussion did not affect Gao Hongming. After the exhibition, he said goodbye to Yan Xishan.
Yan Xishan didn't try to hold him back, he already said everything he needed to say last night.
Just as Gao Hongming was leading his team on the way back, Li Yunlong, the newly appointed leader of the independent group, was worried.
When the Eighth Route Army was reorganized, the Nationalist Government only gave the Eighth Route Army an establishment of 3 divisions, 6 brigades, and 12 regiments.
However, if the Eighth Route Army wants to develop and grow, it will naturally not be willing to be subject to these constraints. Therefore, after several years of hard work, today's Eighth Route Army-level units have gradually been divided into three types: main regiments, basic regiments and local regiments.
As the name suggests, the main force regiment is a standard regiment structure, with 3 infantry battalions under its jurisdiction. Each infantry battalion has 3 infantry companies, 1 machine gun company, plus the regiment directly under the regiment headquarters. The whole regiment has a total of about 3,000 people.
The core group is a new group formed with the main group as the backbone and all the deputy positions of the main group becoming full-time positions. The general number is about a thousand people.
A local regiment is a regiment formed from local militia. This regiment usually has about 500 members.
The Independent Regiment is a basic regiment with more than 1,200 people. However, there are only more than 800 rifles, only more than 20 machine guns, and not a single mortar. When Li Yunlong saw this situation, he fired several
Tiandu was thinking about development issues, and he even had a bad look at Kong Jie, who was demoted to deputy leader, and Zhao Gang, who had just arrived.
After lunch that day, Li Yunlong came to the village grain farm and sat on a stone to think about the problem.
He had just taken out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. Before he had taken two puffs, he heard rustling footsteps from behind. When he looked back, it turned out that it was Kong Jie and Zhao Gang walking over...