At this time, the Chinese observation group in Germany was also discussing the war.
Several officers from the Air Force, Navy and Army Aviation were getting together to talk.
Most of the officers of the observation group in this camp were pilots.
Because of Germany's advantage in air combat, most of the pilot officers went to Germany to serve as observers.
"Recently, the Allies have added a lot of colonial troops, 7 Indian divisions, 11 Canadian divisions, 8 Australian divisions, 1 New Zealand division, 2 Burmese divisions.
The British side has added 29 colonial divisions, and France has a smaller number. 7 Indochinese brigades and 4 African divisions” Lieutenant Colonel Jin Hai from the Air Force put down his telescope and said to his comrades next to him: "It seems they want these people to be cannon fodder."
Lieutenant Colonel Chu Wangyuan of Hainan Airlines said with a smile: "This is normal.
The casualties in this war are too great, and they can't bear it.
Germany has no way to send colonial troops to Europe, and Austria-Hungary has no colonial troops to use.
Otherwise they won’t be polite.”
Major Wei Dabao thought for a while and said: "However, the Allies are also in a difficult situation now.
Although their colonial population is large, India and South Africa are revolting.
Look at now, such a large India has only sent 7 divisions.
I'm afraid now Only Australia and Canada can count on it.”
Jin Hai smiled: "Haha, I think it will be difficult for the Allied Powers to mobilize more colonial troops.
An anti-British uprising has broken out in India, the most populous country, and the situation is getting more and more serious.
Maybe not only will they not be able to mobilize Indians, As cannon fodder, more local troops have to be trapped."
"Oh, by the way.
Recently, Germany is looking for us to buy aircraft again.
I heard it is 3,000 Sparrows."
Wei Dabao said with some confusion: "I'm curious, why are they buying so many Sparrows?"
Jin Hai said: "Of course it is used to train pilots.
Although Germany has the upper hand in the current air battle, the number of pilots is not very large.
Don't forget that the population of the Allied Powers is much larger.
If the training of reserve pilots is not increased, the manpower will be reduced in the future.
Very nervous."
Chu Wangyuan also said: "It is true that Germany did not have a preparatory pilot training system like ours before, and the number of pilots was very small.
Not only did Germany not have a pilot training system, but neither did the Allied Powers.
Therefore, if a war of attrition started, both sides would be unable to bear it."
Jin Hai smiled and said: "To be honest, our President Wen has the foresight to set up reserve clubs early and spread them across the country.
Now we not only have a sufficient number of pilots, but also pilots and sailors."
In the past, many people at home and abroad did not take it seriously with regard to the "four major clubs" established by Wen Desi in the country, thinking that it was a waste of resources and unnecessary.
However, after the outbreak of World War I, everyone discovered that the members of these clubs were completely the best reserves.
The role of shooting clubs is not obvious yet, because many countries prohibit guns at this time, but aviation clubs, sailing clubs and driving clubs are completely different.
These three major clubs are aimed at technical arms.
This is not like infantry training.
You can go to war in three months.
Technical arms like these require a long period of training.
If novices are recruited directly from the private sector, even if they undergo intensive training in the army, it will take at least half a year to become qualified soldiers.
If you are like a fighter pilot, it would be difficult to spend a year.
What comes out of the club is completely different.
At least it can save most of the time, because they have already received a lot of basic training and practical education in the club and cannot be considered rookies.
After such people enter the army, they only need a few months of professional training to become qualified tank soldiers, pilots and sailors.
Of course, this "reserve club" method cannot be kept secret, so now that the effects of this approach have been discovered, European and American powers have begun to follow suit.
However, although this kind of "reserve club" seems simple, not everyone can learn it.
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First you have to be rich, secondly you have to be rich, and finally you have to have a lot of money.
You know, apart from shooting clubs, which don’t cost much, professional clubs also cost a lot of money.
It costs money to buy aircraft and vehicles, it costs money to build venue facilities, and it also costs money to pay for staff’s wages and daily expenses. money.
Moreover, a club like this must be large-scale to be effective.
It is useless if only a few are established.
Calculated in this way, this expenditure is very large.
The situation in China is different.
First of all, the policy of state-owned land makes the land cost zero, while the low labor costs and a large number of nationalized enterprises make the construction costs and daily operating costs also low.
Secondly, because equipment such as aircraft and vehicles are self-made, most of them come from state-owned enterprises, so the procurement cost is also very low.
Therefore, the cost of setting up these clubs in China is far lower than the international average.
The situation abroad is very different.
Most European and American powers have private ownership of land, and most of the various production enterprises are also privately owned.
Conscientious capitalists must make money, and they won’t be able to make less.
For the same product, Chinese state-owned enterprises usually make a profit of about 20% when selling it to clubs, but if it were a European and American capitalist, you would be embarrassed to say hello to anyone if you didn't make 100%.
Therefore, although the European and American powers are also imitating the "reserve club", the cost is several times higher and the progress is still very slow.
Up to now, except for the wealthy United States, which is developing smoothly, the development of "reserve clubs" in other countries is not ideal.
However, the countries participating in the war are in another situation.
They are not afraid of spending money now, and the country has entered a state of emergency, so expropriating land is much more convenient than usual.
But now is the time when it is urgent.
It is definitely too late to set up clubs as slowly as China and other neutral countries, so they spent more money and directly rolled out n clubs across the country.
It is definitely too late to manufacture aircraft, automobiles and other equipment yourself, and it will also occupy a large amount of production capacity, which is not cost-effective.
As a result, China's aircraft and automobile industries have received large orders.
The Teach-1 "Sparrow" training aircraft, which is simple to operate and has reliable performance, is particularly popular.
Since the outbreak of the war, more than 15,000 have been received until now. of orders from all over the world.
Not only the participating countries bought a lot, but also many neutral countries bought a lot.
The manufacturing cost of the modified version of the Teach-1 "Sparrow" trainer aircraft Wave 2 Magic is very low.
The initial cost unit price was 500 yuan.
However, as the process improved and the cost of raw materials dropped, plywood was used instead of solid wood boards, etc., and the price increased significantly.
It has dropped, and now the cost of each machine is less than 400 yuan.
This is because the labor price has increased.
Although most of these domestic aircraft factories are state-owned enterprises, they all adhere to the principle of "making money before foreigners".
Selling them to domestic users is very cheap, about 500 yuan for military and government users, and no more than 700 yuan for corporate and private users. .
But selling to foreigners is different, the unit price starts at least 1,000 yuan.
This is not only true for airplanes, but also for cars.
September 8, 1915, 2756 AD, Hanking.
At this time, the First World War had been going on for almost a year and a half.
Unlike the First World War in the original time and space, the First World War in this plane did not involve so many countries, at least not yet that many.
The reason is very simple.
Everyone was frightened by the horrific casualty figures.
By the end of August, the number of casualties in the Allied Powers had reached more than 3.95 million, including 1.73 million in Russia, 960,000 in France including colonies, 800,000 in Britain including colonies, 250,000 in Serbia, 120,000 in Japan, and about 70,000 in Belgium and other countries.
More than 8 million people were injured or disabled, another 600,000 were captured, more than 700,000 civilians died, and 1.4 million were injured.
The losses on the Allied side were smaller, with more than 320,000 German casualties, more than 400,000 Austro-Hungarian casualties, and more than 40,000 Bulgarian casualties.
A total of 770,000 officers and soldiers died, another 9,000 were captured, and 1.88 million were injured.
In addition, 80,000 civilians died and 270,000 were injured.
This level of casualties has indeed exceeded the psychological bottom line of many people, making many countries that had some ideas afraid to end easily.
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Of course, imperialism has no moral integrity.
For them, how many people die is nothing more than a cost issue.
If it doesn't end now, it doesn't mean it won't end in the future.
For example, Italy, both parties are now wooing them, but they are now evading vaguely, and at least they will not participate in the war this year.
They were waiting until the two sides were almost done playing before going off to pick peaches.
Not only Italy thinks this way, many countries think this way, the Ottomans think this way, the United States thinks this way, and China thinks this way too.
Everyone is buying things to make money while waiting for the opportunity to end.
"Mr.
Wen, it seems that the Allied Powers are in a very difficult situation now," Xin Jie said.
"Well, it doesn't matter.
I believe they can get through it.
It's hard to build a country," Wen Desi said with a smile.
"Will the United States still participate in the war?
If they don't participate in the war, the Allies may not be able to withstand it.
The current exchange ratio between them and the Allies is 5 to 1.
If the war continues like this," Gu Xiaolu asked with some worry.
Because of the "little butterfly" Wen Desi, history has been very different and the script has changed too much.
Gu Xiaolu is a little worried that there will be loopholes in his own layout.
"Don't worry, the United States will definitely join the war," Wen Desi said confidently.
After the outbreak of World War I, the British Empire, France, and Russia continued to place massive orders, bringing huge profits to the U.S. military-industrial complex.
However, the Allies are not the biggest customers of these plutocrats.
In fact, the real biggest customer is the United States itself.
Although the current standing army of the United States is only a few hundred thousand people, it would be completely different if the United States personally participated in the war.
In the history of the original time and space, the United States formed an army of more than 5 million people after entering the war.
How much does it cost to arm more than five million U.S. soldiers?
How much does it cost to build tens of thousands of aircraft?
How much does it cost to build hundreds of warships?
Everyone knows on their knees how much these military budgets can bring to the plutocrats in the United States.
Huge profits.
All of this has a premise, that is, the United States must personally join the war before the U.S. government will allocate huge military expenditures from its finances for arms procurement.
But if the United States does not participate in the war, forget about this huge military expenditure.
Therefore, even if the U.S. government does not want to participate in the war, the greedy American chaebols will try their best to drag the United States into the war.
The most important thing is that the US government is nothing more than the spokesperson of the plutocrats.
Wen Desi sneered and said: "Humph, the United States is not participating in the war now.
It is just that the plutocrats think that the best time has not yet come.
It does not mean that they will really not participate in the war."
"Isn't public opinion in the United States very anti-war now?"
Gu Xiaolu asked.
Wen Desi curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "What's the use of public opinion?
Look at the several wars launched by the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
At that time, anti-war public opinion was stronger.
It's not the same as fighting public opinion.
If it's useful, what's the point?
What do you want the government to do?
It’s just to deceive the people
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