Beiyang reactionaries

"What is it?"

"Air Force. In the Johnston Island naval battle, the United States sent a large number of fighter planes from the Hawaiian Islands to participate in the battle. This is a large part of the reason for our failure. Our fighter planes are insufficient, and the quality of pilots has also begun to decline."

"I know."

Hideki Tojo nodded.

This question has always plagued Japan.The aircraft production volumes of the United States and Japan are not at the same level at all.The aircraft output of the United States is four or five times that of Japan, or even more.With the strength of the United States, it is not impossible to produce 10 aircraft a year.However, considering Japan's industrial strength, it is impossible to produce 2 aircraft a year.This is the industrial gap.

And the pilot reserves, Japan is not comparable to the United States.

"Prime Minister, we have to change this situation."

"What does Prime Minister Hai mean?"

"Prime Minister, we should reduce the production of trainer aircraft and go all out to produce combat aircraft. Although the United States produces a lot of aircraft, they still need to support the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, as well as produce a large number of trainer aircraft and transport aircraft, which can appear on the Pacific battlefield The number of combat aircraft in China is limited. As long as we adjust, there will not be a big gap in the number of combat aircraft between us and the United States."

"What about the training of pilots?"

"Give it to China."

Hideki Tojo kept thinking, because he already understood what Shimoda Shintaro meant.

At present, countries in the world produce aircraft, trainer aircraft and transport aircraft occupy a large share.In particular, trainers account for one-third, or even half, of the total number of aircraft produced.The main reason for this is to train pilots.It is precisely for this reason that the biggest loss among aircraft from various countries is the trainer aircraft.

Or it cannot be said to be a loss, but the trainer aircraft are the most scrapped aircraft.In order to train qualified pilots, those trainer planes were used continuously, and each one of them soon reached the end of their lifespan, so they had to be scrapped.

This is not only in other countries, even in countries like the United States with ample pilot reserves, the proportion of trainer aircraft among the aircraft produced is very large.For example, the United Kingdom has imported thousands of trainer aircraft from the United States every year in recent years to train its own pilots.

The same is true for Japan.

Although China has helped to train some pilots, a large number of Japanese pilots still receive training at home.As long as it is high-intensity training, those trainers will soon die.The trainer plane does not go to the battlefield, but it is the type that wears the most.

What Shimoda Shigetaro means is to hand over all the work of training pilots to China.Japan, on the other hand, greatly reduced the production of trainer aircraft and increased the production of combat aircraft.

"I see, the Navy will first increase orders for combat aircraft and reduce orders for trainer aircraft."

Hideki Tojo finally decided.

Once the production of trainer aircraft is reduced, Japan can produce thousands more combat aircraft every year.At present, Japan controls many large islands in the Pacific Ocean. Since the United States is capable, so can Japan.Expand existing military bases on those large islands.

"Yes."

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"The Soviet army won the victory with human lives."

Looking at the report of the Battle of Kursk, Duan Xun shook his head again and again.

Compared with the Kursk battle that was fought for a month in history, this space-time Kursk battle lasted more than three months.Both the Soviet Union and Germany began to experience a shortage of military resources. As a result, a large number of new recruits came in, which greatly reduced the ability of both sides to attack.After the ability to attack fortifications has declined, the war time has become longer and longer.

The cruelty of the Soviet-German war definitely surpassed any war in history.In the Battle of Stalingrad, the casualties on both sides were already staggering.In the Battle of Kursk, the casualties on both sides were equally jaw-dropping.

Moreover, the Battle of Kursk was the largest tank battle since the outbreak of World War II.When the Soviet-German War broke out, although the Soviet Union had many tanks, it did not have many real tank divisions.Nominally a tank division, but more of an infantry division.Therefore, in the German blitzkrieg, German tanks were like entering no one's land.

However, after several years of war, the Soviet Union began to form various tank divisions on a large scale.In this battle of Kursk, the tank forces of the Soviet Union and Germany fought a large-scale tank battle.

During the Battle of Kursk, the German army suffered more than 70 casualties, and the servants also suffered more than 20 casualties.The German casualties in the Battle of Kursk reached 100 million. This is another huge casualty suffered by Germany after the Battle of Stalingrad.And the current situation is that the Soviet Union is slowly regaining lost ground, while the German army has been retreating.Therefore, many wounded in the German army could not be healed in time, and many of them became prisoners of the Soviet army.

This is the same as when the Soviet-German war just broke out.Many wounded Soviet soldiers had no time to retreat and were all captured by the Germans.Now in reverse, the Soviets stabilized their rear, so their own wounded could be healed.However, a large number of wounded in the German army could only become prisoners, which dealt a great blow to Germany.Because of this result, many of the casualties of the German army were irrecoverable losses.

Of course, the casualties on the Soviet side were even greater.

180 million casualties.

The Soviet Union began to mobilize 300 million people to participate in this battle of Kursk, but because of the increasing casualties.In the end, more than 100 million troops supported the front line of the Kursk battle.In the end, the number of Soviet troops participating in the Battle of Kursk reached about 420 million.

"The next step for the Soviet Union should be the east bank of the Dnieper River."

Duan Xun looked at the map of the Soviet Union and pointed to the Dnieper River.

The Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk were victorious. Although the Soviet Union suffered more than 500 million casualties, the Soviet Union changed the situation of the Soviet-German War step by step.After the Battle of Kursk, the next step was the east bank of the Dnieper River.

"Yes."

Li Jishen nodded, supporting Duan Xun's opinion.

Dao: "The Soviet Union is currently short of people, very short of people. Not only is it short of soldiers, but it is also short of workers and farmers. What the Soviet Union needs most now is population, and it needs to take over the original areas of the Soviet Union as soon as possible. If the Soviet Union cannot recover those areas, Then the Soviet Union really couldn't get more soldiers to fight. The Soviet factories lacked workers, and the Soviet countryside lacked farmers. The Soviet Union has even begun to recruit a large number of soldiers from several republics in Central Asia. From what we know, the Kazakh Republic is the Soviet army. Uzbekistan provided 200 million troops for the Soviet army. Turkmenistan, Tajik, and Kyrgyzstan also provided about 160 million troops. The Soviet army recruited 120 million troops in Central Asia alone.”

"What is the population of Central Asia?"

"The combined population of the five republics in Central Asia is about 1600 million."

What does it mean to give up everything, this is to give up everything.The Soviet Union really used the power of the whole country to resist Germany. The small Central Asian region with a population of less than 2000 million actually provided 500 million troops.Almost a third of the population is in the military.More than half of the rest are old people and children, and factories and rural areas also need people. Under such circumstances, how can the Soviet Union have no shortage of people.

Only a country like the Soviet Union can mobilize so many troops.If it were any other country, with such high casualties, they would have surrendered long ago.

But this is already the limit.

The population of the Soviet Union is really not that large, and the potential has basically been exhausted.At present, the population of the areas controlled by the Soviet Union is only a little over 5000 million, but after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, there have been 1200 million Soviet military and civilian casualties.Although there are still many people who can participate in the war or work after recovering from their injuries, the casualties on this scale are still too heavy.And now the Soviet Union still maintains a troop size of about [-] million.Therefore, the current Soviet Union must "liberate" the original lands occupied by the German army as soon as possible, because there are still tens of millions of people there.As long as those places are taken back, the Soviet Union can greatly alleviate the current shortage of people.

"The Soviet government has asked the front-line troops to conscript on the spot, liberate a place to conscript on the spot. After the Battle of Kursk, the Soviet army let all men aged 15 to 45 in the Donbass and Kharkov regions Enlistment is mandatory. Nearly 100 troops have been mobilized out of a population of less than 30 million.”

Li Jishen immediately reported the latest information.

The shortage of Soviet soldiers has become more and more serious.Therefore, the frontlines began to arrest strong men and force men from newly liberated areas to join the army.Before the Soviet Union had time to appease the people here, it began to arrest the young men, which is enough to see the urgency of the Soviet Union.Only in this way can the Soviet army alleviate the current situation.

"Once the Soviet Union wins the victory on the east bank of the Dnieper River, half of Ukraine will return to the Soviet Union, including Kiev. If such a victory can be achieved, the Soviet Union will increase its population by at least 1000 million, and the Soviet army will be able to fight in this country." The region has recruited more than 200 million troops. This is very beneficial to changing the current situation of the lack of personnel in the Soviet Union. Therefore, the battle on the east bank of the Dnieper River should break out soon."

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded and said: "The German army on the east bank of the Dnieper River still has more than 100 million troops, and the total number of those servants is no less than 150 million. With the current offensive capabilities of the Soviet army, they want to take the east bank of the Dnieper River. It won't be that easy."

"Chairman, the Soviet Union still has a solution."

Li Ji smiled deeply.

Dao: "The Soviet Union also knows that its army has a lot of recruits, which affects the combat effectiveness of the army. Therefore, the Soviet army is currently equipped with a large number of tanks and artillery, and is going to use these heavy weapons to flatten the German army."

"This is a good way. Modern warfare is industrial warfare. The initiative in the Soviet-German war is already in the hands of the Soviet Union."

The Soviet army had too many recruits and insufficient attacking capabilities.

Fortunately, the Soviet Union's industrial strength is strong, and it can produce aircraft, tanks, and artillery on a large scale.Massive shells can be used to open the way.And in order to cooperate with those recruits, the Soviet troops began to equip a large number of submachine guns, which can greatly reduce the training time for recruits.

"Yes."

Li Jishen immediately said: "The balance of victory in the Soviet-German war has been tilted towards the Soviet Union. The Battle of Kursk was Germany's last chance to compete for the initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield. If it failed to win Kursk, the current German army can only be passively beaten. Chairman, the situation in the European battlefield is becoming more and more clear. The winner of the Soviet-German War will definitely not be Germany."