After the conference room became quiet again, Jiang Dong said to everyone in a deep voice:

"Military spending tilts toward the navy, that's for sure."

"Why do you do this? This is mainly to consider the future shape of war and the world situation."

"The Navy is a gold-eating beast. Now you only see that it consumes military expenditures in units of hundreds of millions, but you have not yet seen the actual benefits brought by the Navy."

"This situation will not last long. After the aircraft carrier battle group has achieved combat effectiveness, it is time for us to take back the rewards."

Jiang Dong's majesty in the two major systems of the military and political systems cannot be provoked or questioned. At the moment, no one dared to refute Jiang Dong's words. They were as honest as Wang Laohu, listening attentively.

"The navy will continue to expand and aircraft carriers will continue to be built."

"After the formation of the East China Sea Fleet is completed, we will set our sights on the Indian Ocean."

"The Konbaung Dynasty's shipyard has been officially put into use. We are going to form a new fleet in the Indian Ocean, and we must have at least one aircraft carrier battle group!"

Everyone's eyes were directed at the huge world map hanging on the wall.

The Japanese controlled Southeast Asia and built land and sea bases at key locations on each route. If Jiangdong wanted to open a route from the East China Sea to the Indian Ocean, it would not be possible for a while.

Taking advantage of the fact that Western capitalist countries have no time to look eastward, they must deploy maritime power to the Indian Ocean as soon as possible to seize maritime rights and interests.

Some of the officers understood Jiangdong's purpose and deployment, but some did not see it very clearly.

Jiang Dong pondered for a moment and then continued:

"After Fengtian and Qilu, shipyards in various places will continue to build aircraft carriers."

"I think the number six is ​​very good. China should have at least six aircraft carrier battle groups!"

The navy men's blood boiled with excitement.

The army and air force officers took a deep breath.

The construction cost of six aircraft carriers alone is at least 3 billion silver dollars.

In addition, there are supporting carrier-based aircraft, frigates, destroyers, submarines, etc.

It is no exaggeration to say that every aircraft carrier is built with massive amounts of gold.

'If you are accidentally sunk by the enemy...'

Some people think about this issue and feel a twinge of pain in their hearts.

Jiangdong spoke again:

"With the development and progress of science and technology, the technological content of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft will become higher and higher. Of course, their production, manufacturing and use costs will also increase accordingly."

"But don't worry too much. The current domestic economic situation is very good. China has no problem supporting six aircraft carriers!"

Everyone nodded thoughtfully.

Jiang Dong glanced at Xie Chengrui and motioned for him to continue.

"We've finished talking about the naval aircraft carriers and several major fleets, and now it's the Marine Corps' turn."

Xie Chengrui said while flipping through the documents:

"After considering various factors, the Staff Department believes that expanding the Marine Corps to six divisions is an appropriate size. In other words, in the future, the Navy will have 6 Marine Divisions and 120,000 Marines."

Xu Tingyi's fists hidden under the table clenched excitedly.

“Let’s talk about Army and Air Force next!”

The host became Wu Zhan. He was well prepared and said in an unhurried tone:

"First the Army Corps."

"The domestic war is over, but everyone must know that we are about to embark on an expedition. Therefore, not only will we not reduce the size of the army, we will continue to expand it."

"The expansion from the current 1.5 million to 2 million must be completed before November this year."

"The Army Department is large in scale and involves many arms. The main ones are infantry groups, armored groups, airborne troops and army aviation groups."

"The individual equipment and heavy weapons of the infantry group will remain unchanged, and some new equipment will be added to each unit in the next few months."

Semi-automatic rifles, light and heavy machine guns, and various types of artillery are enough to cope with the battles in the next 3 to 5 years.

"The Armored Army will continue to expand and change equipment!"

"The old T34/85 tanks will be gradually phased out. The Flying Leopard is our army's future main battle tank. In addition, it will also be equipped with some new equipment such as tank destroyers."

"15 armored divisions, this is the minimum requirement of the Commander-in-Chief and General Staff!"

"More than 4,000 tanks will be the main force of our army's expedition, our sharpest steel knives, and a torrent of steel that will make the enemy tremble!"

"Before the end of this year, the Army will have at least six Army Aviation Regiments!"

"The Airborne Division is expanded to five!"

………

As Wu Zhan explained his story one by one, the army general's frown slowly relaxed.

An army of 2 million people with all kinds of equipment sounds pretty good.

Half an hour later, the air force generals attending the meeting began to become nervous.

The people who can walk into this conference room are all the most senior generals of the Air Force. They naturally know about jet fighters and bombers.

Wu Zhan picked up the tea cup and took a sip, looked at the Air Force and said:

"All pilots sent to study in the Soviet Union have returned home. This is the last batch. No more pilots will be sent to study in the Soviet Union in the future."

"Both the Army and Navy have expanded to a certain extent, as has the Air Force."

"After the production capacity of jet fighters is increased, old fighter jets such as J-1 will be phased out one after another."

"Preliminary estimates show that by the end of this year, the Air Force will have 2 to 3 regiments of jet fighters."

Nearly 1/2 of the military production capacity will be allocated to the Navy, so the Air Force's replacement speed will be slower.

"As for new bombers, due to difficulty in production and manufacturing, the Air Force will have at most three H-6A brigades this year."

"The Air Force will soon have new types of missiles and rockets. The situation in air combat will change to a great extent, and each aviation regiment will need to make less preparations."

"The above is the expansion and replacement plan for the navy, army and air force this year. If the surrounding situation changes, this plan will be adjusted accordingly."

Wu Zhan closed the folder with a snap. The solemn atmosphere in the conference room was broken by the sound, and smiles appeared on the faces of the generals.

...

On September 1, the General Staff Headquarters of the three armed forces was formally established.

Jiang Dong was appointed commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, and Xie Chengrui was appointed chief of general staff of the three armed forces.

Wu Zhan, Zhang Aiguo, and Xu Tingyi concurrently serve as deputy chiefs of the General Staff.

They are representatives of the navy, army and air force.

On the same day, a message was published in an inconspicuous corner of the military newspaper:

The Fengtian and Qilu aircraft carrier battle groups have been organized and initially equipped with combat effectiveness.

[Author's digression]: Well, that's it for now, so stay tuned for the follow-up story.
Chapter completed!