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Chapter 232: Better to fight early than to fight late

Although the instructions from the head of state gave Mu Haoyang a clear purpose on the issue of Europe, it disrupted his strategic plan because he was preparing to attack the Hawaiian Islands by the end of the year. If negotiations with the European Federation break down, he would have to enter the European continent by the end of the year.

The problem is here.

From a military perspective, entering the European continent is the mission of the army and has little to do with the navy. However, the navy must not miss this good show. It must be interesting, such as sending a fleet into the Mediterranean to realize its dream of entering the Atlantic Ocean and occupying a place in the European war.

In this way, the navy's troops that can be used in the Pacific will be reduced.

Although the Chinese Navy's military strength advantage will be more obvious by the end of the year, it has not yet been strong enough to fight on two fronts. If six aircraft carrier battle groups are sent to the Mediterranean, then the Chinese Navy's main fleet will have no advantage in the Pacific Ocean.

It is not difficult to conclude that the combat operations to attack the Hawaiian Islands are either advanced or delayed.

Obviously, delay is not ideal.

Although Huang Hanlin did not clearly state that the war must end in 2056, Mu Haoyang knew that there was definitely hope that the war would end in 2056, and the sooner the war would end, the greater the benefits. In addition, in the position of Minister of War, Mu Haoyang could master a lot of information that even Du Xiaolei was not clear, so he could more clearly realize the impact of this war on the country.

Economically, China's war expenditure in 2055 will reach 60% of its GDP.

There is no doubt that this is an extremely high proportion and the highest proportion that can be achieved under the premise that the domestic economic order basically maintains normal operation.

To put it simply, China used 60% of its output to war in 2055.

This means that domestic workers can only obtain 40% of the labor results after hard work.

If it were in peacetime, the national economy would have collapsed long ago.

Even during the war, this situation cannot be maintained for a long time. It can even be said that if it were not for the benefits from the alliance group, China would have had an economic crisis long ago. Of course, being able to maintain such high war expenses has a lot to do with social production efficiency.

To put it simply, even if you can only share forty percent of the labor results, Chinese citizens can live a richer life, and are very little affected by the war. For example, at that time, China basically did not control food, medicine and other daily necessities, and only formulated a relatively relaxed purchase restriction policy, which stipulates that adults can limit 50 kilograms of grain, 20 kilograms of meat, 10 kilograms of fish, 10 kilograms of poultry and eggs, 25 kilograms of vegetables, and 5 kilograms of cooking oil per month, and crack down on market speculation.

If you deliberately speculate on the price of daily necessities, the amount exceeds one million yuan, it is a serious criminal offence and can be sentenced to life imprisonment at most. In fact, such a loose purchase restriction policy makes it impossible for any hype of prices to succeed, because even if you participate in high-intensity social labor, an adult cannot consume so much food in a month. You must know that if converted into food, it is equivalent to an average annual consumption of 2,000 kilograms, while before the war, China's annual per capita food consumption was less than 2,000 kilograms.

In a sense, a stable domestic environment is the key factor in the Chinese military's courage on the front line.

Why do officers and soldiers fight bloody battles on the front line? To put it more, it is to defend the motherland and perform the duties of soldiers. To put it less, it is to defend their homeland so that their relatives in the rear can live a safe, stable and prosperous life, and prevent their relatives from being poisoned by the war.

Judging from the situation at that time, China's war potential has not been drained.

The problem is that if war has a negative impact on the national economy, then war itself will lose its meaning and at least it will greatly reduce the value of victory.

At that time, this was the problem that Mu Haoyang was worried about.

If the frontline progresses well, in 2056, China will be able to maintain the proportion of war expenditures at about 60%, or even reduce, mainly because the battles on several major battlefields have ended, the combat intensity of the army began to decrease, and the consumption of war materials has also been greatly reduced. There is no need to continue to focus on military production, which can release some productivity.

The problem is, if it is delayed until 2057, it will not be optimistic.

You should know that the war was delayed until 2057, and there were only two situations: one was the reversal of the situation, and the other was the trouble when attacking the American mainland.

Obviously, the former is unlikely. Even if you encounter trouble, the US military will not have the chance to turn defeat into victory.

The key lies in the latter.

Although Mu Haoyang hopes that the US authorities can recognize the situation and surrender before the Chinese army attacks the North American mainland, he will not have too much hope, because the United States has a strong national foundation and a large number of unmobilized citizens, so it is very likely that it will resist stubbornly.

In this way, it will definitely be more beneficial to hit the United States one day earlier than to hit the other day later.

The reason is very simple. The United States will definitely expand the scale of war mobilization and will definitely make every effort to increase military production capacity. However, these actions will take enough time to complete. In other words, as long as the Chinese army advances quickly enough, it will be able to defeat the United States before the United States squeezes out the last drop of war potential, and it will avoid expanding the scale of the war and avoiding a bad war on the United States.

This opportunity was in 2056.

All the information Mu Haoyang has shown that the United States will definitely be able to explode in 2056, such as recruiting more than 20 million soldiers, double or even double the military production capacity, improve the local strategic defense deployment, and be prepared to fight local defense wars.

If it really delays until 2057, attacking the United States will definitely cost a huge price.

Later, Wei Chenglong made an estimate that if he attacked the United States in 2056, he would only need to invest five million ground troops. If he attacked the United States in 2057, he would need to use 10 million ground troops, and the casualties would be more than twice as high as the former.

No one can prove whether this estimate is correct.

There is only one thing that is certain. In the second half of 2055, both Mu Haoyang and other senior generals believed that they should land on the North American continent in 2056, and it is best to cross the Rocky Mountains that are used to North American continent in mid-2056. According to Mu Haoyang's estimates, if he can land on the North American continent in 2056, he will be sure to reach the east coast of the United States by the end of the year.

The problem is that to land on the North American continent in early 2056, you have to occupy the Hawaiian Islands before that.

In fact, Mu Haoyang arranged to attack the Hawaiian Islands at the end of the year for this reason. His target of capturing was only a large island in the eastern part of the archipelago, rather than occupying the entire archipelago. In his eyes, the Hawaiian Islands were just a springboard for entering the North American continent.

Unfortunately, there is something wrong now.

Mu Haoyang has only one choice: advance the attack on the Hawaiian Islands.

In early July, he thought that the attack could be launched at the end of the month. Then he found that the fleet's preparations were not in place, and the material transfer work could not be completed within two months, which would take at least three months. Don't forget that the Australian Battle would not end at the end of May, and small-scale battles were still underway.

As a result, Mu Haoyang set the time to attack the Hawaiian Islands at the end of August.

If you advance the combat operation three months and reduce the preparation time by half, it will definitely cause great trouble. The most prominent ones are the assembly of troops and the transportation of materials.

At that time, Pang Yuelong suggested launching a small-scale attack at the end of July or early August to capture an island in the western part of the Hawaiian Islands as a forward base for attacking the Hawaiian Islands. Midway Island is a relatively ideal choice and can greatly reduce the pressure on later combat.

After careful consideration, Mu Haoyang rejected the proposal.

The reason is very simple. In the western part of the Hawaiian Islands, there is no island that is so big that it can accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops, so it cannot be a springboard for offensive action.

In addition, there is another reason, that is, there is no need to advance the base when attacking the Hawaiian Islands.

Although it was 10,000 kilometers from the Mariana Islands to the Hawaiian Islands, only Wake Island was during the period, and the maximum range of large electric transport aircraft was only 10,000 kilometers, and it was still the range of light loads. However, these problems were solved in 2055.

For example, the Air Force is equipped with an air charger, which can replenish all the electricity for four large electric aircraft within fifteen minutes. If it is accompanied by a one-to-four way, it can almost give large electric transport aircraft unlimited battery life. More importantly, this kind of charging aircraft is easy to modify, which means that a large electric aircraft is equipped with a small fusion power supply system. As long as it is necessary, the Air Force can provide thousands of aircraft within one month.

In addition, the Navy was also prepared. At that time, the Navy had developed a "deck system" that could splice more than five flat-deck freighters in low sea conditions to form a floating airport, providing a runway of 1,500 meters for large electric transport aircraft to take off and land.

It can be said that air freight is not a problem at all.

As for other aspects, it is not a problem. For example, the support force will be at least eighty escort aircraft carriers, nearly two hundred fire support ships, and nearly three hundred armed escort ships for the navy to call. Even if it is not the main fleet, it can provide the Marines with powerful support forces of 3,000 tactical fighters and 2,000 large-caliber electromagnetic guns to ensure that the Marines can board any island in the Hawaiian Islands under any circumstances.

The escort problem has also been solved. The escort force mainly consisting of escort aircraft carriers, anti-submarine warships, armed escort ships and fully electric submarines has made the probability of transport fleets reaching their destination safely reaching 95%. The on-air loss rate of cargo is so low that it can be ignored.

With these basic conditions, Mu Haoyang naturally doesn't have to consider seizing the advance base.

To put it simply, a powerful fleet is the Marines' advance base.

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