Chapter 18 Competition
"Penxing, the Marines should belong to our navy. Is there any problem now that they are allocated to us?" William Benson shouted at Persing. This man's rank is much higher than Persing, but the two men have different scores, Persing's reputation is also high enough, so it is not worth it at all.
"Benson, Wesley graduated from Western Point. He should have been in the Army, and the troops he formed are different from the traditional Shanghai Marine Corps. Although it is not time for inspection yet, no matter how you calculate it, you can't be allocated to your Navy." Pershing refused to give in.
The problems of the navy and the army are found in all countries, but nothing more than military expenditure. Every year, the distribution of military expenditure is obtained. Now the army has directly obtained 100 million US dollars of special funds, which is for experiments. The formation of a newly organized force requires inspection and improvement. It is impossible for Wesley to solve it in one report. This is a huge topic, including future research on standing military forces.
There are too many things to count, but the army is now full of energy because they see hope that according to the needs of the country, the number of standing troops is at least one million. This is still estimated under the special geographical location of the United States. The United States still has colonies and all the troops here need to be stationed.
And if according to Wesley's vision, the European War would be a world war, then a million troops were not enough. They also needed more troops. This is for the sake of interests. American capitalists have begun to be dissatisfied with being trapped in the country, and they want to go out and make more money.
The Navy started working with the Army. Pershing and Benson directly glared at the president's office, which made the president feel embarrassed. He did not expect that Wesley really asked the members of the parliament to agree to the military expansion request in Congress, and the method was used very strangely, and they directly scolded them from the beginning. The members of the parliament seemed to be very enthusiastic about Wesley's proposal and were actively discussing it every day.
Someone calculated the calculation. First of all, if the army maintains a number of one million, then it can support at least 10 million people. How did this calculation come about?
The American army provides money and has military pay, especially in this era, all ** teams receive military pay, and in this case one million soldiers can be raised. The formation of the army requires equipment. Although Wesley took the big head of the weapon, many small things were released, especially the wardrobe. The soldiers' training uniforms were replaced very quickly. What is the concept of a wardrobe of a million soldiers in a year?
Even a lunch box can support many people. This is a matter of making money. Although this money comes from taxes, the money that is circulated is called money when the money lives, which is Wesley's theory.
The military needs a huge amount of things, and a large number of companies will receive orders, and the strength of the military will give the country more voice internationally and gain more overseas benefits.
"Mr. President, overseas interests depend on our navy, and our navy needs to change even more. Didn't this young man also learn naval knowledge? I want to assess him." William Benson saw that he could not get the result of arguing with Pershing, so he turned to talk to the president.
"This..." The president looked at Pershing in embarrassment.
Pan Xing hurriedly jumped out and said, "This is impossible. This is a talent trained by our army. Moreover, he is conducting new military experiments. He just has the name of the Marine Corps. I will ask him to change it tomorrow."
"You..." William Benson pointed at Pershing so much that he couldn't speak.
The President needs to play a role at this time. After all, one is the pillar of the future army, and the other is the pillar of the navy. He needs to coordinate on both sides. He also knows that Wesley's shipyard has been expanded very much and he also hopes to get the Navy's orders, so he made another decision.
"There is no need to argue with you. I think it is necessary for us to call the young man and ask him for his opinion. After all, it is the decision of his future. Am I right?"
The two generals stopped talking and nodded in recognition, so Wesley had to give up the training work and let the company commanders lead the team to train themselves, and he set out to Washington again.
"Major Wesley, now the Army and the Navy are quarreling over your belongings. We want to ask for your own opinions." After Wesley arrived, he was sent directly to the president. Pershing and a navy general here glared at him. Now after hearing this inquiry, he understood.
Wesley thought for a while, and then he knew what the Navy was thinking and said directly: "It would be better for me to train my battalion. After all, I expect it to be expanded into a brigade in the future. However, it is difficult to make a conclusion about the issue of ownership now. It is better for everyone to take a look at it after it becomes an army."
Speaking of this, Wesley paused for a moment, and both generals were very anxious expressions. She saw it all, "However, I want to talk about the role of this force first. First of all, the Marine Corps is called without error. The purpose of my training is to compete for the strength of landing operations, which must be supported by the navy. But the next step is land combat, but it is not traditional land combat, but more of a battle between jungles and cities. This force is a strong soldier, otherwise I would not have raised it."
"Is it so strong? And the training is a special war mode, landing, jungle, city, can a force be able to do it?" the president asked in confusion.
"Of course, this army is equipped with light weapons, and the artillery is all mortars. While it is light and flexible, it carries a large amount of ammunition. For example, when we are landing on the beach, we really need a special force. Have the two generals thought about this?"
"This..." Two generals from both arms were asked, and they knew that World War II was still an unfamiliar topic, which caused a large number of soldiers to die.
"The interests of overseas are becoming more and more important now. Whether it is land or islands, the first problem is logging in. Logging in will become the norm. Although those backward countries do not have a defense, what about the great powers? Don't forget, I said that the European war is about to begin."
"You mean we're going to get involved?" the president asked with a frown.
"Participation is inevitable, but I guess we won't get anything. We can let them fight for two years first. After all, we also want to make money." Wesley laughed, with the face of a profiteer. He had already started hoarding steel, and his own minerals had already begun to hoard.
"What the young man said is very visionary, but you need to think of some solutions for our Navy now. The Navy is developing too slowly. You can design army weapons. I think your shipyard also has navy members, right?" Benson Anna couldn't help but asked directly.
Chapter completed!