Chapter 596 Horn 1

December 5th, Guangzhou.

Military vehicles and soldiers coming and going on the road have added a little tension to this big city. Three months after the outbreak of the war, people have also come out of the initial panic. The recruitment station is still busy every day. After a few years of factory orders, the wartime economy ensures that the purchase price has been greatly reduced. As a result, the profits of merchants began to decline, but due to the huge needs, a certain profit can still be guaranteed, and it is only a little tighter than usual.

As an industrial city in the south after Shanghai and one of the most important birthplaces of national industries in the Qing Dynasty, more than ten years of development have not only led to heavy industry enterprises such as shipbuilding, automobiles and aircraft, but also the largest non-ferrous metal distribution center in the country by relying on Guangxi, Hainan and Nanyang Islands.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Guangzhou, Guangxi and Hainan alone can provide 1 million tons of finished aluminum ingots to China every month. These aluminum ingots are transported to all parts of the country by train, sea and land, ensuring that Warhawks continue to go down the production line.

Compared with the United States, Xinhua still has many shortcomings, but they are almost the same. In the final analysis, the demographic advantage cannot be completely compensated by machines in this era. For example, the United States builds a ship with a thousand workers. If Xinhua technicians are not skilled enough, they simply double it, or double it several times. "The more people, the power is great" This sentence is exactly why the Ally countries felt so worried after Xinhua joined the war.

At this moment, many people begin to understand why Li Mo let Britain and the United States declare war first, and even did anything to delay the arrival of the declaration of war, and then made Xinhua into an image of being forced to join the war, taking up arms for the sake of freedom and peace.

As a multi-ethnic country, war needs an excuse. Only when the whole country is twisted into a rope can the strongest cry burst out.

The empire won the counterattack!

Cannon strike New York!

Fowles Bay naval battle victory!

Until the recent announcement of the Cologne Islands victory!

Reporters have given full play to their expertise, rendering touching words, showing battles, personal characters and deeds in front of the people. In the excitement and tears, these people and things not only inspired the whole country, but also made everyone full of energy. Many people said that even if they get the lowest pay, they should take the most Many of the best weapons and equipment are delivered to the soldiers.

In addition to the vital aluminum and other non-ferrous metals, Guangzhou Shipyard has become one of the representatives. The dock is covered with all kinds of keels. From the smallest patrol ship to the largest new aircraft carrier, the sparks of electric arcs are endless.

Stepping into the factory, Li Xiufeng was also scorching. As the chief manager of the royal family, he personally integrated the Southern Industrial Group and built it into the second largest heavy industry group controlled by the royal family, political axe and private capital. He also saw such a lively scene here for the first time.

The wartime economy is a test of the country and the destruction of the free economy, but there is no doubt about it. It will greatly stimulate the potential of the country. After the war is over and the pain of transformation, the country's comprehensive manufacturing capacity will be raised by several levels!

Xinhua's current industrial capacity is not as good as that of Britain and the United States, or even Germany. Everyone knows this, but as long as it wins in the end, the British and American industrial capacity, which has been hit hard, will be thrown away by the imperial industrial workers who grew up in a few years under the stimulus of the wartime planned economy.

So what if the current number is not as good as that of the United Kingdom and the United States? So what if the manufacturing capacity is not comparable? The technical advantages are enough to offset many things. What's more, in just three months, the number of Allied main warships sunk has exceeded 30, and the rest of the ships are countless. Even if the industrial capacity of the United Kingdom and the United States doubles again, it can't accept the damage of this scale, and now the number of disadvantages is also rapid after the other side's losses. Close up, if you want to make up for the gap, Britain and the United States will be delaminated even if they are not dead.

Judging from the total number of capital ships, the United Kingdom, the United States and France together still have an absolute advantage, but they have fallen too much compared with the pre-war. Take the United States as an example, they still have 20 main battleships, 4 heavy patrols, and 13 old-fashioned battleships, and their third and fourth Guam class will be delivered in ten days, when they will have There are 19 main battleships and 4 heavy cruisers. Although the old battleships are 0-13, those old goods have proved to be out of line with the times countless times.

If it hadn't been for the Indian Ocean, maybe I could have thought of landing in Panama at this moment.

The busy scene made Li Xiufeng's thoughts temporarily fork, but soon the two huge battleships let him take them back. After locking his eyes in a tin house in the corner of the dock, he sighed.

This kind of small room is usually for supervisors or engineers to rest temporarily. There is only a bed and a desk in the room. When he pushes the room away, he finds that the desk lamp is still on, indicating that the temporary owner here has not left for a long time.

"Brother, why are you here?"

Just as he was going to the dock to look for him, there was a cry of surprise behind him. When he turned his head and saw Li Xiuyan's costume, he couldn't help but feel sad.

Ordinary helmets, thick blue work clothes stained with oil, sloppy beards as if they had not been shaved for ten days and a half months, and the person was much thinner. The most important thing is that the once flexible eyes were also a little dimmed.

"Come and see you." Li Xiufeng found two stools and moved to the door to signal Li Xiuyan to sit down. He looked at the two Guam-class battleships under repair and said softly, "I heard that you came here after returning to the military headquarters. Why don't you go back and have a look?" My godfather misses you very much.

"I." Li Xiuyan hesitated for a moment before saying, "The war has been tense recently. I have to supervise the repair of the two battleships as soon as possible, and then it will be delayed."

"Is it?" Li Xiufeng looked at his brother who was wrong. He knew that Li Xiuyan was blaming himself. In addition to accidentally injuring the eldest prince, he also had doubts about his confidence in the attack on the Atlantic Ocean, so he made an excuse to supervise the maintenance of the warship and avoided everyone's eyes.

"The eldest prince has recovered very well. He will return to the navy in two months at most. In fact, you don't have to."

"The eldest prince still wants to return to the navy?" Before Li Xiufeng finished his words, Li Xiuyan interrupted his brother. He couldn't believe his ears. He thought that the eldest prince might retire after he was injured this time, but he didn't expect to come back.

"This is what the eldest prince meant, and the emperor has promised him." Li Xiufeng glanced at his younger brother and suddenly raised his voice: "Do you think the emperor is not prepared? I can tell you that from the day the eldest prince joined the army, the emperor has been ready for the worst news.

I remember that the emperor told me after you set out, I don't ask you to be more vigorous. As long as you can bring the two warships back completely, it will be a victory. Now you have done it, so the military headquarters and the emperor will reward you.

But you're better to hide here. Do you think you can avoid the rest of your life? Do you think it's atonement to do this and paralyze yourself with work?

Li Xiufeng's eyes have been full of reprimand, and his tone has become much more serious: "What's wrong? You should know that real soldiers should know how to summarize. Setbacks should not make confidence sink. Instead, they should become stronger and stronger in constant hardships, and can be played in future wars. If you Even this demon can't get out, so you might as well retire."

The words shocked Li Xiuyan's shoulders. He didn't expect that his dependent brother would say the word retirement. This is not a trivial matter. If he retires now, he will not be able to raise his head in his life and always carry the curse of deserters.

"I didn't say these words, but the emperor!" Li Xiufeng told the truth, watched his brother take out a letter from his pocket and gave it to him: "This is a handwritten letter that the emperor asked me to forward to you. He also asked me to tell you that a thousand-mile expedition must be folded into the general. Since it is a war, there is nothing to lose. The Battle of the Falls was so smooth that he also lost a plane, and Two sailors died.

In the naval battle of the Cologne Islands, General Ji Rushan saw through the tricks of the United States five days in advance, but he was afraid that he would be found by the United States for an early evacuation. He still persisted until the end to inform the local troops and lost two warships, but in the end, the United States seized the Cologne Islands because of the lack of the army.

Are they discouraged?

The war can't end in a day or two. If you are not prepared enough for sacrifice and not ready to fight the most cruel war, it's better not to fight. After saying that, Li Xiufeng got up and patted his trousers, pointed to the two Guam-class battleships and continued, "I asked before I came here. They can be repaired in ten days at most. Now Malaya and the Indian Ocean are on the string. I believe you know what to do!"

"Brother."

Li Xiuyan stood up slowly, pinched the letter in his hand, as if he felt the painstaking efforts of the emperor, and nodded heavily: "I know how to do it."

"Then do it!" Li Xiufeng waved his hand and regained his cheerfulness: "The horn to the west has sounded. Britain, the United States and other allied countries are desperately sending more troops to the Indian Ocean. When I came, I just got the news that they had made the second decision to send more troops to the Indian Ocean. The Chief of Staff said that the millions of Allied [***] teams trapped in the Dardanir Strait had retreated. Signs, they are very likely to be redeployed to the Indian Ocean and Persia, and our garrison in Greater Kuwait has suffered a fierce attack since yesterday morning!

The empire will face an unprecedented battle, the Indian Ocean will be full of smoke, and the total number of enemies we face may exceed 3 million! I'm a layman, but I heard from the emperor and the chief of staff that this battle will be the most important battle for us to break the three-sided encirclement and open up the Asia-Europe waterway.

If we fail, we will continue to be trapped in the Pacific Ocean and our European allies will be defeated, so the emperor said that this is a big battle that can only be won, and there will be many sacrifices.

I believe in you, and the emperor and my godfather also believe in you. We will wait for your next good news in Yanjing!"

"Yes!" Looking at his brother and listening to the news one by one, Li Xiuyan seemed to see the smoke in the Indian Ocean. He slowly stood up and saluted with his feet together: "Please take me to tell the emperor."

"I have heard the horn!"

(to be continued)