Chapter 763, Disarmament
After the work report of the alliance government represented by Oceana, Gu Hang had another meeting.
The reporter is Thaddeus, the general political commissar of the Alliance's Military and Administrative Department, who is also responsible for military construction.
If the alliance's political and economic aspects have been undergoing rapid development and expansion in the past two years, then for the alliance's army, life has not been too comfortable in the past two years.
During the Iron Armor War and the Insect War, the scale of the war was so large and the intensity was so high that the entire system of the Alliance could not help but turn to serve the war.
The size of the army has been greatly expanded. Not only are they sent to the front line, but there are also a large number of reserve teams. They must be prepared at any time and sent to the front line base camp. If a group army is frequently defeated on the front line, a new army must be formed and sent to the base camp. in place.
But now, such a limit is definitely no longer needed.
The war was over and disarmament became mainstream.
Of course, although it is said to be over, in fact, in the 7109 worlds controlled by the Alliance, the war can never truly end.
On the big side, the infected swarms that have lost their central command are all over the spider web space. They are no longer a big threat, but they still have to be eradicated. If it doesn't take ten years, I'm afraid they won't be eradicated.
The aftermath of wars has always been like this. Have you not seen how many years have passed since the main battles of the Iron-Tooth Orc War were fought? Now the four northeastern star districts of the Dragon Eagle Star Region and the original control areas of the Iron-Tooth Orc Empire have become It is a big granary of the alliance, but in fact, it is difficult to say that the orcs have been completely wiped out. On many planets, orc tribes still appear in large groups; in relatively clean places, one or two small orc tribes pop up from time to time.
It has been like this for more than ten or twenty years.
The difficulty of cleaning up those infected by the insect swarm is much simpler than that of the orcs, but after all, the scale of the disaster left behind is larger, and the time required to clean up is not much shorter.
It is true that the army is needed to deal with these, but after all, such a large-scale decisive battle army is not needed.
During the war, at the peak of the alliance, the Army organized more than 350 army groups and seven billion alliance armies. They were on the battlefield, fighting for the alliance, or were always ready to fight for the alliance.
The alliance has to pay more than 100 billion in maintenance fees every year.
Alliance armies are very expensive right now. According to the standards of the Astra Militarum, an army group with 20 million people and a total cost of just over 1.2 billion is about the same, which has already reached the equipment level of the Astra Militarum.
Many of the so-called Astra Militarum do not have equipment worth so much money.
But the cost of building an army group in the alliance has soared to 3 billion.
Various types of heavy bolter machine guns, plasma anti-armor guns, individual missiles are distributed to the squad level... many things can only be seen in the Astra Militarum at the company level or at least the platoon level;
The coverage rate of exoskeleton armor can generally reach about 5-10%. At the regiment level, a special assault company can be formed. All exoskeletons charge with individual missiles and bolt guns. This is an important weapon in critical battles or defensive battles. An important force to capture the position.
A special commando team equipped with feedback-type power armor can form an entire sharp knife battalion at the division level, but in the ordinary Astra Militarum, even a group army may not be able to assemble so many sets.
As for the armored forces, artillery units, and army aviation units, there is a quantitative and quality gap between two levels in terms of firepower and vehicles.
Why can the Alliance Army fight?
Of course it has something to do with Gu Hang. He has spent countless gift points over the years, and the T5 and T4 level elite soldiers he has trained, coupled with the morale bonus of the military political commissar to the entire army, are the key to forming the powerful combat power of the Alliance Army.
However, spiritual will and technical and tactical levels cannot completely determine the combat effectiveness of an army.
Money is also important.
On the basis of the extremely high quality of the soldiers, coupled with an investment in equipment that is more than three times the amount of ordinary Astra Militarum troops, that is even more critical.
Since the alliance is adopting a strategy of elite troops, it should proceed more simply.
But the cost of maintaining such an elite force is also very high.
The maintenance cost of more than 100 billion is only the amount established to maintain the existence and normal training of the army during non-war periods.
If a war breaks out, the cost will be prohibitive. The rain of artillery shells and the fuel consumed on countless battlefields can fill the ocean. The cost is huge. Not to mention, people will die when fighting, the cost of pensions, the cost of replenishing troops, the cost of replenishing vehicles and equipment...
The empire spent more than 100 billion to fight an iron-armored war, as evidenced by this.
Now, the war is no longer going on, but we are still forced to spend 100 billion in military expenditures, which is really unbearable.
Disarmament is inevitable.
There are also some troops that really need to be laid off.
The Iron Armor War began to expand the army, and now seventeen years have passed. The youth of two or even three generations have been spent in the war and the military. Some veterans who are older and have not yet been promoted to officers or sergeants can remove their armor and return to their fields.
Of course, they are all veterans who have been baptized by the flames of war, and some backbones must still be retained.
Moreover, the laid-off soldiers and retired officers will not be wasted.
They won't really become farmers or workers - it's not impossible, but in the end the majors are not suitable. The soldiers who have transferred to other professions have spent time in all-elite forces such as the Alliance Army. When they arrive on the planet, planetary defense The military, police departments, merchant ship guards, and even professional bodyguards from security companies... all need their abilities.
Maybe the treatment would be better than being in the army.
Speaking of which, the alliance's army power is not just the alliance army.
The Alliance's military power consists of approximately four major parts: the Alliance Army, the Alliance Navy, the Alliance Defense Force, and other special forces.
There are actually some similarities with the empire's system. The Alliance Army benchmarks against the Astra Militarum. Needless to say the Navy, the Alliance Defense Force benchmarks against the Planetary Defense Forces of various imperial worlds.
The number of the Defense Forces is not as sparse as that of the Alliance Army.
The Alliance has a population of 12 trillion and 7,000 worlds. It is impossible for the Alliance Army to defend it alone. The mobilization ratio is less than 60,000 of the total population. Each planet can only be allocated one million troops. So what's the use?
Don't laugh at the Empire. The Alliance also wants to delegate military power to planetary governments and let planetary governors form their own defense forces. At the same time, the cost of the defense forces will also be borne by local governments.
Of course, there are similarities and many differences. The Alliance's star sector and star domain-level governments cannot form interstellar forces. The Alliance Army and Alliance Navy are fully responsible for all interstellar operations. When necessary, the star domain government can mobilize the planetary defense force to conduct interstellar operations, and the planetary governor has no right to refuse.
The Planetary Governor of the Alliance does not have as much power as the Planetary Governor of the Empire. The planetary governor of the empire is the Earth Emperor. After paying taxes, he can do whatever he likes. The alliance's planetary officers are just bureaucrats. They will be inspected and have performance indicators. If they do well, they will be promoted. If they don't, they will be kicked out. The Planetary Defense Force was transferred as soon as the superior military unit said it would be transferred.
At the same time, the difference between the military systems of the Alliance and the Empire is that the Alliance Army has full ties with the Defense Forces. A large proportion of the Alliance Army is recruited from the Defense Forces and will come back after retirement; the Alliance Army has full power to mobilize the Defense Forces. . Even the overall command of the defense force system falls within the army.
Not to mention the disarmament of the army and the decentralization of personnel to local governments for resettlement, only a small part of the remaining equipment was allocated to the defense forces, and the rest was paid as imperial taxes, directly lifting the burden.
It is true that alleviating financial pressure is the main reason, but there are indeed some old equipment models that can be eliminated by taking this opportunity.
Anyway, the imperial tax will accept all these things - the empire is so big, there is plenty of room to absorb these equipment that the alliance does not want.
Things that are obsolete to the Alliance Army, if placed elsewhere, might become good things that others only dream of.
In the next two years, disarmament will continue, which will eventually reduce the total military expenditure of the Alliance Army to less than 80 billion per year (non-war status). The military equipment and materials used to offset imperial taxes will exceed 100 billion. .
Needless to say, the Alliance Defense Forces. Although the Alliance Central Committee has no regulations for each locality, at present, economic construction is the top priority of local governments. If the central government did not have certain requirements for the quantity and quality of local defense forces, they would not be able to do so. The less the National Defense Force needs to be maintained, the better - the cost of the National Defense Force falls on the consumption of local governments, and the central government does not provide funding. The situation with the Alliance Navy was similar.
The Alliance Navy now totals more than two thousand battleships. All the armed merchant ships drafted during the war were sent back.
Most of the more than two thousand warships must be patrol ships and frigate-level boats. When it comes to the destroyer and cruiser levels, the number is much less; and when it comes to battlecruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers, there are only 21 ships in total.
But it is these 21 giant ships that actually account for nearly 70% of the total expenditure of the navy.
The Navy is more expensive than the Army.
The alliance spends more than 150 billion on maintenance costs for the navy every year. This figure also refers to the cost of the fleet's normal cruise under non-war conditions. In the event of a war, it will rise to the point of being outrageous. The specific amount depends on the war. intensity.
The Navy also needs to cut back some.
However, the abolition of the navy is much easier to handle: just pay some unwanted ships as imperial taxes and that's it.
Moreover, because the navy of the past alliance was indeed underdeveloped and there were not enough ships, during the war, all the ships that were available were pulled into the navy, which led to some problems with the structure of the naval fleet.
Take this opportunity to optimize it.
At the same time, some old ships and ships with inferior technical levels should be sold.
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For example, the Alliance plans to eliminate all the Musician-class and Dragon-Snake-class from its own fleet.
Of course, the relevant production lines are still retained, which is a lot of money.
However, taxes will be paid on new ships built.
For example, if you keep the Moon Level and Holy Grail Level created by the Alliance, you can use them for yourself.
The size of the Alliance fleet will not be reduced, and new ships will continue to be ordered. However, it is estimated that every time a Holy Grail-class ship is produced in the future, one Dragon-Snake-class ship will be eliminated from the own fleet and lost to the empire.
The Navy estimates that it will be able to eliminate warships worth more than 300 billion in the next two years.
However, I am afraid that military expenditures will not be reduced too much. It is estimated that they will remain around 150 billion. At the same time, because new ships have to be ordered, military expenditures will also have to increase.
This Navy has been laid off, just like it has not been laid off.
But there is nothing we can do.
The army is relatively easy to handle. If necessary, you can recruit it at any time. Fast equipment production and large inventories are not enough. Lowering the standards will help anyway.
But there is really nothing we can do about the Navy. There are too many cuts now. When we need to use them later, the shipbuilding cycle can easily take three to five to six or seven years. The core ships cannot be obtained immediately if we want to.
But in general, military expenditure is also a part of the alliance that has to suffer first.
After a few years, when the league's financial situation improves, it will be better to expand its scale.
However, there is only one expenditure, which has been invested at a rate of tens of billions per year under the name of confidential projects.
Even if the league is under great financial pressure, this amount of money is still there.
The level of confidentiality is high, and almost no one knows what this project is, but of course Gu Hang knows.
That is actually an investment in the navy: the Glory Queen-class battleship under construction in secret.
When this thing is built, one of her ships will be worth as much as an entire Alliance fleet; its combat effectiveness will be extremely exaggerated under the protection of the Alliance fleet.
This is a battleship that even the center of the empire does not have control of yet.
The existing Glory Queens are all in the hands of those ancient founding Space Marine Chapters.
Not to mention how much trouble there will be if the Alliance's ability to build the Glory Queen is exposed. Does the Alliance dare to openly use this ship? But let's first own it.
The biggest difference is between having it and not having it.
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In general, the alliance's military construction basically stopped.
There is no choice but to make concessions for economic construction.
But Thaddeus’ recent job isn’t that simple either.
You can disarmament, but you can't cut it on your own arteries.
Compared to disarmament, Thaddeus prefers to call his work optimization.
While keeping the alliance's military framework unchanged, costs have been reduced and efficiency increased.
The structure of the team can be optimized and the cost can be reduced, but there must be room for it. The original framework can support the alliance to quickly rebuild the team when necessary, and even become larger and more powerful than before. powerful.
Gu Hang fully believed in his ability.
At the same time, he is also very willing to believe in Oceana's ability.
Just go ahead and do it.
He would check the government and military work reports for news.
At the same time, he also has the system's [Soldier Card] panel and the monthly income panel of gift points to check whether the reports given to him by his officials are deceiving people.
This is where he cheats: the data-based panel faithfully feeds back things that are difficult to count using normal statistics.
There is a certain deviation between the two, which Gu Hang can accept.
Statistics is a very deep subject, and deviations are normal.
Just don't go too far too far.
In addition, Gu Hang did not sit back and watch the development of the alliance.
He now has a large amount of gift points on hand.
(End of chapter)