Vol 4 Chapter 56: Formation of air force

1912 was a year of change. While the allies were internally integrated, the allies also made corresponding strategic deployments. The most obvious thing was that the Germans accelerated the shipbuilding speed.
And at the end of 1912, William II announced to the outside world a new German shipbuilding plan. The German government plans to add 3 super intrepid ships and 4 battlecruisers again in the next three years!
The German response stimulated the British, but there was a fierce quarrel within the London government over whether to continue to implement the current naval bill.
The British Empire finally discovered that their finances could not stand up! According to the previous Naval Act, they now have to add another six super intrepid ships and eight battle cruisers. This is not a small number, at least more than 24 million pounds, which is more than Bulgaria's 1911 Total military spending!
It is ironic that the Super Dreadnought was also produced by the British Empire. It was originally intended to crush the Germans in terms of quality. As a result, the Germans have just started to keep up!
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斯 Asquith (Prime Minister and Minister of Finance) said, "Mr. Churchill, please calm down and think about the problems we are facing now, even though my financial income is double that of the Germans.
Even if they want to take care of the army, we still have to guard the colony. If we continue to fight like this, we will probably be the first to persist! "
Well, this is also the sequel to the welfare reform of the British Empire. Although internal contradictions have been alleviated, financial expenditure has also increased significantly.
Secretary of the Navy Churchill still said excitedly: "But, Mr. Prime Minister, can we withdraw now? The naval bill has just passed, and less than a year after implementation, we have retreated. What makes the outside world think of us? How do you think of the British Empire? Has our British Empire fallen? "
The Minister of State countered: "We all know about Mr. Churchill, but you must also consider our financial affordability! Now our military expenditures have exceeded 25% of fiscal revenues, and we will even have to More than 31 percent, this is already a very dangerous number, do you understand? "
Churchill said without buying: "We can issue bonds! As long as we persist, the Germans will soon find that they cannot compete with us in the navy and will continue to focus on the army.
In this way, once the war breaks out, the Germans will lose the battle with the French and the Russians, and the hegemony of the British Empire will become more consolidated! "
斯 Asquith shook his head and said, "No! If we continue, we can't bring down the Germans, we don't know yet, we will be taken down first!
Issuing bonds, easy to say! Don't you need interest, don't you need to repay it? In this way, even if we can bring down the Germans, we will have great vitality. Don't you think our enemy is only one German? "
Foreign Minister Edward suddenly said, "In fact, we all know that the Germans are now riding a tiger. Our goal is to ensure that the Royal Navy can stabilize the German Navy, not fight for so-called face!"
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In the end, John Bull still had to compromise in the face of reality, abandoning the naval bill that had been implemented less than a year ago, and changing the original 2: 1 to the current 3: 2.
What it means: Every time the Germans build 2 warships, the British build 3 warships.
British recognition did not surprise Ferdinand. It is obvious that the British Empire occupies a quarter of the earth (about 33.5 million square kilometers) of colonies, and the cost of guarding is naturally not low.
If you add the series of welfare policies of the British, this expenditure will be even larger. Anyway, the welfare of the British in this era, Ferdinand did not enjoy it in previous lives!
Don't look at the total economic volume of the Germans has exceeded that of the British, and it seems that it is also awesome during the arms race. In fact, the Germans are far inferior to British and French in fiscal revenue!
Until the war broke out, Germans had less than half of the British financial income, and even the French were 70 to 80 percent higher than the Germans.
Simply put, the Germans are engaged in an arms race against a fiscal deficit. When the arms race begins, they can no longer stop, either to start a war or die by themselves!
Alas, in terms of fiscal revenue alone, in fact, Bulgaria is not worse than Germans. In fact, the governments of the two countries can use funds quite differently.
Well, this is the reason for the system. Therefore, Ferdinand decided to make a financial cut. In short, it is to deduct a series of expenses such as salary, operating costs, and corporate development funds of government-owned enterprise personnel in advance, and only record the profits submitted by the enterprise!
However, this is also very troublesome. Many government enterprises are still losing money. They still rely on government funding to operate. If this part is also separated from the finances, how can they survive?
Obviously, Ferdinand was worried about the situation of eating big pot rice, and cut the finances of enterprises and government.
This is mainly because these state-owned enterprises were not profitable at the beginning, but with the rapid growth of the Bulgarian economy, many companies have now turned to profit and have the conditions for independent operation.
If you do n’t cut it, people who do n’t know will think that Bulgaria ’s finances are really so good, and they have already surpassed the Germans.
The growth rate is even a spaceship. In good years, fiscal revenues of 20-30% are not significant. If the five-year plan is completed, a year-to-year growth of 4-50% is not a problem !!
In fact, income and expenditure have indeed increased year-on-year. In essence, the status of fiscal deficiencies cannot be changed!
Nearly half of Bulgaria's top 100 companies are state-owned enterprises, and the rest are Ferdinand's industries. As for the capitalists? Still growing seedlings!
多少 How much profit do so many state-owned enterprises pay each year? In 1911, state-owned enterprises turned in profits of 750 million levs. Don't worry, if you look at government funding again, you will find that this huge sum has been consumed by their brother companies.
年前 Before 1897, the biggest gold swallowing beast in Bulgaria was the railway company, followed by steel mills and arsenals, but with the end of the first Balkan war, steel mills began to turn a profit.
In 1907, the railway company for the first time achieved a balance between revenue and expenditure, and replaced it with municipal infrastructure, such as building hydropower stations, village roads, and so on.
Unfortunately, there was no way to build highway tolls in this era. Otherwise, it is estimated that toll stations in Bulgaria will be indispensable for Ferdinand's discipline!
剥离 The separation of finances and enterprises from finances is not an overnight problem, at least until the completion of the "three-five plan".
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Jeff Ferdinand commanded: "Chief of General Staff, the British set up the Air Force in May this year, and I plan to follow suit. You must take concrete measures as soon as possible!"
No doubt Ferdinand made the decision directly without consulting anyone. Mainly in this era, the Air Force is still a new service, and everyone is not very familiar with it.
此 Prior to this, some people in Bulgaria also proposed the establishment of an air force, but to be subordinate to the army was rejected by Ferdinand.
If it is an Air Force subordinate to the Army, how is it different from the current Air Force?
With the development of the times, by 1912 Bulgarian aircraft technology had achieved significant development. The range has also increased from dozens of kilometers before to more than 400 kilometers; the altitude has also increased from tens of meters from the ground to more than 5,000 meters; the newly developed heavy bomber has increased its bomb load to eight More than a hundred kilograms.
With the development of aircraft technology, its role in warfare has become more and more obvious. The Air Force now has the conditions to become an independent army.
"Your Majesty ~ EbookFREE.me ~ What size will the newly established Air Force maintain?" The Chief of General Staff Imia Dimitev asked
Jeff Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "In two years, the Air Force will train 15,000 qualified pilots and at least 1,500 flight crews."
As for the specific establishment, flight formations and the like, let the professionals do it! The performance of today's aircraft can not be compared with future generations. If you move hard, who knows what will happen?
Fortunately, airplanes of this era are cheap enough. The cheapest aircraft is only a few thousand levs, and the more expensive fighters are also tens of thousands levs. Otherwise, Ferdinand would not dare to get so many crews out.
Alas, the plane is not worth the money, the pilot is worth the money! No, pilots are not as valuable as future generations. His requirements are much lower than later generations, and training is much simpler.
Regardless, Ferdinand decided to reserve more pilots. As for the aircraft, this production is not difficult. If necessary, Bulgaria can produce thousands of them every year, which is enough in World War I.
There is no doubt that the birth of the Air Force is a cross-era change in military history. After more than a decade of efforts by Ferdinand, Bulgaria has finally reached the forefront of the world in this regard.
Of course, this also means that for the army and navy, the competition for military spending at the end of the year has added another competitor!

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