Vol 4 Chapter 56: , Forming the air force

1912 was a year of vicissitudes. While the Allied Powers were integrating internally, the Allies also made corresponding strategic deployments. The most obvious thing was that the Germans accelerated the rate of shipbuilding.
And at the end of 1912, Wilhelm II announced Germany's new shipbuilding plan to the outside world. The German government plans to add 3 dreadnoughts and 4 battlecruisers again in the next three years!
The Germans' reaction 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 appeared, and their finances could not stand it! According to the previous naval law, now they have to add 6 more dreadnoughts and 8 battlecruisers. This is not a small figure, at least more than 24 million pounds, which is beyond Bulgaria’s 1911 The total military expenditure!
The irony is that the Dreadnought-class was also made by the British Empire. It was originally intended to crush the Germans in quality, but the Germans have only just begun to follow! &1t;i>&1t;/i>
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Asquith (the Minister of Finance) said: "Mr. Churchill, please calm down and think about the problems we are facing now, even though my financial income is twice that of the Germans.
Even if they have to take care of the 6th Army, we have to guard the colony. If we continue to fight like this now, we will still be the first to be unable to hold on! "
Well, this is also a sequelae of the welfare system reform carried out by the British Empire. Although internal conflicts have been eased, financial expenditure has also greatly increased.
The Secretary of the Navy Churchill still said excitedly: "But, Mr. Sang, can we withdraw now? The Navy Act has just been passed. After less than a year of implementation, we retreat. What does this make the outside world think of us? How do we think of the British Empire? Is our British Empire already in decline?"
The Secretary of State retorted: "Mr. Churchill, we all know this, but you also have to consider our financial affordability! Now our military expenditures have exceeded 25% of our fiscal revenues, and we will even have to Over 31%, this is already a very dangerous number, do you understand?"&1t;i>&1t;/i>
Churchill said without buying it: "We can do debt! 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 Sixth Army.
In this way, once a war breaks out, the Germans will fight the French and the Russians and lose out, and the hegemony of the British Empire will become more consolidated! "
Asquith shook his head and said, "No! If we continue, we will be able to bring down the Germans. We will be brought down first!
It's easy to say it! Is there no interest, no repayment? If this goes on, even if we can bring down the Germans, we will be greatly injured. Don't you think that our enemy is only one German? "
Foreign Secretary Edward suddenly said: "In fact, we all know that the Germans are already riding a tiger. Our goal is to ensure that the Royal Navy can stabilize the German Navy, not fight for the so-called face!"&1t;i> ;&1t;/i>
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In the end, John Bull had to compromise in the face of reality, abandoning the Navy Act that had just been implemented for less than a year, and changed the original 2:1 to the current 3:2.
That is: every time the Germans build 2 warships, the British build 3 warships.
The recognition of the British did not surprise Ferdinand. This is obvious. The British Empire occupies a quarter of the earth (about 3.35 million square kilometers) of colonies, so the cost of guarding cannot be low.
If you add in the series of welfare policies of the British, this expenditure will be even greater. Anyway, the welfare of the British in this era has not been enjoyed by Ferdinand in his previous life!
Don't look at the total economic output of the Germans that has already passed the British homeland. It also seems to be very strong during the arms race. In fact, the Germans are far behind the British and French in terms of financial income! &1t;i>&1t;/i>
Until the war broke out, the Germans' financial income was less than half that of the British, even the French were 70 to 80% higher than the Germans.
To put it simply, the Germans are engaged in an arms race against the fiscal deficit. When the arms race starts, they can no longer stop. They either start a war or die by themselves!
Oh, just look at fiscal revenue, in fact, Bulgaria is no worse than the Germans. In fact, the governments of the two countries can use funds but they are very different.
Well, this is the reason for the system. Therefore, Ferdinand decided to make a fiscal cut. Simply put, a series of expenses such as salary, operating costs, and enterprise exhibition funds of the government's corporate personnel were deducted in advance, just to record the profits handed in by the company!
However, this is also very troublesome. Many government enterprises are still in a state of loss, and they still rely on government funding to operate. If this part is also separated from the finances, how can they survive? &1t;i>&1t;/i>
Obviously, Ferdinand was worried about the emergence of a big pot of rice and cut the corporate and government finances.
This is mainly because these state-owned enterprises were not profitable when they were established. However, with the rapid growth of the Bulgarian economy, many enterprises have turned losses into profits and have the conditions for independent operation.
If you don't do the cutting, people who don't know will think that Bulgaria's finances are really so good, and they have already passed the Germans.
The growth rate is even a spacecraft. In a good year, 20% to 30% of fiscal revenue per year is nothing. If it comes to the completion of the five-year plan, an increase of 40% or 50% a year is not a problem. !
In fact, income and expenditure have increased year-on-year, and in essence cannot change the current situation of financial scarcity!
Currently, nearly half of the top 100 companies in Bulgaria's national asset ranking are state-owned enterprises, and the rest are Ferdinand's industries. As for capitalists? It's still a growing seedling! &1t;i>&1t;/i>
How much profit do so many state-owned enterprises turn in every year? In 1911, state-owned enterprises turned in profits as high as 750 million lev. Don't worry, look at the government funding and you will see that this huge sum of money has been consumed by their brother companies.
Before 1897, Bulgaria's largest gold swallowing beast was the railway company, followed by the steel plant and the arsenal. However, with the end of the first Balkan War, the steel plant began to turn losses into profits.
In 1907, the railway company achieved a balance of revenue and expenditure for the first time, and replaced it with municipal infrastructure, such as the construction of hydroelectric power stations and village roads.
It is a pity that in this era there is no way to build a high road toll, otherwise, with Ferdinand’s morals, it is estimated that Bulgaria will also have toll stations!
Fiscal and corporate financial separation is not a matter of overnight, at least after the completion of the "Three-Five Plan".
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Ferdinand ordered: "The Chief of Staff, the British formed the Air Force in May this year. I am going to follow suit. You must come up with specific measures as soon as possible!"
There is no doubt that Ferdinand made a direct decision without discussing this issue with anyone. Mainly in this era, the Air Force is still a new service, and no one knows it well.
Before this, some people in Bulgaria proposed to establish an air force, but it should be subordinate to the 6th Army, which was rejected by Ferdinand.
If it is an air force belonging to the 6th Army, what is the difference from the current 6th Air Force?
With the exhibition of the times, by 1912, Bulgaria's aircraft technology had achieved remarkable exhibitions. The range has also increased from the previous tens of kilometers to more than 400 kilometers; the altitude has also increased from the original tens of meters above the ground to more than 5,000 meters now; the newly developed heavy bomber carries The ammunition has increased to more than 800 kilograms. &1t;i>&1t;/i>
With the development of aircraft technology, its role in war has become more and more obvious, and the air force now has the conditions to become an independent army.
"Your Majesty, what size should the newly established Air Force maintain?" asked Imya Dimitev, Chief of the General Staff
Ferdinand thought for a while and said: "The Air Force must train 15,000 qualified pilots within two years, and at least 1,500 flight crews."
As for the specific organization, flight formation and the like, let the professionals do it! The performance of today’s aircraft cannot be compared to that of later generations. Who knows what will happen if they are copied mechanically?
Fortunately, airplanes in this era are cheap enough. The cheapest airplane is only a few thousand levs, and the more expensive fighter is only tens of thousands levs. Otherwise, Ferdinand would not dare to get so many crews out.
Oh, in fact, the plane is not valuable, the pilot is valuable! No, pilots in this era are not as valuable as later generations. His requirements are much lower than later generations, and training is much simpler.
In any case, Ferdinand decided to reserve more pilots. As for airplanes, this production is really not difficult. If necessary, Bulgaria can produce thousands of them every year, which was enough in World War I.
There is no doubt that the birth of the air force is a cross-epochal change in military history. After more than ten years of efforts by Ferdinand, Bulgaria has finally come to the forefront of the world in this regard.
Of course, for the 6 Navy, this also means that another competitor has been added to the battle for military expenditure at the end of the year!
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