Subtitle of this chapter: The economics of war, not war economics

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"Captain Arnold, your signature."

In fact, the US military implements a dual-track system for wartime (temporary) military ranks and permanent (formal) military ranks. This is to adapt to the US military service system.

In non-war times, the United States implemented a fully volunteer military service system, which means that the government will not force anyone except volunteer soldiers, so the military will definitely be very small. Therefore, the ranks of officers should not be too large, otherwise they will make a joke that only a hundred people under majors at the deputy battalion level will be.

In wartime, such as the Civil War and World War I, it is a compulsory military service system. In this way, the military will expand rapidly, and therefore the standing officers will be awarded the ranks of wartime to meet their commander status.

For example, Captain Arnold had a rank of colonel during World War I and was in charge of an air brigade. As soon as the war ended, he fought back to form a captain and was promoted to permanent major this year.

And our little Mr. Chandler, his major, actually had a wartime rank, but he was discharged before the end of the war, so he retained this rank. In fact, his permanent rank was just a lieutenant.

Therefore, the permanent rank of the US military is very valuable and can jump at least two or three levels up during the war.

Captain Arnold, 35 years old this year, has much more value than Major Cao Linsheng, 25 years old. (Author’s note: I saw that some patients did not understand the rank system of the US military, so I explained it.)

The father of the future second-class man picked up the magazine and saw that it said:

Dedicated to Captain Henry Harry Arnold,

I wish you a global eagle.

Your friend, neo-yuan.

"Global Eagle...hahaha." Mr. Captain said happily, "Thank you, Mr. Yuan. But I am very satisfied if I can become the American Eagle."

This guy's personality is as cheerful and funny as mentioned in the information, and he deserves the nickname of "Happy Arnold". At the Joint Chiefs of Staff during World War II, he was smiling and Jin, who had always had a stern face.

Our Master Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Whether it is the American Eagle or the Global Eagle, in my opinion, your airforce (pun, meaning both an air strike force and an air force) will definitely dominate the future war..."

He asked, "By the way, Captain Arnold. Do you know Mr. William Mitchell?"

When the current Army Aviation Commission member heard this, his eyes flashed with a strange light and asked without answering, "Mr. Yuan, do you know Brigadier Mitchell too?"

Speaking of the pioneers of the air force, the most famous ones are naturally the Italian Julio Duhei and his book "Air Supremacy" published this year. However, there are also two who are regarded as the pioneers of later air combat theory. One was General Hugh Trenchard, the commander of the Royal Army Air Force during World War I, and the other is the Brigadier General William Mitchell, whom they mentioned.

This brigade general is from a famous family of French origin in Wisconsin and is currently the deputy commander of the Army Air Service Force and chairman of the Aviation Commission. This lord is an important figure in the history of American aviation and the construction of the air force.

"No, I don't know him..." Our Master Yuan shook his head and said, "But I have read his article. That article says that the plane has turned the battleship into an outdated and useless thing. I deeply agree with this."

In this judgment, Brigadier Mitchell is indeed a genius.

Of course, for a time traveler like him who has played naval battle chess, it was natural for an aircraft carrier to eat battleships. However, in the eyes of people at that time, toys made of wood make for steel a joke, which was really a big joke.

"So that's it..." Captain Arnold nodded, "Of course I know Brigadier General Mitchell, who is my boss. But when it comes to this article, there are still some controversies within us."

Cao Linsheng couldn't help but say in English: "Neo, what you are talking about is a battleship, a battleship that deserves its name as the overlord of the sea, a battleship that collapses and breaks through the land. And the plane is just a large kite with an engine. What role can it play in the battleship?"

Alas, this guy can only go to Dangdang teacher to do business, and he really has no talent in military affairs. However, Yuan Yanshu's pussy was not pretending to be for him.

"Lance, you can't just look in front of you." Master Yuan pointed to the surroundings and said, "For example, the train we took was slower than the ones we had when it was first launched. Now, in half a day, we can take a few hundred kilometers away..."

"Master Ball, what I'm going to say next doesn't matter, right?"

"Host, don't worry about this. In fact, Du Hei and the others have made such a prediction. If you can say it now, it seems to others that you are just a more profound intellectual."

Yuan Yanshu, who was relieved, said confidently: "As long as the technology continues to develop, the aircraft with faster speed, greater loads and longer ranges will surely appear. Not to mention the battleships of the water fortress, even the real fortress on land is just a fixed target in front of the aircraft."

Major Cao said a little dissatisfied: "Neo, then won't the battleship continue to develop? Besides, if there is a spear, there is a shield. Isn't it enough to transform the cruiser or destroyer into a dedicated air defense ship?"

Well, this guy is worthy of being a Western pastry graduate, is he still a bit of military knowledge?

"Lance, you are right, but you still didn't consider a key issue." Yuan Yanshu said slowly.

The other party asked naturally: "What's the question?"

"Price-performance ratio!" Master Yuan habitually lit the cigar and started chopping people... he was talking about it.

"In fact, we economists also have corresponding war economics. For example, Adam Smith calls soldiers 'unproductive workers'..."

Just this year, one of Keynes' biggest opponents, Arthur Pigo, published his book entitled "War Economics", which made him "the leader of war economics."

"In the eyes of me, an economics person, war is just a game of using our own resources to exchange for the other party's resources, which is similar to chess."

"No matter whether these resources are oil bombs, steel, aluminum, or crystal gas, food and wood population... Well, the so-called winner is nothing more than that it still has resources to invest in the battlefield, while the losers are either at the end of their own or are no longer willing to waste their resources."

"Lance, then please think about how much resources a plane consumes and how much resources a battleship consumes. So in the final analysis, this is just a mathematical formula."

"As long as the cost-effectiveness of the aircraft is much higher than other tactical weapons, it can become the most important and critical tool of war!"

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I will post it to the group if I was eaten in the last chapter. Fortunately, without this chapter, it will not affect the plot at all, it will affect Murong's mood.

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