Chapter 774, Class Three Division
Class A army units can achieve the results that meet the requirements when they were established.
In the empire, how many troops can have the combat effectiveness of a Class A division?
Perhaps there are, like Kashejin and his ilk.
However, the difference is that the other troops of the empire that can reach a similar combat level are all small-scale troops. They are precious elites and are used as spearheads at critical moments.
Where else can you find a country like the Alliance that builds troops of this level as regular troops?
Of course, the A-class divisions were so powerful that they were also extremely expensive. The cost of building a single infantry division was as high as 50 million, and the most expensive part was the hundreds of feedback-type power armors.
But with just one infantry division like this, even if a company of Space Marines came to defeat it, there would be heavy casualties and it would take a long time.
Even the Space Marines have a hard time winning, let alone other ordinary troops.
Having such an infantry division stationed in a key position is a guarantee for the front line.
The cost of a Class A armored division soared to 120 million. The most expensive of these were two Warlord-class Titans and eight Warhound-class Titans. Coupled with hundreds of tanks, including hundreds of Lion Kings and more than fifty Holy Sword tanks, a Class A armored division could attempt to attack even a position controlled by a Space Marine company.
Of course, the premise is that the enemy does not have too many Terminators and Dreadnoughts, nor too many Space Marine-specific armored vehicles. If that's the case, there's still not much hope of fighting.
However, this is just a division, compared to super warriors like the Space Marines.
In a key battle, an Alliance Class A Army can deploy eight such Class A divisions, and there are also a large number of Class B divisions that can cooperate in combat.
Even the Space Marines cannot withstand such an attack.
What's more, at that point, the Alliance will definitely send Space Marines to follow, or send the Glory Guards.
We must always fight on equal terms, and will not let mortal warriors die in vain in a fight with the Space Marines to the end.
According to the plan of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the total strength of the Alliance Army in the future will be maintained at a scale of 150 army groups, which is half the size of the Ironclad War.
Among them, the ratio of the three types of army groups A/B/C will be maintained at 1:1:1, with 50 each.
The total force is about 3 billion and the total cost is nearly one trillion.
It seems like a lot, but compared to the area controlled by the alliance and possible future war needs, this number is seriously insufficient.
During the Iron Armor War, the alliance already had a total military force of 5 billion. Now the area under actual control is more than twice as large as before, but the military force has been drastically reduced. How can that be enough?
Even the planetary defense forces were included, and requirements were set for the number of Class B and Class C troops in the planetary defense forces, so that when needed, troops could be quickly recruited from the defense forces to fill the needs of the Alliance Army. But despite this, it was still not enough.
Not to mention, the 150 army groups are not even the actual quota. Many troops are organized as army groups and divisions, but they lack both personnel and equipment. Veterans are constantly retiring. Although there are many recruits in the recruit training centers across the alliance, very few of them are actually added to the army. Most of them are transferred to the reserve after training and return to society.
In the past fifteen years, the alliance has been focusing on economic development, and the overall environment is peaceful, so it is impossible to invest a large amount of money in building the army. Thanks to the Army General Staff, Army Organization Department, Military and Political Department and other institutions, they have been very capable and have built the framework of 150 army groups under a limited budget. It is already very difficult, and we really can't ask for more.
But these frameworks make sense.
As long as the budget is in place, General Yan Fangxu confidently said that he would be able to complete preparations within three months and enable half of the troops to reach peak combat effectiveness; within five months, all 150 army groups would be able to restore their normal combat effectiveness.
If there is a need again, the large number of middle and low-level officers trained in excess can quickly pull out new troops. The three-type divisions, which have already had a lot of experience in training, can be built in a way that is completely replicable, and they have made corresponding preparations.
In response to this, Gu Hang expressed his affirmation and also put forward some requirements.
Thadius from the Ministry of Military Affairs must fully cooperate with Yan Fangxu to do a good job in the army construction. The alliance needs to be able to quickly expand the army to more than 300 army groups within a year, and strictly ensure that the proportion of the three types of divisions, army groups, and army groups remains unchanged, so that the combat effectiveness of the army can be guaranteed.
Of course, this is based on the premise that enough money is given. Gu Hang requires that the alliance must have this level of mobilization and organizational capabilities.
It is still a very difficult task. Yan Fangxu smiled bitterly after hearing this, and Thadius frowned after hearing this.
It's quite challenging.
But there is good news.
In the future, the army's budget will be increased, and the focus will be on building this mobilization capability, which will come in handy at critical moments.
After a brief discussion with Yan Fangxu, Thadius took on the job.
This will be the direction the Army will take in the next one or two years.
In fact, what they have been doing in the past fifteen years is similar: building a military framework, building organizational mobilization capabilities, maintaining the military's combat effectiveness under the premise of limited money, and ensuring that the military can expand rapidly when needed.
Next, it’s just a matter of strengthening these aspects.
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When it comes to the navy, the situation is different.
If we say that the army in the past fifteen years has been like a hibernating bear, although there is no food, it has actually been trying to maintain and even expand its skeleton, just waiting for the time when food is abundant so that it can eat a bite to fatten itself.
Then, the navy is methodically updating its ships and developing on a long-term basis.
The overall size of the naval fleet has not actually increased in the past fifteen years, and remains at around two thousand ships.
However, the core combat capability of the navy is more focused on the quality of ships than the number of ships.
Especially the number of giant ships and cannons.
In this regard, the alliance has made progress.
For the navy, the ability to produce as many ships as possible is of course very important and crucial. However, it takes time to produce as many ships as possible. The shipbuilding cycle of a ship, especially a large ship above the level of a battleship, is often three to five years. It is definitely not possible to do it like the army. If you wait until the war breaks out before starting the construction, by the time the ship is completed, it is unknown how far the war has progressed.
The navy must maintain a strong fleet, and it is difficult to save much money.
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