Chapter 376

"Pershing, the marine corps should have belonged to our navy. What's the problem with allocating it to us now?" William Benson yelled at Pershing. His rank is much higher than Pershing, but for the arms with different scores, Pershing's reputation is also high enough, so it's not empty at all.

"Benson, Wesley graduated from west point. He should have been in the army, and his army is different from the traditional Shanghai army and Marine Corps. Although it is not time to test, it can not be allocated to your navy." Pershing refused.

The problems of the Navy and the army exist in all countries. It is nothing more than military expenditure. If the annual military expenditure is in hand, how to allocate it needs to be studied. Now the army has directly received $100 million in special funds, which are used for experiments. The formation of a new force needs to be tested and improved. It is impossible for Wesley to solve it in one report. This is a huge subject, including the future research on standing military strength.

There are too many things to count, but the army is now full of energy, because they see hope. According to the needs of the country, the number of standing troops is at least one million. This is still an estimate under the special geographical location of the United States. The United States still has colonies, and troops should be stationed here.

Moreover, if according to Wesley's assumption, the European war will be a world war, then one million troops are not enough. They need more troops for the sake of interests. American capitalists have begun to be dissatisfied with being trapped at home. They want to go out and make more money.

The Navy and the army began to work. Pershing and Benson glared directly at the president's office, which embarrassed the president. He didn't expect that Wesley really asked the congressmen to agree to the army expansion request in Congress, and the way he used was very strange. He scolded directly from the beginning, and the congressmen now seem to be very enthusiastic about Wesley's proposal, Actively discussing every day.

Someone has calculated that, first of all, if the army is maintained at one million, it can feed at least 10 million people. How does this formula come from?

The American army is paid and paid. Especially in this era, the armies of all countries are paid. In this case, one million soldiers can be raised. The formation of the army needs equipment. Although Wesley took the big head of weapons, many small things were released, especially clothes. The replacement speed of military training clothes is very fast. What is the concept of clothes for a million soldiers a year?

Even a lunch box can feed many people, which is a matter of making money. Although the money comes from taxes, the money that flows is called money when the money lives. This is Wesley's theory.

What the army needs is massive, a large number of enterprises will receive orders, and the strength of the army will give the country a more voice in the world and get more overseas interests.

"Mr. President, overseas interests depend on our navy. Our Navy needs to change more. Didn't this young man also learn naval knowledge? I want to assess him." William Benson turned directly to the president when he couldn't argue with Pan Xing.

"This..." the president looked at Pershing in embarrassment.

Pan Xing quickly jumped out and said, "it's impossible. This is a talent trained by our army, and he's experimenting with new arms, but he's hanging the name of the Marine Corps. I'll ask him to change it tomorrow."

"You..." William Benson pointed to Pershing and couldn't speak.

The president needs to play a role at this time. After all, one is the backbone of the future army and the other is the backbone of the Navy. He needs to coordinate on both sides. Moreover, he knows that Wesley's Shipyard is expanding greatly and hopes to get orders from the Navy, so he made a decision again.

"There's no need for you two to quarrel. I think it's necessary for us to call the young man and ask him for his opinions. After all, now is the time to decide his future. Am I right?"

The two generals stopped talking and nodded their approval, so Wesley had to put down the training work and let the company commanders lead the training, and he set off for Washington again.

"Major Wesley, now the army and the navy are quarrelling over your ownership. We want to ask your own opinion." after Wesley arrived, he was directly sent to the president, and Pershing and a Navy General glared at him. Now he understood after hearing this inquiry.

Wesley thought for a while, and then he knew what the Navy thought. He said directly, "I'd better train my battalion. After all, I expect it to be expanded into a brigade in the future. However, it's not easy to make a conclusion about the ownership. It's better for everyone to look at it directly after it becomes an army."

Speaking of this, Wesley paused. The two generals were very anxious. She had a panoramic view, "However, first of all, I want to say something about the role of this force. First of all, there is no mistake in the name of the Marine Corps. The purpose of my training is to strive to strengthen the strength of landing operations, which must be supported by the Navy. But then there is land operations, but not traditional land operations, but more jungle and city battles. This force is a strong force, or I will not I won't bring it up. "

"Is it so strong? And the training is a special mode of war. Can a force do landing, jungle and city?" the president asked suspiciously.

"Of course, the equipment of this army is all light weapons, and the artillery is all mortars. It is light and flexible. At the same time, it carries a lot of ammunition. For example, when we rush to land, we need a special army very much. Have the two generals thought about this?"

"This..." the two generals of the two arms were asked. They knew that the landing operation was still a strange topic during World War II, which caused a large number of soldiers to die.

"Overseas interests are becoming more and more important now. No matter land or island, the first problem is landing, and landing will become the norm. Although those backward countries have no defense methods, what about the great powers? Don't forget, I said that the European war is about to begin."

"You mean we're directly involved?" the president asked with a frown.

"Participation is inevitable, but I don't think we can get anything. We can let them fight for two years first. After all, we also want to make money." Wesley smiled. With the face of a profiteer, he has begun to hoard steel and his own minerals.

"What the young man said is very far sighted, but now you need to think of some ways for our navy. The speed of naval development is too slow. You can design army weapons. I think your shipyard also has a navy?" Benson Annah couldn't stop and asked directly.