Recently, Britain has been a bit "full of martial virtues", of course, mainly in words. First, Defense Secretary Shapps threatened that Britain must prepare for "war with China, Russia, and Iran" in the next five years; Now the Chief of the Army General Staff Sanders has also publicly called for Britain to restore conscription, expand the size of the army, and prepare for war with the Russian army on the European continent.
What is the UK trying to do? Do we really have to make up our minds to spread the Russian-Ukrainian conflict to the entire European continent and fight a "continental war" in the 21st century?
As we all know, Britain has always been ridiculed as the "shame of the P5", because its national strength can no longer afford the status of the "P5 countries", especially in terms of conventional military strength, compared with China, the United States and Russia, there is a big gap, so it is listed as the "lower two permanent members" with France, while China, the United States and Russia are the "upper three permanent members"; But we also have to know that Britain's military strength is weak, relatively speaking, in the whole world, including in Europe, Britain's military strength is still okay and among the best, as long as it is not on the three permanent members, in the face of other countries, the British team still has the strength to call for the strong, except for India.
But even so, the current Britain may not be able to afford a "continental war". Why did the Chief of the General Staff of the Army specifically point to the "resumption of conscription"? Because the conscription system is compulsory military service, that is, the citizens of this country, when they reach the right age, they must be forced to enter the army according to the country's conscription, so as to ensure that the army has a stable source of soldiers; At present, Britain, like most other European countries, implements the conscription system, that is, by voluntarily joining the army, in the past, it was believed that the professional soldiers under the conscription system had a higher comprehensive quality than the conscripted soldiers under the conscription system, but this also brought a problem, that is, the source of soldiers is very unstable, and over the years, including the United Kingdom, most European countries, and even the United States have faced a shortage of new soldiers.
The British army's problems in this regard are quite serious, not to mention the army with the worst treatment, even the Royal Navy, which is better paid, is understaffed, and even has to publish a job advertisement for captains on recruitment ** such as "LinkedIn".
Therefore, Britain under the conscription system gives people a sense of "security", but if the "conscription system" is to be restored, it will undoubtedly be a bomb in the whole of Europe, and everyone will exclaim, what is Britain going to do? Is a world war about to break out?
However, in the current situation in Britain, the restoration of conscription is of little use, especially for the army; In the British three-armed system, the status of the army is the worst, and now the British army has more generals than tanks, and the most important thing is that it costs money to expand armaments, and the British economy has been tossed by several "big smarts", and the situation is quite bad, Prime Minister Sunak is ready to shrink the finances and cut spending, and according to past practice, military spending at this time is the first to be used.
No, the case has been solved! Why is the British Secretary of State clamoring for "war with China, Russia and Iran"? Because he was worried that military spending would be cut, he wanted to create such an atmosphere: how could military spending be cut when a war was about to start?
Then the chief of the army general staff also shouted, "Prepare to fight with the Russian army", he is also worried that the military budget will be cut, the army will not love the father and mother in the British army, and the overall military budget will be cut, and the army will bear the brunt of the first!
The Sword Project As for really going to fight the European War? Forget it, the Russian army is not doing well, but the whole of Europe is not Fira unbearable! Under the excellent Greater Europa matchmaking mechanism, the whole of Europe is very peaceful!