I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 880 It would be better if they all died
Russia during the imperial era was riddled with infiltration, and the situation was much more serious than it is today.

Russia now strictly controls the entry of foreign funds into Russia. British funds cannot enter Russia, so they set their sights on the radio station.

Makarov took the initiative to find George to admit his mistake. Alpha has focused on publications in recent years and has neglected the control of the radio station.

Can't blame Alfa.

The British were very smart. They did not openly incite the Russians to take to the streets to cause riots on the radio. They did not even broadcast in Russian. Instead, they used English to encourage listeners to work hard for democracy and freedom.

Democracy and freedom are defined very broadly here.

Although everything seems reasonable on the surface.

George still asked Makarov to continue the investigation, especially those who started the trouble, and make them Alpha's key surveillance targets.

This is not George's conspiracy theory, but this matter is too deliberate and the traces are obvious.

The content of the broadcasts is the same, so why would others work harder, increase their income levels, and gain greater freedom after listening to them?

After hearing this, you incite your classmates to take to the streets and cause trouble?

Arrest all these people. Some of them may have been wrongly accused. They are simply stupid and simple-minded. They get carried away when they are fooled by others. They are not bad people.

If we catch every other one, there will definitely be some that slip through the net.

George also did not forget to inform Vasily that anyone on the blacklist would never be hired by the Russian government or government-related companies when recruiting staff, no matter how well they performed or how strong their background was.

But if you think about it the other way around, since these people have organizational skills and the ability to deceive, George might as well let Makarov organize them all and throw them all to Britain or France, and let them work hard to improve the level of democratic freedom in France and Britain.

Russia is not democratic and not free.

Are Britain and France free from democracy?
If George threw these people into Britain and France and let them experience the democracy and freedom of Britain and France, maybe he could save a few of them.

Even if only one person is saved, it will not be a loss.

After dealing with these people, George also has to hold a meeting for the presidents of Russian universities.

Russia's five top universities are St. Petersburg University, Moscow University, Constantinople University, Vladivostok (Amur) University, and Tomsk Imperial University, founded by Mendeleev and Pavlov.

These five universities are all science and engineering universities with complete disciplines, strong scientific research capabilities, and engineering as their main focus.

Russian universities do not rank students based on seniority. If one's skills are not good enough, he or she can only be a lecturer at most when he retires. There are many young talents who become professors right after graduation in their 30s.

It is also for this reason that the culture of liberalization is indeed very strong in Russian higher education institutions.

Freedom is definitely very free.

In Russian universities, you don’t have to go to class if you don’t want to. No one forces you to go.

If you just can’t get a degree certificate when you graduate or can’t find a good job after graduation, you can’t blame others.

"The Big Five are definitely fine. The real problems are with those second- and third-rate institutions that are mainly liberal arts."

Leonid is still in charge of cultural and educational work, focusing on the five major areas.

A fact that is difficult to face is that Russia's demand for top talents is not as great as the Russian government claims.

Russia's education and training system has carried out rounds of selection since middle school. At the level of higher education, those who are truly capable are admitted by the five major universities in various ways. Therefore, the five major universities receive the most funds each year and make the greatest contribution to Russia.

The capacity of the five major universities is limited and cannot meet the educational needs of all Russian students.

Therefore, in addition to the five major universities, a large number of second- and third-rate universities are needed to supplement Russia's demand for talents of different levels and to meet the educational needs of ordinary Russians.

"Liberal Arts..."

George felt as if he was in another world. In his previous life, he was a liberal arts student.

The humanities, like science and engineering, are actually indispensable to Russia.

But it is well known that liberal arts are more likely to go astray than science and engineering.

Science and engineering subjects are very honest. If you know it, you know it. If you don’t know it, you don’t know it. Math will not lie.

The humanities are too subjective, and different conclusions are drawn from different standpoints. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and the probability of a flood after my death is particularly high.

Isn't the German guy an art student?

I will not go into details here about the many presidents and secretaries of state in the United States who have a legal background.

George will urge Congress to pass legislation when he returns, requiring all heads of all government departments at all levels in Russia to have a background in science and engineering.

"Many of our liberal arts are not designed for Russians, but for those—"

Leonid was too embarrassed to continue.

George understood.

Like the United Kingdom, Russia also exports.

The British colonies in Africa were clearly not as effective in exporting science and engineering talents as they were in exporting liberal arts students.

George had no plans to develop industry in Africa. As long as they just kept mining for Russia, Russia would naturally not treat them unfairly.

Even the British could not do something like France, which paid only 21 francs for one kilogram of uranium from Niger until the 4000st century.

What the French gave was not French francs, but Niger francs.

By this calculation, the price of uranium ore in Niger is about the same as pork.

This explains why the French were able to live well even in the 21st century despite the country's sluggish economy.

Since the five major forces were fine, George turned his attention back to the English Channel. After France surrendered, Germany began to implement the Sea Lion Plan, the first step of which was to bomb strategic targets in the British mainland.

German Air Force Commander Goering once made a bold promise during the Battle of Dunkirk and insisted on using the Air Force to bomb the British and French forces, which eventually led to the withdrawal of 33 British and French troops to the British mainland, becoming the biggest mistake of the German army since the outbreak of the World War.

The Battle of Dunkirk did not affect the trust of the little mustache in Goering. He not only confirmed Goering as his successor, but also awarded Goering the rank of "National Marshal" and the "Grand Cross Medal".

In Germany, only Goering enjoyed these two honors.

Before the outbreak of the Battle of Britain, Goering once again made a bold statement, claiming that the air force bombing could force the British army to surrender voluntarily.

Because of his trust in Goering, the little mustache man once again postponed the plan to cross the sea.

Although the German Air Force performed well, it was not yet able to completely destroy Britain.

Goering's plan was full of loopholes. Not only did it miss the target of attack, but the air force also lost its way and bombed London.

This action broke the tacit agreement between Britain and Germany not to bomb cities.

The British army then sent bombers to bomb Berlin.

Moustache was very angry and decided to increase the bombing of London.

In this way, the German Air Force not only had to face the desperate resistance of the British Air Force, but also had to face the attacks of the dense air defense positions around London.

Little Karl came to George again, hoping that Russia would increase its trade efforts with Germany.

After Carol's "suicide", trade between the Kingdom of Romania and Germany dropped sharply, especially in the oil sector.

Russia has always strictly controlled Germany's oil reserves and does not allow Germany's oil reserves to reach dangerous levels.

What made George angry was that although Russia reduced its trade with Germany, the United States increased its trade with Germany.

George confirmed once again that this father and son were truly a pair of troublemakers.

"Our fuel consumption has surged, and the fuel in stock is only enough for our air force to use for three months at most. Our losses are also increasing. Many skilled pilots trained through the previous phase of operations have been shot down in the UK and their whereabouts are unknown."

The sadness on little Carl's face didn't seem like a disguise.

Only then did George realize that little Carl actually had some white hair on his head.

I guess Carl is under a lot of pressure during this period.

"When are you going to start?"

George listens to what he says and what he does.

"Archduke, how do you plan to deal with the relationship with Germany?"

Carl Jr. did not answer George's question directly.

Carl Jr. has asked George this question many times.

George's answer this time was the same as before: "Stop the war, disarm, and I can guarantee Germany's security."

Little Carl was silent and didn't speak for a long time.

There is also a lot of controversy within Russia about how to deal with relations with Germany.

Considering that Germany is now becoming stronger and stronger, more and more Russians are willing to coexist peacefully with Germany.

This brings us back to the original question: Can one mountain accommodate two tigers?

It is precisely because Germany is becoming increasingly powerful that more and more people are advocating declaring war on Germany.

Germany has now wiped out all surrounding countries including France.

As long as Germany is defeated, Russia will unify Europe.

This may be the closest Europe has ever been to unification.

Closer than Napoleon.

Later, Andre came to George and told him a new situation.

Some pilots who had already acquired Russian citizenship took the initiative to go to Germany and joined the German Air Force as volunteers to participate in the air battle against Britain.

The news has been a bit confusing recently. Today's news is still that the British army suffered heavy losses and the German army is about to land on the British mainland.

The next day, Hamburg was attacked by air raids, and Germany's industrial capacity was affected.

"Don't stop them, if they want to go, let them go."

George took the initiative to let him go.

Now that Britain and Germany are consuming each other, George's goal has been achieved, at least to a certain extent.

Since the outbreak of the Battle of Britain, Germany has lost nearly 1000 aircraft and more than 1000 crew members.

Little Carl was right. Many of these pilots were skilled pilots who had been carefully trained during the operations in the previous period.

It is rumored in the industry that training a pilot costs gold equal to the pilot's weight.

The fact that these pilots were consumed in large numbers in Britain was a huge benefit to Russia.

To put it bluntly, it would be better if they were all consumed.

(End of this chapter)