The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The Ryukyu Kingdom, a forgotten country, a country annexed by Japan.

At that time, the Ryukyu Kingdom was famous as a transit point for trade between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia due to its special geographical location. It had developed trade and was known as the "Bridge of All Nations."

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Kingdom suffered repeated invasions by Japan. On March 1879, 3, Japan annexed the Ryukyu Dynasty and the Ryukyu Kingdom was destroyed. Afterwards, most of the territory was changed to Okinawa Prefecture, and the northern islands were incorporated into Kagoshima Prefecture.

Originally, the Ryukyu Kingdom should have been restored after the end of World War II.

Because according to the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, Japan's sovereignty is limited to Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku!
Ryukyu is not included!

this is not right!
Now Americans emphasize the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation. The restoration organization led by Shang Wenzhong, a descendant of the Ryukyu Kingdom, has been working for this for more than ten years, and now has finally ushered in the dawn of restoration.

Faced with the current dilemma, the Americans weighed the pros and cons again and again, and after making a deal, they agreed to the restoration of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The Ryukyu Kingdom, including the Ryukyu Islands, has a land area of ​​3611.08 square kilometers and consists of five island groups!

The Ryukyu Kingdom was successfully restored, and the Ryukyu people were ecstatic.

After all, being the master of your own house is completely different.

In Japan, the Americans adopted a high-pressure stance to subdue the Japanese. Russia and other countries reiterated the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, and the countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia also reiterated the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, and accused Japan of ignoring historical facts and revising textbooks in recent years, and then proposed various compensations, urging Japan to pay compensation.

As for South Korea, the whole country is celebrating and wants to take this opportunity to resolve the historical issues left over between Japan and South Korea.

In the end, facing the isolation and high pressure created by the Americans, Japan chose to surrender!
The Americans plundered Japan on a large scale, sucked a lot of blood from the Japanese, showed their sharp fangs, and were extremely ruthless.

In Europe, the Americans adopted a policy of appeasement and conciliation.

Faced with an unfavorable public opinion atmosphere among the Germans and the entire Europe, the Americans and the Germans held several rounds of negotiations. Eventually, the Americans withdrew their troops from Germany and handed over 293 U.S. military bases in Germany to the German army.

After two months of excitement, the Americans gained something in return and cut the Gordian knot. After an exchange of interests, they resolved the issue between Japan and Germany.

It has to be said that Americans have too many interests, too many cards to play, and too many places to exchange interests.

In international relations, there are only eternal interests between countries, no eternal friends!
The game between countries is ultimately for interests. Some are for political interests, some are for economic interests, and some are for cultural interests and military interests.

This time, the Americans gave up some of their interests in exchange to successfully resolve the problems between Japan and Germany.

Germany, all of Germany is celebrating.

The Americans withdrew their troops and handed over 293 military bases to the German army. The tight ring around the Germans' heads seemed to disappear all of a sudden.

The fate finally lies in the hands of the Germans themselves.

Merkel, this young politician, is only 49 years old and is at the peak of her career in Germany, with unparalleled influence!
She has been the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union since April 1999, and was elected German Chancellor in the same year, becoming the first female chancellor in German history. The successful hosting of the 4 Olympic Games brought her a lot of reputation, and she spared no effort in promoting the integration of East Germany and West Germany, with remarkable results. Now the two Germanys are truly united. This year, she firmly opposed the United States launching the Iraq War, formed a Franco-German alliance with France, broke with the United States, and cooperated with Russia to maintain a stable supply of German oil and natural gas. This time Merkel took a tough attitude and gained Germany's own interests in the game with the United States. Although Germany also paid a price, it was worth it for Germany. The Germans finally took control of their own destiny!

This caused Merkel's approval rating in Germany to surge to 75%!

At this time, Merkel was attending a meeting, a huge special cabinet meeting of the German Ministry of Defense.

With the withdrawal of US troops from Germany, the expansion of the German army became an inevitable option.

This meeting is about the expansion of the German army. According to the strategic document submitted by the Ministry of Defense, Germany's active forces will be expanded to 40, including the army to 32.3, the air force to 4, and the navy to 3.7.

The German Army has a strength of 32.3 people and owns more than 8000 tanks and armored vehicles of various types, including 2 Leopard 1000 tanks, more than 1200 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, Puma infantry fighting vehicles, Wistle fighting vehicles, etc., more than 1200 armored reconnaissance vehicles such as Fennek light armored reconnaissance vehicles, more than 7000 armored personnel carriers, more than 800 towed artillery pieces, more than 1100 self-propelled artillery pieces, 2290 anti-aircraft guns, 120 armed helicopters, 400 transport helicopters, and 200 liaison helicopters.

All army weapons and equipment are manufactured in Germany.

This is where the Germans excel.

In addition, the army will be equipped with portable air defense missiles for short-range, low-altitude defense, and will also be equipped with anti-armor weapons, which is not a problem for Germany.

The Air Force has expanded to 4 people. In addition to fighter jets produced by Germany itself, it also purchases fighter jets from France, China, and Russia.

After all, Germany's development capabilities in fighter jets are not strong.

The navy will be expanded to 3.7 people, and will have more than 180 ships, 206 aircraft, and one aircraft carrier.

Expansion means an increase in the defense budget!
In the past, because there were more than 6 troops stationed in the United States and Britain and Germany was a member of NATO, the investment in national defense was not much. However, with the withdrawal of US and British troops and the transfer of military bases to the German army, investment in national defense is imperative.

In addition, the Germans will purchase 800 billion U.S. debts, send 1 German troops to the battlefield in Afghanistan, and send 3 German troops to join the joint forces.

Not only that, Germany will also have to establish a European rapid reaction force with France to maintain European security, and this European rapid reaction force will belong to the European Union and be used to promote European military integration.

How to handle relations with France is also Germany's strategy.

The measures taken by Merkel are that France is the political leader of the EU and the interests of France should be respected, while Germany is the economic leader of the EU. The Franco-German alliance will be the leader of the EU, leading the development of the EU, promoting European integration, and allowing Europe to move forward from economic integration, thus forming European economic integration, political integration, and military integration, and ultimately achieving European integration.

European integration is in Germany's interest.

Why did Germany start two world wars?

The bottom line is that the old capitalist powers control colonies in almost all the world, and Germany has nowhere to colonize and lacks markets!
If Europe is integrated, then the whole of Europe will become Germany's market! (End of this chapter)