The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Le Pen and her daughter are taking advantage of this opportunity to make good profits.

Both father and daughter are members of the French far-right party!

Marine Le Pen is the current leader of the French far-right National Front. She has participated in the French presidential election several times, and her vote share has continued to rise each time. In the 2007 French presidential election, Marine Le Pen lost by a narrow margin.

Marine Le Pen, Le Pen's daughter, joined the French National Front at the age of 18. She has been her father's right-hand man for more than ten years and is the second-in-command of the French far-right party National Front. Many people are optimistic that she will take over the leadership of the National Front from her father.

After all, Le Pen is not young anymore. Born in 1928, she is already 81 years old and will be 82 in a few days!

The current ruling party's policies have caused dissatisfaction among many French people. There is no doubt that this is an opportunity for any opposition party to grow rapidly. Whoever can seize the opportunity will have the possibility of winning the next presidential election and completing the change of the French political situation.

Even people with lofty ideals in France understand that the current policies are beneficial to France as a whole.

But the voting system is like this. If it is not your job, you will not seek a position. All politicians want is to gain political capital and accumulate strength to win the next general election.

The National Front is now the second largest political party in France.

The speech drew cheers from countless French people at the scene.

During the break, Le Pen couldn't help showing fatigue. At the age of 81, his physical function has inevitably declined, and he feels that his health is getting worse year by year.

After losing the election in 2007, Le Pen actually no longer thought about participating in the next election, but instead paved the way for her daughter.

And his daughter is very outstanding and has now firmly established herself as the second-in-command of the National Front.

According to their plan, Marine Le Pen will participate in the 2012 general election to pursue the French presidency.

Now, anything that can gain voter support must not be missed.

"Father, the Japanese extreme right-wing Yishui Society wants to invite you to Japan. What do you think?" Marina asked in a low voice after taking a sip of water.

Le Pen waved his hand and said, "No, we can't afford to offend the Chinese!"

Although it was just a formality and there was a generous reward to be received, Le Pen decisively refused.

It is very clear to make a judgment between gains and losses.

Marina nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give them a reply tomorrow."

Compared with the elderly Le Pen, Marine appears to be more ambitious and more driven. She sees very clearly that the world is undergoing significant changes.

France is no exception!
In Marina's view, some of the National Front's original policies were out of date and could not win more voters. So since last year, when she became the second-in-command of the National Front, Marina began to change some of the National Front's political views.

China has now become so huge that it can no longer be ignored, and so powerful that even Europe, thousands of miles away, cannot avoid being affected by it.

Even if this influence was not intentional by China, the influence that was exuded inadvertently was already very terrifying.

However, Le Pen is very clear that compared to the thousands of miles away, China is not France's enemy. The two sides actually have a lot of common interests. In their view, the biggest threat facing France comes from the United States.

Even though the Franco-German alliance dominates the European Union and is constantly competing with Britain and the United States, the United States' influence in Europe is still very huge.

In the Internet age, there are two strong Internet powers in the world. One is the American Internet and the other is the Chinese Internet. The world's leading Internet technology companies are undoubtedly from the United States or China.

As for Europe, it missed the Internet era. Practical Internet products either come from the United States or from China.

China belongs to Eastern civilization, which differs from Western civilization in many aspects such as culture.

This undoubtedly makes the United States' influence in Europe even stronger! Naturally, it is also regarded as the de facto number one threat.

Although the United States was forced to allow Germany to have full sovereignty and the Franco-German alliance was greatly strengthened, this does not mean that the United States will withdraw from Europe. Europe is the most important overseas core interest of the United States. How could the United States easily withdraw from Europe?

In recent years, the United States has been using various methods to strengthen its influence in Europe and divide Europe internally.

For example, the whole of Europe is divided into Old Europe and New Europe, which is further divided into pro-American Europe and anti-American Europe.

For example, by taking advantage of the economic crisis and provoking Georgia, the trend of the Franco-German alliance evolving into the Franco-German-Russian alliance came to an abrupt halt, and a huge rift appeared in the originally close relationship between Europe and Russia.

Compared with the past, Europe is not more united, but has more contradictions.

For example, in recent years there have been more and more references to the "Five Pigs of Europe", and naturally the United States and Britain have also been fanning the flames in an effort to alienate Europe, increase internal conflicts in Europe, and stir up confrontations within Europe.

Not only France, but the UK is also holding a special meeting.

This meeting is about the HMS Queen Elizabeth!

The construction of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has already started, but the UK has been unable to resolve the issue of nuclear reactor technology on the aircraft carrier.

After using the Type 002 aircraft carrier for a period of time, the British sadly discovered that even if the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was built, as a medium-sized nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, its performance would not be as good as the Type 002 aircraft carrier.

Apart from the unlimited range of nuclear power, the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is inferior to the Type 002 aircraft carrier in other aspects.

What's more, the UK has not yet solved the technical problems of nuclear reactors on aircraft carriers.

The meeting discussed whether to continue construction according to the original plan or to convert nuclear power to conventional power.

What makes the British even more sad is that even if it uses conventional power, the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is still inferior to the Type 002 aircraft carrier in terms of power system.

This means that even if the British try their best to build the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, their most advanced aircraft carrier will still be the Type 002 aircraft carrier purchased from China.

You know, Britain was once the empire on which the sun never set and the world hegemon!

As a result, Britain has even had difficulty building a medium-sized aircraft carrier. On the contrary, China, which was once poor and weak and almost became a colony, has built one Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier after another.

As the former world hegemon and pioneer of aircraft carriers, the British naturally know a lot about aircraft carriers. Tonnage represents combat effectiveness, which is true for warships.

Judging from the Type 001 and Type 002 aircraft carriers, the British have their own assessment of the Type 003 aircraft carrier.

After all, from the Type 001 aircraft carrier to the Type 002 aircraft carrier, we can see the same technological development. By analogy, we can naturally judge all aspects of the Type 003 aircraft carrier.

Since they sold part of their property and purchased a large number of warships, and the British kept calling for a second Falklands War, the British shifted their internal conflicts outward and no longer paid attention to the economy. The British also had some funds to save the economy. More than a year later, Britain has actually emerged from the economic crisis, becoming the first country in Europe to emerge from the economic crisis.

As for why the British have not fought the Second Falklands War until now, it is naturally because the British decision-makers know that spending huge military expenditures to carry out an expedition thousands of miles away is really a thankless task.

Especially Argentina’s military strength is not weak!

Over the past year or so, Argentina has also been purchasing weapons on a large scale!

If the Second Falklands War breaks out, it will not be over in a short time.

If the war lasts for a year or two, the British will definitely not be able to bear it.

The daily expenditure of an expeditionary force of tens of thousands of people is astronomical.

In addition, without a strategic support point, it is not easy to end the war easily.

As for the captured British troops and British people, the British government had already brought them back through other channels.

What the British are conducting now is a second Falklands War in terms of public opinion.

By now, the British people have recovered from their initial anger and regained their sanity, and the voices of internal war in Britain are no longer as loud as before.

It's just that the British released flares from time to time and even conducted aircraft carrier formation exercises. This posture of being willing to fight a war made it difficult for military experts around the world to judge whether the British would fight a second Falklands War and when to start the war.

"In fact, there is another plan that we can consider. We can ask the Chinese to help us solve the technical problems of aircraft carrier nuclear reactors. Now the Chinese technology in this area is no worse than that of the Americans!" Austin hesitated and made a suggestion.

As soon as Auston said this, the entire conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone couldn't help but look at Auston.

Austin, in English, means a person of noble birth, and in fact Austin is indeed of noble birth. His family is an ancient aristocratic family in Britain that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Auston lives in an ancient castle in the UK with a history of more than 300 years. Auston's life experience is a typical British aristocratic training model.

A few years ago, Austin was appointed British ambassador to China. He was very clear about the development of China. It was also because of this that he was very aware of the strength of China.

In the matter of selling Chinese cultural relics to purchase warships and weapons and equipment, Auston was also one of the main forces driving the move. As a result, at the beginning of the year, Auston was transferred back to London to take up a more important position.

"I'm afraid the Chinese will not export aircraft carrier nuclear reactor technology. This technology is absolutely top secret to any country!" The British Defense Secretary frowned slightly.

There are many technologies in the world that cannot be bought!

Everyone knows this.

Just like aircraft carriers, the best modern advanced aircraft carriers that people can buy are the Type 001 aircraft carriers, which are light aircraft carriers with conventional power. As for advanced medium-sized aircraft carriers, you can't buy them even if you have money.

One of the most important reasons why the British were able to buy the Type 002 aircraft carrier, which is known as the most advanced medium-sized conventional-powered aircraft carrier in the world, is because the British exchanged it for Chinese cultural relics.

Otherwise, even if the money is used, it will be difficult for the British to buy the Type 002 aircraft carrier.

Nuclear reactor technology is top secret in all countries and is of utmost importance.

At that time, Britain asked the United States to purchase the "Enterprise" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. At that time, the "Enterprise" nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was an old aircraft carrier that had been in service for decades. However, the Americans did not consider the US-UK alliance at all and rejected it without hesitation!

There is a popular saying in the world now: "Three permanent members above and two permanent members below". One very important reason for this is that only the United States, Russia and China have the three-in-one nuclear strike capability in the world, while France and the United Kingdom do not. Neither France nor the United Kingdom has any strategic bombers.

In terms of military strength, there is a considerable gap between France and Britain and the United States, Russia and China.

Brown thought for a moment and said, "We can get in touch with the Chinese in this regard!"

"Wouldn't this be inappropriate? After all, we are allies and have an alliance with the United States. If we do this, the Americans will probably be very unhappy!" The Foreign Secretary frowned and reminded.

The Anglo-American alliance has been the cornerstone of British foreign policy for more than 60 years, even if Britain has had to play a subservient role.

After the end of World War II, Britain's strength was greatly weakened, so Britain changed its most important foreign policy and made the Anglo-American alliance the cornerstone of British foreign policy. At that time, the United States was the most powerful country in the world. It was not only the most powerful industrial country in the world, but also the most powerful military country. At that time, the United States had the world's best military capability, and Britain wanted to use the United States to maintain its vast colonies.

For many years, Britain has been regarded as, and has regarded itself as, America's closest ally since World War II.

Especially after the 20s!

Brown waved his hand and said, "Don't think so much. Britain is a sovereign and independent country. Britain is an ally of the United States, but not a vassal of the United States!"

At this point, Brown's eyes couldn't help but flash with anger.

The Anglo-American alliance is very important, and this is an indisputable fact! But it does not mean that it will remain unchanged.

The outside world believes that the post-war alliance between Britain and the United States is regarded as a typical case of the peaceful completion of the "transfer of power" between an emerging country and an established country in modern history, and it is a model!

But for the British, how much shame is involved in this, only the British know.

Although the United States and Britain are allies, the Americans were ruthless in their attack on Britain. Together with the Soviets, they dismantled the British and French colonial system, causing Britain to lose its vast colonies and the possibility of becoming a world hegemon. It was also the cooperation between the Americans and the Soviets that caused Britain to lose control of the Suez Canal. It was also the Americans who interfered and caused the British to lose their influence on the Strait of Malacca.
Which British person would not burst into tears and feel full of hatred after learning about the cruelty of the Americans towards the British?
So, naturally, the British also do things that make Americans unhappy.

For example, the Americans did everything they could to prevent the British troops from withdrawing from the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the British took advantage of the Falklands conflict and, under the pretext of fighting a second Falklands War, withdrew their troops from the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq despite the opposition of the Americans. (End of this chapter)