The sun never sets

After the war began, many people began to think of ways to stock up on food. All of a sudden, food prices in Germany were rising rapidly. Foods such as potatoes and flour did not last long, and it was possible that they would be eaten up before the war was over. Reliable canned foods that could be stored for a long time became popular and were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves.

Not only food was being snapped up, but also seasonings such as soybean paste, salt, sugar and soy sauce. Consumer goods such as soap and lighters were also snapped up.

The media is trumpeting that the French can be defeated quickly, and military experts

They put forward various arguments to prove that the German army could once again achieve a glorious victory like the Franco-Prussian War.

There was a lot of evidence, such as the leading military technology and the superior political system. Young people were excited and wished they could go to the Arc de Triomphe tomorrow to review the military. Older people became more gloomy. More than 20 years ago, the government promoted all kinds of evidence that could lead to a quick victory, but in the end, they fell into a long war of attrition, and the Germans starved and froze to death in hunger and cold.

Young people cannot understand the worries and fears of the older generation, and think that the older generation is decadent and has no patriotism at all. Experts have said that Germany has sufficient supplies and stable prices. There is a little inflation, but it is only 2.5%, which is a normal level. This is all a technical adjustment, and everyone does not need to panic.

The older people think that the young people know nothing, are too young, and are too naive to be deceived. No matter how enthusiastic the young people are, the older people still take action according to their life experience.

Every household joined in the rush to buy, and some people even scattered seeds in open spaces, on roofs, or on balconies at home.

Panic buying has occurred in various parts of Germany. Government departments have issued notices and experts and scholars have criticized this phenomenon, but it is useless. People still have to buy what they need.

Even if I was wrong, I would just buy some extra food and keep it at home, which would be eaten sooner or later. But what if the same thing happened again? I would really starve to death if I had nothing to eat.

As a result, the People's Revolutionary League brought in more canned foods, in addition to easy-to-preserve compressed biscuits, noodles, air-dried beef and other foods, which were also warmly welcomed and the goods on the shelves were quickly sold out.

When the German army and the syndicate bombed each other's capital, the Germans had to dig air-raid shelters. For ordinary people, they had no other way to deal with the risks brought by the war, but to store more food and dig the air-raid shelters deeper and stronger.

However, for a long time afterwards, the Anglo-French Allied Air Force did not carry out large-scale bombings on German cities. The main targets of the Red Air Force were German fighter factories, arsenals, ports, railway stations and other places. Until the war got completely out of control and both sides put each other's civilians on the massacre list.

The French Commune and Syndicalist Britain had a lot of planes, fighters, bombers, dive bombers and pilots more than 2.5 times that of Germany, but the Anglo-French alliance was not adapted to the latest fighting methods, and they needed some time to adjust to the new equipment and the latest tactics.

On the Belgian battlefield and the German-French border, the German army suffered heavy casualties and also achieved great results. Hermann Hoth commanded the German armored group to break through the defense line of the British and French coalition forces and surrounded about 30 enemy troops in Belgium.

This led to a more intense and bloody war. In order to save the surrounded troops, the Syndicalist Military Committee sent one army after another to the Belgian battlefield.

The heavy tanks of the Anglo-French alliance launched a fierce charge against the German army. With the support of the accompanying infantry, the heavy tank cluster demonstrated its super combat effectiveness, opened up the road to Ghent, and in turn surrounded a German army in the area of Bruges and Knokke-Heist.

This encirclement was only temporary, as the Germans launched more aircraft and tank attacks, and even the German Navy joined in. A German fleet approached the Belgian coastline under cover of night and bombarded the Red Army positions at Knokke-Heist with powerful battleship guns.

The power of a 381mm caliber naval gun is not as strong as that of a 600mm mortar, but a battleship has more than one main gun. With the assistance of an automatic loading device, the firing speed of a naval gun is much faster than that of the army's artillery. A battleship fires a salvo, and the amount of ammunition dropped is equivalent to that of 10 150mm heavy howitzer battalions.

Under the joint attack of the German navy, army and air force, the encirclement of the Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists soon collapsed, and the German army was able to regain the advantage on the battlefield. The Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists suffered heavy casualties, with more than 11 people killed or missing in a month, and lost more than 500 tanks, including 189 B1 heavy tanks.

The B1 heavy tank developed by the French Commune has no similarities to the B1 in another time and space, but it is very similar to the KV1, except that the caliber of the cannon is smaller.

By the second month of the Battle of Belgium, the Red Army had lost more than 760 aircraft, including 89 transport planes, more than 200 bombers, and 17 night fighters.

The German army also suffered heavy casualties. In the two months since the start of the war, the army's casualties have reached 30. The loss of tanks and aircraft is less than that of the Red Army, more than 300 and more than 500 respectively. The German army lost fewer personnel and weapons and equipment than the Red Army, but the number of German tanks and aircraft was not as many as the enemy. After several battles, Germany played a lot of trump cards, which greatly boosted morale and cohesion, but the armored troops and air force became more embarrassed.

If the battle continued like this, the German armored troops would soon be faced with a situation where they had no tanks available. The armored grenadiers who followed the tank troops also suffered heavy losses, with many troops suffering more than one-third of casualties and almost losing their combat effectiveness. Ryan's replenishment of troops was unable to prevent the decline in the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The German General Staff had to withdraw the Panzergrenadiers that had suffered the most losses.

Go down to rest, and then send the reserve troops in the rear to the battlefield. The troops on the Western Front are sufficient, and there will be no shortage of manpower for a while.

Chapter 911 Replay

The Germans thought they had seized the best opportunity to start a war, but when the fighting really started, they found that they had hit a wall. It is true that the quality of the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Red Army was slightly inferior to that of the German army, and the senior generals were also inferior in combat experience, but the Red Army had high morale, more troops, and more steel. Except for the first three days when the German army took advantage, it was a hard and bloody battle afterwards.

The heavy tank units of the French Red Army became the nightmare of the German army. Every time the B1 heavy tank units appeared on the battlefield in groups, the German army had to pay with lives.

The German Navy's close-range shooting tore through the French resistance, but the brave fleet was attacked by the Red Navy, and seven battleships sank in the sea, including a dreadnought. In addition, a super-dreadnought battleship was severely damaged, and the German Navy achieved little results.

If it was just a super-dreadnought battleship duel, the German Navy would not be at a disadvantage, and even if it could not win, it could withdraw smoothly. German battleships have always had a tradition of wasting tonnage, preferring large ships to carry small guns, but it is undeniable that German battleships have strong survivability.

However, the Red Navy not only dispatched battleship formations, but also aircraft carriers to participate in the battle. Three full-scale aircraft carriers and three light aircraft carriers carried a total of more than 400 carrier-based aircraft, which was a powerful force that could influence the outcome of the naval battle.

The German Navy installed a lot of anti-aircraft guns on its warships, but the combat effect was very poor. When attacking the air, the firing rate was too slow to form a barrage. Germany had many excellent anti-aircraft guns, such as the famous 88mm anti-aircraft guns, but the German warships were equipped with a large number of 37mm anti-aircraft guns.

For some reason, the 37mm anti-aircraft guns installed on German warships not only adopted manual loading, but also "single-shot firing", earning them the reputation of "37 hand-pulled machine". In actual combat, in addition to the gunner, four ammunition operators were required to assist in loading ammunition. So its firing rate was surprisingly slow! Theoretically, the maximum firing rate per minute did not exceed 40 rounds, and in actual combat it was only 20 rounds per minute.

After all, the "37 hand-pulled machine gun" can only be loaded with one shell at a time. Although the shell can be automatically ejected after shooting, by the time another shell is loaded, the enemy plane will have disappeared.

Therefore, the "37mm hand-pulled machine gun" has no firepower density at all, and its hit rate is almost entirely based on "faith". However, although it is the "worst" anti-aircraft gun in the German 37mm family, it is the most equipped anti-aircraft gun on German naval ships.

During the naval battle, the German fleet had no air force cover for a long time, and its anti-aircraft firepower was not satisfactory, so it was beaten badly by the Red Navy.

After that, the Red Navy and the German Navy had several more battles, and many ships were sunk on both sides. However, because the German Navy did not have aircraft carriers, it would be at a disadvantage as long as it left the cover of land-based aircraft.

In order to break the Red Navy's maritime blockade, the German Navy had to once again resort to the magic weapon of "submarine warfare".

The several naval battles between the Anglo-French Alliance and Germany were very fierce, but the battles on land were ten or even a hundred times more intense than naval battles!

On the Belgian battlefield, after suffering more than 3 casualties, the German army forced the British and French forces to withdraw from Belgium and successfully annihilated the surrounded Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists. However, the main force of the Red Army had already withdrawn, and the German army only defeated remnants who had run out of ammunition and food.

The German government claimed a great victory, annihilating 60 British and French troops. Perhaps the casualties of the Red Army reached 60, but the only casualties were those who were not able to evacuate in time.

The German army won the battle in Belgium and pushed the front line to the border between France and Belgium. However, on the battlefield in the south, the French armored group had pushed back into German territory.

After Germany declared war on the French Commune, the French Commune immediately declared war on Germany. The next day, Britain declared war on Germany, and the Spanish Republic also declared war on Germany. The American Commune also declared war on Germany. The French Commune then withdrew most of its volunteers, especially the armored divisions, leaving none behind.

However, the French Commune only withdrew its personnel, leaving nearly 2,000 tanks and other weapons and equipment to the American Red Army. The French Commune had no shortage of weapons and equipment, nor did it lack the people to use them.

Over a period of more than two months, most of the French volunteers were withdrawn to the mainland and re-armed with weapons from the French Commune and the British. The French Commune and the Syndicalist Britain had a total of 19 armored divisions, almost twice the number of German armored forces.

The purpose of forming so many armored units was definitely not for defense. Even if the German army did not launch an attack, the Syndicalists would provoke a war against Germany after destroying the Spanish Falange.

After the numbers of 19 armored divisions appeared on the battlefields of Belgium and the Rhineland, the generals of the German General Staff were first shocked, then suspicious. When they realized that the enemy really had so many tanks, the atmosphere in the General Staff and the Supreme Command was very depressing.

The German army still outnumbered the Red Army, but the enemy was too numerous. With the experience of the World War, Germany mobilized after the war began. Three months later, the Western Front was

The total strength of the Allies reached 177 divisions, while the Anglo-French Allied forces used more than 200 divisions on the front line.

Many German generals felt that the future was bleak, as if they had already seen trench warfare reappear on the European battlefield.

Tanks are the best weapon for breaking trenches. Heavy tanks are rampaging on the battlefield, looking majestic and impressive. Their breakthrough efficiency is many times higher than that of infantry. Logically, they should not have to worry about being blocked by trenches. However, the density of troops on the Western Front was too high, and there were too many technical equipment, so a quick breakthrough became impossible.

With nearly 400 million troops piled up on the front lines, and the number of tanks, aircraft and artillery reached an unprecedented level, even armored masters like Hermann Hoth and Guderian could do nothing about it.

More than 20 years have passed, and a new generation of people has grown up in Germany, and a new generation of people has grown up in Britain and France. During these 20 years, the population growth rate of the Anglo-French alliance has exceeded that of Germany, and the mobilization efficiency has also exceeded that of Germany. This is reflected on the battlefield, where the number of the Red Army of the Workers' Syndicalists has exceeded that of the German army.

The day after Germany declared war on the French Commune, the Belgian fortress area was occupied by the German army, and Italy hurriedly joined the war. The Italians tied down more than 40 French army divisions on the other side of the Alps, which made the German army's disadvantage in strength less obvious.

In addition, as Germany's most loyal partner, Austria also joined the war, but did not send troops for the time being. On the Western Front, the Axis Powers died on the side of Germans and Italians, mainly Germans.

The Italians had great ambitions, but their strength was too weak. Their attack on the French Commune failed to achieve a breakthrough, and they went on the defensive.

Chapter 912: Putting Order

After Germany and France started fighting, the countries in North America and Spain, which were in the midst of civil war, took sides, and the war turned into an all-out confrontation between the two major camps of the Syndicalists and the Axis Powers.

The name of the Axis Powers comes from the alliance treaty reached between Italian fascism and Germany in 1936 to coordinate foreign policies. Not long after, Mussolini said in a speech: "The vertical line between Berlin and Rome is not a barrier, but an axis", because Berlin and Rome are on the same longitude line. Therefore, the German-Italian alliance was called the "Axis" and the participating countries were called the "Axis Powers".

The confrontation between the trade unions and the Axis affected half the world, and some media described this war as "World War II". However, the People's Revolutionary League did not see it that way. Without the participation of the People's Revolutionary League, could it be considered a "world war"? At most, it was a battle for hegemony between regional powers.

The Human Reform League had already made preparations to implement the Fourth Five-Year Plan. After the fight between the trade unions and the Axis broke out, some central cadres believed that the Fourth Five-Year Plan could be temporarily suspended in order to cope with the sudden deterioration of the international situation.

Well, the so-called deterioration refers to the trade unions and the Axis. The situation faced by the People's Revolutionary League internationally has improved unprecedentedly.

At the Central Committee meeting held in Chang'an, most comrades agreed to temporarily suspend the Fourth Five-Year Plan. Referring to the situation during the last World War, now is a good time to sell things on both ends and expand productivity. The original plan is somewhat inappropriate.

However, a new problem also emerged. In this war that affected half of the world, which side should the People's Revolutionary League stand on?

Whether the trade unions destroyed the Axis or the Axis destroyed the trade unions, it would not be a good thing for the [People's Revolutionary League]. The desire for expansion of the trade unions and the Axis was too strong. When they recovered from the war, they would inevitably clash with the [People's Revolutionary League].

This situation will not happen in a few years, but what about ten years later? What about twenty years later? As the decision-makers of the People's Revolutionary League, we cannot only see the present, but need to think further ahead.

Comrade Chen Tianhua is still the president of the country. When his second term is over, he will continue to shine as a central adviser. He believes that both syndicalism and fascism are too extreme and harmful to the entire world and human civilization. The alliance should contain and even eliminate these two forces.

If they cannot be eliminated, they must be confined to local areas and not allowed to occupy half of the world.

The cadres present at the meeting all seemed relaxed. The fight was between the trade unions and the Axis, and the People's Revolutionary League was not involved, so of course they seemed relaxed. As long as the trade unions and the Axis fought, the People's Revolutionary League would have won. It was just a matter of how much victory it could get in the end.

In the past few years, the People's Revolutionary League sometimes appeared very restrained in international affairs, and often adopted an attitude of concession and tolerance towards international disputes. This made many people in the country very dissatisfied. They believed that Chairman Chen was infinitely tolerant towards foreign countries but brutally suppressed the people at home. Some people even commented that he was "cruel at home and tolerant abroad."

When the German Empire finally could no longer bear it and took the initiative to attack the trade unions, which led to the escalation of the war, Comrade Chen Tianhua's reputation suddenly became good again. Many people praised him, believing that Comrade Chen Tianhua had a long-term vision and did not fight for short-term interests. This was the move of a mature patriot and the demeanor that a national leader should have.

There is a certain overlap between those who cursed a few years ago and those who are praising him now. Whether they curse or praise, Chen Tianhua doesn't care much. However, there are some who are particularly excessive. For example, someone called him

"Chen Dada" calls his wife "Mom". These names have also appeared in some more serious media, which seems quite funny.

After Chen Tianhua learned about these things, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly, "I am not their father, and they are not my sons!"

At a certain meeting, Chen Tianhua could not help but sarcastically say, "I now understand why eunuchs in the feudal era had so many godchildren. Do they want them to be my sons? They want to use this to gain benefits for themselves!"

"Instead of working hard, they just shout slogans and show their loyalty!"

"The first people to shout out such slogans are not stupid, they are just simply bad! Some of those who followed suit and fanned the flames did not know the truth, and some were deceived, but this is not a good thing!"

"You can ignore other media and let the people say whatever they want, but this shouldn't happen in government media!"

Comrade Chen Tianhua is a man of action. He doesn't like to make speeches or show off in front of the camera. He rose from the grassroots level and has built water conservancy projects and chemical plants. He appreciates people who are down-to-earth and hard-working, and never has a good face for those who flatter and get promoted.

At an internal meeting of the Central Committee Standing Committee, Chen Tianhua believed that the country needed to make long-term plans for the international situation and also needed to correct unhealthy trends within the party.

"Chairman Chen, Japan, Asia, Europe, and Southeast Asia have already corrected their mistakes. The rectification of party conduct and discipline can come to an end for the time being."

Comrade Chen Tianhua is good in every way except that he seems to be a little eager for quick success and instant benefits. He wants to "achieve success in one fell swoop" and fundamentally solve the problems of corruption and slackness among Party members and cadres.

But how is this possible? Corruption is happening all the time, and no matter what type of regime it is, feudalism, theocracy or republic, it cannot completely solve this problem.

Only by cleaning up from time to time can we ensure that the People's Party is completely corrupt. In addition, we need to strengthen mass supervision. However, due to the limitations of the technology level of this era, it is doubtful how useful mass supervision can be.

Since the Japanese region was exposed to widespread corruption and long-term fraud, the central government sent a working group to Japan to conduct a round of cleansing of Japanese government departments, financial industry, factories and enterprises. Chairman Chen Tianhua then conducted a thorough investigation of the central government, Asia region, Europe region and Nanyang region, catching many tigers and flies, and made great achievements in the fight against corruption.

However, the most important issue now is not anti-corruption, but how to deal with the war between the trade unions and the Axis.

Comrade Chen Tianhua has his own opinion on this issue, "When this war is over, the alliance can establish a real United Nations!"

Although he would probably no longer be the president of the country by then, it didn't matter. As the saying goes, "success doesn't have to be mine", as long as it is beneficial to the country, it is not a bad idea to leave it to future generations to complete.

Moreover, the establishment of the United Nations is not only beneficial to the country and the people, but also to the entire human civilization. Western civilization has inherent flaws, and it is time to correct the mistakes.

Chapter 913: Educating the World

Many years ago, during the last World War, criticism of Western civilization arose in China, but this idea did not become mainstream at that time. Moreover, most people in China had just solved the problem of food and clothing, and not many people cared about politics and systems.

The current situation is very different from 20 years ago. The Human Innovation Alliance has reached the world's top level in many aspects and is still developing. It is preparing to carry out the fourth five-year plan. On the other hand, what are Western civilizations doing? They are fighting again!

The mainstream media of the People's Revolutionary League does not consider the current war to be the "Second World War", but in terms of the scale, cruelty and wide impact of the war, it is even worse than the last world war.

What's wrong with this world?

Why do so many wars happen one after another?

The war between syndicalists and fascists is interpreted by many experts as a modern version of the "religious war". The far-left syndicalists and the far-right fascists have many similarities in theory and practice. National socialism is also socialism, and the war between syndicalists and fascists can be seen as a religious war.

Relatively speaking, the slogans of the trade unions sounded better. They wanted to liberate all mankind, and they tried their best to reduce the production of consumer goods, and invested all the saved resources in heavy industry and military industry.

Fascism is associated with racial superiority and genocide. It looks evil, but it did not emerge from cracks in the rocks. Instead, it is a theoretical summary of certain ideas and behaviors in Western civilization.

Since the Age of Exploration, white supremacy has been rising with the expansion of Western civilization, and reached its peak on the eve of the last World War. In the eyes of many Westerners, other ethnic groups except white people are inferior and should be eliminated.

The North American colonists carried out an extermination massacre against the Indians, killing them until only a handful of them were left. This is the best example of fascist genocide.

Fascist theory goes a step further, not only to exterminate people of color, but also certain white people and Western ethnic groups. In Italy, the Fascist Party has been promoting the Romans.

Great, claiming that the Romans' colonization of the Mediterranean region was of historical progressive significance, just like the Dutch extermination of the indigenous people in Southeast Asia and the Americans extermination of the Indians in North America.

However, according to the existing information, it is easy to know that the Romans were not blond and blue-eyed. The so-called Romans of Mussolini were all slaves of the Romans or barbarians in the past.

The archaeological evidence produced by Italy is considered by scholars of the alliance to be very sloppy and even obviously fake. The mainstream view of domestic historians is that the history of Europe before Charlemagne cannot stand up to scrutiny and is more like myth and historical legend than history.

In short, the Alliance has been criticizing Western civilization over the years, from political systems to history and culture, with more negation than affirmation. With the rapid development of the Alliance economy, the criticism of Western civilization has increased.

The People's Revolutionary League invented many film-related technologies, invested a large amount of money and manpower in the film and television industry, and filmed a large number of films and TV series, playing a major role in promoting Chinese culture.

“Of all the arts, film is the most special.”

The People's Revolutionary League's vigorous development of the film industry has many meanings. First, it can invigorate the domestic economy and enrich the people's spirit. Second, it can promote the development of related technologies and industries. In addition, it can also help the People's Revolutionary League to export ideology.

The alliance's private film and television companies have shot quite a few movies. The most popular ones among the people are those that require fewer participants and save money, but they are not worthy of being shown in high-end theaters.

What really attracted the public's participation in the discussion were the classic works shot by Chang'an Film Studio and Mosfilm. Mosfilm filmed "War and Peace", during which two cavalry divisions and one infantry division were mobilized. For the Moscow fire scene, the engineering troops built some models and then burned them down.

Without the involvement of the army, it would be impossible to shoot so many big scenes.

The Chang'an Film Studio is larger than the one in Moscow and has produced more film and television works. Over the years, it has not only filmed the four great classics, but also the ancient myths of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the disputes among the pre-Qin states, the Chu-Han contention, and the long war between the Eastern and Western Han dynasties and the Huns.

The alliance combines education with entertainment, and through those magnificent video works, it is able to spread domestic culture to all parts of the world.

Although the dissemination of information around the world is not so smooth, people in China know a hundred times more about Chinese history than in the past. In addition to being good at shooting war scenes, Changan Film Studio also focuses on depicting the deeds of heroes in Chinese history, thereby establishing a sense of national identity and enhancing national cohesion.