The sun never sets

Wu Jianmin has made many bizarre remarks, at least in Wang Xiuqing's opinion. But that's nothing. People have the right to express their own opinions, even if they are proven to be wrong. Even if Wu Jianmin is not an ordinary person and violated discipline by making irresponsible remarks in the media, it has nothing to do with Wang Xiuqing after all, and the Discipline Inspection Commission should correct it.

What really deteriorated the relationship between Wang Xiuqing and Wu Jianmin was not speech, but interests. Wu Jianmin is a typical diplomat of the old era, who believes that "only they understand diplomacy, and they should be the ones to completely lead diplomacy. Interjections from other government departments and social media will only cause trouble and are the source of nationalism."

In the eyes of Wu Jianmin and the diplomacy bureaucrats behind him, the public cannot express their opinions on diplomacy, otherwise it would be considered nationalism and populism. The vice president of the China Foreign Affairs University once published an article titled "Why has there been so many angry young people in China for thousands of years?" He defined "angry young people" as "young people with radical and emotional thoughts, extreme nationalism, populism, and chauvinism, and their thoughts, speeches, and actions", and attributed the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty and the disappearance of the Ming Dynasty to the angry young people at that time.

This view, which lacks basic common sense, can actually receive enthusiastic support from Wu Jianmin and others. It shows that some people have been separated from the masses for a long time. They no longer regard themselves as part of the people, but have become a more advanced species.

Both Wang Qi and Chen Tianhua, the two presidents, focused on economic work and used economic development to solve various problems. However, some problems cannot be solved by development, but will become more serious with development.

Many people do not want Lin Yongchang to come back to preside over the work. For example, Wu Jianmin has implicitly expressed some similar views. But there are more people who hope that Chairman Lin can come back and manage all the affairs of the country in an all-round way.

Many people miss the time when Lin Yongchang was the president of the Central People's Republic and the Human Innovation Alliance. At that time, the political situation was clear and the cadres were more upright. Many people yearn for the era of great expansion decades ago because they are dissatisfied with reality.

However, this is just a beautiful imagination due to distance. The living standards 20 years ago were far from being comparable to the living standards today. The rapidly expanding [People's Revolutionary League] produced a lot of dividends of the times, but only a few people were able to enjoy the dividends of the times.

The People's Revolutionary League is now full of restlessness, and the people are eager for the country to play a greater role on the world stage. The ideas of Wu Jianmin and those behind him can no longer represent the mainstream opinion of the People's Revolutionary League.

The desire to liberate more people and more land is not only a strong demand of the military, but also a demand of the people. These demands and expectations converge together to form a powerful force that cannot be ignored.

In the face of such power, even Comrade Chen Tianhua was a little overwhelmed, let alone someone like Wu Jianmin.

What if the negotiations fail? If you can't get what you want at the negotiation table, you can just take it by force!

The reactionaries are like dust and spider webs in the corner. They will not become clean by themselves without a broom.

Chapter 925 Dyed Red

All state departments naturally have the desire to expand their power, and this is true for the military and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If the military expands its power indefinitely, it will become a social form like the German Empire, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The German army is more powerful than other countries' troops, which is one of the benefits of militarism.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages. The Junker officer corps infiltrated every aspect of the German Empire, turning Prussia, once known for its openness and enlightenment, into an increasingly rigid German Empire.

After Lin Yongchang became the president again, the armed forces of the Human Reform Alliance expanded greatly, liberating the entire Australia, bringing New Zealand into the alliance's big family, and taking an offensive stance in Egypt and India. In addition, politics became much clearer and domestic cohesion improved a lot.

Comrade Chen Tianhua was merciless to corrupt officials, but he had no good way to deal with those cadres who were lazy and negligent in their work. He was not like Chairman Lin, who could directly see the administrative efficiency and other data of a certain area.

After Chairman Lin returned, everything seemed to be getting better, but these things all came at a price. When Comrade Chen Tianhua’s term ended, the country’s finances

The government had a surplus of more than 600 billion yuan. When Lin Yongchang came to power, the money was quickly spent. Some of it was spent directly, and some was used as start-up capital to pay for military factories and related projects and factories.

[People's Revolutionary League] The rapid expansion of the navy, army and air force requires a lot of money. A new medium tank costs 15 yuan, a new fighter costs 11 yuan, and an aircraft carrier costs 4500 million yuan... In addition to weapons and equipment, there are also military uniforms, rations, military pay, etc., all of which cost money.

The saying that a cannon shot is worth a fortune is really appropriate.

After the Egyptian government refused to communicate on the Suez Canal issue, the number of troops in the Middle East Military Region of the People's Revolutionary League increased dramatically, and several ace troops and elite troops were transferred to the combat sequence of the Middle East Military Region. The alliance's fleet transported arms, food and other supplies to the Arabian Peninsula day and night.

The alliance's warships and aircraft frequently appeared near the Red Sea to investigate local hydrological data, garrisons, and traffic roads. On land, Mongolian cavalry and armed reconnaissance vehicles often crossed the border for reconnaissance and engaged in small-scale exchanges of fire with Egyptian garrisons.

Now that the negotiations have broken down, it is time to resolve the issue with force.

War is the last resort to resolve all disputes, and this has never changed.

The People's Revolutionary League's war preparations made the Egyptian government feel uneasy, and the small-scale fighting on the border clearly showed that war was coming. The Egyptian government asked the German Empire for help while sending diplomats to negotiate with the People's Revolutionary League.

At the same time, the Egyptian government also sent people to seal up a number of alliance companies in Egypt. Perhaps the Egyptian government wanted to use this to threaten the alliance, but the Egyptians did not see the current international situation clearly.

The Syndicalists and the Axis are engaged in a fateful showdown. Unless one of them falls, the war will never stop.

Under these circumstances, the Human Revolutionary Alliance has gained the right to act freely around the world. If the German Empire and its allies do nothing about Egypt, the Human Revolutionary Alliance will continue to move forward after liberating Egypt. If the Germans dare to block the actions of the Human Revolutionary Alliance, the Alliance will immediately declare war on Germany.

After countries such as Italy and Turkey joined the Axis, diplomats from the People's Revolutionary League had clearly stated that Egypt would not be allowed to join the Axis or the trade unions, otherwise the alliance would retain the possibility of using force to correct the wrong actions of the Egyptian government.

This is too overbearing. Just because the [People's Revolutionary League] says it is not allowed, it doesn't allow it?

The German Empire knew the intentions of the People's Revolutionary League, but ultimately chose to be tolerant and give in. If it had not given in, the Allied tanks would have rushed into East Prussia.

Before resolving the French Commune on the Western Front, the German Empire needed to be patient. However, the German army failed to complete the task of entering Paris and dismembering France. After two years of fierce war, the German army lost all the gains made in the early stage, and the armored torrent of the British and French alliance brought the war to Germany.

Before that, the heavy bomber group of the Industrial Syndicate had launched the Doelen air raid on Germany, bombing the Ruhr industrial area, air force bases, railway hubs and other important places to pieces.

Of course, German bomber groups also frequently visited the French Commune, not only destroying many infrastructures, but also bombing Paris with incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs.

The German army lacked heavy bombers, but had a large number of tactical bombers and dive bombers. Although the range of those bombers was not enough to reach Britain, they were enough to bomb France.

Poison gas bombs, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, bacterial bombs, whatever is useful, as long as the killing efficiency is high enough, it will be favored by both sides. The military technology level of the Industrial Syndicate and the Axis is similar. No matter which side comes up with a new weapon, the other side can quickly copy it.

The war between the Syndicalists and the Axis was almost a replica of the World War, except that more high-tech weapons were used, the killing efficiency became higher, and more civilians died in the war.

Erich Ludendorff wrote "Total War" several decades ago, clearly pointing out that modern warfare is not only about destroying the enemy's military power, but also destroying the enemy's production capacity. Under the guidance of this idea, the war spread from the front to the rear. The bombing of enemy civilians can effectively weaken the enemy's production capacity and ability to continue fighting, and can hit the enemy's morale, which can be said to have many benefits.

At the beginning, both the Industrial Syndicalists and the Axis focused on bombing each other's military facilities, but later on they just bombed everything they could. It would be great if they could kill all the people in Berlin or Paris.

Unfortunately, the trade unions did not have this strength, and neither did the German Empire, so both sides entered into a brutal and bloody war of attrition. Every day, countless people died from war, disease or hunger.

Under such circumstances, what can the German Empire do to prevent the People's Revolutionary League from dyeing more land into its own color?

In November 1940, the Human Reform League declared war on the Egyptian government on the grounds of "punishing the criminals" because the Egyptian government had unreasonably closed down the League's companies, factories and farms, hindered the principle of free trade, and brutally oppressed the Egyptian people.

The well-prepared armored forces crossed the border and rushed towards the Suez Canal regardless of everything. The air force moved faster than the armored forces.

Thousands of heavy bombers, light bombers and tactical bombers of the Allies flew over Egypt, bombing Egypt's air force, military factories, infrastructure and warehouses to pieces.

Twelve days later, the coalition tanks entered Cairo, and Egypt's feudal dynasty government was declared dead. On Egyptian territory, the coalition established the People's Republic of Egypt.

Chapter 926: Quick Victory

The Egyptian army is not considered weak in the Middle East. They are equipped with German weapons and trained by German instructors. In all aspects, they can be regarded as a degraded version of the German army.

If the war was only against countries in the Middle East and Africa, the Egyptian army might have some advantages. But unfortunately, the Egyptian army was not facing the natives of Africa, nor the army of the new Turkish Sultan, but the steel torrent of the world's most powerful country.

Egypt was infiltrated by Germany in every aspect. The German government could not intervene directly, but it still sent a large amount of arms to Egypt, mainly light weapons, but no planes, tanks, cars or heavy artillery. The German army had consumed a lot of resources on the European battlefield and was in urgent need of replenishment, so it had no spare energy to provide more support to Egypt.

But even though they were only using light weapons, the Egyptian army, under the command of German officers, still put up a heroic resistance and caused considerable casualties to the alliance in the battle to defend the city.

In front of the coalition's tank forces, the Egyptian army quickly lost its ability to fight in the field and could only hide in the city to resist. The People's Army then dragged in large-caliber heavy artillery and carried out saturation bombardment on cities such as Mansoura and Tanta.

Shells rained down on the Egyptian positions, blasting everything into dust. Barbed wire, sandbags, mines, machine guns, anti-tank guns, bunkers, buildings and other structures were all shattered by the overwhelming bombardment of the People's Army.

A German officer who participated in the defense of Cairo said afterwards, "...at least five shells fell every second, and everything was blown to pieces...After the battle, I picked up a handful of sand and could count more than twenty pieces of shrapnel..."

The coalition's air force also played an important role in the Egyptian campaign. Many times, the Egyptian army was bombed to the point of losing its organization and morale before it had a chance to engage the People's Army.

The Egyptian army looks like the German army, but it is not the real German army after all, and does not have the morale and combat effectiveness of the German army. The main religion of Egypt is Islam, and the main mobile force is cavalry, which is the configuration of medieval warfare. In modern society, it is far behind the times.

After so many years of development, Islam has accumulated countless drawbacks. It is unable to adapt to the needs of division of labor and cooperation in modern society, nor can it improve the organization of the army. What help can the imam's recitation of the Koran bring to the synthesis of multiple arms? It does have a morale bonus, but in front of tanks, the morale bonus brought by the Koran is not enough.

[People's Revolutionary League] The Central Asian Military Region destroyed the Egyptian feudal dynasty in just two weeks, and this speed shocked other countries around it. The attitudes of the Persian Dynasty and Iraq became more respectful, and Italy no longer dared to talk about the "Yellow Peril Theory".

The Red Navy defeated the German fleet several times in the Atlantic and severely damaged the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Fleet, which the Italians were so proud of, was reduced to only half of its ships. If it weren't for several newly launched battleships joining the Mediterranean Fleet, the Italian Navy would probably have learned from the German Navy and hid in the port as a fleet.

Well, the Italians probably wouldn't do that. Italy's industrial strength is less than one-tenth of the German Empire, and its army's combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of the German army, but the Italian navy did perform well.

Although the Italian Navy lost a number of warships in several naval battles and had its Taranto naval base attacked by British carrier-based aircraft, the results of the battle were still very good, and it also sank several battleships of the Syndicate and a large number of light warships.

More importantly, the Italian Navy has a strong offensive spirit, which the German Navy does not have.

The German Navy had more battleships than the Italian Navy and was more powerful than the Italian Navy's battleships. However, after suffering many setbacks, the German Navy was unwilling to leave the cover of shore-based aircraft, which greatly weakened the role that the German surface fleet could play.

Influenced by the "avoid war and save ships" strategy during the World War 20 years ago, the German Navy adopted the same approach more than 20 years later. The main fleet was left to gather dust in the port, and submarines were mainly sent to cause trouble for the Anglo-French alliance.

The "Sea Wolf" force led by Admiral Dönitz sank a large number of transport ships and merchant ships of the Industrial Corporation, but also paid a heavy price. Many meritorious submarines disappeared in the waves of the sea with their crews and were listed as missing.

Everyone knows that the so-called missing actually means dead. The German government classified the members of the missing submarine as missing, on the one hand to reduce the number of casualties, and on the other hand to reduce the pension.

After Germany entered the wartime system, economic activities experienced a significant decline. All resources were invested in the war. The government's finances were getting worse and worse. Any savings were a plus. Of course, the generals could not save on steak and red wine.

After the occupation and liberation of Egypt, the League quickly established a new order in Egypt. The German government infiltrated Egypt in every aspect.

The Human Reform Alliance also infiltrated the Egyptian government and gained control of every aspect of the situation in Egypt.

Previously, the Egyptian government was trying to get benefits from both sides. It took the aid from Germany and then asked the alliance for benefits. At that time, the two great powers, the German Empire and the People's Revolutionary League, served it as a country. It was hard to imagine how comfortable it was.

Now that the old government has been destroyed, the People's Revolutionary League has sent a large number of Islamic cadres into Egypt, taken over power in various places, and promoted many people from Egypt.

Although the war ended not long ago, a new order has been re-established in Egypt. Of course, the alliance will inevitably send 100,000 troops to impose military control on Egypt for a period of time.

The People's Revolutionary League has expanded so many troops, and in addition to being piled up in places such as western Poland and Belarus, they are used in the newly liberated areas. In addition, there are also troops from the Alliance stationed in places like New Zealand. It doesn't mean that Chang'an will ignore New Zealand just because New Zealand has joined the big family of the Alliance.

That's not the case. Since it has become part of the alliance, the alliance center must assume the responsibility of defending New Zealand. It is necessary to build military bases in important locations in New Zealand and station land, sea and air forces.

Part of the military expenses for the garrison came from the central government of the alliance, and the rest had to be paid by New Zealand. New Zealand was such a small place, and there were not many important mines and factories, so there was no need for an army, and only some armed police would be needed.

Chapter 927: Never Stop

Unlike New Zealand, Egypt cannot be completely managed by the Union. In the future, the defense task will be returned to the Egyptians. Before that, the Union will modernize Egypt and issue identity cards and identity numbers to everyone.

A strict household registration system can provide benefits to all people and effectively reduce Egyptians' willingness to resist. Even if someone makes big news, it will be easier to catch the criminal.

In the process of reforming Egypt, it is inevitable that many discordant things will occur. For example, when some onion temples are demolished, there will inevitably be conflicts with local imams and believers. This does not fall into the scope of war, but is a public security issue.

The solution to the problem is very simple. Just arrest all the imams on the list and send them to Saudi Arabia to plant trees.

Imams must be united with the local people to have destructive power. As long as the imams are cleared out, things will be easy. As for the local people's need to worship, the clergy transferred from other places will lead the people in prayer.

Mabond preached in Saudi Arabia for many years, holding a saber in one hand and the Quran in the other, and relied on force to grasp the right to interpret the Quran. Now that Egypt has been liberated, the second generation of Prophet Mabond needs to preach in a wider range of places.

Suppressing local rebellions in Egypt, transforming Egyptian society, and filling the Egyptians' need for religious belief with liberation theology are all tasks of the Egyptian garrison and the Green Prophet. The main force of the People's Army will not stop in Egypt.

After liberating Egypt, the People's Revolutionary League leased the Port of Alexandria in Egypt, brought in a large number of engineering machines, directly transported engineering teams from the country, and recruited many people in Egypt to expand the Port of Alexandria and build radar stations, airports, anti-aircraft artillery positions and military camps around the port.

The "Type 30" heavy machine gun produced by the People's Revolutionary League, which imitated the DShK, was very effective against low-altitude targets and infantry and armored vehicles. Many arsenals of the League produced thousands of heavy machine guns. Most of them were used by the League itself, and some were sold to the Persian Empire, Latin America, the Pacific States of America, and the American Commune.

The Type 30 heavy machine gun adopted the most mature design scheme from the beginning, retaining the various advantages of the DShK heavy machine gun and incorporating the strengths of subsequent improved models.

This heavy machine gun has a caliber of 12.7 mm and was originally loaded with a drum magazine, but the drum magazine only has a capacity of 30 rounds. In combat, due to the large size of the drum magazine, the sustained firepower could not meet the ideal combat requirements.

Therefore, the Alliance’s military engineers “designed” a drum-shaped ammunition belt that could replace the drum, greatly enhancing the firepower sustainability of the heavy machine gun.

The Alliance has the "Type 30 Heavy Machine Gun" for low-altitude air defense, and the anti-aircraft guns at medium and short distances are borrowed from the Swedish Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun. Of course, in this world, it was the Swedes who borrowed from the Alliance's design...

The Type 30 40mm anti-aircraft gun was first used as a ship-borne anti-aircraft gun in the Alliance, and soon after, a towed field anti-aircraft gun version was launched. Both types of anti-aircraft guns were very successful. After all, they had withstood the test of war in another world, and they were also very useful in this world.

The Alliance's Type 30 40mm anti-aircraft gun is a turning point in the history of anti-aircraft guns. Before it, anti-aircraft guns above 40mm could only fire single shots, and anti-aircraft guns below 40mm could fire continuously, but the power was small. The Alliance's Type 30 40mm anti-aircraft gun can not only fire continuously, but also has great power. With the matching precise aiming equipment, it can hit even a high-speed fighter at 600km/h.

The maximum range of the Type 30 40mm anti-aircraft gun is 4.75 kilometers, and the theoretical firing rate is

Capable of firing at 80 to 160 rounds per minute, its power is enough to destroy all aircraft of this era. The Alliance's Type 30 40mm anti-aircraft gun is therefore favored by many countries.

Germany, in particular, not only purchased thousands of Type 30 40mm anti-aircraft guns from the Alliance, but also purchased production licenses for imitation.

In several naval battles in the Atlantic, the German Navy's 37mm hand-pulled machine guns had a too slow rate of fire. Facing the carrier-based aircraft of the Anglo-French Allied Forces, the anti-aircraft guns on the German warships became almost useless, and many warships were sunk or damaged.

At the beginning, German engineers confidently claimed that the German Empire's 37mm anti-aircraft gun was the best anti-aircraft gun. However, in several consecutive naval battles, the 37mm hand-pulled machine gun made no progress. The naval high-ranking officials could no longer tolerate it and arranged for an experimental comparison between the German 37mm anti-aircraft gun and the Alliance's Type 30 40mm anti-aircraft gun.

The result was that the hand-pulled machine was naturally beaten.

Faced with irrefutable facts, German engineers had to admit that Germany's military products did have some shortcomings. It was not that they were not powerful enough, but that the rate of fire was a little slow, and this was caused by insufficient funding.

Germany's resources were insufficient, and limited resources had to be used in the most important areas. The German Navy and the High Command had not fully appreciated the importance of air defense and had not equipped the 37mm anti-aircraft guns with automatic loading equipment. This was not the engineers' fault.

However, after the Navy pointed out the problem of the 37mm anti-aircraft gun's slow firing rate, German engineers still insisted that those problems did not exist. This was a systemic problem.

It is true that the quality and combat effectiveness of the German army are very strong, but the rigidity of the German Empire also exists and is very serious. This is not a problem of the German Empire alone, but the German Empire is more prominent.

In addition to the 37mm anti-aircraft guns, Germany had similar problems in many aspects. For example, in the design and production of warships and tanks, Germany could not learn the methods of the People's Revolutionary League and the Workers' Syndicate to achieve more, faster, better and cheaper. German tanks were expensive and took a long time to build, so the number of German tanks could never compare to that of the British and French alliances.

Even though the German army won tactical victories and achieved a good exchange ratio in many battles, it still lost the initiative bit by bit. Germany played many trump cards on the European battlefield and won one inspiring victory after another, but the front line was moving towards the heart of Germany.

After the Battle of Aachen, the German army almost lost its offensive capability and changed from a strategic stalemate to a strategic defense. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that if the war continued, Germany's situation would get worse and worse until it was completely wiped out by the syndicate.

Seeing Germany's predicament, the People's Revolutionary League accelerated its pace of action. Just after liberating Egypt, it made suggestions to the Franco Falange Party in Morocco.

The League's diplomatic officials hoped that Franco would face reality, disband the Falange, withdraw from the war, and accept the direct leadership of the League Central Committee.

Chapter 928: Tough Guy

When Franco heard the terms proposed by the diplomats of the People's Revolutionary Union, which were called "suggestions" but were actually "requests", he was completely upset. What was the proposal of the People's Revolutionary Union? It was an attempt to swallow up the power of the Falange in Morocco in one gulp!

But soon, Franco changed his mind and thought this was a good thing. Now Morocco is not under his control alone. Germany and Italy both have troops stationed in Morocco. Franco can control less and less places and has fewer and fewer troops. After losing the territory on the Iberian Peninsula, the Falange's momentum is not as strong as before.

If it can attract the alliance's troops, it may not be a bad thing. If it is handled properly, even a bad thing can turn into a good thing.

Franco was not on either side. He was a Spaniard who did not like the syndicalists' practices and actually had little in common with the fascists. Mussolini was determined to rebuild the Roman Empire, but Franco did not have so many ideas. He just wanted to "liberate" the entire Iberian Peninsula and then defend Spain's little territory in Africa.

It's not that Franco didn't have ambitions, but he knew very well that Spain didn't have the strength to compete for hegemony. Spain had a large territory and a large population, but its industrial strength was very weak. The best outcome would be to preserve the foundation laid by the predecessors.

However, Franco had no say in Morocco's affairs, and it depended on the opinions of Germany and Italy. Germany intended to "direct the trouble to the west" and hand Morocco over to the People's Revolutionary League, which might lead to a war between the People's Revolutionary League and the trade unions, which was a good thing for Germany.

Moreover, the German army is currently short of manpower and resources. By handing over Morocco to the People's Revolutionary League, more than 100,000 German troops can be liberated, and there is no need to risk transporting weapons and supplies to Morocco.

This is only a secondary reason. If the People's Revolutionary League really fought with the British and French alliance over the Moroccan issue, the pressure on the German army in the European battlefield would not be so great. This is the most important thing.