Chapter 90: Arrival in East Germany
December 23, 1982. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info Before Christmas.
The Chinese fleet arrived at the port of Rostock in East Germany and was warmly welcomed by the East German side. Because the Chinese fleet brought 300,000 tons of supplies urgently needed by East Germany, including tactical aircraft, ammunition supplies, and various food, medicine and daily necessities.
Of course, the weapons with high added value were exported, bartered in exchange for some of East Germany's advantageous electromechanical, train, and other heavy industrial products.
However, some daily necessities and medicines are provided free of charge.
"Long live Sino-German friendship!"
"The proletariat of the whole world unites!"
"Thank you to socialist China for its selfless assistance to our country......"
If you don't understand the situation, you will think that it is a political slogan during the Cold War, but in fact, the Cold War ideology has always existed in this world.
But this is only historical inertia, in fact, humanity is more worried about beta!
After all, the triumph of any ideology will be nothing more than a change of camp and political philosophy in other countries, but not so much that the vast majority of the population will die and the entire territory will become a scorched earth.
But in the war against the beta, once humanity loses, it is the destruction of the entire race!
Therefore, people have no way to retreat but to resist desperately!
A small country with a small population and a small land area like East Germany has been a front-line state for three years, and this country has not only lost more than three million people. More critically, in the year after year of war of attrition, people have fallen into despair more and more, and the population has continued to flee to the rear countries.
Therefore, the East German Stasi hunted fugitives on the border, intimidated them with death, and organized the emergence of a wave of escapees.
This is because a large-scale exodus would greatly weaken the war potential of the GDR, and the collapse of the GDR would be accelerated.
Whether for the sake of the country or for its own rights, the ruling class of the GDR could not accept defeat.
This is why Stasi's power continues to expand in the midst of ups and downs.
Of course, relying on Stasi alone, at most, East Germany will not collapse for the time being, but resisting the beta will depend on a lot of weapons and supplies after all!
Last year, East Germany was still skeptical about the reliability of China's weapons. This year, the GDR did not have the slightest suspicion.
In the whole of last year, the number of Betas eliminated by the GDR side exceeded 1 million, although the GDR's propaganda was victorious again and again.
But that year, the GDR lost more than 500,000 people in the war.
Even with the delicate tactical aircraft unit, the total number of tactical aircraft lost by the GDR in this year exceeded 300 aircraft. Although most of the losses were old tactical aircraft such as the MiG-21, such losses also made East Germany feel heartache.
In addition to this, a large number of skilled guards have been lost, and some less experienced guards have been replaced. So much so that the use of a generation of tactical aircraft such as the MiG-21, which tests the experience and skills of the Guards, cannot quickly form combat effectiveness.
China's Thunder Tactical Aircraft is an easy-to-get started tactical aircraft, even if a novice guard, can master the Thunder Dragon and quickly form combat capabilities.
In addition, such unprecedented consumption made East Germany more and more cost-effective for weapons.
In other words, East Germany would have spent $50 billion a year on military spending based on last year's consumption. If it is replaced with European and American weapons, then ...... Military spending is more than $100 billion a year.
For the front-line countries that burned a lot of money, even Soviet weapons could not afford to use them. Therefore, China's cost-effective weapons are the best choice!
The massive use of Chinese weapons allowed East Germany to gain more firepower with its limited military spending. Moreover, the performance of China's weapons is not necessarily inferior to that of the Soviet Union and the United States. The purchase of Chinese weapons for $10 billion is equivalent to more than $20 billion of Soviet weapons, or $50 billion of European and American weapons!
In consideration of East Germany's economic difficulties, China basically adopted barter, exported weapons, and purchased heavy industrial products on a large scale, so as to reduce the economic pressure on East Germany, increase employment for East Germany, and promote social stability.
At the same time, every time China exports weapons on a large scale, it also gives away a batch of supplies urgently needed by East Germany free of charge.
For example, the supplies that came with the ship this time included 200,000 sets of down jackets, 100,000 sets of quilts, and a large number of Chinese-made medicines, with a total value of up to 100 million yuan.
But considering that the total value of China's arms exports to East Germany this time was about $8 billion. This trade, the profits earned domestically, can also be called windfall profits.
It was for this reason that the Republic gave a large amount of gratuitous support to the GDR. In essence, it is equivalent to a merchant's promotion, and only after spending 168 yuan will you give 1 yuan for free.
The East German authorities also cooperated with China in constantly promoting German-Chinese friendship and the fact that China continued to provide free aid to East Germany.
But the GDR does not mention that the so-called gratuitous aid is a promotional gift for merchants after the GDR has purchased more than 100 times the number of Chinese goods.
Under these propaganda, the people at the bottom of East Germany could not help but have a great favorability towards China.
In fact, the main reason for East Germany's propaganda was to stabilize the people's hearts. At the very least, East Germany had to convince its citizens that its allies were extraordinary and could give it hope!
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December 25, 1982. 2 p.m.
East Berlin, the capital of East Germany.
Li Feng and other Chinese delegations arrived in the capital of East Germany and were ceremoniously received by the East German leadership.
Because, the Chinese embassy has already told the German side that Li Feng and others are not the same status, although the military rank is not very high, but the influence is up to heaven, and their suggestions can directly affect the decision-making of the top leadership.
Therefore, the East German side did not dare to be hasty, but the top leader of the East Germany, Erich Honecker, who had not appeared for a long time, also appeared.
Legend has it that Erich Honecker was critically ill, so he often disappeared. It is also believed that Erich Honecker was overtaken by Stasi, so he did not show up......
The truth is that Erich Honecker has been assassinated several times in recent years, so he rarely appears in public for the sake of safety.
Actually, how could Erich Honecker be overshadowed by Stasi? He's Stasi's backer! At the beginning, it was the Soviet Union that forcibly ousted the respected leaders of East Germany from power and replaced them with Erich Honecker. Then, in order to consolidate his power, Erich Honecker cooperated with Stasi in a constant purge of the army and the party.
To this day, Stasi is still Erich Honeck's dog, and as for the legend that the dog is above the owner, it was Erich Honecker who released a smoke bomb.
Because, in order to maintain the current situation in East Germany, Erich Honeck's personal prestige is simply not enough, so he can only adopt Stasi's tyranny, but he does not want to bear the charge, so he pretends that he can no longer control Stasi and allows Stasi to do whatever he wants.
Why did Erich Honecker support Stasi? - not to weaken the National People's Army that he can't control!
You know, the National People's Army was created by the previous East German leader, and a large number of high-ranking people in it were political enemies of Erich Honecker.
At the same time, a few years earlier, the army of the GDR National People's Army had just launched a coup d'Γ©tat aimed at overthrowing Erich Honecker and Stasi, and the coup had not yet been carried out and was suppressed by Stasi.
Therefore, Erich Honecker further wanted to strengthen Stasi's power so that the National People's Army would not plot another coup d'Γ©tat against him.
East Germany was in a miasma, and Stasi was so arrogant? In fact, the root of the problem lies with the leader of the GDR, Erich Honecker!
"China is the socialist country with the largest population, and it has played a vital role in the fight against beta! In the past decade, China has eliminated more than 1 million beta per year on average with a GDP of less than one percent of Europe, and a total of 1,500 beta in the past ten years! Erich Honecker, chairman of the East German Council and general secretary of the United Socialist Party, who is said to have been vacated by Stassie, actually appeared in the television media and said, "The comrades of China have not only been extremely successful in defending their homeland, but so far, the territory actually controlled by China far exceeds the territory of Europe now, and China's population has not lost much compared with that of the 70s, and China's 800 million people are undoubtedly admirable compared to Europe with a population of only more than 300 million." β
"And China, in a difficult situation for its own country, has sent more than a million troops out of the country to fight to help the socialist countries defend their homeland and eliminate beta! The current socialist Czechoslovakia, as well as socialist Hungary and other countries, rely more on China's strength to defend their homeland. β
"For our German Democratic Republic, China cheaply exported the second-generation tactical aircraft Thunder tactical aircraft to our country, which turned out to be a tactical aircraft that far surpassed any of the European ones. However, it only sells for $10 million, and compared to things like Rafale and Typhoon, it's not just cheap and beautiful, but the performance ratio is far more than that. β
At the same time, China, as the country that has resisted beta for the longest time, has a large number of scientists who study combat weapons against beta. Include...... Famous drones! β
"At present, the Chinese comrades are ready to give our country a full technical authorization, including second-generation tactical aircraft. I am confident that with the help of the Chinese comrades, our country will overcome the difficulties and win the final victory against the beta war......"
The welcoming ceremony turned into listening to the lectures of the leaders of the East German countries, and Li Feng, Poison Island and others listened drowsily.
Gunevere listened with great interest. After all, this was the first time she had listened to a speech by a German leader. Although she is not from this world, she is still German.
After the welcoming ceremony, the Chinese delegation took a group photo and shook hands with the East German delegation.
After the meeting, Erich Honecker asked Gunniwell with deep meaning: "This major does not look like a Chinese, but looks like us Germans!" β
Gunevere nodded and said, "Yes! I have German ancestry, and a hundred years ago, when China was still in the Qing Dynasty, my great-grandfather became an ordinary soldier in the Qingdao Concession of China. Later, in World War I, we were attacked by the Japanese in Qingdao, and after the defeat in World War I, my grandfather did not leave China, but chose to do business in Shanghai, China......"
"And then?" Erich Honecker was very curious about this German girl whose nationality was Chinese and whose ethnic composition was "Han".
"Later, my great-grandfather's business went bankrupt, and in order to escape debts, he went to Yan'an to join the revolution." "Later, it was in Yan'an that I met a member of the Third International, my great-grandmother. They participated in the Chinese Revolution, and my family took root in China. Until my father, that is, in the 50s, when the Soviet Union came to China, my mother was a German national scientist of Soviet nationality, and she came to China because she fell in love with my father, so that after the Soviet Union and China turned against each other and withdrew most of the experts, my mother still chose to stay in China, so I was born. β
"I didn't expect that...... "Your family has been a pure-blooded German nation in China for so many years...... I don't know, are you interested in returning to the German motherland? If you have one, you are welcome in East Germany! β
"No, not yet!" Gunnivale shook her head, the neurotic will emigrate to the GDR, at this time the GDR will not be subject to the tyranny of Stasi, and ...... Under the beta attack, how many years can such a small depth in the GDR be supported?
"Do you identify more with West Germany?" Erich Honecker was a little angry.
"No, although I am German, the country I am loyal to is China!" "I am Chinese, I love my motherland!" β
"It seems that there are no ethnic Germans ......in China," muttered one of the Stacy agents.
"So what?" "My great-grandfather has immigrated to that country, and since '49, my family's ID cards have Chinese nationality. We have participated in the construction of this country brick by brick, and we have given a lot for this country and gained a lot, so why should we leave? β
Later, East German officials gave up on convincing her to emigrate to the GDR.
In fact, the problem of her retaining Chinese nationality is not serious, but the refusal to join East Germany and the choice to join West Germany is very serious.
And now that relations between China and East Germany are warming, both economically and militarily, East Germany needs China's help.
Gunnevere seems to have a good point on the Chinese side, so East German officials don't seem to have a bad ending.
After all...... East Germany also has to consider the way back, and if it cannot hold on in the future, it is also a good direction to evacuate the population to China, at least, China, like them, is in the socialist camp. (To be continued.) )