Chapter 584: Coping with Contradictions (10)
February 8, 1909 is the 10th anniversary of Zhou Shuren's arrival in Hungary. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info10 years ago, a group of young Chinese people, including Zhou Shuren, were sent to Hungary to support the revolution. Ten years later, Hungary is already a socialist country, and it is still a rapidly developing socialist country.
On this commemorative day, someone at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Hungary made a message: 'The East African Administrative Region hopes to allow Chinese comrades in Hungary to work in Africa.' Comrades, including Zhou Shuren, were stunned at first, and then felt inexplicable.
Someone asked what was going on, and the well-informed comrade explained that in recent times, the black brothers of Africa have been in the limelight. Cleanse Crete and win the Battle of Kinshasa. I heard that after the Battle of Kinshasa, those 'volunteers' returned to Nanzhan City, the capital of the East African Administrative Region, and excitedly shouted Long live the motherland at the commendation meeting. Therefore, Wei Kun wanted to strengthen party building and introduce a group of black comrades to the party. The population of the People's Dynasty in the East African administrative region was limited, and there were few party building personnel going there, so they proposed to transfer people to the nearest place.
"I firmly oppose it!" The comrades of the Hungarian Communist Party immediately said, "There are so many comrades in the Democratic Dynasty, where is there a shortage of a few people on our side. ”
The comrades of the Republic of China also thought the same way, and Zhou Shuren was sure that some of the comrades in Hungary hoped to stay in Hungary and continue to promote the development of the region, while others wanted to return to China and work hard for development. Africa has never been part of the life plan of the comrades.
Eventually, the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party sent a telegram to the Restoration Party of the People's Republic of China, asking if there was such a thing, and clearly expressing its opposition. Neither the Hungarian comrades nor the comrades of the Democratic Dynasty wanted to give any support to East Africa. Hungary itself felt that support was insufficient.
After the matter was determined, the comrades' emotions were affected. In this somewhat chaotic state, the comrade in charge of the military said: "How about we build a modern army of 1 million people in Romania according to the army standards of the Liberation Army?" ”
"Poof! …… Ahem...... cough cough ......" Some comrades were so shocked that they squirted out a mouthful of tea, and they were choked and coughed again and again.
The other comrades, even if they were not so exaggerated, were really frightened by this plan. The Republic of China solved the United States with motorized troops, and this powerful army became the embodiment of terror in Europe. If you want to build such a terrifying army, how much money do you have to invest? Almost all comrades have such thoughts.
The comrade of the military department calmly said in the surprised eyes of others: "The North American campaign proved the ability of motorized infantry to maneuver in the plains. Whether it is Romania or Russia, the Ukrainian region is a plain, and the Hungarian railway has been built to the mountain passes on the border, and if there is such a motorized infantry, the difficulty of fighting abroad will naturally be reduced. You don't think that the current peaceful situation can last long, do you? ”
"The army already has plans to fight abroad?" Even though he was originally a military doctor, Zhou Shuren also thought of something.
The comrades of the military department replied with resentment: "The Military Commissar has been dissatisfied with Romania for a long time, and now the situation has subsided, but sooner or later Romania and Russia will have to act against Hungary." Two camps have been formed, and a full-scale war across Europe is a matter of time. Can Hungary really remain neutral in future wars? The Military Commission is not at all optimistic about this. ”
No one continued to speak. The question of the war in Europe as a whole began to be talked about around 1900, and for nine years it was about to pop up in Europe for a while. Recently, the Republic of China took over Crete, and there was a war in the Congo Free State. Ten years ago, the European population reacted violently to this, and three years ago they became numb or disgusted. Recently, the situation has changed a little, 'Isn't it just a full-scale war?' Maybe an all-out war might really solve the European problem once and for all'! Such statements began to appear in quite a few newspapers.
When talking about all-out war, they are inexplicably excited, which shows that the people think that all-out war is not normal. The growing popularity of the argument that all-out war would solve problems suggests that the people perceive all-out war as a means worth considering. This means that a full-scale war is beginning to gradually have the ideological basis to become a reality. Zhou Shuren is not optimistic about the future prediction at all.
Eventually, Hungary sent a telegram to the Military Commission of the Liberation Party, hoping to get help in building Hungary's million-strong motorized army. Two weeks later, a ship from North America arrived with a report and two military personnel who explained it. The two servicemen gave a report to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party, which surprised many members of the Central Committee that the cost of building a 1 million motorized force was far less than they thought. Including the prerequisites for the construction of a heavy industry base with an annual output of 5 million tons of steel, it is very pleasant to watch. According to the experience of the Minchao Dynasty, the focus of the Third Five-Year Plan was to strengthen industry. It is better for everyone to be able to promote the construction of infrastructure in this area through military construction.
"Since it all looks good, what's the problem we don't see?" Zhou Shuren raised a surprising question, if a thing is a good thing no matter how you look at it, it means that there must be something bad in it that you haven't figured out.
The soldier in charge of the explanation had already been prepared, and he replied briskly: "The problem is that to maintain this million-strong army, it will cost 20% of the construction investment every year to maintain it." ”
"How can there be so many?" The Central Committee members of the Hungarian Communist Party were shocked.
The interpreter continued to explain calmly: "All kinds of exercises, research, and live firing cost a lot of money. I know that many of you comrades have experienced war, and you all fought back as soon as you noticed the enemy attack. So I think you know best how high a percentage of people like you are. How many comrades are not quick to react, or there is no targeted training at all, resulting in the loss of life. These require training, and every group of soldiers needs to be trained in this area. In addition to mastering what is available, you also need to study and discuss what is suitable for your operations. All of this requires money. ”
“…… These studies and research will probably stabilize within five years, and the amount of money required will be reduced, right? The chairman of the military commissar of the Communist Party of Hungary asked.
The Liberation Army soldier nodded in agreement, "Yes." In our experience, this part of the investment will enter a plateau. However, equipment maintenance and updates will be at their peak. You don't think equipment will break no matter how you use it, do you? ”
"After the equipment is upgraded, you must improve your tactics, and after your tactics are improved, you must improve your equipment. Isn't there no end to this? Some comrades said almost to themselves. For the Hungarian Red Army, everyone felt that by training some basic use of rifles, they could become soldiers.
The soldiers of the Liberation Army looked at the Hungarian comrades with sympathetic eyes, and then said in a sympathetic tone: "We, the Liberation Army, have also reflected on this issue ourselves. It was concluded that the benefits of these military investments would be maximized if war broke out within three years of the completion of equipment and personnel training. Otherwise, all the investment makes sense, but it looks like it's all in vain. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Shuren asked, "In other words, we need to accurately predict when the war will start?" ”
After giving an explanation, the comrades of the Liberation Army went to Crete, and the East African Security Forces evacuated after dealing with the people on the island, and a number of troops from the Liberation Army in Cyprus were stationed on the island.
The Hungarian comrades finally had time to discuss their strategic judgments. There are many people who support the judgment that a full-scale war will break out in Europe. But when it will be fought, opinions cannot be unified. From next year to ten years from now, everyone has their own ideas.
Zhou Shuren went straight to the core of what he thought, "Is it necessary for us to maintain a motorized infantry with the highest military technology in Europe for a long time?" ”
Seeing everyone's confused faces, Zhou Shuren continued to ask, "Or do we just want to maintain an advanced army that is not large in number and focuses on defense?" ”
No one answered immediately, and Zhou Shuren waited for a while before continuing to ask: "500,000 regular troops." 1.5 million reserve militia. What is this number? ”
Li Yifang's body is getting weaker and weaker, and Wei Ze is by her side while waiting for news from Beijing. Even so, the report from Hungary made Weeser smile a little.
By the end of the First Five-Year Plan, Hungary, with a population of 25 million, had basically achieved the goal of school-age schoolchildren. The intensive education in the Second Five-Year Plan is only institutionalized, and efforts must be made to eradicate illiteracy among adults. In addition, the education plan of the Hungarian Ministry of Education stipulates that Hungary begins to learn Chinese from junior high school, and Chinese is a 100-point paper as a subject for entrance examinations, just like Hungarian.
Thinking of those dolls who will be miserable for the Chinese level 4 and 6 exams in the future, it is difficult for Wei Ze not to laugh.
For Hungary, the active force will be expanded to 500,000 in 10 years, and the plan will be reorganized to 1.5 million reserves. Weezer could only sigh that even Hungary was still like this, and a big war was inevitable. Everything is relative, and Hungary's pursuit of its own absolute security will trigger a chain reaction of other countries. However, Weeser did not mean to object, Austria and Russia had a far more negative impact on regional peace than Hungary, and Hungary also reacted passively in the face of such two countries.
Putting aside the Hungarian affair, Weeser was also reluctant to consider whether the Nationalist Dynasty would agree to provide Hungary with assistance in the production of internal combustion engines and the combat technology of motorized infantry. He awaited new developments in the now intensifying internal struggle. At this time, there was silence in the center, as if nothing had happened before. In fact, different camps are rallying together, ready to give themselves a strong blow to the thorn in the side.