Germany had a Hitler, who was also ambitious to unify Europe, but in the end he followed in the footsteps of Napoleon, France couldn't do it, and Germany naturally couldn't do it. ”

After a pause, he smiled and said: "The purpose of my country's support for Germany is to provoke war in Europe and divert the strategic focus of Britain and France, not to support Germany to unify Europe." England and Russia will not allow European unity, and our country will not allow European unity, and the same is true for the United States. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed lightly: "From Charles V, to Louis XIV, and later to Napoleon, the great monarchs of Europe have never stopped their great dream of unifying Europe, but in the end they all ended in failure.

Napoleon had the best chance and possibility to unify Europe, but in the end it fell short because of Russia and England, and now there is no possibility and opportunity for unification in Europe, and there are too many factors of external interference. ”

Zhao Liewen said with great interest: "Most of the time in the history of our country has been in a state of great unification, why has there never been a situation of great unification in the history of Europe?" ”

"Geographically." Easy to know and be content with simple words.

"Geography?" Zhao Liewen was a little puzzled and said: "Isn't Europe dominated by plains? ”

"Europe is dominated by plains, that's right." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "If you carefully ponder the map of Europe, you can find that the center of Europe is a large mountain range, and the flat principle is on the periphery, and the big rivers in Europe do not flow in a uniform direction, but radially into the sea.

The mountains and rivers of Europe divide the whole of Europe into fragments, and its characteristics can be summed up as small in the middle and huge in the periphery, which makes it difficult for Europe to have a strong power with absolute superiority to unify Europe. ”

For modern history, Zhao Liewen also made a lot of effort, and even said: "If Napoleon hadn't attacked Russia first, would he have had a chance to unify Europe?" ”

"Napoleon's two greatest enemies were Russia and England." Yi Zhizu said and looked at Huang Dianyuan, "When Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was in the world, do you remember Brother Rong?" ”

Tilting his face and meditating slightly, Huang Dianyuan spoke: "When Ming Taizu fought the world, there was Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and the generals generally thought that Zhang Shicheng was weak, so Zhang Shicheng should be leveled first, and then he would fight with Chen Youliang.

Military advisor Liu Bowen objected and said that Zhang Shicheng was a self-defending person in the infant city and there was nothing to worry about. Chen Youliang is holding the lord hostage and threatening his subordinates, and the territory is upstream, not only has a strategic advantage, but also aggressive, if Zhang Shicheng is attacked first, Chen Youliang will definitely attack us, and there will be a risk of fighting on both sides.

In the end, Ming Taizu adopted Liu Bowen's suggestion - the Chen family was destroyed, and the Zhang family was lonely, and it could be decided in one fell swoop. In the end, they succeeded in sweeping away the two, and then settled the world.

Yi Zhizhi nodded, "Napoleon is also a man of great talent, how could he make strategic mistakes." After a pause, he continued: "Russia is in the north, ambitious, and the vast Eastern European Plain is unsafe to defend, just like Chen Youliang.

England faces Europe across the sea, has no ambitions for the European continent, and has a strong navy, just like Zhang Shicheng.

If Napoleon had attacked England first, he might have faced the danger of fighting on two fronts, after all, England had a strong navy and could not be defeated in one fell swoop.

The English navy was strong, the army was weak, and Napoleon could have avoided fighting on two fronts to a large extent, which was completely correct from a strategic point of view, except that the Russian snow came earlier, and the Russians' scorched earth tactics caused serious problems in France's long supply lines. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed, "Napoleon is indeed worthy of a generation of heroes, even if he failed to unify Europe, but his vision and insight are first-class, he sold more than 2 million square kilometers of Louisiana to the United States for 15 million dollars, in one fell swoop established the status of the United States as a North American power, and erected a potential maritime ....... for England." ”

When the topic of the United States was raised, Zhao Liewen followed the conversation and said: "Can the United States become a strong opponent of China's financial hegemony?" ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded, "The independence of the United States and the rise of strength step by step are closely related to Europe, without the intricate pattern of Europe and frequent wars, there would be no current United States, and the decline of Europe will inevitably lead to the strength of the United States."

It can be said that the decline of Europe is inevitable, the strength of the United States is also inevitable, after the colonial era, hegemonism is bound to run rampant, military hegemony, economic hegemony, and financial hegemony are staggered, and the struggle for hegemony between the East and the West cannot be avoided, and the United States will sooner or later become China's most powerful opponent or enemy. ”

Huang Dianyuan said with feeling: "I agree with the big shopkeeper's opinion, the United States absorbs tens of thousands of immigrants from European countries every year. Is there no reason why the sea is not strong? ”

Zhao Liewen glanced at him, "Isn't my country also absorbing a large number of European immigrants?" ”

"It's different." Yi Zhizhi said: "The United States is a country of immigrants, tens of millions of people are from immigrants, and it is impossible for China to absorb immigrants on such a large scale, because China must limit the rapid growth of the population at the moment." ”

Xi'an, Railway Station.

Xi'an Railway Station is quite large, not only because Xi'an is the intersection of two railways, but also because Xi'an's industrial development is very fast, because of the need to develop the northwest, Xi'an has long been easy to be content to become the industrial base of the northwest, under the inclination of funds, all kinds of factories have sprung up in Xi'an like mushrooms after a rain.

The rapid development of industry and the convenience of railway transportation have revitalized Xi'an, the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, not only with a rapid population growth, but also with an ever-expanding urban scale.

On the wide square outside the train station, Yi Zhengde, who is in his thirties, dressed in a suit and has short hair, casually strolls around looking at the flow of people near the train station and the huge scene of nearby buildings, he has been in Xi'an for three years, but he has been busy in the dark, and he rarely has time to come to Xi'an City to hang out.

This time I received a telegram and learned that the old man was going to come to Xi'an for a secret inspection, so he deliberately rushed to Xi'an Railway Station half a day in advance to wait.

Compared with the inland provinces of the Qing Dynasty, Xi'an's industry started early, and the industrial base is also strong, but after all, it is not open to the outside world, and the degree of openness of the social atmosphere is far from being compared with the coastal provinces, because it is the center of the northwest, the business is prosperous, and most of the businessmen from the northwest provinces gather here.

The flow of people at the railway station is also varied, you can see Mongolians, Tibetans, Xinjiang people and Central Asian ethnic groups in Anxi wearing their own national costumes everywhere, as well as many young people wearing green and blue camouflage military uniforms and short hair, these are not necessarily retired soldiers, because the quality of military uniforms is good, and the number of retired soldiers is large, easy to change, there is a continuous military uniform fever in inland provinces, and many young people are proud to have a set of military uniforms.

Yi Zhengde knows that these young people are coming to Xi'an to look for work opportunities, the treatment of workers is good, the wages are high, and many peasant children are willing to come out to work, but his factory does not recruit these people, one is because of the need for confidentiality, and the other is the limitation of cultural quality, his factory needs high school graduates even for ordinary workers.

Of course, wearing a robe and a horse jacket, there are a lot of braids, however, most of them are over 30 years old, with the popularization of education, young people now basically no longer keep braids, because whether they enter the school or join the army or enter the factory, they are not allowed to keep braids, and after a long time, there are fewer and fewer people who keep braids, and it is estimated that in another twenty or thirty years, braids may be extinct.

After walking around and eating a bowl of mutton steamed buns, Yi Zhengde slowly returned the same way, seeing that the time was not early, he went directly to the platform, and then got into a four-wheeled carriage that had been ready to pick up the station at the platform.

Liang Huisheng, the deputy director who came to greet him, followed into the carriage and said softly: "Zhengde, the big shopkeeper rarely comes to inland provinces, how can he come to Xi'an in person this time?" ”

"We should attach importance to the development of aircraft." Yi Zhengde said softly, in fact, after receiving the telegram, he was also very puzzled, it has only been three years since the Aircraft Research Institute moved to Xi'an, and the corresponding supporting internal combustion engine factory, aircraft manufacturing plant, and metallurgical plant have not been fully completed, why did the old man come? Moreover, I have never heard of it in Shanghai during the Chinese New Year.

Liang Huisheng was a little nervous, "Have you notified the commander of the Xi'an Military Region?" ”

"Informed." Yi Zhengde said softly: "Don't worry, the security measures are no problem." As he spoke, he took out a cigarette case and lit a cigarette, the commander of the Xi'an Military Region is the old man Yuanqi, Yin Youcai, who was trained in the original Yuanqi regiment, and all the security measures were formulated by him personally, but because Yi Zhixiang told him not to expose his whereabouts, he didn't dare to come to the station to pick up the station, for fear that the movement would be too big.

He just walked around the square outside the station, although he didn't feel anything abnormal, but he knew that whether it was inside or outside the station, he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were staring at this time, and there could be no accident.

"Woo——。" With a long whistle, a train slowly drove into the station, Yi Zhengde suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, although he has been in Xi'an for three years, few people know his true identity, and Ping Suri doesn't like to socialize, but he is not worried about being recognized.

As soon as the train stopped, Yi Zhengde couldn't wait to rush to the outside of the three special carriages, and when he entered the carriage, he saw Yi Zhizhi who was looking at him with a smile on his face, so he completely relieved himself, hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Father——。 ”

Then he bowed slightly to Zhao Liewen and said, "I've seen Mr. Zhao." ”

Yi Zhishu smiled and pointed at Huang Dianyuan, "Don't you know?" ”

"Is it Uncle Huang?" Yi Zhengde hesitated, and then smiled like a child, "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, I really didn't expect to see you in Xi'an." ”

The South China Association has a huge influence overseas, and the three Yi Zhengde brothers studying abroad are secretly protected by the South China Association, and the two have been together overseas for a period of time, and meeting here is really a surprise to Yi Zhengde.

Several people greeted each other in the carriage, waited until there were no passengers on the platform, got off the train, boarded the carriage and slowly walked out of the station, and after going south along the cement road for a while, they changed into cars and continued to move forward.

Seeing Zhao Liewen, who was a little puzzled, Yi Zhengde explained: "The airport, the research institute and the Yiying factory are not in Xi'an, but in Nantian, which is more than 100 miles away from Xi'an. ”

Zhao Liewen hesitated: "Is it out of the need for secrecy?" ”

"It's both a need for confidentiality and a security concern." Yi Zhifen said: "Although Xi'an is not open to the outside world, after all, there are many people, even if the public opinion is blocked, it is difficult to ensure that the news will not leak, in addition, the aircraft is in the development stage, prone to accidents, crashes and other situations, for fear of causing panic among the local people." ”

Yi Zhengde took over and said: "My father thought carefully at the beginning, and there have been several ...... of plane crashes. ”

How many crashes? Yi Zhishu was a little stunned, "Why didn't I hear you mention it before." ”

Yi Zhengde knew that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly said: "There is a parachute, but it didn't hurt anyone, so I didn't report it." ”

"Safety first." Yi Zhishu said in a deep voice: "Both pilots and scientific researchers are precious, and casualties must be avoided as much as possible." ”

"The child understands." Yi Zhengde hurriedly said, paused, and asked tentatively: "Why did my father suddenly come to Xi'an?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "What? Worried about a sudden check-up for your father? ”

"How can I be." Yi Zhengde said with a smile: "The child wishes that his father would come to inspect more, which shows that his father attaches great importance to the aircraft." ”

"Important?" Yi Zhizhi said: "My father told you a long time ago that the aircraft is a heavy weapon for national defense, and in the future, it will be a major military branch that will be specially prepared to build an air force and pay equal attention to the navy and army, is it not enough to show my father's attitude?" ”

"The child plans to build a railway to Lam Tin." Yi Zhengde took the opportunity to make a request, "There are only roads, and there are still many inconveniences, but I don't realize it now, and I will definitely not be able to meet it in the future." ”

"There's no need." Yi Zhisuff objected without thinking: "If you have the money to build the railway, it is better to build a high-standard highway, this place in Lantian is only temporary, and sooner or later it will have to be relocated, so it is not a waste." As he spoke, he asked rhetorically: "Has there been progress in the development of helicopters?" ”

Is it specifically for helicopters? Yi Zhengde was a little surprised, didn't he report when he returned to Shanghai for the New Year? He didn't think much about it, and hurriedly replied: "The engine that uses an all-metal frame and requires high horsepower is currently being tried. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The internal combustion engine factory in Xi'an was newly built, and it did not have the capacity to manufacture high-horsepower internal combustion engines, so it needed to be transported from Shanghai. ”

Yi Zhizhi said dissatisfiedly: "Haven't you already let the technical backbone from Shanghai enrich Xi'an?" ”

"A group of technical backbones have been dispatched." Yi Zhengde said with some grievances: "However, it takes some time in general." ”

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