"Ahem! Well, comrades, please be quiet! I knew that everyone in the room had mixed emotions and was in a state of flux, but they all stopped to listen to me. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info you should remember that in the past ten years, we have sent Comrade Bubnov to visit Ireland three times, well, Comrade Kuznetsov and Golovko should have also visited three or four times each, and inspected in detail their shipbuilding industry, scientific research and technology, personnel cultivation and so on, basically every time it has brought us great shock and inspiration, but, comrades, we used to think that Ireland was a puppet pushed to the forefront of the German EmpireEverything it shows to the world is given by the Germans, and the key to its world-renowned development achievements is the support given by the Germans behind the scenes, which is equivalent to a sharp sword extending out of the arms of the Germans, nothing more. ”

In the carriage of the special train from the port of Murmansk to Moscow, Sverdlov stood in front of the heads of various military and political departments and the senior generals of the army, and expounded his thoughts in a deep, solemn, and slow tone.

"From this contact with the King of Ireland and Wales, I think we may have made a great mistake in assessing the actual role of the Irish in the Western Allied system, in Ireland's relations with Germany. Because a leader who is wise enough and tolerant and selfless does not and does not have to play a subordinate role like a small follower. Think about it, if Ireland relied on German support for its development, how could Ireland's economy run smoothly when Germany was in debt in the early 30s, when the global economic crisis was raging in the late 30s, when Germans were looking for gold overseas in search of a living? Also, during our war against Japan, the Western Allies, out of consideration for their own interests, temporarily lifted the military blockade against us, and provided us with assistance in the form of loans and trade, and at that time, after carefully comparing the weapons and equipment and military technology that each country could provide, we gave the largest trade order to the Irish, because they were able to come up with what was most suitable for our use, and although the Germans had the same or similar equipment, the price was too high and the construction was too complicated, Later facts also proved that we made the right choice! ”

With that, Sverdlov took a sip from the stainless steel cup on the table, then turned his head to stare out the window. At this time, it had been almost a week since the end of the joint military exercise between Soviet Russia and the new United Kingdom, and because the exercise was carried out in a snowstorm, most people did not have an intuitive feeling about the performance and comparison of the troops of the two sides in the exercise, but the stained red traces left by the Russian warships, airfields, positions, ports, radar stations, and other targets were like new wounds, which made the Soviet and Russian top leaders and the officers and men participating in the exercise feel painful, and the joy and pride of winning the Soviet-Japanese war were shattered by the cruel reality in front of them. The new United Kingdom, which inherited only one-third of the land and population of the Great United Kingdom, has the power to crush the Soviet Russian navy? With a population of 140 million and guided by the communist faith, the Russians were not as creative in the field of military science and technology as the more than the more than 10 million Celts living on the Nordic islands of the time?

Some people are accustomed to making excuses for failures, turning a blind eye to their own flaws and inadequacies, and some people are unwilling to make excuses for failures. After sending off the new British delegation with a warm banquet, Sverdlov summoned the senior officers of the Northern Fleet overnight and asked them to come up with a detailed and flawless analysis of the exercise in the shortest possible time, supplemented by photographs, audio recordings, videos, and other materials, so as to let the country's top brass know exactly where the gap between the Soviet Russian Navy and the first-class powers is!

Before the return of the escort group headed by Sverdlov, the General Staff of the Soviet and Russian Northern Fleets came up with a preliminary analysis of the exercise, and the cold and hard data and straightforward descriptions made the leadership feel like they were applauded: The gap between the Soviet Russian Navy and the first-class Western powers has not narrowed, but because Western countries have taken the lead in initiating a new round of technological changes, there has been a "generation gap"; judging from the situation of this joint exercise alone, the combat strength of the Northern Fleet of the Soviet Russian Navy is only one-third to one-quarter of that of the new United Kingdom Navy. This also raises questions about why Japan was so quickly defeated in the Battle of the Philippines.

Seeing that Sverdlov had finished speaking, Bubnov opened his mouth to respond: "In the next five-year plan, we will focus on the development of science and technology in the field of aviation and navy, and this exercise has provided a very good reference for the direction of our efforts. ”

Sverdlov said: "We cannot hope that the international situation will give us the space to successfully complete the next five-year plan, the threat of war between Germany and Austria-Hungary is fermenting on our southwestern borders, and those monarchical dictatorships may wage war against their neighbors without saying a word!" No, we cannot hope to reverse the disadvantage on our own, we need to use all the forces at our disposal, to take a tortuous but bright shortcut, just as we have access to technical information to counter nuclear weapons......"

Bukharin, a member of the Council of People's Commissars of Soviet Russia and chairman of the Supreme Council of National Economy, shook his head: "Deep cooperation with the country under the leadership of that king?" Well, I've analysed all the important military-trade cooperation of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1916 to 1946, and guess what happened - the Kingdom of Ireland has invariably benefited greatly from these collaborations, and the people they have worked with have benefited from it or those that have ended badly, and the most profound lesson is China. In the twenties and thirties, China and Ireland established a close and extensive military cooperative relationship, Ireland provided weapons, equipment, ammunition and production lines, and also worked with the Germans to help them train their troops, so as to exchange for a large amount of silk, tea, porcelain and mineral resources, the Irish were rich, but the Chinese army was vulnerable to the battlefield against Japan. I fear that if we continue to export our resources to Ireland in exchange for their equipment, it will constrain the development of our country's scientific research and make us psychologically fatal, and how can we get out of this situation once they cut off our technical assistance to us, or even suddenly stand against us? ”

Bukharin's remarks really reminded his comrades that no matter how friendly and selfless their neighbors may be, they must never entrust the country's core national defense and security to their hands. As for why China, with its vast land and population, lost to Japan, this is a rather complex question that deserves further study. From the perspective of reverse thinking, without the military and economic assistance of Western countries, the Chinese would be able to stand on their own and resist the aggression of the Japanese invaders? The answer is clearly no.

Sverdlov did not refute Bukharin's statements, but threw the topic to the People's Commissar of the Navy and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, who had behaved very dullly since the end of the exercises: "Comrade Kuznetsov, what do you think about this issue? ”

"As you said, I accompanied Comrade Bubnov on two visits to Ireland, and on one occasion I led my troops to receive the equipment delivered to us by Ireland. Judging from the trend of historical development, including the monarch, all the **** systems will inevitably be replaced by communism, but in a specific period, these **** systems have the reason and value of existence, and King Joachim is undoubtedly the most outstanding leader at the end of the monarch ****, to a certain extent, his vision and mind have broken through the limitations of the traditional monarch, so we can't see the country led by this person from a conventional perspective. Our Soviet Navy was born and grew up in a difficult situation, and it is a point of great pride that our Soviet Navy has grown strong and strengthened even after a long blockade by hostile countries. If the external environment gives us enough time to develop and build, even without any external assistance, I believe that the Soviet Russian Navy will definitely become a world-class navy, there is no doubt about it. However, what we lack most at present is precisely the time for peaceful development, when the Japanese army provoked the conflict on the Haraha River, if we choose to retreat, then the Japanese army is likely to have occupied the vast land of Eastern Siberia, and our timber and ore production for national construction will be greatly affected, and we resolutely chose to fight back with all our might, not only to defend the country, but also to liberate Northeast China from the Japanese occupation, so that industrial production there can be revitalized - if I remember correctly, Since 1944, Northeast China has produced more than one-third of the country's coal and iron, right? ”

After nodding his head, Kuznetsov cast a verifying look at Comrade Bukharin, a Marxist theoretician and economist, and after nodding his head, he continued: "In the early days of the war against Japan, we did not receive external assistance, and the Pacific Fleet and the aviation units of the Far Eastern Theater fought very hard against the Japanese Navy and Air Force alone." The sinking of the Kirov had caused our officers and men to be harassed by defeatism, and after receiving outside assistance, we quickly fought several good battles, eventually driving the Japanese navy out of St. Peter the Great's Bay. Although seeking technical assistance from Western countries is a short-term profit-seeking act, like using alcohol to numb the pain of a wound, and in the long run, it will do more harm than good, but in the current certain period, when we may fall into the quagmire of war again at any time, I think it is still necessary for us to improve our strength as quickly as possible, and wait until we have overcome the difficulties before making up for the debts. ”

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