"My dear, our group has grown very fast and has accumulated $1.2 billion in assets by now." When the Lantern Festival was approaching, Tana called and said to Xia Jun happily.

"Yes, crooked." Xia Jun praised with a smile, and after receiving the affirmation, Tana was very happy, but then complained: "The US arms export tariffs are too high, and we will be deprived of at least one-third of the profits by the political axe." ”

"We in China are at least half of the profits." Xia Jun told her that China is naturally different from the United States, the United States is a merchant country, and it is impossible for the American political axe to snatch too much profit from those businessmen. China is different, taking arms exports as an example, the East China Group accounts for more than 90 percent.

"However, our group has begun to transform to industries such as the use of weapons, and the arms production line has not been expanded for a long time, you must know that those equipment are too expensive, and the price has risen at least five times." Tana continued.

Xia Jun immediately encouraged Tana, this decisive abandonment of the military industry is right, because Xia Jun is not optimistic about the prospects of the American [***] industry.

Although it is said that arms are very profitable, the United States during the First World War was just beginning, and then there will be nearly 20 years of peace in the world, and then it will be the stage when the profits of the military industry will be reduced to the freezing point. It was the Second World War that the American industry really began to make money continuously.

After the war, the United States continued to wage wars, and the arms dealers gradually reached a stage where they could influence US policy after the initial growth of World War I and the mature development of World War II.

This was the original historical trend, but now the world is very different, and China has begun to rise.

U.S. arms may have developed during World War II, but it is absolutely impossible to return to the same historical pattern after the war.

And in terms of arms, Xia Jun is also doing it.

If Tana's Abrot Group operates too much of the military industry, it will face a lot of ice periods in the future, and the role of the group is only to sweep the capital from the United States and make Yankee money. The development of products for practical purposes is far more promising than the development of arms.

During World War I, the United States had a booming economy and workers' incomes increased, as did the incomes of the middle and upper classes.

In addition, if the United States enters the war, it will inevitably force the people to buy government bonds, and when these national bonds are returned one after another after the war, the American market will enter a stage of extreme prosperity, which will last for ten years, that is, the prosperous thirties, and then enter the forties of the Great Depression, and the deterioration of the economy will cause World War II.

Tana is convinced of Xia Jun, she has watched this man grow from a local separatist force to the current Chinese hegemon, and not long ago defeated the army and navy, making China the most powerful country in Asia, and he can often have many good ideas in business, more of those leading technologies.

…… The Lantern Festival is coming soon, and the East China Square is crowded with people on that day, and the first thing to do is to mourn the martyrs who died in the Sino-Shandong War.

The Warring States army lost more than 8,000 soldiers, annihilated more than 600,000 Japanese troops, and captured 400,000 Japanese soldiers.

"The country will never forget their contributions and blood, and the people will not forget their heroism, their heroic souls will protect China, let us mourn the martyrs and play mourning music."

Mourning music sounded to pay tribute to the heroic souls. There was silence in the square, and then the cries of the families of the martyrs rang out, but many of them only shed tears and did not cry soundly. They cried just because they were reluctant to let their relatives go, but at the same time they felt honored for him.

The families of the martyrs were properly resettled by the East China Political Axe, and they all received a high pension, and the East China Political Axe paid a total of 20 million pensions, in addition to the dead in battle, there were also wounded and disabled.

It doesn't seem like much, but in fact there are not many casualties, so it's not much. According to the current pension standard, the East China Army cannot suffer too many casualties on the battlefield.

After the mourning music, it entered the small military parade.

The band began to play the march, and the neatly arranged phalanxes of the East China Army appeared in the square.

"This is our East China soldiers, with the world's best individual equipment, with the world's most rigorous training and the strongest will, Shandong War proved that this is not the world's strongest army they boast, if they are, then our [***] team is stronger than them."

Immediately, the crowd let out a warm cheer, and the sound shook the roof tiles.

At this moment, a special phalanx appeared.

"Now let's welcome the chariot troops."

It was a phalanx of chariots and infantry, which was just an ordinary formation in the East China Army, but people had never seen anything like it.

Chariot!

It was the Crusher 1, one of the most primitive chariots, the worst chariot with the last name.

"The chariot is the ancient main battle weapon of the Chinese nation, which was rampant in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Today it once again appeared on the stage of modern warfare, this powerful chariot unit played a key role in the complete defeat of the Yue army on the battlefield in Shandong, no one can resist the power of the torrent of steel, and any resistance in front of it is futile. ”

The host of the military parade said loudly in impassioned words that this military parade was actually an arms advertisement.

People couldn't help but exclaim as they watched the chariots roaring and crushing in front of them. Those Chinese and foreign reporters pressed the shutter of their cameras one after another, and filmed these tanks frantically.

Grinder 1 looks cool on the outside, with dark paint, six machine guns spread over the body, and the ground shuddered as the tracks moved.

The armored soldiers of the East China Army who drove him all knew that this was the worst combat vehicle, and the driving environment was so bad that it was depressing, that is, it was just good-looking, far worse than the ugly Crusher 2 and 3, and if it was compared to the Type 13 dreadnought tank, it was even more different.

Smasher 1 is called the 'Iron Turtle' by the Soldiers because of its slow speed.

"It weighs eight tons, carries six machine guns, and no single piece of equipment can penetrate its armor, but it can get over the trenches and provide strong fire and cover to the infantry, and the trench warfare is vulnerable to it."

The host's words can be heard by the soldiers of the East China Army who walked by below keep pouting, just this iron turtle, can it still make trench warfare vulnerable? This is too good to blow!

If you don't brag about the order, you naturally have to brag about it.

Under the encouragement of the host, the smasher 1 simply became the master of the battlefield, quite self-respecting, and those foreign reporters were amazed.

At this moment, the roar of engines sounded in the sky.

"The air force unit is being inspected below, do you see the plane in the sky? It was our brand-new heavy-armored three-engine tactical monoplane bomber, the Heavy Hammer Four, which could carry 4,600 kilograms of bombs, and it would blow up to the point of terrification and not fall into the prestige of China's strongest air force in the world......

Heavy hammer 4 can be sold, this does not belong to the military technology that the East China political axe wants to blockade, after all, after the war, it is difficult to have a large-scale full-scale war in the near future, so this kind of aircraft is destined to be eliminated, and it will be equipped with newer bombing in the future, so there is no need to blockade this kind of bomber, but as far as the East China Air Force is concerned, this kind of bomber should be no problem for another ten years.

And other countries get such bombers, there is no threat to China, and with a range of two hundred kilometers, the Europeans cannot bomb China.

And the hammer 4 is not very fierce, the fierce is the bomb load, but the speed, sailing altitude, air self-defense ability are insufficient, in terms of the current fighter capability, the air self-defense capability is still good, but in the future the air self-defense capability is very low.

The sale of this bomber, together with the Hammer 3 bomber, can leave the bombers of European and American countries far behind, gain the right advantage in the market, and let the American aircraft completely get out.

When the bomber formation flew by, the square resounded with extremely enthusiastic cheers, this is China's air force, the strongest air force in the world.

When it comes to the Air Force, it is an existence that every Chinese is proud of.

The Chinese Air Force has always been at the forefront of the world, both in terms of the aircraft itself and pilot training, which is the top level in the world, and no country's air force can compare with China's air force.

At the time of the review of the Air Force, the Mosquito bomber did not appear, the Mosquito bomber is within the scope of the technical blockade, this kind of aircraft is fast, can fly at low altitude to avoid radar, if it is mastered by other countries, it will pose some threat to China in the future.

It was an exciting parade, and throughout the parade, the rows of soldiers in the phalanx walked at a different height, but they looked neat.

These are soldiers who have survived from the battlefield, not soldiers who are specially used to deal with the review, these were not unified and strengthened before the parade, and Xia Jun did not engage in that kind of too formal thing.

This is also the first military parade since the establishment of the East China Political Axe, although it is said to be a small-scale military parade, but there are nearly 100,000 troops participating in the parade, that is, one-sixth of the participating troops.

Whenever the troops walked past the review stand, the soldiers saluted Xia Jun neatly, and Xia Jun also returned the salute one by one, and the entire parade lasted nearly two hours.

Then, it was time for Xia Jun to make a speech, but Xia Jun was still empty-handed and had no speech.

"Today is the Lantern Festival, here, I would like to extend my warm greetings to the compatriots across the country, and wish all compatriots in the new year, can continue to work hard and continue to work hard in the direction of a better life." As soon as Xia Jun finished saying his greetings, there was warm applause below, and it continued, Xia Jun only needed to raise his hand to let the applause subside.

"Since the founding of the Republic of China, China has entered its fifth year, and the East China Army has gone through seven years since its establishment in 1909. In the past seven years, we have developed from a security regiment in Jian'an Xixiang to a steel army that has completely defeated Yuben today; our seven-year struggle has paid off richly; our country has suffered from hardship; our soldiers have also gained glory and merit; our people have gained dignity and a straight backbone; and we, the descendants of Yan and Huang, walk in the world, and we can say without any inferior posture: We are Chinese. ”

"Today's achievements are the result of the unity of all people, including soldiers, workers, farmers, businessmen, educators, scientific researchers, administrative workers, etc., no matter which group, whether it is the Han people or the ethnic minorities in the traditional areas, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, we have a common ideal, that is, the rejuvenation of China, so we are united.

We do not represent the interests of a particular class, or the interests of the landlords, merchants, soldiers, workers, peasants, all our compatriots. This society is inseparable from any one of the classes, and what we pursue is to adjust the interests of all classes so that they can coexist harmoniously with each other. Only when all classes are interdependent and united can the whole nation achieve good development.

Today's achievements are gratifying, but our road has not yet been completed, and we have only preliminarily completed the initial rise of the military, but we are still not perfect in terms of culture, economy, national quality, and construction. Now that we have a strong military backing, we will be able to develop steadily in all fields in the future. I hope that in the future, all classes will be able to reciprocate and unite as before, otherwise the achievements will be short-lived. Facts have also proved that our interdependence is beneficial to all classes and groups, and our idea of rejuvenation has a strong driving force, and we want to build a country where every citizen can live happily, a country where every citizen can live with dignity, and a country that every citizen loves deeply......"

There was another round of applause below, which lasted for nearly three minutes before it stopped.

"Without further ado, let's enter the award ceremony and let the soldiers receive their glory and meritorious service." Xia Jun made an epilogue, and the award ceremony began.

The first award was Xia Jun himself, who was promoted to Chinese general and was named Jianwei and King of East China, and it was Tang Shaoyi, a Beiyang diplomat, who awarded Xia Jun.

The former Jianwei was a military general, and the latter was the king of East China for the princes.

Xia Jun accepted it indifferently, there are few opponents in the whole of China at present, after all, it is not called the emperor, and it is not given special powers, and those oppositions are not very fierce, many opponents have begun to acquiesce, with Xia Jun's merits, there is indeed nothing wrong with being crowned the king of East China.

Tang Shaoyi solemnly handed over the General Seal of the Construction Committee and the East China King Seal to Xia Jun, both of which were carved with jadeite jade and were very valuable.

When Xia Jun received the print, the square was boiling again, and the reporter shot at Xia Jun wildly.

After that, it was the turn of the rest of the officers of the East China Army, among which Xie Baozhang and Chen Xuanyu were promoted to East China Lieutenant General, and Cai Yi was also promoted to East China Lieutenant General.

Cai Ye couldn't help but be a little stunned after knowing that he was promoted to the lieutenant general of East China, he didn't expect that he would go directly to the second line, although it was lower than the rank of general he originally obtained in Beiyang, but in fact, the two did not have comparable surnames, and Beiyang was sealed by an empty general, a bare-pole commander. The East China side is different, the East China political axe side is full of military talents, in terms of military concepts, Cai Ye found that he was really lagging behind a lot after joining the East China system.

(To be continued)