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86_86661 Chen Zhong said with a smile: "General David, your country's development model is very intriguing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info I have researched it, you United States is in the Taoguang and accumulating strength, and when one day, when the opportunity comes, you will not hesitate to choose to squeeze the former hegemon out of the world's first position.

Your country has now become an emerging industrial power, although you have made the same great industrial and economic leap as Germany to catch up with Great Britain.

But you are not openly competing with Britain for sea power or colonies, nor are you directly touching the core interests of this old empire.

However, you have been very wise to use the open door policy to fight against the monopoly of the colonial empire and gain room for trade.

Your politicians have won international credibility by using the idealism that is very popular with the people and putting forward the slogan of defending the principle of peace and justice in the human world and confronting selfishness and power. Although, you did not directly confront Britain as Germany did, in fact, you were more directly directed at the very foundations of the British Empire.

Sun Tzu said: Those who make good use of soldiers, cultivate the Tao and protect the law, so they can be invincible only when they are victorious and defeated, and they will not lose the defeat of the enemy.

That is to say, foreseeing victory cannot surpass the insight of ordinary people, and it is not the most intelligent. Fighting and winning, even if the world praises it, it is not the most clever. Just as lifting a swan is not powerful, being able to see the sun and the moon is not good eyesight, and hearing thunder is not deaf. In ancient times, the so-called good use of soldiers only defeated those enemies that were easy to defeat.

Therefore, a person who is really good at using soldiers does not have a reputation for wisdom and great military exploits, and he can win battles without making any mistakes, because his plans and measures can ensure that he defeats an enemy who is already doomed.

Therefore, a person who is good at fighting not only keeps himself in a situation where he will not be defeated, but also never misses any opportunity to defeat the enemy.

The army that wins the battle always engages only after it has the conditions for victory, while the army that loses the battle always engages first, trying to win the war by chance.

Those who are good at using soldiers devote themselves to studying the way to victory, cultivating politics, and adhering to the legal system for victory, so they can dominate victory and defeat.

It is in such an environment that you pay attention to the use of strategies, are good at promoting the development of the situation, and patiently and confidently wait for the historical opportunities that belong to you. ”

Lieutenant General David laughed when he heard Chen Zhong's analysis, and said, "The King of Hainan has analyzed so thoroughly, it seems that you have studied the politics and military affairs of all countries in the world very thoroughly.

The king of Hainan is right when he says that military and politics themselves are interrelated.

Sun Wu, a military strategist of your country, once proposed: Those who use soldiers should cultivate the Tao and protect the law. Militarily, the meaning of this sentence is the necessary condition of war, and it is necessary to revise politics and strictly enforce military discipline in order to give the greatest backing support to the military.

The "Tao" here refers to the unity of the monarch and the people, and it is the primary condition for determining the victory of the war. Is it the world of those who win the hearts of the people?

'Cultivation' is to require the country's politics to be clear, the monarch and the people to be of the same mind, and the soldiers to be of the same mind. 'Protecting the law' means having strict military discipline so that the whole army has strict discipline and rules to follow in law enforcement, so as to ensure the maximum display of combat effectiveness.

Politically, it can be understood that the rule of law governs the country, politics is above the military, and this code of conduct for governing the country according to the law runs through the entire political life; in the sense of 'law', it means that the army and the country should be governed by the rule of law, and from the perspective of domestic politics, the relevant laws on governing the country and strengthening the army should be formulated to provide an important guarantee for war. ”

Chen Zhong said: "Judging from the naval arms race between Britain and Germany, a new round of competition will be staged soon.

According to my predictions, with the advent of dreadnoughts, all the fleets of the German Navy will have to be reorganized.

Because, that is Tirpitz must be put in an embarrassment by the situation in front of him. Not competing in a new round would mean throwing in the towel, and if you do, it would expose Germany's intentions. I think he will eventually have to choose a new arms race with Britain.

Because Churchill, Britain's new Admiralty, proposed that for every time Germany starts building one capital ship, Britain will build two.

As a result, despite the multiplication of Germany's navy, it was never able to achieve the naval construction goals achieved by the risk strategy, and this failure will only become more apparent as time progresses.

In this high-stakes arms race, Germany will inevitably taste the bitter bitterness of defeat. I believe that it was not only Germany that lost, but also the British. ”

General David said: "If the emerging German Empire had been able to smoothly follow the diplomatic course devised by its founding father, Bismarck, the fate of Germany and the world would have been a different picture entirely."

However, the world is not as simple as we think. Ambition and * will make those who are more courageous and less wise taste the pain of what is a disaster.

So, unfortunately, Wilhelm II arrogantly believed that the British Empire had weakened and Germany could take its place, so the German Empire began to play the role of a destroyer of the world order.

Wilhelm II ignored the fact that the North Sea was Germany's only access to the sea, but did not hesitate to vigorously expand his navy to challenge Britain's sea power, which touched the confines of the British Empire, which was founded on the sea, and made this traditional Prussian ally turn into a friend and enemy, and the two sides launched a fierce shipbuilding race.

The German Empire no longer had the diplomatic initiative of the Bismarck era, but was deeply encircled at the same time on land and at sea, and it was Germany itself that caused this encirclement.

The constitutional system of the German Empire was fundamentally different from that of Britain and France in that its imperial power was supreme, so Wilhelm II's adventurous policies could not be effectively contained.

The origin of the German * team is not a national army, but a royal army-style instrument of power. Moreover, in German education, narrow patriotism made the German people generally hold the supreme bigotry of the German nation, and many people were fanatical about the strength of the German navy, but the construction of this fleet was far beyond the limits of German finances.

Four years earlier, when von Bürreau was Prime Minister of the Empire, he had relied on a massive increase in import tariffs on grain to obtain financial resources, which had caused the price of wheat to jump from 3.5 to 5.5 marks per tonne, and the burden had been completely shifted to the shoulders of the people.

The naval budget, which had risen to 35 percent this year, had risen from 25 percent five years ago, to add to the fact that Germany had to maintain a large army that could cope with both the French and Russian powers, and that the naval budget could only be borrowed through the bond market to a considerable extent, which made the German Empire's already fragile financial system even worse.

The British, on the other hand, adopted a far-reaching blockade strategy that worked well, and the German navy was gradually weakened. The German Imperial Fleet, which cost so much, was ultimately unable to play a decisive role. ”。

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