The turmoil caused by the cooperation between Hu Ouan and the present continued until the beginning of the year. That is, after the European Conference vetoed the proposal put forward by France, Germany, and Italy to establish a security cooperation mechanism with the Republic, the struggle between the Republic and the United States in Europe to go small to the left or to the right came to an end.

On the face of it, the United States has won the ultimate victory.

In fact, instead of winning this round of struggle, the United States has lost many of its traditional advantages.

Judging from the overall international situation, although the EU and the EU have gradually moved closer after the regimental year to jointly challenge and confront the global hegemony of the United States, and some people even believe that the Republic and the EU have formed a secret alliance, it is difficult for the Republic and the EU to become real allies due to the influence of factors such as culture, ethnicity, religious belief, ideology, and values, and even if they can reach agreement on the issue of hegemony, it is impossible to unite against the United States. Just as former US Secretary of State Cannon Well, said in an interview with reporters just now, Europe and the United States are inextricably linked, and even if there are differences on some issues, they are only differences in interests, not contradictions on the issue of survival, so Europe is a traditional ally of the United States, and the United States is also a traditional ally of Europe, and both sides cannot do without each other.

Whether the leaders of the republic want to admit it or not, in the middle of the century, Europe was definitely not an ally of the republic.

It is precisely for this reason that, from the very beginning, the republic did not have the EU-wing as the ultimate goal. This point, Pei Chengyi made it very clear when he made a suggestion to Yan Jingyu, that is, in the coming years, as the contradictions between the Republic and the United States become irreconcilable, war will be inevitable, and as long as the EU can stay outside the battlefield and maintain relatively impartial neutrality, the Republic will be able to gain great benefits.

In other words, the republic's proposal for security cooperation with EU countries is to drive a wedge between Europe and the United States, not to win over the EU.

From this point of view, the United States did lose, and it lost very badly.

After the EU Council rejected the proposal by France, Germany and Italy, the French president, the German chancellor, and the Italian prime minister openly stated that if a unified security strategy could not be formed, they would consider setting up a collective security organization within the EU member states without affecting the interests of the EU. The new address of this site has been changed to: just a mouth... ８。 Please log in to the valve!

That is, France, Germany and Italy are pushing forward the process of military integration of the EU according to the plan.

Because the EU was not a security agency in the beginning, and it did not constrain the security strategies of other countries, as long as France, Germany and Italy did not endanger the interests of the EU, the EU Council had no right to interfere in the security strategies of France, Germany and Italy, nor did it have the right to interfere in the security issues of other member states.

After France, Germany and Italy expressed their positions, Greece and Romania were the first to express their support.

Although everyone knows that Greece and Romania are the two member states of the European Union that have the closest ties to the Republic, they were also the first to propose a security cooperation mechanism with the Republic. More importantly, Greece has long said that if the EU is unable to take firm steps on security issues and improve relations with the republic, Greece will consider leaving the European Union and joining Asia to seek security guarantees for the republic. That is, Greece and Romania are practically not representative. But in the circumstances of the time, the solidarity between Greece and Romania was of great significance. In the words of the Polish Foreign Minister, as Greece and Romania join the collective security mechanism advocated by France, Germany and Italy, not only Turkey's accession to the EU will be in vain, but Bulgaria, which is sandwiched between the two countries, will also have no choice, and Romania, Hungary and other countries will also quickly make a choice, because France, Germany and Italy are the dominant forces on the European continent, and the NATO bloc has existed in name only, so most mainland countries will join the collective security mechanism advocated by France, Germany and Italy, and eventually become the security guarantee mechanism of the entire European Union.

And that's exactly what happened.

At the beginning of the year, after Greece and Romania expressed their positions, Hungary and Bulgaria responded to the call of France, Germany and Italy and announced that they would contribute money and efforts to the European collective security mechanism.

In the following months, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Sweden announced their participation in the European collective security agency, which was advocated by France, Germany and Italy. What's more, Serbia and Montenegro, which had previously been close to Russia, also expressed interest in the European collective security agency.

All in all, in just a few months, most of the countries on the European continent were on board.

The problem is that this is not the most remarkable thing about Tian Nian.

In fact, since the FeanPaul Air Show in the fierce year, the arms race between the Republic and the United States has become the most high-profile international event.

At the beginning of the second year, the US authorities took the lead.

At the beginning of that year, after the Christmas holidays, the first bill discussed and approved by the U.S. Congress was a $100 million defense budget add-on submitted by the federal government at the end of last year. At least half of it will be used to build the space army, and the other half will be used to improve the traditional combat force.

It can be said that the republican fire company got the exhibits at the Farnberg air show and gave the US authorities a great stimulus.

Just as at the beginning of the century, when the airplane was first introduced, whoever occupies the commanding heights of future wars will have victory. As a great power that has risen by technological strength, it is impossible for the US authorities not to be unaware of the importance of the space forces, and therefore it is impossible to ignore the influence of air and space fighters.

Purely technically, if the republic had the power to control the United States, it would be easy to defeat the United States.

The fact that the United States has learned that "Beijing has made the most national defense budget in the history of the thugs in a week" is enough to show that even those congressmen who are usually careful and calculating, and who do not want to give the federal government too much financial power at all, have compromised and conceded, thus giving the green light to the building of military strength. It is important to know that this is the largest additional allocation of the defense budget in the history of the United States in a non-war state. Even on a pro rata basis, because the defense budget for the fiscal year is $100 million, and the additional appropriation is equivalent to the inferior part of the budget, it is second only to President Reagan in the year when he proposed the "Star Wars" program.

In fact, the US Congress is even more "generous" than the federal government.

According to the political system of the United States, Congress not only has the power to approve proposals, but also has the power to amend proposals, that is, it can modify specific terms of proposals as needed. As a result, the additional appropriations approved by Congress are actually about 10% more than the US federal government's application, and almost all of the extra thugs have been spent on high-end technology projects related to the construction of the space army. As a result, the bill would have to be sent back to the White House, where it would go into effect if the president approved it, and if it didn't, it would be reviewed and voted on again by Congress after the amendment. Of course, there is no reason for the President of the United States to reject the proposal for additional appropriations approved by Congress, and it will no longer need to be considered by Congress.

In anyone's opinion, the additional appropriation approved by the US Congress at the beginning of the year is a signal of an arms race.

From the standpoint of the republic, the challenge of the United States will certainly not be ignored.

Because the central government of the republic has greater power in the political system, and even after the political reforms, the central government still provides sufficient funds for important construction projects in a way that can be used in secret budgets, so only in times of war will the authorities of the republic ask for additional military expenses. It is precisely because of this that at the beginning of the year, the authorities of the republic were not busy "pulling sponsorship" for the army, as the US federal government did. For the authorities of the republic, when money is not a problem, the trick is how to turn technological superiority into superiority in combat effectiveness.

In fact, with the efforts of Yan Jingyu and Pei Chengyi, from the beginning, the Republican ** team no longer worries about money.

It can be said that allowing the Zhongzhong Group and the AVIC Group to show their hands at the Farnborough Air Show and to send the latest research and development results to the exhibition is one of the means used by the authorities of the Republic to promote the arms race.

According to the information that was later declassified, it was Yan Jingyu who personally approved the request of Zhongzhong Group and AVIC Group to participate in the exhibition.

The problem is that many of the measures taken by the authorities of the republic in the arms race are incomprehensible.

According to normal people's thinking, after the US Congress approved an additional allocation of nearly $2 trillion to the defense budget, the authorities of the republic should not be indifferent. Although the currencies of all countries were severely depreciated during the Great Depression, the dollar in terms of purchasing power was only equivalent to the paste of the tame year, and the total economic volume of the United States was about twice that of the beater, so that the economic strength of the United States has actually increased only twice as much in the past years, not as many as the force. The situation of the republic is not much better, after deducting inflation and other factors, the economic strength of Tian Nian is only twice that of the old year, not like the currency, which has increased by nearly a force times, because the depreciation of the renminbi is much smaller than that of the dollar, and the international purchasing power is relatively strong, so the economic aggregate of the republic is greater than that of the United States. But no one can deny that nearly $2 trillion can do a lot of things, and if an additional $2 trillion is spent on military spending every year, it will definitely upset the strategic balance between the Republic and the United States.

That is, sooner or later, the authorities of the republic will have to increase defense spending.

In the long run, it is much better to increase defense spending early than later, because the currency is always depreciating, and the additional defense spending is mostly for technology development, and the benefits of technology accumulation are difficult to measure in monetary terms. Taking the fourth-generation fighter that entered service at the beginning of the century as an example, because the United States accumulated a large amount of advanced technology during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and developed an advanced fighter that surpassed any other opponent, the ugly fighter was the best fighter in the world in recent years. Even Russia, which lost to the United States in the Cold War, benefited from the huge military spending during the Cold War, and became the second aviation power after the United States to develop the performance of a fourth-generation fighter. Because of the lack of sufficient technological accumulation, it took many years for the Republic to surpass the United States in the field of military technology after mastering the normal temperature guidance technology.

All in all, there is no reason for the authorities of the republic to be confused at this time. The new address of this site has been changed to: Just a mouthful of milk... ８。 Lion, please log in!

Because the Republic did not announce additional defense spending after the Spring Festival in the year of Tian, the Western news media believe that the Republic must have used the secret budget of several trillion yuan a year and increased its defense spending before the United States, otherwise it would not have been possible to achieve such great achievements in the field of aerospace technology.

Of course, there are also people who believe that the fiscal year of the republic begins on the day of the thrasher in July every year, and the Spring Festival of the year of Tian is relatively late, and the investment in the early stage is not low, so there is no need for the authorities of the republic to make additional expenditures, and it is completely possible to spend more military expenses in the calendar fiscal year.

And that's exactly what happened.

In July of the year of the year, with the announcement of the State Council of the Republic of China on the annual national finances of the Republic of China, the sharp increase in the country's defense expenditures attracted great attention from all over the world.

You must know that even during the reign of Wang Yuanqing, the average annual increase in the country's defense budget was only a thug.

In response to a reporter's question, a spokesman for the State Council of the Republic of China mentioned that the defense budget for the fiscal year has increased the number of thugs. Mostly restorative growth. That is, after the beginning of the first year, the average annual growth rate of the republic's national defense budget once fell below the growth rate of the gross national product, and in four years it was even only one-third of the growth rate of the gross national product; even if the growth rate of the republic's national defense budget returned to a reasonable level from the beginning of the year, the republic's national defense construction still slowed down a lot due to the low investment in the early stage, and it owed a lot of debts.

The problem is that not a single Western journalist believes the Republic's explanations.

When reporting relevant news, it was clearly mentioned that the authorities of the Republic, especially the Ministry of National Defense under the leadership of Pei Chengyi, have always had the habit of "supporting". For example, in the previous year, the increase in the country's defense budget was only the Yuan, and the actual increase was as high as the gills, so it is very likely that the actual increase in defense spending in the past year will be above the paste. If this is the case, because the Republic's defense budget, which accounts for about a percentage of the gross national product, reaches the House at the highest and does not reach the House at the lowest. So the actual increase is equivalent to an increase of 4 trillion yuan, or about 4 trillion US dollars. Although this increase is still less than the additional appropriation approved by the US Congress at the beginning of the year, it is an actual increase that will have an impact on future defense spending, and the additional appropriation of the United States will not have an impact on future defense budgets, so the Republic's investment in defense is greater than that of the United States, and it is likely that the distance will be widened in a few years.

For the US authorities, the only option is additional defense spending.

In fact, the purpose of the hype is to get the federal government to increase defense spending.

As we all know, the Republican government has a good relationship with the Democratic Party, and the Republican administration's successive increases in defense spending have caused dissatisfaction among voters. With the start of Tian's midterm elections, if the Republican administration continues to increase defense spending, instead of improving the economic environment and increasing domestic consumption, the Democrats will be much more likely to win the midterm elections, and the chances of becoming the number one news media in the United States will be much greater. You know, it is CBC that secretly supports the Republican Party, and the Republican Party also supports this news media.

Of course, not lying.

Faced with such a dire situation, the US authorities have no other choice.

For the U.S. federal government. The only advantage is that the fiscal year in the United States begins at the end of August each year, a little later than the start of the fiscal year in the Republic. Therefore, it can be adjusted according to the financial expenditure of the Republic to adapt to the international situation.

More importantly, the U.S. federal government has plenty of time to create public opinion and influence the election.

From this point of view, the wanton promotion of the military threat of the republic is tantamount to helping the Republican Party. In any case, the United States is a typical olive-shaped society, that is, the proportion of the middle class is more than 70%, and most of the middle class is concerned about the economy, but also knows the impact of the international location of the United States on the economy. It is precisely because of this that in the hundreds of years after World War II, the US government's foreign expansion did not encounter much resistance, and even the Vietnam War in the Li Century only exposed the problems of American society and gave it a chance to improve. In other words, if an external threat is strong enough to pose a threat to U.S. strategic security and national interests, the vast majority of voters will support a hard-line government rather than budge to an external threat.

The question is, is the external threat enough to attract the attention of voters?

In fact, the Democrats are not sure of it, and neither are the Republicans. The new address of this site has been changed to: just a mouthful of fat... ８。 Please log in to the valve!

At that time, only Du Qiwei of the Democratic New Party saw this problem clearly. In the view of this battle-hardened general, the United States has been adopting a strategy of contraction, its overseas interests have gradually declined, and the ideological sentiments of American society, especially those Americans who have a strong bearing on the international status of the United States, have been pressed to the bottom. It's like bulleting, etc., the more force you use when you press, the higher you can play when you release it. The United States in Hungary was in a state of extreme compression. As soon as the forces pressing on it suddenly disappear, the history of the United States will be rewritten.

It is precisely for this reason that at a time when neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party has a clear election platform, the Democratic New Party (DPP) put the "international territory" in the midterm elections of the first year. It was set as the main campaign topic.

For Du Qiwei, the defense budget announced by the Republic at the beginning of July is a political counterattack!