Chapter 106: The Crisis in England
Between countries, strength is the most important, Britain and the United States used to be invincible, but now when Germany turns its face and does not recognize people, Britain and the United States have no choice. Not only have the previous loans and war reparations been wiped out by the so-called new European order, but even the international discourse has become less effective.
China, on the other hand, helped the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom set up nuclear power plants, but it really controlled the standards of nuclear energy, and it was okay to break through this standard, but not let China find out, that was an excuse for China to send troops to attack.
Chinese planes and ships rarely leave the control zone, but the envoys of various countries who went to Shanghai saw the advanced nature of these equipment. While Germany has barely designed and built jets, Chinese planes have surpassed the speed of sound and are as nimble as birds in the air. When the helicopters of various countries were still in the test flight stage, the Chinese helicopters had become almost unrecognizable.
When countries still worship cannons and giant ships. Chinese ships have become low and are already thinking about how to evade radar surveillance. When the range of rockets in various countries can reach 500 kilometers, not to mention the range of China's missiles, because they have already flown into space, the most important thing is that China's missiles have become intelligent. When countries are building personal cars, people who have taken China's high-speed trains already have the illusion of entering a time and space tunnel.
With this technological advantage, no country dares to challenge China. Didn't the Soviet Union challenge, watching the Chinese Air Force bomb its own depth as if it were no one and could not fight back.
The most embarrassing of these is Great Britain, which has been split in two by Germany. If Germany is allowed to recuperate for a few years, it is really difficult to say whether the British Isles can be saved. The American colonies were taken away by the United States, and the African colonies had little to offer. The Middle East and Indochina, Australia are now in jeopardy.
If it weren't for the traditional Chinese mild-mannered character. If China had been as aggressive as the Soviet Union, Indochina and Australia would no longer exist.
Britain has indeed reached an existential moment.
This move by Germany is obviously aimed at stalling for time and preparing for a future war. For Germany, without a single victory in the war, does Britain and the United States still have the right to speak.
Satellites show that Britain and the United States are massing ships and personnel on the British Isles. The British fleet strengthened its control of the English Channel. After all, Germany already had complete control over the coastline of Europe and was able to organize large landing ships as long as it had time. At the same time, a large number of French troops began to prepare for action. Prepare for a counterattack in North Africa.
The Soviets fought a stalemate with the Anglo-Indian forces in Pakistan. But the main force of this war was no longer the British, but the Indians. Why did the Indians fight for the British and Soviet troops? It is not only the Soviet army that is doing this propaganda, but Indians who come into contact with the Chinese are often asked this question.
The Soviets slowed down their advance on the front and began to plot India's secession from the Commonwealth. War can be avoided on the one hand. On the other hand, were the Indians really willing to be enslaved by the British?
The main force, dominated by the British, was lost in a surprise attack on Persia. The mouth of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, Bengal, has been controlled by Chinese troops in the melee. The Burmese crackdown on banditry and narcotics has ended, and the Siamese royal family has fled to Kalimantan in defeat. Britain was losing control and influence in Indochina. As for the Malay Archipelago, there is chaos. The sea is blocked by the Chinese Navy, and it is only a matter of time before it collapses. After Madagascar was bought by the Chinese, the West no longer talked to the Chinese about buying colonies. Although Kong Xiangxi and Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu joined forces to buy Australia, the British did not agree. Because the Chinese Navy, though, is strong. But it is too conservative and only carries out activities in its own waters. Don't go beyond the thunder pool. So the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean are still under the control of the British and American navies. Madagascar is a special case, no matter how powerful Long Yun is, without decades of cultivation and recuperation, it is impossible to rise in an unfamiliar region, and an aircraft carrier fleet can only maintain its own security.
While still having naval superiority, the air force and Germany were temporarily in an advantageous position in air warfare at sea because of the use of radar, and it would be foolish not to conduct landing operations and mess up Hitler's rhythm of integration with Europe.
Of course, in addition to this, it was a large number of Jewish consortia that came to Britain and pushed Churchill's determination to fight back.
After the Spring Festival in 1943, Zhang Chun and his wife left Niuniu in Dongshuiya and went to the fairy to attend the annual meeting of the Xinmin Foundation and the Central Academy of Sciences.
Because Zhang Chun did not ask about political affairs for a long time, although the annual meeting was low-key, most of the state leaders who had just finished the NPC and CPPCC meetings secretly went to Shayang. Because China's economic and political centers are very dispersed, and these leaders often go to the grassroots level, they have not attracted the attention of the outside world.
In 1934, although the victory in the war was very obvious, the country was still in the middle of the war, and the people who attended the meeting were all smiling, but at the group meetings, most of the people were grim-faced.
This was the largest war since the establishment of the government, with almost all borders fought.
Even if the troops are in the elite, sacrifices are inevitable, but the losses caused by various accidents are even greater than the actual combat losses. Among them, the Air Force, especially the Army Aviation, suffered the most losses, and the helicopters that served low-altitude raid missions were very troublesome in terms of maintenance and logistics due to their own complexity. The vast majority of these hangars are located in the mountains. The training in peacetime is good, but it is really intensive, and the accident rate is much higher than that of fixed-wing aircraft.
This also reflects the fact that it was a wrong decision to hastily equip the front-line troops with helicopters on a large scale, which was not very perfect, in terms of technical and logistical support alone.
In addition to the problem of helicopters, there have been several cases of property damage and casualties due to computer failures in automated heavy-rail high-speed rail transportation under high intensity. Due to the fact that in order to save costs, a central processing unit was used to handle it, and the transportation tasks in peacetime and non-war time were nothing, but now they are suddenly overloaded and naturally collapse.
In addition, there is new individual equipment, such as armor, which was previously only used in Dark Moon and special forces, but now after large-scale equipment of front-line troops, there is a certain degree of difficulty due to maintenance and so on. As a result of the actual battle, the fighters felt inferior to the previous hanger aspect.
And so on, all kinds of problems came together, which made the various research institutes of the Central Academy of Sciences feel very embarrassed.
Fortunately, Zhang Chun said that these problems are inevitable, and if there is no problem, it is abnormal. It's not terrible if something goes wrong, just solve it. Science and society progress only when they continue to make mistakes.
Although Zhang Chun said this at the conference, he severely criticized the organization of scientific research projects, the practical application experiments of products in extreme environments, product acceptance, project review and a series of control links. Because many research institutes have the psychology of finishing the project quickly, coming up with products, and obtaining project funds and related honors. As a result, some research projects are not very rigorous at the end of the project.
Because these technologies are at the forefront, the Central Academy of Sciences will let these scientific research projects pass as long as it thinks that progress and results have been achieved.
Therefore, Zhang Chun said that the research process of scientific research projects should be reviewed and evaluated. Only in this way will the loopholes be discovered, so that the research will not go back and solve the problems later, and at least be able to warn and predict what problems may occur.
The Xinmin Fund now has a management model similar to that of the state department. It is only a matter of time before it is handed over to the state to manage. The three funds for science, education, and health are managed in one department, which is different from other departments. The foundation has a board of directors and a board of supervisors, all of which are composed of retired veteran comrades, who have very great power and have the right to veto some capital projects.
Zhang Chun is the chairman of the board of directors because he is the largest funder. Song Qingling, Liu Ying, Liu Qing, Li Zongren, Feng Yuxiang and other veteran comrades almost all donated their savings to the foundation. Especially in recent years, more and more funds have entered, even if the amount is small, Zhang Chun also feels that some important matters still need to be decided together.
The chairman of the board of supervisors is Zhang Ruoming, and the board of supervisors is Guo Hua and Zeng Simin, who are experienced old guys, and they are the famous knife combination.
And the actual Foundation staff has been replaced by young people. These young people are very mobile. Many people join the foundation as soon as they graduate from university, and work for a period of time before going to the government or scientific research institutes.
The annual meeting is mainly to review the use of the three major funds, the income and expenditure of patent fees, the organization of the foundation, the adjustment of personnel, and so on.
In addition to the leaders of these countries who came to stand up for their teams, departments, and projects, there were also more young people who thought that their projects had not been approved and came to seek help. The Foundation organized an opportunity for them to appeal and review, and whether the project could be approved was based on the opinions of the Board of Directors and the Board of Supervisors, not just the expert group. (To be continued......)