Among the legendary two bombs and one satellite, the missile is the least difficult to make a technological breakthrough, and the most difficult is the satellite, and the difficulty in developing the satellite is not particularly great, but the basis for launching the satellite is an intercontinental ballistic missile, and this difficulty is too great.

Because missiles were actually not very difficult, they later became atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, and artificial satellites.

After inspecting the nuclear physics research base in Hanzhong, Song Biao continued to fly to Yinchuan on the Zhonghua-1 special plane to inspect the development of missiles and new models of turbojet fighters; missiles and new types of aircraft were mainly developed in Taiyuan and Shenyang, but the concentrated test area was at the Yinchuan base, especially in the Tengger Desert on the west side of Yinchuan, and some of the most secretive long-term experiments were directly moved to Xinjiang Province and the four northern provinces.

China's territory is too vast, as long as you want to keep secrets, there are always infinite places to use, although the current nuclear physics research and development base is in Hanzhong, with the subsequent progress, after the establishment of a new base in Uriya Sutai Province, more special secrecy work will also be transferred to the new base.

Because more than 60 major scientific research institutions in the country have about three sets of DF-5 missile parts from the beginning, which makes the empire's command in the missile development work very strong, due to the direct surname in the field of customary guidance and metamethylhydrazine fuel, including the design of the basic copy of the entire DF-5, coupled with the in-depth study of ballistics by the theoretical group led by Sir Tesla, the empire's progress in missile engineering is very amazing, and the first generation of missiles D1 has been completed before 1933 The development of 2 is the same as that of Nazi Germany's V1\2, D1 is a cruise missile, and the research base is in Taiyuan, and D2 is a ballistic missile, and the research base is in Yinchuan and Xi'an.

In particular, the D2 missile, although not an ICBM, went directly to the medium-range ballistic missile from the initial stage, and only reduced the range to 350km for the sake of insurance and the convenience of testing, and in fact it can indeed reach a range of more than 1000km.

At the time of Song Biao's arrival in Yinchuan for inspection, the D1 \2 series had already completed most of the test work and was entering a new stage of improvement, while the new D5 medium-range ballistic missile had already begun to be developed. The series belongs to the number of cruise missiles, d2?? It belongs to short-range ballistic missiles, the D3 \ 4 series is retained, and the D5?? is the number of medium-range ballistic missiles.

Once the D5 is successfully developed, it will be named D501\501B\502\503 according to the improved model...... In the same way, D1\2 is still in the basic testing stage because it is not officially in service, and it will be arranged from the D1\1A\1B\1C series for the time being, and D10 will not be adopted until it is officially put into service? The official number of the .

Many people think that missiles, turbojet engines, etc. are outstanding technologies during World War II, but in fact, the development of these technologies has been in rudiments since the end of World War I, and even many of them have been in the embryonic form before World War I.

In addition to the institutional framework and financial advantages, the Empire's advances in the computer field also played a crucial role in the breakthrough of these technologies, the CP112 launched by the Central Computer Research Institute of the Empire and the Far Eastern Electronic Industry Research Institute, the 12th tube computer of the Empire, with a rate of 40,000 operations per second, on this computer, the Empire has fully adopted binary, program memory and core memory.

CP112 series and its improved tube computer has produced a total of 660 units in China, mainly used in scientific and technological research, military and financial departments of statistical work, for the promotion of scientific and technological research is very large, and a new generation of CP10 is under development, with the continuous accumulation of technology and manufacturing process, especially the rapid progress of the process of "pulling single crystal", CP10 will likely become the world's first general-purpose tube computer with 100,000 operations per second, It has a larger core memory and a more mature program system programming.

If the CP10 can be successfully developed, on this basis, the Central Computer Research Institute will continue to develop a super-large tube computer dedicated to cutting-edge scientific research, and strive to increase the number of operations by a factor of ten, and the number of tubes required will reach 1 billion.

It can be said that the empire is basically 5 to 10 years ahead of Germany and the United States in the development of some cutting-edge science and technology, which is equivalent to Germany and the United States in the early stage of World War II, and the Chinese empire is also ready to meet the preliminary work of the new world war.

If France were to be defeated as soon as the war began in World War II and become a vassal of Germany, it would be the most unfavorable situation for China, and in any case, France must hold on and firmly contain the main force of the German army in the European theater on the Western Front.

Even if the Soviet Union and Germany finally choose to form an alliance, as long as France firmly contains the German army, China will have enough space and strength to defeat the Soviet Union and realize the big plan of attacking Germany from the east and west.

At this time, although the army had a navy that surpassed that of France and Italy, and the army was not necessarily inferior to France and Italy, in terms of overall strength, it was not a very worthy opponent, especially for today's China.

What really worries China is only the Soviet-German issue.

After leaving the Northwest Research Institute of Defense Industry in Yinchuan, Song Biao took a special plane back to Yanjing, where he was ready to welcome the visiting Maxim Brown. The French delegation headed by Admiral Wigan.

In the past 22 years of the Sino-French alliance, as China has become stronger, the leader of the Sino-French alliance has gradually changed from France to China, France is still a world power, and it is still one of the two major leaders in Europe, but in the economic field, France has become obviously too dependent on China.

On the second day after Song Biao took the plane back to Yanjing, Maxim. Admiral Wigan arrived in China as vice chairman of the French Affairs Committee, army director and special envoy of the French president, and his visit to China is also to prepare for the world visit of Emperor Song Biao, starting from October of this year, Song Biao will go on a round-the-world visit, take a plane to Central Asia to visit Afghanistan and Iran, and then visit Europe, the first stop is France, after the European visit, Song Biao will take a boat in Lisbon, Portugal to New York, visit Canada, the United States, Brazil and other countries in the Americas, and finally visited Australia and Thailand, and at the end of the entire visit, he returned to China in July 1934 to convene the Lushan Summer Palace Conference.

After Admiral Wigan arrived at the Capital International Airport, Song Biao sent Army General Chen Qicai to greet Wigan and receive him in the reception hall of the Xuanzheng Garden in the Central Palace.

For a middle-aged man, every 10 a.m. is a quiet time to cherish.

Before General Weigan arrived at Xuanzheng Garden, Song Biao seized the time to consult the revised draft of "Modern Military Science", and the military revolutionary conference held in the summer of 1928 seemed to be as fresh as yesterday.

What a quick time.

Song Biao was accustomed to transferring some of the best young and middle-aged officers to serve in the inner court for a period of time, which had three advantages: first, he could observe these officers up close and see their surnames and strengths and weaknesses; The second is to give these officers a better platform to get in touch with more people, to get in touch with higher-level commanders of the military department and high-level political leaders, and to be responsible for some more complicated work that is different from the past. Third, they can communicate with each other to enhance their literacy and loyalty.

There are about 75 permanent officers in the inner court from the first to the third class, and there will be changes in the entry and exit of officers every year, the first and second class internal attendants have the most changes, and the third-class internal attendants are mostly civilian officials and guards.

After reading the revised draft for a while, Song Biao made a phone call and called Huang Botao over.

After less than two minutes, Huang Botao, who was wearing a brown-green colonel's uniform, hurriedly walked into the office, saluted Song Biao, and said, "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

Song Biao continued to look at the revised draft in his hand, without raising his head, and casually pointed to the position in front of the desk and ordered: "Sit down, I have something to ask you!" ”

"Yes!"

Huang Botao replied stiffly, took off the general's hat and held it in his hand, walked to Song Biao and sat down, his body straight, although he had been transferred to the inner court for three months, he still didn't dare to have the slightest negligence, unlike Chen Jiayou, a first-class inner court attendant who was born as an intelligence officer, he would always stay in the inner court for a long time, he knew that he only belonged to the gilded surname here, and if he performed well, he would soon be re-transferred to the military department as a protégé similar to the Son of Heaven, and be promoted to the first level of brigadier general in military rank.

If you are really lucky, it is possible to be directly promoted to brigadier general in the inner court, and if you are transferred to the army, you will have the rank of major general, which is more common in the air force and navy, and the army is still very rare because there are more high-level generals.

In short, to have the opportunity to enter the inner court for about a year, entering the rank of general is equivalent to a privileged birth, for the emperor's hand-picked transfer to the inner court Huang Botao, these officers, this is also a rare honor, basically means that you have superior talents, but also to have the military department and the general respect of the lower non-commissioned officers.

Huang Botao, who is at the most aggressive stage of his life, certainly cherishes the good opportunity now.

Because there was still plenty of time, Song Biao was not in a hurry to ask Huang Botao, and after reading the two chapters on the conventional tactics of positional warfare in the revised draft of "Modern Military Science", he put the revised draft aside and asked Huang Botao: "I heard that when you were studying at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, you were once rewarded by General Wigan and invited by him to dine at home, is it true?" ”

Huang Botao replied cautiously: "There is indeed such a thing, but at that time, there were four of our army's officer cadets who were invited together, and basically all of them went to study at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy. ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, lit a Yuxi cigar and smoked, and asked, "What kind of person do you think General Wigan is?" ”

Huang Botao thought for a while and replied: "Because I have only met once, I can't say anything objective, but I feel that he is a very easy-going person, and very friendly to us and our country, I like our oriental culture very much, and I have a few pieces of porcelain and bronze ware in my family, and I have taken them out for us to appreciate when we are invited to our home." However, I heard Qiu Qingquan, who was also a guest, say that at least two of those bronzes were fakes, and the traces of old were obvious, so they could only be foreigners. ”

Song Biao sighed, and he was also a little interested in this little thing.

After a little thought, he continued to ask Huang Botao: "You used to study at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy for half a year, and you were a trainee lieutenant in the French Army for half a year. What's the difference with us? ”

After graduating from the mechanical infantry class of the Central Military Academy, Huang Botao worked as a second lieutenant in China for a year, and then went to the Saint-Cyr Military Academy for further study, which was a long time ago, but in the years since, because he is familiar with the French army and French, Huang Botao has also gone to France twice one after another, and his understanding of the French army is still relatively deep.

Huang Botao pondered cautiously for a while, and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, my subordinates think that although France is a traditional army and naval power, it can't help but feel a little unworthy of the name. The training of a second lieutenant in our army requires nine years of professional military education from the youth military academy to the three levels of military academy and military academy, while France only needs three years. The Saint-Cyr Military Academy is a three-year program, while some other military schools in France, especially infantry and cavalry academies, only take two years. The feeling of the subordinates is that the French officials are free and loose, the professionalism and competition consciousness are insufficient, and the lack of this positive spirit of our army, everyone swears to be the first, and it feels a little passable, and they are at peace with what they encounter, and there is a drunken situation today, and we have had many exchanges between China and France on the issue of mechanization, and advocated many new proposals, and finally there are few actions to implement in France. In terms of professional quality, the level of non-commissioned officers and students of the French army is insufficient, and they are far behind those of our cadets. In addition, there are also problems with France's military system and military system, because their military system still lacks the foundation for large-scale group operations, the troop structure is too scattered, and it lacks training and framework for large-scale operations, and it also lacks plans in this regard. In terms of the military system, France belongs to the conscription system during the non-war period, and the treatment of soldiers is still very generous, but from the lieutenant to the soldier, the training level is indeed relatively general, basically still staying before the First World War, and even during the Franco-Prussian War, during the war, they will temporarily adopt the service system according to the law, which is very strange, but pay a good salary when they are not fighting, and do not pay a salary during the war, which is too idealistic, on the surface it can solve the problem, but in fact it is very bad, Not only are the new service soldiers unwilling to fight, but I think even the previous professional soldiers are not willing to fight, right? ”

Although Song Biao also had some understanding of the various problems of the French army, Chen Qicai had done a thorough investigation on the problems of the French army, and after hearing these words, Song Biao still had to sigh.

Lookers-on see most of the game.

The military exchanges between China and France over the years have been very frequent, but in the eyes of the Central Military Department, the French army seems to like to be a teacher very much, very good at being a teacher, educating others, reminding others that they are always very conscientious, and the advice given to them by others is not the same thing.

The French army put forward a lot of suggestions to the Chinese army, especially in the naval field, but some of the suggestions put forward by the Chinese army were basically not seriously adopted by the French army, and even if they did, the effect of implementation was very limited.

After so many years, the Sino-French alliance has really always been a bit dramatic in military affairs.

The French army is unreliable, really unreliable, and the worst thing is that the French army feels very good about itself, and there are all kinds of strange arguments about the mechanization ideas actively promoted by the empire, but the visiting Admiral Wigan is the main promoter of the mechanization of the French army, and it can also be said that he actively promoted the formation of several mechanical brigades, and reorganized the French 4th Cavalry Division into a mechanized armored division.

Admiral Wigan can be said to have worked very hard, after all, Marshal Xia Fei promoted the mechanization work for so long, and only two cavalry brigades were reorganized into mechanized brigades.

As in the Empire, the upper echelons of the army and the rest of the country were reluctant to give up cavalry, and the cabinet leaders thought that the expenses of the mechanized troops were too great to be worth the cost, and that it was better to spend all the money on the construction of the Maginot Line.

The alliance between China and France has great benefits in all aspects, but in the military field it is a mess.

Song Biao also scratched his head helplessly, and Huang Botao sighed: "France is a strange country, and the French army is even more wonderful, but what can we do, the Sino-French alliance is also a long-standing long-term alliance, if there is no France to share the pressure of Britain in the world, do you think China can develop so smoothly?" Without the full opening of the French colonial market to China, China's economy may not have been able to survive the crisis of the Great Depression so easily. Therefore, there are pros and cons to everything, and there are always great benefits in the wonderful! ”

Huang Botao asked: "Is the emperor talking about the Sino-French joint fleet?" ”

Song Biao dusted off his cigarette ash and sighed: "That's all I can say!" ”

France is indeed very strange, it has so many interests in the world, but the political axe does not pursue the strengthening of the navy, the navy is also very negative about it, during the negotiations of the Washington treaty, if not for China's strong assertions, France even intends to accept the oppressive conditions of Britain and the United States, reducing the size of the navy to 30% of the level of Britain.

So far, the total tonnage of the navy's capital ships is still only 30 percent of that of Britain, which is twice as bad as that of the military, and there is only one aircraft carrier Béarn, which was converted from a Normandy-class battleship commissioned in 1923, and the three newly-built Dunkirk-class battleships are not as good as Britain and the United States in terms of rank, or even as good as China.

There is really no way to say, it can only be said that France has lost confidence in the Atlantic, and only wants to fight with Italy for a dominant position in the Mediterranean, and even so, the French navy has little advantage over the Italian navy.

However, within the Washington Treaty, the French Navy still retained the displacement limit of about 200,000 British tons of capital ships, and after two years of negotiations, the two sides have decided to establish two joint naval fleets in Brunei and Djibouti, with China sending commanders to the Far East Fleet of the Sino-French Combined Fleet in Brunei, and France sending commanders to the Joint North African Fleet in Djibouti.

To put it simply, in order to safeguard the common interests of both sides, France ceded the quota in the treaty, and China was responsible for building ships and using them together, saying that the regular military expenditure was shared equally between the two countries, and this special cooperation was used to compete with the British alliance, but almost at the same time, the British alliance was not stable.

With the spread of the Great Depression, Britain has adopted stricter tariff protection, curbed the trade deficit, tried to maintain the position of the pound, avoid further depreciation, and said that foreign trade with the British colonial market has become more difficult, and the original special terms are basically equivalent to nothing.

In the case of Dutch Indonesia, Britain's containment of the military department also forced the military department to rebel, making the military department even more hostile to the British, and the two sides had already turned against each other.

In this vast and boundless Pacific Ocean, he was faced with the encirclement of the navies of China, Britain, and the United States at the same time, and naval expansionism was basically declared bankrupt, while the army expansion was facing the Chinese Empire, which was completely unable to provoke, which made him lose his sense of direction.

Unlike the Ministry of War, the Cabinet has always hoped to conclude trade treaties with China, Britain, and the United States that would enable them to import resources and raw materials from foreign countries, and then maintain the steady development of the country's economy by exporting industrial products to these countries, their colonies, protectorates, and Southeast Asia.

In addition to the fact that the results of the Sino-Chinese trade talks have not always been favorable to the Chinese government, the cabinet has tried its best to win a favorable situation in the negotiations with Britain and the United States, and as a result, such favorable terms have been destroyed in the world depression, resulting in unprecedented difficulties for the economy, and the military department and the country have a more unified understanding, that is, the government must have its own colonial market, provide raw materials and sales markets, and cannot rely on Britain and the United States, which are fundamentally unreliable.

The idea is good, but the question is who exactly Ben is going to war with?

Looking around, China, Britain and the United States are in a ring, including Dutch Indonesia, which is under the protection of China, who is instinctively going to war?

Song Biao and Huang Botao talked sporadically about the problems of the French army for more than an hour before General Weigan, accompanied by Chen Qicai and Jiang Fangzhen, chief of the general staff of the Central Military Department, arrived at the Central Palace.

At this time, the Central Military Department had already held a welcoming ceremony for General Wigan at the headquarters, and Song Biao arranged for a formal reception of General Wigan at 9:35 a.m., and only after he arrived at the reception hall did General Weigan, who had been notified, enter the reception hall to meet him, accompanied by Chen Qicai, deputy chief of the general staff of the Central Military Department, and Shu Fangde, chief of the Inner Court.

Enter the hall to meet His Majesty the Emperor of Song, Maxim. Admiral Wigan was also very excited, and couldn't wait to bow down according to the Chinese etiquette standards, and waited for Emperor Song to stretch out his hand, he shook hands with the emperor again, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, Supreme Emperor Hua, I always regret that I have not seen His Majesty Napoleon with my own eyes, but I feel very honored and fortunate to be able to meet you, whom we respect as the Napoleon of the East." ”

Song Biao bowed slightly, accepted Admiral Wigan's praise, and replied: "I am also very happy to see you here, please take a seat." ”

With that, he invited the vice-chairman of the Judicial Affairs Committee and the Inspector General of the Army to sit down, and a second-class chamberlain personally served them tea.

Song Biao continued to invite Admiral Wigan to tea, and said: "I still remember that when Marshal Xia Fei visited China, I invited him to drink tea here. ”

"Oh!"

Admiral Wigan was deeply honored to raise his glass and take a sip, and then exclaimed: "Marshal Xia Fei always said that China is the most beautiful country in the world and the kingdom of tea, and now I think about it, thank you very much for your invitation, my noble Emperor Hua!" ”

Although it was the first time to meet and it was also a relatively formal diplomatic occasion, Song Biao knew that the admiral had a penchant for smoking cigars, so he asked Huang Botao, who was accompanying him, to personally bring a box of his royal premium Yuxi cigars and invite Admiral Wigan to enjoy them.

Both of them actually have a special love for cigars, since Huahuang is not particularly particular, Maxim. Admiral Wigan was also glad to accept the Emperor's gift and smoked a cigar to enjoy a moment.

Men are inevitably a little carried away between swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

Even if it's two veterans.

There was a lack of first-class cigar production in France and the colonies, and the sales of Imperial Yunnan cigars in France had always been very good. Admiral Wigan is no stranger to this Yuxi cigar, just looking at the exquisite packaging and mellow aroma, you know that it is the most luxurious grade.

After tasting the Yunnan Red and Yuxi cigars, Admiral Wigan couldn't help but praise: "The empire is really an ancient and magical country, from south to north, from east to west, occupying 45% of the area of Asia, occupying 1/7 of the entire world's landmass, since the peak of the British Empire, no empire in human history has ever had such a glorious degree, it is really amazing." In this vast land, everything can be produced, and the abundance of resources makes any country feel admiration and despair. Emperor Napoleon once said that China is a lion that wakes up and will shake the whole world when it wakes up, and now it seems that this is indeed the case. It is really fortunate that China and France are able to maintain such a friendship and alliance relationship with the empire for a long time, and China and France are straddling both sides of the Eurasian continent and supporting each other, which is the charm of the Sino-French alliance, and there is absolutely no conflict of interest between them, only perfect cooperation. I think the Chinese and French people are extremely happy about this. ”

Song Biao crossed his legs, drank tea calmly, and thought for a moment before replying: "You are very right, China and France are natural allies, but we must be careful of Germany and the Soviet Union now, if the Soviet Union and Germany form an alliance and split the Sino-French alliance at both ends of the Eurasian continent, this is our worst situation, so we can't force the Soviet Union and Germany together no matter what." It's just that our ideals are always very beautiful, but the facts are extremely cruel, and according to what our intelligence agencies have discovered, the Soviet Union and Germany have been carrying out a lot of secret cooperation in the military industry and technology to jointly develop weapons. Due to the demands of France, China has now cut off all military and technical exchanges with Germany, so at present we have limited knowledge of Germany's military and technical intelligence, but according to the reports of some intelligence agents hidden in German commercial organizations, Germany is stepping up the development of some secret and special weapons, while the weapons jointly developed by the Soviet Union and Germany are mainly tanks and armored vehicles. ”

Admiral Wigan looked unimpressed, and said: "Germany is obviously the most fierce and exuberant country against the Soviet Union, please rest assured. ”

Song Biao was silent for a while, and replied: "Obviously, it is impossible to rest assured, the rise of fascism from Italy has spread to Germany, I heard that even you have expressed support for this, this is a very terrible thing, if we study deeply, we will find that whether it is fascism or Stalin's Sovietism, behind it is a one-party politics, the head of state is supreme alone, actively expanding externally, and strictly controlling internally, so that the country is terrifying, we don't know if they will go to war internally, Or will they unite to conquer the free world. In short, this is a violent product of the Great Depression in the world, and we must be vigilant about it, it is impossible to solve anything, it will only lead to a new world war, and I believe that if I am or you, whether it is China or France, if we are mired in a new world war, it will be a complete disaster. Marshal Foch said that the Treaty of Versailles was nothing more than a twenty-year armistice, and Marshal Chauffy and I both strongly agreed. There is a drastic change going on in Germany, and the future of Europe will be very dangerous, and France must be ready for everything. China and France are the most natural allies in the world, and the key to it is that China and France are located at the two ends of the Eurasian continent, and there is only cooperation between each other, there is no conflict, and the terrible fatal flaw is precisely here, if there is a war in Europe, France and Germany have a war again, it is very difficult for China to send military forces to support France. Therefore, France needs to be more cautious about all this. ”

Admiral Wigan didn't care very much, and said: "Your Majesty, thank you for thinking about the security of France, but you must have been overly concerned, our country's Maginot Line is about to be completed, as long as there is this line of defense, just like the Great Wall of China, it will be the greatest deterrent to Germany, and they will not forget the lessons of Verdun." ”

"Really?"

Song Biao was deeply suspicious, and said: "Then you'd better pay attention to the eastern defense line on the border with Germany, I have seen your defense line layout, it is too lax in the Saarburg front area, if the German mechanical troops attack from there, it will only take about ten days to attack Paris, and your main force is concentrated in the entire Maginot Line and cannot be contracted, the final outcome will be very tragic." In my opinion, any line of defense can be bypassed, as long as the speed is fast enough, the best line of defense is the steel troops, not the cement line, because our steel troops can be mobilized at any time, and the concrete line of defense is limited and cannot be moved. ”

Admiral Wigan did not dare to doubt the views of such a famous military commander as Emperor Song, thought cautiously for a moment, and asked half-convinced: "Are you sure that a surprise attack from the mountains is a reasonable choice?" ”

Song Biao asked him: "Why is it unreasonable, why do you have to rush to the death in a well-defended place?" Are the Germans as stupid as you think, or do you want the Germans to be as stupid as you planned? As long as he has a little military knowledge, he will understand a simple truth, if taking the mountainous earthworks in the southeast is a risk, and there are many problems to be solved, it is called ignorance and self-defeating to rush from the Maginot Line. Having said that, in my opinion, the area where you border with Germany is not a mountain at all, if you visit the territory of China, the more you will understand this truth, your terrain can only be regarded as hills in our eyes, and with the new tanks and mechanized troops that we have finalized before can easily break through the past, I don't believe that the German armored vehicles and mechanized transport troops will be much worse than us, obviously impossible, this is simply what they are best at. If we also consider the supply capacity of the air force transport planes and requisitioned horses, plus the railroads, I think the Germans can concentrate a million main forces in the southern part of the Franco-German border to break through. So, I am not in favor of France defending in a passive way, but if it must be defended, then it must not leave behind the fatal flaws of the past, and it is important to build another defensive line on the outskirts of Paris that cannot be bypassed. ”

Admiral Wigan sighed: "Your Majesty, my poor French Republic has had a very difficult time applying for funds for the construction of the Maginot Line. ”

Song Biao said: "There is nothing more hated in the world than the Congress that does nothing but opposes it for the sake of opposition." If necessary, the Central Military Department can provide a special loan for the French army to build fortifications in France, as well as for the joint development of new weapons and equipment between China and France. General Wigan, this is a new era of large-scale mechanized army, so there are two most terrible things in the military, one is the army without large-scale mechanization, and the other is the plain without any terrain to obstruct it, we call it Yima Pingchuan, no matter how vast the territory is, in front of the enemy army is just a land to be slaughtered. ”

Admiral Wigan replied with deep approval: "Yes, Your Majesty, you are worthy of being the Napoleon of the East, and such a simple sentence exposes two of the most cruel points in the essence of modern warfare. What makes me regret is precisely that France does not have a natural advantage in geography, and now it lacks enough mechanized armament, although since the time of Marshal Xia Fei, France has been discussing the arrival of the great revolution of mechanized armament on a large scale, but until today, we still have no way to complete such a major change, in contrast, when I learned that China has completed the mechanization of thirty divisions, I really envy the military generals of your country, it is really the luck of the Chinese to have a national commander like you, Just as we had His Majesty Napoleon in those days. ”

Song Biao could only sigh in his heart.

The contrast between France and the French may show the difference between the two nations, France has such superior conditions, the size of the national economy is now only at about the same level as the capital, and in terms of fiscal revenue, France's taxes are not low, but its military expenditure is only half of that of the capital.

Coupled with France's strange recruitment system and high per capita income cost expenses, France's military spending is really very small, from the end of World War I to today, France still has not been able to achieve a full replacement of new rifles in the whole army, this speed is really low-level terrible, considering that the French army is only 480,000 people, this is even more strange.

In Jiang Fangzhen's words, France is an incomprehensible country.

Deserve.

It is really unreasonable for such a country not to be beaten by Germany in World War I and World War II.

Of course, it is precisely because of the cooperation and alliance with such a strange country that China has the opportunity to reap the most benefits from it.

China's total annual fiscal revenue and military expenditure are 6.5 times that of France, and lending an extra amount of money to France to build fortifications is also a good thing for China in the long run, lest France not even stop the first wave of the German offensive.

Admiral Wigan remembered another thing and said to Song Biao: "By the way, before this visit to China, the military also invited me to go to the country, considering that the country has had long-term exchanges with France, and our country has agreed to the invitation, I would like to inform you in advance, I will guarantee that there is absolutely no substantive relationship with the company, unless the company agrees to break away from the British alliance, as far as our country is currently speculating, the contradiction between the British and the British is indeed expanding, and the British alliance itself has reached the point where it is difficult to continue to maintain. ”

Song Biao nodded silently and said, "It's a very strange thing that the relationship between Ying and the Alliance has broken down, but it is not a sudden change that things have developed to this point. ”

After a moment's thought, he added: "It's a very strange country. In terms of economic and industrial strength, it is currently on the same level as Italy, but it has the third largest navy in the world after Britain and the United States, and it is a world-class navy with excellent training and a strong will to fight. Considering that the population of 70 million and its well-established industrial base were to compete with the army, I don't actually think that the Italian army, or even the French army, may be able to defeat the army. Of course, the fatal flaw of the company is also obvious, in terms of the scale of resources and the supply of raw materials for industry, it is the most dangerous and weak among the industrial countries in the world. In fact, there have always been two kinds of political struggles in France, the cabinet and the military, and their military has been vainly trying to ensure the country's development through foreign military expansion, and seeking raw materials and markets by occupying colonies, while their cabinet hopes to solve the country's development problems through trade negotiations, and has consciously taken advantage of the military's toughness to try to reach a trade treaty with China and Britain and the United States that is beneficial to Japan. In the trade treaty with China, due to China's large raw material supply base, China also has a supportive attitude towards the export of raw materials to Japan, and the two sides have agreed that the tariffs are low, and most of the exports are completed through North Korea, but the Great Depression of the world economy has led to higher tariffs in various countries to implement trade protection, and Japan's exports to Southeast Asia, Britain and the United States have shrunk sharply, and this kind of problem is not something that the cabinet can solve. It is precisely because the political axe has been unable to solve these problems for a long time that the influence of the military has surpassed that of the political axe, and it can even be said that it directly controls the political axe. ”

Admiral Wigan did not dare to refute Emperor Song's judgment on Yue Ben, and said: "This information said by Your Majesty is very important to our country, as a solid and permanent Sino-French alliance, the first task of our diplomacy is to maintain the Sino-French alliance relationship for a long time, although there are efforts to improve relations with Yue Ben at this stage, but our country will definitely adhere to the maintenance of China's leading position in Asia, and continue to maintain the policy of mutual support in Eurasia." Of course, if Ben is willing to withdraw from the Anglo-Chinese alliance under certain conditions, it will certainly be of great benefit to us. ”

Song Biao replied: "You are very right, but this is now a hornet's nest, if we pay a high price to persuade them to withdraw from the British alliance and choose to form an alliance with us, once they launch an attack on the United States, or other countries and colonies, we will fall into unprecedented trouble, in fact, the reason why Britain has no intention of continuing to maintain the British alliance is precisely because the British have maintained a militaristic provocation and expansion posture for a long time in the past, which has also caused a lot of unnecessary trouble to Britain, whether it is the Ise incident, The Dutch Indonesia incident, as well as the Seoul conflict between Zoben and China, are in fact enough to prove that Zoben is a troublemaker, and they are actively seeking new colonies and will not stop. Therefore, if the cost is not great, we can consider persuading Yuben to withdraw from the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, but we must not consider letting Yuben join us, which will only bring us endless trouble. ”

Admiral Wigan agreed: "Yes, I think so, and I think your proposal to absorb Brazil into our alliance is obviously more credible than that. ”

Song Biao hummed very seriously and didn't continue to say anything.

As for the various cooperation between China and France, these tasks are the affairs of the cabinet and the Central Military Department, and he does not need to say too much, for France's current dissatisfaction with various slackness and negligence, the empire can express it through the Central Military Department, and even Song Biao came out to accuse France of lacking a sense of responsibility.

China's dissatisfaction with France has been a long-standing grievance, and the most important factors are France's failure to effectively put pressure on Britain in the naval field, the close military cooperation between China and France during the period of Marshal Xia Fei, and the great transformation of French mechanization, which has clearly reversed the wheel after President Lebrun came to power.

This has also made China seriously dissatisfied.

China and France are the most important allies in the world, and they support each other at both ends of the Eurasian continent, and once the interests of the alliance are challenged, they will inevitably send troops at the same time, and the two sides will also divide the quality of interests equally.

In any case, China and France have always been in an alliance of equals, and since equality is emphasized, France should also contribute as much effort as China does.

This is a fundamental principle of equality.

The left-wing president himself really looks down on China and Asians, and has always been a little unenthusiastic about the Sino-French alliance, which is the main factor in the reversal of the Sino-French alliance.

Now that there is serious fascism and renaissance in Germany, France has only begun to become nervous, and it wants to come back to continue to strengthen the Sino-French alliance and strengthen the military cooperation between the two countries, not only agreeing to the proposal of the Sino-French joint fleet, but also sending Admiral Wigan to visit China.

It's a bit late, but it's better than never.

In the past few years, France has had too many military arrears, so it can only continue to import technology directly from the empire on a large scale, and the two sides will speed up the building of military strength through joint research and development or direct purchase of some technology patents from China.

What should be sold still needs to be sold, and what should be helped still needs to be helped.

Who let China stand up for a second-hand friend like France?

Therefore, everything has advantages and disadvantages, but the general trend of the end of the Sino-French alliance is difficult to change, and one day, the two sides will end such cooperation, it seems that it is only a matter of time, and it is not subject to human will.

(To be continued)