Killing, or the act of war between human races, comes from an instinct that has been inherited from ancient biology - the consciousness of survival.

The military has become the first of the three oldest professions in human society, followed by ** and politicians, and they are all closely related to it.

As civilization progresses, so does the act of warfare. It was understood early on that war was immoral, and the necessary justification for war became an ancient topic, and the socio-humanistic classification of war ethics was born, which for a long time relied on the protection of religious theology.

War killings have been more packaged in material and spiritual dimensions, detaching the act of war from primitive unethical principles, looting and slaughter, and sublimating it with a combination of reason and emotion. It is cleverly blended with the cruelty, selfishness and hypocrisy of war itself.

When the dawn of the Renaissance tore through the dark fog that had permeated Europe for thousands of years, the ethics of war also began to evolve in depth, and the revolution in modern military thought in Europe did not deviate from the general direction of social and humanistic progress from the very beginning.

In short, based on the aristocratic wars of the Dark Ages in Europe, the modern gentlemen's wars with a slight sense of joy appeared, and gave us all kinds of pleasant experiences. However, to be honest, this is actually a product of the ideological revolution in the tools of war and tactics, and it is also a special progress in society and humanities.

The pursuit of victory and defeat is eternal, but the personal pursuit of soldiers and the purpose of war begin to complicate, and seeking political and economic interests and occupying the moral high ground have become the core of gentlemen's warfare. As the pursuit of killing results became more and more distant from modern politics and social ethics, commanders began to pay more attention to individual and collective honor in war, and the internal and external packaging of the military profession also rose to an unprecedented level.

In this regard, it seems that the East has reached a certain height thousands of years in advance, and under the influence of Eastern moral philosophy, it is full of various humanistic concerns such as "killing prisoners is ominous" and "stopping war with war", and the model of total war is far ahead of the long-term aristocratic war model in Europe, and the strategic and tactical thinking is also more advanced.

It is a pity that the Eastern War Idea was so ahead of its time. However, he gradually gave up the historical proposition of "grasping with both hands and being firm with both hands", and unilaterally fell into the bottomless pit of explaining one qiē with moral philosophy.

Not only did they deny war on a moral-philosophical level, but they even deeply despised the social professions and technological developments involved in war. This has virtually slowed down the progress of war thinking, war technology, and war mode, and has finally tasted a bitter fruit.

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The vagaries of the seasons have once again changed the perception of autumn in North America, and the temperature in the gorgeous capital of Manchester City, which was supposed to be a cool late autumn, suddenly climbed above 20 degrees in mid-November. Although the temperature is so perfect, it gives the illusion that this year will be far from the change of seasons.

In one of Manchester's most prestigious upscale neighbourhoods, a sizable social gathering is underway, with luxury carriages of the city's elite families parked along the street in front of large villa-style estates, with a dazzling array of family crests.

Although the total area is not as large as some of the top luxury homes in the surrounding area. The overall decoration is not as modern and luxurious as most of its neighbors, but it retains a large number of native trees and greenery from the beginning of construction, which still shows the family's own lifestyle and characteristics.

The family that held a large social gathering this time is the Su family, whose family life has been unusually low-key for a long time. It can be said that for more than 20 years, except for the day of their wedding, Su Zining and his wife have never organized such a large-scale gathering of friends, so that the Su family's housekeeping management team is actually a little busy in welcoming guests.

The Su family, which has always seemed to be picky, has now spent tens of thousands of dollars to hold a large-scale party that everyone knows, and there is only one reason. It is the engagement ceremony of Su Fangqi, the daughter of the Su family, and Yan Shuming, the son of the Yan family.

The engagement ceremony was carried out at the woman's house, and the formal marriage ceremony was held at the man's house, which was the result of a compromise between Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong after a verbal confrontation, and it was also an expression of Su Zining's fatherly love for the eldest daughter who was pulled by one hand and was difficult to give up.

Just the year before that. The sons of the Yan family and the Su family interrupted their last year of college to join the military, and after a one-year short-term officer training course at the Army West Point, they became active duty officers in the Chinese and American Army.

Last fall, according to the distribution convention of fresh graduates of the Chinese and American Army Military Academy. Yan Shuming and Su Fangwei joined the Bison Brigade of the Foreign Legion with the rank of second lieutenant and went to the garrison units in the Azores and Iceland to serve as substitute trainees.

A year passed in a flash, and Yan Shuming and Su Fangwei, who had received Gao Su zhì cultural education before entering the army. All of them have received excellent evaluations during the substitute probationary period of their units. Now the two have been ordered to return to their home country, and their promotion to lieutenant will coincide with their official appointments.

At that time, the Chinese and US Army broke with the convention of recruiting junior officer cadets from among the students of local universities, and accepted a total of 20 qualified students. Among these specially recruited military academy students, only Yan Shuming and Su Fangwei belong to the biological children of the traversal, which once attracted the attention of the traversal.

Probably because of the leading demonstration effect of similar people, last year and this year, several biological or adopted sons who crossed through many families chose to join the pen, which made their respective families have mixed blessings.

Yan Shuming gave up his university studies and chose a military career, which once aroused the strong affection of his childhood sweetheart's ambiguous girlfriend Su Fangqi. Yan Shuming entered the military academy for training and substitute apprenticeship, and Su Fangqi also continued to study for a master's degree in business administration at an Ivy League university, and the normal emotional communication between the two was delayed for two years.

But fortunately, the two families have long known the distance between the hearts of the two children, and with Yan Shuming returning to China after the end of the apprenticeship, Su Fangqi also entered the Manchester City Securities Exchange Center for an internship, and the Su family and the Yan family also began to handle the lifelong events of the two children.

For these arrangements, Yan Shuming and Su Fangqi actually behaved very calmly and naturally, as if they had never doubted the future of their lives and those of each other. The 21-year-old Yan Shuming has more Chinese-European mixed race characteristics, and the 22-year-old Su Fangqi is a typical oriental beauty.

The engagement ceremony was lively, but the process was concise. Probably as the situation in Europe has entered a critical period, and many details of disagreement are inevitable, this large gathering has naturally become a good venue for an informal exchange of views between those in power in a pleasant atmosphere.

The fathers are chatting in all corners or rooms of the manor house, while the younger generation is socializing in this warm autumn when the temperature is right.

In military uniform. Holding his fiancée's hand, Yan Shuming was in a particularly good mood today, constantly wandering among his former college classmates or military academy students. In the process of communicating, Su Fangqi's generosity and elegance have attracted the praise of many peers.

In a more secluded green corner, Yan Shuming and Su Fangqi are chatting with a beautiful European young woman with a big belly. This pregnant young European woman is Angelia, the youngest daughter of Adelaide, a college classmate of Su Fangqi and president of Mayflower Shipping.

"If our little baby can study and live in a university like us in the future, maybe it will create a more romantic love story!"

They all have a big belly, but Angelia is still full of childishness, completely putting aside the ladylike temperament that must be strictly observed in public, and making a personal joke about the scale of this era to the girlfriend in front of her.

As soon as this remark came out. Su Fangqi blushed and sneered at Angelia about pregnancy and childbirth, which made several young men at the scene quite embarrassed.

Instead of going on to graduate school after graduating from college, Angelia joined her father's company and then married John Jr., the son of John Sr., the former first mate of the Mayflower sailing ship, last year.

John Sr. was once a poor bachelor, and after defecting to Huamei with Adelaide, he also made a fortune, and he was also an executive of the Mayflower shipping company, and even a minority shareholder in the Yacheng Shipping Group with a small original stake. John Sr. married a Chinese widow a few years after immigrating to Huamei, so his eldest son, John Jr., was naturally a Chinese-European mixed-race.

John Jr. inherited his father's business and joined the U.S. Navy when he grew up. Transferred to the Peace-class light cruiser No. 4 "Dawn", which was officially commissioned after the National Day, as a lieutenant gunner, he is now far away from his little wife on an ocean-going training mission.

It can be said that in the more than 20 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huamei has always attached great importance to the construction of the navy and even strictly favored it. The propaganda of cultural construction inside and outside the navy is extremely flashy and high-profile. The social status and word-of-mouth image of naval officers are excellent. These are the daily style of the naval officer corps, which is strictly aristocratic and has a strong appeal to the young people of the wealthy class. Among the junior officers of the Navy, the proportion of children of the powerful or wealthy is much higher than that of the Army.

In contrast, the Chinese Army, which is also in the limelight, is the most sought-after military profession for young people from ordinary national families. The Army has the style of employing personnel who promote personnel from the grassroots level without discrimination. It is easier to attract the simple and hard-working civilian class, and it is also the best way for ordinary youth to see it as the best way to change the trajectory of their lives.

In addition to the difference in the risk of war between the branches of the military, there are cultural differences among such grassroots officers. It is also an important reason why the descendants of the guide zhì are unevenly distributed in the army and navy.

"Xiaowei, aren't you going to bring your sweetheart to us as well?" After joking with Su Fangqi for a while, Angelia turned her prank on Su Fangqi's younger brother Su Fangwei.

Poor new army lieutenant and innocent little virgin Su Fangwei has always been unable to raise his head in front of his sister and his sister's old classmates, and his face suddenly turned red when he was teased like this.

Su Zining has always had a resigned attitude towards family affairs and the future development of her children, so it is difficult for Su Fangwei, who has been shy since childhood, to get guidance from her father in terms of emotional intelligence. Even with a good family platform like the Yan family, Su Fangwei has not really entered the field of love until now.

"I heard that the admiral's daughter just entered the Ivy League this year, and attended my wedding last year, I can guarantee that she is definitely a beautiful and elegant lady!"

The admiral in Angelia's mouth refers to Zhang Chunrui. The only daughter of the Zhang family has just turned 18 years old this year, and she is still a beautiful woman who has never had any intention of marrying any powerful family, and has long attracted the attention of many families who want to establish an iron-clad connection with the navy.

"I heard that she was a shy and shy girl, and I am afraid that she and my brother will not get along well. Just sitting in the restaurant and saying hello to the question of who will say hello first, I don't think it's going to be a breakthrough. So I think Xiaowei probably needs to know a girl with a more cheerful personality. ”

As soon as this topic was mentioned, Su Fangqi couldn't help frowning beautifully, thinking about the image of the daughter of the Zhang family in her impression, while looking at her younger brother.

"Don't worry, I will give Lieutenant Su professional guidance on love!"

As he spoke. A somewhat familiar voice came from the side, followed by a young major in a naval uniform coming from the green belt. The young, handsome, tall naval officer had a typical Sino-European face and was extremely polite in speech and manners.

"Dear Mr. Major Andrew, I didn't expect you to come too! Aren't you worried about meeting Lady Anna here? ”

As soon as she saw this young officer, Angelia's eyes flashed with a hint of banter, but on the surface she was still respectful and polite.

"Ahh It's Major Andrei! ”

"Major, why are you wearing a navy uniform?"

The Navy Lieutenant who suddenly appeared in front of him also surprised Yan Shuming and Su Fangwei. Because the other party was a member of the Foreign Legion Bison Brigade in the Azores more than a month ago, and he was also Yan Shuming and Su Fangwei's direct boss during the substitute probationary period.

Andre. Leon. The 23-year-old Chinese-European mixed-race youth is known as a talented military talent within the Chinese and US Army. Angelia is insinuating sarcasm because Andrei is an illegitimate child who has long been made public, and his father is the famous foreign minister of the United States, Shi Wenbo.

As the product of an overnight affair with a Dutch dancer in the Azores, André followed his single mother to settle in Huamei since he was a child. Swainbo privately gifted a large farm in the suburbs of Jersey City to his old friend, and with this farm and Swenborg's thousands of dollars in child support secretly funded every year, Andre and his mother naturally lived a high-end and wealthy life.

Under the care of a cheerful and strong single mother, Andre grew up quite smoothly and was extremely smart since he was a child. He has also participated in many large family gatherings forcibly hosted by Swenbo.

Under Shi Wenbo's arrangement, Andre joined the army at the age of 16 and entered the military police headquarters, entered the Army West Point Military Academy with excellent service evaluation in only one year, and then graduated at the age of 20 with a record score in all subjects in the history of West Point.

After rejecting the preferential appointment arrangement of staying in the school to teach. Andre has participated in many actual combat training in the Brown Bear Brigade and the Bison Brigade of the Foreign Legion, highlighting his war talent far stronger than others, and in less than four years, he was promoted twice in a row, becoming the youngest major in the Chinese Army.

Even the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General He Yu, privately prophesied. This military genius is afraid that he will become a general before the age of 35. According to the normal rate of rank promotion in the Chinese and American armies, it will take 20 years for a second lieutenant to be promoted to brigadier general at the earliest.

In some ways, Svenbeau's private preference for this true eldest son is even greater than that of his sister-in-law, Svenwen, who inherited the title of Duke of Santa Cruz in Spain. Because in Swenbo's eyes, Andre's personality is very much like himself.

The most typical example is that this illegitimate son is no less than Shi Wenbo who is a father in terms of love. It is said that Andre relies on a good skin and his own high-quality IQ and EQ, and has a lot of love scandals in the circle of wealthy children in Songzhou, and he is still unmarried.

"Isn't it weird? Since last weekend, I've been kicked to the Marine Corps by the Army Command. André shrugged his shoulders at the two juniors and explained in a dashing manner the reason for wearing the uniform of a naval officer today, "It seems that you two are not bad, no matter where you officially serve, at least you don't have to live a boring life on the island of Terceira or Iceland." ”

"This kind of transfer is rare, is there any greater and deeper meaning?"

This boss, who swept all kinds of beauties in the Azores, actually appeared at his engagement place, and Yan Shuming subconsciously touched his fiancée's hand.

"Congratulations to the two of you, Lieutenant Yan and Lieutenant Su." After the women spontaneously stayed away from the place of communication, the usual playful and sadistic smile on Andrei's face returned to normal, and then his tone became much more serious, "The French have done something earth-shattering, and the war on the island of Madagascar is not going very well, maybe the opportunity for me or you to dream of a war is coming." ”

"Who can decide to go to war with France, which will involve millions of economic losses. You must know that in the war with England ten years ago, the country's losses in Atlantic trade were not small. How do you judge this? ”

Seeing the other party's slightly mysterious eyes, Su Fangwei quickly lowered his voice. He had long known that this young senior and old boss had an extremely sharp head.

"If I were French, how could I allow a large wave of thugs to attack the big creditors on the west coast of the Atlantic at this time? Maybe their populace is too blindly confident, or maybe their luck is really bad...... They have sent the hands of the Prime Minister and the Speakers of both Chambers with the power to retaliate and wage war because we need not only the markets in France, but also Florida and Quebec. ”

Andrei's mysterious smile grew brighter and brighter, as if he had guessed an answer that no one else had thought about.

"So, what's going on on the island of Madagascar?" Regarding Andre's mystery, Su Fangwei is still a little confused.

"Since the summer, there have been several issues of the newspaper covering the 'low-range dù armed conflict on the island of Madagascar', but now the coverage has been completely stopped, as if it had never happened. It seems unreasonable that a paramilitary operation that has been going on for almost half a year has no results to be explained. Of course, perhaps we can understand that this is a violation of convention by the Indian Ocean Viceroyalty and Army Command to show off a lowly victory over the natives......"

After looking at each other a few times, Yan Shuming and Su Fangwei both fell into deep thought, but with their experience, they still couldn't fully guess the mysterious message that Andre wanted to express.

"I'm willing to bet that in a month at most, the two of you will have to choose between France and Madagascar. However, according to my personal wishes, I would like you to go to France with you. Madagascar is a bad place that can make people age several years a year. ”

As he was talking, the main entrance of the main building of the villa in the distance was opened, and a wave of elderly magnates walked out with different smiles, and a free tea party arranged on the open-air lawn officially began. Seeing the appearance of the fathers, the young people also quickly ended their social behavior and walked towards the tea party scene. (To be continued......)