War is the best way to divert internal contradictions, because even just the occupation of a desert and ice field wasteland. Have the right to speak and redistribute the interests at home and abroad.

For peacetime governments, prestige itself is money, and prestige can force domestic vested interests to make concessions. However, using war to solve problems is equivalent to playing with fire and taking drugs.

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As for what happens if you mess up, then of course it's over!

The worst example is Argentina, when the British Empire was shrinking globally, and it was clear that it could negotiate the recovery of the Falklands, but it wanted to play tricks. In the end, the skin of the developed countries was torn to pieces by the weakest of the five permanent members, directly and mercilessly.

In fact, as long as many countries take the first step with this method, they will be addicted, and they will actually play until they mess up.

World War II, Germany, Italy and Japan. And the same is true of India in another timeline

After winning the war in Goa, the Portuguese were full of self-confidence, and the third brother also wanted to brush up on a wave of prestige, carry out domestic reforms, and at the same time show his strength to lead the third world. Outcome......

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In the 66th year of this historical line, because of serious domestic contradictions to be transferred, Imperial Russia began a war machine.

The Russo-Afghan war began. Due to its mountainous nature and complex terrain, Afghanistan is known as the graveyard of empires. In mountainous areas, mountain people maintaining their will to resist will cause great trouble for the occupying forces.

From Alexander to Genghis Khan to England in the period on which the sun never sets. The mountain dwellers of Afghanistan, who are far away, are not easy to be governmental.

But this situation is by no means eternal, with the improvement of technology. The advantages of the conquerors will increase, and the means of conquest will become more and more brutal.

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At the beginning of the war the airborne forces of Imperial Russia, the largest city in Afghanistan were taken control in three hours.

Then in just a week, the Russian armored divisions of the Imperial Russian drove in, and random troops took control of the few transportation hubs in Afghanistan. Here is a de facto control of Afghanistan. Because it is no longer possible for the outside world to send supplies to Afghanistan on a large scale. The small amount of material that flows into Afghanistan is used only by the guerrillas. However, in this era, the guerrillas could not play any role, because the most critical material and food were cut off by the Imperial Russia.

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After the unilateral annexation of Afghanistan by Imperial Russia. Really, the Russians are carefully watching the reaction in East Asia. The northern capital of East Asia expressed serious concern, but there was no righteous opposition in words. This made Emperor Oh breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, the whole of Tsarist Russia was ecstatic at the same time. This is definitely a new discovery after the three wars. For the past hundred years, East Asia has been guarding against the expansion of Imperial Russia in Central Asia. And now, in this era, East Asia has abandoned this strategy.

Ever since Peter the Great I, Tsarist Russia has been looking for ports everywhere. For the Baltic ports and Finland next beams. In order to open up the passage from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, he fought ten Russian-Turkish wars with Turkey, and fought until both returned to heaven in World War I. In East Asia, Vladivostok was made from the weak Qing. Then he wanted to go south to get to the port of Arthur, but he was pushed back by Japan. Later, the Far Eastern ports were reclaimed by the Sage Prime Minister of this timeline. For the sake of a port, the fighting nation can be described as making enemies everywhere.

Judging from the world map, and now after taking Afghanistan, it is only hundreds of kilometers from the Indian Ocean. In the eyes of Imperial Russia, this is East Asia allowing itself to expand in the direction of the Indian Ocean. Once Imperial Russia enters the Indian Ocean, its influence will return to the level of Russia before World War I.

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In the timeline of Meng's throne, even if Russia has Siberia and Vladivostok, Russia's Pacific Fleet can only play the role of a presence fleet.

Because Siberia is too wasteland and too big, the army in North China will break through casually, and the fleet in the Far East will be quite cut off the main arteries. And the Russian Far East was also unable to form a prosperous urban agglomeration and provide a dock for the Grand Fleet on the spot. shipyard, as well as a full set of logistical facilities. Relatively speaking, the same ports are located in the Indian Ocean. Russia has much more control, and has direct access to the ocean, so it doesn't have to be angry with Turkey blocking the door.

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When Afghanistan was successfully occupied, and the East acquiesced, not only the Russian royal family cheered, but the whole of Russia cheered, and the bells of the Orthodox churches in the major cities of Russia rang. to celebrate Russia's victory.

Of course, there are also discordant voices, that is, the European side said that it did not recognize and would not allow the annexation of the Afghan region by Imperial Russia, and immediately stepped up the number of military activities along the border in Eastern Europe. Of course, the Russian empire returned the same military action. For a while, there was tension, but politicians from all over the world understood that this could not be fought at all. At most, it's a show. At most, Europe will give Tsarist Russia to make trouble in Central Asia. But soon the world realized the determination of the imperial Russians to invade Afghanistan.

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In the second half of '66, according to another timeline, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan should have been mired in endless local resistance. In fact, it is true that a large number of resistance groups have been announced, but they have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. But in the months that followed, the resistance was comparable, rather weak.

Because Russia used the same level of weapons as nuclear weapons in Afghanistan. Genetic bioweapons. And this kind of genetic weapon does not directly attack humans, so it can be regarded as playing the edge ball of the international convention.

Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2066, Russian planes have circled over Afghanistan every night, dropping tons and tons of special items on the territory of Afghanistan. These items are eggs.

Then, in the same year, the Afghans were hit by a plague of locusts that is rare in the world. Locusts are such a thing as locusts, and when they are first discovered, they will be killed by airplanes. , for an underdeveloped and fallen country, the people here can only sit back and watch the locust plague spread. Eat all these crops.

The locust plague crossing is very terrifying. Overwhelming, dense everywhere you go, the trees become bare poles, and the ground is not a single grass.

In the 21st century, some Chinese joke that locusts can be eaten if they catch and pinch their heads, but they have never seen real locusts, real wild locusts, gray-brown skin, and snakes the same color. It's dirty to look at. And the locusts, which act as biological weapons, carry special bacteria and parasites.

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This kind of locust scattering to wipe out a country's agriculture is a standard strategic biochemical warfare. Moreover, locust varieties are selected, and the growth rate of individual fecundity is stronger than that of natural varieties using gene editing technology. Strictly speaking, this is a genetic weapon.

And the lethality of such a fall in Afghanistan is terrifying. Drones hovered over the mountains and planted mines on various roads. Refugee flows have been blocked. The entire region of Afghanistan can be said to be starving to death in droves. Those resistances. It is possible to have fewer guns and fewer guns. But in the Holodomor, all resistance came to naught.

At this time, only the Russians who mastered the lines of communication were able to deliver grain to the Afghan region, so Alexander, Genghis Khan, and the British all touched the imperial cemetery with nails, and finally chose to surrender under the dual effect of the grain harvest and the killing of intelligent AI drones.

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When: February '67,

Location: The middle section of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Xinjiang, Kunlun Mountains. Yaochi City (Newly Built City)

The city has a total population of 3.24 million. However, it has more than 30 million electromagnetic stand-ins registered, and more than 3.7 million people have logged in online. Please note that it is online, sleeping, eating, and all are not online.

With a labor force of this size, this city, although it is a desert, is surprisingly prosperous. The number of such stand-ins is much higher than the actual population of emerging cities, which greatly slows down the ecological requirements of cities.

Tens of millions of people gather together to use water, electricity, food, fruits and vegetables and other non-staple foods, and cars to travel. and sewage treatment, garbage disposal. It's all about ecological affordability.

And the electromagnetic stand-in is the main labor force, and the consumption of the whole city is very small. And the price of goods is also very low, of course, the price of housing is also very low, most of the people who work here with electromagnetic stand-ins often buy a house here, maybe come to live once a year. And the main industries of this big city are organic matter synthesis, biological experiments, space biosphere simulation, and so on.

And in the city's southern science and technology district, at the top of the pyramid-shaped glass building, Xie Xiao is having a conversation with Lu An (projection).

In the white-tiled hall, a disc robot moves with a cylindrical transparent dome, and in the illuminated glass dome is a life-size projection of Luan.

And Xie Xiao was on Lu An's side, looking at the photos taken from Central Asia together. These reconnaissance drones evaded the search of the Russian army and took a large number of photos and videos.

Shoot Scene 1

In the cols, there are human settlements that were once villages. The windows and doors of the houses have become black holes, and the whole village has become a ghost with no signs of human activity, and in the village, corpses can be seen, like dry firewood, lying in bundles on the side of the road.

Shoot scene 2, in the middle of a rolling mountain range. A black dot of flying wings appeared in the sky, and this black dot swooped down like a swallow, and the hatch in the belly opened, and a heavy bomb fell, and then smashed into the hole accurately, and with a brief flash of light, the dust rising from the whole mountain covered everything.

After a series of scenes, Xie Xiao said: "The precursor of the Fourth World War has begun, and now the international cooperation organization we lead is playing the role of the League of Nations before World War II in the last century. Xie Xiao looked at Lu An and asked, "Do you need to let history continue?" ”

Lu An heard and understood what Xie Xiao meant, if the League of Nations could stop appeasement and effectively stop it during World War II, the source of the war would not develop to the end.

However, Lu An shook his head and said, "In international exchanges, the value of force is fundamental. However, the reckless use of force is the next policy in the national policy. If you forget to fight, you will be in danger, and if you are warlike, you will die. They're making mistakes, and we're not going to make mistakes. ”

Xie Xiao was stunned, his face was helpless, and then he sighed and said: "I understand, you are not afraid of war, you are ready to use World War I to destroy the country," Speaking of this, Xie Xiao smiled and sighed: "You are so ruthless." ”

Lu An shook his head and said: "It's not that I want to destroy the country, but the accumulation of all madness and mistakes, there will be a break after all, I don't want war, but no one can stop history." ”

Xie Xiao nodded, but then said in a low voice, "I'm going back." ”

Lu An raised his head abruptly and looked at Xie Xiao.

At this time, Xie Xiao repeated again: "I'm going back." ”