In the Neva River Valley, St. Petersburg, which was once a bustling metropolis of Imperial Russia, with the Third World War, the strategic space of Imperial Russia was compressed.

St. Petersburg was transformed into a military powerhouse.

Outside St. Petersburg, a large stretch of barbed wire can be seen. As well as patches of scattered military bases, dotted around military bases, a large number of underground bunkers. These concrete forts, which are usually hidden underground, are topped by bushes, and can be raised directly by means of lifting platforms in wartime.

There are railways between military bases, a dense network of underground railroads, and communication lines, and even if a nuclear strike occurs, it will only be a partial loss of functionality, and the surviving defense bases will still be able to communicate with each other.

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This is an upgraded version of the Maginot Line of World War II. The Maginot Line was only too expensive to build before World War II, and before World War II, France produced less than 10 million tons of steel, and the price of the Maginot Line was, of course, a drain on France's national strength. And there is no harvesting effect.

But the times are different, not to mention the current output of steel and concrete, that is, the simple construction technology has also changed from manual construction to excavators, mixers are dispatched, saving manpower. So it's cheap to build this line of defense.

And with the revolution in military technology. In a highly confrontational region such as Europe, the defensive line is becoming more and more important for the viscous effect of modern troops.

During World War II, countries also had limited air strike power. So mechanized troops have no problem bypassing the line of defense.

In the 21 st century, however, the pace of attack has become faster, missiles can be launched in position in 15 minutes, and the air force can take off and arrive at the battlefield in half an hour. And the hours wasted by mechanized troops on the detour, more than a dozen hours are fatal flaws.

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The existence of the St. Petersburg defense line stabilized the security of the territory of Imperial Russia, but this defense line was like the Liaodong military town in the late Ming Dynasty, and it began to be large.

More than six million people keep the system running. This system not only consumes the already stretched financial resources of Imperial Russia, but also the chain of interests has raised the people here into a group. Any attempt by the Russian Empire to reform the area will be met with resistance from the entire bloc.

In the past few years, there have been many scandals of smuggling, tax evasion, and the most false accounts, but they are always dealt with lightly, and some cases that are obviously huge and greasy are finally dealt with only a few small people, and then they are hastily covered up. The central government cannot intervene

The steamroller of the Imperial Russian army, which had terrified Europe, was now rusting at an alarming rate.

And now the head of the military and political power in St. Petersburg is Anna, and in terms of political factions, it is now a standard royalist. But now the times have made her a powerful prince in Imperial Russia.

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Imperial power likes centralization, but it doesn't necessarily mean centralization. Because modern normal countries, whether democratic or republican, are actually more centralized than in the imperial era. In the era of imperial power, only the small people were not free, but the binding force on the powerful was far less than that of modern society.

Now the reason why the imperial power can be strengthened again is because of the support of feudal lords like Anna. The feudalization of the St. Petersburg region was seen as a symbol of the great weakening of the central authority in the concept of a modern state. It must be suppressed and strictly investigated.

However, in the imperial era, when the discovery of the cavity of the empire brought huge losses to the operation of the empire, it was first necessary to see whether the forces on the cavity would affect the balance of domestic forces after being strictly investigated and suppressed. If it affects the balance, it is not bad if you can check it. If the loss is too great, then check, but also check a few people, and kill the trend of corruption a little. But it is absolutely impossible to eradicate it.

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Now the emergence of huge interest groups in the St. Petersburg region is due to the attitude of the tsar's connivance.

And the army with the highest loyalty to the imperial power in Imperial Russia was precisely the army in St. Petersburg.

As for things like smuggling, embezzlement, chain of interests. The imperial power of the empire was much more tolerant than that of modern countries. And it is precisely because of the magnanimity of the imperial power that it can win the allegiance of these millions of people. (Loyalty to the emperor is not a question of servility or not, but whether it needs to be profitable.) The loyal vassals of the emperor are now like springs, and the Diao people, who insist on the republic, are suppressed by the powerful and cannot make a sound. ）

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In the underground military center of St. Petersburg, on the central metal platform, Anna is in a projected state, attending a military conference in Moscow.

At Anna's side, Shang Heng was accompanying Anna to observe the meeting. When a dignitary in the Kremlin was arguing about money and the international situation in front of the emperor for unseemliness.

Anna tilted her head slightly, and asked Shang Heng at the bottom left, "What do you think of the current situation?" ”

Hearing Anna's question, Shang Heng was thinking about how to refuse, because the current mess of Imperial Russia was basically unsolvable.

Sensing it, Shang Heng tried to think about how to avoid it. Anna frowned, and after a few seconds said in a commanding tone, "Say what you think." ”

Hearing this, Shang Heng could only squirm and say: "We have a big problem in the economic system, and it is impossible to make up for our domestic financial expenditure in a peaceful way, unless"

Shang Heng looked at Anna's expressionless face and tried to muster up his courage: "Unless we build an iron curtain to separate the country and the outside world." Terminate and communicate externally, forming an independent and isolated internal circulation, so as to maintain the stability of our financial system. Shang Heng proposed a North Korean model with an alternate timeline.

However, after elaborating on this pattern, Anna smiled dangerously at Shang Heng. Because this model is completely closed to the outside world, it is quite abandoning foreign exchanges. In that way, the technology of the outside world will completely throw off Imperial Russia at this stage. In particular, the Holy Spirit Cult, the opponent of Imperial Russia, is now open. Slowing down technology is tantamount to automatically losing in front of the Holy Spirit.

Another time I wonder if North Korea had not had a commitment to military protection in the north. The military science and technology that lagged behind two or three generations had long been implemented by the United States on the Iraqi model.

Now that Shang Heng has proposed this model, coupled with Shang Heng's previous identity as Deng Wen's confidant, the motive is very questionable.

When Anna's smile became more and more terrifying, Shang Heng gave an additional explanation under the influence of the desire to survive

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Shang Heng: "When you are advanced, you naturally have to open up, but when you are backward, choosing to open up is a great risk to the regime.

Openness represents 'docking', but in this process of 'docking', people always want to connect with foreign countries that seem to be "advanced and beautiful" lifestyles, while ignoring their own production capacity, which is not enough to support themselves to achieve this docking. It is often mistaken that as long as some characteristics are the same as those of foreign countries, the docking can be completed, and those politicians with strong oratory skills often echo this idea of the people, ignoring the reality that "there is no money at home to support this pomp".

Now the problem is that if our people find that there is no pomp and circumstance of foreign life, they will be dissatisfied, rather than self-encouraged.

They will find ways to try to change the state of the country simply and quickly. For example, today an emperor is overthrown, and tomorrow a lofty term and system is introduced. The day after tomorrow, it was found out that several high-level traitors were punished.

The root cause of all this instability lies in the fact that people in backward countries are unbalanced when they see the advanced places in the outside world when they open up.

At present, the pace of scientific and technological development in the world is too fast, and it is difficult for us to catch up with the national conditions of our empire and Russia. If we continue to maintain this openness, as we fall behind more and more, the more we open, the more we can only give up our industry, start to sell the bottom, and slap the swollen face to fill the fat, so as to meet the pompous pursuit of the national and external life and consumption.

And if you choose this step, you will be following the path that Spain and Latin American countries have taken. At that time, they were a small step behind in productivity, but they did not admit that they were lagging behind in terms of consumption power. ”

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Shang Heng said a lot, and finally resolved most of the killing intent in Anna's eyes. But the thick vigilance made Shang Heng understand that he was wearing his little shoes this time.

In fact, Shang Heng's name is sorrowful, as a level 4 superpower (promoted in wartime), he "bears a heavy responsibility" and "enjoys the highest level of security treatment" in the Anna Group. "—the most worked, and the least trusted. A perennial monitor of the psionic clan around him. Every word and deed is monitored.

It's all because Shang Heng was captured by Deng Wen. As a captive, the saddest thing was to negotiate the situation at that time. Anna wasn't going to put the balance back at the time, because the balance was so powerful in industrial operations. At that time, the plan was to send it to the gas chamber and cause accidental poisoning.

Thanks to Shang Heng's fourth-level super ability, and then working hard, Anna gradually dispelled her thoughts. Shift to tight control.

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After the end of the war, when Anna came out of the life support pod, maybe it was a memory loss in her brain, or maybe it was because she couldn't grow hair anymore because of the craniotomy (she was wearing a wig now). In short, the temperament has changed dramatically. I never take any of our suggestions, but I always have to ask them what they think. I can't wait for the direct mind control ability to pull out all of Shang Heng's thoughts. (Note, Shang Heng's fourth-level ability, only the fifth-level mind can break through)

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Today's chaotic scene at the pre-imperial meeting made Anna feel bad. If you are in a bad mood, you can deal with the past by slapping your sycophants and singing praises. But she is a tyrant with clear logical thinking. And this tyrant named Shang Heng to say good news. That's the tragedy.

Shang Heng saw that Anna's depressed expression was brewing, and he had not yet escaped the lock of being angry with Anna. In particular, the Kremlin's current strife has added to her fire.

Shang Heng came up with another idea under this pressure, although it seemed to Shang Heng to quench his thirst

Shang Heng: "The development of the East is dominated by the five-star group, so they are not very interested in foreign interference. To some extent, if we send troops to Central Asia, we should only meet with verbal opposition, but in essence they should appease us.

The enemy in this place is weak, as long as military expansion pays off. We can change the current economic contradictions in our country. ”

Shang Heng came up with the idea under intense pressure. After a long time, Anna nodded slowly, and her eyes changed back to a thoughtful look. Shang Heng knew that he had passed.

A few minutes later, Anna organized her language and began her speech at the Imperial Council.

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