Three hundred and fortieth chapters six ink bottles
Although the Black Sea Fleet has more than 800 ships of various types, most of them are in disrepair, so not many can catch Ye Kai's eye. This time, Admiral Meiro selected them and planned to sell them to
Ye Kai has a total of twenty-two ships, all of which are in good condition, including guided missile cruisers, frigates, supply ships, etc., as well as two conventionally powered submarines, which can be considered as companions.
These can basically form a fleet, and according to Ye Kai's request, the Black Sea Fleet took the basically formed Varyag aircraft carrier out of the Black Sea Shipyard in the name of sea trials and announced that it would be included in the establishment of the Black Sea Fleet.
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In fact, the shipyard had already taken care of it, so it was a matter of course.
Under the guise of going to Vladivostok to exchange military business with the Pacific Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet escorted the Varyag aircraft carrier through the Bosporus and entered the Mediterranean. After that, they would enter the Atlantic from the Strait of Gibraltar, then bypass the Cape of Good Hope and enter
Indian Ocean, and then enters the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Malacca, all the way north.
Speaking of which, Ye Kai did not spend much money to purchase the Varyag aircraft carrier, nor did he spend much money to purchase the twenty-two ships of the Black Sea Fleet. However, the deployment cost of this fleet was relatively high, even reaching his level.
Purchasing more than half of the entire fleet is really painful to think about.
But obviously, the price is still worth it. Once the Varyag aircraft carrier arrives in the East China Sea, the repercussions in other aspects will be huge. The strength of the navy will be greatly increased, especially the sea-air integration process will be advanced twenty years.
, this will also help the Republic build its own aircraft carrier fleet as soon as possible.
As for the cost, there is no need to worry about it. If Ye Kai's acquisition plan is successful, supporting one or two aircraft carrier fleets will just squeeze a little out of his teeth, which is nothing.
Through this incident, Ye Kai deeply realized that making money by working hard from scratch is not as happy as others who make money out of nothing.
This trip to Russia was really exciting and satisfying.
Even if the trip to the secret base was not satisfactory, the trip was not in vain.
Probably because of the previous conflict over the Black Sea Fleet, Russian President Yeltsin and Ukrainian President Kravchuk met at the Swallow Castle in Yalta to discuss the ownership of the Black Sea Fleet and reached an agreement on most issues.
Yalta is located at the southernmost tip of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine and is a famous tourist destination.
Because it is located on the coast of the Black Sea and has high mountains, it has a unique climate and pleasant scenery. It has been a summer vacation place for Russian tsars since ancient times. It was also a place for leisure and recuperation for ancient princes and nobles. It was also a famous recuperation place during the Soviet period. After World War II
The Yalta Conference made him more familiar to the world.
Swallow Castle is a landmark building in Yalta. It was built by the Turks during their rule. It is a fortress built on a cliff. It looks very spectacular from a distance and can be called a miraculous workmanship.
From Swallow Castle, you can continue to take a boat to the west to reach the palace of Tsar Nicholas. The entire palace is backed by mountains and sea, and is surrounded by a large garden. Climb up the stairs from the pier and pass through the garden to reach the palace. The interior decoration of the palace is luxurious, showing that the tsar was the
Scenes of life: After the end of World War II, Tsar Nicholas' palace was used by Stalin as the venue for the Yalta Conference.
When Yeltsin and Kravchuk were talking in Yanzibao, Ye Kai also took Wang Luodan to wander around here, especially touring the palace of Tsar Nicholas to experience the luxurious life of the Tsar.
"Actually, Soviet Russia is not necessarily better than Tsarist Russia." Ye Kai stood on the cliff, blowing the comfortable sea breeze, and couldn't help but talk loudly, selling his opinions to Wang Luodan.
"Why do you think so?" Wang Luodan expressed his different views, "Don't they all say that the Tsar's rule was brutal, so what?"
After hearing this, Ye Kai immediately scoffed and said, "You remember when you were in elementary school, you learned a text about Lenin who was exiled by the Tsar and persisted in studying, right?"
"There is such a text." Wang Luodan affirmed.
There is an article about Lenin in the primary school Chinese textbook, "Six Inkbottles", which tells the story of Lenin who was imprisoned for the revolution but still persisted in working.
The text says that one year Lenin was arrested by the tsarist government and locked in a small single cell. The cell was dark, with only a small window letting in a faint light. In such a difficult environment, Lenin
While he was still studying, he secretly wrote many notes and pamphlets to guide the revolutionary struggle outside the prison.
In order to write secret documents without being discovered by the guards, Lenin came up with a very clever way. He shaped the bread into an "ink bottle", filled it with milk, and wrote in the blank space of the book. As soon as he heard the door knock, he put the "ink bottle"
Put the "bottle" in your mouth and chew it. Once, Lenin said humorously in a letter to his comrades: "I was really unlucky today. I ate six 'ink bottles' in a row!"
This text was originally intended to let primary school students know the hardships of the Revolution. However, when I read this text, most students did not know what bread and milk were. Years later, they remembered such a thing. Others
It's already blurry.
"Lenin's story has its source. It is based on "Memoirs of Lenin" written by Lenin's wife Krupskaya. However, "Six Inkwells" is too imitative and it seriously discredits Comrade Lenin's prison life.
." Ye Kai waved his hand and spread his arms to face the sea breeze, imagining that it would feel like the flying camera on the Titanic, and then said to Wang Luodan, "In the official history textbooks of the Soviet Union, there are countless stories about the Russian Tsarist government.
One of the cruel crimes was the exile of revolutionaries. Although the Tsar did not kill a single Bolshevik leader, but left this arduous task to Stalin to complete, but in any case, the exile to Siberia was
It makes people tremble when they go up there. If you know how cruel this crime is, you will probably understand it if you understand Lenin's life in exile."
After Wang Luodan heard this, he expressed some incomprehension.
So Ye Kai suggested that she look for a biography "Lenin's Memoirs" written by Lenin's wife. "This kind of book should be easy to find, at least here."
Wang Luodan was thinking about this matter, but he was not very attentive when playing later. When he went back, he asked someone at the hotel specifically about this matter, and unexpectedly found an old version of "Memoirs of Lenin".
According to Lenin's wife, in February 1897, Lenin was sentenced to three years of exile in Siberia in Petersburg.
After the verdict was handed down, Lenin's mother asked the authorities to postpone his departure date because of her son's poor health. Later, she asked to stay for a week when passing through Moscow. She also proposed that Lenin's family should bear all the expenses for the journey.
In this way Lenin could eat well and sleep soundly.
She even wrote to the governor of Eastern Siberia, requesting that her son be exiled in a small town in southern Yenishin Province, where the climate was favorable to Lenin's health.
At the same time, Lenin himself also made these demands to the government. When these demands were met, Lenin had two weeks to move freely outside the prison, prepare his luggage, and say goodbye to his relatives and friends calmly.
The place where Lenin was exiled was Sushensk, which is one of the places with the best climate in Siberia, a bit like the so-called northern country Jiangnan. In addition to his family sending him money, the tsarist government also gave each exile 8 rubles a month.
With the allowance (the ruble at that time had not yet devalued, and its gold content was very high), Lenin did not have to engage in the hard labor of logging or carrying fiber, which are typical of prisoners in revolutionary historiography.
Lenin wrote home to describe his life here as, "In addition to hunting, fishing, and swimming, most of the time is spent walking," "Sleeping time is particularly long," "The housing and food are satisfactory," and often
Sunbathe.
He even compared his exile to his family's resort in Switzerland, Spitz, where he could also read various political books and magazines, interact freely with other revolutionaries in the exile, and discuss how to overthrow the tsar in the future.
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Lenin married his like-minded girlfriend Krupskaya in the exile colony. Krupskaya was exiled to Ufa in the South Urals for the same crime at the time. They simultaneously applied to the exile authorities to have Krupskaya transferred.
Pushkaya moved to the place where Lenin was exiled to get married. This request was approved in July of that year. The wedding was held in a church. Lenin and Krupskaya were both atheists, but the government did not recognize secular marriages, so this
Newcomers who thought they were antichrists had no choice but to ask for blessings from priests. This was a fact that embarrassed Lenin and was avoided in official history.
Prices in the penal colony were very low. Lenin's "salary" of eight rubles provided him with a clean room, food, washing and sewing. Lunch and dinner were of course simple, and he slaughtered a sheep every week.
He ate grilled lamb chops every day until he was nauseated, and drank endless amounts of milk. He even fed milk to his dogs. In February 1900, Lenin, who had married and raised a strong family in exile, completed his sentence.
Returned to Petersburg and soon went abroad to Western Europe.
Eighteen years later, he finally had the opportunity to repay the "cruel" leader of the old regime, Tsar Nicholas II, who had responded to his requests in exile. He ordered the Cheka (the ancestor of the KGB) in Ekaterina Fort to
The tsar's family, including minor children, doctors and servants, who were imprisoned there, were all shot.
"History is really ironic..." During dinner, Wang Luodan finished reading "Memoirs of Lenin" and couldn't help but sigh.
"We should be more open-minded." Ye Kai smiled and said to Wang Luodan, "For example, I purchased the Black Sea Fleet ships and the Varyag at my own expense. Do you think it will be written down in the official history?"
"It's probably impossible." Wang Luodan finally understood this after reading "Memoirs of Lenin".
"So, hehehe." Ye Kai smiled and continued to eat his grilled lamb chops, something that Lenin got tired of eating in the exile. (To be continued!.