Another week has passed since the last gazebo conversation.
After that time, Du Fei had vaguely seen some clues.
The three people who came that day, except Sister Li and Lin Yuqing, specially called Li Chunpeng, who was not familiar with Du Fei and was even meeting for the first time, which actually explained some problems.
In addition to representing himself, Du Fei also represents Zhu's father's attitude to a certain extent.
Although Dad Zhu's qualifications and ranking are not high, his achievements in economic construction make him a force that cannot be ignored.
More importantly, Dad Zhu's age and position make him on the outside to a certain extent.
As for the subsequent impact, it is not yet clear.
During this time, things were turbulent outside.
The first is Avhan.
After Su Lian suddenly took action and destroyed the Ba Lie dynasty in an unexpected way, America followed the principle of never doing indignity in return, and immediately retaliated in Afhan, scattering a lot of dollars to fund freedom.
group.
At the same time, he secretly linked up with the tribal warlords in the north and suddenly launched a positive change.
Probably deliberately showing her strength to the outside world, America almost copied Sulian's methods in Persia in Afhan in a short period of time.
Kabul suddenly changed color.
This round allowed the whole world to see the terrifying power of these two behemoths.
When Du Fei learned about this situation, his heart skipped a beat.
Originally, he thought that Su Lian suddenly took action and detonated Persia's fate in advance, which would lead the situation in a different direction.
But history itself seems to have a huge inertia, and despite many deviations in time and circumstances, something went wrong with Afhan.
Next, it depends on the decision of Comrade Polezhne in Moscow.
Speaking of which, Moscow still had the upper hand this time.
Although the total score seems to be one to one, there is no comparison between Afhan and Persia.
America suffered a huge loss during this wave of losses. In order to cope with the loss of Persia, America had to increase its investment in Babylon.
But having said that, Sulian’s advantages are only on paper, but in practice they are even more stretched.
Looking at the overall situation, after America lost Persia, she immediately looked for compensation from Babylon.
But Sulian was embarrassed after losing Afhan.
To the southeast of Afhan is Bacistan, which has a close relationship with America, and to the west is Persia.
Although Sulian had previously supported Persia's rule, Persia was a sectarian leader, not a class leader.
As a result, although Persia broke away from America, he did not join the Sulian camp.
To the north is Sulian itself.
In addition, it is only connected to Huaguo in the east by the ‘Wakhan Corridor’, which is 400 kilometers long and only 15 kilometers wide.
This is also why in the world before Du Fei traveled through time, after problems occurred in Kabul, Mosko chose to end it personally.
It's not a matter of belligerence or arrogance, it's that they have no other cards to play except the "King of Bombs".
If you look at it from this perspective, this wave of one-for-one swaps means that SMU has forced itself into a corner.
But these are all pushed forward from the ending.
From the perspective of Moscow's decision-makers, if the Afhan is successfully defeated this time, the next step is to use the people in Balkistan and Persia to easily open the seaport to the Indo Ocean.
This is the long-cherished wish of the East Slavs that lasted for hundreds of years from the time of Tsarist Russia.
How could Comrade Polezhne remain indifferent in the face of this temptation?
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In addition, another hot spot is still the Chenla battlefield.
Just a few days after the incident in Kabul, a strangulation battle of unprecedented scale broke out on the southern front of Chenla.
This was the largest attack launched by Huang Wen since the Vietnamese army changed generals.
After gaining battlefield air superiority with the MiG-25, Du Fei transferred the Kuching due to the conflict with Austria.
The coalition forces lost their firepower advantage near the coast, which gave the Vietnamese army the opportunity to use the roads near the coast to gather superior forces.
There was no sneak attack or strategy in this battle, it was just an honest push and a hard fight.
Huang Wen did not hide anything, and Lin Tiansheng also responded with serious troops. On the front line less than 50 kilometers south of Chenla, the two sides concentrated more than 200,000 troops and thousands of cannons of various calibers to engage in a desperate fight.
In just three days, massive casualties were caused.
The fierce fighting lasted for a week, with the Vietnamese army suffering 40,000 casualties and the coalition forces losing nearly 50,000 people.
This was not because Lin Tiansheng suffered a defeat, but because the troops mobilized from all over Siam were so powerful that they often needed twice as many people to withstand the Vietnamese attack.
Among the casualties of the coalition forces, fully 35,000 were Siamese troops, and the remaining 13,000 were direct descendants of Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng.
Among them, there were about 4,000 casualties on Du Fei's side, and 9,000 on Lin Tiansheng's side. Among them, 3,000 were killed in battle, and the remaining 5,000 were slightly injured and could recover. They will be recuperating in Siam, leaving more than 4,000.
Those with serious injuries were transported back to Kuching by plane. After training, they would be arranged to become police officers or work in the logistics department of the army.
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After the fierce fighting broke out, Du Fei arrived in Kuching as soon as possible.
Everyone knows that after this war, regardless of victory or defeat, there will be a lot of things happening, and there must be someone who can directly make decisions.
After learning the result, Du Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Tiansheng did not disappoint. Without gunships and bombers in the air, and without naval gun support at sea, he was engaged in ground battles openly. In the face of Huang Wen and the enemy's superior force, he still performed quite steadily.
Lin Tiansheng's performance this time, commanding a major battle involving more than 100,000 people, was at a disadvantage overall. Lin Tiansheng's lower limit was quite high. Although he did not have the kind of dazzling magic touch, it was enough to prove his military ability.
Reached a very high level.
On the other hand, although the Vietnamese army's losses on paper were less than those of the coalition forces, they felt even more uncomfortable.
First, the objectives of their campaign were not achieved.
Huang Wen originally believed that after losing his air and sea advantages, he could take the opportunity to defeat Lin Tiansheng and drive the so-called Nanyang Weihe troops out of Chenla.
At that time, their previously scheduled plan to completely take back the former French colony will become a reality.
As a result, after the battle, the original dividing line was still being seen, and the offensive and defensive battles were lively. At last glance, they were still in the same place.
Then there is the plan to sow discord.
When Huang Wen took over from Ruan Xiongqi, he soon discovered that the Borneo troops in the coalition were obviously more elite, while the Siamese troops were mixed in comparison.
This gave him the idea to attack the Siamese in a special position this time. This was also the reason why Siamese casualties were so high.
It is hoped that through this move, Siam's determination to fight will be defeated, thereby breaking away from Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng.
Once Siam, which has sent the second largest number of troops, gives up its opponent, the so-called Nanyang Weihe troops will not be far from failure.
But he miscalculated that the situation inside Siam was far more complicated than he expected.
Such heavy casualties are exactly what Gu Dan likes to see.
The more people die at this time, the more people who are in his faction but secretly standing on their own will be consumed.
But on this matter, those people dared to be angry but dared not speak out. If they dared to confront Gu Dan at this time, they were against the Nanyang intimidating troops.
That's a ready-made army of hundreds of thousands!
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At Kuching Airport, a huge Y-9 transport aircraft spread its wings like a roc and slowly landed on the airport runway.
There are two more behind this, for a total of three Y-9 large transport aircraft, all of which were borrowed by Du Fei from China and were specifically responsible for transporting the ashes of soldiers who died on the front line.
On the ground, people from all walks of life and journalists who had been waiting for a long time were watching the giant plane land.
Many people couldn't help but marvel when they saw Yun-9 for the first time.
Today, senior officials from all of Kuching, including Pontianak, are present.
The ceremony was so grand that it was broadcast through radio and television, and the signals, including flowers and fruits, could be received.
A huge stage was set up next to the airport, and as the titular queen of Kuching, Julie stood on the stage dressed up.
As the Prime Minister, Chen Fangshi stood in the audience and waited for the plane to stop. He would be the first to get on the plane and help the coffin carry the coffin...
In short, these soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield will receive the utmost honor when they come back.
The ashes will eventually be buried in the cemetery next to Guandi Temple.
In addition, the death pension is 5,000 yuan per person, which is about 2,000 U.S. dollars when converted into U.S. dollars. Minor children are raised by the government until they reach adulthood, and the three generations above are exempt from personal taxes...
As the ceremony progressed, various pension policies were announced, which shocked the whole of Southeast Asia along with radio broadcasts and newspapers.
Not to mention anything else, the death and disability pensions this time alone amounted to more than 20 million US dollars.
Of course this amount of money is nothing in America, but in Nanyang, including Huaguo, it is definitely a huge amount of money.
We need a state worker to work for fifteen years without food or water.
This is what Du Fei wanted.
As the old saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and spending money to fight outside will definitely not work.
Moreover, the nature of this war is different from previous wars.
It used to be that if you don't fight hard, you will perish, but this time it's different.
After several hours of ritual completion, everyone except Du Fei was exhausted.
Du Fei also breathed a sigh of relief.
After the ceremony, the second batch of soldiers heading to the Chenla battlefield to replenish the troops will set off.
This operation instantly boosted morale.
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After this battle, as 1975 was coming to an end, neither side started another war.
After more than a year, Hanoi has clearly seen that unless there is a large-scale increase in troops, it is impossible to achieve substantial progress on the battlefield.
But if we increase our troops, won’t the other side also increase our troops?
So far, they have invested a total of more than 200,000 people in the Chenla battlefield.
Although after forcing America away, Yue Guo was known as a million-strong soldier.
But in a non-war state, their national strength alone cannot afford to support so many troops.
As for SULIN, they continued to provide assistance after America withdrew, but the intensity of assistance and the total amount of supplies were rapidly reduced.
Especially after Afhan's incident, the scale of assistance to Vietnam decreased rapidly.
Hanoi has repeatedly sent people to Moscow to negotiate, but with little success.
In this case, Vietnam must reduce the size of its troops.
In the end, except for the troops who remained in the north and could not move, there were not many elite troops that could be used to continue to invest in the battlefield of Chenla.
Unless they go all out and want to be defeated.
But in the face of America, they had to be determined to succeed or not. Now they have won, and the mercenaries in Zhenla are the icing on the cake at best, and they are resorting to militarism at worst.
Many soldiers at the grassroots level, including officers, have been fighting for decades, and after finally winning, they continue to fight.
It was a smooth battle, just like chopping melons and vegetables. Now the fight is like this. From the beginning to now, there have been 70,000 or 80,000 casualties. It is inevitable to breed war-weariness.
The same situation is actually similar on Du Fei's side.
This is why, after the battle, Du Fei held a particularly high-profile ceremony to give him enough honors, and then spent all his money to boost morale.
However, this allowed Hanoi to recognize some realities.
After Moscow began to cut support for them, their attitude towards Huaguo also began to show signs of softening.
Although unwilling, Hanoi senior officials had to admit that because of the stalemate with Lin Tiansheng in Chenla, they lost strategic control over Huaguo.
This caused their value in Moscow to shrink.
The direct result of this situation was that at the end of the year, Wu Ting, as a representative, secretly arrived in the capital.
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In Beijing, the north wind in December cuts my face like a knife.
The Xianbelia cold current came in the middle of last night, and the capital was covered in snow overnight.
At the new campus of the Fire Technology University, Du Fei and Wu Ting stood in the previous pavilion.
After more than two months, the pavilion has been painted with red paint.
The accompanying security personnel were more than ten meters away from the pavilion, and the roar of the wind prevented the voices of Du Fei and Wu Ting from being carried five meters away.
Wu Ting looked at the school, which was covered in white snow and had not yet been completely completed, with mixed feelings in his heart.
He did his homework before coming and knew that this was Du Fei's new university, which was larger than the famous Yanda University and Shuimujia University. In the future, it was expected to enroll 10,000 students every year, and the number of students on campus would be more than 40,000.
Although it was not the first time to come to Huaguo, this time I took the train all the way to the capital, which once again made Wu Ting feel the hugeness of Huaguo.
Especially the cities along the line have experienced rapid economic growth for several consecutive years, making Huaguo more dynamic.
Starting from this year, after seeing the output in Nanyang, China began to promote the new hybrid rice on a large scale. After the autumn harvest, the grain output reached a higher level.
Taking into account the rice supply from Nanyang, the domestic food structure has changed, from mainly coarse grains to rice.
Based on this year's grain harvest, plus the filling of grain reserves in previous years, it is enough to feed 80% of the country's population.
However, people used to be poor in the past, and people's habits are not so easy to change. Many people are still reluctant to eat refined grains, and instead switch to coarse grains to save.
It can only change slowly over time, and I guess you should get used to it after three or four years.
"The scenery of the north, the thousands of miles of icy wind..." Wu Ting looked at the snowy scene and started to recite it with deep feelings in his heart. Although he had some accent, he was very serious and recited it completely in one breath.
Du Fei listened patiently and applauded gently at the end.
"It's a shame to show off one's appearance!" Wu Ting smiled, then slowly shook his head and sighed: "Actually, we shouldn't have ended up like this."