Being in the heart of Europe has contributed to its rise and glory, but also destined it to be helpless in the land of the Four Wars.
The saddest thing about it is that its power seems to be just a little less powerful every time.
But in fact, in Du Fei's view, the problem of independence is not that it is close at all, but that it is doomed to fail at the beginning of the war.
Regarding Zhengzhi's understanding, in the most critical decades of the Guo family, everyone except Pismarck was too impulsive and naive.
So much so that the once unique empire had its good cards beaten to pieces.
The Dusan Empire finally came to an end in the most tragic way.
Now, it has been rebuilt from the ruins and has recovered its economy at an incredible speed. It even once became the third largest economy after America and Sulian.
A similar situation also occurred in Japan.
At this time, many people with ulterior motives discovered some great 'secret' and immediately came to the conclusion that they were outstanding.
Even before Du Fei traveled through time, he once had this kind of doubt. Are the independent people and the Japanese people really good? Otherwise, why did they rise to become an economic power after the defeat of World War II?
This question was almost always with Du Fei during his student days, and even when he went to college, he still had no answers.
It was not until many years later, with the explosion of information, that he learned many things.
After World War II, the most fundamental reason why Dokoku and Dongyang were able to rise rapidly in the economic field was because they were defeated countries!
It's because America can invest the overflow funds from domestic and foreign countries in them without any scruples, without worrying that the money will be wasted.
The most fundamental element of economic development is capital. Without capital, everything else is empty talk.
Unfortunately, this kind of economy without the support of political power and military power is ultimately a mirror image.
Regardless of whether it is the independent country or the East, they can only become the fat sheep for America's harvest in the end.
This was already revealed before Du Fei crossed over.
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At ten o'clock in the morning, Du Fei's plane landed at Frankfurt Airport.
Unlike the high-level reception he received in England and France, what Du Fey received here was only an ordinary level of reception.
It's not that Du Guo has anything to do with him, it's just that the situation is different.
When he went to England and France, it was because the other party had requests or needs from each other, but here in Du Guo, he just wanted to purchase machine tools.
Although Du Fei is the buyer in this transaction, high-end machine tools are different from other commodities. Whoever has the supply of goods always has the toughest words.
This is exactly the situation Du Fei is facing now when he comes to Duguo.
But Du Fei didn't care. There was someone else assigned to negotiate the machine tool business, so he didn't need to worry about it.
As for anyone who intends to interfere with it, Du Fei won't be polite.
Regardless of whether it is an Oriental or independent country, since it is a defeated country, it must have the consciousness of a defeated country. It would be too naive to really think that economics can determine everything.
"Mr. Stadler, nice to meet you." Du Fei got off the plane and shook hands with the independent people who came to greet him.
Stadler, the leader of the other party, is a thin, middle-aged man with a Chinese character face and cold facial lines. He is a typical independent countryman.
"Mr. Du, I'm glad you can come to Duguo." He behaved quite well and was not particularly enthusiastic.
When Du Fei saw this person, his first impression seemed to be that he was an electricity bill collector.
After a brief exchange of greetings, we arrived at the hotel where we were staying.
Du Fei stretched his waist and stood by the window looking at the city outside.
The original Frank was almost reduced to ruins during the bombings in the late war, and the current city was rebuilt after the war.
This place obviously has a newer and more modern atmosphere.
But unlike those in Japan, the people here have a repressive temperament.
After Japan's economy took off, there was an unbearable impetuousness.
This is probably also the background. After all, the independent country rose earlier, and it was located in the hinterland of Europe. It faced top-level enemies and was whipped more often. Although they were both nouveau riche, they still had a bit more background than Toyo.
Moreover, the current situation of independent countries is even worse than that of Japan.
In any case, Dongyang has not been dismembered before.
Hokkaido is still a situation that only appeared after Du Fei crossed over.
The independent country suffered even worse. It is not an exaggeration to say that the country is no longer a country.
More importantly, the independent country is still at the forefront of the Cold War, and people are always worried that the torrent of steel will one day suddenly sweep over.
It had only been thirty-five years since their last defeat, and the horrors of war were still fresh in their minds.
pity……
Thinking of this, Du Fei couldn't help but curl his lips.
Perhaps the cruel war really slaughtered all the brave people, whether it was Sulian or Du Guo.
The impact of World War II has been engraved in their bones.
They are not afraid of war, but of a failed war, which is simply a nightmare.
In other words, they are still living in a nightmare and have not woken up.
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Du Fei stayed in Frank for three days, and then went to Munich. He also made a special trip to the famous pub to have a look.
Stayed in the country for five days and then headed to Vilnius.
The main scope of the "Western 81" exercise of the Soviet Union covers the area around the Baltic Sea, including Poland and the eastern part of the country.
It will be a large-scale deep offensive combat exercise involving various arms and tactical mushroom bombs.
In addition to the USSR Army, the participating forces also include the Air Force, Missile Forces, Navy Ships, Marine Corps, and Airborne Forces... The total number of participating troops exceeds 500,000, including more than 1,500 tanks and more than 1,200 armored vehicles.
The luxurious lineup and huge investment are unprecedented.
As for the purpose, it was very simple. It was to show off force, frighten the enemy, and boost morale. It was also to satisfy Polezhne's growing fondness for great achievements in his later years.
It was already early September when Du Fei arrived, only a few days before the start of the exercise.
At this point everything is ready, all that's left is an order.
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When Du Fei got off the plane, it happened that the weather was gloomy and an autumn rain was brewing.
The weather was originally normal, but it gave people the feeling of "dark clouds are overwhelming the city."
The participating troops gathered nearby seemed to have gathered a huge fighting will.
Du Fei raised his head and glanced at the sky, and couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, Sulian does have the strength to "unite as one" and "change the world", but... it's a pity!
The strength is there, but the spirit is gone.
With a flash of thought in his mind, Du Fei withdrew his gaze and walked down the gangway.
At this moment, a Volga car drove in from the side door of the airport and came straight to this side and stopped.
Natasha opened the door and got out of the car, looked up with a smile, and watched Du Fei coming down: "Sorry, there was a little accident on the road just now."
Du Fei glanced at her car and saw obvious scratch marks on the left front.
"It doesn't matter~" he smiled and said, "You are still so beautiful." After saying that, the two hugged each other and then got into the car.
Natasha said while driving: "I didn't expect you to come."
Du Fei said: "You are all outstanding in this exercise. Of course I want to see how the strongest heavy armored regiment today performs."
Natasha pursed her lips, a flash of pride flashed in her eyes, but she was not modest at all.
Du Fei greeted Natasha's grandfather again.
Although this old man is older, he is in good physical condition.
In fact, Polezhnye is not too old, at best he is only over seventy years old.
However, the drinking habits of Sulian people are very unfriendly to the elderly at this age, and few of them can live a long and healthy life.
Including Polezhny, his physical condition is already quite worrying, but he just pretends to be healthy.
On the contrary, Natasha's grandfather took off his heavy workload after retirement and his health was much better than before.
Soon, Du Fei and Natasha arrived at a guest house in the suburbs.
The conditions here are quite good, and the various facilities are not inferior to those of high-end hotels.
"Du, you will stay here for the next two days. I have made arrangements for visiting the exercise..." Natasha introduced some situations, mainly some precautions for observing the exercise.
After all, this is not watching a play or a movie, it is an exercise with real swords and guns, so you must be extra cautious.
Furthermore, Du Fei did not have an official status when he came this time, he came in his own name.
After coming out of the guest house, Natasha returned to the car and couldn't help but frown slightly.
Recalling the conversation with Du Fei just now, Du Fei particularly asked about her grandfather's physical condition.
Although he had asked politely before, Du Fei's words seemed a little different today.
This made Natasha not sure whether this was her illusion.
After thinking for a moment, Natasha started the car and left quickly.
When she returned to her residence, she was still thinking about her suspicions.
After a while, he didn't think about it anymore and simply picked up the phone and dialed: "Grandpa, this is Natasha..."
Du Fei didn't expect that a few casual words would attract Natasha's attention.
The main reason why he asked a few more questions was that in 1981, SMU would soon face the bad luck of sending away three people for three consecutive years.
First it was Polezhny, then Androbo, and then Chernenko.
With the passing of these three people, it symbolizes the end of an era.
Then, it seems that in order not to experience the changes caused by this kind of physical problem, they resolutely chose a "young and strong" person to take over.
But they didn't expect that it was this decision that put them in a dead end.
The reason why Du Fei pays attention to Natasha's grandfather's body is because Natasha's grandfather will become a very influential veteran figure by then.
Although he retired before, his family transition went well and he was not marginalized in the entire system.
Du Fei thought about whether he could make some changes at the critical moment.
I underestimated the sensitivity of Natasha, who used to work at kgb.
This is probably also an occupational disease of hers.
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In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.
Du Fei came to Sulian and stayed in the guest house and didn't move around.
The performance was about to begin. As an important exercise area, the alert level in Vilnius was not low. Du Fei did not want to encounter unnecessary trouble at this time.
As the exercise began, I finally left the guest house, but did not go to the observation area specially prepared for foreign reporters and observers.
The purpose of this exercise was to allow NATO to see the power of the Super League Iron Fist, and many foreign reporters and observers were invited in advance.
However, the settings of the viewing areas are quite particular.
Apart from the shocking explosions and the reunion of large-scale mechanized clusters, there is not much interesting information to see there.
Du Fei, through Natasha's relationship, sat directly on the helicopter filming for Moscow TV.
Needless to say, Su Lian was at his most energetic at this time, and due to his personality, he was really not secretive about it.
It's a pity that Du Fei's military level is really average, so he only watched the fun all day long.
Even so it was a shock.
At the same time, he also understood why in the world before he traveled and after the disbandment of the Speed Alliance, the equipment that was originally excellent in performance performed particularly poorly.
It’s not that things are bad, it’s that these things are inherently dependent on the system.
The most typical one is the MiG-29 fighter jet.
This kind of aircraft is a light third-generation fighter aircraft that competes with the SLA F-16. It was later exported to many manufacturers, and its actual combat performance is hard to describe.
Especially because of its short combat radius, it was nicknamed a short-legged duck.
But in fact, from the day it was designed, the mig-29 was not a fighter in the conventional sense, but an assault fighter designed to provide air cover for large groups in combat.
It does not require a particularly large range at all, because the frontline airport is right behind the Army Corps.
The performance of the single machine does not need to be particularly good, because in the preset combat scenario, the mig-29 will form an absolute numerical advantage due to its low cost and deployment close to the front line.
Although at this point in time, the mig-29 has not yet been mass-produced, and it has not appeared in exercises.
But Du Fei can still clearly see the power of a combat system built on the basis of the rapid alliance military industry demonstrated in this exercise.
It's a pity... This kind of strength did not translate into victory in the end, but was used as a bargaining chip to show off to the enemy, or to intimidate.
This cannot be wrong, after all, at this time, no one would have thought that such a powerful Sulian would collapse in just ten years.
If it could have been foreseen, the result would have been different.
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Eight days later, the exercise ended.
According to the rules of the exercise, if a war breaks out in reality, the combat effectiveness demonstrated by the Sujun army can occupy the European continent within eight days.
This conclusion sounds quite horrifying, but in reality it is just that.
Because apart from the Speed Alliance and its allies, there is nothing left on the European continent.
It's nothing more than Duguo, Fangguo, Italy, Spain, plus some leftovers.
Yingguo is alone overseas and can be excluded.
Du Guo is America's biggest supporter and must be resisted resolutely, but its size is too small and there is no way to stop it.
Faguo is the old district of Ge Ming, and Itali is the master of the King of Welcome... Could it be possible to point to the brothers Xibanya and Pu Taoya?
In Du Fei's view, Yingguo will probably be the one who is truly determined to resist.
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The day after the exercise, Du Fei and Natasha took a plane to Leningrad.
According to Du Fei's original schedule, he would return home after the exercise.
After all, this trip has been going around for more than a month.
Unexpectedly, last night, Natasha suddenly said that her grandfather wanted to meet him.