February 8, 1909, was the 10-year anniversary of Zhou Shuren's arrival in Hungary. Ten years ago, a group of Chinese young people, including Zhou Shuren, were ordered to support the revolution in Hungary. Ten years later, Hungary was already a socialist country, and a rapidly developing socialist country.
On this commemorative day, someone in the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party said, "The East African Administrative Region hopes to allow Chinese comrades in Hungary to work in Africa." At first, the comrades, including Zhou Shuren, were stunned, and then felt confused.
Someone asked what was going on, and a well-informed comrade explained that recently, the African black brothers had been in the limelight. Cleansing Crete and winning the Battle of Kinshasa. It was said that after the Battle of Kinshasa, those "volunteers" returned to Nanzhan, the capital of the East African Administrative Region, and shouted "Long live the motherland" at the commendation conference. Therefore, the provincial commander of the East African Administrative Region, Wei Kun, wanted to strengthen the Party building and introduce a group of black comrades to the Party. The population of the Min dynasty in the East African Administrative Region was limited, and there were few Party building personnel there, so he proposed to transfer people nearby.
"I strongly oppose!" The comrade of the Hungarian Communist Party immediately said, "There are so many comrades in the Min dynasty, how can we lack people here?"
The comrades of the Min dynasty also thought the same. Zhou Shuren was sure that some of the comrades in Hungary wanted to stay in Hungary and continue to promote the development here, while others wanted to return home and work hard. Africa had never entered into the life plans of the comrades.
Finally, the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party sent a telegram to the Restoration Party of the Min dynasty, asking if there was such a thing, and made it clear that they opposed it. Neither the comrades of Hungary nor the comrades of the Min dynasty wanted to give any support to East Africa. The Hungarians themselves felt that there was insufficient support.
After confirming this matter, the mood of the comrades was affected. The discussion afterwards was not very focused. In this state of confusion, the comrade in charge of military affairs said, "How about we build a modern army of one million people in Romania according to the standards of the Liberation Army?"
"Pfft! Cough cough … cough cough … "A comrade was so shocked that he spat out a mouthful of tea and choked and coughed.
Even if the other comrades were not so exaggerated, they were really frightened by this plan. The Min dynasty defeated the United States with motorized troops, and this powerful army became the embodiment of terror in Europe. How much money would it cost to build such a terrifying army? Almost all the comrades had the same idea.
The comrade from the military department said calmly under the surprised gazes of the others, "The North American battle proved the mobility of the motorized infantry in the plains. Whether it was Romania or Russia's Ukraine, they were all plains. Hungary's railway had already been built to the mountain pass at the border. If there was such a motorized infantry, the difficulty of fighting abroad would naturally be reduced. You don't think that the current peace will last for long, do you? "
"The military already has plans to go overseas to fight?" Even though he had originally specialized in military medicine, Zhou Shuren still thought of some things.
The comrade from the military department replied angrily, "The Central Military Commission has been dissatisfied with Romania for a long time. Now that the situation has calmed down, Romania and Russia will attack Hungary sooner or later. The two camps had taken shape, and it was only a matter of time before a full-scale war broke out across Europe. Could Hungary really remain neutral in the future war? The military commission is not optimistic about this at all. "
No one continued to speak. The question of war in Europe as a whole had been talked of since about 1900, and for the last nine years it had sprung up in Europe at the slightest sign of trouble. Recently, the Min dynasty had taken over Crete, and there had been a war with the Congo Free State. As usual, this argument was rebutted. Ten years ago, the European people reacted very strongly to this, and three years ago they became numb or disgusted. Recently, the situation had changed again. 'Isn't it just a full-scale war? Maybe a full-scale war can really solve the European problem once and for all! ' This kind of argument began to appear in many newspapers.
The talk of a full-scale war was inexplicably exciting, which meant that the people thought a full-scale war was abnormal. The argument that a full-scale war could solve the problem gradually became popular, which meant that the people thought a full-scale war was worth considering. This meant that a full-scale war gradually began to become a reality. Zhou Shuren did not dare to be optimistic about the future at all.
Finally, Hungary sent a telegram to the Central Military Commission of the Restoration Party, hoping to get help in building a million-strong Hungarian motorized army. Two weeks later, a ship from North America sent a report and two soldiers to explain the report. The two soldiers made a report to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party. The contents of the report surprised many members of the Central Committee. The cost of building a million-strong motorized army was far less than they had thought. Even the prerequisites for building a heavy industrial base with an annual output of five million tons of steel looked very happy. According to the experience of the Min dynasty, the focus of the Third Five-Year Plan was to strengthen industry. Everyone naturally felt that it was better to promote infrastructure construction in this area through military construction.
"Since all of this looks good, what's the problem that we haven't seen?" Zhou Shuren raised an unexpected question. If something looked good no matter how you looked at it, it meant that there must be a bad thing in it that they didn't understand.
The soldier in charge of the explanation was already prepared. He answered readily, "The problem is that to maintain this million-strong army, 20% of the construction investment will be spent on maintenance every year."
"How can it be so much?" The Central Committee members of the Hungarian Communist Party were shocked.
The soldier continued to explain calmly, "All kinds of exercises, research, live firing, all cost a lot of money. I know that many of you have experienced war. You all immediately picked up your guns and fought back when you discovered the enemy attack. So I think you all know best how high the proportion of people like you is. How many comrades lost their lives because they didn't react fast enough, or because they didn't have targeted training at all. All of this requires training, and every group of soldiers needs to receive training in this area. In addition to mastering the existing ones, you also need to study and discuss the content suitable for your operations. All of this requires money. "
"… These studies and research will probably stabilize in five years, and the money that needs to be invested will also be reduced, right?" asked the Chairman of the Hungarian Communist Party's Military Commission.
The Liberation Army soldier nodded in agreement. "Yes. According to our experience, this part of the investment will enter a plateau period. However, equipment maintenance and updating will enter a peak period. You don't think that equipment won't break no matter how you use it, do you? "
"After the equipment is upgraded, you have to improve your tactics, and after the tactics are improved, you have to improve your equipment. Isn't there no end to this? "A comrade said almost to himself. For the Hungarian Red Army, everyone felt that they could become soldiers by training some basic rifle use.
The Liberation Army soldier looked at the Hungarian comrade sympathetically and said in a sympathetic tone, "Our Liberation Army has reflected on this problem ourselves. The conclusion is that if a war breaks out within three years of the completion of equipment and personnel training, these military investments can maximize the benefits. Otherwise, all the investments are meaningful, but it looks like they are all for naught. "
Hearing this, Zhou Shuren asked, "In other words, we need to accurately predict when the war will start?"
After the comrade of the Liberation Army explained, he went to Crete. The East African Security Army evacuated after taking care of the people on the island. A group of troops from the Liberation Army originally in Cyprus were stationed on the island.
The Hungarian comrades finally had time to discuss their strategic judgments. There were more people who supported the judgment that a full-scale war would break out in Europe. However, there was no consensus on when it would start. From next year to ten years later, everyone had their own ideas.
Zhou Shuren went straight to what he thought was the core. "Is it necessary for us to maintain a motorized infantry with the best military technology in Europe for a long time?"
Seeing the confusion on everyone's faces, Zhou Shuren continued to ask, "Or do we just need to maintain a small number of advanced troops that focus on defense?"
No one answered immediately. Zhou Shuren waited for a while before continuing to ask, "500,000 regular troops. 1.5 million reserve militia. How about this number? "
Li Yifang's body was getting weaker and weaker. Vézé was by her side while waiting for news from Beijing. Even under such circumstances, the report from Hungary still made Vézé smile a little.
Hungary, with a population of 25 million, had basically achieved the goal of sending school-age children to school by the end of the First Five Year Plan. The strengthened education of the Second Five Year Plan was only determined by the system. Efforts had to be made to eliminate adult illiteracy. In addition, the education plan of the Hungarian Ministry of Education stipulated that Hungary began to learn Chinese from junior high school. Chinese would be a subject for the entrance examination, and like Hungarian, it would be a 100-point paper.
It was hard for Vézé not to laugh when he thought of the future children who would suffer for the CET-4 and CET-6 exams.
For Hungary to expand the active force to 500,000 in ten years, and at the same time set up a plan of 1.5 million reserves. Vézé could only sigh. Even Hungary was like this. A war was inevitable. Everything was relative. Hungary's pursuit of absolute security would trigger a chain reaction in other countries. However, Vézé had no intention of objecting. Austria and Russia's negative impact on regional peace was far greater than Hungary's. In the face of these two countries, Hungary also reacted passively.
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