"You are not a real man until you reach the Great Wall." The Hungarian Foreign Minister had never understood what the Chinese Emperor Vézé meant. In the view of the Foreign Minister, the Great Wall was just a relic in China, far from China's frontier from beginning to end. At this time, this sentence was just a gimmick for the tourism industry of the Great Wall.
When he saw with his own eyes a long gray dragon winding between the mountains of the Arabacian Mountains, he suddenly felt enlightened. In the eyes of China, the ancient barbarians might have the feeling that "you are not a real man until you reach the Great Wall." Only by reaching the Great Wall first could they have the opportunity to enter the rich interior of China to plunder. The ancestors of the Hungarians, the Rouran people, were defeated by the Han Chinese and had to move west.
There were two Great Walls in North America. The Northern Great Wall was on the Sino-British border. After crossing the Northern Great Wall, the Foreign Minister felt that something was different. What was the difference? The Foreign Minister couldn't tell for a moment.
The fertility rate of the British Empire to the east of the Northern Great Wall had skyrocketed in the past decade. Together with the population of the United States, the population was barely 100 million. There were more than 10 million Brits on the island of Great Britain, and more than 80 million Brits lived on four million square kilometers of land in North America. There were hundreds of cities on more than four million square kilometers of land, which looked "vast but sparsely populated."
The Min dynasty to the west of the Northern Great Wall had a population of more than 900 million and was going to reach one billion. Even if a large number of Chinese migrated from Asia to North America every year, there were only about 180 million people in the 150,000 square kilometers of the Min dynasty in North America. On average, there were 12 people in one square kilometer, which was a little better than the no man's land. It was also "vast but sparsely populated."
"Foreign Minister, that group of Chinese people is so tall." The Foreign Minister's entourage exclaimed.
The Foreign Minister looked out of the entourage and saw a group of Chinese railway workers adding water to the train outside. The lowest among them was around 172, and there were quite a few who were above 180. This group of people did not stand out among the Chinese people coming and going. Because the Min dynasty girls in the crowd were all 165cm tall.
The foreign minister suddenly realized that the average height of a man in Hungary was 162 centimeters. In England, where the foreign minister had just left, the average height of a man was only 165 cm. Even though he was 165 cm tall, he wasn't considered tall among the China girls. The foreign minister had been sitting on the train the whole time. Looking down from above, he naturally couldn't see any special difference. It just didn't feel right.
As the train continued to move forward, the foreign minister could not help but sigh. "The Chinese have lived a better life than us. Just like in Hungary in recent years, children have generally grown taller. "
The accompanying comrade nodded repeatedly. "Yes, my brother's child is only twelve years old, and he's only a head taller than me. At this rate, he'll definitely be taller than me in the future. They had come at a good time. When we were young, how could we eat our fill? How could there be so much meat to eat? "
This was the general situation in Hungary. In recent years, with the development of the new breeding industry, even if Hungary exported large amounts of food to Germany and Austria every year, it still had sufficient food supplies. Improved seeds, fertilizers, earthworm manure, pesticides, and Hungary's black soil had now tripled the yield of more than a decade ago. The food needed to raise livestock had become half of what it used to be. The total amount of livestock raised per capita had become more than ten times what it used to be.
With these changes in production factors superimposed, of course, everyone could afford to eat meat. Nowadays, the little ones had at least a glass of milk and an egg every morning. The good days had raised the little ones to be picky. According to statistics, there were still 20% of children who didn't like to eat this stuff. At the thought of this, the foreign minister could not make any other reaction other than a sigh.
"Comrade Foreign Minister, are you worried that we will be at a disadvantage in a bayonet fight with the Russians because of the difference in height?" The entourage had his own views on the foreign minister's sigh.
"Bayonet fight?" The foreign minister was a little surprised.
The entourage, like the upper echelons of Hungary, had military experience. He replied worriedly, "Yes. Russia's height is slightly lower than China's, and they may not be at a disadvantage in a bayonet fight. But the height of our Red Army is a little lower than that of Russia. If it comes to the end, I always feel that we will be at a disadvantage. "
The foreign minister was speechless for a moment. He really didn't expect the battle to reach the level of a bayonet fight. After the appearance of the armored forces on the battlefield, the battle had become completely different. The bayonet fight had to be at least close enough. The firepower of the O9 Gun Clan did not leave room for a bayonet fight, at least not for a large-scale bayonet fight.
He was not a military talent, and the foreign minister was not willing to continue this discussion. But looking back at the war, he increasingly wanted to see Qi Rui, the political commissar of the North American Theater of Operations. The upper echelons of Europe knew that Qi Rui was the eldest son of Vézé. Whether it was the eldest son or the strongest son, Qi Rui undoubtedly had an unshakable position. Although the population of North America, where the crown prince was now, was only 180 million, and the average age of these people was less than 25 years old. They were all the younger generation of the Min dynasty, a generation with momentum.
Without more than 100 million young people, the Asian part of the Min dynasty appeared to be lethargic. The Min dynasty's own sociological research group conducted a great effort to investigate this. The foreign minister was actually very curious about this result. There was a saying that if the North American part of the Min dynasty and the Asian part of the Min dynasty went to war, who would win?
The foreign minister's more inclined view was that although there was a huge gap in population and industrial strength, North America had the strongest officer corps of the Min dynasty, as well as Qi Rui, the pioneer of the motorized infantry and armored forces. He could also easily recruit over 20 million young troops. North America may not be able to show an overwhelming advantage, but it would not suffer a loss.
Yoto was not too far from the United Kingdom. After crossing the border, the train arrived on the same day. The foreign minister met Political Commissar Qi Rui, who was famous in Europe at the dinner party. The general, who had once commanded a million troops, was tall and well-proportioned. When he saw the foreign minister, he came over to shake hands. The general greeted the foreign minister. "It's been a hard journey."
The foreign minister smiled and said, "Sir, it's good to see you. I have a lot of girls here who want me to bring their greetings to you. "
Qi Rui was taken aback. He did not understand why the Hungarian foreign minister suddenly talked about girls. The foreign minister had to do some explaining. Although His Royal Highness Qi Rui had never appeared in diplomatic occasions, in the eyes of the European upper class, especially in the eyes of the European upper class girls, this prince was born to be the "Real Prince? Crown Prince "His Royal Highness was extremely charming. He was even more attractive than His Majesty Vézé, who created a new dynasty by himself.
After listening to the introduction, Qi Rui smiled bitterly. "Then let them think about it."
Such manly words made the foreign minister feel a sense of respect for Qi Rui. Qi Rui led the foreign minister to a small room next door. After closing the door, Qi Rui said bluntly, "I heard that Comrade Foreign Minister already knows the news of Russia's Sixth Army gathering in Ukraine."
"Yes." The foreign minister replied straightforwardly, "I know you intend to let Hungary break into Ukraine and annihilate Russia's heavy forces. After thinking about it for the past two days, I feel that although this plan is good, does Hungary really have the strength to complete this battle? "
"War, to put it cruelly, is how to effectively make our army die. The North American theater of operations evaluated the Hungarian Red Army and felt that if your strategy is really to deal a fatal blow to Russia, the strategic consideration of accumulating small victories for a big victory will not work. Of course, the success rate of breaking into Ukraine to carry out the encirclement and annihilation is not particularly high, and it is estimated that even if you win, you will probably pay about 20 million casualties. And the armored forces will not be able to continue to be used for three months after the victory. But this is already the highest winning rate. Now I'm not asking if you are willing to win, but if you are willing to pay this price to try to win. "
Qi Rui's tone was calm, without the slightest intention of coercion. But the foreign minister felt that he could not breathe. He used to think that in his thirties, there was no possibility of improvement. Even if there was, it was only in terms of skill. However, during this trip, he felt that he had changed from quantitative to qualitative.
At the banquet in Victoria City, he talked to the British girl about life and said, "The conditions for success are to be taught and to be able to lose." Now the foreign minister had to face this fact at a higher level. Even if they succeeded, it was estimated that there would be 200,000 casualties. And this was only an estimate. Maybe the battle would fail, maybe the casualties would be 300,000 or even 500,000. There was a saying in China, "A general's success is built on thousands of bones." The foreign minister understood that the general had to step on his own bones to achieve his position.
However, from the perspective of the country, all human lives were consumables. It was just a unit of quantity. The key was not how many people died, but whether they could afford to lose.
At this moment, the foreign minister suddenly realized one thing. Why did Russia want to build such a large standing army? Russia had more than 140 million standing army. After a general mobilization, it could mobilize about 400 million troops. Without such a chip, the Russians might not be able to afford to lose. No one in the world dared to attack the Min dynasty because the Min dynasty proved to the world in the North American War that the Min dynasty had the ability to build an army of tens of millions of troops. Not only did they have so many people, but they could also equip them with complete weapons, provide them with sufficient logistics, and transport the army thousands of miles away to fight.
"I …" The foreign minister wanted to speak, but he felt that his throat had become dry and he couldn't speak.
He quickly got a glass of water and took two sips. The foreign minister continued, "We only have about 50,000 troops that can operate in a long distance."
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