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Chapter 278 Commander Hu Opens His Heart; "Nature"!
The U.S. embassy in Yingtian also protested afterwards, claiming that it was unfriendly to send armed forces beyond the boundaries of power without notice.

The response of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Ministry of Etiquette was extremely slow. Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and there was not even a formal reply. The so-called "silence is the greatest contempt." The attitude of the Ming court made the American legation feel unprecedented anger.

The last time an American citizen was maliciously injured and disabled by soldiers of the Ming army in the Tokyo Concession, he even received a perfunctory apology. This time, the incident was more serious in nature, but in the end, he didn't even bother?
It was not until the morning of the fourth day that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave a long-awaited reply, to the effect that:
The resistance army is an unstable factor in the archipelago. The U.S. military did not discover, intercept, and clear the resistance army that crossed the border in time.The reason for not notifying the border crossing in advance is to prevent the leakage of operational information, which is also reasonable from a military point of view.

Such an answer is obviously not acceptable to the Americans, but subsequent rebuttals and questions all fell into disarray, and the Department of Foreign Affairs has no further news about it.

"This is Chinese arrogance! They are so arrogant, such a contemptuous attitude (will) make any American citizen angry."

At the US Embassy in Yingtian, Minister Williams complained angrily.

In addition to normal business and state affairs exchanges, the two countries also cannot do without mutual communication and exchanges in games and battles. It used to be fine, but what makes Americans feel depressed in the past two years is that the attitude of Ming people has become more and more indifferent.

Different from the arrogant indifference of the past, today's indifference is more like born of hostility.

This has added a lot of trouble to the diplomatic work of both parties, and the communication efficiency between Mingmei has plummeted.

As Minister Plenipotentiary, Williams was troubled by this—not only had to be urged by Washington, but also had to deal with the siege and interception of reporters, and the Ming people here pretended not to enter.

The public opinion is turbulent, and those radical guys hate this kind of thing the most.

As the largest capitalist country, the United States, which has been devastated by the economic crisis, is still struggling to climb out of the quagmire.

At the beginning, even the much-maligned Commander Hu Da also took a small amount of measures to directly interfere with the economy, but on the whole he still let it go and hoped for the automatic adjustment of the market economy.

At that time, under its leadership, the United States established the Renaissance Financial Corporation to provide loans to banks, enterprises, and farms, and to provide loans to states for relief.

The Emergency Relief and Works Act was also passed, expanding public works programs to absorb the unemployed.

However, a slight difference from history is that Commander Hu was assassinated at the end of his term. The murderer used a Winchester shotgun with a shortened barrel to fire buckshots, causing him to die of open pneumothorax and excessive blood loss.

At this point, Curtis immediately took over as vice president and then continued his efforts to stem the still-deep Great Depression.

One of the key problems is that the production capacity is extremely strong, but the consumption capacity is seriously insufficient.

The second key problem is that the wages of workers and farmers lag far behind the rising productivity.

The main measures that Curtis worked on all revolved around how to improve consumption capacity—increasing exports externally and allowing people to consume more internally.

On the original basis, he led the signing of a trade agreement with Daming, in exchange for certain conditions, the latter reducing a small amount of tariffs, thereby increasing the competitiveness of US exports.

At the same time, the relief bill and the push for public projects expanded further.

This operation is definitely effective, but it is not comprehensive enough. It can only be said to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. It is like giving a painkiller to a seriously ill patient. The short-term effect is considerable, but the symptoms can only be curbed for a while.

In the general election that followed, some Republicans tried to pour the dirty water on the opponent who was assassinated by Commander Hu Da, and tried to dig up black information about the opponent's candidate.

In view of the fact that Curtis's measures have indeed had certain effects, and the high-profile publicity and boasting everywhere, this has deceived some people to a large extent, making them mistakenly believe that the Republican Party is trustworthy.

In the end, although many people had turned to the Democratic Party, Curtis was still lucky enough to win the election with a narrow margin.

Soon, this palliative approach hit a plateau -- the economy stagnated after a bit of recovery.

Once the effect of the medicine wears off, the symptoms are still there, and the pain does not diminish.

In the face of monstrous angry public opinion, Curtis resigned voluntarily just halfway through his new term, becoming the first president in the short history of the United States to resign.It is worth mentioning that he was also the first president of Indian descent.

During this process, the extreme right-wing forces in the United States have grown rapidly, and their influence is far greater than that of the same period in history-there are more than [-] factions and organizations of all sizes, and the largest "Black Legion" and "Justice League" have their own Armed forces and bases, even in the face-to-face with the National Guard.

Of course, this has not yet reached the point of subverting the democracy of the United States.

The greater influence is mainly reflected in the fact that this experience has led to a more right-wing policy in all aspects of the United States, and a greater change from the "small government of laissez-faire" to the "big government of active regulation".

After taking over the mess, the Democrats, in addition to promoting the National Labor Relations Act to protect the rights of the people, also made every effort to expand the size and power of the Federal Reserve Board.

In addition, in order to reverse the dire situation as soon as possible, the Democrats took a quick-acting medicine—continuing to issue huge amounts of public debt and vigorously expand their armaments.

According to the "National Security Force Revitalization Act" passed by a high number of votes, the size of the Army will be expanded by 110%, and the Army Air Force will be expanded by 60%.

The second "Vinson Act" supplementary project will not only increase the size of the existing naval fleet by 25%, but also increase the appropriation of an additional $14 billion; and bring the total number of combat aircraft of the Navy to 4000 for the appropriation of aviation forces The plan is $5000 million.

由此，2艘战列舰、1艘航空母舰、23艘驱逐舰、7艘潜艇、4艘补给舰、2艘拖船立刻添加至建造计划中。

Steel mills, shipyards, machinery processing plants, garment factories... The major factories with abundant orders have ushered in batch after batch of workers, and the North American continent is in full swing.

The haze of depression is dissipating, but the cloud of war is gradually approaching.

It was the first day of June, and it was a rainy day with dark clouds, lightning and thunder.

"Instructions from the Ministry of War, the Second and Third Armies in Japan, and the forthcoming Fourth Army must strictly restrain military discipline and stop all acts of retaliation. Patrols in non-critical areas can be organized by the defense forces themselves. Checkpoints must be strictly arranged in martial law areas Post, verify the road guide from now on. Follow it without violating it.”

As the main resisting troops were defeated one by one, the resistance movement that was in full swing for a while came to a standstill, and the turbulent Dongying Islands finally calmed down a lot.

In order to prevent the resurgence of resistance forces, the imperial court reiterated its requirements on the occupation policy, and the behavior of reducing rent and taxes has received good feedback.

For areas under martial law where opposition is strong and resistance forces are still active, the "pass by ticket" road guidance policy has also been temporarily implemented.

The newly formed garrison is about to arrive, and the second and third armies who have been here for several months and are full of hostility and resentment will be rotated.

At the same time, the Ministry of War eagerly adopted the memorial to force its own garrison to stop using violence to control violence, and it was quickly issued as an order.

Everyone knows what to do, but no one wants to ask for it.

Officials who publicly submitted a letter suggesting that military discipline should be enforced have been besieged in all directions, from public opinion to daily life, without exception.His mansion was thrown with stones and rotten eggs, and his daughter was isolated by her classmates, who laughed at her as a bastard born of soft bones.

Under pressure from the outside world, the Criminal Division asked for a transfer, which was quickly approved, and then took his family to Yilibali (Ili) to take up his post.

This incident was actually hinted by the emperor. Is it because of personal ambition or national righteousness that this giver took the initiative to take on this unpleasant job?In the past, after a few years when people have forgotten about this matter, he just needs to return to the capital, and he can be promoted quickly; in the future, at least he feels at ease in his heart.

But these are not important anymore, what is important is the possibility of solving the situation in Japan.

The emperor himself was extremely dissatisfied with this - no one managed to solve such a trivial matter, whether it was to show righteousness or lure for profit, there were always a few people who could talk and do things in the huge court, but there was no such thing as a big man. In the end, he had to do it himself. It would be embarrassing to say it.

So he has already started to consider who should be the new prime minister among several candidates, as for Zhu Liqie and Zhu Lingjing, they will inevitably be reprimanded.

"Okay, it's almost time to pack up, move the nest! Make room for the friendly troops who are defending."

"Yes."

At the regular meeting of the First Marine Regiment, Zhou Changfeng announced to the officers the order to prepare for the squadron, and everyone's expressions relaxed visibly with the naked eye.

In this special military operation, the first marine regiment was unlucky and lucky.

It was unfortunate that they encountered the strongest resistance head-on after landing at the beginning; fortunately, it was hardly their turn to maintain security and stability in the next few months. The officers and soldiers of the First Marine Regiment who are at ease in the urban area of ​​Tokyo can be said to be too moist.

Four days later, the Army's No.20 Second Infantry Division, which was formed in Shaozhou Prefecture, went ashore at the pier, and the No.60 Fifth Regiment came to take over the defense.

"Hey, Zhou Changfeng and Zhou Kexing, it's a pleasure to meet you, I've known you for a long time."

"Don't dare."

The head of the 65th regiment, who spoke a Cantonese accent, was extremely enthusiastic. The two chatted for a while, and handed over various matters while eating.

In this way, the officers and soldiers of the first marine regiment began to line up outside the station, ready to go to the pier to board the ship.

In order to pass the time on the road, Xiao Li bought several newspapers and periodicals.

Zhou Changfeng didn't pay attention at first, and when the fleet had sailed halfway through, he had the leisure to flip through the journals of "Nature" and "Science"—in order not to miss them, he would buy every issue this year.

Flip through it from beginning to end, and roughly see if there are any words you want.Unexpectedly, when he was flipping through "Nature", he really saw the words uranium, nuclear, and fission.

real or fake? !Could it be that he was mistaken? !
Zhou Changfeng felt that his heart was lifted, he held his breath and looked at each line word by word.Due to the existence of some physics terminology, it was a bit difficult to read carefully, but after reading the first paragraph, he was sure that this was indeed the article that discovered nuclear fission, which was half a year earlier than in history.

The reason cannot be determined, and there are too many variables—it may be driven by the contributions made by the physicists of Ming Dynasty, or it may be because of the change of the world line that Lise Meitner was not persecuted and did not have a relationship with Otto Hahn separate.

He breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the blue sea beyond the porthole, his thoughts were full of thoughts.

The indicator lights flickered, the centripetal explosives detonated instantly, the dazzling white light enveloped the sky and the earth, and the black-red mushroom cloud soared into the sky...

Every minute and every second of the following voyage was tormented, and more than a day seemed as long as a month.

After the fleet arrived in Haizhou, Zhou Changfeng immediately left for Beijing. Seeing his eagerness, Xie Wancheng and Yao Liangchuan thought something happened to his wife.

At around six o'clock that night, the sunset had just touched the horizon, and the small plane carrying him landed slowly on the runway of Gaoqiao Airport.

He was still hesitant to write a letter to the Ministry of War first, but in the end he gave up and went straight to the princess mansion by car.

It's getting dark today, why are you in such a hurry.

Fang Shujun, who was the order of the family, received Zhou Changfeng in person and served him tea.

He asked suspiciously: "I remember that you are just about to return to China. When were you so anxious?"

The latter drank the whole glass of water Gulu Gulu, and said in a deep voice: "The matter itself is not in a hurry, the main reason is that I am more anxious personally, um... this is a major discovery."

"Oh, that's it, wait a moment, His Highness will be here soon..."

"What a major discovery." A leisurely female voice floated over from the side.

Fang Shujun and Zhou Changfeng stood up subconsciously at the same time, and turned to the direction of the source of the sound.

Zhu Lingjing, who was dressed in a light blue gold-woven satin robe, came slowly, her eyes flicked a few times on Zhou Changfeng, and then she sat down on a chair beside her.

Although I have already thought about the wording and simulated it in my mind many times before, but at this time, I still feel a little incoherent.

Zhou Changfeng pointed to the opened volume of "Nature" on the desk and said: "Your Highness, this issue published an article about nuclear fission. Heavy nuclei can be split!"

I don't speak English very well, so I can't understand even if you point it at me.

Feeling a bit puzzled, Zhu Lingjing glanced at the periodical and asked calmly, "And then? What did you think of?"

Zhou Changfeng, whose eyes were full of excitement, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "They found that the uranium nucleus splits under the impact of neutrons, and at the same time releases new neutrons. During this period, there will be a significant loss of mass, and this reaction will continue one after another. go down."

Can't you explain clearly when you speak!
Zhu Lingjing was silent, thinking about what he just said, and then focused on the words "quality loss".

She took a sip from her teacup, raised her eyes and said, "Are you thinking that these masses will be converted into energy according to the mass-energy equation?"

　1. I was thinking about whether to change the follow-up plot yesterday. I was a little entangled, and then I thought about painting the military flag for a while, but there was no result.The national flag is probably like this, choose one of the three.

　　2. Push the book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)