The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Le Pen and her daughter are taking advantage of this opportunity to make a good profit.

Both father and daughter are members of the French far-right party!

Le Pen is the current leader of the French far-right party National Front. She has participated in the French presidential election several times. Every time she participates, her vote rate continues to rise. In the 2007 French presidential election, Le Pen lost only slightly.

Marina Le Pen, this is Le Pen's daughter. She joined the French National Front at the age of 18. Now she has served as her father's right-hand man for more than ten years. She is the second-in-command of the French far-right party National Front. Many people are optimistic that she will take over the banner of the head of the National Front from her father.

After all, Le Pen is not young anymore. Born in 1928, Le Pen is 81 years old and will be 82 in a few days!

The current ruling party's policies have caused dissatisfaction among many people in France. There is no doubt that this is an opportunity for any opposition party to grow rapidly. Whoever can seize the opportunity will have the chance to win the next presidential election and change the political situation in France.

Even the ambitious people in France understand that the current policy is beneficial to France as a whole.

But the voting system is like this. If you are not in charge of politics, you will not seek your position. All politicians want to gain political capital and accumulate strength to win the next election.

Now the National Front is the second largest political party in France.

A speech attracted cheers from countless French people at the scene.

During the break, Le Pen couldn't help showing a tired look. At the age of 81, his physical function inevitably declined, and he felt that his health was getting worse year by year.

After losing the election in 2007, Le Pen actually didn't think about participating in the next election, but paved the way for his daughter.

And his daughter is very outstanding, and now she has firmly sat in the second position of the National Front.

According to their plan, Marine Le Pen will participate in the 2012 election to pursue the throne of the French president.

Now, anything that can gain the support of voters must not be let go.

"Father, the Japanese extreme right-wing Yishuihui wants to invite you to Japan, what do you think?" Marina asked in a low voice after taking a sip of water.

Le Pen waved her hand and said, "Reject, we can't afford to offend the Chinese!"

Although it was just a formality and there was a generous reward to be received, Le Pen decisively refused.

Between gains and losses, it is very clear to make a judgment.

Marina nodded and said, "Okay, then I will give the other party an answer tomorrow."

Compared with the elderly Le Pen, Marina seems more ambitious and more motivated. She can clearly see that the world is undergoing obvious changes.

France is no exception!

In Marina's view, some of the original policies of the National Front are out of date and cannot win more voters. So since last year, as the second-in-command of the National Front, Marina began to change some of the political views of the National Front.

China has become so huge that it cannot be ignored, and so powerful that even Europe, thousands of miles away, cannot avoid being affected by it.

Even if this influence is not intentional by China, but the influence that is inadvertently radiated is already very terrifying.

However, Le Pen is very clear that compared with the distance of tens of thousands of miles, China is not France's enemy. The two sides actually have a lot of common interests. In their view, the biggest threat facing France comes from the United States.

Even if the Franco-German alliance dominates the European Union and is constantly competing with Britain and the United States, the influence of the United States in Europe is still very huge.

In the Internet age, the world's Internet is two strong, one of which is the United States Internet, and the other is China Internet. The world's Internet technology companies are undoubtedly from the United States or China.

As for Europe, it missed the Internet age. Practical Internet products are either from the United States or from China.

China belongs to the Eastern civilization, which has many differences in culture and other aspects from the Western civilization.

This makes the United States undoubtedly more influential in Europe! Naturally, it is also regarded as the first threat in fact.

Although the United States was forced to let Germany take full sovereignty and the Franco-German alliance was greatly strengthened, this does not mean that the United States will withdraw from Europe. Europe is the most important overseas core interest of the United States. How can the United States easily withdraw from Europe?

In recent years, the United States has used various methods to strengthen its influence in Europe and divide Europe.

For example, the whole of Europe is divided into old Europe and new Europe, which is further divided into pro-American Europe and anti-American Europe.

For example, taking advantage of the economic crisis and provoking Georgia, the trend of the Franco-German alliance evolving into the Franco-German-Russian alliance came to an abrupt end, and a huge crack appeared in the original close relationship between Europe and Russia.

Compared with the past, Europe is not more united, but more contradictory.

For example, in recent years, there are more and more sayings about the "Five Pigs of Europe", and naturally the United States and Britain are also fueling it, which is to alienate Europe, increase contradictions within Europe, and provoke confrontation within Europe.

Not only France, but also the United Kingdom is holding a special meeting.

This meeting is about the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier!

The construction of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has already started, but the UK has been unable to resolve the issue of nuclear reactor technology on the aircraft carrier.

After using the Type 002 aircraft carrier for a while, the British sadly discovered that even if the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was built, as a medium-sized nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the performance of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was not as good as the Type 002 aircraft carrier.

Except for the unlimited range of nuclear power, the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is not as good as the Type 002 aircraft carrier in other aspects.

What's more, the UK has not yet solved the technical problems of nuclear reactors on aircraft carriers.

The meeting discussed whether to build it according to the original plan or to change nuclear power to conventional power.

What makes the British even sadder is that even if conventional power is used, the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is still not as good as the Type 002 aircraft carrier in terms of power system.

This means that even if the British use all their strength to build the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, the most advanced aircraft carrier of the British is still the Type 002 aircraft carrier purchased from China.

You know, Britain was once the empire on which the sun never sets and the world hegemon!

As a result, Britain has even struggled to build a medium-sized aircraft carrier.

On the contrary, China, which was once poor and weak and almost became a colony, has built one Type 003 nuclear-powered aircraft carrier after another.

As the former world hegemon and the pioneer of aircraft carriers, the British naturally know a lot about aircraft carriers. Tonnage represents combat effectiveness, which is true for warships.

From the Type 001 and Type 002 aircraft carriers, the British have their own evaluation of the Type 003 aircraft carrier.

After all, from the Type 001 to the Type 002 aircraft carrier, we can see the same technological development. By analogy, we can naturally judge all aspects of the Type 003 aircraft carrier.

Since selling part of the family property and purchasing a large number of warships, coupled with the British constantly issuing the second Falklands War, the internal contradictions of the British have been transferred outward, and they no longer pay attention to the economy. The British also have some funds to save the economy. More than a year later, the UK has actually emerged from the economic crisis and become the first in Europe to emerge from the economic crisis.

As for why the British have not fought the Second Falklands War until now, it is naturally because the British decision-makers know that it is really thankless to spend huge military expenses on an expedition thousands of miles away.

Especially Argentina's military strength is not weak!

In the past year or so, Argentina has also purchased weapons on a large scale!

If the Second Falklands War breaks out, it will not be over in a short time.

If it lasts for a year or two, the British will definitely not be able to bear it.

The daily consumption of tens of thousands of expeditionary forces is astronomical.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

In addition, without a strategic support point, it is not easy to end the war easily.

As for the captured British troops and British people, the British government has already taken them back through other channels.

What the British are doing now is a second Falklands War in public opinion.

By now, the British have also eased from their original anger and regained their reason, and the voices of the internal war in Britain are no longer as loud as before.

It's just that the British released flares from time to time, and even conducted aircraft carrier formation exercises. This posture of not hesitating to fight made it impossible for military experts around the world to judge whether the British would fight the second Falklands War and when to start the war.

"In fact, there is another plan. We can consider asking the Chinese to help us solve the technical problems of aircraft carrier nuclear reactors. Now the Chinese are no worse than Americans in this regard!" Austin hesitated and made a suggestion.

As soon as Austin's words came out, the whole conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone couldn't help but look at Austin.

Austin, in English, means a person of noble birth, and in fact Austin is indeed of noble birth. His family is an ancient aristocratic family in the UK that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Austin lives in an ancient castle in the UK with a history of more than 300 years. Austin's life experience is a typical British aristocratic training model.

A few years ago, Austin served as the British ambassador to China. Austin was very clear about the development of China. It was precisely because of this that Austin was very clear about the strength of China.

In the matter of selling Chinese cultural relics to purchase warships and weapons and equipment, Austin was also one of the main driving forces. Therefore, Austin was transferred back to London at the beginning of the year to take a more important position.

"I am afraid that the Chinese will not export the nuclear reactor technology of aircraft carriers. This technology is absolutely top secret for any country!" The British Defense Secretary frowned slightly.

In the world, there are many technologies that cannot be bought!

Everyone knows this.

Just like aircraft carriers, modern advanced aircraft carriers, the best one that everyone can buy is the Type 001 aircraft carrier, which is a light aircraft carrier with conventional power. As for advanced medium-sized aircraft carriers, you can't buy them even if you have money.

A very important reason why the British can buy the Type 002 aircraft carrier, which is known as the most advanced medium-sized conventional-powered aircraft carrier in the world, is because the British use Chinese cultural relics to exchange.

Otherwise, if they use money, it will be difficult for the British to buy the Type 002 aircraft carrier.

And nuclear reactor technology, which is top secret for all countries, is the top priority.

At that time, Britain asked the United States to purchase the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Enterprise". At that time, the "Enterprise" was an old aircraft carrier that had been in service for decades. However, the Americans did not consider the US-UK alliance at all and rejected it without hesitation!

Nowadays, the saying of "three permanent members above and two permanent members below" is popular in the world. One very important reason is that only the United States, Russia and China have the triad nuclear strike force in the world, while France and Britain do not have it. Neither France nor Britain has strategic bombers.

In terms of military strength, France and Britain are quite different from the United States, Russia and China.

Brown thought for a while and said, "We can contact the Chinese in this regard!"

"Will this be inappropriate? After all, we are allies with the United States. If we do this, the Americans will probably be very unhappy!" The Foreign Minister frowned and reminded.

The Anglo-American alliance has been the cornerstone of Britain's foreign policy for more than 60 years, even if Britain has to play a subservient role.

After the end of World War II, Britain's strength was greatly weakened, and Britain changed its most important foreign policy, taking the Anglo-American alliance as the cornerstone of Britain's foreign policy. At that time, the United States was the most powerful country in the world, not only the most powerful industrial country in the world, but also the most powerful military country. At that time, the United States's ability to explode troops ranked first in the world, and Britain wanted to use the United States to maintain its vast colonies.

For so many years, Britain has been regarded and regarded itself as the closest ally of the United States since World War II.

Especially after the 1980s!

Brown waved his hand and said: "Don't think so much. We are a sovereign and independent country. We are an ally of the United States, but not a vassal of the United States!"

At this point, Brown's eyes flashed with anger.

The Anglo-American alliance is very important, this is an indisputable fact! But it does not mean that it is immutable.

The outside world believes that the post-war alliance between Britain and the United States is regarded as a typical case of a rising country and an established country in modern history to complete the "transfer of power" in a peaceful way, and it is a model!

But for the British, how much shame there is in this, only the British know.

It is said to be an Anglo-American alliance, but the Americans did not show any mercy when they attacked Britain. The Americans and the Soviets joined forces to dismember the British and French colonial system, causing Britain to lose its vast colonies and making Britain lose the possibility of becoming a world hegemon. It was also the cooperation between the Americans and the Soviets that caused Britain to lose control of the Suez Canal. It was also the Americans who made trouble, causing the British to lose their influence on the Strait of Malacca.

The Americans were so cruel to the British, which British would not burst into tears and feel hatred after learning about it?

Therefore, the British naturally did some things that made the Americans unhappy.

For example, the Americans tried every means to prevent the British army from withdrawing from the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the British took advantage of the Falklands conflict and withdrew their troops from the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq under the banner of the Second Falklands War despite the opposition of the Americans. (End of this chapter)