In April, the sky is high and the clouds are light. The Chengbei Reservoir, which is only a hundred meters away from the city wall, is filled with blue waves. On the west side of the reservoir, there are large areas of golden bean fields. In addition to hiring a small number of local farmers, most of the 6,000 acres of farmland directly under the Ministry of Agriculture are responsible for the farming of the 6,000 acres of farmland directly under the Ministry of Agriculture. In addition to hiring a small number of local farmers, most of the labor dispatch workers from South Africa are responsible for the farming.

"These labor dispatch workers from South Africa work hard and have a very good work attitude, at least much better than those of the Chalua or Guarani." Peng Zhicheng, a member of the Central Executive Committee, the Chief of Staff of the National Armed Forces, and the Minister of the Army, wore a black tweed coat and a large army cap, walked on the ridge of the field in the countryside. Along with him was the new commander of the 103rd Company of the Army. Behind the two, six soldiers of the Army guards with live ammunition were vigilantly scanning the surroundings, but they were not too close to them, so as not to hear anything they should not hear.

Peng Zhicheng is in his early forties this year. It is said that he will step down as Chief of Staff and Central Executive Committee of the Military Department after working for another two or three years. However, Long Xu dared not underestimate this senior figure in the military who created the army and held all power for ten years. He followed Peng Zhicheng without any trace and immediately interfered with Peng Zhicheng's sigh: "What Mr. Peng said is that the quality of these South Africans is indeed good. When the farmland was in our hands, the yield per mu was only fifty or sixty kilograms, but now it is in their hands. The yield per mu has not decreased but increased. Last year, it even created a historical high of 68.5 kilograms. Although this is due to the factors of fertilization and selection of good varieties, the diligence of these workers has also been unanimously praised by colleagues from the Ministry of Agriculture."

"So, this is the root of all the problems." Peng Zhicheng said inexplicably, then stood by the beautiful reservoir. Looking at the slightly wavy water surface, he said slowly: "The country's desire for slaves is getting deeper and deeper, and its desire for various resources is getting deeper and deeper, and its desire for industrial products is getting deeper and deeper. This is like an addict. His addiction is getting bigger and bigger and harder to extricate himself, but he has no money in his pocket to buy things to relieve his addiction. And

Fortunately, this addict is quite powerful, so we can only rely on violence to seize the opportunity. Now our country is like this. We conquer uncivilized tribes by force to plunder slaves, rob raw materials, nourish domestic industrial development, and then dump the products produced into all dumped markets. The huge profits obtained will either be invested again in domestic industrial construction or purchase the means of production needed for industrial development. This also includes the population, which is like this cycle."

Long Xu didn't say anything. This is not only him, but all the travelers are very clear about it. If everyone was still struggling for survival in the past few years, then since the end of the war with the British East India Company, the country has clearly embarked on a path of parallel industrial development and colonial expansion. These two paths are currently complementary. Given the domestic barren natural resources and relatively narrow consumer market, the East Coast Republic of China, which has obviously overcapacity in production, will inevitably find raw material production places and commodity dumping markets for its own huge industrial production capacity compared to Europe.

This is the impulse of the entire industrial system, the embodiment of the will of the entire country, not transferred by personal will. When the market for finding raw materials and the dumping of goods is blocked, the entire system will rebound strongly and even resort to force. Moreover, with the strong external pressure in the past few years, domestic militarism thought prevailed, soldiers had a high status and seized a large number of grassroots power. In particular, the propaganda system, which was heavily infiltrated by military forces, vigorously advocated the superiority of the East Coast cultural system, advocated the spirit of "loyalty, courage, sacrifice" to contribute to the country, advocated the richness of the barbarian land and the rich benefits that would be obtained by launching an aggressive war. This made the entire country gradually begin to transform into a war machine. If it weren't for the civil service system's slight checks and balances, perhaps the entire country had completely embarked on the militarist line of expanding military preparations and supporting wars with war.

"Fortunately, the earth is still very vast and there are many blank colonies. We don't have to compete with old European countries for the 'land under the sun' like Germany and Japan in the past." Peng Zhicheng suddenly smiled again, turned around and patted Long Xu's shoulder behind him, and said, "In the future, if the country wants to develop, it is necessary to break the bottlenecks upward and expand its living space, it is necessary to launch wars to the outside world. But what I want to tell you today is that we are not afraid of starting a war, but we must not be able to be militant. As senior officers, we must be clear about our minds, what is the purpose of starting a war? What can we gain? What consequences may the war bring? These must be considered clearly. We must not just start a war with one stubbornness like those old Japanese soldiers who are full of horse manure!"

"I understand." Long Xu nodded. Although the military headquarters has been trying to transform this country into a war machine, this does not mean that the military headquarters are all a group of militant madmen. In fact, this still involves a dispute over the line at the national development level, that is, civil servants hope that the country will develop moderately and steadily. In this process, try not to compete with European powers for interests, and if possible, they will give in, and strive for a peaceful rise.

However, the staff officers of the military headquarters felt that in the initial stage of the country, in order to unite people's hearts and mobilize the country's limited resources, they need to seek development through militarism. That is, internal surveillance, suppress hostile elements and opposition, highly integrate a loose immigrant from various countries, enhance the status of soldiers, promote the theory of superiority of the East Coast, and then obtain the resources, land and population needed for national development by launching a war of aggression. These two routes cannot be said to be right or wrong, and Long Xu himself is inclined to the latter. After all, he was just a high school student before traveling through time, and he was only 27 years old this year, and he was a very confident and willing to show his strength.

"This time, South Africa is a typical thing." Peng Zhicheng turned around and sat on the grass on the river bank. He watched a large otter floating on the river surface in the distance, and then said: "The country is extremely eager for slaves, and the expansion of the personal ambitions of the local chief, the two factors combined have the urge to start a war outside. Moreover, this is not the first time they have done this. The previous several major sweeps have been put to the same nature. However, the enemies they encountered this time are relatively strong, at least they seem strong. They felt that they lacked their strength naturally began to ask for more troops from the local area."

"Although South Africa's incident is a bit of a single thing, the local top military and political chiefs dragged the country into a war that was about to break out as soon as they met. However, after warning Mo Ming a few words, I agreed to his request, because this war is also a rare opportunity for our army. After several years of peace, the civil servants are becoming more and more powerful now, and the army also needs a little record of being able to show off to make a sense of existence." Peng Zhicheng leaned his body against an oak tree on the shore of the reservoir and said to Long Xu with a smile: "Don't think too much. At present, there are eight companies in China, and every company commander stationed outside the garrison, I will say this to him. Before you, I also talked to Xu Gang of the 101st Company. My purpose is to keep your brain clear. What I want is soldiers who are good at fighting and have strategic vision, rather than the kind of "red deer" who only knows how to fight. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Long Xu stood at attention and said firmly.

"Okay, don't be so formal." Peng Zhicheng smiled, then took out a pair of fishing rods, and said to Long Xu while loading bait: "The 103rd Company's military recruitment site is Meihe Township. They are all from coal mines, they are tough and persistent, and they are indomitable. I hope you can play your own style this time. Okay, go back, and come back to fish with me, an old man after you win the battle. Now, it's time to return to your job."

Long Xu greeted him and left quickly.

At this time, at Zhenhaigang Pier, some soldiers from the 103rd Army Company who reported to the meeting in advance were already lined up to collect their supplies: rifles, sabers, ammunition, yellow khaki uniforms, canvas armed belts, cowhide ammunition bags, cowhide military boots, large caps, cowhide water bags, wooden lunch boxes, simple hemostatic bags, dry food bags, canned food and even toilet paper.

This move to increase troops to South Africa is actually a good opportunity to evaluate domestic mobilization capabilities, organizational capabilities, delivery capabilities and industrial production capacity. The Planning and Production Management Committee entered its role as soon as it was established. They mobilized some domestic units involved in the production, transportation and warehousing of military supplies, allowing them to enter the state of combat readiness. Later, they found that the effect was not bad. These enterprises produced a large amount of materials needed on the front line in just a few days, and then in the committee's system.

With the coordination, the Inland Transportation Company also transported the materials to the combat preparation material warehouse on time at Zhenhaigang Wharf. The management personnel of the combat preparation material warehouse also registered the materials in a classified manner as soon as possible, and then distributed them to the soldiers one by one according to regulations. The whole process was busy but not messy, and more than a dozen units involved carried out a perfect action, showing the relatively superb coordination, organization and coordination capabilities of the East Coast people today, and accumulated valuable experience for larger-scale national mobilization in the future.

At the same time, the State Administration of Intelligence also took the opportunity to test domestic public opinion and public sentiment. The test results showed that the public opinion had a high voice for "false punishment of thugs" under the repeated bombings and brainwashing of the propaganda team and Pravda, and was full of confidence in winning the war. In short, the public had a wide range of support for launching this war of aggression. This is another valuable experience for the propaganda system, that is, they have accumulated some accumulation of the topic of how to guide domestic public opinion during the war stage to better provide public support for the expansion of foreign aggression.
Chapter completed!