Chapter 1431 Northern Scenery

After the last talk in the pavilion, another week has passed.

After that, Du Fei had already seen some clues.

The three people who came that day, in addition to Sister Li and Lin Yuqing, specially called Li Chunpeng, who was not familiar with Du Fei and even met for the first time, which actually explained some problems.

In addition to representing himself, Du Fei also represented Zhu's attitude to a certain extent.

Although Zhu's qualifications and rank are not high, his achievements in economic construction have made him a force that cannot be ignored.

More importantly, Zhu's age and position have made him out of the game to a certain extent.

As for the subsequent impact, it is not yet clear.

During this period, the outside world was even more turbulent.

The first was Afhan.

After Sulian suddenly took action and destroyed the Barrie Dynasty in an unexpected way, America, in line with the principle of not returning the favor, immediately returned the favor to Afhan and spent a lot of dollars to support the liberals.

At the same time, she secretly colluded with the tribal warlords in the north and suddenly launched a positive change.

Perhaps deliberately showing off her strength to the outside world, America almost copied the methods used by the Speed ​​Union in Persia in Afhan in a short period of time.

Kabul changed color instantly.

This round allowed the whole world to see the terrifying power of these two behemoths.

Du Fei was shocked when he learned about this.

Originally, he thought that the Speed ​​Union's sudden move and the early detonation of Persia's Ge Ming would lead the situation in a different direction.

But history itself seems to have great inertia. Despite many deviations in time and circumstances, Afhan still had problems.

Next, it depends on the decision of Moscow's comrade Polezhne.

Speaking of which, Moscow still has the upper hand this time.

Although the total score seems to be one to one, Afhan is no match for Persia.

In this wave of exchange, America suffered a big loss. In order to cope with the loss of Persia, it had to increase its investment in Babylon.

But then again, the Speed ​​Union only took advantage on paper, and it was even more stretched in practice.

From the big picture, America immediately sought compensation from Babylon after losing Persia.

But the S-United Union was embarrassed after losing Afhan.

To the southeast of Afhan is Pakistan, which has a close relationship with America, and to the west is Persia.

Although the S-United Union supported the Persian revolution before, Persia is a sectarian revolution, not a class revolution.

As a result, although Persia broke away from America, it did not join the S-United Union camp.

To the north is the S-United Union itself.

In addition, there is only a 400-kilometer-long and 15-kilometer-wide "Wakhan Corridor" connecting it to Huaguo in the east.

This is why in the world before Du Fei crossed over, after Kabul had problems, Moscow chose to go down in person.

It's not a matter of bellicosity or arrogance, but they have no other cards to play except the "king bomb".

If you look at it from this perspective, this wave of one-for-one exchange is actually the S-United Union forcing itself into a corner.

But these are all pushed forward from the ending.

From the perspective of Moscow's decision-makers, if Afhan is successfully taken this time, the next step is to use the people in Pakistan and Persia to easily open up the outlet to the Indus Ocean.

And this is exactly the long-cherished wish of the Eastern Slavs, which has lasted for hundreds of years since the Tsarist era.

Faced with such temptation, how could Comrade Polezhne remain indifferent.

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In addition, another hot spot is still the battlefield of Zhenla.

Just a few days after the incident in Kabul, an unprecedented stranglehold broke out on the southern front of Zhenla.

Since the change of generals in the Vietnamese army, this is the largest attack launched by Huang Wen.

After gaining air superiority on the battlefield with the MiG-25, Du Fei transferred the Kuching because of the conflict with Austria.

The coalition forces lost their firepower advantage near the coast, which gave the Vietnamese army the opportunity to use the roads near the coast to gather superior forces.

There was no sneak attack or strategy in this battle, it was just a straightforward hard push and hard fight.

Huang Wen did not hide anything, and Lin Tiansheng also responded with regular troops. Both sides concentrated more than 200,000 troops and thousands of cannons of various calibers on the battle line less than 50 kilometers in the south of Zhenla, and launched a desperate struggle.

In just three days, large-scale casualties were caused.

The fierce battle lasted for a week, and the Vietnamese army suffered 40,000 casualties, while the coalition forces lost nearly 50,000 people.

This was not because Lin Tiansheng was defeated, but because the combat effectiveness of the troops summoned from various parts of Siam was poor, and it often took twice the number of people to withstand the attack of the Vietnamese army.

Among the casualties of the coalition forces, 35,000 were Siamese troops, and the remaining 13,000 were Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng's direct line.

Among them, Du Fei's side had about 4,000 casualties, and Lin Tiansheng's side had 9,000, of which 3,000 were killed in action. The remaining 5,000 people who were slightly injured and could recover will be recuperated in Siam. The remaining more than 4,000 people, who were more seriously injured, were transported back to Kuching by plane. After recuperation, they will be arranged to become police officers or work in the logistics department of the army.

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After the fierce battle broke out, Du Fei arrived in Kuching as soon as possible.

Everyone knew that after this war, no matter whether they won or lost, there would be a lot of things to do, and there must be someone who could make the final decision.

After learning the result, Du Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Tiansheng did not disappoint. Without gunboats and bombers in the air and without the support of naval guns at sea, he fought a ground battle in an upright manner. Facing Huang Wen and the enemy's superior forces, he still performed quite steadily.

Lin Tiansheng's performance this time, commanding a large battle of more than 100,000 people, was generally at a disadvantage. Lin Tiansheng's lower limit was quite high. Although there was no eye-catching stroke of genius, it was enough to prove that his military talent had reached a very high level.

On the other hand, although the Vietnamese army suffered less losses than the coalition forces on paper, they felt more uncomfortable.

First of all, the goal of launching the campaign was not achieved.

Originally, Huang Wen thought that after losing the air and sea advantages, he could take the opportunity to defeat Lin Tiansheng and drive the so-called Nanyang Weihe troops out of Zhenla completely.

At that time, their previously scheduled plan to completely recover the former French colony would become a reality.

As a result, after a big battle, they were still tug-of-war on the original dividing line. The offensive and defensive battles were lively, but at the last glance, they were still in the same place.

The other thing was the plan to sow discord.

Before Huang Wen replaced Nguyen Xiongqi, he soon discovered that the Borneo troops in the coalition were obviously more elite, and the Siamese people were mixed in comparison.

This gave him an idea. This time, the Siamese attacked the special position, which was also the reason why Siam suffered such heavy casualties.

He hoped that through this move, Siam’s fighting determination would be defeated, and thus he would be alienated from Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng.

Once Siam, which sent the second largest number of troops, gave up, the so-called Nanyang Weihe Force would not be far from failure.

But he misjudged the situation inside Siam, which was far more complicated than he expected.

Such heavy casualties were exactly what Gu Dan liked to see.

The more people died at this time, the more people who were in his faction but secretly established their own mountaintops could be consumed.

But in this matter, those people dared to be angry but not to speak. At this time, daring to confront Gu Dan was to oppose the Nanyang Weihe Force.

That was a ready-made army of more than 100,000!

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At Kuching Airport, a huge Yun-9 transport plane slowly landed on the airport runway like a roc spreading its wings.

There were two more Yun-9 large transport planes behind it, a total of three, all of which were borrowed by Du Fei from China, and were specifically responsible for transporting the ashes of the soldiers who died on the front line.

On the ground, people from all walks of life who had been waiting for a long time, as well as journalists, were watching the giant plane land.

Many people saw the Y-9 for the first time and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Today, the entire Kuching, including the top leaders of Pontianak, were present.

The ceremony was extremely grand. Through radio and television broadcasts, including Huaguo, the signal could be received.

A huge platform was built next to the airport. As the nominal queen of Kuching, Zhu Li stood on the stage in a gorgeous dress.

As the prime minister, Chen Fangshi stood below the stage waiting for the plane to land. He would be the first to board the plane and carry the coffin...

In short, these soldiers who died on the battlefield will receive the utmost honor after returning.

In the end, the ashes will be buried in the cemetery next to the Guandi Temple.

In addition, the death pension is 5,000 yuan per person, which is about 2,000 US dollars in US dollars. The underage children will be raised by the government until they reach adulthood, and three generations will be exempted from personal taxes...

As the ceremony progressed, various pension policies were announced, and the broadcast and newspapers shook the entire Nanyang.

Apart from other things, the death and disability pensions alone amounted to more than 20 million US dollars.

This amount of money is certainly nothing in America, but in Southeast Asia, including Huaguo, it is definitely a huge sum of money.

It requires a state-owned worker to work for 15 years without eating or drinking.

Du Fei wanted this effect.

As the old saying goes, there must be brave men under a big reward, and it is definitely not okay to spend money reluctantly when fighting outside.

Moreover, the nature of this war is different from those previous wars.

Originally, if you don't fight hard, you will perish, but this time it is different.

After several hours of ceremony, everyone except Du Fei was exhausted.

Du Fei also breathed a sigh of relief.

After the ceremony, the second batch of soldiers to replenish the battlefield in Zhenla was about to set off.

This operation instantly raised morale.

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After this battle, as 1975 was about to end, neither side provoked a war again.

After more than a year, Hanoi has seen clearly that unless a large-scale increase in troops is made, it is impossible to make substantial progress on the battlefield.

But if they increase their troops, won't the other side also increase their troops?

So far, they have deployed more than 200,000 people in the battlefield of Zhenla.

Although after forcing America away, Vietnam claimed to have a million soldiers.

But when it comes to a non-war state, they simply cannot afford to support so many troops with their national strength alone.

As for the Sulian, it continued to provide assistance after America withdrew, but the intensity of assistance and the total amount of materials were rapidly reduced.

Especially after the incident of Afhan, the scale of assistance to Vietnam decreased rapidly.

Hanoi sent people to Moscow for negotiations many times but achieved little results.

In this case, Vietnam must reduce the size of its troops.

In the end, except for the troops left in the north, there are really not many elite troops that can be used to continue to be deployed in the battlefield of Zhenla.

Unless they are desperate and want to fight to the death.

But originally facing America, they had to show the determination to die if they failed. Now that they have won, it is not an exaggeration to say that mercenaries in Zhenla are icing on the cake, but it is not an exaggeration to say that they are militaristic.

Many soldiers at the grassroots level, including officers, have fought for decades, and even after finally winning, they have to continue fighting.

If it was a favorable battle, it would be fine, but now it has become like this, with 70,000 to 80,000 casualties from the beginning to now, it is inevitable that they will become war-weary.

The same situation actually happened to Du Fei.

That is why, after the battle, Du Fei held a high-profile ceremony, gave enough honors, and spent a lot of money to boost morale.

However, this made Hanoi realize some realities.

Since Moscow began to reduce its support for them, their attitude towards Huaguo began to soften.

Although reluctant, Hanoi's top leaders had to admit that because they had fought a stalemate with Lin Tiansheng in Zhenla, they lost their strategic control over Huaguo.

This caused their value in Moscow to shrink.

The direct result of this situation was that at the end of the year, Wu Ting secretly went to Beijing as a representative.

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In Beijing, the north wind in December blew on my face like a knife.

The Xianbeilian cold wave came in the middle of the night yesterday, and Beijing was covered with snow overnight.

In the new campus of the Fire Technology University, Du Fei and Wu Ting stood in the pavilion they had been in before.

After more than two months, the pavilion was painted red.

The accompanying security personnel were more than ten meters away from the pavilion. The whistling wind made the voices of Du Fei and Wu Ting less than five meters away.

Wu Ting looked at the school covered with snow and not yet fully completed, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

He did his homework before coming here and knew that this was Du Fei's new university, which was larger than the famous Yan University and Shuimu. In the future, it is expected to enroll 10,000 students each year, and the number of students on campus will be more than 40,000.

Although it was not the first time to come to Huaguo, this time he took the train all the way to Beijing, which made Wu Ting feel the hugeness of Huaguo again.

Especially the cities along the line, the rapid economic growth for several consecutive years has made Huaguo more vibrant.

Starting this year, seeing the output of Nanyang, the country began to promote new hybrid rice on a large scale, and the grain output after the autumn harvest has reached a new level.

Counting the rice supply from Nanyang, the domestic grain structure has changed, from mainly coarse grains to mainly rice.

According to this year's grain harvest, plus the filling of the reserve grain warehouse in the past few years, it is enough for 80% of the country to eat rice.

However, people used to being poor, and it is not easy to change their habits. Many people are still reluctant to eat fine grains, but instead exchange them for coarse grains to store.

Only time can slowly change, and it is estimated that after three or four years, they should get used to it.

"The scenery of the north, the ice wind of thousands of miles..." Wu Ting looked at the snow scene and recited it with emotion. Although he had some accents, he was quite serious and recited it in one breath.

Du Fei listened patiently and clapped softly at the end.

"I'm sorry for showing off my skills in front of an expert!" Wu Ting smiled, then shook his head slowly, sighed and said, "In fact, we shouldn't have done it like this."