It is Kokang and Changchun

　"3500 million tons," the diplomat said, suppressing his ecstasy. (Note: China's grain output in 2021 was 6.8 million tons, while Russia's grain output in the same year was 1.214 million tons.)

　Aurora was very surprised. She originally thought that China was very kind and generous in selling 2000 million tons, but it turned out that China sold so much with a wave of its hand.

　The dawn of Aurora's smile was reflected on her slightly childish face.

　But as we all know, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and China won't do business at a loss. Aurora asked, "Does China have any demands?"

　"Yes, they said they want to borrow all our submarine girls temporarily."

　Aurora raised her eyebrows and said, "What do they want us submarine girls for?"

　Diplomat: "According to China, their fleet lacks submarine ships and therefore has no experience in submarine operations. They want to use this opportunity to gain some experience in submarine operations."

　"When will it be returned?"

　"The Chinese side said they would borrow it for half a year."

　"Is that so..." Aurora thought for a long time, and then she said, "Okay, let's do this."

　As a result, K-21 and S-56 in Vladivostok received notice to go to China at the same time.

　"Comrade K-21, Comrade S-56, for the sake of the Soviet people's stomachs and Sino-Soviet friendship, you must go to China.

　Don't worry about being alone in a foreign country, as you have your old acquaintances there; Comrade Kokang will welcome you home."

　Faced with overwhelming military orders, although K-21 and S-56 were reluctant to go to China due to their homesickness, they still accepted it.

　"Well, there are comrades from Kokang over there anyway, so it's not completely unfamiliar. It's a good opportunity to see what China is like." K-21 thought to himself.

　Upon receiving the news of the grain deal, Changchun immediately sent a message to K-21 and S-56, saying, "... Don't worry, you will never regret coming to China. As the former flagship of the Red Navy's Pacific Fleet, I guarantee you~"

　Of course, Changchun did not tell them that this was the result of Changchun's persuasion to the higher-ups - it was precisely because of Changchun's persuasion that

　China was willing to sell more food to the Soviet Union in exchange for temporarily borrowing two submarines.

　"So, Changchun... you did this because you wanted to meet your old comrade, right? This is your idea of ​​'if I can't have her, let her come'?" Anshan saw through Changchun at a glance and complained.

　"How is that possible? This is an equal exchange proposal for our army to accumulate combat experience of submarine ship girls." Changchun said seriously.

　"There is a term in philosophy called duality..." Anshan implied that Changchun had impure motives.

　"What? Even if there is a personal motive, there is nothing wrong with it. Look at our old comrades, what's wrong with inviting them to visit China?" Changchun said with a squint.

　Anshan crossed his arms and said indifferently, "Never mind, it's really not against the rules..."

　After saying this, Anshan did not pursue the matter any further.

　Chapter 208 Old acquaintance

　Guzhenkou Naval Port, Qingdao, Shandong, China

　Changchun is in ship-mounted mode, standing on the sea near the military port. Today she was ordered to come out to welcome the arrival of K-21 and S-56.

　"Logically speaking, we should have arrived by now." Changchun looked at the time, then gazed out to sea, but could not find anything within his sight.

　"Being late is not a good habit." She relied on the perception gained by the sea search radar, but also found nothing.

　Changchun, who couldn't see anyone (or the ship), turned on the communication channel and heard a barrage of calls: "K-21, S-56, where are you? Got it, please reply."

　The channel was silent except for the slight sound of electricity.

　Changchun showed a slightly dissatisfied look and said, "Tsk... What the hell are these two submarines doing? I'm going to teach them a lesson when they get here. They have such a poor sense of time."

　While waiting in Changchun, I suddenly remembered the scene in August when Qingdao opened its autumn sea, with schools of fish competing for the current and fishermen and fishing enthusiasts returning home with full loads.

　"From the size of the fish school last time, it can be seen that Qingdao's marine ecological environment has really improved a lot." Changchun expressed praise for the intensity and effectiveness of domestic ecological and environmental protection.

　"Two months have passed. I wonder how many fish are still there?" Changchun was curious and turned on the sonar to see the size and direction of the nearby fish schools.

　As soon as the sonar was turned on, Changchun discovered the clues.

　She sensed the information coming back from the sonar and smiled wickedly, as if she had suddenly realized something: "Good boy, it's so far away in the sky, yet so close at hand!"

　Changchun's sonar told her that there were two "big fish" not deep under the sea where she was standing.

　At this moment, a grenade-sized depth charge appeared in Changchun's right hand, and he held the fuse of the depth charge in his left hand, as if he was ready to throw a mine into the water.

　"K-21, S-56, are you playing hide-and-seek with me? Have you two played too many ship-to-ship missiles and thought I really have no anti-submarine capability? (Ship-to-ship missiles cannot carry anti-submarine weapons) Come out quickly, or I'll drop depth charges!" Changchun posed deliberately to scare the submarine hidden in the water.

　As a string of bubbles emerged from the sea, K-21 slowly surfaced, winked at Changchun, and said:

　"If Comrade Kokang had anti-submarine capabilities, why didn't you notice us diving right under your feet?"

　"That's because I didn't turn on the sonar just now." Changchun directly admitted his negligence without any concealment.

　Then, Changchun fished out the S-56 from the water in the same way.

　"Comrade flagship, hello..." Facing Changchun, who had an expression like a class teacher standing by the window catching a student truant, S-56 was surprisingly calm.

　"I'm glad you still remember me, your old boss." Changchun raised his eyes, smiled again, and said:

　"Comrades K-21 and S-56, what do you think I should do to you for what you did today? You made me wait so long in vain. Also, Добро пожаловать в Китай! (Welcome to China)"

　K-21 and S-56 looked at their old boss's smile, which contained endless meaning, and apologized in unison. "I'm sorry, Comrade Flagship, we were wrong!"

　Changchun sighed softly and said, "Alright, I'll discuss your punishment after you get back. Also, please correct the way you address me. I'm no longer the flagship of the Red Navy's Pacific Fleet, so there's no need to call me 'Comrade Flagship' all the time."

　Second, you can call me Kokang or Changchun in private, but in the Chinese military camp, you can only call me by my current name - Changchun. Do you understand?"

　"Yes! Comrade Kokang!" x2

　After Changchun sent information about receiving the target to Guzhenkou Military Port, he took the two people back to Guzhenkou Military Port.

　On the way, K-21 asked, "Hey, Comrade Changchun, you said you're not the flagship anymore. Then who is?"

　"Are you asking about the Kanmusu's flagship?"

　"right"

　"It's Comrade Chongqing," Changchun said. "After all, she has the largest tonnage and currently has the strongest combat power."

　"Chongqing? She is..." K-21 had some impression, but just couldn't remember what kind of ship the Chongqing that Changchun mentioned was.

　Changchun replied, "The fourth ship of the former British Royal Navy's Linxian class, the Aurora light cruiser."

　After Changchun's reminder, K-21 finally remembered. "Oh, I see. It's the British cruiser that China wanted to salvage and repair, but couldn't due to national strength."

　Changchun: "Yes, that's her."

　"Isn't it a bit..." In K-21's perception, the Chinese Communist Party is rather nationalistic, especially since the 1980s and 1990s.

　Therefore, K-21 believes that letting Chongqing serve as the flagship is somewhat inconsistent with the CCP's style.

　Changchun clarified, "What are you talking about? Chongqing is a comrade, a communist fighter like us. Furthermore, she is not only the most powerful of all the Chinese shipgirls, but also the one with the most combat experience."

　With such strength and experience, who else can be the flagship if not Comrade Chongqing?"

　If Chongqing had not asked other comrades to keep it secret, Changchun would have wanted to tell about Chongqing's major achievement of turning the tide on the issue of "the British government canonizing the British ship girl" and ultimately preventing the British government from succeeding in its plan.

　S-56 interjected, "Comrade Kokang, what do you think of Chongqing's performance in this flagship position?"

　Changchun: "So far, we are doing quite well. Comrades from Chongqing have brought us a lot of British naval combat, command and management experience, and combined it with the actual situation of the Chinese Navy.

　She also attaches great importance to the construction of naval culture at the social level, and wants to popularize and generalize naval culture.

　Comrade Chongqing has always believed that if the performance quality of naval ships and the quality of personnel are the navy's hard power, then naval culture is the soft power of a country's navy.

　Looking at the world's old naval powers, none of them is weak in naval culture.

　Therefore, she feels that China still has a considerable gap with Britain and the United States in terms of naval culture, and there is still a long way to go in terms of development.

　S-56 agreed with Changchun's statement and then asked, "Comrade Chongqing is excellent, but according to the principle of contradiction, she must also have shortcomings, right?"

　"I have to say something wrong. I wonder if the fact that I have extremely high requirements for the authenticity of my mother tongue counts as a flaw?" Changchun pinched his chin, thinking about some of Chongqing's usual puzzling words and deeds.

　"What do you mean? Tell me about it." K-21 became interested.

　"We often tease Chongqing comrade privately, saying that her mother tongue is a Cockney... oh no, a St. George's Bannerman; she is proud of her English accent and ashamed of her American accent.

　In an English exam, if you dare to use American spelling and American grammar, and your paper is graded in Chongqing, you will only get a big red cross.

　But what's strange is that for someone who pursues purity so much, she doesn't care about Chinglish (Chinese English). Even if you write an entire essay in Chinglish, it still counts in Chongqing."

　"So...what if the essay is written using American vocabulary and grammar?" S-56 asked.

　"American style, if it appears too often, she will probably circle your composition - zero points." Changchun spread his hands, expressing helplessness.

　After hearing this, S-56 and K-21 were also confused by Chongqing's behavior.

　After a brief silence, K-21 asked, "What about other languages? What about other local styles of English?"

　Changchun recalled everything she had seen and everything about Chongqing, saying, "At least for now, the only thing Chongqing dislikes is American English; everything else doesn't matter. A Chongqing woman once spoke to Belfast on the phone, and she had absolutely no negative feelings towards Belfast's Northern Irish accent."

　"Also..." Changchun continued, "Comrade Chongqing is actually a very nice person. Her attitude towards her mother tongue is a little strange. She's not only responsible, but also gentle...except for Zhaohe, who was fanning the flames."

　Changchun's last words caught the attention of the two submarines. K-21 asked, "What happened with Zhao He in the end?"

　Changchun then briefly introduced Zhao He's background, personality traits, and ideological tendencies, and then continued: "Zhao He mainly likes Ruying.

　As for the British, Chongqing has no objection to her wanting to support the British bourgeois government, and even fully supports it. But she insists on using bourgeois perspectives such as national narratives to criticize all Anglo-Saxons.

　It's like, for us, it's fine if you curse the Tsarist government, but if you say we are Slavic barbarians or White Mongols (a derogatory term for Russians used by some European countries, satirizing that Russians are as cruel and bloodthirsty as the Mongol Empire)... haha.

　At first, Chongqing tried to reason with Zhao He, but when they realized it was no use, they just beat him up and then reasoned with him.

　Then, it turned out that beating Zhao He really had a significant effect. At least Zhao He has been educated in Chongqing by the principle of "military first, courtesy later", and has become much more honest, and his national chauvinistic tendencies have also decreased a bit."

　Before they knew it, the three of them had arrived at the Guzhenkou Naval Port. After a simple welcoming ceremony, Changchun took K-21 and S-36 to meet the other shipgirls. They were then taken on a tour of the port area to familiarize themselves with the surroundings.

　"You should get familiar with the other ship girls. Comrade Chongqing and Sister Anshan will go to Beijing to attend the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in two days. If you have any questions during that time, just come to me." Changchun instructed the two submarines.

　"Why didn't you go to Changchun? I think you have the ability to do so." S-56 asked.

　Changchun certainly has the potential, but its aura is still inferior to the more serious Anshan. Furthermore, while Changchun is an excellent Communist Party member, she is a bit too postmodern in some aspects.

　Chapter 209: Stabilizing Internal Affairs and Liberating the White Areas (4)

　Carloads of agricultural products are transported to Russia along the Trans-Siberian Railway by the China-Europe Express, effectively controlling the prices of agricultural products in Russia.

　According to preliminary calculations by the Soviet Ministry of Agriculture, if all bulk agricultural products from China and Belarus are delivered as scheduled, the prices of bulk agricultural products in Russia can basically stabilize at the pre-war level.

　Of course, in order to stabilize commodity prices, in addition to dealing with the supply side, merchants between the supply side and the demand side must also be strictly managed.

　In less than a month, the Soviet government has cracked down on numerous illegal businesses across the country that have been driving up the prices of bulk agricultural products in an attempt to profit from the national crisis, from influential local wholesalers to small supermarket retailers.

　These social phenomena were compiled and sorted by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia, which was preparing to publish relevant critical editorials to prepare public opinion for the reform of the unified purchase and sale of major agricultural products such as grain, cotton, and oil.

　The Soviet Union and the Russian Federation had been fighting for the Trans-Siberian Railway since the beginning of the war. Due to its inferior military strength, the Soviet Union had been on the defensive. Not only was the battle line yellow (difficult to distinguish), but sometimes it was even red (at a disadvantage).

　If it weren't for the Soviet Union's air superiority and ground support, that section of the Trans-Siberian Railway would have been captured by the White Army long ago.

　In order to reverse the situation of the war, ensure the safety of the Trans-Siberian Railway and surrounding areas as soon as possible, and better ensure the safety of agricultural product transportation, the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Russian Communist Party decided to fully mobilize the power of the ship girls to participate in the battle.

　All Soviet ship girls (except the two submarines borrowed by China), including Aurora, who are at the core of the party and state power, also went to the battlefield.

　"After so many years, the feeling of being a soldier again is still a bit novel." Aurora sighed as she put on the Russian camouflage training uniform.

　However, some members of the Russian Communist Party strongly advised Aurora not to go to the battlefield.

　"Comrade Aurora, you are now the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. If anything happens to you while you are at the front, it will be a big disaster..." Zyuganov advised Aurora earnestly.

　[Additional information: After the establishment of the Soviet Union, Putin took his CPSU membership card which he had kept for many years and, after a high vote of approval at the relevant enlarged meeting of the CPSU, Putin left the United Russia Party and joined the CPSU.

　According to the decision of the new party congress, Zyuganov will continue to serve as chairman of the Communist Party of Russia, and Putin will serve as chairman of the newly established Revolutionary Military Committee of the Communist Party of Russia.

　Aurora was appointed as the Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union upon the recommendation of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party and the approval of a majority vote of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

　At this point, Aurora became the first ship girl in the world to become the head of state; but she was definitely not the last.

　After Aurora became the Chairman of the Soviet Union, the comment section of the character Aurora on the ship B was harmonized the next day.

　Later, Aurora learned about this situation from some gamer fans and asked Manju on Twitter. President Lin said that this was to prevent people from slandering leaders of friendly countries in the comment section and to moderate the comments.

　Aurora thought this was completely an exaggeration and said, "Who is there to judge? Merits and faults will be blown away by the wind. I don't care myself, so why should you care?"

　"Well, it's politically sensitive, please understand." President Lin explained.

　Aurora asked, "What's sensitive? Could it be that the Chinese authorities asked you to close the comments section?"

　President Lin said: "No, it's just... emmm." President Lin didn't know how to explain this unique national situation to Aurora.

　"If that's not the case, what are you afraid of?" Aurora was puzzled and insisted on reopening the comment section.

　President Lin finally consulted the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Culture said that as long as the relevant ship girls are not objectionable, they can open the comment area, otherwise all comments on "ship girls who have become leaders of a country or have sensitive historical reasons" will be closed.