It is Kokang and Changchun

　Red Army City, Saratov Oblast, Soviet Russia

　It is less than 50 kilometers away from the border between Saratov and Volgograd Oblasts, the front line where the Red and White Armies confront each other.

　In the city's temporary command center, a sweet girl's singing voice could be faintly heard from a compartment.

　“Дремлет притихший северный город，Низкое небо над головой～ (The northern city is sleeping in a dream, the sky above is low and dark.)”

　Aurora rested at the front-line headquarters, humming the little song that shared her name and sang about herself.

　"Что тебе снится，Я в молодости～(What did you dream about? The me of that year.)"

　Originally, the second half of this line of lyrics was "Крейсер Аврора (light cruiser Aurora)", but Aurora slightly changed the second half for the sake of naturalness, making it more immersive when singing.

　If it is not changed, it will be like a person calling his own name. After all, most of the time a person will not call his own name.

　“Волны крутые, штормы седые～ (The waves are rolling, the storm is roaring.)

　Доля такая у кораблей，Судьбы их тоже, чем-то похожи～ (This is the fate of the battleship, and the same fate implicates the people.”

　"Report to Comrade Chairman!" Suddenly, a report interrupted Aurora's singing and brought her back to reality from distant memories.

　Aurora looked at the grassroots commander at the door and reminded him gently, "Comrade, I've already told you to just call me comrade or just call me by my first name. There's no need to deliberately add my job title."

　"But you are the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and the head of state after all...that would be impolite," the grassroots commander who came in made an excuse.

　"You are a human being, and the head of state is also a human being. We are all human beings in the social sense, but we have different divisions of labor." Aurora smiled.

　Seeing Aurora's words, the grassroots commander nodded and said, "Okay, Comrade Aurora. To be honest, you are the least like a leader I have ever met - you are really kind."

　Many soldiers and officers, including this grassroots commander, felt the same way when interacting with Aurora. They all said that Aurora didn't resemble the Chairman, but rather a lively, energetic girl next door.

　He really lives up to his name.

　"thanks

　Aurora thanked the soldier for the compliment and then asked, "So, what do you want?"

　The officer said, "I've thought about this for a long time. Regarding assigning you a self-propelled air defense platoon, you must agree to whatever you say today."

　"Oh, I knew it." Aurora sighed slightly. "I still say that self-propelled anti-aircraft guns should be supplied to the front-line troops first. Those lovely Red Army soldiers are flesh and blood, and they need protection more than anything else."

　The grassroots commanders and fighters earnestly advised: "Comrade Aurora, please agree. Minsk has only been seriously injured for a few days, and you are so important, just agree..."

　"I have at least 63mm armor, but the soldiers don't. I said that supplies should be given priority to those who need them more. Comrade, thank you for your kindness." Aurora's tone was calm, but it was so unquestionable.

　"You know that you have brought this matter to the Central Committee of the Party and the Military Commission. They will most likely let you comply." The officers and soldiers had to bring up the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to persuade Aurora.

　Aurora remained resolute. "Well, even so, let's wait until the orders from the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission come down. Before then, I won't accept any guards and don't need any."

　At this time, a call came into Aurora's communication system. She said to the reporting officer, "Excuse me, comrade, I have to take a call first. Please wait a moment."

　"Hello, this is Aurora, the third Pallada-class protected cruiser."

　"Comrade Aurora, this is the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation." Putin's voice came from the other end of the phone.

　A call from the organization must be serious business. Aurora thought as she instantly stood at attention, ready to receive orders.

　"Got it! Any instructions?"

　Putin said solemnly and seriously: "Comrade Aurora, listen to my orders! According to the joint decision of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia, and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, Comrade Aurora will be given the necessary protection. An air defense guard platoon will be established to be responsible for Aurora's air defense..."

　Putin said a lot, and summed it up in one sentence: The Central Committee has already studied and decided that you must be equipped with air defense force guards, and you cannot refuse!

　There was no way out. Faced with the joint "pressure" from the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, Aurora had no choice but to obey.

　On the same day, according to written instructions, an air defense platoon was withdrawn from the front-line troops to protect Aurora, and the platoon was transferred to the Kremlin Guard in terms of organizational structure.

　So, Aurora was on the rooftop, looking at the Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft guns surrounding her downstairs, feeling both amused and helpless.

　"These soldiers, will they follow me wherever I go?" Aurora asked the platoon leader of the guard platoon.

　"Yes, that's what we are accused of."

　"Then...if I have a combat mission, will you guys go with me?"

　"Yes."

　"What about concealment? We have to bring four anti-aircraft vehicles with us on every mission. The biggest advantage of shipgirl combat—concealment—is completely gone."

　“我们有空优、又有信息优势，就算被发现了，4辆通古斯卡总共16枚9M311M1防空导弹和16门30毫米机炮不是吃素的。

　Although concealment is greatly reduced, considering the other buffs gained, it's still worth it." The guard platoon leader calculated the cost for Aurora.

　But Aurora still had some reservations.

　A few weeks later, during a new round of battle, Aurora was hit by eight cruise missiles at once during a support mission.

　Two of them were intercepted by anti-aircraft vehicles of other units during flight, one was intercepted by a Red Air Force fighter, and the remaining five were intercepted by four Tunguska tanks of the Aurora Guard Platoon.

　"If it weren't for you, I would have probably met Comrade Lenin if five cruise missiles had hit me... I'm deeply self-critical of my previous reluctance to join the guard unit." - Aurora's gratitude to the guard platoon comrades

　Since then, the Red Army has attached great importance to the air defense of the Kanmusu, and the modernization of the air defense of the Kanmusu has been put on the agenda.

　The Soviet Union began to gradually recall all the ship girls on the front lines and in the guerrilla zones, asking them to put their main bodies in the dock for transformation, while their mental models (humanoids) served as infantry and continued to go to the front lines to accompany the human soldiers of the Red Army and charge into battle.

　Chapter 235: Great Britain Strikes

　London, UK

　On a street in London, many people were holding various signs filled with protest and satirical content, shouting slogans and slowly moving forward on the street.

　"We want a pay raise!"

　“Curb the rise in prices!”

　“Back to the EU!”

　"Sunak get out!"

　……

　The various slogans and banners, as well as the endless stream of people holding them, have had a significant impact on traffic and economic activities in the city.

　Today happened to be the day when the British ship girls were halfway ashore. Javelin took a walk outside and found that the rising prices made her, who was not short of money, feel a little daunting.

　Therefore, her vacation this time was rather disappointing. She didn't do anything fun, but she did experience public transportation fares that were much more expensive than before.

　"What? The fare is 1.56 pounds? This..." This was the price that appeared when Javelin took the bus.

　British buses, like Chinese buses, run in big cities.

　The fare is charged in stages, and £1.65 is just the starting fare.

　The average monthly salary of British people is 2200 pounds, which is equivalent to more than 18000 yuan, about three times the average salary in China.

　The question is, even if you earn 20,000 yuan a month in China, can you still accept the starting fare of 14 yuan for city buses?

　Not to mention 14 yuan, if the bus fare in China was just doubled, it would probably be directly criticized and become a hot topic, right?

　Javelin felt that the ticket price was too expensive, and she would have to pay extra to reach the station she wanted to go to. In order to cut her losses in time, she got off at the last station before the extra charge.

　She tried to take the subway or taxi, but found that the fares for both had also increased sharply. For example, the subway fare started at 2.6 pounds.

　After much consideration, Javelin finally decided to walk.

　The superior maneuverability of a destroyer girl is difficult to utilize in normal urban environments due to her unique nature as a ship girl. After all, running 50 or 60 miles per hour on the sidewalk is too dangerous.

　If you run on the motorway, it will affect the movement of motor vehicles and you will be fined by the traffic police. (KanColle is considered a pedestrian in British traffic regulations.)

　If he walked on the roof, he would disturb others. Javelin felt that this was inappropriate, so he chose to walk on the sidewalk like a normal person.

　She had just walked down a street when she saw another demonstration. The harsh reality of the situation made Javelin start to reflect on what she had learned and what she had seen and heard.

　"It seems that Miss Aurora might have been right about Britain's current situation and future..." Javelin became increasingly worried about Britain's current situation.

　Two days ago, the Javelin and Chongqing ships talked a lot about British current affairs with each other, which benefited the Javelin a lot.

　However, Javelin learned from Chongqing that a bunch of idiots in China were promoting the news that "the UK is trialing a four-day work week", and he couldn't help but twitch his lips.

　After being educated in Chongqing and learning some Marxist-Leninist theories, he complained: "Those short-sighted people don't understand that this is all the result of the British bourgeois government paying the price of the 996 or even 007 work schedule for all employees in the Third World.

　Through industrial transfer and international division of labor, they keep the comfortable high-tech jobs for themselves, and let developing countries do the traditional dirty and tiring work for them. This is the secret of high welfare and short working hours in developed countries.

　Because the British bourgeois government stopped performing (referring to the explicit prohibition of promoting anti-capitalist ideas on campus), the transformation of Javelin was relatively fast.

　So she found a way to contact left-wing forces such as the Communist Party of Great Britain very early on.

　At first, Javelin wanted to find the Labour Party, but was persuaded by his mentor Chongqing.

　"In 1918, the Labour Party at least had the courage to propose the burial of private property, but now? The public ownership clause has long been deleted from the party constitution.

　If the Labour Party during World War I and II knew about this and saw what their descendants are like today, they would definitely be furious.

　Now the Labour Party is no longer even a social democrat; it has completely degenerated into a thoroughly bourgeois reformist party, and is just the opposite of the Conservative Party."

　Although Chongqing's characterization of the Labour Party was not very good, she also pointed out realistically that given the deep tradition of gradualism in the UK, it would be great if it could defeat the Conservative Party and other bourgeois right-wing parties, as well as the monarchy.

　As for socialist revolution, it's still a bit far off, but we can't give up preparations. As long as capitalism exists, its general crisis will never be avoided; it will come sooner or later.

　After hearing what Chongqing said, Javelin went through an ideological struggle and gave up choosing the center-left, and finally joined the Communist Party of Great Britain.

　Anyway, no matter what, the British have been doing this every day since they open their eyes. They curse the Prime Minister while eating, sleeping, and this wave of strikes is the ultimate form of cursing the Prime Minister.

　Why criticize the Prime Minister? It has to do with the new Prime Minister Sunak himself and his attitude towards domestic affairs, people's livelihood and foreign affairs.

　The UK is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, so how could they let an Indian become Prime Minister? The key point is that her wife is still Indian.

　The reason she didn't change her nationality was not because she didn't forget her original intention, but because she wanted to save 2000 million pounds in taxes every year.

　Previously, due to a series of mysterious operations by Truss, not only did she fail to deal with the inflation in the UK, but she also ruined the pension system, resulting in a mess.

　She had just said she would fight like a warrior, but then she resigned and ran away. Before leaving, she was even praised as the "lettuce prime minister."

　The highest inflation in 41 years has led to the worst wave of strikes in the UK's history, which has brought the entire London and many areas of the UK to the brink of paralysis.

　Regarding inflation, not only public transportation, but also the prices of daily necessities have risen to a point where they are somewhat prohibitive.

　In London, the price of a single onion has risen to 0.5 pounds. Converted into units that are familiar to everyone, it is more than 8 yuan per catty of onion. (The average retail price of onions in China in 2021 was only 1.5 yuan per catty)

　There is a classic line in the British TV series "Yes, Prime Minister": When a country is going downhill, someone always has to step on the accelerator hard.

　At present, Sunak seems to have taken over Truss's foot on the accelerator.

　Sunak's attitude after taking office was that he did not take this matter to heart at all. He should have taken the approach of trading with economies with large markets, such as the EU or China, to ease the pressure on the domestic economy.

　Economic problems.

　As a result, he started to speak coldly to China right from the start. Not only did he keep diss China, he was also not polite at all to the demands of the domestic working class.

　Not only has he refused to accept demands for wage increases of more than 10%, he also plans to introduce stricter anti-strike laws next year.

　This wave of operations directly made Hood, Shabai and others, as well as Chongqing, China, spit out a mouthful of overnight old black tea. British ship girls all saw the legacy of Thatcher in Sunak.

　The story is not over yet. Last week, British nurses collectively launched the first major strike in the history of this profession, and this week they started a second major strike.

　The second time, not only nurses but also ambulance drivers joined the strike.

　What is even more suffocating is that there are currently more than 700 million people in the UK waiting for medical services, while employees of the public health system are resigning at a record rate.

　In addition to nurses and ambulance drivers, railway workers and border control officers are also planning a strike at the end of the year.

　The reason ordinary people are protesting is because prices are high and wages are low. Now that the British government has failed to address this problem, ordinary people's basic needs are being met, so they have no choice but to take to the streets to protest.

　Then, the British government came up with a brilliant idea - looking for available labor from other institutions and other industries.

　But the key question is, where can we find so many workers when strikes become a trend? As a result, the British government directly sent civil servants and the military to fill the job vacancies.

　Sunak's message is clear: a wage increase is out of the question. Forget it. You (the strikers) can do whatever you please. By the way, letting civil servants and the military take over can also create a more intimate atmosphere of military-civilian integration.

　The British strikers, trade unions, left-wing parties and the Labour Party are certainly not fools. Are they saying, "Are you kidding us?"

　They pointed out that soldiers and civil servants have not received professional vocational training, so asking them to replace them is a joke. At best, they can only serve as temporary workers, and will die after trying to use them as skilled workers.

　Then they pointed out clearly that instead of spending time, energy, manpower and financial resources to solve the troubles caused by the strike, why can't the government solve the strike problem itself?

　The British government, led by the Conservative Party, was furious, exclaiming, "I told you there's no money, no money. How can we raise your wages if we don't have money? Are we going to follow the Yankees and print money? Wouldn't printing money exacerbate inflation be even more of a criticism?"

　The British military was equally speechless about the government's decision. A chief of staff of the Ministry of Defence said, "You're asking soldiers to drive ambulances. How can the military be so idle? Don't we have anything to do?"

　Just as the UK was struggling to resolve a series of social and economic contradictions such as strikes and inflation, the United States kept urging the UK to quickly resolve the Northern Ireland issue.

　Speaking of Northern Ireland, it has been a source of worry for the UK since Brexit. The UK initially took a short-sighted approach to Brexit, focusing solely on resolving the refugee crisis.

　When the UK wanted to leave the EU, Northern Ireland disagreed and wanted to remain in the EU.