It is Kokang and Changchun

　This made the British military and the ship girls sit still. The newly appointed Secretary of Defense was called Shapps. He lacked professional knowledge in the military field and was good at flattery. He was completely a British version of Himmler.

　Aunt Hood was even more blunt in her assessment: "Mr. Shapps's loyalty to Sunak and his political attack dog pedigree are the main reasons why he got the job."

　When the ship girls were chatting privately, Elizabeth (silly white) waved her scepter, gesticulating and angrily scolding:

　"I'm so pissed! How could Britain produce such a military novice as its Defense Secretary? Sunak, do you think this is the Russian Ministry of Defense? (Master Shao: Don't be so mean, I've made some contributions after all)"

　Javelin, who is always active, didn't say much. At this moment, she was reviewing in her mind some theoretical knowledge that Z23 taught her yesterday, as well as the discussion with Chongqing on the situation in Britain.

　"The capitalist situation is in chaos, and the socialist revolution is booming..." Javelin felt that this statement made sense, but the prerequisite was that there must be a combative, mature Communist Party or other proletarian vanguard organization.

　However, the size and level of the British left-wing political parties... Thinking of this, Javelin slumped over the desk, feeling a little dejected, not knowing whether he could succeed in the end.

　Although Chongqing repeatedly emphasized: "... there are still too many old conservatives in Great Britain, and we must be prepared for a long-term battle. Maybe thirty to fifty years would be considered a good time." But Javelin still felt a sense of powerlessness.

　"If Miss Aurora were in England, perhaps things would be much easier..." Javelin sighed.

　How could Chongqing not have thought this way? She wished she could split herself into two selves, one to stay in China and work on socialist construction, and the other to return to her hometown and work on socialist revolution.

　Chapter 346: The French Shipgirls' Power Rises

　Since the emergence of ship girls, the French government cabinet headed by Macron has basically had few days of peace of mind. It’s not that there is anything wrong with the ship girls’ thinking, but the comparison between the strength of French ship girls and that of neighboring countries’ ship girls.

　It's fine if there are more Italian ships, or German ships, but the British occasionally come up and make a few sarcastic remarks about this. How can we tolerate this? No French man or woman can tolerate this.

　[British: "No, you guys dismantled your own ship, so why are you blaming us for Yin and Yang? If you hadn't dismantled it, would I have had the chance to have Yin and Yang?"]

　France: "Oh, so being sarcastic is still justified in nm, right? You think you're funny? Do you think it's fun to laugh at others?"

　It is precisely because he could not bear it, otherwise Macron would not have gone so far as to go against public opinion and build a large number of KanColles, even if he had to face all kinds of accusations from a bunch of domestic opponents and a wave of workers' strikes and continue the large-scale construction.

　However, Macron is somewhat conflicted in his heart, he hopes that his shipgirl is the best from Kanpei R. Because the French ship of Kanpei B has too strong religious flavor, he is not too fond of it.

　Are you kidding? The advanced production relations and ideological culture of my great France are the top in Europe. If there are so many charlatan-style ship girls, how can we harm the secular world?

　Faced with the reality of France's shortcomings in shipgirl power, Macron still made a certain compromise: "The appearance and religion don't matter, just treat it as a two-dimensional cosplay. Anyway, don't be too superstitious in your words and deeds, and don't say things that shouldn't be said in inappropriate occasions."

　At the beginning of 2023, just as Xiao Ma Ge was preparing to continue working hard for the French Navy's dream of becoming a ship girl in the new year, an urgent telegram came from the naval base on Levant Island.

　The key excerpts from the urgent telegram are as follows: "Dear Mr. President... arrived here in 2009... The D602 Suffren missile frigate, the lead ship of the Suffren class, which serves as a breakwater... was originally scheduled to be towed away for dismantling in October of this year... The ship suddenly became a shipgirl this morning... Our department recommends that it be recommissioned..."

　(PS: France abolished the "destroyer" classification after World War II. Since then, all newly built ships of the same level as international destroyers have been called "frigates", and the Suffren class belongs to this category.

　From the perspective of tactical position and armament, the Suffren is fully qualified as an air defense destroyer, although the French call it a missile frigate.

　Looking at the urgent message that was passed to him, Macron was extremely excited but also a little confused: "That's not right. The ship girl of the Cold War missile frigate, judging by the ship type, should be a Kane-R, but there is no such person in the Kane-R..."

　(PS: In the real world, the Suffren was deployed as a special dock ship in early 2023, a ship-R version of the research vessel. Currently, in the novel world, the Suffren has not yet been released in the game at this time.)

　"Forget it, these are not important. What's important is that we have a guide girl with strong sea and air surveillance capabilities!" Macron, who had previously specially supplemented his knowledge of his own ships, was already looking forward to the performance of the ship girl Suffren.

　Macron paused his review of the documents and picked up the phone next to him. "Hello, prepare a special plane and car immediately. I need to go to Levant Island right now, as soon as possible."

　Then he contacted the navy and asked them to find the captain of Suffren before his retirement; then he asked the French ship girls in the ports of Toulon and Cherbourg to obey his orders and nominate a representative to go up and welcome the arrival of the new ship girl.

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　At this time, in the Levant Island Naval Port, Suffren was walking around, constantly getting familiar with the feeling of having legs and feet. From time to time, he took out a mirror to look at himself and appreciate his human appearance.

　"Everything else is good, except these ears, which don't look like humans. They look more like the legendary elves..." Suffren commented as he looked at his beautiful and delicate face that looked like a second dimension.

　In this respect, Suffren is indeed special. After all, she is the first French ship girl with non-human characteristics.

　Compared to the elf ears, people at the scene were more concerned about Suffren's clothing style, especially the big headscarf on her head. At first glance, it gave people an Arabic style, but the clothes were quite sexy.

　"This should be a reference to the huge radar dome of her body, right?" The local port commander saw Suffren's headscarf and thought, pinching his chin.

　After making a circle, accompanied by the officers of the port area, Suffren returned to the place where he sat on the breakwater.

　Suffren stared at the cement blocks with a hint of resentment, then began to rub his hands together. "Hmm... it's certainly fun to be human. Of course, it would be even better without these cement blocks in front of me."

　"General, can I hit these concrete blocks hard?" Suffren pointed to a bunch of large concrete blocks not far away and asked the port commander.

　These cement blocks were poured into the cabin of the Suffren when it was used as a breakwater. They were used to stabilize the hull, allowing it to sit firmly underwater amidst the waves. (Changchun: That was exactly what happened back in the Silver Beach days. The cabins were always sealed with cement.)

　After Suffren became a ship girl, the cement block separated from the ship's hull after it was transformed into a ship, and remained in its original place intact.

　The commander shook his head slightly, expressing regret, and said to Suffren, "Miss Suffren, I understand your feelings, but this block of cement is quite large. If you accidentally hurt yourself, I won't be able to explain to the Navy Department."

　Suffren sighed and left the massive concrete blocks. The commander, following behind, thought to himself, "Well, I better not tell this kid about the Navy's plans to dismantle her in October."

　Later, in the process of continuous learning and social interaction, Suffren learned that the navy planned to dismantle her before she became a spirit, but she was not excited.

　Compared to dismantling a ship at the end of its life, filling the cabin with cement seems to be a great insult to the ship girl.

　"I just hate the feeling of having cement in my stomach. It's just like the tentacles in those books. It's hard not to feel nauseous when strange things are forced into your mouth..." - Suffren.

　A few hours after Suffren became a ship girl, Macron brought Joan of Arc and other ship girl representatives, as well as a large number of captains who had served in Suffren, to welcome Suffren's new life.

　Suffren only retired in 2001, so there are many captains whose physical condition can still support them to travel long distances. Therefore, these old captains can form a large group to visit Suffren together; to see together what kind of lady the ship they once took care of and accompanied them in training and exercises will be like after becoming a young girl.

　The advantage of ships that were retired or withdrawn from the combat sequence late is that many of the sailors and officers who once served on the warships are still alive, which means there is no shortage of people with whom you can chat about the past.

　The next day, the headlines in all major French media outlets were all about Suffren. Especially after the Suffren performance test results came out, the French Navy became even more arrogant and complacent, and they straightened their backs even more in the face of their old enemy to the north.

　Why is the French Navy so excited? Just look at the test data of the ship mother Suffren and you will understand.

　According to records, before Suffren became a ship girl, the DRBI-23 three-dimensional air search radar above her head could identify all air targets within a radius of 400 kilometers under ideal conditions.

　In the 1960s, a shipborne radar with a search radius of 400 kilometers, what is this concept? You should know that China did not have a radar with a search radius of more than 400 kilometers until the first generation of 346 phased array radar in the 21st century.

　Admittedly, we have to see that it is wrong to judge a radar's performance solely by its detection radius. There are also various other performance parameters. But no matter what, the 400-kilometer search radius is undoubtedly T0-level for the shipborne radars of the 1960s.

　After testing, the detection radius of the DRBI-23 radar of the ship girl Suffren has increased to 600 kilometers. In addition, other aspects have also been improved to a greater or lesser extent.

　The French Navy, overjoyed at the discovery, immediately moved Suffren to Cherbourg Harbor after the tests. It was obvious to anyone with a discerning eye that the French were showing off their new ship to the British.

　Anyway, France has been so happy these days, even happier than Melody: "Modern warfare is all about finding and destroying. It's true that the British have a lot of warships, but they are all from World War II, and there are even some from World War I. The only modern warships are equipped with aircraft.

　Uneven Queen-class aircraft carriers.

　Although we only have one modern ship, our detection range is far. Forget about those other antiques. Even if that stupid F35B can fly in, it will at least be detected by Suffren. How should you deal with it?"

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　After Suffren became a Kanmusu, the most surprised person in China was Huan Meng. When Suzuran saw Suffren's picture, she couldn't help but exclaim: "Damn, this Suffren is just perfect!"

　Recently, Huanmeng wants to update the ship in the special dock. The ship that has been planned to be updated has been confirmed to be the first Suffren-class air defense destroyer of the French Navy - Suffren.

　However, Linglan Miao hadn't yet finalized the character design for Suffren. Just as she was beginning to think about it, the real-life Suffren appeared first. After seeing a photo of the real-life Suffren, Linglan Miao immediately fell in love with the real-life Suffren's look.

　There is an unwritten understanding between Huan Meng and Huang Ji about how to implement these ship girls that have no implementation plan in the game but appear in reality in the future.

　The two companies will analyze whether the ship girl belongs to the Kanb style or the Kanr style based on her overall style, such as ship outfit, figure, clothing, and personality. If the ship girl is obviously Kanb style, then Huanmeng will give the opportunity to implement the ship girl in the game to Huangji, and vice versa.

　However, there are sometimes ambiguous situations. If the two parties have been disputing the style of a certain ship girl, then the decision will be made by drawing lots, and the two parties will supervise each other to prevent possible cheating.

　Like the real Suffren, Huang Ji believes that Suffren is an air defense guided-missile destroyer from the mid-Cold War period. The age and ship type alone are enough to rule out the ship B style, so Huang Ji assumes that this ship should belong to the ship R style.

　In this way, Huan Meng finally found what he had been looking for after searching for a long time. He simply "copied" the character of Xu Fulun in reality and implemented it into the game, which saved Huan Meng a lot of trouble.

　"What do you mean by copying? We have the authorization from Suffren himself!" Lily of the Valley said this in response to the doubts. It felt like the next second she was about to release the original French conversation record between Suffren and Huanmeng.

　Chapter 347: A Few Things About Old Europe (2)

　Port of Kiel, Germany

　After returning from China, Z23 wrote two articles about his visit. One of them was reserved, covering only military exchanges, which was submitted to his superiors.

　The other article is very comprehensive, including not only the author's thoughts on China's military, but also his thoughts on China's social, economic and political aspects.

　The previous conversation with Zhenhai and the acquaintance with a fan who works in a government department (the aforementioned zyts) gave Z23 a more detailed understanding of all aspects of China as a country.

　Based on what she has learned, Z23 gave an overall positive evaluation of China, while also making realistic criticisms of some of China's existing social problems and contradictions.

　Marx once said: "Dialectics, in the understanding of the affirmation of existing things, also contains the understanding of the negation of existing things, that is, the understanding of the inevitable destruction of existing things."

　Therefore, dialectics understands every existing form from the perspective of constant movement and therefore from the perspective of its temporality. Dialectics does not worship anything and is, by its very nature, critical and revolutionary.

　Z23 wasn't misled by the "leftist" binary opposition of "before and after reform and opening up," nor was she carried away by the rapid economic and other developments in China since reform and opening up. She consistently applied the research method of dialectical materialism, viewing everything through a lens of both affirmation and negation, the negation of the negation.

　Among her increased knowledge about China, Z23 prefers China's student military training. Although China's student military training is strictly speaking drill training, she still hopes that Germany will one day also launch military training for freshmen.

　Formation training may seem meaningless and far less exciting than handling guns and fighting techniques, but it is the first step in building military discipline and cohesion, a point that is overlooked by many people who lack military knowledge.

　Whenever Z23 saw the Federal fat guys in the Wehrmacht, she was always furious. If it weren't for the great improvements in this area of ​​the military in recent years, thanks to the strong support of German shipgirls like Bismarck, Z23's face would probably have become even more sullen.

　After finishing the report, Z23 opened his laptop, clicked on the email, and prepared to read the new chapter of the novel sent by the Chinese comrade named "zyts".

　Speaking of this Chinese comrade and the novel he wrote, Z23 felt a sense of déjà vu the more she read. She couldn't help but think of the bizarre dream that Prince Eugen had told her before, a dream with an extremely clear memory.

　Although many of the contents of the novel that Comrade Zyts sent to me are different from Eugen's dream, it is not difficult to find that the basic structure of the plot has many similarities if you read it carefully.

　Z23 rested one elbow on the table, his chin resting on his palm, his head tilted slightly as he looked at the novel on the laptop screen, muttering to himself as he pondered:

　"Although Leibniz said that no two leaves in the world are exactly alike, nor are there two completely different leaves, the similarities between the basic frameworks of Eugen's dream and this novel are a bit too high..."

　After a moment's thought, Z23 sent a communication to Eugen, "Senior Eugen, are you sure you didn't tell your dream to any ship or person other than our Z-Drive?"

　"Indeed not. What's the matter, my dear Comrade Narvik?" Eugen was a little confused by Z23's sudden question.

　"It's okay..." Z23 hung up the phone.

　Z23 thought about it and felt that this possibility was impossible from any perspective. According to Zyts, he had been conceiving this novel since 2017. According to the chronological order, the cause and effect relationship was reversed.

　"Perhaps I'm overthinking it. Aren't the ideas of Marx and Engels similar? Universal laws don't rule out special coincidences. Anyway, there are many buildings with similar or identical basic frameworks, but when it comes to the specific decoration, it's like a hundred flowers blooming."

　Z23 thought about this and didn't think much about it, continuing to read the novel. I can only say that it's good that zyts is more thoughtful. If he had sent the original plot to Z23, then with Z23's serious personality, he would probably study it in depth...

　In particular, zyts thought over and over again at the time, considering for a long time whether to delete the character "Rena Langley". After several days and nights of thinking, zyts decided to delete the character Langley and all related content in order to differentiate himself from the original work.

　What zyts didn't know was that it was this decision that he hesitated for several days that prevented Z23 from becoming completely suspicious when reading zyts's novel. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to explain in the end.

　In a sense, Zyts's change of mind saved him a lot of trouble.

　……

　Israel and Palestine have been fighting again in the past two days. Europe and the United States will definitely support Israel unconditionally. In order to support Israel, some landmark buildings in these countries have been projected with lights of the Israeli flag.

　The most ridiculous thing is that the facade of the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of Germany, is completely covered with blue and white lights of the Israeli flag.

　Bismarck was very annoyed by this, not because she still had some Nazism in her head, but because she actually supported Palestine.

　The main reason for her anger was the special nature of her background. If she did not stand on Israel's side, she would easily be labeled a Nazi remnant.

　But Bismarck was not the type to back down easily. Even though she knew what she would face in the spotlight, she still respected objective facts.

　Bismarck stated his position seriously: "...the Jews always play the victim of the Holocaust in history, while at the same time they are doing things similar to the Nazis? Who are the Nazis?

　The Nazi Party's indiscriminate attacks on Jews were excessive and should be severely criticized. But aren't Jews today also eating the blood of their own compatriots who died tragically?

　Take a look at the difference between the Palestinian-Israeli territories as defined by the UN Security Council in November 1947 and the current Palestinian-Israeli territories, or what is effectively controlled, in these two maps. Even someone with severe myopia can see the difference without their glasses. The Palestinians are being surrounded and driven into the sea.

　"I will not whitewash Mr. Hitler's heinous crimes, but I also absolutely do not approve of anyone using their own tragic experiences to justify their own usurpation of power and oppressive rule over other peoples."

　Watching Bismarck's righteous speech on the stage, Z23, seated, quietly opened a private chat and asked Tirpitz, "Comrade Tirpitz, how far have you come in convincing Commander Bismarck? Was her speech today the result of your efforts?"

　Tirpitz hesitated for a moment and said, "Not really... I've always been quite normal on national issues. If Narvik-chan were to ask about striving for results, I think I'd be considered left-wing now."

　"It's okay, take it slow, from the pan-left to the left wing, and then to the left, step by step. Winning over Admiral Bismarck is equivalent to winning over all the German ship girls." Z23 was very pleased, and she reminded Tirpitz not to swallow it whole.

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　Port of Taranto, Italy

　In a room of the helicopter destroyer...ahem...cruiser Veneto, a little white-haired, flat-chested loli was reading a newspaper.

　The mental exhaustion of the past two years and the government's various anti-gangster campaigns have made Veneto, the little girl reading the newspaper, finally understand one thing: the underworld is not acceptable, and if you want to enter the political level, you must take legal means.

　However, apart from the vigorous crackdown on organized crime, nothing Meroni has done has caused Veneto to express significant dissatisfaction. Therefore, Veneto has remained in a semi-reclined position politically, with her focus primarily on military development.

　Huh? Isn't the aggressive crackdown on organized crime one of Veneto's sore spots? Opposition to it is essentially a self-declaration of one's own identity. Even if Veneto has objections, it certainly wouldn't dare to object in a substantive way. Wouldn't it be better to focus on military action and avoid it?

　The most politically active is Camizia Nera, our beloved "little angel." She is now a secret member of the Italian Communist Party (CPI). (The party, formed in 2016, is a spin-off from the old Communist Party, founded in 1921.)

　The Italian Communist Party has a long story to tell.

　To put it simply, the Italian Communist Party was founded in 1921 and was a group of people with strong militant morals in its early years. Later, during the Cold War, the party underwent some social democratic changes, which caused some party members to leave in anger and set up new groups to work alone.

　By the 80s, the Italian Communist Party, known for its "Third Way" ideology, had essentially fallen into an identity crisis. As one leftist member quipped at the time, "The Italian Communist Party has gone from being a Marxist-Leninist party to something else entirely—not a Social Democratic Party, but something undefined."

　In 1991, on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dramatic changes in Eastern Europe, the Italian Communist Party (PCI) faded further, no longer even being a social democracy, but also its very identity. That same year, the PCI held its final congress in Rimini and officially changed its name to the "Left Democratic Party," which became the "legal" successor to the PCI. Thus, the old PCI of 1921 was completely dead in name only.