It is Kokang and Changchun

　Hearing this, Nakano Hiroharu's face remained expressionless as he sighed. "There weren't many state-owned enterprises in Japan, and the privatization wave of the 80s dismantled many of them, including Japan Tobacco. With the state-owned enterprises gone, what's the country going to do with this fiscal deficit? The only way is to collect it from the people."

　Speaking of which, tobacco was originally coerced by the United States. Otherwise, no matter how foolish the old Japanese government was, it would never have let go of the tobacco company. This really shows the importance of anti-imperialism and state-owned enterprises."

　"That's right," Ibaraki Huashan said. "The most important supporting measure for the fiscal and tax reforms we've been discussing recently is to establish corresponding state-owned enterprises in various major industries."

　Chapter 450 The French People Are Marching Forward

　Paris, France

　In a villa, Ms. Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right party National Rally, watched the news on TV and couldn't help but get furious.

　"No! This is impossible!"

　On TV, the results of the second French election after the dissolution of the National Assembly were broadcast. It showed that the French New Popular Front had won over 40% of the vote, while his own National Rally had only 25%.

　Remember, in the first round of voting, the National Rally received 33% of the votes, while the Popular Front only received 28%. Such a huge comeback made Marine Le Pen question her life.

　"Merde (French national curse)! Macron must have cheated to ensure his policies were better implemented! Otherwise, there is no way to explain such a huge contrast!"

　Le Pen angrily called her subordinates and asked them to investigate whether Macron had committed fraud. Then she called Macron to question him.

　Macron, suppressing a smile, replied on the phone: "Ms. Le Pen, I am indeed surprised by this result, but I can tell you very clearly that your accusation is completely unfounded.

　If you mean that I asked the girls (referring to the KanColle) to do propaganda and canvassing, then you should reflect on why these beautiful girls chose the left instead of the extreme right? "

　This made Le Pen very unhappy. She had been criticizing Macron for his large-scale construction plans, saying that they were a waste of money and time, as well as some other existing social contradictions, and she successfully won a new wave of support.

　Under the lobbying of Le Pen and her party members, some parliamentarians who originally supported large-scale construction have begun to waver to varying degrees, which is extremely unfavorable to Macron's next plan.

　Macron is no fool to sit back and wait for death. He built a large number of ship girls in peacetime and not just for show. He let these ship girls use their own abilities to assist in investigating military corruption.

　Due to their ability to transform into humanoid forms (when in their original form), KanColle are well-suited for covert operations. Thanks to this ability, they have uncovered evidence and clues to numerous major military corruption cases.

　After receiving the news from the shipgirls and the military's internal inspection department, Macron didn't act immediately. He wanted to hint at it indirectly, hoping that if the enemy would show some respect and restrain themselves, he would consider a lighter punishment.

　As a result, those corrupt officers had no idea

　They took Macron's side-slapping and prodding seriously. They were just as bad as before, and they refused to stop. Then Macron directly investigated and punished these bad apples, confiscating all their embezzled money.

　When this matter was first discovered, it was only reported internally on a small scale. Macron did not intend to make it public immediately at that time. He was making a recent gamble - to dissolve parliament and hold new elections.

　In order to significantly reduce the extreme right-wing forces and ensure the continuity of his own policies, he plans to release anti-corruption news at critical moments, and at the same time vigorously publicize the great role of the ship girls in the case detection process, and that the huge amount of money confiscated can basically make up for the financial deficit caused by the construction.

　In this way, many voters will know that the ship girls are by no means vases that eat up the treasury in peacetime, but are heroic women who can eliminate pests for the country and contribute to society.

　In addition, the Kancolles themselves are also fighting against right-wing and extreme right-wing forces, speaking for the people on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, or cursing Americans and pro-American elements on TikTok.

　When it came time for the second vote, these girls went online to campaign for the left, winning cheers from a group of young voters. This once again, to some extent, confirms the saying that "as long as one's thoughts are just and kind, one's values ​​can follow one's facial expressions."

　Macron's explanation made sense, but Le Pen still didn't believe the data wasn't obtained through cheating. So Le Pen decided to make a bold assumption and carefully verify it, hoping to make Macron pay for his possible "cheating."

　The day after the New People's Front won, a large group of demonstrators appeared on the streets. Some of them held Molotov cocktails, some held sticks, and some held banners. They passionately confronted the riot police to protest the election results.

　In China, this kind of scene would be considered a major event, even at the provincial level. But in France, where politics and society are known for their toughness, such scenes are already commonplace. The police's skill in stopping, repelling, and escorting protesters was so skillful that it was heartbreaking.

　A word of caution: if you think everything is over once the left wins parliament, you're completely wrong. It's great that the left can unite against the far right, but the composition of this left-wing coalition is very complex, and some of its proposals are too idealistic to be realized.

　But at least the obstacles to the large-scale construction plan can be further removed. In addition to the reasons mentioned above, the ship girls helped the left wing to win a large number of votes, allowing the left wing to firmly sit in the parliament. This is the most important thing.

　To counter the far right, Macron has chosen to collaborate with the left and even use KanColle to cheer them on. However, anyone with a bit of political acumen knows that this alliance is merely a result of external pressure. If the far right weakens, this new Popular Front will likely eventually split.

　Mogador had noticed this problem a long time ago. In her recent continuous learning, she began to read a book called "On Reproduction", and then came across the author's more important work - "Defending Marx".

　"This... is really..." Mogador felt a sudden enlightenment. His previous distress stemmed from interpreting social history and Marxism with humanism. This led to his inability to understand certain things.

　The book "Defending Marx" criticizes Western Marxist theorists who have long tried to explain Marxism from a humanistic perspective, and emphasizes the scientific nature and objectivity of Marxism.

　This wave can be said to be the turning point of Mogador's transition from social democrats to communists. As a result, the French ship girl finally released her first communist.

　As she studied more deeply, she began to realize that it was not enough to just focus on votes and strikes; armed forces were also important.

　Mogador compared armed forces and armed struggle to a first aid kit, pointing out that this thing may not be used for decades or even hundreds of years, but once used, it can save lives and prevent progressive forces from being left unarmed in the white terror.

　So she has now begun to quietly investigate within the People's Front which political parties are more pragmatic and have the potential to be revolutionary, and then try to develop extra-party cooperation with these parties. If the prospects are good, she will consider whether to join secretly.

　"General Richelieu should be able to be released by the end of the year, right? I really hope the general is also a communist. If so, the people's cause will surely proceed more smoothly." Mogador took out a photo of Richelieu under construction and sighed.

　"Politics is the superstructure based on the economy, the concentrated expression of the economy, and the various activities centered around the struggle for state power, with certain class relations and interests as their content...

　The state is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions and a tool of class rule. The army, police, courts, and prisons are the state's organs of violence. Their overall nature is determined by the nature of the state's ruling class..."

　Mogador casually recited a piece of valuable advice, reminding himself all the time that while using bourgeois democracy to fight, he must not be deceived by bourgeois democracy.

　Having said that, if Richelieu really carried the red flag, the scene would be really exciting. Jeanne (Joan of Arc) respected Richelieu, and Richelieu was the core of all French ship girls.

　Li Jie is still under construction. The French ship girls often care about Li Jie's construction progress, which shows how important Li Jie is to them. If this were a game, I'm sure the girls would click on "Quick Construction" without hesitation.

　Uh... I just don't know what came out.

　It's like flipping a coin to decide whether to go to the cuirassiers or the cuirassiers.

　Although the French shipgirls woke up a little late, fortunately, the French left's spontaneity and independent consciousness are strong. What is an old revolutionary base? This is an old revolutionary base.

　Unlike the German Social Democratic Party, which has been completely degraded, the real left in Italy and the UK, especially the real left in the UK, is now on the verge of becoming the "revolutionary target" of right-wing elements.

　The French ship girls only need to choose a capable and promising political party in the New People's Front to support. After seizing power, they can rely on the ship girls themselves and their influence in the military to escort fundamental reforms.

　The ship girls from Britain, Germany and Italy had a lot more to consider. They had to start with how to reunite and integrate the scattered left wing before they could start talking about the subsequent legal struggle, secret struggle, and even military struggle.

　Chapter 451: Movement in the Deep Sea

　Deep Sea belongs to the White House in Washington, D.C.

　In the Oval Office, Admiralty Code was discussing the situation of the US-Shenzhen War with a group of subordinates.

　No. 1 Deep Sea said: "...It's really abominable. The US-Canadian coalition forces on the northern front dealt us a heavy blow, almost pushing us out of Maine, and we also lost most of Vermont.

　"It's surprising that the US could launch such a strategic counterattack even with 80% of the East Coast occupied. I think the northern front needs to be strengthened just in case."

　No. 2 Deep Sea thought it was nothing, "This is just their last struggle as their days are numbered. The US military has suffered heavy casualties and equipment losses in this wave, and the urban clusters further south are densely populated. They can't possibly take it down.

　The US military, or rather the human army, currently only has the strength to fight us in sparsely populated plains. Any battlefield or terrain with more complex conditions will be crushed to pieces by them."

　"That's right. The US military is now focusing on equipment consumption rather than production capacity, especially after Texas' independence, which has greatly exacerbated this situation. The recent large-scale counterattack is likely to have mobilized their inventory. According to the assessment of the intelligence sisters, the US military's main heavy equipment inventory is close to the bottom." No. 3 added.

　Number 4 continued, "From a value perspective, the territory the US military has recaptured in the north is large, but it's not high-value territory. It's completely incomparable to the new territory we've gained in the south."

　"I understand the logic, but let's not comfort ourselves with the Ah Q spirit, okay? If we can avoid losing it, we should try our best not to lose it. We cannot shirk our responsibility for this huge failure. The fundamental reason is that we underestimated the enemy." No. 1 Deep Sea was dissatisfied with the reactions of the other sisters.

　At this time, Admiralty Code, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up, "Although 2 and 3 are right, I really admire 1's thinking in times of peace.

　The strategic value of those territories is indeed not high, but the US military's recovery of so much territory has objectively greatly benefited the United States' international image and domestic reputation, thereby strengthening the United States' overall resistance intention. We must look at this aspect and not just focus on strategic value to judge gains and losses."

　AC paused, then continued, "Sooner or later, you'll have to pay for what you've done. First, deploy the reserves to strengthen the northern defenses while planning a counterattack and further intensifying the offensive on the southern front."

　Speaking of this, AC felt it was a pity. Originally, these 300,000-strong reserve troops were reserved for the garrisons in Australia and the Ryukyu Islands as well as the advance troops for the future attack on China. Now, in order to regain the "lost ground", they had to be temporarily transferred to the northern front.

　"Do the Rhode Island Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Springfield Arsenal need to be relocated?" asked Deep Sea No. 1.

　(PS: The Rhode Island here refers to the U.S. state of Rhode Island and has nothing to do with boating. Shenhai has established a biotechnology research institute in this state to make up for its shortcomings in biology and medicine. It also develops and manufactures some medical and health products to put on the market to make money.

　I mentioned earlier that many of the medical soldiers in the occupied territories' hospitals were trained quickly in this institute, with the intention of replacing doctors and nurses at the grassroots level.

　"There's no need. We've already said that the US military can't achieve significant results further south. With their heavy equipment almost exhausted, how can they go about attacking urban clusters? As for arsenals, they just need to arrange more air defense forces and interference shielding facilities around them." AC felt that No. 1 was a little too worried.

　"Speaking of the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Research Institute, they recently reported that some strange humans have made some requests to them." No. 1 thought about it and decided to report the situation to AC.

　"what happens?"

　"Ever since the institute was built, there's been a constant stream of young people, dressed in bizarre costumes straight out of anime and games, coming to the institute's gate to take photos and check in. They've also been nagging our deep-sea pioneers to perform some 'Originium skills' or something."

　"I thought it was something else, just a two-dimensional tower defense game on some four-character mobile platform." AC couldn't help but hold his forehead and complain.

　"By the way, what about Guam and Yamato Musashi? Do they get along well?" AC planned to discuss other topics.

　Deep Sea No. 1 replied, "To the outside world, they are united, but behind the scenes, the relationship between the three is hard to predict. There are no major conflicts, but minor frictions are constant."

　Suddenly, No. 1 Deep Sea remembered something, "Oh right, Lord Admiralty Code, you mentioned earlier that the shipyard snatched the other side's ship spirit. There is a different one at the Brooklyn Shipyard.

　Good news.

　"What's wrong again?" AC asked with a puzzled look.

　"A Brooklyn light cruiser was built at the shipyard today, but no ship girl appeared." said No. 1 Deep Sea.

　AC's eyes widened, bewildered. "Are you kidding me? Brooklyn is on both sides (referring to Ship R and Ship B), how could it not appear?"

　"Lord AC, even if you give me a million guts, I wouldn't dare lie to you. Besides, we have never had the habit of cheating." No. 1 said.

　Then No. 1 Deep Sea speculated: "I personally think that this may be a matter of probability. That is, restoration does not guarantee that a ship girl will appear. It's like drawing cards in a game, is it a matter of probability?"

　"If that's the case, then how do we explain the things humans made before? There was never this kind of situation, and they were all guaranteed to ship. I don't believe we are so unlucky that we are the first one whose shipment is not 100% guaranteed." AC felt that there were major problems with this assumption.

　After a while, the discussion shifted to East Asia, and AC offered some insights: "...Now, it seems that there is no way to stop the Japanese Communist Party from conquering all of Japan. The only thing we can do is to keep the remaining Liberal Democratic Party in Okinawa.

　According to intelligence, the Japanese Communist Party will not launch an operation against Okinawa until at least next year. If our offensive is more intense, we can capture the entire east coast by the end of the year. At that time, we will most likely be able to send troops to Okinawa to protect the LDP regime before the Japanese Communist Party does.

　Deep Sea No. 2 asked, "Wouldn't that anger China? Surely China would take action?"

　AC shrugged and spread his hands. "After we occupied the East Coast, we've already given up our pretense and are ready to show off to the world. You're still concerned about this? You might as well consider this as a springboard for a feint attack on China, forcing China to focus its defenses on Taiwan and East China, thus reducing obstacles for our attack on South China."

　No. 1 Deep Sea nodded and said, "In fact, that's probably what the Chinese are thinking. They keep saying they're in touch with us, but in fact, many of their actions are meant to be on guard against us.

　Take Taiwan, for example. After the mainland conquered Taiwan, some of Taiwan's existing coastal defenses were not dismantled, but repaired and further upgraded. They even began building defenses along Taiwan's east coast. Who was this to defend against? I think everyone knows it well.

　Deep Sea No. 2 asked, "Won't this be met with criticism from the people on the island? When the DPP was promoting the use of force to resist unification, many people on the island criticized it as a waste of money and manpower. Isn't this detrimental to mainland China's rule in Taiwan?"

　"The DPP is being criticized because it's spending the Taiwanese people's money. In the past, Taiwan paid for all of this on its own, but now it's supported by fiscal transfers from mainland China.

　"There's no doubt a lot of money plagiarized from the Democratic Progressive Party and the mafia has been included in the defense budget. As long as the locals don't bear the economic costs, who would object? Simply explain the necessity of building the defense line to the people," AC explained.

　Then AC continued, "Speaking of which, I think it's about time we formulate a plan to attack China. Does anyone have any ideas? We can discuss the details later, but generally speaking, have you decided where to attack?"

　Number 1 thought for a moment and said, "There are several locations, including the Nansha Islands, the Xisha Islands, Hainan, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and Shanghai. Shanghai is a feint attack. The remaining locations are the real targets of attack."

　Number 2 laughed. "Wow, you have quite an appetite. I feel like this is even more radical than our attack on the United States."

　AC said: "Not really. The US is directly attacking China's political and economic centers. We are not sure we can directly attack China. The Nansha and Xisha Islands are easy to take, but Hainan and the Greater Bay Area are the most difficult to take, especially the Greater Bay Area.

　However, infiltrating Hong Kong in the Greater Bay Area is much easier than in mainland China. After all, it's a more international city than Shanghai, and its small size makes it incredibly popular. For intelligence professionals, this may be the most convenient place in China for them to display their skills.

　"Indeed, Hong Kong is also a city where we established our presence early in China. According to the feedback from our intelligence sisters, due to the different systems, the work here is indeed much easier than in mainland China." No. 1 agreed with AC's opinion.

　"One country, two systems, Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong...how interesting," AC said with a suggestive smile. "The Chinese government would never have imagined that this policy would actually facilitate our intelligence work."

　At this moment, the music player in the Oval Office finished playing the previous song. In an instant, the next song played randomly, the gentle guitar prelude of "Thousands of Songs".

　AC couldn't help but laugh, saying, "Oh my god, listen, even the random music played was a Hong Kong song. Isn't this heaven's will? It proves that Hong Kong is a sure thing!"

　After that, AC sent someone down to contact the sisters in Hong Kong who were responsible for infiltration.

　……

　A minute later, on a stand somewhere in Victoria Harbour, a figure with white hair and red eyes was admiring the night view of Hong Kong's Central Business District.

　She hummed softly along with the music playing on the system: "Even if there are thousands of stars in the future, brighter than the moon tonight, they cannot compare to the beauty of this night." ...Ah, the phone rings!

　A communication came in, interrupting the girl's humming.

　After the girl answered, she replied: "Hmm? Oh... OK, OK, I will speed up the arrangements and never let Admira down.

　lty Code's expectations."

　After the call ended, the girl leaped from her recliner and began broadcasting to her subordinates, ordering, "Everyone, Admiralty Code has finally made plans to attack Hong Kong. It's time to get to work, sisters!" AC then decided to conduct an experiment. "How about this? Build a few more small boats, and pay close attention to the major construction activities of various human nations. More experiments are necessary to avoid accidents and see if it's really as I say."

　"Okay, what about the Brooklyn?" asked Deep Sea No. 1.

　"Let's put it aside for a while and see. If there's still no movement, pull it back to the dock and dismantle it for recycling." AC waved his hand and said.

　Chapter 452: The Opening Ceremony (1)

　Early in the morning, Chongqing woke up at the same time as usual. As soon as she got out of bed, she immediately picked up the standard washbasin issued by the army and went to the bathroom.

　Logically speaking, ship girls who have the ability to clean themselves in seconds do not need these things; perhaps in order to experience human life, or perhaps because they are influenced by the human environment, they often unconsciously follow human living habits.

　Chongqing went to the sink, took a towel from the basin, wet it, and wiped her beautiful face. After washing her face, she picked up the toothbrush and cup and brushed her teeth, which were as pure as snow and so neat as advertised that they didn't need to be cleaned at all.

　"The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics was held this morning... I heard that it was the first opening ceremony held in an urban space instead of a stadium." Chongqing suddenly remembered this after washing up.

　It just so happens that today is the weekend and I have plenty of time to watch this. But before that, I have to prepare breakfast for myself.

　After a short busy period, a white-haired girl with a bun-like hair and a steamed bun in her mouth walked out of the kitchen with a plate, put the plate in front of the dining table, and turned on the TV to watch the replay of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.