It is Kokang and Changchun

　He told me that the Great Patriotic War was won and that we had given Germany a good beating. But he also told me that the Soviet Union had disintegrated and that none of its former member states were red anymore...

　"It's fine if this guy just said that; it's the truth, after all. But what's even more infuriating is that he went so far as to say that capitalism is better than communism, and that the Soviet Union was a dictatorship and shouldn't exist. When he said that, I almost killed him!"

　At this point, the Mercury Memorial voice clearly rose an octave,

　Then she continued, "Later, because of our quarrel, passers-by gathered and the police were called, so I ran away. Later, on the outskirts of the city, I asked a random person, hoping to get a fair evaluation of that period of history from him.

　Guess what he did? This guy was even worse than the last person. He said: "Wasn't Germany defeated by the United States? Without the United States, could you, the Soviet Union, have won?" Oh my God, what a response! Aurora, please judge... Anyway, I really don't know what to say, "Suka Blaryad!"

　Mercury Memorial was obviously angry and cursed.

　"Alas, I understand how you feel, Mercury Memorial," Aurora consoled him. "That's the power of public opinion. While it won't change established facts, it will influence the perceptions of the general public. It can turn black into white, and white into black."

　Aurora continued, "Mercury, let me tell you a story."

　As World War I was drawing to a close, the Russian government not only failed to curb its oppression, but instead imposed even more draconian taxes and imposed forced labor and military service, forcing the people, fed up with the situation, to take up arms in rebellion.

　Eventually, a bourgeois provisional government and the Soviet regime emerged. Three years of civil war followed. On one battlefield, a political commissar, in order to shield a young soldier, pushed him aside and picked up a nearby enemy grenade and threw it back.

　The grenade exploded after only a few meters, and the political commissar fell to the ground, seriously injured. The young soldier saw this and, relying on the powerful suppression capability of his Lewis light machine gun, rushed to the political commissar like a madman.

　The political commissar was dying. Before he died, he gave his most beloved harmonica to the young soldier, hoping that he would be able to play it on the day when the revolution was victorious.

　The young soldier took the harmonica from the political commissar and looked at the dead commissar, his eyes gradually moistening. He vowed to fulfill the commissar's last wish.

　So he practiced the harmonica whenever he had time, so that he could play it on that day and comfort the political commissar's spirit in heaven.

　In the end, we were victorious, and this young soldier fulfilled the political commissar's last wish. The music of "The Red Army is the Strongest" rang out in Leningrad.

　Later, this young soldier also became a political commissar. Not long after he became a political commissar, the fascist gang shamelessly invaded our motherland.

　In a sense, the essence of human history is, to a certain extent, a repeater. This political commissar was also seriously injured while trying to cover the soldiers, and died of his injuries in a field hospital two days later.

　When he passed away, he also gave his harmonica to a

　He looked at his young warrior and urged him to live to see the day of victory and let the sound of the harmonica ring out on the land of Germany.

　On Victory Day, the sound of harmonica rang out over the Reichstag in Berlin.

　The soldier later married and started a family. His son, though not a soldier, is an excellent firefighter. In 1986, in Pripyat, Ukraine, after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant fire, his son was among the first to rush to the front lines.

　Although the government's response was as slow as a snail in the early stages of the accident, it responded positively later and successfully brought the nuclear accident under control.

　However, his son will forever sleep in that radioactive land.

　Whether it was his father or his son, as a family of loyal martyrs, they should have enjoyed due preferential treatment and honor. But all of this disappeared as the red flag slowly lowered from the Kremlin's flagpole.

　Veterans who had dedicated half their lives to the nation were now facing social indifference. Not only were their material needs insured, many were forced to sell their medals to make ends meet. Verbal abuse was commonplace, and some even suffered physical assaults.

　This isn't just happening in one country, but in all former member states. Russia was the first to do it, and Ukraine was the most brutal..."

　Aurora tells the saddest story with the most gentle words.

　In addition to these, Aurora also told Mercury Ji-niang about the embarrassing situation and poor economic and political conditions of the member states after the red flag fell.

　"We've done so much, but it was all in vain?" Mercury Memorial asked dejectedly.

　Aurora smiled and said, "No, the future is bright, but the road is tortuous. In the hundreds of years since capitalist society replaced feudal society, how many dynasties have been restored? So, it is still uncertain who will win and who will lose between capitalism and socialism.

　"Also, Mercury, if you learn more about current events both domestically and internationally, you'll understand the current state of those once self-proclaimed developed capitalist countries."

　"Aurora, why can you still smile despite such a sad story?" Mercury Memorial has always admired Aurora for being able to maintain a relatively optimistic attitude.

　"Because my name means the goddess of dawn. If we are not optimistic, how can we give the people the guidance of light to escape from darkness? Don't expect Comrade Lenin to come back, because he said that we are him." Aurora hugged Mercury Jijian from behind to comfort her and answered her comrade-in-arms who was also a veteran of three dynasties.

　"Mercury, I want to give you a song. I hope you and I can stick to this ideal!" As she said this, Aurora once again conjured up her triangular harp and began to play and sing the Liubai Band's "за тебя - Родина-мать! (For you, my dear mother)"

　“Через тернии к звездам,через радость и слезы.” (We have endured many hardships, as well as laughter and tears.)

　We have finally overcome the obstacles ahead. As for the glory and credit, let God take the credit.

　И останутся в песнях наши лучшие годы (Let the golden years we once had remain in the ancient songs)

　(Remain in the wind of freedom that blows towards you)

　Головы вверх гордо поднять (So that you can stand proudly in the world...)"

　The sun was already setting over the horizon where the Neva River flowed. Of course, it would rise as usual the next day.

　Chapter 60: The stories of Japanese ship girls (7)

　On the day the Tokyo Olympics ended, the four sisters of the Akatsuki Raiden Six-Driver sat together with other destroyers to watch the closing ceremony.

　When figure skater Marin Honda cosplays Shinobu Kocho from Demon Slayer, the audience burst into the symphony of Gurenge (Gurenge), and Lei couldn't help but cheer:

　"There's even a Demon Slayer show, what a show to put on stage... Wouldn't this show be better than those hellish shows at the opening ceremony?"

　Xiao quipped in a sarcastic tone, "The opening ceremony invites ghosts, and the closing ceremony slays them. The beginning and the end echo each other. It seems the director is onto something."

　"If the director of the opening ceremony had not been fired, I would have almost believed it. Also, this opening ceremony was severely criticized by Mr. Takeshi Kitano (a famous Japanese actor and director), who said that he was so ashamed of it that he dared not travel abroad." The call added.

　"I can only say that this opening ceremony deserves to be criticized. It's really hard to put it into words..." Xiang was asked to express his opinion.

　"There's certainly nothing wrong with promoting traditional Japanese culture, but using this method can easily lead to other countries misunderstanding our culture. Take Donghuang, for example. Many Donghuang netizens have already equated Japanese culture with the dark underworld..."

　After saying that, Xiang poured himself a glass of sake from the coffee table, and then asked Yudachi next to him: "Yudachi, do you want another glass?"

　"No, no, I'm not stupid enough to compete with you ghost-clan ship girls (the name given to ship girls with ghost-clan characteristics by Japanese ship girls) in drinking. If it's a competition of eating meat, then you will only lose, poi." Yudachi's cheeks were rosy, and she waved her hand to refuse Xiang's toast.

　She couldn't help but look at the ten empty wine bottles on the coffee table, secretly sighing at how much Xiang, Lei, and Dian could drink.

　"By the way, Yuudachi-chan. You can come to the tea party tomorrow." Hibiki said to Yuudachi.

　"Poi?! Tea party? That means there will be food?" Yudachi seemed to only care about food and did not seem interested in learning from Yudachi.

　With a smile, Hibiki said, "Of course, I'll make sure Yudachi-chan has enough to eat~"

　However, Xiang concealed an important piece of information from Yudachi, which was that since the Fukushima incident, Xiang had been teaching Marxism to the ship girls around him by discussing political history at tea parties from time to time.

　At this time, Yudachi, who was full of expectations, was still kept in the dark by the temptation of food.

　After the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the six drivers left the living room and returned to their respective rooms.

　Xiang turned on the new computer he had just bought and, responding to Changchun's invitation, opened "War Thunder".

　Then he sent a radio message to Changchun: "Comrade Kokang, how are you preparing over there? I am on my way."

　"I'm fine now. I just came back from fighting the flood. I really want to play a game to relax. I trust you to get a room..." Changchun replied.

　Then Changchun and Xiang created a room for a duel. They chose a map with an open sea, and then launched cannonballs and torpedoes at each other.

　Changchun naturally used her own ship of the same class - Type 7U. Since Xiang did not have her own ship type - Fubuki-class Special III destroyer in the game, she could only retreat and use the Fubuki-class Special II type Ayanami to fight.

　After several rounds, Changchun was in a very difficult situation. In addition to its disadvantages in main guns and torpedoes, its technical level was also slightly inferior. In the end, it only achieved a kill-to-death ratio of 1:3.

　Watching the Type 7U destroyer slowly sinking into the water for the third time on the screen, Changchun said to Xiang with admiration, "I have to say, you're truly formidable in naval warfare. Not only are your gunnery skills superb, but your torpedoes are equally impressive. I heard the old Japanese Navy relied on training as their bread and butter, and that reputation certainly lives up to its reputation. Xinlai, would you teach me?"

　Xiang looked at his own record and joked, "Of course you can, Comrade Kokang! You've taught me so many advanced ideas and guided me through the maze. Now it's my turn to repay you, isn't it? Haha!"

　At the tea party study session the next day, everyone gained a lot after a round of discussion.

　After a short break, Hibiki announced the start of the next discussion. "Okay, let's continue from the last lesson. Now, Yudachi-chan, please stand!"

　"Poi?! Ha!" Yuuri, who was already fast asleep and drooling, woke up immediately when she heard someone calling her name.

　Hibiki examined the content of Yudachi's previous class and said, "Ask, besides Katayama Sen, who else was a pioneer of Marxism in Japan? Then please summarize the published works that represent his ideological shift to a Marxist position.

　If you answer correctly, I will personally cook a kilogram of hamburger meat for you today~"

　"Really? Um... Um," Yudachi stammered, his mind frantically thinking about what was discussed in the previous section.

　Even though there was the temptation of meat, she just couldn't remember it, and Yuudachi began to get nervous.

　"If you had listened like a hungry wolf during the discussion in the last section, you should have been able to answer the questions." Xiang was not very satisfied with Yuudachi's performance and reminded Yuudachi.

　Looking at Xiang's dagger-like smile, sweat gradually formed on his forehead. He said anxiously, "That's what I thought too..."

　"I want to complain, why do you, a ship B Yudachi, have the habit of chopping the fortress Yudachi next door? If you keep yelling like this, I will poi you with my 13cm cannon~" Xiang said with a fake smile and a kind tone.

　"Poi! I...I..." The frightened Yuuri was incoherent.

　There was no other way, Yudachi could only choose based on a vague memory and answered: "It's Tokuda Qiuyipoi!"

　Hibiki: "Wrong. Tokuda Kyuichi was one of the founders of the Japanese Communist Party, not a pioneer of Marxism. You have two more chances."

　Yudachi immediately changed his tone: "Uh... this... that's Kotoku Shusui poi!"

　"Second mistake, Kotoku Shusui has anarchist tendencies. One last chance. If you get it wrong again, you'll be punished by copying 'The Principles of Communism' ten times."

　"Poi...no..." Yudachi had exhausted all his knowledge and still couldn't answer.

　At this time, Ayanami, who was in the same room, sent a private message to Yudachi and told him the answer: "It was Kawakami Hajime. His 1920 publication of "A Study of the History of Modern Economic Thought" marked his transition to Marxism in the field of economics.

　In 1927, he published a long article entitled "On the Self-Evaluation of Historical Materialism - Correcting the Views and Fallacies Published in the Past, and Replying to the Criticism of Fukumoto Kazuo", which marked his turn to Marxism in the field of philosophy.

　Then, the article "Social Organization and Social Revolution" marked his transition to scientific socialism.

　"Ayanami-chan, thank you so much..." Yudachi expressed his gratitude to Ayanami in the voice channel. Then he answered Hibiki's question according to the answer given by Ayanami.

　In the end, Yudachi escaped the fate of being punished to copy it ten times.

　Xiang: "Yudachi, since you have answered, I will not lie. I will make you hamburger meat when dinner is ready. So, let's discuss why so many blind people still stick to their refereeing positions at the Tokyo Olympics.

　On the job..."

　When this was mentioned, everyone present was furious and accused the blind referee and shameless athletes, saying that it was because of the existence of these traitors that Japan was discredited and was disliked by foreigners.

　"...So the fundamental reason for holding this Olympics is to stop losses in time and as a result of the struggle for political interests? Anyway, that's my point of view...eh?" When Xiao was dissing the Tokyo Olympics, the phone in the living room suddenly rang.

　Xiao had no choice but to get up and answer the phone.

　“Moshimoshi…Oh…what?! Uh…Okay, I get it…”

　Xiao put the microphone away from his ear and turned to everyone and said, "Everyone! Listen to me, I have something to tell you. The government wants us to vote on something. It's about whether or not to build Yukikaze."

　"What? Snow Wind? This..." So all the shipgirls present were surprised in unison. After all, the name of Snow Wind was well-known among the shipgirls and military circles, from Kyushu to Hokkaido.

　Chapter 61: Great Construction Storm

　China built Chongqing, which set a good example and prompted other countries to follow suit. Some military commentators even called it "Navy Working Day" and "Navy Arms Race".

　France has been feeling uneasy since Britain, Germany, Italy and other territories started to have shipgirls. Because those French assets were dismantled after the war instead of being sunk, naturally, they did not have shipgirls like Britain, Germany and Italy.

　France was so angry that it beat its chest and stamped its feet, hating itself for dismantling all the ships back then.

　Therefore, on the one hand, France prayed for the ship girl on its own Horizon-class Forbin guided missile destroyer. On the other hand, as mentioned above, France began its own large-scale construction plan.

　It seemed that everything was going according to plan, but no one expected that large-scale demonstrations against wearing masks and health codes would break out in France, interspersed with demonstrations against naval shipbuilding.

　Macron, who was the first to hear the news, almost wanted to flip his desk over. He suppressed his anger and said to his subordinates: "Merde... (French curse) What on earth do these guys want to do? Opposing masks and health codes on the grounds of restricting freedom... Don't they think this reason is far-fetched? Wait until they all get sick and are admitted to the hospital. Only then will they be 'free'!"

　It is understandable that Macron opposes the large-scale naval construction, but it is unreasonable to oppose wearing masks and health codes.

　"Let them make a fuss, don't bother with them. It's not like I haven't experienced this type of march before. Just ask the yellow vests before, what did they make? You've worked hard, go down." Macron said to Jean Scatel (current French Prime Minister) who was reporting next to him.

　After Scata left, Macron asked the director of the Directorate-General for External Security (French intelligence agency), who had just entered on the way, "Do you have anything to report?"

　"Mr. President, our informants in Germany have reported that Germany has a new shipgirl. It's the lead ship of the Lütjens-class guided missile destroyer, the Lütjens. She's in the R class."

　"...Apart from this, is there no other good news recently?"

　The mark is about to grow bigger, and he feels that if this continues, France's status and voice in Western Europe and the European Union will probably decline significantly.

　Just when France was worried about the ship girls, Russia also released news of the appearance of new ship girls, namely the Red Caucasus and Kiev in the Black Sea and Minsk in the Gulf of Finland.

　When Kiev emerged, Russia and Ukraine engaged in a diplomatic war of words over the ownership of Kiev.

　Ukraine believes that Kiev was named after its capital and was built on Ukrainian soil. In addition, the people of Kiev spoke Ukrainian, not Russian, so Kiev should belong to Ukraine.

　Russia, on the other hand, criticized and refuted Ukraine's extreme historical nihilism on the Great Patriotic War, and expressed strong doubts about whether Kiev would be correctly viewed by Ukrainian officials and society after its visit to Ukraine.

　Russia and Ukraine were arguing with each other. Finally, after consulting Kiev's own opinion and gaining a general understanding of the current situation of the two countries, Kiev decided to return to Russia.

　Ukraine has not given up and is still "fighting with reason", but in the face of Kiev's own wishes and the threat of the Russian fists, it is all in vain in the end.

　Earlier than the Kievs appeared, Russia also decided on its own large-scale construction plan, and the first ships to be built were Tashkent, Kirov and Chapayev.

　While Japan currently boasts the largest number of shipgirls in the world, they seem to be seeking more. In the planned major construction plan, Yukikaze is among the first to be built. However, the decision to restore Yukikaze has been met with opposition from many of its own shipgirls, most of whom are capital ships and those that have been escorted by Yukikaze. Furthermore, some relatively superstitious senior officers in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are also opposed to this move.

　Just when Japan was hesitating about the large-scale construction plan, China came knocking.

　Rabbit: "Hey Chicken, I have a request, but I'm not sure if I should say it or not."