It is Kokang and Changchun

　After hearing this, Macron was a little unhappy and asked: "What is the specific amount of the budget gap?"

　Skatai: "Over $400 billion, Mr. President."

　Macron, far from feeling a headache, smiled and said, "Only over $400 billion? Don't worry, you can go down and tell them that the ship will continue to be built. Once Australia completes the $900 billion nuclear submarine contract with us, everything will be fine."

　After saying that, Macron picked up an onion ring with a fork, put it in his mouth and chewed it politely.

　"Knock, knock, knock" there was a quick knock on the door.

　After Macron's approval, the door of the presidential office was opened again, and the visitor this time was French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

　"This is bad, Mr. President," Le Drian said anxiously. "We've been stabbed in the back by Australia!"

　"What? Backstabbing? What did Australia do?" Macron asked.

　"The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia announced that they would form a new Indo-Pacific partnership, which included helping Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Then, Australia unilaterally tore up the contract, and our $900 billion was gone..."

　Macron and Scate said angrily: "Enculer! (One of the French national curses, similar to the Chinese word "cao" and the English word "fuck") these Anglo-Saxons

　They're all gold medal players who betray their teammates!"

　The next day, the French Foreign Minister issued a statement announcing that at the request of President Macron, France immediately recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia to protest Australia's unilateral cancellation of the nuclear submarine construction project with France and its purchase of US-made nuclear submarines. He said that such behavior was "unacceptable" among allies.

　The EU also expressed outrage at the US and Australia's "backstabbing" behavior. Borrell, the EU's senior foreign policy representative and vice president of the European Commission, said this was a lesson for Europe to rethink the need for strategic independence.

　In the end, in order to carry out the large-scale construction plan to the end, France had no choice but to turn to China for help, and in exchange for key technologies of the civil aviation industry, it avoided the abortion of subsequent projects in the plan.

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　Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held a press conference on September 17 to unveil a batch of newly developed COVID-9 vaccines. According to Takeda Pharmaceuticals, this new vaccine is an improvement on the Pfizer vaccine, addressing the reliability and safety issues of the Pfizer vaccine...

　Clinical trials have shown that this new vaccine is highly effective against both the Delta and Mu variants. It also has excellent therapeutic effects on patients with severe symptoms. Currently, large-scale production of this vaccine is being accelerated, with priority given to critically ill patients and the elderly.

　"Click!" Reimu Marufumi turned off the TV.

　Both Reimu Marufumi and Hime Haitang Yuli were unable to get a reporter spot for the press conference, so they could only sit at their respective homes and watch the live broadcast of the press conference on TV.

　The news just now made Yumeimimaru Bun very puzzled: Although Japan's medical technology is indeed at the forefront of the world, at present, something with such excellent effects that is both a vaccine and a special medicine is not something that contemporary human medical technology can develop, right?

　They couldn't possibly be asking that old woman Bayi for help or medicine, right?

　"Forget it, never mind. As long as the disease can be cured, it's fine. I hope every dose of vaccine is as good as in clinical trials. This crappy government is really making life difficult for humanity." Reimu Hōrōbun didn't want to delve into it any further.

　After the press conference, many people rushed to

　At the same time, Hibiki at Yokosuka Naval Base watched the live broadcast of the press conference.

　Xiang, who usually seems to be a straightforward person, actually has a meticulous mind. Unlike Reimu Maru, she always feels that there is something fishy about this medicine.

　While the information presented at the press conference suggests the vaccine is highly effective, Xiang believes that the results are just as important as the process. Therefore, Xiang is eager to understand what the pharmaceutical company did with the Pfizer vaccine to make it seem like a miracle cure.

　Not only Xiang, but even the scientific researchers at Takeda Pharmaceutical were confused.

　Tomokazu Kobayashi is a grassroots scientific researcher at Takeda Pharmaceutical. When Yoshihide Suga held a press conference to announce the new coronavirus vaccine, he himself didn't know when his company had such a new project.

　Not only had we not heard of it, but the day before the press conference, Takeda Pharmaceutical and the Japanese government gave every researcher at Takeda Pharmaceutical a confidentiality agreement to sign, stating that they would never disclose any information about the new vaccine. They could only claim to the outside world that we participated in the research and could not say anything else.

　The problem was that no one on the research team knew about this project. But after seeing the vaccine's effectiveness, the research team stopped talking. Although they still had questions, they kept them to themselves.

　When the United States heard that Japan had such a vaccine, it contacted Japan and said that it hoped to order several batches of vaccines from Japan, and also hoped to obtain information on the vaccine's research process.

　However, Japan said that this batch of vaccines will not be exported until domestic demand is met, and the research results and processes will not be shared.

　Ever since Japan had its KanColles, its attitude towards the United States has become increasingly tough. Especially after Ayanami smashed the sewage tanker last time, the tension between the two sides has skyrocketed.

　Although the United States intended to send Enterprise to Japan to scare these "arrogant" Japanese shipgirls and the government, Enterprise resolutely refused to carry out the order. As for other shipgirls, the United States currently has less than half of the Japanese shipgirls...

　Furthermore, if the US puts too much pressure on Japan, it will easily arouse public anger in Japan, which will be detrimental to the pro-US faction in the Japanese government taking power and will instead allow the pro-China faction to gain support from the Japanese people. (See the 650 million people who protested against the US before the new security treaty was revised.)

　Chapter 74: The Eve of the Storm (5)

　Prime Minister's Office in Canberra, Australia

　Prime Minister Scott Morrison is gloating over his decision to cancel the French nuclear submarine contract and instead turn to the United States for a sell-out operation.

　In an interview two days after the incident, Australia not only failed to appease France, but also "heartbreakingly" boasted about its own relationship with Britain and the United States.

　"I believe the people will understand that Australia's national interest comes first. It must be first, and it is first. The trilateral partnership that can be established with the United States and the United Kingdom is in the best interests of Australia, and it is in Australia's long-term national interest," Morrison said confidently.

　Morrison also said that not only nuclear submarines but also conventional-powered submarine contracts will be canceled, and said that he "will never regret it" about it.

　In short, the current war of words between France and Australia will not end in the short term.

　For the deep sea, what happened in France and Australia these days

　They didn't care; rather, they hoped to see more scenes like this. Because the greater the internal strife among humans, the more beneficial it would be for the Deep Sea's invasion plan.

　However, Morrison is completely unaware that undercurrents have already begun to surge in the Australia he currently manages.

　Somewhere in Sydney, Deep Sea, a spy sent to Australia for intelligence work, is contacting his superiors through a mental network.

　"We have already gathered all of Australia's military intelligence. Information on the Australian Army, Navy, and Air Force's military bases, troop deployments, unit numbers, command structures, personnel composition, recent developments, and weaponry has been recorded and uploaded."

　"Very good," said the Deep Sea spy's superior to her, satisfied. "Your next task will be to track and update this information at all times. Once we're ready to attack Australia, you sisters behind enemy lines will be a crucial component. Deep Sea 19810, do you understand?"

　"Yes!" Deep Sea 19810 answered reflexively.

　Then she hesitated for a moment and asked her superior, "But I want to know when we will launch the attack."

　The superior said, "This... probably won't be possible in the near future. We have to wait until everything is ready. Production of mass-produced warships, aircraft, and combat puppets is still expedited, and the number of combat-capable deep-sea vanguards and combat puppets is still insufficient."

　"So do we have to stay in hiding for a while?" Deep Sea 19810 asked thoughtfully.

　"Yes, as the saying goes, intelligence comes before the troops move. When the time comes to attack, all the pioneers fighting on the front lines will thank you.

　"By the way, you should also focus on gathering intelligence on their air force. Lack of air superiority is a cardinal sin in blitzkrieg warfare. I don't want to hear any reports of our sisters being killed or wounded by RAAF ground attack aircraft during the offensive," the superior reminded 19810.

　Deep Sea 19810: "Got it. I'll keep an eye on it. Also, I have to say, Australia in this dimension seems to be stronger than the previous one."

　"Oh?" Shenhai19810's words caught the attention of her superior, who then asked, "Why do you think so?"

　Deepsea19810 replied: "This can be seen from Australia's repeated expansion of its military strength in recent years and its large-scale import of modern military equipment from other countries.

　Not only that, while improving its military strength, the country also intends to strengthen its regional influence and try to compete for the right to speak in the Pacific region, showing a radical mentality of being committed to becoming the dominant force in the Pacific Ocean.

　In terms of the army, weapons introduced include German Boxer wheeled armored vehicles, tanks purchased from the United States, and M777 light towed howitzers.

　The Air Force introduced 72 F35 fighter jets and several supporting military aircraft from the United States...

　...All of the above are the differences between Australia in this dimension and the previous one. I hope headquarters will pay attention to this."

　After listening to his subordinate, Shenhai 19810, the superior said, "I've taken note of what you've said. We'll take it seriously. You should continue to closely monitor and observe, and report any major changes immediately."

　"Yes!"

　Days after Australia backstabbed France, anti-vaccine demonstrations led by construction workers took place in Australia.

　"Serves you right! This is the retribution for backstabbing an ally. God will not bless those who are treacherous. Australia, repent!" Macron rebuked casually when he received news of the anti-vaccine march in Australia.

　"But, Mr. President, we had a similar incident not long ago."

　Macron: “…”

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　A military port in Novorossiysk, Russia

　"where am I?"

　"We should win, right?" she thought.

　Suddenly, she sensed some commotion outside.

　"Hmm...it feels a bit noisy."

　At this time, several relatively recognizable voices were heard from the bustling crowd.

　"Is this Comrade-chan?"

　"What's that, Comrade-chan? This is next door!"

　"What's wrong with the guy next door? The guy next door is also gay!"

　"Oh, Varkin, look at her Roman braids, how beautiful they are!"

　"Tsk tsk, worthy of being called the Black Sea Dancer. It's worth our painstaking efforts of over a month to restore it..."

　……

　"Are these voices talking about me?"

　She subconsciously opened her eyes slowly, but the bright outside world forced her to slow down her pace.

　When she got used to the light outside and opened her eyes completely, she found that many people were looking at her eagerly.

　There were people who looked like workers, people wearing black or white navy suits, and there were also several girls dressed strangely.

　"These humans... can see me?" This is what she saw when she saw those humans were looking in her direction.

　Only then did she feel as if there was something unfamiliar about her.

　"Comrade Tashkent, I'm Aurora, welcome back." Just as Tashkent was looking at his body, Aurora stepped forward and saluted Tashkent.

　Tashkent looked at the girl with double white braids in front of him, and recalled the way the soldiers and officers on the ship saluted in his past memories. He greeted Ah

　Fleur returned the greeting and asked:

　"Are you Aurora? Your name is exactly the same as that light cruiser that changed an era."

　"Comrade Tashkent, that's me." Aurora replied gently.

　Tashkent suddenly discovered the blind spot and asked in surprise, "Wait a minute, you are also like me?"

　(Author's note: Before these shipgirls appeared, when they were still cold mechanical behemoths, they all had their own consciousness, but they were unable to express it in any form. Therefore, each ship could not judge whether other ships had self-awareness like themselves.)

　"Yes, it's genuine." Aurora confirmed.

　Then Aurora explained to Tashkent the ins and outs of the appearance of KanColle in the past six months, the related origins, game ships R and B, and so on.

　At the same time, Tashkent was also introduced to the Mercury Memorial, Kiev, Red Caucasus, Minsk, and other people (ships) who came to greet them.

　"Ah... This is really magical, comrade." After listening to Aurora's story, Tashkent looked at his own girl's soft hands and sighed.

　Her white gloves outlined the perfect curves of her fingers, and her black leather shoes, white tights and blue and white navy formal dress highlighted the mixed style of Soviet schoolgirl uniforms and navy uniforms.

　"Comrade Aurora, from what you said just now, it seems that a long time has passed since the Great Patriotic War. We won, right?" Tashkent asked.

　"Yes, we won."

　"Victory... Then, Comrade Aurora, could you explain what's fluttering in the distance?"

　As he spoke, Tashkent stretched out his hand and pointed to the tricolor flag of the Russian Federation fluttering in the wind in the distance.

　Chapter 75: The Eve of the Storm (6)

　"Sister Shane, the space gate is ready and in good condition. You can travel through it at any time."

　"I'm about to embark on a journey again..." Scharnhorst sighed, then gave Ilor Xi, who was controlling the space gate, a slap on the head and said with a curled lip:

　"It was you who lost my souvenir Mind Cube. Otherwise, my lazy life wouldn't have ended. Look, now I have to work hard again to get it back."

　"Sister Shane, I really didn't mean to..." Xi just opened her mouth to explain when Shane interrupted her, "Alright, alright, you've said it countless times, I know you didn't mean it. I'm not unforgiving you, am I? Just don't be so careless next time."

　After giving Xi a light punishment, Shane said seriously, "Alright, there shouldn't be any problems with the portal this time, right? Don't expect it to land with a massive explosion like last time."

　"Sister Shane, I promise there won't be any problems this time!" Xi promised Shane in a rare serious manner.

　"Okay, I believe you, let's go."

　……

　An Airbus A320 prepares to descend from medium altitude to low altitude on the air route from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

　"Hello, passengers! Welcome aboard Aeroflot flight SU11. We are about to arrive at Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport... I will take care of you safely at your destination."

　As usual, the captain made a voice announcement as they were about to arrive at their destination.

　After he finished broadcasting the voice message, he slowly pulled the throttle lever back with his left hand to slow down, and then gently pushed the steering stick forward slightly to let the aircraft descend.

　At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared in the distance outside the front windshield of the plane, which scared the captain and the co-pilot. They immediately pulled the steering stick back sharply, trying to avoid it.

　Although the two figures were about two hundred meters away from the plane, the plane was moving very fast. Moreover, it was a large aircraft like a passenger plane, which was not very maneuverable. Even if the steering stick was broken, there would be no time to dodge.

　Just as the captain saw two figures getting closer and closer and about to collide, the two figures suddenly disappeared.