The next day everything was as usual, but it seemed like yesterday's events had completely passed. During the afternoon club activity time, Kasumigaoka Shiyu carefully tutored Chitong in her studies as usual.
When Kasumigaoka Shiyu said "take a five-minute rest," Chitong did not lie on the table panting with her eyes dazed as usual. Instead, she gently leaned next to Yan Kai and touched Yan Kai's arm with her shoulder.
"Uncle Kai, can you tell me how your Central Plains army won the Goryeo War?"
Chitong looked at Yan Kai with a little admiration, or in other words, it was the Central Plains that Yan Kai represented behind him.
That was in the early 1950s, not long after the civil war in the Central Plains ended, and the country was completely impoverished. How did the Central Plains defeat the United Nations army, dominated by Amrikan? You know, Amrikan at that time was already One of the two most powerful countries in the world at that time.
Chi Tong rummaged through the textbooks issued by the school, but did not see any specific description of the Goryeo War in the textbooks. He also went to the Internet to find other versions of textbooks. The descriptions of the Goryeo War were also unclear, and there were many other textbooks available. Ruowu hinted that Zhongyuan intervened in the Goryeo civil war in order to help North Goryeo, which started the war first.
Chitong's Japanese proficiency is not enough for her to understand the ambiguous statements in the textbooks. She only knows that in the Goryeo Civil War, Ameriken first participated in the war to help South Goryeo, and then the Central Plains helped North Goryeo fight against the United Nations forces. But why is it according to the Japanese textbook? It's like the Central Plains is wreaking havoc?
North Korea and the Central Plains are the bad guys, South Korea is the victim, and the United Nations Army composed of Amerikan and other countries is the savior. Do the people who compile this textbook have any brains?
Just think about the weak national power of the Central Plains at that time. It was too late for the Central Plains to recuperate. How could it be possible to actively intervene in the Goryeo Civil War? It was sick, right?
Moreover, South and North Korea were originally one country, but they were split into two because of some issues. No matter how you think about it, a war between these two countries can only be regarded as a civil war, right? Isn't Amerikan's participation in the war interfering in other countries' internal affairs?
Amrican, who interferes in other people's civil wars, is the bad guy, okay? But why are the textbooks full of hostility towards the Central Plains? I feel so angry just thinking about it!
Moreover, the textbook also clearly states, "In the absence of the Soviet Union, the United Nations Security Council resolved to declare North Korea an aggressor country and dispatched United Nations troops with American as the main force to South Korea." This paragraph was directly shattered. Understand Chitong's three views.
Thinking about the current civil war in the kingdom, Amrican suddenly intervened again... Chi Tong seemed to smell a familiar smell.
She used to think that the kingdom was already very dark, but she didn't expect that the legendary "light and majestic" United Nations was also the same. Isn't this exactly the tool Amrican used to launch war?
She didn't care what the Japanese textbooks said. Anyway, with her low intelligence, she felt that the Central Plains did not seem to be actively involved in the war, but more like a passive counterattack.
But no matter what, it was the Central Plains army that won the victory in the end, which is simply incredible.
Yan Kai put down his pen, pushed up his glasses and said: "To be precise, they were volunteers, and they didn't win. South and North Korea are still at war even now. The 38th Parallel is a dividing line, not a national boundary. And at that time It’s not just the Central Plains that is fighting, it can’t be said that the Central Plains defeated Amrican.”
When answering this kind of question, Yan Kai thinks it is better to be more rigorous.
Chitong turned Yan Kai's words over in her mind, and finally came to the answer that Zhongyuan had indeed defeated Amrican, and then continued to ask: "Uncle Kai, I want to ask you, how did you win? According to the book I haven’t written it down yet, but you must know it, right?”
Yan Kai pondered for a long time, and then slowly said: "I can only say that I know a little bit. If you are interested, I will tell you when I get back. You should study with senior sister first."
That war can be said to be the founding war of the Central Plains. It was that war that made the whole world realize that the Central Plains was not something to be trifled with, nor was it the little brother behind the Soviet Union. It was a sovereign state independent of the two superpowers. nation.
But the brutality of that war and the painful price paid by the Central Plains are absolutely unforgettable and cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Yan Kai did not want to talk about this topic in a casual manner.
"oh!"
Chitong was a little disappointed, but she was quite excited thinking about finding out at night.
"It's rare, Chitong. This is the first time I've seen you interested in things other than eating!"
Kasumigaoka Shiyu said in surprise.
"I, I'm not just interested in food either!"
Chi Tong said a little shyly.
When she was in the kingdom, she was also a resolute, courageous and experienced warrior, but after arriving in the peaceful Japan, she had no room to perform and could only vent her frustration on food.
Yes, that's right, that's it, she is not a loser!
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Yan Kai thought Chi Tong was just on a whim, but after dinner, she asked Yan Kai about the Goryeo War again, looking eager for knowledge.
Seeing Chi Tong's firm attitude, Yan Kai could only put down the sparring temporarily and have a few serious words with Chi Tong.
“In the simplest terms, it’s all about determination.”
In the practice room, Yan Kai sat down cross-legged and said to Chi Tong.
"Strong will?"
Chitong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Yan Kai's answer.
"Don't talk about it, when it comes to will, there are many strong-willed people in our resistance army. It seems that we also have hope to defeat the American army."
Chi Tong said excitedly.
Yan Kai smiled and shook his head, then added: "All of them."
"?"
Chi Tong failed to understand Yan Kai's meaningless words.
"What I mean is that all the volunteer soldiers, a total of 2.4 million people, fought with the United Nations troops at the expense of their own lives to defeat the enemy, and then they were pushed back to the 38th parallel."
Yan Kai explained.
A thin stream of sweat immediately broke out on Chitong's forehead.
all? Two and a half million soldiers?
Not to mention whether the total number of rebels is one-tenth of the 2.4 million, but how many of them can fight without fear of death, even 10%?
Chitong can be sure that there are strong-willed fighters in the resistance, such as their "night raids" and other resistance cadres, but it is completely impossible to say that all resistance fighters have a firm will. After all, in the final analysis , most of the members of the resistance army are the people at the bottom who have been forced to resist by the tyranny of the kingdom. All they want is to survive. If the resistance army pushed them to fight a fatal battle, they would probably run away immediately.
Before Chi Tong could think more, Yan Kai continued: "The specific figures will differ depending on the statistical methods and data sources. Let me just give you a more widely used figure. In the Goryeo Civil War, the number of people who died in the Central Plains Volunteer Army was ten. There were 83,108 people, and the number of American soldiers killed in action was 36,574. The battle loss ratio was almost five times. Five volunteer soldiers basically needed to be sacrificed to eliminate one American soldier. At that time On the Goryeo battlefield, it was common for an entire team to disappear in its entirety. It can be said that every volunteer soldier had put life and death aside when they crossed the Yalu River, because even the Central Plains did not think that this battle was Can win.”
"Then why continue to fight?"
Chitong asked immediately.
This was a civil war in Goryeo. The Central Plains could have stayed out of it, but they had to jump in and fight a battle with no chance of winning. Is it purely because of the friendship between the two being socialists?
"How can we allow others to snore on the side of the bed!" Yan Kai said firmly, "At that time, the United Nations troops had already come to the border between China and Taiwan to provoke repeated provocations. If they insist on compromising, the words that the Central Plains shouted at the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, 'The people of the Central Plains have stood up from now on. 'What's the point? So even if we can't win this battle, we still have to fight it. If we don't fight it in Goryeo, we will fight it in the Central Plains in the future. So even if we know that the chance of victory is slim, we must fight it!"
"Fortunately, I won in the end..."
Chitong said sincerely.
Although it was a bit strange for a Japanese to say this, considering that Chitong didn't seem to think of himself as Japanese, there seemed to be no problem.
"It's not a matter of luck. There was no luck in winning this battle. It was all built by the volunteer soldiers with their flesh and blood. If you have a chance in the future, Chitong, you can go to the Central Plains to see the memorial halls of the Goryeo War. You After reading it, you will know that using luck to describe the victory of that war is an insult to those martyrs who died."
Yan Kai sighed softly.
"Uncle Kai, I still don't understand why all 2.4 million soldiers can have such a firm will!"
There were violent emotions fluctuating in Chitong's eyes.
This is not twenty-four, nor two hundred and forty, but a full two and a half million! It’s almost as big as the entire population of the kingdom.
Bringing 2.4 million people together, united as one, fearless of life and death, what a huge force it is to achieve this!
Even Esdeath was very curious and said: "Yes, I am very curious too. I consider myself to be very capable of commanding troops. I have commanded tens of thousands of troops. I can make tens of thousands of people obey my orders completely, but the number If it's one hundred thousand, I won't have the confidence, one million...I simply can't believe how difficult it is to dispatch so many troops, let alone get them to work together."
"Because what maintains this army is not the upper and lower classes, nor military spending, but the same belief."
Yan Kai replied.
"Faith? Not faith?"
Chitong asked.
When it comes to uniting a large number of people, faith is always the best way, but Yan Kai is talking about faith rather than belief.
"It's faith."
Yan Kai said with certainty.
Faith is not a good word for Yan Kai, because faith is often accompanied by blindness, entrusting all one's ideology to other beings. This is a very stupid thing, and it is especially easy to be exploited by other people with ulterior motives. .
Looking back at the wars launched in the name of faith in history, they are all full of selfish desires and barbarism. For example, the very famous Crusades have no trace of civilization at all. They should be renamed "Crusades". right.
Faith is an organic unity of emotion, cognition and will. It is an attitude that people firmly believe in a certain idea or thing based on certain cognition and practice it. A warrior with faith is the strongest warrior. .
The volunteer soldiers in the Goryeo War knew very well what they were fighting and what they were fighting for. This was by no means a manifestation of blind faith, but a manifestation of firm belief.
"Then, how can we have such faith?"
Chitong's eyes began to flash with a different light.
"The first thing is to understand what you are fighting for. Chitong, tell me, what are you rebels fighting for?"
Yan Kai asked Chi Tong in return.
"Of course, overthrow the tyranny of the kingdom and build a new country where everyone can be happy!"
Chitong said very firmly.
"Pfft!"
Esther burst out laughing.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I don't usually laugh out loud unless I really can't help it!"
Esdeath covered her mouth and apologized.
"what's so funny!"
Chitong looked at Esdeath angrily, feeling that Esdeath had insulted her ideals.
"It's too empty!" Esdeath said nothing, and Yan Kai shook his head first, "What you say is no different from a child saying, 'I want to be a scientist when I grow up.' I can't think of any other adjective besides childishness."
"How to overthrow it? To what extent should it be overthrown? Is it necessary to completely eliminate the original administrative system of the kingdom? Should all officials be brought out for trial? What kind of political system should the new country use? Monarchy, republic, parliamentary system Or the system of people’s representation? Have you ever thought about these?”
Every time Yan Kai asked a question, Chitong's expression turned uglier. She had never thought about these questions before.
Chitong patted his head and carefully recalled the memories of the kingdom, and finally found useful information in a remote corner: "This should be a parliamentary republic. I heard Najiesi mention it. She seems to be planning to form a parliamentary republic. , this will be more democratic, the new government will be clean and legal, and will be completely different from the current kingdom!"
After saying that, Chitong breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Najiexi said that they were eating a big meal during these times, so Chitong's memory was very deep.
Yan Kai nodded, and then continued: "Okay, but the system is derived. It is derived from the different resource factors produced due to different resource endowments in the country's industrialization process. What primitive accumulation method the country uses to form the country's factor structure, the country will What kind of system will be produced, and even the path dependence that determines subsequent system changes, have you really investigated the system of the new country so casually?"
"Huh? Uncle Kai, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand a word of it!"
Mosquito-like circles began to appear in Chitong's eyes, and she didn't understand what Yan Kai said at all.
"To put it simply, the economic base determines the superstructure."
Yan Kai said in simpler language.
Chitong was still confused. No, Esdeath was also confused. She couldn't understand what Yan Kai was saying, so she was confused.
Ah Jiu, who was lying next to Yan Kai, sighed, sighing for these two illiterate people.
Although it doesn't understand what Yan Kai is saying, it's not a human, so it doesn't need to understand in the first place!
Yan Kai had no choice but to use the simplest language: "Let me put it simply, how much wealth you have depends on what kind of system you can afford. The cost of the system of a parliamentary republic is very high. How can your kingdom maintain it?" Can you afford it?”
"This...kingdom doesn't have oil and natural gas?"
Chi Tong felt guilty.
Those thirsty ones are big treasures. Chitong doesn’t expect the kingdom to live like a Saudi tycoon, but at least it can be much richer, right?
"I advise you not to expect this." Yan Kai looked at Chitong lovingly with eyes caring for the mentally retarded, "Does your kingdom have the technology to exploit oil and natural gas? If not, in the end, you will have to sell the oil fields and natural gas to multinationals. Energy companies let them mine, and those energy companies are most likely owned by the US. In other words, after a while, you will still have to give the oil and natural gas to American."
"If they are in a good mood, they should be able to sell you nothing. Of course, if you want to be stubborn with them, that's fine. They will block the kingdom's mining technology, so that you can't mine any oil and natural gas, and you have to guard the gold mines to beg for food. There are not just two countries in the world. To put it another way, in the end, you have developed the technology to extract oil and natural gas, and you have also extracted oil and natural gas yourself. If others impose sanctions, you will not be able to sell it, and you will still be poor."
Yan Kai shook his head and said.
"..."
This world is so complicated. I'd better go back to being an assassin. I'm not suitable to think about this...
Chitong shrank his head and said.
