Overseas expansion is an act that every country must take when its strength has accumulated to a certain extent, and from the perspective of morality and conscience, it is objectively important to promote the overall progress of society.

But as with all things in the world, going too far and turning into unbridled agitation will only put the real national interest at risk. Even if we are lucky enough to escape the strategic trap of fighting the wrong war at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and by the wrong opponent, an unbridled arms race will cause a surge in national debt, an increase in taxes, and an aggravation of social contradictions.

In the history of another world, the German Empire, which implemented Wilhelm's second "world policy", and the footpot chicken, which was insatiable and wanted to "create a "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" -- were all specimens placed in the shop window, so that the backward countries could learn what it meant to "die if you don't die."

Li Lin, who is well aware of these matters, will naturally not let the situation continue to deteriorate, on the one hand, relax the liberals and counteract the radical ideology, on the other hand, he is also deliberately seeking to get Charlemagne to hand over the handling of overseas colonization to the V.E company, put on the cloak of officially licensed legality, and seek the overseas interests of the elven camp.

In this context, the construction of overseas garrison troops, navy, and strategic air force was not left behind, but was strengthened without affecting the whole, and finally, the minimum required for Stardust operations was reached, which in turn led to a deal between Li Lin and Richelieu.

Their performance is indeed excellent, but its own limitations cannot be ignored.

Due to geographical constraints, it takes a considerable amount of time for these strategic strike forces to travel between their bases and the mainland. In the middle, they have to pass through a large area of sea and airspace under the control of the enemy, and they are surrounded by enemy troops and have no logistical support. In one or two surprise raids in which the plan was strictly enforced, the technical weapons were supported, and the luck factor was a little bit of luck, these problems were not very obvious, and their performance was satisfactory. However, in the event of a full-scale war on the home soil, or when the enemy is engaged in a continuous encirclement operation near the base, the final outcome prediction is not very optimistic.

The Wehrmacht was anxious about this possibility from top to bottom, and this anxiety even affected the design of the battleship. In addition to thick armor, fierce firepower, and powerful power, the design plans of early surface ships and floating warships also had a very special feature of the Alfheim Navy - they all had phantom concealment functions and excellent performance in turning on the spot. The fire in the rear is fiercer than in the front. For example, the early design of the D'Flinger class was fitted with two twin 280mm or triple 203mm gun turrets in the front. In the back, it is equipped with four main gun turrets with a knapsack layout, which is clearly a design that can run along the way when being beaten.

"If it weren't for the needs of Stardust Operations, how could they have a chance to show their faces, I'm afraid that they are all secretly training in the Southern Ocean until now. Now three days and two heads show off their watch xiàn. I don't want to see what has become of the army's face. ”

It seems that the noise of "strengthening the navy" and "the security of overseas interests cannot be ignored" in the council seems to be ringing in my ears again. Brunhill rubbed his eyebrows and smiled bitterly.

It's a rare trip back to Alfheim. As a result, they did not enjoy the quiet, and a large number of parliamentarians, bureaucrats, suitors, and complainants surrounded the consul like flies all day long, and finally had to use the excuse of "patrolling the navy and overseas territories". Hurry up and enjoy a rare beach getaway.

Lucky or unlucky, there will be no end to the problem of dwelling on this kind.

"Anyway, they did a good job, so let's get rid of complaining or something. ”

Leaning on the captain's seat and waving his hand, Li Lin said disapprehantly:

"There will always be all kinds of problems in the development of the army, and internal attrition will always exist, as long as it does not affect the overall situation, it does not matter if they are noisy, but it must not be allowed to become a joke like Charlemagne's army and navy. ”

"What you say is very true. ”

Responding with a meticulous work attitude, Brunhill couldn't help but sneer.

The jealousy between Charlemagne's army and navy has become a storm all over the city, and the nonsensical dispute between the two branches of the military is not an exaggeration to be regarded as a joke.

In a series of events over the past few months, the Army has been slapped in the face, first by unknown assassins slaughtering 300 Charlemagne warriors, and then by Titans running to Castile to open a matchless and return home in a beautiful way. Then, the Knights of the Round Table in Albion came to the stadium, originally planning to let the National Academy of Magic be the first bird first, to wear off the other party, and then to regain some face for the army, but in the end, relying on the foreign aid of V.E, the tournament ended in a draw...... Recently, the Prime Minister simply jumped out and used the limited skill "Great Purge" on the navy, and the incompetent Admiral Count Montrancy and his friends were cut off by Archbishop Li, and the prime minister made an achievement - "promoting young talents", and then advised the king to invest in the navy and reduce the number of land forces for this purpose......

I can't bear this thing! Uncle can bear it, and aunt can't bear it either!

Around the competition for resources, the right to speak, the number of troops, the importance of each to the country, whether it is the "army and navy" or the "navy and army", the navy queue is in front of the parade or the army queue is in the front...... and a series of interest-related issues, Charlemagne's royal navy and royal army entered a strange competition similar to the "army red deer" and "naval national thief" in the footbasin chicken family before August of the twentieth year of Showa.

Overnight, the in-law relationship between the generals of the two systems no longer appeared, and the number of red affairs in their respective systems skyrocketed, and if they could not find a favorite person within their respective arms, the "children of the navy" or "children of the army" would rather marry politicians or businessmen than find each other's systems anyway. In the building of the armed forces, the army has developed such "second navy" as the "army boat unit" and the "army floating fleet," and the navy has taken advantage of its close relationship with the V.E Company to vigorously develop a "second army" such as "marines," "marines," "marines," "marines," "marines," and "marines......

"The day before yesterday, negotiators from the army and navy for the purchase of guns came to the company, and they were greeted by a rookie. As a result, the two groups were arranged in two rooms separated by a wall without the knowledge of all three parties. Fortunately, until the end of the negotiation, the two groups did not meet each other, but only responded to the lobby, "I felt the unpleasant atmosphere seeping from the next door from that wall", "There is a demonic atmosphere in the room", ......"

Remembering that the stupid big wooden camel and the Persian lion went to the rabbit's house to buy arms, and the always shrewd black rabbit also made a similar joke, Li Lin didn't think there was anything about it, but what happened next made him wonder whether these two groups of people came to him to buy arms or raise the bar.

"The army placed an order for 1,200 rifles and 40,000 rounds of ammunition, and the navy also put forward the same purchase intention, but the two sides put forward the same requirements - the compulsory procurement of the two sides cannot be manufactured on the same production line, the technical indicators cannot be completely consistent, the flintlock shot, bayonet, and crosshair cannot be the same, and the specifications and rotation directions of the screw heads must be opposite - the navy must rotate left, and the army must rotate to the right. Finally, it is better to use bullets of different calibers. ”

Luckily, it was the smoothbore guns that could sell them, otherwise they would have demanded that the rifling rotate in the opposite direction......

This kind of joke may be quite cute on the human camp's side, but if the elf camp also engages in this kind of internal friction - in the name of the mother goddess, Li Lin will definitely give them a good look. (To be continued......)

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Li Lin: The winners of the last prize quiz are NASS, Hannan, Jin Leifeng, wzd3021, poor nameless, and September Fuxing. Congratulations to the above book friends!

Nidhogg: Today's question 1.What is Admiral Kittel Diraz? (Hint: Actually, there are two people, the generals of the Duchy Army, the nickname Tiger in the seeds, and the one-armed man who likes all kinds of coffee.) Question 2: What is the joke of the stupid big wooden camel and the Persian lion going to the rabbit's house to buy arms? (Hint: The snake has said that a pure baby can't be a hooligan, let alone the Big Five!)