Chapter 1401: 1402 It’s better to leave
Chapter 14011402 It’s better to go
Another worker who was mixing cement was also very dissatisfied with this repetitive work. He nodded and summed it up in one word: "A waste of time and money!"
That's right, in his opinion this is a waste of time and a waste of money and people. Because no matter what they do, they will fall into passivity when facing the Tang Empire.
There is no way. Those stories that promote the use of old-fashioned equipment to defeat powerful enemies are actually just to cheer themselves up when they are unable to improve their own backwardness in weapons and equipment technology.
It is one skill to enable soldiers to use millet and rifles to defeat strong enemies. It is another skill to equip soldiers with aircraft and cannons to face strong enemies. The best situation is actually "I want them all" rather than making a choice.
Are the aircraft of the Lions Empire more advanced than those of the Tang Empire? No one would think so. Everyone knows that the planes equipped by the Lions Empire are just junk that the Tang Empire does not want.
But those in power always have an illusion. They always feel that the gap between their own aircraft and those owned by the Tang Empire may not be as big as imagined.
In other words, they actually know it, but they are unwilling to admit this fact: If a person can only say that guns are inferior to people, cannons are not as good as people, and the country will be destroyed if they fight, he is definitely not a qualified ruler.
Therefore, even if they bite the bullet, other countries can only catch up with the progress of the Tang Empire as much as possible, and dare not easily fall behind in technology.
There is no other way. If the gap really widens, they will feel even more uncomfortable: Theoretically speaking, the advanced weapons and equipment of the Tang Empire are expensive, and it may be more cost-effective to consume a large number of worthless targets in a fight.
But actually think about it the other way around, who is willing to use weapons that are several generations behind to attract enemy firepower? By then, many people will die and everyone will be afraid, so there will be no need to resist.
When casualties are too heavy, the troops will collapse and surrender without hesitation...The war may be ended within a few days, and the lagging side will obviously be the one to be ended.
Under such circumstances, the rulers have no way to pin their own survival on the affordability of cheap troops.
So they could only keep following up and step into the trap of the Tang Empire. Because this is basically a conspiracy, a trend that no one can reverse.
Just like in modern times, everyone knows that if everyone destroys weapons, the burden of abolishing the army will be less, but no one is willing to do this. The arms race is still going on, and no one wants to fall behind.
“When will this kind of life end?” The worker who spoke first continued to sigh. He really didn’t want to take another job in the army. He was given less and had more things to do.
There are strict requirements on what must comply with certain standards, how much steel bars should be used, and how much cement should be used. In some places, it even needs to be watered repeatedly to build a mountain with cement...
In order to deal with the weapons of the Tang Empire, some countries are digging caves, and some countries are building cement hangars. In short, everyone is very busy.
"There is no head, unless... the Tang people come over..." Another worker spoke very boldly, but his voice was very low, and he looked left and right while speaking, obviously he was also nervous.
"Alas... This was the Royal City earlier, but later it was renamed Jade City. You are a foreigner, but you don't know. Our life was very good at that time." The worker on the opposite side didn't care about that and said directly. Recalling the days before, he was really sighing. If he had known that life would get worse and worse if he stayed here, he might as well have followed the Datang Group to leave his hometown and go to Longdao like his neighbors who left.
I heard that life there is very good. Apart from not allowing people to leave the island easily, life there can be said to be a paradise.
Unfortunately, they were all just heard. After the Tang Empire completely sealed off Dragon Island and prohibited ships from other countries from approaching, he never heard about it again.
Naturally, he didn't know that rockets could be seen taking off almost every day. People there had gradually begun to popularize mobile phones. Naturally, he didn't know that there were huge aircraft carriers parked in the ports over there, and other aircraft flying in the sky. The place has never seen a jet.
The level of construction of the Tang Empire has far exceeded the imagination of other countries. Many flights connecting the empire have been replaced by jet airliners, which is simply not possible for other countries.
Although the Tang Empire is also constantly exporting jet airliners, such aircraft are still a rare luxury item in other countries. In the Datang Empire, they are already standard equipment at most airports.
"The money we earned back then allowed us to eat meat every day... Now that we don't make much money, we can't eat meat anymore... Sigh." The worker, who felt more and more miserable the more he thought about it, sighed, not caring whether anyone around him could hear him. of complaints.
This kind of thing was already a daily routine for the aboriginal people in the areas controlled by the Datang Group. They chose to stay instead of leaving their hometowns with the Datang Group. Now that they are fine, they really regret it.
It’s a pity that there is no if in this world. Datang Group left and established a huge empire on another continent.
And they stayed, suffering hardships in the newly-rising Lions Empire, and being oppressed by those **** officials and nobles.
"What are you talking about? What are you talking about! Work hard and don't be lazy." A supervisor came up behind him, scolded him angrily, and then left with his hands behind his back.
He didn't want to meddle in other people's business. After all, after work, he was just a minor official who was bullied. There was no need to strain the relationship between his colleagues because of those scolded bastards.
After all, there are fewer and fewer workers nowadays, and those who are more or less capable have run away. Who wants to stay and be oppressed and exploited by the nobles?
It is not easy to find a few capable workers, and it is not easy for him as a small foreman, so why should everyone make things difficult for each other? That's pretty much it. As long as the project is completed, everything else is a trivial matter.
“…” The chat stopped abruptly, and the ME-262 fighter jet that had been secretly produced earlier could still be seen in the distance. These fighters were used as tactical bombers, which was in line with the expectations of the three major German commanders for such aircraft.
(End of this chapter)