Chapter 1357 Diary of an Intelligence Officer (Second update, please subscribe)
Far away, what is far away?
There is a strange country!
Although it is unfamiliar, it fills me with a certain yearning for that land.
The large Tu-114 aircraft flying from Moscow flew over Myanmar and continued flying on a fixed course. Now the plane's nose is facing southeast, and it will eventually reach Chang'an.
On the plane, Polyakov spent most of his time focusing on the documents in his hands. The black briefcase was placed against the cabin wall. From the moment he got on the plane, he concentrated on thinking, even though he was in the cabin. , but there were no guests around him.
"In a few hours, we will be at NBC!"
Thinking in his mind, he turned his attention to the document in his hand, which was a document about the "Congo Crisis" .
In addition to describing in detail the events that occurred there, the document, like analyzes from other countries, ultimately pointed the finger at NBC.
But so what?
Not every country is NBC!
Although the war in the Congo and the "accident" of the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General shocked the world, that was all. There the shelling continued.
Not only that, bombers also appeared in the sky over Elizabethville-thousands of pounds of bombs fell into the city like raindrops. The UN commanders were naturally unwilling to endanger their men while being surrounded. His life was in danger, so a series of distress telegrams were sent to New York.
Although there is evidence that a large amount of supplies are transported from Northern Rhodesia into Congo every day, the United Nations is very helpless in the face of the evidence, which is just accusations.
After all, not every country is NBC!
Not every country can be such a gangster!
No, this is slander!
Although some observers have linked the war in central Africa to NBC, NBC has firmly denied this slander.
Looking out the porthole at the vast blue sky with white clouds. In the distance, there was a line of white smoke dragged out by the plane across the sky. Polyakov followed the white smoke with his eyes and finally found the small silver-white fuselage.
His thoughts once again returned to that document and the next work. He was about to take over as the military attache stationed at NBC!
As an intelligence officer in the Military Intelligence Bureau, that is, the GRU, he was once sent to the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was later transferred to Myanmar and India to take charge of espionage activities.
And NBC is another battlefield for him.
“It’s really a very interesting country!”
More than two hours later, the plane finally landed at Chang’an International Airport. Polyakov, holding a diplomatic passport, quickly Just passed customs.
It was raining continuously in the night sky outside. After getting into the car sent by the embassy, Polyakov looked at the city outside the window.
In a city shrouded in heavy rain and fog, the neon light makes the rain colorful. Together, it gives people the illusion of being in a fantasyland. This magical feeling reminds Polyakov of the city. Another name - the city of the future.
"Is this the future?"
Polyakov was wondering in his heart. He had no answer, so the car drove along and soon he arrived at the commercial representative office.
“NBC is different from all countries!”
In the Russian Embassy in Chang’an, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander threw a document on the table and faced Poli, who had just returned from the country. Lieutenant Colonel Yakov said:
"This is something we must understand."
"How do you say it?"
Pick up the tin cigarette case on the desk, take out two cigarettes, and give Polyakov one Root, he lit another one, Alexander said:
"This is not a country, but that is not important. What is important is that this is neither Europe nor Asia. They are more European than Asia, but deep down It’s still Asia, of course, this refers to aspects of life and habits.”
Taking a puff of cigarette and pointing at the city shrouded in heavy rain outside the window, Alexander asked:
"Do you know what was here seventeen years ago?"
"The rainforest."
Polyakov replied:
"As far as I know, Seventeen years ago, this was just a small seaside town, and most of the area was covered with rainforests and plantations. "What about now?" Alexander walked to the window and looked at the various landscapes outside the window. A city with different colors, he said in a low tone:
"It is a big city with a population of more than 20 million people. Do you know how many people there are in Moscow? Less than 7 million!"
Listening to the lieutenant colonel's story, Polyakov did not interrupt him. Instead, listen to him continue to talk. After all, as his predecessor, the lieutenant colonel has been observing this place with a magnifying glass in the past few years:
"After I ended my tenure in Yugoslavia, I have been here for eight years! During the eight years I have been there, I have been learning about this place from all aspects."
After taking a puff of cigarette, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander said:
"The history of NBC started when the Allied forces launched the "Bharat". "Battle of Taiwan", they recaptured Sandakan, the predecessor of Chang'an, and immediately began post-war reconstruction. In fact, it was not reconstruction, but brand-new construction. At that time, they were even fighting on the side, While building the factory.”
"This is very similar to us. Back then, didn't we also carry out construction under German bombings? Do you remember Volgograd? At that time, our factory was still producing even when the Germans invaded the factory area. Armed with tanks and weapons, those workers sometimes even turned into soldiers, driving tanks directly from the production line to counterattack!"
When Polyakov mentioned the old events of that year, the lieutenant colonel nodded! After agreeing with it, he continued:
"...it took them four years to complete basic industrialization, from nothing to establishing a million-ton steel enterprise, shipyard and modern The machinery factory used cotton textile machinery dismantled from Japan to establish the cotton textile industry, which basically realized the industrialization of the country and earned a large amount of foreign exchange capital through exports to the United States and Europe.”
Although. There was little understanding of all this, but Polyakov still listened very carefully.
"If that's all, then that's all. In 1949, they formulated and released the "Universal Income Doubling Plan." The goals promoted by this plan are very similar to ours, except that their plan It is not about how much steel or coal is produced. The key goal is to "double the national income within 10 years." ”
Polyakov then broke the silence and said:
“Many people have mentioned this plan, especially economists, who prefer to mention this plan.”
Alexander nodded and said:
“Yes, this plan is very important. Their national income doubling plan is a very detailed plan from top to bottom. They adopt industrial promotion measures: tax incentives, subsidies, low-interest policy loans , R&D assistance, promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises, entry restrictions, output, investment and export coordination, infrastructure construction, etc.”
For the next time, Alexander was puffing on his cigarette and talking. After the plan was implemented, the NBC man's income increased. Then, he realized that the cigarette had been burned out, so he put the cigarette butt out in the ashtray.
Then he lit another cigarette and took a sip, and said:
"In the end, this plan did not proceed as expected - because the actual development speed was faster than expected! In the first ten years In 2016, NBC GDP doubled almost every five years, with an average annual growth rate of 12.6%! It took only 6 years to achieve a doubling of national income. In those years, they surpassed France and the United Kingdom and became the largest economic power in the Western world after the United States."
Cigarette clips. Between his fingers, Alexander frowned and was silent for a while before saying:
"In The year before the Olympics, NBC's GDP growth rate exceeded 16% due to the Olympic boom. In the past decade or so, NBC's economic growth has often been described as a "miracle" because of the speed and industrial expansion they experienced during this period. The duration is unprecedented internationally, but the Olympics a few years ago were an example. It marks that NBC’s economy has entered a truly booming era, with NBC’s GDP growing at an average annual rate of more than 15%; perhaps the next ten years will be the real heyday of NBC’s era of high economic growth...”
After taking a long drag on his cigarette, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander named a few numbers.
"..., 108.9 billion, after entering the new decade, 129.5 billion, then 147.7 billion, then 171.3 billion... Yes, these are the numbers. If they maintain a similar growth rate this year, then their total national product The value is likely to exceed 200 billion US dollars. In terms of economic growth rate, this is an unprecedented growth rate!”
In fact, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander is still There are some things that have not been said - this is even due to the depreciation of the NBC dollar. If it were not for their active devaluation, based on the exchange rate of the NBC dollar, the number would be extremely astonishing/
In many economics From everyone's perspective, NBC proactively promoted currency devaluation. In addition to stimulating exports, they also had the idea of hiding their own economic strength. They did not want to steal the limelight. But even so, the rapid economic development is still difficult to conceal.
“Yes, this has never happened before.”
Polyakov agreed.
"I don't understand the calculation method of gross national product, but last year the steel production of the United States was 93.56 million tons, our steel production was 85 million tons, and NBC was 55 million tons. The power generation of the United States was 951.4 billion kilowatt hours. , the Soviet power generation is 369.2 billion kilowatt-hours, while NBC is 327.6 billion kilowatt-hours..."
One number after another, it came out from Polyakov's mouth. Although they are military, but for They all have a certain understanding of these economic data. After all, as intelligence officers, they need to understand and master all of this. These data are actually a country's war potential.
It is also some of the data that they value most when collecting intelligence.
"...So, from these data, it can be seen that NBC's industrial scale and economic scale are equivalent to those of West Germany and the United Kingdom combined!"
As he finished his words At that time, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander said:
"That's pretty much it. What we need to face in Europe are Western European countries such as the United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy, but here we need to face NBC, Malaysia, and Siam. In fact, The main one is NBC. The economic size of one company is equivalent to that of Britain and Germany. If you add Malaysia and Siam, their power may be weaker than that of Western Europe, but in fact it is very powerful... "
"It's really incredible!"
Polyakov said:
"Who would have thought that we would have to face those countries in Western Europe in Europe? We still need to face NBC who is not weaker than them, but even more powerful than them."
Looking at him silently for a while, Alexander said with a slightly gentle tone:
"However, the current problems between NBC and the United States are very serious, which is likely to lead to the deterioration of relations between the two countries. For us, outstanding payment is not an opportunity."
"Opportunity? You What do you mean?"
Polyakov asked curiously:
"NBC..."
(End of this chapter)