Chapter 1247 French President Visits

On the moon, in addition to the bases at the North and South Poles, there is the equatorial base.

The equatorial base has a large solar altitude angle, which means that the sunlight shines directly from overhead, so there is sufficient sunlight during the day to provide sufficient energy for the base. At the same time, the lunar sea area near the equator is rich in mineral resources, which provides conditions for resource development. For example, there is abundant ilmenite here, which provides conditions for oxygen production.

However, the disadvantage of the lunar equatorial base is that in addition to the daytime, there is also night, and this night is almost 14 Earth days. When these long and extremely cold lunar nights come, it is no longer possible to use solar energy to provide power and heat for the lunar base, so nuclear power generation facilities are needed to provide protection. Moreover, at this time, exploration activities will stop.

Therefore, the first option is the North and South Poles, and the second option is the equator.

However, when Andre heard the word "Sea of ​​Tranquility", his mind immediately moved. This name, how familiar!

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Americans, the location of Apollo 11's moon landing!

The lunar coordinates of the Sea of ​​Tranquility are 0 degrees 41 minutes 15 seconds north latitude and 23 degrees 26 minutes 0 seconds east longitude. It is located in the southwest corner of the Sea of ​​Tranquility Plain, near the Sabine craters and the Ritter craters. The entire plain has an area of ​​about 260,000 square kilometers.

This wide and flat lunar surface is of course the best landing base for the moon landing! There must be a reason why the Americans chose this place for the first moon landing!

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Now, for the same reason, the Soviet Union chose this area as the site for its second base. The reason is simple: it is flat and easy to land!

"If the Tranquility Sea is the second alternative base, I suggest that we make it a priority. At the very least, we can build a small base in the Tranquility Sea first," said Andre.

Nothing else, this is completely intuition. Now, Andre sometimes feels that his intuition is too terrible. Is this the advantage of a traverser? Although he didn't have any powerful system, at least he had some innate intuition!

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"Okay, General Secretary Andrei, then we will use the Tranquil Sea as our first base." Yazov said. At this time, he had not yet explained the advantages and disadvantages of the Tranquil Sea base, but the General Secretary had already made the decision. In fact, Yazov also knew why.

The first American moon landing took place here! So the Soviet Union also wanted to go there and take a look!

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"General Secretary Andrei, if everything goes well, our launch will take place at the end of this month. There will be an Energia missile carrying the initial equipment of the transportation base to land on the moon as preliminary preparation. Then, a nuclear-powered manned lunar spacecraft will be launched by another Energia missile and fly directly to the moon." Yazov continued.

The Soviet Union had made a lot of preparations for the lunar exploration, and now, finally, the manned lunar landing was about to begin! The Soviet space sector was progressing very rapidly, especially with the maturity of various technologies, including the high-thrust Energia rocket, the high-specific-impulse nuclear-powered rocket engine, the experience of long-term space flight, and the operation of the Mir space station. All these made the lunar landing plan almost a piece of cake!

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Andrei nodded: "We must act according to scientific laws. We cannot rush to meet deadlines and violate regulations. What we want is the success rate. This is also a way to promote our Soviet Union."

The above sentence made the people below busy like dogs. If Andrei said that he wanted to see the moon at the end of the month, then the people below might rush the progress. Wasn't the biggest loss of the Strategic Rocket Forces due to Khrushchev's order? When Khrushchev demanded that his feet be on American soil, he would launch a missile to demonstrate to the Americans. As a result, the demonstration failed, and even the marshal of the Strategic Rocket Forces was killed.

Andre didn't want to make such a mistake.

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"General Secretary, the French President's motorcade is about to arrive at the Kremlin." At this moment, the captain of the guard reported to Andre.

The French President! Andre stood up and said to the others, "Let's go out and greet our guests."

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The president's schedule is always arranged months in advance. A visit between countries is a very serious matter! The French president's visit was also scheduled several months in advance!

France has always been independent since the Charles de Gaulle era. Perhaps it was because Charles de Gaulle was still resentful of the Americans' lack of support during World War II, so France has always been a troublemaker in the Western world.

Of course the Soviet Union applauded France's behavior. Being unique in the Western world and holding back the West was certainly helping the Soviet Union!

At the same time, the current France is even more welcomed by the Soviet Union! After several failures, the left-wing François Mitterrand successfully ran for the French presidency!

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Mitterrand is also a well-known figure in French politics. When he just graduated, he participated in World War II and was captured by the Germans, but he escaped by chance. He later became the chairman of the unified "National Movement of Prisoners of War and Fugitives". Under his leadership, this resistance organization gradually grew and became a striking force in the French domestic resistance organization, making important contributions to the liberation of France.

After World War II, Mitterrand gradually became a representative figure of the French left. His greatest achievement was in 1971, at the first congress after the merger of the French Socialist Party and the GC Party, his speech impressed everyone. As a result, Mitterrand, who had not yet received his membership card, was elected as the first secretary of the Socialist Party!

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After that, Mitterrand began his presidential campaign. After many twists and turns, he finally won the Elysee Palace in 1981.

At this time, Mitterrand was faced with a mess. The economy was in great difficulties, unemployment and inflation rates were high, and the international situation was turbulent.

As a left-wing leader, Mitterrand's approach was exactly the opposite of that of Mrs. Thatcher. He advocated gradual structural reform of the French economy through a certain degree of nationalization, planning and autonomous management without eliminating private ownership, in order to establish a "democratic" and "free" "French-style socialism."

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As a result, he took too big a step and ended up hurting himself.

Even the Soviet Union was gradually reducing its planned economy, transitioning to a market economy, reducing the proportion of state-owned economy, and striving to revitalize the Soviet Union and take a unique path. Mitterrand actually wanted to increase nationalization! Economically, Mitterrand's reforms did not work. At the same time, politically, Mitterrand was in a dilemma.