The roof leaks in the overnight rain, and the boat is late and the head wind is blowing!
At a time of turmoil, the armed forces of various countries are stepping up their preparations for war, and in some areas, they have launched an arms race, which has undoubtedly made the international situation more and more "noisy".
However, on December 8, the bad news came from the armies of both European countries.
The first one, hit the tank! There was an accident in the German military exercise, and 2 soldiers were unfortunately killed.
On the 7th local time, the German Army released a message that the German Bundeswehr had a traffic accident during the military exercise, and a tank and a military off-road vehicle accidentally collided, resulting in the death of 2 soldiers.
It is reported that the accident occurred at the Bergen Military Training Ground in lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. At present, Germany's defense minister, Karrenbauer, has expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased.
But this matter, obviously, is not a few words of comfort, can fool the past.
After all, although there will be various accidents in military exercises, including mechanical failures, traffic accidents, stray bullets, overturning, etc., "crashing and dying" is still relatively rare.
On the one hand, military exercises have a "director's department", which can open the "perspective of God"; on the other hand, military exercises have professional exercise venues, which are generally relatively empty and do not have complex road conditions.
Therefore, it is certain that this accident cannot be hastily solved, and someone on the German side must be responsible for the accident, and the corresponding rectification is inevitable.
In addition to this, there are 3 other points worth sharing.
1, there was an accidental death accident in the military exercise, and the real combat strength of the German army may be doubtful.
Undoubtedly, Germany benefits from advanced scientific and technological capabilities, and indeed has some eye-catching military products.
However, there is an essential difference between military industrial strength and military strength, especially in Europe after the end of the Cold War, where the phenomenon of defense waste is widespread.
To tell a true joke, on March 30, 2008, nine German Wehrmacht soldiers stationed in Chile were kidnapped by 5 local teenagers in the camp and finally rescued by the Chilean police.
But even so, during the current "Polish-Belarusian border crisis", which is now intensifying, Germany still transferred a number of armored vehicles. Nowadays, it seems that the German threat is very strong, but in the end it is just "punching the swollen face and filling the fat".
2, usually majestic, but the key moment is exposed to the virtual reality, the German defense minister should reflect.
It should be pointed out that at that time, German Defense Minister Karrenbauer was the second female defense minister in German history. Her predecessor, Germany's first female defense minister, von der Leyen, is now president of the European Commission.
Like von der Leyen, Karenbauer had no defense-related work experience before joining the Ministry of Defence, where the former was well versed in economics and the latter from the Ministry of the Interior.
Obviously, "laymen guide insiders" is a proper description of the German Ministry of Defense. You know, Kramp-Karrenbauer threatened Russia not long ago: when necessary, be prepared to carry out a nuclear deterrent against Russia!
However, it turned out to be ridiculed by Russian Defense Minister Shoigu: these remarks are fantasies. After all, although the United States has deployed nuclear weapons in Germany, does the German Defense Ministry have the authority to use them?
3, the new official took office three fires, is it time for the new German chancellor to "burn" the German military?
Just at 9 a.m. this morning, germany's new Chancellor Schoartz officially took office, replacing Merkel, who had been in power for 16 years. In the new cabinet, the new German Defense Minister, Lambertcht, is a female official from the judicial system.
Obviously, although the German Ministry of Defense "changed owners", the style does not seem to have changed. Therefore, the key is to see whether the new prime minister Scholz will "make a big move" against the Ministry of Defense.
To take the simplest example, Germany's military expenditure plan in 2021 is 49.29 billion euros, while France, one of the "five permanents", is 49.7 billion euros, and Russia is 54.6 billion euros.
The amount is so close, but where did Germany's military spending go?
The second thing, finally, was fished! After the British F-35 fighter jet fell into the water, 1 carrier sailor was arrested.
On December 8, British media reported that the F-35B fighter jet that crashed into the sea on November 17 has been salvaged ashore and the wreckage will be transported to a naval base for a British ally.
It is reported that the fighter, which is equipped with "sensitive equipment" and is worth more than 100 million US dollars, sank to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 1600 meters, and the salvage project with the support of the United States and Italy took a full 7 days.
At present, the British National Defense Security Agency has launched an investigation with the intention of finding out the cause of the accident. According to sources, some British officials believe that the warplane fell into the sea because during takeoff, the engine inhaled a rain cover that should have been removed.
However, the results of the investigation have not yet been released, but the British NSA arrested an aircraft carrier sailor for the first time, because the latter leaked the video of the fighter crashing into the sea, causing adverse effects on the Internet.
As for what the "adverse effects" are, the NSA has not said it explicitly, but now it seems that the British side of "be careful" has about 3 reasons.
First, if the cause of the accident was a mistake by the British army, it would undoubtedly make the British Navy humiliated in front of the whole world. You know, the reason why an F-35 fighter crashed in 2018 was due to the mistakes of ground crews.
Nowadays, if it is an accident caused by similar reasons, then the British Ministry of Defense will have a lot of people "eating and hanging".
Second, if the cause of the accident was a failure of the fighter, wouldn't it be ridiculous that the British army spent $12 billion to buy 138 F-35 fighters.
More importantly, once exposed, how will the United States sell F-35 fighters in the future?
Third, and most importantly, the British considered the matter to be a military secret.
On the one hand, as an aircraft carrier sailor, everything you see when you are on duty should not be casually leaked, let alone the tragedy of "the fighter plane crashing into the sea", which may trigger a storm of public opinion.
On the other hand, there have been too many troubles in Britain this year, first military classified documents were left near the bus stop, and then British warships were fired away by Russian fire in the Black Sea.
In addition, the Indo-Pacific trip of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier is also a twist and turn.
It is not difficult to see that the British Ministry of Defense also wants to save some face for itself, but it is a pity that it was exposed by the "Gengzhi" aircraft carrier sailors.
In short, as a former "empire where the sun never sets", the British Royal Navy is now considered to be "thin and thin".