Another three years passed.

Wanchengguo, which has completed the "five-year recuperation" plan, has fully restored its strength.

The domestic economy has improved markedly, inflation has been effectively controlled, and industrial output has peaked.

In terms of military strength, the number of soldiers has been reduced to 300,000, but all of them are strong-willed and highly cultivated.

The number of fleets is still six, and due to the large number of Type 5 Lingyuan battleships in service, the Type 5 Lingyuan battleships equipped with over-the-horizon radars, high-power engines, wireless Lingyuan wave communicators, a large number of automatic control equipment, and new super Lingyuan guns have extremely high technology content and comprehensive combat effectiveness, which is 3.8 times that of Type 4 Lingyuan warships.

In addition, with the increase in the degree of automation, the number of crew requirements for new warships has been reduced from the original 6,700 to about 450.

In this way, the National Defense Force of the Ten Thousand Vehicles achieved a reduction in the number of troops, and at the same time, the total number of Lingyuan warships in service in the six fleets was maintained at about 800.

The comprehensive combat effectiveness has risen instead of falling.

The other is the morale of the army, after five years of recuperation and adjustment, the morale of the army is stable, morale is improved, after a few film propaganda films, the image in the eyes of the people has been significantly improved, although it did not cause a boom in joining the army, but finally achieved the balance between the number of people joining the army and retiring.

Because the economy has improved significantly and the country has gradually stabilized, there have been more voices in the media discussing revenge against Dong Yuanzhou.

Especially in the east, the hundreds of cities that have been plundered and ruined and have not yet fully recovered, people visit the capital city almost every day, asking the state to make their decisions and avenge them!

The pressure of public opinion is getting stronger and stronger, and the radical remarks that the new head of the country has been instigated have also appeared in the newspapers, giving Cheng Zhiyuan a lot of pressure.

Cheng Zhiyuan had to convene several high-ranking military officials to discuss the response.

Discuss how to deal with that Dong Yuanzhou.

Cheng Zhiyuan asked Defense Minister Liang Qing: Can half of the Lingyuan fleet be dispatched to defeat Dongyuan Continent in one fell swoop?

"Not enough, far from enough. ”

Liang Qing shook his head and said: "According to intelligence, Dongyuan Continent has deployed more than two thousand Lingyuan warships in the western border of its homeland to deal with our country, if we want to defeat it, our country must go all out, in addition, ......"

He continued: "At present, the soldiers are still very resistant to participating in the war, and the four major sects are all standing by and starting a full-scale war, which will cause opposition from the soldiers. ”

His voice weakened: "The military suggested that this matter is best resolved by the diplomatic department. ”

Liang Qing's words made the foreign minister sitting opposite him smile wryly, shook his head and said: "Diplomatic solution? ”

In fact, during the five-year recuperation period, Wan Chengguo did not take action to deal with that Dongyuan Continent.

The foreign affairs department of Wancheng State successively sent a number of diplomatic officials to Dongyuanzhou to make representations about the raid.

Three requests were made.

One is to apologize, the master of the Xiaoyao Palace and the capital of the Nine Yuan have to apologize, admit their mistakes, and have a sincere attitude.

The second is compensation, Dong Yuanzhou must pay more than 10 trillion spirit coins in compensation to make up for the loss of Wancheng Kingdom.

The three are handed over, and the more than 100,000 technical talents who were taken captive to Dongyuan Continent will be handed over, and all of them will be returned to Wancheng Kingdom, and no one will be missing.

The diplomat of Wancheng Kingdom spoke in an extremely tough tone, demanding that these three demands must be agreed, otherwise the devastating fire of war will befall Dongyuanzhou!

Naturally, this was categorically rejected.

The diplomat of Wancheng Country was "invited" back by the other party.

Later, two more diplomatic missions were sent to lower the requirements.

The apology is not mentioned, and the compensation has been reduced to 1 trillion, but more than 100,000 technical talents must be sent back to Wanchengguo.

Still refused.

For the last time, the diplomats of Wanchengguo didn't even talk about compensation, and only asked Dongyuanzhou to hand over the people and send back the more than 100,000 technical talents!

Jiang Ruyue, the master of the Xiaoyao Palace, still refused, and said that those technical talents lived happily and comfortably in Dongyuan Continent, and they didn't want to go back to Wancheng Country one by one, and she had no choice.

In order to prove that what he said was true, Jiang Ruyue took him to visit several factories, saw the recent life of several technical talents, and found that they were surrounded by charming wives, children with knees, good houses and beautiful houses, and servants to serve.

"You...... Shameless!"

The diplomat pointed at Jiang Ruyue and scolded, but finally had no choice but to return to China.

In other words, only through diplomatic means, it is impossible to make the slightest concession from Dong Yuanzhou.

Only war, after making the other side feel the pain of the bones, will they obediently meet their own demands, instead of prevaricating.

But Dongyuan Zhou is not weak, and if it launches a full-scale war, its own side will also suffer heavy losses.

If you get stuck in the quagmire, it's a nightmare.

So what to do?

After thinking about it, Cheng Zhiyuan had a plan in his belly.

He said to the foreign minister: "Send another senior diplomat to Dongyuanzhou to make three demands: apology, compensation, and handover, and take a tougher attitude, demanding that they must agree!"

"If you dare to refuse, Wancheng Kingdom will declare war on it and launch a punishment war!"

He said to Liang Qing: "The military should also be ready for mobilization, formulate a war plan, and once the negotiations fail, start a war immediately!"

"In addition, do a good job in guiding domestic public opinion, send a group of reporters to follow up and report on the negotiation process, and let the domestic military and civilians see the shameless face of Dong Yuanzhou!"

"Our demands are reasonable and justifiable, and morality is on our side! Even if war breaks out, it is the fault of Dongyuanzhou. ”

One of the military personnel below was puzzled:

"First diplomatic representations, and then military action, doesn't this tell Dongyuan Zhou that we are preparing for war, so that they have time to adjust their responses? ”

"Of course I do!"

Cheng Zhiyuan said solemnly: "But if we don't do this, who will support us in fighting this war?

"Morality, morality! We must get the reason and morality for starting a war, without which the soldiers will not have morale, the people will not support them, and the losses will only be worse. ”

War is not as simple as a simple fight on the battlefield, it is also a continuation of politics, and it must be supported by morality!

And what is outside the battlefield is sometimes more important than battlefield strategy.

"I understand the head of the country. ”

The military member nodded.

……

Half a month later.

A diplomatic delegation of the Wancheng Kingdom, carrying hundreds of national journalists, came to the Xiaoyao Palace to make diplomatic representations.

After meeting Jiang Ruyue, the senior diplomat of Wan Chengguo took a tough attitude and put forward three demands: "apology, compensation, and handover."

This diplomat was eloquent, well-prepared, and his words were very sharp, and the hundred officials in the hall were speechless and difficult to deal with.

Jiang Ruyue, who was sitting at the top, was-for-tat and refuted one by one, and she was also amazingly eloquent and sharp-tongued, and she actually had a reason, and the hundreds of officials in the hall applauded again and again, and their eyes were full of worship.

His Royal Highness the Palace Master, it's really amazing!

The two articles of "apology and compensation" among the three articles of the diplomats of the country were completely refuted.

But for "handing over people", Jiang Ruyue is a little poor in words, or a little unreasonable.

Because the reason why she didn't want to hand over was that Dongyuanzhou had good conditions and a good working environment, and treated the excellent craftsmen like national soldiers, and the excellent craftsmen naturally repaid them with national scholars and were unwilling to go again.

What's more, people go to high places, water flows to low places, Dongyuanzhou is a high place, how can those people return to their homeland?

But Jiang Ruyue's reasons are simply untenable.

Because those technical talents were forcibly captured by the Dongyuanzhou fleet to Dongyuanzhou, it is impossible to be willing, in the face of Dongyuanzhou's preferential treatment, a small number of them may fall under the sugar-coated shells, but most of them, it is impossible not to miss their hometown!

If more than 100,000 technical talents are called together and asked one by one, there must be homesick people among them, and they must have the heart to return to their hometown!

Money can indeed buy some people, but it can't buy everyone.

What's more, Dong Yuanzhou is still the enemy who destroyed their hometown and killed their relatives!

Will those technical talents be willing to work for their enemies?

According to normal logic, even if it is effective, it is also a helpless effect, a reluctant effect.

If you ask them if they want to return to China, they must dream of returning to China!

Therefore, the diplomat of the Wancheng Kingdom said: "No matter what tricks you play in Dongyuanzhou, these citizens of the Wancheng Kingdom must all be handed over, and there are many of them!"

This......

Jiang Ruyue's brows furrowed, feeling embarrassed.

She doesn't want to make friends in her heart, and each of these valuable talents is of great use to Dong Yuanzhou.

Especially in the past five years, with the help of these talents, the overall technical level of Dongyuan Zhou has improved by at least ten years!

It has broken a number of technical blockades and made many breakthroughs.

And there's room for squeezing.

All of them were released, she was unwilling.

But she also heard the meaning of the diplomats of the Wancheng Kingdom, and if they did not hand over those talents, a war would break out between the two sides.

And it is a war in which the country of Wancheng is clearly occupied.

Because among the more than 100,000 technical talents who were captured, there were indeed a considerable number of them, who were not very reluctant, did not contribute to the work, had a perfunctory attitude, and did not come up with a unique job, and it was useless to lure them.

Considering the powerful national strength of the Wancheng Kingdom, if the front of the troops is directed at Dongyuanzhou, the consequences will ......

After all, in North Yuanzhou, the two armies have not fought each other, and Dongyuanzhou is always at a disadvantage, even if three or five times more troops are invested, the battle loss ratio is ugly 3:1 and 5:1, if the troops are similar, the Dongyuanzhou army will be crushed, and even the whole army will be annihilated.

Facing the monster of Wancheng Kingdom, Jiang Ruyue did not dare to Meng Lang at all.

"20,000, how about sending 20,000 back?"

She took a step back and was ready to return the part of the technical talents that were purely "soy sauce" to Wan Chengguo.

"No, they all have to be returned!"

"The first batch of 20,000 yuan, and another 30,000 yuan will be returned within five years, a total of 50,000 yuan, how about this?" Jiang Ruyue thought of 'installment payment'.

"No, within three months, all of them will be returned!"

"Okay, you can return them all, but some people have been naturalized, have children in our continent, really do not want to return to the country, need to do five to ten years of ideological work, it is possible to return to the country, your country is waiting for a while, those talents, our continent will definitely release. Jiang Ruyue still wanted to delay.

"No, three months, give you three months, there must be a lot!"

"Then I can't help it. ”

Jiang Ruyue spread her hands and said helplessly.

……

When the news was transmitted back to Wanchengguo, Dong Yuanzhou's attitude was extremely angry.

More than 80% of the people who support the "lesson" of Dongyuan Zhou.

The Wehrmacht, which has successfully completed the mobilization of officers and men, has also begun to prepare for war and has entered a high level of alert.

Two months later.

The four Lingyuan fleets that were reviewed by the high-level and swore to go out gathered into a huge formation composed of 500 new-style Lingyuan warships, and they went straight to Dongyuan Continent with murderous spirits.