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The day after Ikawa Kojiro left Washington, Liu Wei left Las Vegas on a business plane, circled around London, and then flew to his "homeland" in the South Pacific. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The situation on the island has changed significantly compared to the last time I was there.

Most of the underground facilities of the first phase of the project have been completed, the engineering team and construction equipment have all been transferred underground, and the temporary wharf has been put into use, and the construction speed has been greatly accelerated. According to Zhang Zhiyong, the construction team leader, after half a year, the first batch of residents will be able to live on the island.

Liu Wei walked around the island before Li Tingxuan's business plane arrived.

The two did not stop on the empty runway, but went directly to Zhang Zhiyong's office.

"This is for you." Liu Wei handed the box containing Cuban cigars to Li Tingxuan, and then asked, "What's the matter with being in such a hurry to find me?" ”

"That's good, that's enough for me to smoke for a year and a half." Li Tingxuan smiled, handed the box to Zhao Dagang, who was accompanying him, and asked him to send it to the plane, and asked Liu Wei to sit down before saying, "Have you read the most advanced news reports?" ”

"I'm looking at it every day, the Yankee investigation is still ongoing, so there shouldn't be any progress."

"That's basically done, and I have received the goods you sent back, but it won't be processed until two years later at the earliest. Chai Jinkang should have told you that no one can touch those things, so don't get your hopes up. Li Tingxuan smiled and said, "I didn't call you over for this matter. ”

"What's that?"

"Last month, Lao Maozi almost got into a fight with the little devil."

"I know this, but the little devil couldn't stand it in the end and took the initiative to give in."

"It's not that simple." Li Tingxuan sighed and said, "Yesterday, Ikawa Kojiro left Washington, and now he is probably trying to persuade the militarists in Congress to accept the agreement he reached with Cronin, continue to maintain an alliance with the United States, and compromise with Lao Maozi on the issue of the four northern islands. ”

"Cronin has given him a lot of benefits, hasn't he?"

"There aren't many, it's all agreements that were made before. However, in order to obtain advanced weapons and equipment from the United States, especially technical equipment related to the navy, Kojiro Ikawa paid a great price. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I have very limited information and the specifics are not very clear. But as you know, before the attack, the US Congress had frozen the agreement to sell electromagnetic catapults to Zoben, and Cronin's concession at this time must have been approved by Congress. There is no doubt that without enough benefits, Congress will not easily repeal the laws that have already entered into force, let alone encourage the militarism of Ben. ”

"So, Kojiro Ikawa decided to go his own way?"

"It's not him, it's the people behind him."

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and then frowned.

"From the point of view of time, even if the United States immediately provides the production technology and patents for electromagnetic catapults and carrier-based fighters, it will take several years to absorb and digest the original. Of course, we don't need to doubt the technical strength of the company, but the construction of a large aircraft carrier is a very huge system project, and even if it starts immediately, it will take several years, or even more than 10 years, to form combat effectiveness. Li Tingxuan paused slightly, and then said, "During this period, we will not stand still. Affected by the conflict, Russia will also strengthen its armament buildup, otherwise it will not buy engines for the T-50 from us, and it will not conduct more extensive and in-depth military-technical exchanges with us. ”

"The question is, does Lao Maozi have this capital?"

"Lao Maozi doesn't have it, but we do."

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, took out two cigars, and handed one to Li Tingxuan.

After lighting a cigar, Li Tingxuan said: "A few days ago, we reached an agreement with Lao Maozi to build a second cross-border oil pipeline to increase the import of 50 million tons of crude oil from Russia every year in the next 30 years. Most of this crude oil is traded on a barter basis, that is, we provide advanced technology that Russia desperately needs, especially military technology, as well as some weapons and equipment that Russia cannot manufacture. If all goes well, the agreement will enter into force by the middle of the year, and Russia will soon have access to key technologies to boost its military capabilities. ”

"In this way, we are helping Lao Maozi rebuild his armament."

"Well, it's good for all of us, after all. Besides, it's not just us and Lao Maozi who are worried about Yuben now. ”

"Can't sit still with a stick?"

Li Tingxuan smiled and said: "Although the stick is an ally of the United States, and it can be regarded as being on the same front as the stick, but the stick is gradually drifting away, and it is difficult for the stick to be alone in creating incidents on the issue of territory and territorial waters. The problem now is that the United States has not done much to curb militarism, but has allowed it to breed and even used it to contain neighboring countries. If it continues to develop in this way, it will not be long before Ben will part ways with the United States. Since the United States can indulge itself, it can also abandon South Korea. Strategically, as long as the United States does not intend to help South Korea achieve reunification, then South Korea is just a less important pawn of the United States in the Western Pacific. As the United States adjusts its foreign strategy and moves from a period of expansion to a period of contraction, especially when the United States has become less reliable, it is very likely that the United States will have to make a choice to abandon South Korea. From another perspective, we have some concerns, don't we? ”

Liu Wei nodded thoughtfully, indicating that he understood what Li Tingxuan meant.

"Of course, this is a matter for the future, and it will not be seen at all in the short term, after all, without the support of the United States, South Korea will not only be unable to deal with the threat posed by the United States, but also North Korea to the north. It is important to note that once such a rift occurs, it is difficult to eliminate it. ”

"Listen to you, we have a chance to win over South Korea?"

"It's not about wooing, as long as you can stabilize South Korea, it's good."

"Steady?"

"As the saying goes, an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. Will the Yankees swallow their anger after the attack? Li Tingxuan took two puffs of his cigar and said, "There is already intelligence that proves that the Pentagon has drafted several war plans and is preparing to retaliate against a certain country." The Yankees have not made a move for a long time, not because they do not have this ability, but because the time is not yet ripe. At least until the election is over, or until a new president takes office, the United States will not rush to war. By the beginning of next year, things will change. If the Benji Party wins the election, then Cronin will go to war in the second half of the year, or at the latest at the end of the year. If the Republicans have the last laugh, it will drag on until the first half of next year at the latest. Whoever lives in the White House will inevitably go to war if they want to give an account to the people and let the anger at home be vented, rather than focusing on the federal political axe. The difference is only the time of the outbreak of the war, as well as the object. ”

"Object?"

Li Tingxuan nodded and said: "At present, it seems that Iran is the most likely to be hit by retaliation, and the United States may even use tactical nuclear warheads in the early stage of the war to destroy Iran's important strategic targets, completely break the morale of the Iranian army, and lay the foundation for the next large-scale air raids and ground battles." The problem is that Iran is not the only target, and it is quite possible that the United States, proceeding from the strategic picture, will choose a more worthy object. ”

"What do you mean?"

"This war is just to satisfy the angry American people. As it did more than a decade ago, in the absence of an adversary, the United States picks and makes an adversary. In order to overthrow Saddam's regime, the United States fabricated information that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. This time is no exception, and in the absence of the truth, the US authorities can only proceed from the fundamental interests of the country and choose the targets of attack. ”

"According to you, the United States is eyeing North Korea?"

"It's possible, but it's not certain."

Liu Wei frowned and looked at Li Tingxuan, hoping that he could make it clearer.

"Even if there is no evidence, the Yankees should know that the attack on Manhattan was definitely not an Islamic extremist group secretly supported by Iran, let alone Iran's intelligence agencies. There are very few intelligence agencies that have the ability to turn Manhattan into ruins with a few hundred people and get out of the way, and all of them belong to countries that do not have good relations with the United States, or countries that have the ability to replace the United States as the global hegemon. Li Tingxuan smiled and said, "There are only two countries in the world that meet this condition, and both of them are neighbors of North Korea. ”

"In other words, the attack on North Korea is actually to contain us and Lao Maozi?"

"Or drag us and Lao Maozi into the water."

"What do you mean?"

"The United States has settled down on the road to decay, but it is a relatively long process, and the United States will still be the most powerful country in the world for decades to come, and even if we seize all the opportunities, we can only expand the space, and we will not be able to confront the United States on a global scale. U.S. policymakers know this all too well, and the best way to stop our rapid rise and to allow polar bears to wake up from hibernation a little later is to create problems for us and force us to be embroiled in a war that is bound to have serious repercussions for domestic construction. Even if this war does not bring us down, it can slow us down and give the United States a respite. ”

Liu Wei nodded, indicating that he understood what Li Tingxuan meant.

"Although we are not afraid of war, and we are confident that we will do better than we did more than sixty years ago, the outbreak of a war at this time that is not very favorable to us is not a good thing, and can even lead us astray. If we can drag on for a few years, even three or five years, and wait until we have gained the basic strength to confront the United States, and then fight this war, the impact on us will be much smaller. ”

"So we have to find a way to divert the attention of the Yankees?"

Li Tingxuan sighed and said: "We have made a lot of efforts, and we hope that the Yankees will still regard the Middle East as the most important strategic region, but we must not be negligent, so the best solution is to let the Yankees lose the basis for waging war in the Western Pacific region." ”

Hearing this, Liu Wei came to his senses, because this returned to the original issue.

(To be continued)