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In fact, from the very beginning, Russia had great hopes for peace.

At this point, even if Russia has gained the upper hand, it will not do Russia any good to continue fighting if it is unable to regain air supremacy.

What's more, the conflict has already had an impact on Russia's domestic environment.

At the time of the outbreak of the conflict, Russia's economy was already full of problems, and many domestic industries had problems. It can be said that if it were not for the fact that the mainland's demand for energy and resources is still strong, and it is trying to establish a multi-channel import system and increase its dependence on Russia, I am afraid that Russia's economy would have collapsed two years ago. Although the war did not reach the mainland, the impact of the war itself cannot be underestimated. During this two-month period, Russia's overseas investment plummeted by 80 percent, and its foreign exchange reserves fell to a low level.

After the United States conveyed to Russia the news that it was willing to hold cease-fire talks, the first thing Russia did was not to send high-ranking officials to Washington, but to have Premier Political Axe fly to the mainland to discuss some important matters with the mainland, including urgently borrowing $50 billion in foreign exchange from the mainland.

In addition to economic problems, the issue of ethnic division in Russia also surfaced during this period.

During the conflict, there were 14 bombings in Chechnya alone, all by separatists. The bombings in Moscow and St. Petersburg have also dramatically deteriorated Russia's internal security situation and forced the Russian authorities to make more efforts to maintain domestic stability.

Even militarily, Russia has run out of skills.

Submarines can blockade the city, but it is difficult for Russia to achieve a greater victory.

It can even be said that without a submarine force second only to the United States in scale, Russia would not have been able to win this conflict at all, and it would have been possible to lose the four northern islands.

The two large-scale attacks not only demonstrated the strong combat effectiveness of the Russian submarines, but also consumed the combat effectiveness of the Russian army.

Not to mention anything else, after the destruction of the Fourth Fleet, the two "Oscar"-class cruise missile nuclear submarines will come to an end, because all the anti-ship missiles for the start have been used up, and even if the submarines can continue to serve, they will not be able to carry out combat missions without suitable ammunition. The cost of restarting the missile production line is too high, and there are not many ships that need to use that kind of missile, so the output will not be too large.

In fact, even the ammunition equipped for attack nuclear submarines is almost consumed.

At the time of the outbreak of the conflict, the Russian army had only 200 heavy torpedoes in reserve, and during the conflict, the Russian submarine consumed at least 400 torpedoes. In order to ensure that the combat units have enough ammunition, the Russian army even unloaded the torpedoes on some strategic nuclear submarines and transported them to the Far East to supply them to attack nuclear submarines.

Because in peacetime, torpedoes are low-consumption ammunition, under normal circumstances, the Russian army consumes up to twenty torpedoes a year, and if there is a shortage of military spending, it would be very good to be able to use up ten torpedoes, so the production capacity of torpedoes cannot be very large, and there is no need to maintain several torpedo production lines in peacetime.

Replenishing submarines with torpedoes, apparently, is not very easy.

Since Ben is willing to negotiate, there is no reason for Russia to continue fighting. It was only before the negotiations that Russia made very clear demands, that is, it must recognize the four northern islands as Russian territory, renounce its unreasonable claims of sovereignty, and assume responsibility for waging war.

Obviously, this request is difficult to accept.

At this time, the influence of the United States is needed.

Within three days, the US Secretary of State visited Moscow and Tokyo one after another, met with the leaders of Russia and Japan, and tried to bring the two sides to the negotiating table.

In order to increase the pressure, the United States also drew Britain and France in and extended an invitation to the mainland.

With the participation of three other permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia and Ben agreed to cease fire first and then negotiate in Washington.

As for the specific content of the talks, Russia has not made excessively high demands, and it is good as long as it can negotiate anyway.

The conflict, which resulted in the loss of dozens of warships, hundreds of combat aircraft, and thousands of officers and men, finally came to an end after two months and 12 days.

Perhaps neither side has much hope for what it will be like.

The demands of this book are very low, and they only need to return to the state before the outbreak of the conflict, that is, they will not discuss the ownership of the four northern islands, nor will they discuss the issue of war reparations. Russia's demands were slightly higher, and after giving up sovereignty over the four northern islands, it only demanded war reparations.

This is also understandable, what Russia lacks most now is money.

In this conflict, even if the loss of equipment of the Russian army is not counted, the war expenses are as high as 30 billion US dollars, most of which are pensions for the fallen soldiers. If the loss of equipment is taken into account, Russia's war expenditure will certainly be more than $50 billion, and the 129 fighter planes shot down by the Chinese army in air combat alone are worth billions of dollars, in addition to six large warships, five conventional submarines, 14 small ships, and more than 30 ships, in addition to several warships, including the "Kuznetsov" aircraft carrier, were damaged.

Of course, this negotiation has little to do with Liu Wei.

Although before the start of the negotiations, Liu Wei received a message from Li Tingxuan, asking him to collect as much information as possible between the United States and Yue Ben in this negotiation, especially the bottom line of the negotiation. After the arrival of the negotiating delegation from the mainland, Liu Wei also met with the liaison sent by Li Tingxuan. But before that, Oryol had already approached Liu Wei, hoping that he could provide some important information related to the book to help Russia gain more benefits in the negotiations. In order to gain Liu Wei's support, Orel even offered to help Liu Wei launder money without taking a penny.

For such a good thing, Liu Wei naturally will not let it go.

The specific person responsible is not the gray-backed jackal, but Dian Bin. It's not that Dian Bin's ability is more prominent, but that the gray-backed jackals are concentrating on Liu Wei's assets in the United States.

With Oryol's help, Liu Wei has packaged all of his Las Vegas and Reno properties and filed an IPO application on the New York Stock Exchange under the name of Entertainment Limited. Because Liu Wei is a member of the Skull Party and has the help of Capua's financial company, it is only a matter of time before he passes the review.

With the end of the Russian-Russian conflict, Liu Wei knew very well that his time in the United States was short.

Dispose of the assets as soon as possible so that he can leave the United States with the most benefits, instead of giving the US federal political axe the industry that he has worked so hard to run for more than a year.

In addition to this, there is one more thing that Liu Wei needs to pay attention to, that is, the presidential election that has already begun.

As with previous judgments, Scott's approval rating in the polls far outstripped Crowning's. Although Scott did not push through the old and emphasized the old things such as rebuilding economic order, strengthening domestic security, and boosting the world image of the United States in his election platform, Cronin's election platform was even less convincing than that. What's more, American voters have become disgusted with the inactive party axe, and even if the Republican Party does not necessarily do better, it is a good choice to change the party to govern.

In another four months, it will be known who will be in the White House early next year.

Although there is no suspense in the election, Liu Wei cannot relax, because according to his agreement with Scott, after Scott lives in the White House, he will get a very important position.

Of course, Liu Wei does not want to be an official of the American political axe, and he does not want to be an official.

In addition, after the Grayback Jackal offers to use Scott as a tool to achieve his goals, the promises made by Scott don't make much sense.

It's just that before these ideas become reality, Liu Wei still has to keep an eye on it.

Taking advantage of Scott's trip to California to win over voters in the state, Liu Wei went to Los Angeles and met Scott.

"Mr. Liu, you can rest assured." At this time, Scott can be said to be proud. "I will not forget you, let alone the promise I made. As you asked, I left you a couple of spots. ”

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid you've misunderstood what I meant."

"Misunderstanding?"

"It's not me who needs this position, it's Mr. Capuya."

"Kapua?"

Liu Wei smiled and said, "It's a pity that until now, I haven't gotten your country's permanent residence permit. Although I am already an honorary citizen of the United Kingdom and a knight of the United Kingdom, under the laws of your country, I am not qualified to be a senior staff member of the President's side. ”

"This ......"

"So I think it's better to have Capua sit in this position for me."

Scott thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, Mr. Capua has a strong economic acumen and is a good fit to serve as my economic policy advisor." ”

"Your Excellency, isn't this arrangement unreasonable?"

"Mr. Liu, what do you mean ......?"

"I think Mr. Capua's talent would be more appropriate to serve as a national security adviser."

Scott was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "But ......"

"I know what you mean, but you also have to know that when you move into the White House, you have to solve the economic problems first, not focus on other issues. As far as the United States is concerned, in the short term, the economy is the most important issue in its relations with other countries, and it has a direct bearing on the national interests and national security of the United States. Liu Wei smiled and said, "So I think this position is more suitable for Capua." ”

"But I've got it."

"So, our cooperation is not close enough, so ......"

"No, of course not." Scott gritted his teeth and said, "I'll consider your suggestion, but it's going to take some time to deal with it." ”

"Of course, we have time, and in the next six months, we can handle it."

Scott let out a long breath and said, "So, Mr. Liu is already full of confidence in my election as president?" ”

"Of course, it's not just the electorate of America who chooses you, but also the people who really control the country. All you have to do is live in the White House and do what you have to do. ”

"Mr. Liu means ......"

"Maybe I'm one of them."

Scott was startled and looked at Liu Wei in disbelief, but he didn't dare to doubt Liu Wei's words.

(To be continued)