Zhou Fohai is an old fox in the end, only in an instant, he felt that he was a little out of shape, so he took a sip of the wine glass in front of the table, and said with a smile: "General Bai, don't be serious, we are all here now just to discuss China's future way out in small talk, and it is not an informal debate and confrontation, and the crime of colluding with the Japanese is too big, and we can't afford to bear it, General Bai should not make this kind of joke casually..."

Originally, Zhang Zhizhong was also not used to listening to Zhou Mei's remarks, but when he heard Zhou Fohai say this, he said: "Zhenyu, Minister Zhou is right, everyone is just chatting here, you must not take it seriously, let alone say nothing, so as not to hurt your feelings..."

But Bai Fei laughed, and said to Zhou Mei and the others: "Let me tell you, in terms of military strength, Japan is indeed stronger than us, but since the start of the war, our athletes have fought with the Japanese to the end regardless of sacrifices, and after several battles, although their own losses are large, but the losses of the Japanese are not small." This proves that although they are stronger than us, they are only as strong as us. Don't think that this alone will lead them to victory in the war. What is the war fought for, it is resources, it is logistics, it is money! Although our country is poor, it has a vast territory, great strategic depth, abundant strategic resources, a large number of people, and a population of hundreds of millions. In other words, we can continue to recruit troops, exchange strategic resources for foreign weapons and equipment, and continue to arm the army, and this battle can be fought forever. On the other hand, Japan, a small island country, has a land area that is less than the size of one of our provinces, and its population is only tens of millions, and although the industrial level and military strength of such a country are very strong, their biggest defect is that they are narrow and have few people, lack of resources, and rely on imports for everything, such as steel, oil, and rubber, which are extremely scarce, but they are indispensable materials for war. ”

Bai Fei paused and said: "I'm sure that after more than a year of war, the financial situation of the Japanese has been very difficult, and the strategic resources prepared for starting the war, such as the ones I mentioned above, are estimated to be almost consumed. If we continue to spend money like this, it will not take a few years for Japan's economic situation to deteriorate even more, and once the government's economic revenue and strategic resources cannot make ends meet, it will inevitably collapse. Unless..."

Bai Fei said this, pausing deliberately. At this time, everyone listened with relish, and Bai Fei's pause immediately caused everyone to ask, "Unless what?" Zhenyu, you go on..."

However, Zhang Zhizhong frowned, coughed heavily, and wanted to signal Bai Fei not to talk any more.

But Bai Fei didn't seem to hear it, and continued: "As I said earlier, Japan has a narrow land, few people, and lack of resources, and they can't hold it up after a long war consumption, unless they occupy Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries, only then can they have the strength to fight." ”

He Jian asked, "Why is that?" Could it be that these countries have extremely rich strategic resources? ”

Bai Fei nodded and said: "Minister He is right, Australia is rich in iron ore, and most of them are open-pit mines, it is extremely convenient to develop and excavate, and the reserves are extremely amazing, the proven iron ore reserves are expected to be about 100 billion tons, and I don't know how many unproven ones." In addition, Australia is also rich in coal, and iron ore and coal are all distributed in coastal areas, such as Brisbane, near Sydney, Darwin and other places, which is very conducive to transportation and export. Not only that, Australia is rich in mineral resources, oil and natural gas, with at least 70 kinds of mineral resources. Among them, bauxite reserves rank first in the world, accounting for 35% of the world's total reserves. Australia is the world's largest producer of bauxite, alumina, diamonds, lead and tantalum, and the production of gold, iron ore, coal, lithium, manganese ore, nickel, silver, uranium and zinc is also among the highest in the world. Australia is also the world's largest exporter of bituminous coal, bauxite, lead, diamonds, zinc and concentrates, the second largest exporter of alumina, iron ore and uranium, and the third largest exporter of aluminium and gold. ”

Everyone gasped, and He Jian was surprised: "There are so many kinds of mineral deposits, it is really a treasure land. So what about Southeast Asia and other places? He Jian asked, and then said to himself: "Oh, by the way, only I know that Southeast Asia is rich in grain and rubber, presumably Zhenyu refers to this strategic resources here, right?" ”

Bai Fei nodded and said: "Yes, but not only that, Southeast Asia is also very rich in oil and gas resources, including Indonesia alone, oil reserves of more than 1 billion tons, and natural gas reserves are even more amazing, reaching 3 trillion cubic meters, and mainly distributed in the eastern part of Sumatra Island in Indonesia, the northern part of Kalimantan Island and the central and southern parts of Myanmar."

Malaysia also has a lot of oil reserves, reaching 800 million tons, and natural gas reserves of 2.5 trillion cubic meters. It is mainly distributed in three offshore oil storage basins: the Malay Basin, the Sarawak Basin, and the Sabah Basin.

In other places, such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar, the reserves of oil and natural gas are also very staggering, and it is initially estimated that there are also 300 million or 200 million tons of oil reserves and several trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves. ”

After Bai Fei finished speaking, everyone was silent, although most of them didn't understand it very well, but hundreds of millions, trillions, such a measure word unit still made everyone speechless in shock.

Zhang Zhizhong was worried, his brows tightened, and he glared at Bai Fei a few times with dissatisfaction, but Bai Fei didn't see it.

At this time, the mayor of Changsha City, Xi Chulin, asked: "Zhenyu, are these mineral reserves you just talked about really true?" ”

Bai Fei nodded and said, "It's true, in fact, these things only need professionals to go to the above-mentioned locations I mentioned to do an exploration, and they will immediately understand whether they are true or false." ”

Xi Chulin took a deep breath and sighed: "If it is really as Zhenyu said, I don't know how many tribulations will be added to the cause of China's War of Resistance..."

Zhang Zhizhong stood up suddenly, and said with a serious expression: "What Zhenyu said today is a very important matter, I suggest that everyone here must rot in their stomachs, especially those iron ore and oil storage sites, this kind of secret must not be spread outside, otherwise once the Japanese get the news, how can those small countries in the South Seas be their opponents!" Once the Japanese get a lot of resources, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Even Zhou Fohai and Mei Siping nodded their heads.

Zhang Zhizhong was worried, completely lost the interest in the banquet, and after telling everyone a few words, he ended the banquet, and pulled Bai Fei into his study, and when the door was closed, he turned around and complained: "Zhenyu, Zhenyu, you are really smart and confused for a while, why do you have to publicize such important information in public, have you ever thought about the consequences!" ”

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