Qiu was well aware of the significance of the Middle East to the British Empire, and as an oil source that has now been discovered, oil from the Middle East has always been an important material used by Britain to balance China's trade. At Roosevelt's suggestion, Qiu Chubby proposed to the Shah of Iran, Pahlavi I, a plan to establish a "continental line of communication".

Even if Pahlavi were to believe that pigs could fly in the sky, he would not have believed the reasons of the British. The British explained that since the British mainland had cut off almost all maritime communication with India, the British decided to try to open a "continental line of communication".

This continental line of communication begins in the Suez Canal region of Egypt, crosses the Gulf region, crosses the Iranian region, and eventually connects with northwestern India. The line of communication told by the British seems very reasonable, but Pahlavi I was not a fool. The British did this in order to tie Iran to the British chariot completely. And the British did not even express themselves implicitly this time. They informed Pahlavi I that the British were going to station a large number of troops in Iran. According to the "proposal" put forward by the British side, the British were prepared to allow several Indian divisions to maintain this line of communication in Iran, and by this time these divisions were already moving towards the border between India and Iran.

The intelligence received by Iran proves that the British are not joking. It is true that several divisions are marching towards Iran, and those divisions are made up of whites, not Indians. Presumably, it was an army of white soldiers recruited from Australians and New Zealanders in India. In addition to these forces, a number of Indian troops have also been mobilized to northwestern India in preparation for the implementation of the "continental line of communication" strategy.

If Britain did not make such a move, Pahlavi I was preparing to find time to secretly open oil trade lines with China. Ships of the Chinese Navy have repeatedly secretly "visited" the Iranian coastline. There was no oil revenue for a year, and Iran also encountered considerable financial problems. The actions of the British could not help but make Pahlavi I feel that there were traitors in Iran.

After thinking about it, Pahlavi I could only face the status quo and adopt a compromise approach, and while trying to "delay" by all means, he told China all the movements of the British.

The domestic reaction to this has not been particularly violent. At this time, the southbound plan had been completed, and China had entered a new stage of strategic adjustment. For China, after the initial integration of East Asian production capacity, building a defense system in the western Pacific is a top priority. This was not the time to send further troops against Britain.

Oil from Borneo and northern Java is of excellent quality and low refining costs, enough to supply China's oil needs in the south. The news from prospecting teams in Australia and New Zealand is even more exciting for the Chinese side. Beneath those wild lands, there are huge mineral deposits as Chen Ke said. The lowest iron content is more than 60% iron ore, which is everywhere. The iron content of high-quality iron ore is as high as 85%. Moreover, the reserves are far beyond imagination, so large that the initial exploration cannot be accurately estimated.

There has always been a shortage of high-quality iron ore in China, and iron ore with an iron content of more than 40% is a high-quality ore in China. The higher the quality of the ore, the lower the smelting cost. The sheer amount of ore reserves is driving the mining sector crazy. But this involves another problem, how to transport iron ore from Australia back to China thousands of miles away.

It is not that there has been no construction of a 10,000-ton ore throughput port in the country, and such large-scale infrastructure construction is a terrible project. For example, if the road surface is not strong enough, it can be crushed by heavy vehicles within a month. This is an extremely high requirement for a country's industrial level, and it is a serious test that can prove whether a country has real power.

This kind of project has a large investment, a long cycle, and slow results. In peacetime, it doesn't matter, and the industrial sector is absolutely willing to make such a strategic investment. These are times of war, and it takes a lot of courage to do so. But the attraction of high-quality iron ore to the metallurgical industry is indescribable. In New Zealand, for example, industrial construction in this region is much faster than expected, relying on high-quality local iron ore. The high quality of the ore has led to a sharp reduction in the cost of New Zealand's steel companies, and the steps to smelt high-quality steel have been greatly reduced.

The qualified rate of parts in aircraft factories in New Zealand quickly surpassed that of local factories, not because of the difference in technology, but because the raw materials are really different. It can completely digest the Western Pacific region and integrate these regions into China's economic system. China's industrial sector is really confident that China alone will take on the rest of the world.

It is no secret that China's southward strategy is no longer a secret, and everyone believes that the decision made by President Chen Ke is a real "plan for the ages", and that the decision made by President Chen Ke is a real "plan for the ages", and that what has been paid a huge price is a truly bright future for China.

At a time when the vast majority of people are immersed in the Western Pacific, Chen Ke has no such thoughts. He convened a meeting of 12 people again, and this time the content of the discussion made everyone feel that Chairman Chen Ke was inevitably "Delong Wangshu".

"If we can get the British out of the Middle East...... Chen Ke made this point.

As the country's premier, Lee Shou-hsien participated in a formal meeting of 12 people for the first time. He said with some hesitation: "I'm more worried about whether we will pass the peak of power too soon by doing this." ”

The development curve is a very interesting thing, in the dynamic process of determining the conditions, once the peak of power is reached, the next thing is not to sit down at the summit for thousands of years. Rather, it will be almost irreversibly entered into a phase of declining power. There is only one way to solve the problem, which is to introduce new initial variables into the system. These new initial variables, as they grow, can increase the power of the entire system and reverse the inevitable depletion of power.

It's just that where there is a benefit, there must be a disadvantage, and every time a parameter is added, the original system will change dramatically. If the parameters are increased too much, there will be the possibility of tearing down the original system and the system and reinventing the system. As a government worker with rich experience, Li Shouxian has a deep understanding of this.

At this time, Li Shouxian didn't want to sing any praises to Chen Ke, not because he would feel embarrassed, but because Li Shouxian felt that Chen Ke, the leader of the People's Party and China, was too competent, and it was redundant to praise him from the bottom of his heart.

Before the system is shaken by the addition of new variables, Chen Ke himself can always give a warning in advance, and give some predictions and guidelines. In the process, Chen Ke is very able to grasp the pace of these changes. In the final summary, you can always find that in fact, some of Chen Ke's inexplicable layouts a long time ago are the foreshadowing of these.

If this kind of thing happened only once or twice, everyone could still make a fuss, and when it happened every time, comrades would become accustomed to such abnormal things.

Li Shouxian is a very good comrade, and he does not think that this is a completely new variable for obtaining a large amount of oil in the Middle East, and he does not even think that it is a parameter that can cause a change from quantitative to qualitative.

Of the 12 people who can sit here and decide China's future destiny, naturally none of them are given for nothing. After listening to Li Shouxian's simple statement, the comrades immediately understood what Li Shouxian meant. With China's current national strength, if it cannot fully integrate the new system of the Western Pacific into China's system, and let China's own system adjust and change according to the existing situation. China's mobilized national power is rushing to the peak of its power. It won't be long before the peak is reached.

By now, the comrades were able to look at Chen Ke's plan to go south from the perspective of hindsight. Therefore, the comrades can also understand Chen Ke's fear of the United States. On the present planet, the USSR will not change their strategic arrangements and strategic layout in the near future. With regard to this peaceful neighbour in the north, the comrades of the BJP believe that this peace should be maintained to the maximum extent possible.

Germany is too far away from China for the possibility of a direct conflict between the two sides is slim. If there really is a conflict of that magnitude, it will mean that the whole world situation has changed dramatically.

At present, China's superiority over the United States is entirely based on China's strategic layout earlier than that of the United States, and its strategic objectives are clearer than those of the United States. The United States has many strategic options, but there is no way to determine the final strategy. China has long completed the formulation and implementation of its own strategy. So the United States is not fully mobilized now, and its industrial power has not been translated into military power.

China has not yet implemented a general mobilization, and the current situation is only a thin line away from the general mobilization. Even though Comrade Li Shouxian does not know much about military affairs, he is still an outstanding talent in the field of strategy. It is clear that if a new front is opened in the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, it is likely that China will have to commit new forces. Since it is still possible to accomplish the strategic tasks in the Middle East while maintaining the status quo, Li Shouxian does not approve of forcibly increasing investment in the Middle East in order to advance the strategic progress.

The number of people who can decide the strategic considerations of the BJP with their own views is very small, and Lee's argument is concise and to the point, but the comrades immediately agree with Lee's views. The idea of eventually strengthening the Indian Ocean strategy was suspended. The 12-member meeting decided to continue the original plan of the Southbound Strategy, continuously improve the defense system in the Western Pacific, and continue to develop Australia and New Zealand.

Li Shouxian didn't expect his views to be so supported, but he felt a little unaccustomed at this time. After all, it was Chen Ke who put forward the Middle East strategy, and even if Chen Ke explained in advance that this plan was "to be long, Wangshu", he could cleanly deny Chen Ke's idea, which also brought a certain amount of pressure to Li Shouxian's spirit.

Looking at Chen Ke carefully, Li Shouxian did not see that Chen Ke had any uneasiness or dissatisfaction. Chen Ke didn't think there was anything wrong with his views being denied.

Li Runshi was observing Chen Ke and Li Shouxian at the same time, the two core figures of the first generation of the People's Party's leadership collective, and their minds and courage were indeed extraordinary. Even though Chen Ke is already considered an absolutely correct leader, the leadership of the People's Party has not become Chen Ke's echo worm. Unity and obedience are two completely different things, and every comrade still holds his or her own position and viewpoint. This is enough to prove that the BJP itself still has vigorous vitality. Such a people's party is still invincible.