Chapter 973: Grand Strategy
… When he sent Tang Shao to negotiate with Zhou Jing, Ding instructed him to be tougher, but Tang Shaoyi did not seem to fully understand what he meant, and his position in the negotiations was not tough enough.
Zhao Bei threatened Tang Shaoyi and Huang Xing to use Soviet Russia to redify Britain and Europe, which was also a bluff, and he knew very well in his heart that with his current strength, it was not enough to cause fundamental changes in the situation in Europe.
Zhao Dada was arrogant, but he scared the audience Huang Xing enough, so he hurriedly dissuaded him.
"Zhenhua is angry! The British government is just bluffing, and Zhenhua does not need to make a big fuss about it. In my opinion, the reason why the British government sent warships eastward with such fanfare was mainly to strengthen Singapore's defense, and as for Borneo, it was just that the British government wanted to take the sheep by the hand, and the center didn't need to pay attention to it
The president was furious. Although the strike wave in Britain has not ceased, the time for revolution is far from ripe, and as for the theory of the red revolution, it is nothing more than the president's angry words, if the Soviet Russia is really invited to lead the British red revolution, I am afraid that the Americans will also side with the British, after all, the Soviet Russia's set of propositions is to reform the lives of all the propertied classes, the British are afraid, and the Americans are even more afraid. ”
Tang Shaoyi also dissuaded a few words, but he didn't take Zhao Bei's angry words seriously, he guessed that this was Zhao Bei acting and acting for Huang Xing, because tonight, the British ambassador to China will invite Huang Xing to the banquet, so it may not be impossible to take this opportunity to exert some influence on the British side through Huang Xing.
Speaking of Zhao Bei's acting skills, Tang Shaoyi really admires it, and Tang Shaoyi also knows very well that as the leader of the constitutional party, Huang Xing has always been the target of the British government's attention. Trying to create a Anglo-American-style constitutional state in Lanfang, it is precisely for this reason that the British government is also trying to use the consensus on constitutionalism to win over the constitutional party of Lanfang, so it paid special attention to Huang Xing.
Of course, Zhao Bei is also in moderation, since Tang Shaoyi mentioned the Americans, then Zhao Bei also took the opportunity to change the topic.
"Now that the US Government has formally extended an invitation to the British Government for an international disarmament conference, the British Government is studying that once the British Government agrees to participate in the international disarmament conference, then China will immediately send a delegation to the United States. When you go to the United States for a meeting, your Foreign Ministry must play an active role in letting the world see China's sincerity for peace. In addition, with regard to the policy of limiting naval armaments, the central position is very clear: China, as a country with a long coastline, must have a fleet sufficient to maintain the needs of coastal defense, so the size of China's fleet should be at least equal to that of Italy, and the Chinese navy should have as many surface ships as there are surface ships, and the navies of the two countries should maintain a one-to-one ratio. In addition, with regard to Japan's naval strength, the central government's current stand is very clear, that is, it resolutely supports Japan in becoming a world-class naval power, and Japan's total tonnage of surface warships must maintain a one-to-one ratio with that of Britain. ”
"Support Japan to become a first-class naval power? However, as Japan is a close neighbor of our country, and it has been at war with our country, such an ambitious neighbor, isn't Zhenhua worried that China's maritime interests may be threatened by Japan in the future? Huang Xing reminded a few words worriedly.
Zhao Bei shook his head and said: "Keqiang, of course I know that the Japanese navy is a serious threat to China's maritime interests, but under the current situation, we must win over Japan and strengthen Asian unity, and we can also use this disarmament conference to maintain mutual trust with Japan, so that Japan will completely shift its national defense focus to the navy, Japan's national strength is limited, and if the naval power is strong, the army force will be suppressed, and then it will be even more impossible to land on the East Asian continent, which is also an important guarantee for China's strategic security."
In fact, in his opinion, if the Japanese Navy can achieve the same status as Britain, then not only will Japan's national strategy be completely tied to the Pacific Ocean, but also the national strategy of the United States will change, at that time, out of the need to confront Japan, the United States can only continue to maintain friendly relations with China, even if the US government knows in its heart that China is also a potential competitor, but as long as Japan's naval power in the Pacific Ocean is stronger than China, Then Japan is the number one enemy of the United States.
As for the so-called "small Asian solidarity", the US government may not take it seriously, and the shrewd Americans also know that there is no real friendship between countries, everything comes from interests, and when interests conflict, even allies can be betrayed, Italy's performance in the European war is a product, and international politics is always full of variables, China and Japan! After all, resources are limited, and both China and Japan have ambitions to dominate the world, so as long as the ambitions are not removed, then there will be a potential confrontation between China and Japan, and this potential confrontation is the capital that the United States can use.
In the same way, China also needs to use the United States and Japan for its own interests.
Several people sat in the office, discussing the situation in Asia, since the end of the European war, the European powers have turned their attention back to the Asian region, especially in the context of the world economic crisis, the interests of the Asian colonies are directly related to whether the European countries can quickly get out of the depression, in this regard, Britain is the most active, this time to send cutting-edge warships to the east, to contain China is only one side, on the other hand, it is also to strengthen the defense forces in Asia, not only to defend against China, but also to defend against Japan and the United States, and the awakening of national power in the Asian region. In response to the strategic counteroffensive of Britain, France and other European powers, Zhao Bei also made corresponding strategic adjustments, on the one hand, in the South Seas layout, on the other hand, it is also trying to attract the national awakening forces in various parts of Asia, Vietnam, Burma, Malaya, Persia, India, these regions are stationed in Chinese consuls and commercial offices, these institutions are not only engaged in commercial activities, but also engaged in political activities, this positive and enterprising posture does make Britain and France a headache, in order to win over those national awakening forces that are moving closer to China, The British and French colonial authorities had to find a compromise, but the other side was asking too high, especially for the Indian nationalists, who called on the British government to at least grant the status of a Dominion to India, a demand that the British government considered to be excessive, but if they did not agree, the Indian nationalists were likely to turn entirely to China, considering the "Far Eastern madmen." The British government is indeed concerned that Indian nationalists will be backed by weapons from China.
This is not the British government's unfounded worries, in fact, the national uprisings in the Arab region have become difficult to contain because of the arms support from China, Britain and France originally planned to carve up the Middle East and the Near East after the end of the European war, but now, because the Arab guerrillas in the Middle East and the Near East, especially the eastern Mediterranean coast are very active, this directly led to the chaos of the local situation, in order to suppress the riots in various places, the British and French teams had to be exhausted, Moreover, the revolutionaries in Turkey apparently also received guns from China, and now it has become very difficult to intervene militarily in Turkey.
In order to demonstrate the determination of Britain and France to safeguard Asian interests and the existing international order, the governments of the two countries decided to send fleets eastward to the Far East to deter China and the "madmen of the Far East"
In the face of military intimidation, Zhao Bei not only did not flinch, but instead held a large-scale army and naval exercise, the purpose of which was to tell the British and French governments that China was equally determined to safeguard its own interests and that any military blackmail would be dealt with head-on.
Compared with the military blackmail of the British and French governments, Zhao Bei's counterattack action is not only manifested in short-term military action, but also in the long-term strategic layout; in fact, the current Ministry of Railways is carrying out operations in accordance with a southern railway plan drawn up by the center, and in a few years, perhaps several railway trunk lines will appear in China's southwestern provinces, and if Britain and France really decide to use force to solve the Chinese threat, then China's army and air forces will quickly unfold along these southwest railway trunk lines and enter battleAt that time, the whole of Southeast Asia will be shaken, and Zhao Bei also believes that with the current strength of the army, no army in the entire Southeast Asian region can withstand the thunderous blow of the squadron.
History has changed too much, Zhao Bei now does not intend to continue to be limited by the rules and regulations of history in a small strategy, he has now set out to formulate a larger strategy, this strategy not only focuses on the present, but also focuses on the interests of China in the next few decades, if this grand strategy can be successfully implemented, the future world will be dominated by China, perhaps Zhao Bei can not see this day with his own eyes, but he fully believes that his successor will see the day when China dominates the world, As long as his successor does not make strategic mistakes.
The current Zhao Bei is in the prime of life, and it seems a little too early to think about the successor now, but Zhao Bei understands it. For the sake of the future of the country and the interests of the people, he must start to lay out the layout of the national politics now, so that he can ensure the smooth transfer of state power after leaving office in the future.
The question of this successor is also an important part of Zhao Bei's grand strategy, but before considering this issue, Zhao Bei does have many more important issues to consider. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the muscle, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!