The cabinet meeting and the national security meeting were held together, and basically the top administrative and military leaders appeared in the super large conference room of the presidential palace, and the secretaries of each leader and the assistants of various units were busy in the conference room, distributing various materials and providing all kinds of data, while the bigwigs kept looking at the materials in front of them with reading glasses, or exchanged heads and ears for a while. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhao Daling sat in the middle, doing similar things to other officials, and he already had several copies of the contingency plan provided by the military staff headquarters on his desk, which he had known before, but he didn't expect that it would really come in handy one day.

Bai Nam was a long time coming, he had already returned home, and he still lived in Hollywood, which was far away from the presidential palace. Five minutes after Bai Nan arrived, Zhao Daling officially began the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is extremely serious, our country has been greatly challenged and violated, and the news has not yet spread, but there is no doubt that if our people know about the bombing of the rails and caused such heavy casualties, they must be very emotional. At the same time, this incident will also have a great negative impact on our country, the safety of the Luoao railway will be greatly questioned, and our new immigrants will become more resistant to going to the three southeastern states. Therefore, the convening of this meeting now is to discuss countermeasures that can reduce and compensate for our losses as much as possible, and turn the disadvantages into favorable situations. ”

After Zhao Daling finished saying this, he looked directly at Bai Nan and said, "Vice Chairman Bai, you are familiar with the various plans we have set up before, and you have also done some work on the safety of the Luoao Railway before. Let's talk about it. ”

Those present were a little surprised. But there are no surprises. Zhao Daling is in his sixties. is about to retire, Zhao Daling has rarely made any major decisions in recent years, and Bai Nan is in the prime of life, and when he is about to take the throne, Zhao Daling has begun to gradually transfer the power of some decisions to Bai Nan's hands. However, this delegation of power still requires his endorsement as president.

Bai Nan cleared his throat and said, "The plan we made before basically didn't take care of this kind of situation. That is, a terrorist attack that causes significant damage to people and property and causes serious impact. However, we can also find some valuable strategies from the original plan. We must first understand the reasons and motivations for our responses. ”

Vice President Zheng He said: "Isn't this simple? Blood debt and blood repayment! ”

Bai Nan nodded: "That's right, we do have this need, and it's also something that is shouted on the lips, but we need to think about more content." As for the Apaches, I believe that the opinion is now that they should be completely removed from the Colorado Plateau, whether by war or by relocation. Revenge is one thing, but it's also about keeping our Pacific railroad safe in the future. Another obvious situation. The Apache blew up our railroad, and they did not have explosives of this level, they could not even make their own black powder, then the problem is self-evident, only the Spaniards, who were equally active in this area, had the ability to supply them with explosives, and the Spaniards had the motives to do so. ”

The industrial revolution led by Datang is starting all over the world, and Europeans are making progress at an astonishing speed by copying Datang's various technologies. In the more typical military field, the Europeans have learned a lot from the many weapons sold by Datang to the Europeans. In the early days, Datang's foreign trade weapons were all black powder, and later some of the new ******** were used to improve performance, and the Europeans got some books on chemistry from Datang, and after study and analysis, they gradually learned the preparation methods of explosives such as picric acid and ***, according to Datang's understanding of the situation, several relatively strong countries in Europe now have a certain ******** production capacity.

Defense Minister Xue Yue, who is already quite old, said: "That's right, this time we will not only use this matter to crucify the Apaches, but also push Spain to death." New Mexico and Louisiana were always a scourge in the hands of the Spaniards, who moved too easily on the land to cause us constant problems. A war was fought not only against the Apaches, but also against the Spaniards! ”

Some cabinet members who are not too familiar with military and national strategy could not help but be surprised when they heard this. Coveting New Mexico and Louisiana is no secret in Datang. Even in some of the more second-tier newspapers in Datang, political reporters dared to openly discuss the appropriateness of seizing these lands. At first, however, it was thought that this was a war of punishment against the Apaches, and that it was going to drag Spain to the table, although Spain would certainly not be able to escape its involvement.

Bai Nan continued to speak at this time: "We have been planning the Spanish American colonies for many years, and the internationalist revolutionary party cultivated over the years has taken root and sprouted in South America, and its strength is very strong. The Spaniards actually knew that we were behind these rebels, and this revenge was not without this factor. Our real question is at what level of scale the war should be. I think that the weakening of Spain is inevitable. The wise King Carlos III was terminally ill and would soon die, and Spain would only fall even further in the future. And the independence sentiment in the Spanish colonies has been growing stronger, and we are determined to win places like Mexico and the Isthmus of Central America, rather than waiting for the collapse of the Spanish colonial empire to encounter more trouble. ”

Zhao Daling was not surprised by Bai Nan's thoughts, and said: "In other words, using this incident as a reason to launch a large-scale war against Spain, seize their colonies in Mexico and the Isthmus of Central America, and at the same time incite the revolutionary parties of the South American countries under the First International to join forces?" ”

Bai Nan nodded: "Yes, that's the case." ”

Xue Yue also said in a timely manner, saying: "The military strength of our Tang Army is enough to deal with this war, there are three brigades of land in the West Coast Theater, and at the same time, we can recruit a part of the reserve force to participate in the war, and if we invade Mexico, we can also recruit foreign legions, and the strength is sufficient." In terms of logistical preparations, we have been preparing for the next war for many years, ammunition supply and transport capacity, everything is no problem. ”

At this point, all the participants understood one thing - this is an inevitable war. (To be continued.) )