Qu Zhanyong continued to report to Bai Nan: "The main reason why we judge that the United States will attack Canada is that after our Tang Dynasty began the War of Unification, the Americans began to secretly raise the level of combat readiness, and transferred troops from various places to the north, forming three tactical corps in the Great Lakes coastal area. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At the same time, the dispatch of various war readiness materials has also become intensive. On the surface, the United States appears to be calm, but in fact a war of annexation of Canada is brewing. ”

Bai Nan nodded slightly and asked, "Are the British aware of this?" ”

Niu Bin replied: "There should be a certain amount of awareness, but it has not yet reached the stage of being particularly vigilant, and the US Department of Defense uses annual military exercises as an excuse to cover up war preparations." The British side will subconsciously judge that the United States may start a war against it, because Britain does not want to fight a war anywhere at this stage, which may be costly. ”

"But this is a war that the British have to deal with." Bai Nan said.

Due to the existence of the Tang Dynasty, this plane has seized a series of colonies around the world, except for the east coast of North America, the central and western parts of North America have completely fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and the eastern part of Asia is also all in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, the Middle East and North Africa, plus a vast virgin Oceania, Britain has very few colonies during this period.

Britain was still a relatively large colony at this time, and only Canada and South India remained. In this plane, Britain had to avoid the Tang Dynasty to expand its colonies, so they already had a sizable colony in West Africa at this time, covering areas from Ghana to Nigeria, but there was not much output, and the economy was not good.

It can be said that Canada and South India are now colonies that Britain cannot afford to lose. British products have no advantage over Datang products, but under the current Warsaw economic and trade system, the British can be forwarders. Goods imported from Datang were then trafficked to the colonies for sale, while goods sold directly to the colonies by Datang were subject to relatively higher tariffs. Moreover, the output of various resources in the colonies was also indispensable for the industrial development of Britain.

After learning about the situation, Bai Nam immediately convened a national security meeting. Although it is relatively certain that the Americans' military action is not aimed at Datang, how Datang handles this situation will also have a major impact on the ******** and national defense security of Datang's North American provinces in the future.

At the national security meeting, the usual bigwig faces were gone. Xue Yue's group of people is already over seventy years old, although it is not uncommon in the political arena, but it is almost the age when it is time to retire. The vice president was Liu Tian, Xu Daoyun succeeded Liu Fangwu as defense minister, and Li Shengan was also transferred from the position of governor of the United Special Administrative Region to the position of speaker.

At the meeting, Liu Tian said in a clear-cut manner: "The defense alliance agreement we signed with the United States has expired, and our side has no intention of renewing the agreement with the United States, and the United States should have no such thing at all. Therefore, we are not obligated to participate in this war of the United States at all. ”

Li Shengan also said: "No matter what excuse the United States comes up with this time, the war against Canada is an uncontroversial invasion." ”

Bai Nan could see that most of the people at the meeting were not interested in fighting Britain with the Americans again. For Datang, in fact, war is not popular at this stage. Datang took advantage of the European war to lay the current Warsaw system, and it was when it was developed that the Americans wanted to engage Britain at this time, and obviously did not give Datang face.

It seems that the relations between Tang and the United States are developing well and the exchanges between the two sides are relatively close, but in fact the contradictions between the two countries also exist and are difficult to resolve. Datang wants to be the master of the North American continent, and the United States is wary of Datang everywhere, even if there are overlapping interests, but the contradictions are clear and sharp.

Hu Fakui, who is already qualified to attend the National Security Council, is more inclined to intervene, saying: "The war between the United States and Britain in Canada actually exists for us in Datang." How to get the most out of this matter is, I think, the most important consideration is our most important consideration. ”

Minister of Commerce Lin Youde said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if we fight a dozen or not, if we fight fiercely, our arms business will be profitable." ”

Although Datang has led the signing of a series of international conventions, including restrictions on certain weapons of mass destruction and preferential treatment of prisoners of war, Datang is the only one that does not include a clause in the convention restricting the export of arms to two countries that are at war, but does not provide weapons to countries that are in civil war.

Xu Daorun was not optimistic about what Lin Youde thought, he said: "Britain and the United States have basically established modern military industries, which can provide most of the weapons needed by their armies. Of course, there are some weapons such as airplanes and tanks that they do not have the ability to produce themselves, but I don't think this war will reach the stage of dispatching large-scale combat vehicles and warplanes. In the war situation, it should still be the same old. ”

Bai Nan opened his mouth and said: "The United States launched a war at this time in an attempt to annex Canada, and it cannot be ruled out that it is because we have now shifted our main energy to the construction of China. For a long time, the pressure on the North American continent has been very high, and they do not have the ability to compete with us. Several U.S. presidents starting with Washington have had to face up to one problem, that is, Datang has the ability to eliminate them at any time. During the North American Revolutionary War, the Tang Dynasty they saw was still distant and weak, and although it had strong military technology, its development potential was far inferior to theirs. Most Americans today fear us. They feel that perhaps in a few decades, the United States will not be able to obtain the strength to compete with Datang, but as long as it is stronger, then the price paid by Datang if it is unfavorable to the United States will be greater, thus canceling the possibility of war and protecting their security. At present, the territory and population of the United States are at an all-round disadvantage, if they can annex Canada, they can control the most elite part of the eastern part of the entire North American continent, and over time, it is not impossible to compete with the Tang Dynasty. ”

Lee asked, "So are we going to interrupt this plan of the Americans?" To help the UK? ”

Bai Nan smiled slightly, and said, "There is no need for us to make a move for the time being, let them fight first, and only halfway through the fight can we see the most suitable plan for us." (To be continued.) )