met Li Cunxun who came to pick him up at the airport. Pei Chengyi was a little surprised. The reason for the fear of returning to Beijing is very special, but there is no need to let the director of the military intelligence bureau who has a lot of opportunities to make a special trip to greet him. Seeing Su Jinhui sitting in the car, Pei Chengyi was even more surprised. immediately thought that this was the reason why Li Cunxun came to pick him up.

"I heard that your plane will be arriving soon, so we waited for a while." Li Cunxun handed Pei Chengyi an extension before he said, "I still have some things to deal with, so I won't accompany you." I'll call you again in the afternoon, and if I'm free in the evening, I'll call Xiao Liu and we'll have a meal together. ”

Without waiting for Pei Chengyi to react, Li Cunxun got out of the car and closed the door.

Looking back at Su Jinhui sitting next to him, Pei Chengyi had an indescribable feeling. There is no doubt that Li Cunxun wants the two generals to communicate well, but this is too impatient.

When the car started, Su Jinhui took out a cigarette.

"Do you smoke?"

"No, I quit a few years ago.

"Don't mind, do you?"

Pei Chengyi smiled and shook his head, he hadn't reached the point where he didn't like others to smoke.

Su Jinhui lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and said, "Lao Li has talked to me, I have to thank you." ”

"Thank me?"

"yes, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid there would be nothing for me today."

Pei Chengyi smiled, indicating that he understood what Su Jinhui meant.

"Xiaofu called back a few days ago, and I was thinking about these things."

Hearing Su Jinhui say this, Pei Chengyi suddenly frowned.

Obviously, the little Fu in Su Jinhui's mouth is Fu Weimin. When Su Jinhui was the commander of the concave army, Fu Weimin was still a major battalion commander. It was also in those years that Peng Maobang began to reuse the young generals with Xiang Linghui as the leader, and a wave of "youthfulness" was thrown up in the army. By the time Su Jinhui left the army, Fu Weimin was already the chief of staff of the brigadier general. There is no doubt that Fu Weimin is Su Jinhui's descendant. In a sense, Fu Weimin was able to maintain the position of commander-level commander in the third military reform and serve as the commander of the ninth combat unit, which must be indispensable to Su Jinhui's help. Prior to this, Pei Chengyi had not considered this issue, but believed that the ninth combat unit was stationed in Xinjiang and was second only to the first combat unit resident in Pakistan in terms of desert warfare, so when deploying combat forces, the ninth combat unit was placed in Syria.

"If I'm not mistaken, General Pei must be worried about something."

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly, waiting for Su Jinhui to continue.

"To tell you the truth, last month, Lao Li talked to me several times, hoping that I could go to Syria as soon as possible and start to form a southern front command." Su Jinhui paused a little and said, "I haven't been to Syria until now, it's not that I'm evading responsibility, it's not that I don't want to take on this heavy responsibility, but there is a problem I haven't figured out, or I want to find an opportunity to ask General Pei in person." ”

Pei Chengyi nodded and said, "If General Su has any questions, you can raise them, and we will discuss and solve them." ”

"There's really nothing to negotiate." Su Jinhui let out a long breath and said, "I just want to know, does General Pei think this war is meaningful to us?" The new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read!

"Meaning?" Pei Chengyi asked rhetorically, but he didn't rush to make a statement.

"As we all know, General Pei is the most talented general in our army, and Su Jinhui glanced at Pei Chengyi. After a moment of conversation, he said, "Although as soldiers, we have no reason to interfere in politics, or even ask about politics, but as soldiers who defend our home and country, we must know what we are fighting for." Over the years, we have fought many wars, many of which are undeniably closely related to national interests, wars that we have to fight and must win, such as the Korean Peninsula War. Even if some of these wars seem to have nothing to do with our national interests, they are still at stake in our future, such as the war in India. As soldiers of the republic, we are obliged to win these wars. The problem is that the Middle East is 108,000 miles away, and it doesn't have any valuable resources that we need, and there is no huge market that can benefit us. More importantly, after the efforts of the previous few years, we have gained a voice in the Middle East, not only obtained Saudi resources, but also occupied the high-end market in the region, is it necessary to use the lives of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of the soldiers of the Republic to help some countries that are not close to us win a war that has little meaning? ”

After listening patiently, Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "General Su, this question is not something I can answer. ”

Su Jinhui frowned, as if he didn't understand what Pei Chengyi meant.

"General Su also said that we don't need to worry about politics. In any case, war is a continuation of politics, or rather the highest form of political struggle. As soldiers, it is our duty to win wars. As for why we fight, that's not something we should be concerned about. ”

"The problem is, as commanders, we have to know what to do

Pei Chengyi secretly smiled bitterly, it has been many years, and Su Jinhui is still like that.

When he commanded the concave army to attack Seoul on the battlefield on the peninsula, Su Jinhui was like this. had to figure out all the problems, which made Pei Chengyi, who was the front-line commander at the time, very unhappy, and couldn't even get off the stage, and finally had to let Xiang Linghui come forward to solve the problem. In fact, this is also the most common character of soldiers, who must take care of any problem and will never give up halfway. The problem is that over the years, Su Zhihui can't have changed nothing.

Seeing Pei Chengyi's appearance that he was not easy to speak, Su Jinhui let out a long breath and said, "I understand what General Pei meant, as commanders, we really shouldn't ask too much." In fact, it is impossible for me to ask such a question to Yuan, I just want to know what General Pei thinks. ”

Pei Chengyi smiled bitterly, still feeling that it was difficult to swallow.

"Anyway, after I accept the appointment, we're just a line of ants." Su Jinhui knew what Pei Chengyi was worried about, so he said very directly, "Before you arrived, I had already talked to Lao Li, and I will go to Damascus after the meeting." Other words. From now on, I will be your subordinate. In any case, when I was in command of the Southern Front, I wanted to know clearly whether it was necessary to fight hard. ”

Pei Chengyi glanced at Su Jinhui and heard the meaning of Su Jinhui's words.

Su Jinhui lit the second cigarette and waited for Pei Chengyi to speak.

"Mother is undoubted, we do play hard." Pei Chengyi paused a little and said, "In terms of strategy, we all know a little bit about it. Although the Middle East is 108,000 miles away from us, and oil there is no longer the most valuable strategic resource, the strategic value of the Middle East has not diminished as the crossroads of the world. In a sense, the Middle East is our springboard to the world. ”

Su Jinhui nodded slightly, continued to smoke, and did not speak.

"The strategic value of the Middle East was not reflected before we became a major power, and the key reason is that the contradiction in the world before that was the contradiction between the blocs of Western countries, or the contradiction between Western countries and Russia, not the contradiction between two completely different civilizations." Pei Chengyi didn't expect to see Su Jinhui so soon, so he had to think about a lot of things temporarily. "If you look at our surroundings, the door to the Pacific Ocean is open, but the United States is already gaining a foothold from Guam, the Philippines, Australia, and other places. Unless we intend to confront the United States head-on and use a large-scale war to determine who is the hegemon in the Pacific, we can only temporarily abandon the pace of moving eastward. As a matter of fact, our navy is far inferior to that of the United States, and our ocean-going combat capability is not as good as that of the United States, so in the short term, it is impossible to advance eastward, and it is impossible to focus on the Pacific Ocean. ”

Su Jinhui still didn't speak, because Pei Chengyi's words hadn't finished yet.

"Going south needs to deal with the Philippines and Australia, both of which are important allies of the United States, maybe the United States will abandon the Philippines, but it will certainly not abandon Australia, so the result of going south and going east is not much different.

It's the same with going north, there is no reason to offend Russia when we have to concentrate our efforts on the American threat. In fact, even if we build a strategic defense system sufficient to confront the nuclear powers, because Russia shares a border with our country, it is impossible for us to face Russia as long as we are not willing to bear the losses caused by nuclear war. If I were the commander of Russia, I would definitely not hit the republic with a few thousand nuclear warheads, but would shoot all them into near-earth orbit. Blow up all man-made orbital facilities, including the International Space Station and the Qionglou Space Station. Not to mention anything else, the cost of the Qionglou space station is as high as trillions, plus our military satellites and civilian satellites, the value of all space orbit equipment must be more than 200 billion, equivalent to our national output value for a year, and we certainly can't afford such a huge loss. The United States, the European Union, and even Russia cannot afford such losses, so we have no reason to provoke Russia. ”

"So, that's the motivation for meddling in Middle East affairs?"

"I can't say that I am motivated." Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "Although as a soldier, I don't know much about the economy, but as the supreme commander of the Indian war, I have reason to believe that the great value of that war is money, or that hundreds of thousands of republicans were used for the economy." It can also be seen from the country's exhibitions over the years that China's economy can be developed from a foothold in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. In the long run, with the gradual reduction of the population, in another 30 years or so, China's population will be reduced to less than 700 million, which is basically the same as that of the United States. By then, the population of the area under our control will exceed six billion, about half of the world's population. There is no doubt that careful management of the world's largest market will definitely ensure that the 700 million citizens of the Republic can live the most comfortable life in the world. The question is, how many resources are needed for such a large market? It is clear that half of Asia is far from being able to meet future needs. As the leader of the entire region, we have the obligation to provide sufficient resources for this huge market, and we have the obligation to occupy more resource production areas. Combined with the previous analysis, in the absence of the idea of Russia and Australia, we can only focus on distant Africa and South America. In fact, South America is too far away from us, and even if Argentina is our ally, it will be difficult for us to confront the United States in South America in the short term. To put it bluntly, if we take too much initiative in South America, we will force countries such as Brazil to throw themselves into the arms of the United States. The new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read!

"In other words, you can only go into grass Africa?"

Pei Chengyi nodded and said, "Relatively speaking, the situation in Africa is the most ideal. With the exception of Egypt to the north and South Africa to the south, Africa does not have a truly decent power, not even Sudan and Nigeria, which have grown rapidly in the last two decades. To put it simply, Africa is a deletion. 4 Bahan we have taken control of the northern coast of the Indian Ocean, and the Shinnu Church still controls the eastern coast of the Indian Ocean. That is, the Indian Ocean is not yet our inland sea for the time being. From a long-term perspective, if we want to enter the African continent, we must not ignore the Middle East, and even try to control the Middle East. ”

Su Jinhui frowned slightly, and did not refute Pei Chengyi's point of view.

"If we were ordinary soldiers, we wouldn't need to think about these issues." Pei Chengyi paused a little and said, "The problem is that we are high-ranking generals, people between soldiers and politicians, so we have to think about these issues." I believe that General Su also considered these issues, and he spoke much more deeply. ”

Su Jinhui smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that there is no way to hide it from General Mu." ”

Pei Chengyi smiled and waited for Su Jinhui to continue.

"As General Pei said, I did think about it, and I thought about it deeply." Su Jinhui let out a long breath and said, "The Middle East is indeed very important, but what I can't understand is that since it is so important, we should be careful to operate, instead of pinning the future of the country and the nation on a war like gamblers." In any case, the Middle East is so far away from us that our military power is greatly affected. General Pei has commanded several wars and knows more about warfare than I do.

This time we made such a big fanfare shows that the scale of the war will not be small. That is, the logistical burden is extremely heavy. In any case, there are still problems with the logistical support capability of our army. Not to mention the investment of tens of thousands of combat troops, even if tens of thousands of troops are invested, whether they can provide sufficient logistical support is a problem. "The new address of this site has been changed to: Except for the goo, please log in to read!

"What does General Su mean that we will lose this war?"

Su Jinhui hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Since General Pei mentioned this catty, I don't want to keep anything." I think we chose the wrong approach from the start. It is undeniable that the most direct way to change the strategic pattern in the Middle East is war, or this is still the only way. The point is, we have just fought the largest regional war in South Asia since World War II, and we are burdened with 1.7 billion people. More importantly, our country has experienced too many wars in the last two decades or so. To put it mildly, even during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the United States did not experience as many wars in half a century as we did in 25 years. To put it bluntly, the pressure we are under is already great enough, and whether we can continue to move forward under pressure, I'm afraid no one can say. ”

"Has General Su ever considered that our Middle East policy is not as simple as imagined?"

Su Jinhui's brows jumped a few times, as if he had been waiting for Pei Chengyi's words.

"Admittedly, we have indeed experienced too many wars. I'm not afraid of General Su's jokes, if it weren't for these wars, there would be no me now. Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "As General Su said, war may be the only way to solve the problem." The difference is that I don't think we're the only one left. From the very beginning, our Middle East policy has been very different from that of Western countries. I believe that General Su is also paying attention to the relevant news, and the Prime Minister's trip to the Middle East just illustrates the problem. In any case, the Middle East is the Middle East of the Middle Easterners, and there is no need for us to occupy and control the Middle East, just as we do with India. In fact, if we follow the American approach, which is to achieve the ultimate goal of counterbalancing the Arab countries by propping up a hostile power, such as Iran, then our Middle East policy will certainly fail. As the saying goes, no profit is too early. If we can't give a lot of Arab countries a brighter future, why should they change their ways? ”

"What does General Pei mean is that we are working for the benefit of Arab countries?"

"From the present point of view, the interests of the Arab countries are our interests, and only a united and powerful Arab world can become our allies and challenge the United States with us and rewrite the world situation. In fact, only a strong Arab world can be a strong backing for our expansion into the African continent. More importantly, it seems that this is the only means by which we can challenge the United States in the Middle East. ”

Su Jinhui nodded slightly and said, "In this way, we can only advance and not retreat, and we can only win and not lose." ”

"We can really only move forward, but it doesn't mean that we must win, Pei Chengyi knows what Su Jinhui wants to ask, so he doesn't talk nonsense." In any case, the affairs of the Arab countries are the affairs of the Arabs. At the end of the day, the war in the Middle East is also a war for the Arabs. In a sense, the basis for the unity of the Arab world has not yet been formed, and in order to unite several countries, one or two teachings are certainly necessary. In fact, the Prime Minister's visit to the countries of the Middle East at this time has already left us a way out. ”

Su Jinhui glanced at Pei Chengyi, his lips moved a few times, and finally he couldn't help but say it.

Seeing Su Jinhui's speechless appearance, Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "To put it bluntly, it means that we are very likely to lose this war." ”

"I knew I was going to lose, and I had to"

"Sometimes, defeat is the real victory."

Su Jinhui let out a sigh, and his expression became even more hesitant. Obviously, he must have a very critical question, but he just doesn't know whether to bring it up at this time.