… The green-faced one sits. [No pop-up novel network] Both of them have a sense of vicissitudes※

Although in the eyes of outsiders, the two met during the Middle East War in secret years, when Lin Muxun introduced Pei Chengyi to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the supreme spiritual leader Hash, but before that, during the South China Sea War for many years, the two met, when Lin Muxun followed Lin Yanbo to Laos to discuss investment, and Pei Chengyi participated in the command of the war as Xiang Linghui's assistant. Of course, before that meeting, the two of them were not too deeply impressed, after all, Lin Muxun and Pei Chengyi were still small roles at that time and could not be on the stage.

Really in terms of personal relationship, Lin Muxun and Pei Chengyi are not close.

First from Lin Muxun's position, as an old businessman who has been in the mall for decades. It is impossible for him not to know that for a person who wants to make a name for himself in politics, whether he is in power or before he takes power, he has to draw a line with interest groups, or at least in public. It is precisely because of this that Lin Muxun rarely takes the initiative to contact Pei Chengyi, and basically ascends the Three Treasures Hall when he has something. From another perspective, from Pei Chengyi's standpoint, the situation is the same. Although most people did not distinguish Lin Muxun from businessmen because he was elected as a delegate to the plenary congress, that is, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, Lin Muxun is still a businessman, and a very successful businessman, but in the absence of the possibility of achieving greater business achievements, and does not want to live a premature retirement, entering politics has become Lin Muxun's only choice. Because he has no roots in the government or the army, Lin Muxun cannot target the national leader of the republic like Bae Chengyi, and can only gain political discourse through the path of running for representative. In this way, no matter whether Lin Muxun attaches great importance to his political future, it is impossible for Pei Chengyi to get too close to him, lest he lose the support and trust of other deputies.

When Lin Muxun looked at the war plan, Pei Chengyi wanted to go to the wish he made on the Dehei.

For a few years, neither of them had free time, and they were always busy running around for one thing or another.

This is no exception.

As soon as Pei Chengyi recalled the past, Lin Muxun closed the paper document. Apparently, he saw very quickly, and therefore did not read in detail.

"It's pretty much what I expected." Lin Muxun said as he habitually picked up a cigarette, "I don't understand, I don't understand at all." Don't look at the fact that I have been in the shopping mall for decades, and I don't know much about industrial production, material procurement, and equipment research, but I just can't understand the things of your army, is it necessary to make it so complicated? ”

"Complicated?" Pei Chengyi noticed Lin Muxun's small action of flicking cigarette ash.

Before becoming a delegate to the National Assembly, Lin had been smoking cigars, and he smoked Cuban cigars. In Lin Muxun's words, he also tried to quit smoking, but the more he quit, the more he smoked, the harder he became, and in the end he simply stopped quitting. After becoming the plenary meeting, in order to follow the trend, Lin Muxun quit cigars and switched to smoking domestic cigarettes. Of course, it is a special cigarette made by a special national leader, which replaces nicotine with a flavor, which is basically harmless to the body, but the smell of tobacco still makes people feel unbearable.

Lin Muxun nodded and flicked the cigarette ash again. It seems that he is still not used to cigarettes.

Perhaps, in private, he still likes to smoke cigars.

"I've seen it myself this time, and a lot of technical stuff has been cut"

"Lao Pei, that's not what I'm talking about."

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly, realizing that he was starting to think too directly, and Lin Muxun was just looking for a topic.

"After the barbecue, I met with a few key delegates and exchanged views." Lin Muxun quickly extinguished the cigarette he had only smoked a few puffs, crossed his hands on his chest, and said, "Everyone has the same attitude, understanding and supporting the government's decision-making, but we all believe that there must be a suitable reason." ”

Pei Chengyi nodded, indicating that he understood what Lin Muxun meant.

"Of course, this war plan has convinced me, and it can convince other delegates." Lin Muxun glanced at the documents on the coffee table, turned his eyes to Pei Chengyi, and said, "I'm not an outsider, so I won't waste time with you." A war plan is just a requirement on the table, and for us, we want to know more about what will happen in a few years, that is, whether our current investment can be guaranteed. ”

Although Lin Muxun said it very vaguely, the meaning was very clear.

As a businessman, he naturally has to think about the safety of his investment. More importantly, Lin Muxun is not talking about monetary investment at this time, but political investment.

From Lin Muxun's standpoint, if he supports this plan, which will delay the time of the war for several years, then he will not support Yan Jingyu, but Pei Chengyi. In this way, before making a decision, Lin Muxun must figure out two very critical questions, one is whether Bae Chengyi will run for president of the country in two years, and the other is whether Bae Chengyi will fulfill his current promise.

Actually, it's one question, not two.

To be precise, it is whether Pei Chengyi will fulfill his promise in a few years and lead the war with his own hands. If the answer is yes, then Pei Chengyi will have to run for the national president in two years' time, and he will win. Of course, if the answer is no, there is no need to talk about the latter.

The problem is that Pei Chengyi is also very hesitant on this issue.

As mentioned earlier, according to the current political system of the Republic and the Second Gui "Er Revolution" implemented by Yan Jingyu, even if Pei Chengyi becomes the No. 2 leader of the country, he will not wait to become the head of the country in the general election next year, at least he is not absolutely sure. Suffice it to say, this is definitely a step forward, and a very remarkable one. Even if Pei Chengyi's personal interests are threatened by this, as long as he is still a soldier who puts international interests in a key position, he will have to accept the new rules of the game. In a sense, Yan Jingyu was able to invite Pei Chengyi to partner in 2 years of Meng, and was supported by more than ninety percent of the representatives, because many people believe that Pei Chengyi is a politician who does not focus on personal interests and a trustworthy politician. Although in this case, the probability of Pei Chengyi winning the general election next year is almost 100 percent, but from an objective standpoint, he must not express any ambition to win before this, let alone let the outside world think that his goal is to become the country's number one leader.

Of course, this is a matter of face.

What we want is that in the republic, the problem of face is the biggest problem.

It is precisely like this, in the face of such an important issue, Pei Chengyi hesitated, and hesitated for a long time.

Fortunately, Lin Muxun knew what Pei Chengyi was worried about, so he behaved very patiently.

"Anyway, I don't want the next conversation to reach the ears of the third person Pei Chengyi broke the silence and paused a little before continuing, "First of all, I have to explain that the suggestion that Yuan delay the war for a few years is not to compete with Yuan for credit, but the practical difficulties we face." As we all know, the day I leave the army and enter the Ministry of Defense, military merit will have no value to me, and I will no longer need it. You started in industry, so you should know the basic situation of our country. Although we have been preparing for war since six years ago, increasing defense spending year by year, and slowly bringing the country into the orbit of war, six years is too short a time for such a large country to really prepare for war. By the standards of a world war, the preparation time would have been at least ten years. Even taking into account the realities, especially the advances brought about by science and technology, it will take eight years. We made this clear when we were planning for the war, and in the past few years, we have been making preparations in accordance with the original plan, starting with basic industries and public facilities. Truth be told, we have considered speeding up our preparations for war, and we have done so, but the direct result has been the rapid deterioration of the economic situation, which has forced us to give more consideration to the overall economic situation of the country in our fiscal budget, especially in the defense expenditures of the major wars, rather than blindly aiming at war, otherwise there would not have been such a big fluctuation in defense spending in the past few years

While Pei Chengyi was speaking, Lin Muxun took out a sealed cigar from his suit.

"Some people may think that I am taking the opportunity to suppress the meta. Of course, this must be a big mistake. Seeing that Lin Muxun directly bit off the cigar head and lit the cigar very ungently, Pei Chengyi shook his head with a smile, and then said, "In the face of major events related to the interests of the country and the nation, I have the same view as Yuan, that is, the interests of the country and the nation are the most important, and personal gains and losses are secondary, otherwise Yuan will not agree to my proposal and take the initiative to persuade you."

Of course, it is difficult to say whether the goal will be achieved or not. Although judging from the overall situation, we have the absolute initiative, and as long as we still have an advantage in the air and space field, the US authorities will not rashly start a war, but as the situation unfolds, when our superiority becomes obvious enough that the US authorities realize that if we continue to drag on, we will only have no chance of winning, and the war will break out. In other words, I am not sure whether it can be delayed until after the next year. ”

Lin Muxun smiled, took two puffs of his cigar, and looked much calmer.

"The key question is not when to fight, but when it is best for us to fight." Pei Chengyi knew that Lin Muxun was definitely not the kind of person who could fool, "At the beginning, we formulated one. The grand goal of war only appeared when we made concrete preparations, and many of our basic conditions were not available or were imperfect. Taking the modernization of our army in the past few years as an example, because the early goal was too large, the scale was too large, so a lot of the refitting work has not been started until now, let alone in place. Among other things, the merger of the Space Force and the Air Force alone has placed a huge burden on us. Money is still a trivial matter, and the key is not fast, and it takes more time. I don't think I need to explain too much about the redress work of the republican ** team, you are the chairman of the military committee, and you can grasp the relevant situation through the Sanjian Group and other arms companies holding it. As a rationale for preparing for war, we built the world's largest open-class computer fleet a few years ago, and for several years we have been secretly spending money to enhance the computing power of this computer fleet. Truth be told, the simulation branch has never stopped, and it is still being carried out, and the results of each simulation analysis are used in the war plan, and from this it determines the modernization construction project of our army. ”

"What is the realistic basis for simulation analysis?" Lin Muxun asked a very direct question.

Pei Chengyi replied more directly from all aspects of intelligence, because he felt that there was no need to fight with Lin Muxun on this issue. To know. Lin Muxun's Lin family was able to return to China in the old year, and it had an inseparable relationship with the Military Intelligence Bureau. "The first point of our preparations for war is not to draw up a war plan or a comprehensive outfit plan, but to integrate all the intelligence agencies with the right side of the army. In the end, a slack publication organization was formed, with the Military Intelligence Bureau mainly responsible for foreign-related intelligence work related to national defense and security, that is, collecting military intelligence on hostile countries and potential hostile countries. The capabilities of the MIA, I don't think I need to explain too much. No matter what the outside world thinks of Liu Xiaobin, I believe that you should have enough understanding and confidence in him. ”

Lin Muxun nodded and did not object.

"All in all, all the intelligence we have proves that the United States has always been behind us. Chase very closely

The problem is, it can't just drag on Lin Muxun made a detour and brought the topic back again.

Pei Chengyi smiled faintly and said, "Of course. In fact, war was inevitable as early as six years ago, after we determined that the only way to bring down the United States was through war. Of course, it's not just us who recognize this, but also the United States, to be precise, American interest groups. If you look closely at the last few U.S. elections, the Republican Party has won four consecutive elections since Landers became president. In fact, in these more than ten years. The Republican Party has not done much to praise it, and it can even be said that it has plunged the United States into a state of half-death. If it had been in the past, I am afraid that the Democratic Party would have been in power long ago. Although the reasons for this are very complex, such as the split of the Democratic Party into two parties, which creates the best conditions for the Republican Party to become a single party, it comes down to it. The reason why the Republican Party has been able to stay in power for 16 consecutive years is not because the Democratic Party or the Democratic New Party are too weak, but because the interest groups in the United States, especially the major business groups and several joint trade unions that have millions of votes, have sided with the Republican Party, and in the name of maintaining social stability, they have achieved the highest record of the Republican Party's continuous stay in power in this century. In other words, the interests of the United States also know that war is inevitable, high and very far from us. Preparing for the outbreak of war, and defeating us in the war, requires policy continuity and coherence and the unity of American society

"If it were us, we would make the same choice." Lin Muxun lost no time in hinting at Pei Chengyi.

"Actually, we did make the same choice, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here." Pei Chengyi responded to Lin Muxun's hint very skillfully, and then said, "The problem is that this situation cannot be maintained, even if we and the US authorities do not want to start a war prematurely, and subject to the objective law of economic development, when the huge defense expenditure makes the economy of either side unaffordable, war will come." From the subjective will, it is better to actively engage in the war than to passively get involved in the war after the economic collapse. There is no doubt that because we have taken some relatively correct measures and various social factors, our ability to bear it has obviously surpassed that of the United States, so it is certainly not us who seeks change first, but the United States. At the beginning of last year, the Military Intelligence Agency received a relatively reliable piece of information that if all goes well, in next year's general election, the winner will certainly not be the third presidential candidate elected by the Republican Party in 20 years, nor is it likely to be the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party

"You're right,"

"As with our choice, in the realization that war is inevitable and is about to explode, American interest groups have no choice but to send the most suitable wartime leader to the White House in advance." Pei Chengyi paused slightly, "Although this information has not been confirmed, judging from our preparations for war with the United States, especially the degree of economic deterioration with the United States, it will definitely not be delayed until the next US election." There is no need to underestimate the collective wisdom of US interest groups on such a major issue of right and wrong. ”

"Dudgway?"

Pei Chengyi nodded and didn't say anything more.

"In that case, we have no choice."

Pei Chengyi smiled bitterly and said: "It's not us, it's me who doesn't have a choice, and you still have the right to choose, after all, the republic doesn't lack generals like me."

"Anyway, you've taken off your military uniform and are no longer on active duty."

"Looks like you've never been a soldier."

Lin Muxun was stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of Pei Chengyi's words.

"So you don't understand the military. Even if you only wear a military uniform for one day, as long as you live, you are a soldier. ”

"Lao Pei, you are too serious."

"I'm telling the truth, and that's what I'm talking about."

Lin Muxun realized that Pei Chengyi had already expressed his attitude by saying this. During the war, what the republic needed most was a military commander, and taking off the military uniform did not affect Pei Chengyi's identity, so two years later, Pei Chengyi would definitely participate in the competition for the yuan, and he was determined to win.

"Looks like I've got the answer I wanted

"In other words, there is no need for me to continue wasting my saliva?.

Lin Muxun smiled, got up and said, "Anyway, until now, I didn't believe that the dinner I lost more than ten years ago was not in vain. ”

"The problem is, you haven't delivered on it yet." Pei Chengyi also stood up.

When the eyes of the two met, the two laughed at the same time, because at this moment, the two people of the republic knew that between them, an unbreakable alliance had been formed!