In the huge hall, more than a dozen gentlemen were gathering in groups of three or five to discuss in a low voice, and the topic of discussion was nothing more than the purpose of Lu Zhengxiang calling them here this time.

The changes in the Soviet and Russian sides, the envoys of these countries have already received news one after another, and they also want to know the attitude of the Chinese side to this matter, and at this time the Allied attack on the Soviet Russian side has stopped, they do not know what the Chinese plan is, maybe the purpose of coming here this time may be related to this matter.

The envoys of Britain and France gathered together, and the French minister said, "Have you heard? I got the news that there is another fight in North America, and it is said that it has swept the Canadian border! ”

The Portuguese minister said, "Really? Why didn't I get the message? ”

"If you want to say that the British side has the most say in this matter, Canada is the British Dominion, if there is anything in Canada, the British should be the first to get the news!"

The other ministers all looked at the British minister, and the British minister said: "Yes, we have the latest news, Wilson can't control the situation, and can only announce his resignation in a state of exhaustion.

"What? Wilson stepped down? Wouldn't there be no more control in North America, and it will be even more chaotic in the future? ”

"It's hard to say!"

At this time, there was a loud laugh from the door: "Hahaha, everyone is here?" Sorry, sorry. I'm late, and I've kept you waiting. I'm so sorry! ”

Lu Zhengxiang walked into the hall laughing, laughing. While greeting the envoys of various countries, they exchanged pleasantries, and after greeting the envoys of various countries, everyone found their seats and sat down.

Lu Zhengxiang said: "Everyone, everyone! I would like to invite you here today because I would like to discuss with you: General Cai Ye of the Allied High Command sent a telegram a few days ago saying that military spending has been exhausted and that the Soviet Russian side has not yet surrendered. If the Allies want to completely eliminate the army of Soviet Russia, it will take at least more than half a year, but the military spending of the Allies cannot last for such a long time, and it can only support one and a half months at most, so if you want to continue to fight against Soviet Russia, you must increase military spending. The war will continue, but if the countries do not want to allocate additional military spending, then a truce will have to be made before the Allied forces are exhausted. There must be a perfect end to this war, and how to deal with the aftermath has become a problem that we have to solve now.

So, in the end, we want to continue to fight with Soviet Russia. Until the elimination of Soviet Russia, or an armistice and peace negotiations with the Soviet Russian side? According to the information we have gotten. There was a change in the top level of Soviet Russia, and the power of Soviet Russia was in the hands of Stalin. There are indications that Stalin has the idea of negotiating peace with us, and the decision on whether to fight or make peace is in your hands! So let's talk about it. Of course, our discussion today is not final, and I know that you must listen to the decisions of national governments, and we are only discussing today whether it is in our interest to continue to fight or to negotiate peace. ”

After Lu Zhengxiang's words fell, the ministers of various countries began to discuss one after another.

Soon after, the British minister stood up and said to Lu Zhengxiang: "Chief Lu, please forgive me for being blunt, just now you said that the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Cai Yi, sent a telegram saying that the military expenditure was exhausted, but this is just your one-sided statement, our countries are completely ignorant of the use of military expenditure, and we do not know how much money is really spent on the war against Soviet Russia, how can we be sure that all the military expenditure is used for the war against Soviet Russia, and it is almost exhausted?" ”

Lu Zhengxiang said with a smile: "I know that some of you may ask about the expenditure of military spending, yesterday the Allied Commander-in-Chief's General Cai Ye has sent someone to airlift the detailed expenditure account of military spending, you can verify the accounts or find a special person to verify the accounts, come here, send a copy of the accounts to each minister."

"Yes!"

Soon, each of the ministers got a copy of the accounts, and the ministers were not professional accountants, and they only hurriedly went through the complicated accounts.

At this time, the Belgian minister stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I assume for the time being that the accounts are fine, and the military budget is indeed about to run out, so whether we choose to continue to allocate funds or stop the war and negotiate with the Russians, what I am saying now is only representing my personal point of view, and has nothing to do with my government, I personally believe that my country was completely occupied by Germany during the war, and the losses were great, and now our country is undergoing post-war reconstruction, in terms of our current financial situation, China will no longer be able to come up with money to continue to support the war against Soviet Russia, and of course, if it does not have to be paid by our government, our government should still continue to support the war against Soviet Russia."

The Italian minister also stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, our Kingdom of Italy can't come up with extra money, so I'm sorry, my government should not continue to support the war against Soviet Russia."

The Portuguese minister also stood up and said: "My country is only a small country, and I personally think that my government will definitely not continue to throw money into it!" ”

Lu Zhengxiang looked left and right, and said with a smile: "In this way, all the ministers and gentlemen think that this battle cannot be fought, so it is better to start discussing how to negotiate with the Soviet and Russian sides now!" ”

"Wait!" A voice broke the original atmosphere.

I saw the British minister stand up and say: "Ladies and gentlemen, the war against Soviet Russia has been going on for more than a year, and now that we are about to be able to destroy Soviet Russia, why should we give up?" The elimination of Soviet Russia is the last step, and not giving up now is not the same as giving up halfway? I hope you will think about it again and stop making your own decisions just yet."

"What I just said only represents my personal opinion, and as for how our government decides, it is not up to me to influence!"

"Me too, what I say only represents my personal opinion".

The French minister looked at Lu Zhengxiang and asked, "Chief Lu." I wonder what your Government's attitude is on this matter? ”

Lu Zhengxiang saw that everyone else looked at it and said, "Our government has made a clear decision. In view of the current financial problems of our country, our country has decided to abandon the allocation of funds for journalists to support the war against Soviet Russia".

The British minister suddenly stood up and said, "Chief Lu." As far as I know, this war was first started by your country, but now your country is the first to withdraw, which does not seem to be the demeanor of a great power, right? Is this how your country treats war as a child's play? ”

Lu Zhengxiang said: "I'm really sorry, it's already March, and my government's budget report today has been submitted to the president and Congress for deliberation and approval at the end of last year, so my country has no money to support the war this year!" ”

The British minister sneered: "Chief Lu, it's okay for you to deceive the children with your words, you want to deceive us?" Who doesn't know that your government made a lot of money in the last world war? Will your government run out of money? ”

Lu Zhengxiang retorted: "Your Excellency, you are right. In the last war, our country did make money, but our country was not a neutral country, our country also participated in the war, and our country sent a total of three million people to Europe, do you know how much this military expenditure is? No matter how much money our country makes, it can't withstand the consumption of three million people a year, and you old empires have a strong foundation in themselves, so you can eat the old capital. And our country has no family background at all, earn one and spend one, the war is over, and the money that our country will earn is also spent! Mr. Minister. It's not just you Britain who have joined the war, don't just remember that you Britain has helped, but we have also contributed to China, France, Belgium and other countries. Could it be that Mr. Minister wants to investigate the financial situation of our country? ”

"Then why did your country's army in the Ural Mountains cooperate with the Allied attack on Soviet Russia last time? If your government runs out of money, how can it do such useless work? ”

Lu Zhengxiang said: "At that time, the Allied High Command believed that the combat effectiveness of the Soviet and Russian sides had been greatly weakened. If it is attacked from three sides, it should be possible to destroy the Soviet Russian army in a short time. However, the Allied High Command still miscalculated the combat effectiveness of the Soviet and Russian troops, and the offensive of the previous days still did not completely defeat Soviet Russia.

The meeting ended after only half an hour, and the ministers hurried back to their embassies to report to their respective governments on the events of the meeting.

Within a few days, the envoys of Belgium, Portugal, Spain, and some countries in Central Europe replied one after another that they would no longer allocate funds and agreed to hold peace talks with the Soviet and Russian sides, and that the matter of peace talks would be entrusted to China with carte blanche to China.

After more than a week, the Italian and French envoys also replied to Lu Zhengxiang that Italy and France had agreed to end the war against Soviet Russia and expressed their willingness to hold peace talks with Soviet Russia, and that all matters related to the negotiations would be handed over to the Chinese side.

Seeing that Italy and France and other countries had withdrawn from the war one after another, Britain could not sit still, so it could only agree to an armistice and hand over the negotiation matters to the Chinese side. However, the Allied forces must be disbanded as soon as possible, and the Allied High Command must be abolished after all the troops have been demobilized and repatriated.

After the communication with other countries was over, the Chinese side and Soviet Russia also communicated almost completely, and the two sides officially started negotiations.

After more than half a month of negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement, Soviet Russia agreed to hand over the area east of the Volga River to Kolchak's White Russian government, and the Soviet Russian government was transferred to the west of the Volga River, and the two sides took the Volga River as the boundary.

The war in Asia is over, but the war in North America has just begun.

This time, Xiao Zhenlei's global strategic intention has been realized two-thirds, and the next step is to continue to weaken Britain and France, encourage the colonial people around the world who were enslaved by Britain and France to rise up against the rule of Britain and France, completely disrupt the previous world order, and reformulate the world order dominated by China.

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