At the meeting, the discussion about how to contain Soviet Russia was already on topic, at least in the eyes of the man in the stage.

After looking at the representatives of the countries in the stands, the man standing on the stage coughed quietly and then spoke.

"At present, it seems that it is not easy to completely eliminate Soviet Russia, after all, after the previous war, all the countries here have suffered a certain amount of damage. It is definitely not possible to restore the vitality of the Soviet Union in a short period of time, and it is probably not easy to launch a huge offensive against Soviet Russia in a short period of time, and in addition, Soviet Russia is not a fish belly, which can be seen from the disastrous defeat of the intervention army composed of all the countries present in the war of intervention against Russia. If, regardless of the current situation in various countries, we forcibly form a coalition army again to encircle and suppress Soviet Russia, considering that there are currently more than 5 million regular troops in Soviet Russia, it is simply an impossible task to exterminate Soviet Russia in a light way, at least it is impossible to do it without paying a certain amount of casualties, and considering that after several years of war have passed, the anti-war sentiment of the people of all countries is relatively fierce, and it is obviously impossible to eradicate Soviet Russia now..."

Hearing the man say this, the other representatives in the audience nodded their heads in agreement.

Even Li Liang, Duan Qirui and others all nodded.

Because what the person on the stage said was the truth, the current anti-war sentiment in various countries is indeed very strong. Especially after the First World War, almost no country liked to fight―――――― of course, excluding the Japanese.

If possible. I believe that the Japanese are not very rejecting war or anything.

But after all, not every country is the same as Japan, even China, to be honest. In fact, there is some rejection of the means of war. It's like Gu Weijun and Li Liang are well-known lords and factions in the Kuomintang government.

If I have to talk about it, in fact, there are only three wars that are really supported by the vast majority of the Chinese people.

The first one is the Shandong Campaign, of course, this can only be regarded as four or six open. Because at that time, the self-confidence of the Chinese people had not yet been restored. Some just have low self-esteem. Nearly everyone, including a sizable portion of the government, feels that China is unlikely to win.

And according to the custom of the time, it was usually after losing. All of them need to be ceded and compensated.

Leaving aside where the cessed land came from, this compensation must be scavenged from the common people, which can be regarded as a precedent thing. As a result, it was naturally difficult for the Chinese people to support the Kuomintang government's act of waging war with Japan in Shandong.

After all, if you don't fight, then all you will lose is Shandong. But if you fight. Well except for the loss of the ground. I'm afraid there will be reparations.

Choosing one of the two, such a situation is undoubtedly a very good choice for Chinese people who have been humiliated and have changed from extreme arrogance to extreme inferiority...

And then, the Commune government won...

The second one supported by the vast majority of the Chinese people is the northward expansion strategy, that is, the northward expansion into Siberia and Central Asia.

Of course, this strategy was still secret at the time. Naturally, the Chinese people don't know. By the time they knew, the Wehrmacht was almost on the verge of reaching Yekaterinburg.

It is also precisely because the progress of the Wehrmacht is very smooth. Of course――――――, the Chinese people do not know how risky and difficult such a military operation is. If they know that if they are not careful, it is likely that hundreds of thousands of troops will die without a place to bury, I'm afraid...

As for the third war? That is, of course, the Korean War.

When the Korean War broke out, it was precisely the time when the strategy of westward expansion and northward expansion was successful. As a result of the success of these two strategies, the self-confidence of the Chinese people began to recover, and their confidence was extremely inflated. Seeing that China's territory has expanded so much, China, which has been bullied by foreign powers, now has the shadow of some superpowers.

Even those who are the main peace faction feel that the Japanese should be driven out first...

The few who felt that they could negotiate first, or simply sued for peace, were basically regarded as traitors who betrayed the country and sought glory...

These are the three wars that the Chinese people supported the most after the establishment of the national government.

As for the First World War? Even now, there is still a great deal of controversy among the Chinese people about sending an expeditionary force to fight in Europe. After all, it was not their war, and no matter how heroic the Wehrmacht fought in Europe, it is an indisputable fact that the Wehrmacht's casualties in Europe were very large, very large...

Without knowing that there is oil hidden in the ground in the Middle East, many people feel that it is not worth it to kill and injure so many people for the benefit of white people...

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Although there was a high level of support for those three wars, the First World War, which was a very controversial war in the country, could also be added. But in just a few years, there have been many wars, and even for the Chinese people, they have had enough.

At this time, it is conceivable that they will not agree to continue to support a war that does not seem to have a lot to do with them, and it is very tragic.

Of course, if Yan Shao came forward in person, there might still be a way to reverse their minds.

After all, Yan Shao's prestige in China is very high, and every time he can bring great benefits to China. Even if it is something that I didn't see any intention at the beginning, if Yan Shao forcibly pushed it, the Chinese people would agree even if they didn't understand it.

But there is no problem on the Chinese side, but the European and American sides are...

For example, the United Kingdom and France have been fighting for the longest time. The people of these two countries are completely tired of war, and it is impossible for their governments to allow their governments to have another inexplicable war.

And then there are the Americans, the casualties during the First World War alone have frightened the Americans, and even made American isolationism even higher...

It can well be imagined. Will the Americans support the US government for another war like this...

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"It seems that everyone is very clear..."Seeing that although the representatives of the countries below were expressionless, they had a more or less hint of approval, the person on the stage smiled bitterly. So. At present, the best way is to set up an epidemic prevention ring in the surrounding areas of Soviet Russia to ensure that Soviet Russia does not spread out of it..."

"I believe that all of you here are well aware of the danger of these red elements, so I will not repeat them. In order to ensure that these red elements do not spread to other regions and threaten the whole world, it is almost inevitable to build multiple epidemic prevention zones in the surrounding areas of Soviet Russia. “

With that, the man glanced at an American on the side of the audience.

After noticing his boss's gaze, the American nodded. Then he came up from below, with another person, with a very large map.

The map is special, it is not a map of the world, nor is it a region of Europe or some part of Asia. Rather, it is a map of Soviet Russia. To be exact, some areas of Soviet Russia and the surrounding regions.

"This map is based on the analysis of the original map of Russia, as well as the areas now occupied by Soviet Russia, and there is no doubt about the details. There will be absolutely no loopholes―――――― unless the Russians' maps are problematic themselves..."

Speaking of which. The man continued to point to the map from the stage.

"According to our plan, we will build an epidemic prevention zone on the front line of Poland and Romania to ensure that the red elements in Soviet Russia will not flow into Europe through these two countries..."

Hearing him say this, some people in the venue couldn't help but frown slightly.

Because he is talking about the territory of Europe, but in fact, the territory occupied by Soviet Russia now also belongs to Europe, but only Eastern Europe. But judging by his words. But it is almost equivalent to not treating Soviet Russia as a European country―――――― of course, this is not the first day of this situation. In fact, there have always been many people in history who have always liked to think of Russia as a very special object, for unknown reasons.

How to say it, many people do not think of Russia as a European country, even though the country has a fairly large European territory, almost the size of the whole of Europe, and even the capital is located in the European part. But people still like to exclude Russia from the list of European countries.

On the Asian side, there are many people who do not regard Soviet Russia as a European country, but at the same time they do not regard Russia as an Asian country.

It can only be said that Russia is completely a very special country, almost surviving in the cracks...

Because according to many people in the outside world, Russia hardly belongs to any continent in the world...

Eurasia, Africa, North and South America, Oceania, Antarctica, none of these continents have a place for Russia...

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Looking at the map, the people in the audience nodded slightly, clearly agreeing with the idea.

In fact, the history of this period has undergone some changes from the original history, because in the original history, Poland was much larger than it is now.

On October 23, 1918, the Polish government was formed in Warsaw, and on November 11, it was headed by Pilsudski. The government of Lublin and the liquidation committee in Krakow also announced the acceptance of Pilsudski's leadership. On 18 November, Pilsudski formed a coalition government in Warsaw, and he became the head of state of the Republic of Poland. Thus, after 123 years of partition and destruction of Poland in 1795, Poland finally regained its independence as an independent state in November 1918.

In December 1912, the Supreme Council of the Entente passed a resolution at the Paris Peace Conference, agreeing to rebuild the Polish state, recognize the Republic of Poland, and establish a provisional demarcation line between Russia and Poland, that is, along the lines of Grodno, Brest, Hrubeszow, Przemydel, and the Carpathians.

However, the Poles did not agree to this construction, and in fact the Polish government sought to restore the Russian-Polish border of 1772. For this reason, the newly established Republic of Poland launched a war against the newly born Soviet Russia, known as the Soviet-Polish War.

In the eyes of the vast majority, there was a war between Poland and Soviet Russia. There is no doubt that it was Soviet Russia that won the victory. However, the truth is always unexpected, because it was not the Russians who won the war. It's Poland ...

In fact, in the early days, the war was quite smooth in Soviet Russia. At that time, the Polish army occupied large areas of Ukraine and Belarus, and the Russian Red Army counterattacked, driving the Polish troops involved in the intervention out of the country and burning the war to Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

However, due to the problems of the Red Army itself, in the end in the later stages of the war, Soviet Russia suffered very heavy losses and defeats.

In the end, according to the treaty concluded between Soviet Russia and Poland, Poland received Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, as well as part of Lithuania. Russia lost a large part of its territory in the war, which also laid the groundwork for the partition of Poland between the Soviet Union and Germany in World War II.

However, it is different from history, perhaps because of the support of the national and social governments. Although Soviet Russia also suffered defeats, the outcome was significantly stronger than in the original history. Therefore, the signing of a cease-fire agreement between Russia and Poland was only a cease-fire agreement, and as for any such thing as ceding land, Soviet Russia did not encounter anything at all.

But even so. The defeat in this war still shook the whole Soviet Union.

Especially Lenin himself. I don't understand why this war was lost?!

In fact, it was precisely because of the defeat in this war that Soviet Russia's subsequent foreign policy underwent a great change.

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Looking at Poland and Romania on the map, Li Liang always felt that one day in the future, these two regions would be annexed to the mouth of Soviet Russia.

Of course, this is just a feeling of Li Liang, but when Li Liang thinks so in his heart. At this time, the person on the stage lowered his head and looked at Li Liang and said.

"The European anti-epidemic circle is of course crucial, but at the same time, the anti-epidemic circle in Asia is equally important. We are thankful. Our best ally, the Chinese government, has long occupied the territory from the Ural Mountains to Central Asia and even Europe, and has begun to build a very strong and permanent fortification there to ensure that not half of the Red elements will escape from it..."

Hearing the person on the stage say this, although they didn't know what was going on, Li Liang and the others still nodded around cooperatively. As mentioned earlier, in order to ensure the security of the two new territories, and to be able to resist a possible future attack by Soviet Russia with a minimum of troops, the Nationalist government began to build a very large line of defense along the line from the Ural Mountains to Central Asia and Europe.

In some ways, this project is even bigger than the Maginot Line built by the French in history―――――― of course, it is definitely not as strong as the Maginot Line, at least in most areas.

This is not surprising, after all, from the German-French border to the seaside, there are not many kilometers in total, and the French can naturally try their best to strengthen their fortifications.

But the Nationalist government is different, the Ural Mountains alone are already not known how many kilometers, and if you count the line of the Kazakh province, if you really build it according to the standards of the French Maginot Line, I am afraid that the finances of the Nationalist government will go bankrupt―――――― in fact, it is about the same now.

In order to build this railway, the financial expenditure of the national government has been very high. In this way, the funds are still far from enough. It is also for this reason that Yan Shao is a little anxious to expose the oil fields in the Middle East, after all, if he is unwilling to raise taxes, Yan Shao can only increase the revenue of the national government through guò.

Naturally, even if there is income from the oil fields, it is always necessary to be more frugal, and it is also because of this that the fortifications in most areas can only be said to be relatively strong, and there is certainly no way to compare with the historical Maginot Line.

However, it is still no problem in some key areas, and thanks to the moat of the Ural Mountains. It is precisely because of such a moat in the Ural Mountains that the Wehrmacht can use the minimum resources to build a line of defense sufficient to ensure its own security on the Sino-Soviet border.

The next step is to keep improving this defensive line, so that no matter what happens in the future, at least the Wehrmacht will have the ability to bring in enough troops from within the country to reinforce the defensive line before it collapses completely...

It should be noted that although this line of defense is expensive. But there is not much opinion within the government about creating such a line of defense. Even politicians or poor literati who always liked to chirp crookedly in the past did not have much opinion on this.

Because everyone knows very well, compared to the two pieces of land behind the defensive line. The cost of this line of defense is not worth mentioning at all. As long as you can hold the land behind, even if the cost is ten times higher, it is worth it...

What's more, it is not without benefits to build such a line of defense, such as employment...

One can imagine how much steel, cement, and other raw materials are needed for such a line of defense. In particular, although these fortifications were designed to save as much money as possible, no matter how much money was saved, the Wehrmacht could not save money on the lives of soldiers. So although in many places it was as economical as possible, the fortifications themselves were very strong, especially with the use of a lot of ash and rebar, etc...

And want to show such a line of defense. The variety of materials required is absolutely astronomical...

In this way, employment will naturally be boosted.

At present, there are still areas close to the defense line in the country, and a large number of factories have sprung up, and the task of these factories is to provide sufficient resources to go up.

Even. In Yan Shao's plan. This line of defense is also one of the ways to solve the effects of the Great Depression―――――― and it is enough to feed many factories just by meeting the needs of such a line of defense, no, given the length of this line of defense, it can no longer be described as many homes.

In addition to this line of defense, new railway plans are also underway.

For example, the current plan for the expansion of the Central Asian Railway, as well as the expansion of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

This is also all for the possible future, when the Russians lead the army to attack the defensive line. The Wehrmacht was able to reinforce the rear units as quickly as possible.

However, compared with the past, the current Wehrmacht is clearly not in such a hurry. Therefore, the construction of these two railways is not very urgent, but with a rare normal speed to show―――――― although it is a normal speed, but from the project of these two railways at the forefront, it can still be seen how high the status of these two railways is...

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"At present, the fundamental purpose of China's defense line on the Sino-Soviet border is to ensure that when Soviet Russia spreads in the direction of Asia, China will be able to stop Soviet Russia..." Speaking of this, Li Liang glanced at the people around him, and then continued softly. At present, it seems that everything is expected, but there is one thing that seems to be extremely troublesome, that is, the problem of funds, the funds required for such a line of defense are absolutely astronomical, but China's fiscal revenue is obviously not as good as expenditure, and now, the project can be said to be intermittent, so in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Russia, I hope that the countries here can give certain financial support to ensure that the defense line can be completed within the specified time. In this way, at least none of the countries present here need to worry about the spread of Soviet Russia from the direction of Asia..."

"Similarly, as long as the defense line on the Sino-Soviet border can be completed within the specified time, our government is willing to guarantee that no red element will be allowed to pass through the defense line..."

Although Li Liang felt that what he said was quite good, after hearing Li Liang's words, the faces of the others looked a little difficult to look at.

Because the meaning of Li Liang's words just now is very simple, that is, he wants to ask the governments present here for money to repair the defense line. Nowadays, because of the relationship between the First World War, all countries have been worried about the problem of money, and now Li Liang suddenly jumped out and said that everyone should support them to build fortifications, if they really obediently take out their wallets, then they are purebred two hundred and five...

"Support..." Hearing Li Liang's words, the first person to speak was Charles, who had been sitting in the seat of the US delegation. There should be no need for this, after all, I believe everyone here knows very well how good your army is, not to mention that your country still has such a moat in the Ural Mountains on the Sino-Soviet border. With such a trench, what is the use of those red elements with an extra million armies..."

"That's right, not to mention that Soviet Russia has just experienced the war, and its own vitality has not yet recovered, at least it will take a long time to recover. In other words, at least for the short term, there is no need for your country to worry about the possibility of the Red elements advancing eastward..."

Seeing Charles speak, Balfour on the side also hurriedly agreed.

Other countries saw that Britain and the United States had spoken, and they also spoke up one after another. The reason for this is that they are not willing to pay for it...

Seeing such a scene, Li Liang looked a little helpless, but he didn't say anything. Because it was meant to be an attempt. If you can get the money, it is naturally the best, and it can relieve the financial pressure in the country, but if you can't get it, it doesn't matter. Anyway, when they first built this ultra-long defense line, Yan Shao and the others didn't count on outside assistance at all, but planned to repair the fortifications with their own ability...

"In any case, we would like to thank the Chinese government for its dedication. It is believed that with the defense line built by the Chinese government in the Urals region and the Kazakh provinces, as well as the frontline epidemic prevention areas in Poland and Romania, those red elements will definitely be able to stop those red elements in the epidemic prevention circle. to avoid the spread of these red viruses..."

As the man's words fell, there was a round of applause in the venue.

These people in the meeting hall were not at all worried that the Nationalist government would negotiate with Soviet Russia on this matter. At least the Nationalist government was unlikely to let Russia pass through the Ural Mountains under any circumstances, and this has become the consensus of almost everyone.

After all, if Soviet Russia is put in the past. In the unlikely event that Russia were to regain the 'lost territory', it would be much more troublesome. So for the national government. In any case, it is impossible for Soviet Russia to pass from Siberia, and there is naturally no need for everyone here to worry about the possibility of Soviet Russia spreading from Asia.

After all, if Soviet Russia was really allowed to go, then Siberia would be lost, and the Nationalist government would never be so stupid...

Just as the man said this, someone in the audience suddenly coughed lightly, and then spoke.

"Please wait..."

Saying this, I heard this voice. Everyone in the venue couldn't help but look in the direction where the voice came. I saw that it was the Japanese delegation that made the sound, and after I found out that it was the Japanese delegation. Many people couldn't help but wrinkle a little.

Because many people are very aware of the contradictions between the Chinese government and the Japanese delegation, and now the Japanese delegation suddenly jumped out, if it is something else, it is better to say, but if the Japanese delegation intends to pick a thorn in China, then the matter will be a little troublesome―――――― if you say a different time, they don't mind looking at the ugly scene of the Chinese government, but now it is an important meeting of the organizers, if it is so noisy, then the meeting will not have to continue...

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"One from Europe and the other from Asia, such a strategy seems to be seamless, but in fact there is a very big flaw...", after coughing lightly, the Ministry of Finance said. That is, what if someone colludes with Soviet Russia ...

Hearing the words of the Ministry of Finance, almost everyone looked at the seats of the National Government, and even those behind the Ministry of Finance Biao came and went one after another.

The reason is simple, although on the surface, the Nationalist government and Soviet Russia seem to be mortal enemies, almost the kind that longs for each other's death. But judging by another kind of intelligence, the Nationalist government and Soviet Russia have been cooperating for many years...

At least since the establishment of Soviet Russia, the Nationalist government should have helped Soviet Russia a lot...

In particular, there are other weapons equipped by the Soviet Russian army at present, and the more than 5 million Soviet Russian Red Army will definitely not be able to get so many weapons and equipment by relying on the original factories that have been almost destroyed.

But they can...

I don't know why, Soviet Russia is actually equipped with a large number of weapons and equipment. After seizing a batch afterwards, there was even an astonishing thing that came to the analysis, that is, these weapons were deliberately used and installed as second-hand weapons in the city. In fact, the quality of these weapons and equipment is very good, and there is a very big difference from the style of weapons and equipment in Soviet Russia in the past ...

At this point, few people will not understand, that is, there must be someone behind Soviet Russia who supports it, otherwise it is impossible for Soviet Russia alone to support such a large army.

But who is backing it?

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Although the national government has concealed itself very secretly, most of the national love in the venue has actually been vaguely guessed. That's the country behind Soviet Russia, and it's probably actually China...

The purpose is also very simple, to build a target that attracts firepower.

Basically, as long as Soviet Russia still exists, then it is unlikely that the great powers will turn their attention to China anyway, which is the purpose of Soviet Russia's existence and the reason why China supports Soviet Russia.

It is also for this reason that although Japan did not name names, everyone present could not help but look at the seats of the national government.

However, when Li Liang and the others were a little annoyed by the eyes, they couldn't help but jump out to fight with the Japanese and the supporters that the Japanese might appear. Surprisingly, the Japanese spoke.

"Turks, we must be vigilant about the relationship between the Turks and Soviet Russia..."Speaking of this, Finance Biao looked at the people in the hall and then continued to speak. Turkey's geographical location can be said to be very important, with a map of the Caucasus under its control, Turkey can have direct contact with Soviet Russia, and from the intelligence we have obtained, it is obvious that a considerable part of the Caucasus region has fallen into the hands of Soviet Russia, only the Chinese government has also grabbed some, but the number is not large, and it cannot achieve the purpose of blockading Soviet Russia..."

On the other hand, although Turkey has lost most of its territory, it still occupies several important points. If Russia joins forces with Turkey, then the Black Sea is likely to become the largest inland sea in Soviet Russia, at least for a long time to come. Soviet Russia can not only pass through the Guò Dardanelles, but can even directly patrol the territory of the Black Sea and even land on the Black Sea coast, one can imagine what a catastrophe it will bring if Turkey falls to Soviet Russia..."

Hearing the words of the Ministry of Finance, everyone present was silent for a while.

Not so long ago, it is not a secret that Soviet Russia reinforced Turkey with a large number of weapons and equipment ...

"Perhaps..."Glancing at everyone, Li Liang spoke. Can we preemptively pull Turkey from the bosom of Soviet Russia ?! (To be continued......)