"Miss President," Lin Youde knocked the table, "Please face the reality, even if the US troops do not withdraw, Xinming can gradually win the war." ”

Charlotte pursed her lips and stared at Lin Youde, and after a moment of silence, she replied: "I think that the encirclement of our army this time does not prove that the Xinming Army has the strength to defeat us, it only proves that I let a wrong person serve as the commander of the army in the Asian theater." MacArthur would soon be replaced, and the 50,000 American troops who were surrounded would be saved by Shun. ”

"Miss Charlotte, this over-optimism of yours may cause more damage to your country and your army."

"Thank you for the reminder." Charlotte responded indifferently and smiled at Lin Youde.

"No matter what," Lin Youde softened his tone slightly, "the United States continues to consume on that vast battlefield, which will only increase your casualties, the whole of Europe is only 10 million square kilometers in size, and the size of China is already close to the size of the whole of Europe, Miss Charlotte." You can't help Europe, why do you think you can help with the new Ming government? Sober up, Miss Charlotte. ”

"I'm sober, Mr. Lin Youde. Xinming is different from Europe, Xinming has lost most of its industrial production areas, although it still has some industries in Sichuan and the northwest region, but these industries cannot support Xinming to continue the war of modernization, they can only fight the so-called guerrilla war as they do now. This time they surrounded 50,000 U.S. troops, and they may have been preparing for this operation for half a year or even longer, in my opinion, Xinming can only encircle a mere 50,000 U.S. troops, which just shows that they can't fight anymore. You know, in the early days of the war, they were ambitious enough to cut off hundreds of thousands of American troops and encircle them along the coast. ”

But at that time, Xinming ultimately failed to realize this ambition, and their attack was dismantled by the superior equipment and logistics of the US military. Since the war turned to inland operations, Xinming has rarely annihilated the US army so neatly as it is now, although it has fought a war of annihilation in the northeast, it is far from being as smooth as this time. This is obviously an improvement, Miss Charlotte. ”

"The 50,000 U.S. troops have not been annihilated, our rescue is on the way, and we have airdropped enough supplies into it."

"Well, since Miss Charlotte said so, then let's wait and see the final result, and I suggest that we put the discussion of the Chinese question on hold for the time being until the results are out."

Charlotte pondered for a moment and nodded, "Agreed." ”

**

Three days later, the battle on the other half of Earth, thousands of kilometers away, finally came to an end.

The American troops who came to the rescue were ambushed, but they were routed halfway, along with two divisions of the Ming Imperial Army. The 50,000 American troops in the encirclement ran out of ammunition and food after resisting for two days, and finally announced their surrender.

Subsequently, the Xinming government issued a telegram to the world, announcing that the Xinming government army had won the victory in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Campaign, in which 70,000 American troops and 100,000 Ming imperial troops were annihilated.

At the same time as the telegram was published, the newspapers of the new Ming government published small articles ridiculing MacArthur's lack of command, and the official government radio station also broadcast it.

And in Lisbon, on this side of the world, Lin Youde has intensified his efforts at the negotiating table.

"What do I mean, Miss Charlotte." Lin Youde looked at Charlotte with a smile, "Today you were only annihilated by 70,000, and if you continue to persevere, I'm afraid it's more than that." ”

In fact, Lin Youde really wanted to talk to Charlotte about the Vietnam War in another time and space. And the big ravines in Chinese mainland are much more difficult to deal with than the half-hung primeval forests in Vietnam. What's more, the current U.S. military and the U.S. military during the Vietnam War are really far behind in terms of technology and equipment, and what can the U.S. military, which can't even play the "Valkyrie Assault," use to deal with the guerrilla warfare launched in such a vast land?

Charlotte's expression was much worse than a few days ago, but it was barely calm, and there were no obvious flaws.

So Lin Youde didn't wait for Charlotte to reply, and continued to himself: "I know that Miss Charlotte, you have 11,000 statements that you can use to fight back against me, but these statements probably don't have much effect on the members of Congress. I bet the U.S. Congress is in the midst of a war of words, and you Democratic members are definitely at the bottom at this point. ”

"It's a pity that it's still night in the United States, and Congress won't meet at night." Charlotte's riposte was quite effective, and Lin Youde could only shrug his shoulders. However, compared to a few days ago, Charlotte can only respond by grasping Lin Youde's language omissions, and from this point of view, the victory of the Xinming government has indeed brought Lin Youde a considerable advantage.

Of course, Lin Youde would not let go of the opportunity to take advantage of this advantage, and he asked rhetorically without thinking about it: "Then Miss Charlotte, should we adjourn the meeting to see the opera first, and wait for the 'old grandfathers' on Capitol Hill to come to a conclusion slowly and logically before talking?" ”

"No, I'm the plenipotentiary for negotiations, and I have the right to decide everything."

In fact, the negotiations between Lin Youde and Charlotte here are only negotiations in the general direction, and the negotiations on the terms of the specific peace treaty are now taking place in another place. The difference between the two negotiations is that the general direction decided by Lin Youde and Charlotte is transferred to another negotiating table, and then the group of people decides what is under this general direction.

It is said that the intensity of the other venue was several times that of Lin Youde's side.

Lin Youde imagined the rhetoric in the other venue while waiting for Charlotte to continue.

Charlotte was also waiting for Lin Youde to speak, but she only waited for a while before taking the lead in saying: "Although our army is still confident of winning the final victory on the Chinese battlefield, it is obvious that the price we have to pay for this victory is a little bigger. My Government deems it necessary to reconsider the pros and cons of this war. ”

It is said that it is "reconsidering the pros and cons", but in fact, it is planning to withdraw troops. In fact, the stalemate between Charlotte and Lin Youde was not because she did not want to withdraw the troops, the memorandum was signed, and she Charlotte also personally came to the neutral country to negotiate with Lin Youde, then the withdrawal of US troops from Chinese mainland was basically determined. Charlotte's insistence in the past few days is only aimed at striving for a more favorable peace negotiation clause for herself.

Although the withdrawal has been decided, there are many things beyond the withdrawal that the United States will definitely want to fight for. For example, the ownership of the Korean Peninsula, the Americans definitely want to occupy the Korean Peninsula, so why not occupy more land if they can?

But now, MacArthur's defeat has forced Charlotte to back down – and of course the opposition Republican Party has a part to do.