Just when China was celebrating the good news from the United States, in Washington, Gu Weijun and others also held a small celebratory reception for this victory.

It is indeed small, at least except for the people in Washington of the Nationalist government, Gu Weijun and others just invited representatives of several other countries out of politeness.

It's just that while this is something to celebrate in the eyes of the people in the national government, it is something to be celebrated in the eyes of others...

"I want to punch them in the face!"

Looking at the government officials who were still celebrating in front, Charles couldn't help but whisper to his colleagues on the side.

For Charles, there is nothing more intolerable than the Chinese flaunting their might in front of him. However, the most intolerable thing for him was that he had nothing to do about it, so he could only stand here and endure it.

In the venue, the representatives of several other countries actually had a similar attitude to Charles, but they were invited to this reception after all, so they had to find a way to welcome people with a smile. Fortunately, the people who participated in the reception this time were basically all politicians, and it was too simple for politicians to smile and welcome people, so no matter what the confidence of these people became, at least on the surface, they were still going...

On the other side, Li Liang, who had just finished entertaining Charles and the others, also smiled coldly after taking a sip of wine.

Although due to Yan Shao's preference for drinking fruit juice, fruit juice has become an indispensable drink at some banquets of the National Social Government. But it has to be said. In the national government, people like to drink fruit juice, but it is always only non-mainstream.

To not be surprised, after all, for humans. Especially for Chinese people, they already like alcoholic drinks, as for fruit juice or something, it is just the exclusive property of children and women in a certain way―――――― if there is no Yan Shao's appearance, this is indeed the case.

Of course, with the emergence of Yan Shao, there are very few people who dare to say this.

After all, even Yan Shao didn't care. The other people next to him can also make the person who arrogantly says such things pay the price.

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Just as Li Liang was sipping the wine there, a staff member of the embassy suddenly walked over quickly, still holding a telegram in his hand.

"Mr. Prime Minister. This is a telegram that has just been sent from China. ”

"Oh?" After receiving the telegram, Li Liang opened it at a faster speed.

Although Li Liang, the prime minister, is in the national government, he does not seem to have a very good sense of existence because of Yan Shao's relationship. But in any case, in the national government, he is also a role under one person and above ten thousand. Especially on such an occasion. It can be said that it is highly anticipated...

It is also because of this relationship that Li Liang has just made some moves, and he has already attracted the attention of the audience.

But Li Liang himself opened the telegram absently, and then read it carefully.

I don't know what I saw, a very strange smile suddenly appeared on Li Liang's face―――――― what should I say, as if something made him want to laugh out loud, but he had to hold back his expression.

Li Liang's strange expression naturally attracted the attention of many people, and also made many people wonder. But just when some of the more curious people want to ask for clarification. Li Liang had already raised the telegram in his hand generously, and at the same time. Perhaps because of Li Liang's actions, the venue, which was originally relatively noisy, suddenly quieted down.

After the banquet was completely quiet, Li Liang raised his voice to everyone in the venue. "Good news to all of you, the President has just sent a telegram from China congratulating us on this success in the United States, and at the same time wishing us even more success in the coming meetings!"

As Li Liang's words fell, the venue suddenly applauded, and even some younger people couldn't help but whistle. Li Liang and the others didn't mind much about this, after all, the Nationalist government during this period was still relatively open, and although they did not welcome this behavior, they would not boycott it―――――― of course, this is also because this is a celebration banquet, and it is not particularly formal, otherwise it will not be allowed.

And as Li Liang's words fell, although they were not very reluctant in their hearts, Charles and the others still clapped their hands in agreement, adding some sound to this thunderous applause...

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After all, he is also the prime minister, and Li Liang's mouth has grown a lot over the years. Therefore, in the next step, Li Liang continued to say some inspiring words while holding Yan Shao's telegram.

After a while, the atmosphere in the banquet was extremely hot.

Of course, no matter how much he talked, there was always an end, and after about a few minutes, after feeling that his throat was a little dry, Li Liang finally stopped speaking.

Just when Li Liang asked for a glass of wine from the waiter, intending to moisten his throat, Gu Weijun and Bu Zigao on the side walked over.

The two of them have known Li Liang for a long time, although seeing a person clearly, sometimes I am afraid that it is not enough in a lifetime, but it is still no problem to see a part clearly. At least according to the two people's understanding of Li Liang, they knew very well that Li Liang's strange expression just now had absolutely nothing to do with Li Liang's words, and there was only one reason for this, that is, the content on the telegram was not just congratulations, there must be other content.

"You two......... It's really smart..."

Looking at Gu Weijun and Bu Zigao, Li Liang couldn't help but touch his nose.

"As you might guess, there's more to the president's telegram than that."

"Oh?" Hearing Li Liang say this, Gu Weijun and Bu Zigao's expressions became more curious. "What the hell is that?"

"It's nothing...", he smiled, and looked back at the Englishman who was talking about something in the corner of the reception venue, Li Liang's smile was full of malice. The great president on the telegram in addition to the words of celebration. There's a little bit of other stuff out there, and it's pretty simple, it's just that let's get the camera ready first. When the Washington conference is over, the news about Middle East oil will be announced in China, and when the time comes, let's get our cameras ready, take pictures of the British people's expressions, and then let the president have a good time..."

Hearing Li Liang's words, Gu Weijun and Bu Zigao suddenly all showed expressions of crying and laughing.

But they were really sure that this was indeed Yan Shao's order, because in China perhaps others do not know very well. But those who often accompany Yan Shao know one thing very well. That is, Yan Shao is a person who likes to play pranks very much.

It can even be said that I already like a Cheng dù, and from time to time I will give everyone some harmless pranks or jokes.

After experiencing a lot of such things, Li Liang and the others have somewhat understood Yan Shao's style.

So just seeing what is on Telegram. They were already convinced that this was indeed Yan Shao's telegram.

Of course, at least for the time being, the oil fields in the Middle East are still a secret, so in order to ensure that this secret will not be leaked, the content of the telegram is basically encrypted. For example, some oil-related content. Basically, they are called by code names.

For example, the code name of Middle East Oil. It's Miss Black'...

Of course, such a code name will definitely be understood by anyone at a glance in later generations. However, in this era, Miss Hei is already a very direct code name, but few people can guess it, which is also a reason why Yan Shao will use it with confidence.

As for whether another traverser will come out, this Yan Shao is not worried.

Let's not mention whether this will happen, even if it is. What can he do with Yan Shao, can he still follow the national government. Snatching a few provinces of the Middle East from the hands of more than 2 million national defense forces?

Such a thing, not to mention a few traversers, even if Britain, the United States and France join forces at the same time―――――― they may really be able to snatch it away, but Yan Shao can also snatch away Southeast Asia and the South Asian subcontinent of India by the way.

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After reading the contents of the telegram, everyone smiled, and did not say anything more useless. Just wrote down this matter, as for why Yan Shao did not announce it directly, they were very clear about this, and the reason was nothing more than that they were afraid that the British would be angry and set up some trouble for them at the meeting.

Although the national government may not be afraid of these troubles, it is always good to have fewer troubles.

What's more, if the meeting ends one day earlier, the oil resources buried in the ground in the Middle East can be used one day earlier. In any case, temporary concealment is very advantageous for the national government.

Almost as Li Liang and the others were celebrating, in distant Moscow, Luo Wenying, who had already shed his heavy cotton clothes and changed into dry clothes, and his two subordinates had also come to Lenin's office.

Lenin, who had already known that Luo Wenying was coming, immediately quickly got up from his seat after seeing Luo Wenying, and then walked quickly to meet him.

"Dear Luo, I don't know what good news you have brought me this time..."

During this time, Luo Wenying, who has been active in Moscow, has not only continuously infiltrated the power of the Special Affairs Bureau into Soviet Russia, but also provided a lot of intelligence to Moscow. A lot of international intelligence.

It's just that in terms of domestic intelligence, at least at the same time, Soviet Russia did a relatively good job, but for foreign intelligence, Soviet Russia was in a blank, and in this case, it needed the help of Luo Wenying's special affairs bureau.

And Luo Wenying did not live up to the expectations of Soviet Russia, and soon provided a lot of information that Soviet Russia had always wanted to know.

In addition, since Kolchak and some subsequent events, there have been very few contradictions between the Nationalist government and Soviet Russia. Therefore, the relationship between the two sides has taken a certain turnaround, at least a few months ago, and it is much stronger to worry that Soviet Russia will attack its side at any time.

"Of course, my dear Comrade Lenin..." hugged Lenin affectionately, and Luo Wenying took out a document from his briefcase. This is for you, and this is the information I just got. I'm sure it must be the kind you're very interested in..."

After taking Luo Wenying's text, Lenin glanced at Luo Wenying with some confusion and looked at it casually. It was half a bell before he nodded. "These imperialists have never given up on our country. This time, they actually want to form an encirclement around our country, but they obviously don't know the special relationship between our Chinese friends and us..."

Speaking of this, Lenin looked at Luo Wenying and smiled. "I believe that Chinese friends should continue to help us as they did in the past, right?"

"Of course..."Luo Wenying's face also showed a hint of a smile. Isn't it true that I'm standing here for a long time..."

Heard Luo Wenying say this. A hearty smile suddenly appeared on Lenin's face.

He was not at all worried that the Chinese would betray him and betray Soviet Russia, but Lenin was a little annoyed by such reasons. Because the Chinese will not betray themselves. It is the large territory they now occupy that should have been inherited by Soviet Russia, which is almost three times the current territory of Soviet Russia―――――― although that place is notoriously vast and sparsely populated, and the total population is less than one-tenth of the current population of Soviet Russia...

In any case, at least at this stage, Lenin was still very comfortable with the Chinese. After all, the Chinese also need them to attract the firepower of the imperialist powers. As long as they still need Soviet Russia. Then it is absolutely impossible to stab Soviet Russia in the back ...

Merely...

"Anyone who wants to take advantage of us has to pay a price..."

When the materials were sent into the safe, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of Lenin, who had his back to Luo Wenying.

Time passed quickly, and I don't know if it was because the British and Americans were in the same hurry. After a short break, the meeting was soon resumed.

And the content of this meeting is the third meeting, the "Defense Treaty against the Soviet Union".

The content of this treaty is actually very simple, and its core content is actually only one, that is, the strategic ―――――― toward the Soviet Union. This strategy did not mean to attack Soviet Russia, but only to avoid the spread of the doctrine that Soviet Russia espoused in. And some of the measures that have been made.

Although the capitalists in Europe and the United States, and even in China and Japan, they can be described as gnashing their teeth about Soviet Russia and the doctrine he believes.

But it has to be said that, at least for now, neither Britain, the United States, France, nor China nor Japan have the slightest intention of destroying Soviet Russia. It's not that I don't want to, but it's something I can't do.

After all, Soviet Russia has more than 5 million troops, and over the years, although Soviet Russia's industry has not dared to say that it has recovered, it can be regarded as more or less improving. Especially after receiving direct help from the national government.

For example, crude steel production, in the original history, the current Soviet Russia should only be 160,000 tons, but now it has reached more than 500,000 tons, you know, this is in the original history of Soviet Russia in 1923 can only reach the Cheng dù.

It can be seen from this how much Soviet Russia has grown after receiving the support of the Nationalist government.

And this is only a relatively preliminary process, in the original history, only the following year, the crude steel production of Soviet Russia has recovered to one million tons. Although among the six countries of Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Japan and Russia during the same period, Soviet Russia produced the smallest crude steel, even more than 100,000 tons less than Japan's 1.1 million tons, but at least it was restored to a high level.

In particular, in the following year, the crude steel output of Soviet Russia recovered to more than 1.8 million tons, 500,000 tons more than Japan's 1.3 million tons in the same period.

And in the years that followed, the Russian government's steel production continued to rise, and soon reached a high level. Of course, France, which has always been the third-to-last or fourth-to-last of the six countries, was replaced by it in 1933, when Soviet Russia's crude steel production reached six million tons.

That is, in 1933, the crude steel output of Soviet Russia reached more than six million tons, completely replacing France, which may not be, hundreds of thousands of tons more than France in the same period―――――― of course, there is another reason why it will be so fast, that is, there is a large decline in crude steel production in France, and there is a very deliberate reason for this situation, that is, the Great Depression.

Because in 1930, the French produced more than 9 million tons of crude steel. In '31, the French produced just over 7 million tonnes of crude steel, and in '32 there were only more than 5 million tonnes left, while before the Great Depression, the French government had maintained crude steel production at more than 9 million tonnes in '29 and the year before.

Incidentally, since then, French crude steel production has never rebounded above 10 million tons, at least until the end of the First World War, and it was not until 1952 that French crude steel production reached 100,000 tons.

During the Great Depression, almost all countries' economies regressed, and the reduction of steel production capacity was actually a normal thing. Like the Germans, crude steel production shrank from more than 11 million in 30 years to more than 5 million in 1932. Americans' crude steel production has also shrunk from more than 41 million in 30 years to more than 10 million, and not even a third remains...

This shows how big the impact of the Great Depression was on the economy...

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