Chapter 234: The Road Ahead
Nanjing, where Zhongnanhai is located.
At this moment, in a relatively quaintly decorated room, a middle-aged man with gray hair on his forehead was looking at the real battle impact picture playing on the holographic projector in front of him alone. A performance that was supposed to be good turned into a real gore like this. Such a major change made him not start racking his brains to think about life because he was not in his position. Just a sign of discontent? Or is it an active demonstration with other aims! Or is it simply that these traversers are divided and disagreeable? All kinds of speculations and inferences to prove their rationality were filtered out by him in his mind like lightning, and they were all immediately rejected because they did not conform to the logic of normal people's thinking. And as the increasingly fierce battle situation in the image in front of him gradually calmed down under the overwhelming combat power advantage of one side, time waited for no one, and it was impossible for him to think about it deeply, and the choice that would determine the fate of the Republic in the next hundred years and even whether all mankind would be able to continue to survive leisurely was made in one fell swoop.
Do you continue with the original strategy or do you turn your face and take the risk of fighting? Or will we unite all human forces and share this vital message with the rest of the world to unite against the threat of possible future all-out war? In the end, after referring to the response plan given by the think tank in the past, and conducting an efficient emergency internal video conference to weigh the pros and cons, especially after carefully reading the attractive list of weapons and technology introductions in hand, they have been put into practice. The huge lure of profit, especially in the face of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, made someone not hesitate to veto the military's overly aggressive and endless military solution, except for the retention of the army's second-level alert, and instead fully supported the foreign ministry's relatively soft and improvisational passive strategy, and continued to maintain the cooperative relationship with the two sides. Although it is inevitable to compromise and show weakness in this way, this is also a big deal that does not suffer losses from any point of view, after all, using some time-sensitive intelligence that can also weaken the enemy's strength by the way can continue to exchange for those unscientific black technology to arm oneself with a big advantage!
As for why we took such a huge risk of being preemptively attacked by the other side, the fundamental reason for this is that in addition to the untimely technical failure and failure of a certain special line of communication, and the unpredictable risk that it seems that there is insufficient relevant information on the surface, it is actually due to the excessive interaction of internal contradictions accumulated by the strategic mistakes of the Republic since the reorganization war. Although a big country can withstand the turbulence of repeated winds and waves, it cannot withstand such a huge consumption with no end in sight for many years. The country as a whole seems to be harmonious and powerful, but in fact, there are already undercurrents, and some things have reached the point where they are about to be unable to hide the impending showdown.........
In concrete terms, it was simply the erroneous decision to give up the plateau and annex it into the Eurasian Federation in the course of the reorganization war, which had exhausted the republic over the years. Although at that time, in order to integrate the new territories with less interference and smooth transition, this decision paid off in a short period of time and increased the country's strength. The act of handing over the door to a big country of similar strength is really stupid to do more harm than good! Although it was true that no troops were to be stationed in the area, the truth was always within the range of artillery. As soon as the transition period of more than ten years arrived, the other side, which had been impatient for a long time, found a lame reason to send more than 100,000 troops to maintain order and not leave. Although it seems reasonable and legal on the surface, in fact, even fools can see who is behind the rebellion. Without the determination and courage to break the pot and pot to fight to the death, and the family background that took too much care of the achievements of economic construction, naturally let the opponent who had taken advantage of the loopholes step by step, and tightened the shackles in his hands little by little, and by the time he finally made up his mind that the republic really wanted to rise up to resist, the international situation had already become out of place. In the end, he had no choice but to move the capital in infinite remorse, and deployed a million troops on the long border for passive defense. Although there has been no unpleasant incident between the two sides in the hundred years since this incident, the huge consumption of related materials for the supply of troops in the provinces has directly reduced the rise of the integrated republic by leaps and bounds. Although there are remnants of religious forces that have not changed their minds, the slow economic development, the lack of a fundamental improvement in living standards within a hundred years, and the huge gap between the coastal areas, have not been stimulated by the influence of the huge gap between these people, ......... not be fooled and bought by the other side.
Of course, some people may think in their hearts, since the other party will not call, why should they deploy so many people for defense, is it stupid, and the money should be used for such as balabala in people's livelihood. But in fact, if you don't do this, you will definitely be a sinner of the entire Chinese nation through the ages, and this kind of behavior is extremely irresponsible for national defense and security! The strategic location of Outer Mongolia is extremely important to the Chinese plate from a geopolitical point of view, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is even the greatest weakness. From ancient times to the present, the direction of foreign invasion in all dynasties is roughly here, and several major crises of national extinction and extinction are also closely related to this place. Losing this place is equivalent to a knife directly to the neck, and the head is almost about to roll down with a grunt. This was the case in ancient times when transportation was not convenient, and it is even more so in modern times. What a terrible concept that the condescending sweep of the Eurasian Federation, the predecessor of the Eurasian Federation, could storm the capital in 48 hours! Times are different now, and the threat from space seems to be far beyond it. However, if the opponent attacks from both sides, and the airborne landing and assault are carried out at the same time, I am afraid that the north will collapse on the whole front if it cannot even hold out for a day. Not to mention how miserable the ending will be if you don't have your own MS alone. After all, many battles between the Atlantic Federation and the adjusters have given results, and the Kaohsiung Spaceport, which he regarded as the pearl in his palm, fell in only eight days on the day of C.E. 71.1.23, which was even more humiliating and helpless.
One wrong step, one wrong step, one wrong step, the world of great contention will not advance or retreat, counting on both defeats and losses, the fisherman must also see the situation clearly, and live until that time. Nowadays, the contradiction between the natural person and the adjuster has become irreconcilable by the hatred caused by the previous conflicts. It is only a matter of time before a war breaks out between two sides that have long been in flames with the aim of completely destroying the flesh of the other. Rather than staying in this powder keg that will explode at any time, it is better to take a gamble and bring this problem into the real era of cosmic colonization, and use the unique spirit of great unification of the republic to let future generations complete internal integration, and then clean up these bandits who are good at separatism and independence, and talk about democracy and freedom all day long. China has never lacked patience, and as long as there is enough time, no one can defeat a great nation under internal stability and unity. As for the so-called adjusters who always feel that they are superior and still owe money and do not pay their development in violation of the laws of nature, that method of fishing with all their resources will surely plunge them into a great decline in a hundred years' time, and the collapse of the population and the quality of the whole will not worry at all. The only outlier, the neutral state that posed a potential threat to the Republic, Orb, although its territory and military strength were far from commensurate, its population base already determined that its future development would not exceed expectations too much, and as long as it paid a certain price, it could stifle its ambitions in the cradle as it did by defeating its predecessor before.
Of course, the chaos in the Southeast Asian republics is not limited to this, but also includes the infiltration and control of some media by several major forces, the serious corruption of officials in some regions, and the covert collusion between some high-level capitulationists and the Blue Cosmos to betray the country. After all, the main issue in front of them is how to properly respond to this incident and ensure that the hasty formulation of a century-old national policy with lofty goals does not fall at the starting point of stepping into the sea of stars. As a result, the plan for sending ministerial-level negotiators to negotiate with the other side was efficiently put on the agenda. It's just that what is unpredictable is that for some reason, such a request for face was politely declined by the other side, and still asked for business as usual. Although the atmosphere of discord and confrontation between the two sides was lowered several levels at once, this strange attitude still made some monks on the side of the Southeast Asian Republic scratch their heads. {Aren't you going to make trouble?} How did it retract again, it's not scientific! However, in the end, the two sides were still in a harmonious atmosphere, and both parties, both of whom were old acquaintances, completed this dirty xx transaction in accordance with the usual practice and under the profound exchange of words.
The Southeast Asian republics got a magical Red Alert base car in the United States and the Soviet Union, a sample of Tiberium ore and several sets of related standard equipment for its transformation and manufacturing inhibition technology, which can be said to be a lot of money. It's a pity that they have long been blinded by greed, and they have long turned a deaf ear to the well-intentioned advice of some people. As a result, it was not until this thing gradually spread to the whole world with the pace of war and conflict, and its role gradually became known to other countries and became more and more difficult to control its growth, that I suddenly realized what stupid things I had done. But fortunately, the earth at that time had half a foot into the era of cosmic colonization, and the ore required for the power of this spaceship was finally limited to a few specific areas under the strong demand and mining enthusiasm of various countries, which may be regarded as a blessing in misfortune!
And the expeditionary team, that is, Katsuragi, Kirian, and Blessing classmates, also inexplicably obtained first-hand information such as the follow-up video data of the follow-up operation of Xiao, the actual combat video of the destruction Gundam in Berlin, Europe, and the location of the land battleship Bonaparte, the special mothership for this weapon, in Siberia. Of course, in addition to these, perhaps the biggest takeaway is the design drawings of the Freedom Gundam that are included in it. For the blessed students who have had a few unreliable verbal exchanges with us, as long as they send this thing back, even if they are really found out about their unauthorized actions this time, they will only be reprimanded for two sentences at most, which is really good luck!
It's just that this incident will be wrong, and although the two sides have survived this crisis of trust by mistake, in fact, after such a toss, they have really leaked a lot of important information to those forces who have long sensed that something seems to be wrong with the republic, and their intelligence organizations have sniffed like wolves smelling prey, and finally this top secret has gradually been exposed in front of their eyes. In this way, it also laid the groundwork for the Speaker in the universe who wanted to carry out his own set of destiny plans, and planned a well-prepared assassination plan in anger and shame, which is ........ later.