Chapter Forty-Three: Only War
Will war break out?
What does this phrase mean.
Vega was stunned by Foster's question.
Commander-in-Chief Foster, as the brain of the entire group army, is naturally very resourceful, and now he came here to meet him just to ask a question that anyone can answer.
Thinking so in his heart, Vega didn't dare to hesitate.
He planned to say something decent, not seeking merit but no fault: "Forgive the courage of the officials, I don't think it will be possible to have a war." ”
"From a rational point of view. ”
"Xia Guan believes that as long as the armistice agreement is still in place, although the contradictions between us and the United Kingdom cannot be reconciled, but because the Royal Army is several times weaker than the Imperial Army, even if they want to start a war, they will be powerless. ”
"Secondly, the United Kingdom is already in great economic distress, unemployment is rising, and all strata of society are hostile to each other. ”
Vega waited quietly for Foster to speak.
This answer is well known to the Imperial government and the army, and at the same time is the inevitable result of the agreement of everyone from the Imperial officers to the common people. At this time, the United Kingdom was still too busy to take care of itself, how could it be able to take the initiative to provoke a war.
At this critical time, the Empire has done its best not to tear up the armistice.
Foster didn't speak.
As if he had just woken up from his sleep, he said in a childish tone: "That's really right, Warrant Officer Vega is worthy of being an excellent soldier of the Empire, and several staff officers of our Third Army General Staff also think so." ”
The lower officials were terrified. ”
Vega said modestly: "The subordinate is just making a reasonable guess based on the current intelligence, and I think this matter can be answered by any soldier." ”
"Indeed, any 'soldier' can answer it......"
Foster stood up slowly and said: "I am very happy to meet such an excellent Imperial soldier as Warrant Officer today, I hope that you can continue to contribute to the glory of the Empire in your future military career, and I wish you good luck and prosperity." ”
Vega froze.
Even the salute was forgotten.
Although it was difficult for others to find anything, this unwarm tone clearly told him that his answer did not touch the heart of the commander-in-chief, and this answer was not the answer that Foster wanted.
It's never too late to make amends.
Taking advantage of the fact that the commander-in-chief had not yet fully stood up, Vega changed his words and said: "But the subordinate believes that this well-known answer is only a reasonable speculation from the most rational perspective among all kinds of evidence, but compared to absolute rationality, human beings, as advanced animals with emotions, tend to be more inclined to 'unreasonable'. ”
"Oh?"
Foster's squinted eyes moved, and he sat back in his seat: "What do you mean......"
"I think ......"
Vega said word by word: "War is coming!"
Shala.
A sudden gust of wind blew the curtains and made a hunting sound, and Foster suddenly opened a pair of squinting eyes.
What kind of eyes are these?
Vega is difficult to describe in concrete words.
The decisiveness of a cheetah, the wisdom of a fox, the foresight of an eagle, and the might of a tiger...... He couldn't describe all the words.
If one second ago, this was still a harmless ordinary old man.
Then in this second, what Vega saw was the demeanor of the real senior general of the Imperial Military Department and the commander-in-chief of the Third Army. He didn't feel even a little magic on his body, but just one look could make him shudder as a professional.
Goo-dong.
Vega swallowed.
He looked at those eyes that could not be described in words and said, "Human beings seem to prefer to use their emotions to decide things more than absolute reason. During a mission, Xia Guan personally experienced an ordinary father who had lost his child and attacked an invincible professional. Perhaps in the eyes of others, he should be obscure and waiting for an opportunity, but he has been dominated by emotion. ”
"Are you saying that the Kingdom Army has lost its mind?"
Foster said with interest: "The think tank of the Kingdom Army is not an ordinary civilian, generally speaking, it is impossible to be dominated by emotion, coupled with the intensification of national contradictions within the United Kingdom, they should know that the rash start of war will only make the situation of the Kingdom worse." ”
"It is precisely because of internal and external troubles that it is possible to start a war. ”
Vega said in a firm tone: "When a good leader cannot unite a group of people, then a strong enemy is enough to quickly unite a group, a nation, and a country to fight the same enemy. ”
"If it's a think tank in the United Kingdom. ”
"When faced with the imminent collapse of the economy, the intensification of national contradictions, and the country's internal and external troubles, they will definitely choose to throw away all their reason, become the most crazy gambler, use war to solve internal contradictions, use war to stir up hatred, turn nationalism into national revanchism, and immediately tear up the armistice agreement and launch a war against the empire!"
Vega finally whispered, "This may be...... A silver lining for the United Kingdom. ”
This is not just Vega's rhetoric.
It's something that really happened on Earth.
It was in this situation of internal and external troubles that the Nazis first set off a vigorous anti-Semitic campaign to unite the whole country, and then held high the banner of national revanchism, implemented a strategy of foreign expansion, and even dragged the whole world into the quagmire of war.
Thereupon.
That country with internal and external troubles rose like a comet.
In the next half century, the world was destined to tremble with the flag of the Third Reich.
Crash.
Foster stood up suddenly, and his face turned ugly.
Although he had a premonition that the people of the United Kingdom would go to war, he could not find evidence of this in any case.
Coupled with the fact that the empire's economy is thriving, the unemployment rate is decreasing, and the imperial army is notorious, even he begins to wonder if the sixth sense that saved him countless times on the battlefield has failed.
But just now Vega's words have solved all his mysteries.
His hunch did not fail, war would definitely break out, and this time it was no longer the Empire that took the initiative to provoke the war, but the United Kingdom, as a weak country, wanted to make a lonely bet and set off an unprecedented war of revenge.
Don't underestimate the United Kingdom's resolve.
When a good leader cannot unite the whole country, then a common enemy is enough to make a country go up to the national leader and down to the small people to fight for revenge, because this is the only way out of the predicament.
Foster solemnly saluted Vega: "Warrant Officer, the Empire will be proud of you." ”