Let Shouwei not leave the White House, Pei Chengyi received a bombing report from Calcutta from Calcutta. [No pop-up novel network]

The results of the bombing shocked Pei Chengyi very much, and it was far beyond his expectations. Because Pei Chengyi was very cautious when it came to the use of special bombs. So after receiving the report, he immediately sent the news to the General Staff and personally talked to Xiang Linghui on the phone.

Putting down the phone, Xiang Linghui rushed to the Yuan Mansion with the bombing report that had just been printed.

Although Xiang Linghui's political consciousness is far less than Pei Chengyi's, when he saw a few data in the report, he knew that he had given birth to the most undesirable thing.

Seeing Wang Yuanqing, Xiang Linghui didn't even skip greetings. Straight to the point, he reported the matter of the net just born.

What surprised Xiang Linghui a little was that when he mentioned those data, Wang Yuanqing did not show a shocked look, and always seemed very calm.

Didn't Meta realize the seriousness of the problem?

Closing the report document, Wang Yuanqing picked up a cigarette unhurriedly, took two puffs slowly, and after his eyes fell on Xiang Linghui, he said: "Is the data conclusive and credible?" ”

"It's just an estimate, and you can't count it accurately."

"How reliable is it?" Wang Yuanqing repeated the previous question.

Xiang Linghui hesitated for a moment and said: "The battle report is provided by the front-line troops, and the actual number will only be more, not less. ”

Wang Yuanqing nodded slightly, pressed the switch of the intercom on the table, and said to Jiao Kuishan outside: "Immediately contact the chairman, the premier, the executive vice premier and the foreign minister, and ask them to come over immediately." Let's just call an emergency meeting. ”

Seeing Wang Yuanqing's actions, Xiang Linghui sighed.

"Collect more accurate data as soon as possible." Wang Yuanqing extinguished most of the cigarettes that were left, "After going back, tell Pei Chengyi that don't worry about anything, you must capture Kolkata according to the plan."

"I've gotten into trouble, and I'm going to"

"Do as I say." Wang Yuanqing didn't give Xiang Linghui a chance to argue, "Remember, you must tell Pei Chengyi that he will not be burdened with ideological baggage, and he must occupy Calcutta as soon as possible." ”

Xiang Linghui nodded. Without saying anything more, he got up and took his leave.

After the thug Pan Zhong, Gu Weimin, Yan Jingyu, Ye Zhisheng and Yan Shanglong arrived one after another.

After letting Jiao Yushan make a few cups of tea, Wang Yuanqing asked him to stay outside and not let anyone come in and disturb him.

"Lao Wang, you are in such a hurry to call us over. What's wrong? ”

Wang Yuanqing took the documents on the desk and handed them to Gu Weimin.

Seeing the sets of data marked with red lines in the document, Gu Weimin's expression immediately became gloomy.

When the document reached Yan Jingyu's hands, the prime minister only looked at the main content, and then said: "20,000 civilian casualties!? What is the front command doing? ”

As soon as Yan Jingyu said this, Ye Zhisheng and Yan Shanglong's expressions immediately became nervous.

"To be exact, 20,000 is the lowest number." Wang Yuanqing lit a cigarette and said calmly, "This is what happened just now, I have ordered Pei Chengyi to speed up the offensive and capture Calcutta as soon as possible." ”

Ye Zhisheng had just opened the document, and when he heard Wang Yuanqing's words, he immediately said: "It has caused so many civilian casualties, continue to speed up the offensive." I'm afraid"

Wang Yuanqing smiled and ignored Ye Zhisheng.

"Yuan's decision is not wrong, it's too late to stop." Gu Weimin glanced at Ye Zhisheng and said, "What we have to consider first is not how many civilian casualties will be caused, but what kind of reaction the United States will make, or how serious the consequences will be." ”

Yan Jingyu nodded and picked up the cigarette on the coffee table.

"The U.S. will definitely take action." Yan Shanglong just caught the document and said without even looking at it. "After the outbreak of the war, the United States has been looking for opportunities to sanction us, because our preliminary preparations are very good, so the United States has not been able to find a suitable reason. Affected by this, the EU and Russia have so far not expressed their position and have not put pressure on us. In the absence of sending troops to the war, the only way for the United States to help India, other than to provide military assistance to India, is to lead the international community to put pressure on us to terminate the military operation without a final victory. In fact, the United States is doing just that. Sullivan has already left for London. According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, the US Secretary of State will discuss with the United Kingdom the expansion of the Diego Garcia military base. If nothing else. The United States will train Indian soldiers in Diego Garcia, and then provide India with more high-tech weapons and equipment. Although there has been no news from Sullivan asking other European countries for the time being, after this incident, the US Secretary of State will definitely change the itinerary, and the next stop will be Paris. ”

"If you want to win over the EU, you have to win over France." Yan Jingyu added.

Yan Shanglong nodded, and then opened the file.

"That's why I called you." Wang Yuanqing let out a long breath and said. "In large-scale wars, civilian casualties are inevitable. In fact, we have done better in this war than ever before, and until now, the number of civilian casualties has not exceeded the number of Indian casualties. Of course. No matter how well we did before, we can't offset the current problems. According to the Foreign Minister, this is the reason that the United States has been looking for. Lao Gu is right, we must first consider not how many casualties will be caused, but how to deal with the challenge of the United States. ”

"If the United States wants to deal with us, it will have to win over O'Lang and Russia, and it will have to win over Ou Weifan's cigarettes. "Sullivan will definitely go to Paris. And there is a high probability of leaving London early. In addition to diplomatic issues, we also have to consider public opinion. ”

"It's better to be proactive and not reactive." Yan Jingyu glanced at Wang Yuanqing and Gu Weimin, and said, "According to the American way of doing things, before Sullivan arrives in Paris, he will report relevant news and begin to blame our army for massacring civilians in India and provide help for Sullivan's trip to Paris." Even if the French president is not willing to let the EU take the American chariot, as soon as the bombardment of public opinion begins, the French government will have to say something. As long as there is a loosening of the attitude of France. The rest of the EU will turn to the United States. ”

"First of all, we must stabilize France." Ye Zhisheng muttered.

Wang Yuanqing shook his head with a smile and said: "It's not to stabilize France, to be precise, to provide France with a reason to refuse the temptation of the United States through contrary public opinion." ”

"If we take the initiative to spread the news, isn't it too explicit?" Gu Weimin looked at Wang Yuanqing.

"That's what I'm worried about, the problem is, if we play the game, we have to take action."

"Maybe some neutral news media can speak for us." Yan Shanglong reminded Wang Yuanqing.

"This is no ordinary war report, but a humanitarian catastrophe involving tens of thousands of innocent civilian casualties." Wang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said, "I don't know if you have thought about it, even if we come out with news, if we don't come up with enough convincing evidence." Nor can it silence the Western news media. As long as the word spreads. It will get darker and darker, and in the end no one will believe our voice. ”

"The key is the evidence." Gu Weimin sighed.

Yan Jingyu hesitated a little and said, "Since it is a humanitarian disaster, why can't it be the opposite?" ”

Wang Yuanqing frowned slightly, and motioned for Yan Jingyu to continue.

"Humanitarian crises are two-way, and it's not just us creating humanitarian crises." Yan Jingyu paused for a moment and said. "A few days ago, Bangladesh asked us to provide facilities to provide daily necessities for the Bangladeshi people in the war zone and to ensure the basic right to subsistence of the 80 million Bangladeshi people. For several years, especially after the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War. Bangladesh has been accusing the Indian government of suppressing ethnic Bengalis with extreme cruelty. Since international public opinion wants news of humanitarian disasters, we provide relevant news.

Gu Weimin nodded slightly and looked at Wang Yuanqing.

"It's really a diversionary and it's feasible. It is more convincing for the Bangladeshi news media to report the news than for us to take the initiative. ”

"It is necessary to have the cooperation of the troops on the front line." Yan Jingyu added.

Wang Yuanqing nodded and said: "This matter is directly arranged by the Ministry of National Defense, and let Xiang Linghui contact Pei Chengyi to provide all convenient conditions for Bangladeshi reporters." ”

"Will the news media in Bangladesh report the news as we wish?" Ye Zhisheng asked.

Wang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I think." There is no need to worry about this at all. If the Bangladeshi government is hesitant to take control of West Bengal for fear of the 80 million Indian Bengalis dragging its feet, the Bangladeshi news media is much more active. In order to accomplish the great cause of national reunification, the news media in Bangladesh will certainly take this opportunity to hype up the news of India's persecution of Bangladeshis and win the sympathy and support of the international community. All we have to do is to make it easier for journalists who want to get news, and let journalists do the rest, and we don't interfere and we can't interfere. ”

Seeing Wang Yuanqing's firm attitude, Shi Zhisheng didn't say anything more.

"It's just one solution, it certainly can't solve all the problems, and more must be found."

Gu Weimin extinguished his cigarette butt and said, "The humanitarian disaster of the Bangladeshi people is just the tip of the iceberg. Relatively speaking, in the past few years, India's focus has not been on the national struggle movement of the Bengalis for autonomy, but on the Assam guerrillas who have been fighting for independence. Myanmar has so far refused to take a substantive step, and we can make a fuss about the Assam guerrillas. For example, to provide more support for the guerrillas, so that the Indian army has to deal with the guerrillas. ”

Wang Yuanqing nodded slightly, indicating that he agreed with this method.

"The key is how?" Yan Shanglong frowned slightly and said, "The Bengali people in India have not only won the support of Bangladesh in their efforts to gain autonomy, but also an internal problem of India, which has legitimacy and rationality, and has won wide sympathy from the international community. The Assam independence movement is fundamentally different, it has no formal support from any state, and it is a substantive move to divide India without the support of the international community. If we support the Assam guerrillas, we are also supporting the extremist groups that divide India in disguise. In this special period, our open support for the split of India will certainly have a serious negative impact on our international image and create more diplomatic problems. From the point of view of the United States, I am afraid that the President of the United States is hoping that we will do so. ”

Wang Yuanqing's brows jumped a few times, and his expression became serious.

"The foreign minister is right that we have to be careful about this." Yan Jingyu supported Yan Shanglong's view.

Gu Weimin sighed secretly and didn't say anything more, because what Yan Shanglong said did make sense

Xiao Bibian is swaggering. But without waiting for a thousand to do anything, Yuan Qing ordered two cigarettes and said, "What does the news media want?" It's just news that can attract attention and attract the attention of more viewers. What kind of news do Western news outlets want? It is certainly the great damage that war has taken on civilians. The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph awakened anti-war consciousness in Americans, and eventually sparked an anti-war wave in the United States, forcing the U.S. government to withdraw its troops from Vietnam. A single photo can change the attitude of the entire population of a country towards war, so can a bunch of photos change the attitude of the entire Western country towards war? The situation is clearly in our favor and not in favor of the United States. As long as I'm still in Kolkata, the American news media won't be able to take pictures of the scene, but we can get enough photos for those who are willing to cover other news to change the people of all Western countries. ”

"The question is, how, exactly?" Ye Zhisheng asked again.

Wang Yuanqing smiled faintly and said: "Pei Chengyi only left one army to deal with the Northeast Army Group of the Indian Army, and put the main force in other directions. Although according to Ji Rong, he will eliminate the Northeast Army Group of the Indian Army as soon as possible, but look at the current situation. I'm afraid he has to adjust his operational strategy and not pay so much attention to the Indian Army's Northeast Army Group. Of course, Pei Chengyi is a smart person and knows the reason for doing this. I also know what methods to use to arouse the fighting spirit of the Indian Army's Northeast Army Group, so that this enemy, which has broken away from the large army, can do extreme things in an extreme environment. All we have to do is to adjust the deployment of our forces, and at the same time let the guerrillas who aspire to an independent and free state see the dawn of victory, so as to stimulate their enthusiasm for the struggle and provide news material for the journalists who are ready to fight. ”

After hearing Wang Yuanqing's words, Ye Zhisheng was speechless.

Although this slightly ridiculous remark seems to be an understatement, it has decided the fate of hundreds of millions of people.

"Lao Wang, do this, isn't it?"

"I don't know if you've ever seen a movie called Apocalypse Now, it's the last century. The Vietnam War film made by a well-known American director also won several Oscars. Wang Yuanqing took two puffs of his cigarette and said. There is a scene in the film where dozens of helicopters fly from the river to a village not far away. The rain of bullets soon engulfed the entire village, and many American viewers did not see the strength of the American army. Rather, it is a reflection on the war, especially on the extreme measures taken by the US military in the war. ”

Gu Weimin frowned slightly, not understanding what Wang Yuanqing said about the purpose of this movie.

"We have to understand one thing, and that's the way Westerners think." Wang Yuanqing smiled and said, "It's different from our people. Westerners trust the eyes more and believe more in what they see than in hearsay. A bloody war scene has a much greater impact on Westerners than a hundred films depicting the brutality of war.

As long as we can show the cruel side of war in front of Westerners, we can make Westerners. In particular, those Westerners who have long since disbelieved in the United States believe in the righteousness of our war. ”

Gu Weimin nodded slightly, and at the same time sighed.

"With news materials, we also need to do a good job of public relations." Wang Yuanqing touched his chin and said. "After the war in Japan, great changes have taken place in the Western world, especially the very big differences between the European Union and the United States in their basic policies toward our country. According to my understanding, France, Germany, Italy, and other major EU member states believe that only by cooperating with us can we safeguard the fundamental interests of the EU if we cannot prevent us from becoming the world's number one power. Over the years. We also have close economic exchanges with the EU, especially in China, which has completed the adjustment of its industrial structure. From a major exporter to an importer. After becoming the EU's largest export market, many Europeans' eyes on China have changed. Never forget that Western civilization is a realist civilization that values interests above all else. The fact that EU governments have not yet taken a stand on the war in India has a lot to do with the attitude of the people, in addition to the government's own wishes. I believe you all remember the reaction of the European Union after the outbreak of the war in Japan, right? Why this time and that time? The root cause is that the populations of the EU countries do not see the need to be hostile to us in the war in India, thus affecting their own interests. Of course, this is also related to the United States' vigorous support for India and Japan over the years. Dominating the Indian market and causing losses to the EU's interests is a big laugh. In countries with well-established democratic systems and high levels of news, the news media are stunned to meet the appetite of the people. We have provided enough news material to change the way the EU people treat the war, and if we get the EU news media to put it in front of the people's eyes, I believe that the EU will naturally make decisions that best meet the needs of the people. ”

"In that case, we need to be prepared."

Wang Yuanqing nodded and said: "Don't be too explicit, try to let European reporters dig up news topics, and give full play to the enthusiasm of reporters." Exert influence only when necessary to steer public opinion in the right direction. ”

Yan Shanglong nodded, indicating that he understood what to do.

"Any other questions?" Wang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said, "If there are no other problems, I will redistribute the next work." ”

No one raised objections, because Wang Yuanqing grasped the key issue.