After the meeting between Rudlin and Yan Shanglong, Westwood immediately convened a high-level meeting

Although many news outlets believe that the sudden change in attitude in the Republic has a lot to do with the visit of the French president and the Dutch minister to Beijing, Westwood believes that the Chinese Yuan Qing had already made arrangements to take action on the occasion of Jacosi's and Alfonta's visit to Beijing. 【Full text reading】The update is super fast

The key question is, why has there been such a significant shift in China's attitude?

After Brooklyn gave an account of his meeting with Yan, Westwood asked senior federal officials to comment on the current situation. The results will not be much better, and the aides represented by the secretary of defense believe that China is testing the confidence of the United States to determine whether it needs to land on the Japanese mainland; The National Security Adviser is an aide who believes that China hopes to end the war as soon as possible through armistice negotiations between the United States and Japan.

As always, discussions were held for several hours and no resolution was reached.

After letting Brooklyn stay, Westwood sent the rest of his staff away.

"Generally speaking, the Chinese foreign minister expressed his sincerity and hopes to hold armistice negotiations with Japan through us." After a slight pause, Mr. Brooklyn said, "But the Chinese foreign minister is still tough." When I mentioned on several occasions that the strategic blockade would be lifted and that third-party ships would be allowed to deliver some strategic supplies related to humanitarian aid to Japan, the Chinese Foreign Minister not only did not agree, but also said that China would strictly enforce the strategic blockade until Japan admitted defeat until the war ended. ”

"Admitting defeat?"

Brooklyn nodded and said: "Yan Shanglong did not clearly put forward the conditions for Japan to admit defeat, but made relevant hints, according to my understanding, if Japan agrees to hold armistice negotiations, China will offer a series of armistice conditions, and only Japan accepts all the armistice conditions to admit defeat." ”

"Very harsh conditions for sure."

"No questions asked. China hopes to achieve its national interests to the maximum extent possible through negotiations. ”

Westwood long exit. "In this way, China has realized the drawbacks of continuing the war," he said. Or that the burden of war is too heavy. Rush to end the war through negotiations. ”

"I can't say that yet." Bruder glanced at the president. "From what we know. China's war expenditures and war losses were not significant. I have long been confirmed. China was partially mobilized after the start of the war, and some military factories were producing at full speed. Funds for the war have long been allocated. More importantly. Played for a few days. The casualties in China were not significant. The number of dead was less than five hundred. The number of wounded did not exceed 2,000, all of which were within China's tolerance. From this, it can be roughly inferred. China is in no hurry to end the war. ”

"Then what is the purpose of China's initiative to negotiate?"

"Diplomatic or political." Bruder smiled coldly. "Jaxy and Alfonta took the initiative to visit Beijing. It shows that the EU has wavered and wants to confront China because of this war. Wang Yuanqing accurately understood the EU's intentions. Also seized the opportunity. China offered to negotiate an armistice. It has taken the lead in diplomacy and politics. Now the question is. If Japan agrees to armistice negotiations. China will certainly take an active part. In the negotiations, Japan was offered conditions that were completely unacceptable to Japan. As long as Japan sabotages the negotiations. China has plenty of reasons to continue. At that time, neither we nor the EU will be able to blame China. Of course. If Japan refuses to negotiate. China has all the more reason to woo the EU. More importantly. Whether Japan agreed to accept negotiations. It has a close relationship with the strategic assistance we provide. As long as we put pressure on Japan. Mura Sadamasa will have no choice. Other words. Our attitude determines the final outcome of the armistice negotiations. If negotiations fail. China will not only take the opportunity to expand the scale of the war. Strengthen the strategic blockade against Japan. It will also create public opinion that we will secretly undermine the negotiation grounds. Undermine our relationship with the EU. In the end, the goal of dividing the bloc of Western countries will be achieved. ”

That is to say. China's moves are aimed at Western countries. And not Japan. ”

Brudrin nodded, indicating that this was exactly what he meant.

Westwood let out a long breath and lit his half-smoked cigar.

Without a Brooklyn analysis, Westwood knows China's intentions. After a thorough analysis by the Secretary of State, Westwood saw it even more clearly.

From an objective standpoint, Westwood has to admit that the card played by Wang Yuanqing is very beautiful.

If you take a long-term view, Westwood prefers to believe that before the outbreak of the war, Wang Yuanqing thought of this step and planned relevant actions.

Blowing up all of Japan's nuclear facilities, causing a humanitarian catastrophe, making Western countries make a big fuss about "humanitarianism", leading to internal contradictions in Western countries, using the European Union to exert pressure on the United States, and finally forcing the United States to recognize China's hegemony in the Western Pacific region!

The whole process, link by link, without the slightest gap.

Next, whether or not there are armistice talks, China has the upper hand.

What should the United States do?

After the cigar was smoked, Westwood still hadn't thought of a countermeasure.

Delin glanced at it, and Westwood extinguished the cigarette butt.

"I think it's better to keep things the same now." Brooklyn knew what the president was thinking.

Westwood nodded, motioning for Brooklyn to continue.

"In terms of negotiations, we actively cooperated and made a fuss about the specific issues of the negotiations, such as the Japanese territories occupied by China and Japan's post-war reconstruction, and delayed as much as possible." After a pause, Brooklyn said, "In general, what we need most is morality. Negotiations are inherently time-consuming, and it is not surprising that they drag on for months. For China, the longer the negotiations drag on, the more likely it is that mistakes will be made in the war, such as causing a large number of civilian casualties. That is, for us, negotiations can be delayed, for China, negotiations cannot be delayed. As long as China makes a mistake, we can turn the tide. ”

"Do you think that Wang Yuanqing didn't think of this?"

Brooklyn frowned slightly, but didn't say much.

"So far, we have to admit that China's strategic plan is very tight, taking into account almost every situation that may arise." Westwood took a cigar from the sandalwood box, "In the beginning, we didn't believe that China could beat Japan in a matter of days. As it turns out, China has not only done it, but it has done it very well. On the other hand, will we be able to beat Japan in a matter of days? Apparently impossible! We must believe that China has been planning and preparing for this war for several years, and almost all of its military buildup is directed against Japan. There is no suspense about the final outcome of the war, and even if we enter the war, it will not be possible to prevent Japan's defeat. ”

Brooklyn bittered for a moment and did not refute the president's point.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Secretary of Defense proposed the idea of sending troops to the war, but Westwood vetoed it without even thinking about it. For the same reason, entering the war will not change the final outcome, it will only drag the United States into the war.

"In that case, what we need to think about is not how to deal with China, but how to achieve national interests."

"The president means ......"

"Why did China go to war against Japan, is it just a 'Japanese nuclear issue'?" Westwood sneered and said, "Japan's nuclear issue is indeed very important, and everyone knows that a Japan with nuclear weapons is China's biggest threat." However, if we take a longer view, we can see that in addition to resolving the 'Japanese nuclear issue,' China's war against Japan is probably more aimed at gaining international status as a global power and laying the foundation for future development. Since the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, China has gradually gained recognition as a global power by resolving peripheral problems. However, if China wants to replace us, it lacks several key conditions, such as influence in other regions, military projection capabilities around the world, and decision-making power in international affairs. By defeating Japan, China's international status will inevitably be comprehensively enhanced. It won't be long before China will solve South Asia's problems and lay the groundwork for moving toward other hot spots in the world. ”

"In that case, we must try to secure Japan's posterior status."

Westwood nodded and said, "That's what we're all about." No matter what the war looks like and what the negotiations turn out, only by keeping Japan can we contain China to the greatest extent and force China to continue to concentrate on solving peripheral problems, instead of directly confronting us. ”

Brudrin pondered for a while and said, "In that case, we must communicate with Japan as soon as possible. ”

"Kitayama Shikawa is still in Washington?"

"I've gone to New York."

"Find him as soon as possible and ask him to report the situation to Mura Sadamasa and find out Japan's attitude."

"And the EU, we have to get a grip on the EU."

Westwood nodded and said: "Only by uniting Western countries can we overcome China's challenge, and I will speak with the leaders of major EU countries as soon as possible to make our position clear and strive for the support of the EU." One way or another, this is not a challenge for us, but for the entire Western world. ”

Brooklyn didn't say much, and the president's attitude was already very clear.

Immediately after leaving the White House, Brooklyn sent a helicopter to take Kitayama Shikawa to Washington, where he expressed the attitude of the United States to the Japanese Foreign Minister and hoped that Kitayama Shikawa would get in touch with Mura Sadamasa as soon as possible and give a positive reply to China's proposal for "armistice talks."

Westwood, in contact with the British and Spanish ministers, the Italian prime ministers, the German prime ministers, and the French prime ministers, informed the five major EU member states of the positive mediation actions of the United States, hoping that the EU would make positive contributions to the "Sino-Japanese armistice talks."

Will the war stop there?

Although the positive actions of the United States have made many people see the hope of peace, more people believe that the positive actions of the United States are just a diplomatic attitude, which does not mean that the United States will actively promote armistice negotiations, nor does it mean that the war will end there, but shows that the "Sino-Japanese war" is very likely to evolve into a direct confrontation between China and Western countries!