As soon as Bian Che drove out, Argentine Ambassador Cheng Yi received a special telegram from the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau. [Full text reading]

Although Pei Chengyi has never been very interested in the Military Intelligence Agency, like every professional soldier. In his opinion, it is better to deal less with those mysterious "spies", but as a senior general, Pei Chengyi knows the capabilities of the CIA very well, and knows the CIA's "Tongtian" channel even more, so he will not offend the director of the CIA.

When he met Li Cunxun, Yi Chengyi knew that the director of the military intelligence bureau had already mastered what had just been born.

Thug: "You had a good conversation with Alfonso, right?" ”

"It's okay, much better than I thought." Pei Chengyi took the teacup handed over and said, "Anyway, the chief of staff of the Argentine Air Force is much more straightforward than I expected. I basically said everything I could say

"Or you're well guided."

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly and did not answer.

Li Cunxun smiled and said: "When you met with Alfonso, Yuan received a call from Argentine President Serón, and the two discussed arms purchases. Let's put it this way, as you know, the Military Intelligence Agency has a little ability, not only in charge of the secrecy of the meta hotline, but also in charge of monitoring all foreign embassies and consulates. As you say. Alfonso basically talked about it and said everything he could say. ”

Pei Chengyi also smiled and sighed at the same time.

"Please come here, mainly to know what you think

Hitter "My opinion? Pei Chengyi looked at Li Cunxun.

"Don't tell me that what you say to Alfonso is from the heart, and I have to be reserved, and I can't tell the truth about everything."

Li Cunxun nodded and motioned for Pei Chengyi to continue.

"You're asking for my personal opinion?"

"Yes, purely personal opinions, do not consider other references given as a soldier."

Pei Chengyi nodded and pondered for a while. "If you stand on the side of the country, I would like to propose to support Argentina's acts of war. And it's better to start playing within the year. ”

Li Cunxun frowned slightly, and motioned for Pei Chengyi to speak in more detail.

"thugs" for three main reasons. Pei Chengyi deliberately lowered his words and didn't speak too fast. One is that no one can guarantee that the exploration reports near the Falklands are groundless, in other words. If the results published by American oil companies are the truth, there are even more rare deposits. These deposits must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the United States; The only way to do this is to help Argentina recover the Falklands and use Argentina to control the Falklands. Second, the new international situation. We are required to create new hot spots, and we cannot let the whole world keep staring at us and the East; Of course, this is also in line with our new policy and in line with future exhibition trends. Third, Argentina is our only ally in the Western Hemisphere and Latin America, and it is an ally that cannot be lost. Argentina has been preparing for the recovery of the Falklands for more than twenty years, since we sold our first arms to Argentina more than 20 years ago; Argentina cannot wait forever, nor can we always avoid this issue: "The Falklands issue must be resolved in a proactive manner."

Although Pei Chengyi is on every catty. The questions are all to the point, but they get to the point. And there is a difference in severity.

As the saying goes, people have no long-term worries, but they must have near-term worries. This phrase is the same when applied to the state.

From the beginning of the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War to the end of the Indian Wars, the Republic concentrated all its efforts on solving peripheral problems while promoting domestic reforms. There is no doubt that neither external war nor internal reform is the ultimate goal. Fundamentally speaking, the fundamental purpose of the Republic's domestic and foreign policies is only one, that is, to promote the country's economic, cultural, and scientific and technological construction, push the Chinese civilization to a new peak, and enable the citizens of the whole country to live a better life. It is not difficult to emerge from this fundamental purpose. Sooner or later, the civilization exhibition model based on the earth will have a pound and an end.

Although there were predictions as early as the Force. Humanity will fly into space in the near future. He left his home on Earth and realized his dream of flying in the middle of the Knife Century, but it was the "Electric Revolution" that really brought mankind into the "Space Age". More powerful, to be precise, because humans want to break free from the shackles of gravity. What is needed is energy, and it is extremely powerful.

As the world's population heads straight to the tens of billions of laughs, almost everyone is thinking about one question: Where will human civilization go?

Although more and more countries have entered a period of "negative population growth", no one can change the fact that the human population is growing. Nor can it be denied the fact that the Earth will eventually be overwhelmed. In the absence of a new homeland, the only solution to population swelling is to exterminate the overpopulation, and the only alternative is plague, famine and war. In an era of medical technology and the industrialization of agricultural production, neither plague nor famine can take lives, and the only way to reduce the population is war, and large-scale population reduction can only be an unprecedented global war. There is no doubt that a global war, that is, a world war, is likely to lead to the complete extinction of human civilization. It is impossible for the leader of any country to start an all-out war at the risk of destroying the entire human race.

The only way to avoid a world war is to build a second home.

Although from a practical point of view, built on the "power revolution." It is impossible for modern science and technology to overcome the problems caused by population expansion, that is to say, the additional productivity brought by modern technology cannot be combined with the huge pressure caused by population on the environment, to put it more bluntly, the degree of space colonies cannot keep up with the degree of population growth, but as long as it can establish alien colonies, even if it is on the moon. It can give hope to the entire human civilization, a hope that can have a better future. In many cases, a hope is far more important than a loaf of bread. As long as there is hope, human civilization will not self-destruct.

Arguably. Opening outer space is the main event of all great powers.

Before the full promotion of controlled fusion nuclear power plants, the Republic, the United States, the European Union, and Russia accelerated their march into space. In the year of the regiment, the first batch of astronauts of the Republic of China successfully landed in the North Pole region of the moon, which not only realized the dream of mankind to land on the moon again after the "Apollo God Huh", but also carried out a scientific survey of the Arctic region of the moon where there is a large amount of helium-3. A large number of specimens were brought back, which laid the foundation for the later establishment of a lunar scientific research base. Just after the piece. Mi American astronauts successfully landed on Mars. Although the landing operation ended in failure. The astronauts failed to return to Earth, but from then on. The human footprint left the earth's sphere. into other planetary systems; It was also from this time that it began. "Landing on Mars" has become the most talked about topic in the world.

In the "race for space", the republic's line with the United States is completely no more.

While the United States was in full swing toward Mars, the Republic began to establish colonies on the moon, and for economic purposes, not scientific purposes. Although it seems that the American space fighters are more pioneering. It's also more advanced, but realistically speaking. Whether it's landing on Mars or flying out of the solar system, the moon is an ideal base. What's more, the Moon is very rich in resources. In particular, helium-3, which can be used as fuel for controlled fusion nuclear power plants and as a propellant for interstellar space travel.

Rome wasn't built in a day, and a lunar colony couldn't have been built in a day.

According to the most conservative estimates, the creation of a minimum permanent base on the moon would require the delivery of about 10,000 tons of supplies to the moon.

What a woman this is?

If the traditional hydrogen-oxygen rocket engine is used to produce liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen by electrolysis of water, then it will take about mussels to produce enough rocket fuel in the global average amount of the regiment year. There is no doubt that this is something that no country can afford.

The only way to establish a permanent base on the moon is to find new rocket energy sources.

New energy is not mysterious, it is the catalytic metallic hydrogen. As a matter of fact. As early as 23, that is, shortly after the advent of the composite battery and the guide motor, scientists in the Republic proposed a rocket motor scheme using catalytic metal hydrogen as fuel. And it has received funding support from the state. It is about 2 years of hitters. Breakthroughs have been made in the basic research, and a less successful experiment has been carried out, and very critical data have been obtained. Until about 3 years, that is, before the Republic proposed to establish a permanent helium-3 production base on the moon. The technology of rocket motors fueled by catalytic metallic hydrogen is mature. The key issue is that catalytic metallic hydrogen is not a hydrogen element that exists as a metal alone. Rather, the reserves are in a special structure formed by a catalyst. Hydrogen exhibits metallic properties. Other words. Catalytic metallic hydrogen is essentially a mixture of hydrogen and catalyst with a very low proportion of hydrogen element.

Hydrogen is not hard to obtain, and the universe is full of it.

The key is that the rare metals used to make catalysts are very "rare" composite batteries, guide motors, wires, etc., which can also be recycled, while the catalysts used in rocket motors, that is, rare metals, will burn with hydrogen and cannot be recycled. If the moon base is built in the year according to the calculation, and all new metal hydrogen rockets are used to shoot all the materials. At least 10,000 tons of rare metals are needed, and the total global output of these five rare metals in the past year is less than 40,000 tons, excluding all kinds of consumption, the total surplus is less than 10,000 tons.

Year of the craftsman. After the start of the operation to create a "lunar colony". Rare metals have suddenly become the most valuable resource.

In terms of importance, rare metals are even more valuable than the coal of the 8th century, the steel of the mouth century, and the oil of the power century. Don't say anything else. In order to obtain the right to exploit rare mineral deposits, the enterprises of the Republic and the United States have resorted to all kinds of extremes, and they almost fought a war with great fanfare.

Thus. If the waters off the Falklands really have some of the world's most rare mineral deposits, not to mention that Argentina and Britain will have no scruples about fighting, I am afraid that the Republic and the United States will be involved. In terms of the future of the country and the nation. Both the Republic and the United States will try their best to control the rare mineral deposits and give no chance to the opponents, after all, there are only so few rare mineral deposits on the earth, and the battle for rare mineral deposits is a veritable zero-sum game, and there is no win-win outcome.

Arguably. The scramble for rare metals is enough to lead to a large-scale regional war.

In addition to competing for depleted resources, strategic realignment is also an unavoidable issue for the Republic.

After solving all the peripheral problems, the republic must carry out strategic adjustment, and the third military reform is a clear signal of strategic adjustment, and the problem now is that national competition is originally a boat against the current, and if after grasping the initiative, it cannot find ways to create trouble for the opponent, it will give up the initiative to the opponent, and then passively solve all kinds of troubles caused by the opponent. When it comes to reality, if the republic cannot get the United States into trouble, it won't be long before the United States creates new problems for the republic. The more important book to the book bar Peng tenant sun, members collect vertebrae can predict the troubles, can make the republic feel a small headache and have to set "star to solve only the threat from the north. Undoubtedly, this is the last thing the republic wants to solve. Nor can it be solved in the near future. If the United States is given the opportunity to intensify the contradictions between the republic and Russia, the republic will not be able to eat and walk around. And so it goes. The republic had no choice but to take the initiative. Let the United States take care of itself.

Judging from the fact that Wang Yuanqing arranged military aid for Argentina after returning to China, this is also his strategic decision.

To put it simply, the republic prefers to have a fight in the South Atlantic that has little to do with the republic. But let the United States not intervene in the war.

From an overall strategic point of view. This will certainly become a turning point in the international situation and a turning point in the Sino-US Cold War.

Although Pei Chengyi did not say too thoroughly on this issue, after all, as a soldier, it is very good that he can point out this problem, and it is impossible for him to analyze the problem like a politician, but his meaning is very clear, what the Republic has to do is to make the most of the opportunities brought by the war.

Comparatively speaking, the last reason mentioned by Pei Chengyi is not very important.

Although Argentina is the Republic's only ally in Latin America, it is not overly active, one might even say, on the issue of whether to recover the Falklands. If it turns out that the exploration data published by the American company is fabricated out of thin air, Argentina will not overassert sovereignty over the Falklands. In other words, even if the republic did not actively promote the war, as long as it could maintain close relations with Argentina, it would be able to use bilateral trade to control Argentina and, at the right time, draw Argentina into the intensive bloc, thus making Argentina a formal ally of the republic.

Looking at it from another angle, promoting war is instead a risky action.

To put it simply, if Argentina loses the war, the Republic will lose its only ally in the Western Hemisphere.

As Director of Military Intelligence. It is impossible for Li Cunxun not to hear the meaning of Xi Chengyi's words.

After pondering for a while, Li Cunxun let out a long breath and said, "If you change your perspective." What do you think on the side of Argentina, and not on ours? "The bubble is tenacious, and the Bin factory tells less negative new reading, and more small pouring

"Argentina?. Pei Chengyi shook his head with a smile and said, "If I were an Argentine soldier." I would not hesitate to oppose any attempt to regain the Falklands through war. ”

"Why?"

"It's very simple, I don't hope it's big, Pei Chengyi knows that Li Cunxun is knowingly asking." Although we have been actively supporting Argentina and have even given many assurances, we are separated from Argentina halfway around the world and we do not have any stronghold in the South Atlantic. Even if there is. It is also impossible to send troops into battle. What's more, we can't intervene on a large scale, or even provide Argentina with too much weaponry during the war, because we are too involved. It will only make the United States suspicious, and thus the United States will intervene in the war. You must know that since the Spanish-American War, the Western Hemisphere has been the traditional sphere of influence of the United States, and no country has been able to gain a firm foothold in the backyard of the United States. In this case. Even if Argentina is the most prepared, as long as Britain is resolute enough, it will not be Argentina who will have the last laugh. ”

Li Cunxun sighed and said, "According to what you say, Falklands has become a battle of courage

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly and said, "You can also say the same." It's up to whomever to scare whom

"Anyway, at least we haven't lost yet." Li Cunxun paused slightly and said, "Are you ready to go to Argentina?" ”

"Now?"

"Not now, but it won't be too long. It won't be long before concrete arrangements are made. ”

Pei Chengyi was secretly surprised. It is known that the relevant information has been received by the Military Intelligence Agency. It will not take long to determine whether the waters around the Falklands are large enough for all mankind to use for decades.

"I have a suggestion, I don't know if you're interested

"Director Lee's suggestion. Of course, you can't miss it

Li Cunxun smiled and said, "Alfonso has officially invited you. You also know his position in the Argentine army, and his invitation is basically equivalent to the invitation of the Argentine Minister of Defense, and the Argentine Minister of Defense is Theron's right-hand man, so it won't be long before Cerron personally invites you. According to our custom, we shouldn't go from house to house empty-handed, but always bring some gifts, right? ”

"Thou art must,"

"Arms purchase negotiations will begin immediately, and since you will be our country's top military adviser to Argentina, you should do some practical work and stand in Argentina's position. Isn't it possible to make a profit for Argentina in relation to the procurement of equipment? ”

"But I don't have any information about it, and I don't have the right people."

Thug: "None of these are problems. We are always available to provide you with the information you need, and the General Staff has enough personnel for you to transfer. ”

Pei Chengyi smiled bitterly, knowing that this was the main purpose of Li Cunxun looking for him.

Thug: "Go back and get some rest." I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow. Mr. Xiang, you say hello yourself, I heard that he hasn't been in a good mood lately, and I don't want to cause trouble. ”

"Okay, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Pei Chengyi didn't say much wordy, got up and left the Military Intelligence Bureau after saying goodbye.

In the face of irresistible forces, Pei Chengyi's only choice is to obey. Besides, going to Argentina is not a short-term vacation. It's sure to stay for months, and it should make a good impression on the Argentine hierarchy.