Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 12 New Man and New Atmosphere

※ Lost the plane just now smoothly Cheng Yi didn't know if the Air Force had enough money to purchase a large plane that had enough money to airlift hundreds of soldiers or hundreds of tons of supplies, and a female soldier wearing the uniform of an Air Force captain came to him and told Pei Chengyi unmistakably that she was not a flight attendant. [Full text reading]

"Yuan is inside." The female captain stopped by the door where there were two guards and said, "General Pei Chengyi." What would you like to drink some thugs? I'll prepare it for you. ”

"This," whatever it is. Pei Chengyi was a little awkward, because no one had used such a solemn title in front of him for a long time.

"I'll make you a cup of green tea." The female captain didn't care about Pei Chengyi's feelings, nodded to the door guard and turned to leave.

When he entered the room, Pei Chengyi was secretly smiling bitterly.

In his memory. The flight attendant on the Meta plane was not like this, at least when he took the Meta plane 6 years ago. The attitude of the flight attendants is much more warm and easy-going. Pei Chengyi forgot a very important reason. The last time he took the Yuan special plane was to return to China in triumph with Yuan Chenhao and other officers and soldiers of the front-line command. That was the special treatment given to them by Wang Yuanqing, they were all heroes of the republic, and the attitude of the flight attendants towards them was naturally extraordinary.

Behind the door was a suite, and before entering the room where Gu Weimin was, Pei Chengyi passed through a security door equipped with a special detection device. Although the two military intelligence agency agents in suits guarding the door did not search him. But this kind of security measures that are a bit too much still make Pei Chengyi a little unhappy. You must know that before boarding the Yuan plane, he underwent a very comprehensive security inspection.

"General Pei, please enter the Zhisi." Gu Weimin personally greeted Pei Chengyi. "I'm really sorry, there were a few unpleasant things some time ago, the Military Intelligence Agency has strengthened security work in accordance with the regulations, I have already said hello, they are doing their job, and I didn't do it

"Yuan is polite. It is our obligation to work together. ”

"If only you could understand. Sit down, please sit casually, no need to be polite. Gu Weimin took two steps out of the way and sat on the sand with his back against the porthole. Round reading the most chopped chapters, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

In addition to the double sand that Gu Weimin was sitting on, there was only a single sand on the opposite side. The tear book bar dumps the concave factory less, more salary, more

Obviously, Gu Weimin gave Pei Chengyi a lot of face and gave Pei Chengyi the best place.

After hesitating for a moment, Pei Chengyi still sat down. The room is such a big place, and there are no chairs and benches, so you can't sit on the floor.

"Before the plane takes off. I spoke to Director Li on the phone and asked about your situation. Gu Weimin picked up the cigarette on the coffee table. Do you smoke? ”

"Nope. It's been martial for a long time, and the yuan is at your own convenience. ”

"Then I'm embarrassed." Gu Weimin smiled, lit a cigarette and took two puffs, and said, "I heard that you have done a good job in the Physics Experiment Center in the past few years, not only participated in several important scientific research projects, but also put forward a lot of valuable opinions. According to Director Li's words, you can be regarded as half a scientist now. ”

"Yuan has won the prize. I am a soldier, and I will do whatever the country needs me. ”

Gu Weigu nodded slightly. I heard another layer of meaning in these words.

There is no doubt that Pei Chengyi can't let go in front of Gu Weimin, but he can't let go. In fact, Pei Chengyi and Gu Weimin are no strangers, and he knew Gu Weimin before he met Wang Yuanqing. The key is that Pei Chengyi knows very well the reason why Wang Yuanqing let Gu Weimin take over in the first place, and he also knows Gu Weimin's status. In the past few years, Gu Weimin's biggest impression is that he has worked hard to replace Wang Yuanqing's position in the hearts of the whole people. Although we cannot deny the significant contributions made by Gu Weimin in promoting the exhibition of the Republic, we cannot overaffirm Gu Weimin's positive role, after all, when a politician who holds great power has ambitions, a small mistake may lead to a big mistake. From Pei Chengyi's standpoint, as long as Wang Yuanqing's influence has not disappeared. He had to have reservations in front of Gu Weimin.

"I came to you this time for two main things." Gu Weimin seemed to understand Pei Chengyi's position, so he didn't continue to do Pei Chengyi's work and pulled out the topic. "One is to get you back on track and serve your country in the way you do best. The second is to use your experience. Solve the problems we are experiencing. To this end, in addition to appointing you as a special assistant to the Yuan, you will also be assigned a formal position in the State Department when you return to China. ”

"State Department?" Pei Chengyi immediately frowned.

Since Ji Youguo set the rule that military personnel cannot interfere in politics, military personnel rarely serve in the State Department, and even the Minister of Defense is a civilian official.

"Last year, a bill was passed for military personnel to serve in central government departments, and in addition to several important posts such as the premier of the State Council and foreign minister, as well as some departments unrelated to the military, military personnel can hold government posts, including defense ministers, without retiring from military service." Gu Weimin smiled. "This is not a violation of the rules, after all, including the United States, there is no complete ban on military personnel in government services." In any case, in some special posts, military personnel can do better than civilian officials. ”

Pei Chengyi's brows jumped a few times, and he heard the meaning of Gu Weimin's words.

There is no doubt that Gu Weimin rushed to pass a bill to allow military personnel to enter the State Department during his first term, and in addition to high-sounding reasons, the main purpose was to win over military personnel and gain the support of the military. Gu Weimin's words have been said thoroughly enough, a general election will be held next year, and if Pei Chengyi can express his position, he will be the Minister of Defense of the Republic. It can be seen that Gu Weimin's town is very unique. I know very well what Pei Chengyi wants. also knows that the beginning of the thug makes Pei Chengyi's heart.

The problem is that Pei Chengyi is not a politician, but a soldier.

"Yuan, I'm a military man, I'm not interested in political things. The tearful book bar has fewer concave factories, and there are many nightmares. Pei Chengyi knew that he had to make his position clear as soon as possible, otherwise he would fish for Gu Weimin's appetite. Will definitely play with fire in the end**. "On the way here, Director Li talked to me for a few hours and introduced the current international situation. The only thing that hasn't been talked about is our basic policy. ”

"That's what I'm going to talk to you about." Gu Weimin smiled, finished the cigarette in his hand, and extinguished the cigarette butt before speaking, "Although the eyes of the whole world are now focused on this ancient continent, and the struggle between us and the United States for African countries is becoming more and more intense, and sooner or later it will turn into a war, but it is not Africa that really affects the nerves of our two countries, but the Middle East and Asia Minor." Since Director Li has talked to you. You should know that around the Kurdish issue, we and the United States are secretly fighting with Iran and Turkey. This time we are going to Cape Town, called to discuss matters related to the Africa Exhibition, and in fact, we will have an in-depth discussion of the situation in the Middle East with the US authorities, focusing on the Kurdish issue. Although the likelihood of agreement is slim, we cannot be spoilers, and indeed the US authorities will not be saboteurs. ”

In other words, a secret agreement that is not binding will be reached

Gu Weimin nodded and said, "This is the inevitable result, and it is the most undesirable result." Although the Kurds have nothing to do with us, the life and death of tens of millions of Kurds cannot change the whole situation, on the African continent. There are still hundreds of millions of people who do not have enough food and clothing. To put it mildly, the little energy that can help the well-fed Kurds pursue democracy and freedom is better than saving the 50 million African children threatened by malaria, cholera, rat fatigue and AIDS. The problem is that the Kurdish problem is related to Iran, and Iran is related to our Middle East strategy, so we can only spend the energy and money we spend on saving 50 million African children to solve the Kurdish problem. ”

"Perhaps, that's not even a fraction."

"You're right, a few hundred million is just a drizzle for the Kurdish problem." Gu Weimin smiled and said, "The key is not how much money is spent, but whether the money spent can bring us benefits."

Pei Chengyi nodded, indicating that he understood what Yuan meant.

"Then again, the key to whether or not the Kurdelu minor problem can be successfully solved is not money, but ways and means Gu Weimin has long been angry. Said. "To tell you the truth, before I asked Director Li to bring you here, I asked a lot of people, and I also held several military-political brain meetings on this matter. There were great differences and there was no unity of opinion. The military represented by Lin Xiaolei advocated taking a tough stance, first helping Iran solve the Kurdish issue, and then using the Kurdish issue to deal with Turkey, so as to force the United States to make concessions in the Middle East. The officials represented by Yan Jingyu advocate a diplomatic solution, that is, on the premise of helping Iran stabilize the domestic situation, pressure the United States through the Kurdish issue in Turkey, and finally force the United States to make concessions in the Middle East. ”

When Gu Weimin deliberately stopped. Pei Chengyi didn't rush to speak.

Obviously, the position of Lin Xiaolei and Yan Jingyu is not surprising. As a genuine professional soldier, Lin Xiaolei will not have a second kind of Lizhui, in his opinion, the problem that can be solved with cannonballs should not be negotiated. Yan Jingyu is a politician similar to Wang Yuanqing, when dealing with problems, the first thing to consider is definitely a bloodless method, and only when there is no choice, will the army appear.

The question is, what is Gu Weimin's attitude?

When Yuan stopped, Pei Chengyi knew that Gu Weimin had a problem for him. Round reading the most chopped chapters, choose the tear book, throw the concave Peng complete

There is no doubt that if Pei Chengyi went straight and asked Yuan's attitude, Gu Weimin would definitely be very embarrassed, and said that Lin Xiaolei and Yan Jingyu's positions were reasonable, so he kicked the ball to Pei Chengyi and asked Pei Chengyi to make a reasonable suggestion.

Thinking of this, Pei Chengyi didn't ask.

"Although I don't have a comprehensive understanding of the situation, the Kurdish issue is a lot of money. countries, and all of them are influential regional powers. Going a little further, it could even involve Russia and complicate the situation. In line with the principle of solving problems, we must make the problem simpler Pei Chengyi paused a little and said, "Lin is always a pure military style, too tough and direct, even if we can let Iran and Iraq charge in front, and even make Syria desperately move forward, we have to face the United States." Of course, the United States cannot support Turkey as much as it supports Israel. In fact. The United States will certainly have some reservations when it comes to supporting Turkey and will not engage us head-on. In this way, the Kurdish issue can lead to a regional war involving several countries at best. Because there are too many parties involved in the war and too many intervening forces, the battle situation must be complicated, and no one can accurately guess the ending, or even know how to end. That is, going straight will only complicate the problem and thus be detrimental to solving it. Even if it is not the United States that is intent on causing trouble, we still have to think twice before taking this step, and we must think clearly about one issue. That is, after the outbreak of the war, can we end the war in a relatively appropriate way? ”

Gu Weimin nodded thoughtfully. seems to agree with Pei Chengyi's point of view.

"Of course, I don't want to evaluate Yan Viceyuan's position, after all, I am not a politician

"So, you don't approve of the Passage Army

"It's not that we don't approve of it, but we don't support the use of military action as the main means."

Gu Weimin smiled. said: "So, you also think that a war will break out? ”

Pei Chengyi hesitated slightly, then nodded.

"Actually, the first thing we should find out is whether there will be a war." Gu Weimin sighed and said. "The next thing that should be clarified is the scale of this war."

"It depends on how we and the United States approach this war."

Gu Weimin nodded and motioned for Pei Chengyi to continue.

"In a sense, the war over the Kurdish issue is a continuation of the Syrian-Israeli war, or a direct consequence of our struggle with the United States for hegemony in the Middle East." Pei Chengyi paused and said, "Therefore, we must believe that as long as we or the United States are unwilling to budge, this war cannot be avoided." As for the extent to which we will fight, it will depend on whether we and the United States are ready to fight each other in the Middle East. Syria ended hastily with the war, to a large extent, three years ago. We do not yet have the ability to challenge the United States in the Middle East. It is precisely in this way that the Syrian-Israeli war has given us this qualification. Judging from the current situation in the Middle East, the conditions are ripe for a large-scale regional war to break out. In other words, if the north side starts fighting, the south side will not be calm. In my judgment, as long as there is a fight. It's not just the Kurdish problem. ”

"You're saying that Israel will do something?"

Pei Chengyi nodded and said: "We can underestimate the wisdom of any opponent, and we don't even have to worry too much about the owner of the White House, but we can't underestimate the Jewish Duke It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for amazing wisdom, Israel would have been finished more than 90 years ago." Israel's ability to grow bigger and stronger after its founding is inextricably linked to its foreign policy, which has never made serious mistakes. The tear book bar is less than the concave factory, Dong Chop, Dong more

Although Israel has been actively promoting our bilateral relations and has even secretly cooperated with us on many occasions, it is impossible for the Israeli authorities not to understand that it is impossible to become our ally as long as its basic foreign policy remains unchanged. There is no doubt that with the slim possibility of an alliance with us, coupled with the strong Jewish influence in the United States, it is unlikely that Israel will change its position. The Syrian-Israeli war is, in fact, a warning from us, and a warning against Israel. When we make a fuss about the Kurds. It is impossible for the Israeli authorities not to understand that the conditions for a decisive battle are ripe. In this case, Israel has no choice but to concentrate on defeating all the Arab countries around it while we clean up Turkey, without giving us any chance. ”

"Whether to fight or not depends on the attitude of the United States."

"The point is here, the United States is in an even more awkward position than Israel." Pei Chengyi paused for a while, waiting until Yuan shifted his attention before continuing, "If my guess is not wrong, it was a few years ago. When Brandino lived in the White House, the US authorities concluded that Turkey was in danger. It can be seen from its policies in the past few years that under the circumstance that it is unable to contain the EU, it is naturally impossible to talk about encircling and suppressing Russia. Turkey's strategic value has been greatly reduced. If it weren't for Turkey's ability to play a role in the Middle East, I am afraid it would have been abandoned by the United States long ago. As I said at the beginning, the Turks have little influence in the United States, and the United States cannot help Turkey in the same way that it helps Israel. At least one thing is guaranteed, that the US authorities will not send troops for Turkey. In this way, the United States will have to weigh whether it can defeat us through a spokesperson war. If the answer is no, then the United States will have no choice but to let Israel do something. ”

"The question is. It is very likely that he lost his wife and his soldiers. ”

"It's possible, but it's the result from our point of view." Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "I heard that the Republican president also attaches great importance to Du Qiwei. ”

Gu Weimin frowned slightly.

"If Dudgway is still used in high esteem and has a strong voice in military decision-making, I can roughly guess the military strategy of the United States." Pei Chengyi touched his chin and said,

"For the United States, in order to ensure the national interests of the United States, in addition to actively supporting Turkey, the most effective way to ensure the national interests of the United States is to disperse the pressure concentrated on Turkey. That is, to open a second front. There is no doubt that Israel is the best choice. If I'm not mistaken, Duchway's wishful thinking is to let Israel hold back our main force, so that we will not save Syria or even save Egypt. As long as we are distracted, Turkey can make a difference. When the time comes, Turkey and Israel will go hand in hand, and we will lose all our blood.

"Obviously, there is no way that will happen."

"To be precise, we must do everything we can to avoid such an outcome."

Gu Weimin hesitated for a moment and said, "You mean,"

"The United States came prepared this time, and even if we were well prepared, even if we were proactive, we would not necessarily be able to seize the initiative in the whole war. What's more, we will not send troops to the war, and we should not have too much hope for the military strength of those allies. ”

"According to your words. The situation is very unfavorable for us? ”

Pei Chengyi nodded, his attitude was very clear.

Gu Weimin let out a sigh, as if Pei Chengyi's words proved one of his ideas.