Outside the door of the conference room, several bodyguards from the presidential palace were standing outside the door in neat suits.

Although the appearance of these bodyguards is not particularly outstanding, the strong and strong muscles are not something that can be concealed by the white shirts on their bodies. At the same time, the weapons they wore also made people imagine what kind of danger they would face if they angered these people.

Since he can serve in the presidential palace, he is naturally definitely not comparable to ordinary bodyguards.

In fact, almost all of the hundreds of security personnel in the entire presidential palace today are from the military. Some of them can even be described as 'heroes', at least a few of them have been decorated in the European Wars and the Korean War, and they are not just ordinary or ordinary.

Of course, maybe these people are all killing machines on the battlefield, and those recruits who have just come out of the boot camp can't compare to them at all. To deal with these recruits, since it is impossible to let these people stage a scene of ten fights.

However, the experience on the battlefield may not be enough to protect dignitaries.

After all, the task of a soldier is to kill people, while the task of a bodyguard is to protect people. The difference between the two can be described as vastly different. If these soldiers are really allowed to take up their posts in a hurry, the safety of Yan Shao or other dignitaries may be a little worrying.

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In fact, it's not just others, but even these soldiers who have just changed careers to become bodyguards themselves probably know it. However, letting a soldier be a bodyguard, such a thing is actually a kind of helplessness.

After all, when the Nationalist government was just formed. There is no professional bodyguard agency in China that can provide bodyguards for Yan Shao. Even like Yuan Shikai, they all use ordinary soldiers as security guards.

However, this will not be the case after the establishment of the national government. After all, there were many people who wanted to assassinate Yan Shao at that time, and it would not work to be so unprofessional.

Fortunately, the Guards Corps, which was responsible for Yan Shao's personal security at that time, had also conducted some training in this area, plus a special bureau that was very good at assassination. The two forces set up a security school to train bodyguards for Yan Shao and other dignitaries and their families.

It's just that the students of this school are basically retired from the army. If you want to face ordinary people, I'm afraid it will take a while.

But it's no wonder. After all, these soldiers can be described as experienced in a hundred battles. Especially after struggling out of the purgatory called the battlefield, it is obvious that ordinary young people who have not undergone training or battlefield baptism are much stronger than ordinary people in every aspect.

At least when carrying out protection tasks. When it comes time to make a choice, such as shooting, they don't hesitate. And after killing someone in the line of duty, there will be no psychological burden―――――― ordinary soldier will kill for the first time. Unless it's some character who was born with it. There is usually a moment of trance or shaking, but this is not the case for these soldiers.

It's not because their spirits are iron-clad, and it's not because they're all perverts, but because they've already killed them on the battlefield. And it's not just one, even if you change places, you won't have any mental burden.

At the same time, they have undergone rigorous training, and when they arrive at school, they only need to do some training on how to use their skills to protect people, as for ordinary shooting or fighting, they don't need to ―――――― at all. It is also needed, after all, these two skills of a soldier are different from those of a bodyguard.

Many times the bodyguard is in the face of danger. It doesn't have to be shot directly, and capturing them alive is also a good option. For example, if it's just some hot-blooded young people rushing up, you will be shot at this time, and it may cause a lot of trouble.

But if you just hit the opponent in the knee with a gun, or hold the opponent to the ground and grab him, maybe the situation will be much better―――――― it will be much easier on the battlefield, either a headshot, a bayonet to the vital point, or simply a sapper shovel to chop the opponent's neck.

And these heroes on the battlefield learn this kind of thing in school. Something that is not used on the battlefield, but can be used in peacetime.

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Because these are not ordinary people, coupled with the previous extraordinary experience, when standing outside the door of the conference room. Although they knew that there would be no chance that any enemy would be able to break into here, they were still very vigilant and watched their surroundings, and at the same time put their hands in a position that seemed to be random, but they could take out their weapons at the first time.

If an attack were to occur, they would have been able to respond in the first place.

Naturally, these people are also the most elite of the hundreds of bodyguards in the presidential palace.

As for meetings in the boardroom? They weren't interested in this at all, after all, their task was to prevent people who shouldn't have heard the content of the meeting from entering the conference room, not to mention the thick door behind them, which had blocked the sound from coming out.

Almost as soon as these bodyguards stood at the door, guarding the conference room, the meeting in the conference room was going on as usual.

After hearing Yan Shao's words, Gu Weijun, who had long known that Yan Shao would click on him, nodded.

As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gu Weijun's appearance can definitely be described as imposing, even in the crowd, it is difficult to ignore.

Sitting at the long table at the moment, although Gu Weijun has not spoken, it is difficult for the people around him to ignore his existence. And now, after getting Yan Shao's name, everyone present looked at him together.

Hearing Yan Shao ask him a question, Gu Weijun groaned slightly, and after looking around at the people around the long table, he fell on Yan Shao's body. "From the contacts we have with the French, the French are still very interested in our Tiyì, especially when we ensure the independence of French Indochina. It won't be too detrimental to the interests of France, but the French ask for a very high price, so..."

"The French ask for a high price?" Sit next to you. Li Liang said with some doubts, and turned his head sideways to look at Gu Weijun as he spoke.

"That's right." Gu Weijun nodded and said calmly. "The French are demanding to keep a significant portion of their interests in French Indochina, and at the same time they are offering a very high price, which is far from our bottom line, so there is no special progress in the negotiations for the time being."

In recent times, the Communist government has been in contact with the French. I want to reach a consensus on the issue of French Indochina. In particular, the question of the independence of French Indochina.

After all, the only place where there is a possibility of conflict between China and France is French Indochina, which is the only reason why China and France are likely to have a conflict.

Considering that Yan Shao has always wanted to reduce the difficulty of the challenge. Then it is inevitable to reach a certain consensus with the French on this issue. Needless to say, Yan Shao was absolutely inevitable in French Indochina, and of course, Yan Shao didn't think much of places like Vietnam or Laos. I didn't even think about making these places Chinese colonies.

There are many reasons for this. First of all, Yan Shao would prefer to build an organization similar to NATO, but with a higher leadership position in China. Since it is an organization, then there must be member states in it, and China alone will definitely not be able to do it, at least there must be many little brothers in it.

In China's history, many countries, including Vietnam, have always existed as China's vassal states. In other words, there is no more suitable 'union country' than them.

Since they are all 'member countries'. Swallowing them in one bite is a bit inappropriate. What's more, Yan Shao's goal at this stage is still very realistic, just the Indochina Peninsula. This includes the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian archipelago.

As for India and Bangladesh, they will definitely be targeted by Yan Shao in the future. But now, Yan Shao does not plan to completely turn his face with the British―――――― there is no doubt that if he swallows countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar in one go, the stimulation of the British will inevitably be too great.

The last and most important reason is that many powerful countries in history have died in internal rebellions or rebellions.

Even in recent history, the colonial powers have had a sense of the resistance that took place in the colonies.

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Historically, when Japan invaded the European and American colonies in Southeast Asia, it can almost be said that it was warmly welcomed by the colonists.

Why is this happening? Because Japan at that time seemed to them to be liberators, and they had come to liberate them from the iron heel of the European colonizers.

It was because of this relationship that the people of these regions gave great support to the Japanese Empire during World War II. Because they longed for independence and freedom, and were unwilling to return to the rule of the colonizers.

Yan Shao was convinced that if the Wehrmacht liberated them from colonial rule one day, they would also give China great support.

On the other hand, if China did not bring liberation, but another period of colonial rule, or even outright and brutal annexation. So even if these people will not support the original colonizers, they will definitely not support China, because at that time China may be no different from the colonizers in Europe and the United States in their eyes.

Similarly, even if China were to annex these regions, they would be greeted by a wave of resistance―――――― with adequate weaponry and difficult terrain, which would cause great trouble for the Nationalist government.

What the? Where did the 'adequate' weaponry come from, you ask? From the British, the French and the Americans, of course!

In today's Southeast Asia, especially in the Indochina Peninsula, local resistance has almost never stopped. Why is this happening? It is precisely because of China's backing that weapons and equipment that can build tens of thousands of regular armies are transported into these countries every year.

Naturally, the majority of these are the countries of Indochina, such as French Indochina and Burma, which share the border with China.

As for the Malay Peninsula or the Indonesian archipelago and the Philippines, although there are some. But compared to the previous one, the number seems to be much smaller.

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As I said earlier, if China brings them independence and liberation. Then these countries will definitely become a strong reinforcement for China in the Far East. But what if China brought the same kind of slavery? Then the only thing they can respond to is to resist.

Similarly, countries such as Britain, France, and the United States may not be willing to be driven out of Southeast Asia.

Therefore, it is inevitable to find ways to finance the local resistance groups, and for any country, guerrilla warfare is a very troublesome war. The United States in later generations spent an unknown amount of dollars on the two battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, but as a result, it has never been able to solve the problems of local militants and guerrillas―――――― you must know that compared with the guerrillas in these two places, the US military can be called an unimaginable behemoth.

Also during the Vietnam War. It was because of the local guerrillas, and the China and Soviet Russia behind the guerrillas who supported the Vietnamese. As a result, the Americans were much stronger than the Vietnamese, but they were never able to win.

In the end, wait until the shape of the battlefield is forced to shì. There was also pressure from domestic public opinion, after the Americans had to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. The United States, which had always had the upper hand, was forced to shift the entire international situation offensively and defensively because of such a defeat.

Besides. There was also an earlier war of resistance. It was because of the very active guerrillas on the battlefield behind enemy lines that the Japanese were never able to concentrate all their forces on the front line.

These examples illustrate how difficult these guerrillas are for a country. Because you have never been able to eradicate these guerrillas, and as long as they are not completely eliminated, then they can continue to drag you down, consume you, and keep you stuck in the quagmire of this war. Eventually, you will have to withdraw from it for financial or other reasons.

All in all. The other person may be uncomfortable, but you will definitely not feel very uncomfortable.

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In Siberia, the Middle East, and even Central Asia, the Communist's repression of resistance groups has been very effective. But it is clear that the dense jungles of Southeast Asia are much stronger for guerrilla warfare than in Central Asia and Siberia.

As for the 'relocation' that the national government often uses? Naturally, it works well against regions like Central Asia and Siberia. After all, neither of these places has a large population. Even if it's migrated, it's really nothing.

But this is not the case in Southeast Asia, not only does the dense jungle make it much more difficult, but also the population is very large. Even if you can relocate, it's not easy to settle―――――― not to mention that you have to consider the cost, right?

What's more, just dealing with resistance groups in the Middle East and Siberia and other regions has already caused a lot of headaches for the local government and garrisons, and if there is another Southeast Asia, it is not impossible to make up for the footsteps of the United States and Soviet Russia―――――― the former fell on Vietnam, and the latter fell on Afghanistan, although neither of them can be regarded as fatal wounds, but they are both very headaches for both countries.

Of course, in terms of time, the two so-called latter should actually be called the former.

In a way, Afghanistan is an imperial cemetery that lives up to its name, and in fact the name of the imperial cemetery has been around for a long time. The real meaning of the graveyard of empires is that once the defeat of Afghanistan will usher in the decline of the empire.

From ancient times to the present, from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan, from the British Empire to the United States today. Afghanistan has experienced almost all the invasions of most of the major powers in history, but they have all stood tall and dragged the other side down, the most typical representative of which is the Soviet Union, the red empire.

For example, the earliest Persian Empire and Alexander, and many other empires. Of course, the fate of these empires is not very good―――――― but from a certain point of view, there has never been an immortal dynasty, so it cannot be said that the demise of these empires is all related to Afghanistan.

But there is no doubt that almost every country in the invasion of Afghanistan has met with very stubborn resistance.

Although Yan Shao didn't care much about this kind of resistance, the name of the Afghan Imperial Cemetery was not very auspicious after all. Plus there aren't many good resources. It became a matter of course that Yan Shao would give up encroaching on this place―――――― who would occupy a place where there was no benefit but only trouble.

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Then Yan Shao and Gu Weijun talked for a while, mostly about things related to France.

Although the French had some intention of taking advantage of the fire this time―――――― of course, it was also because of jealousy. After all, the situation in France is not very good now. At this time, China suddenly discovered a super-large oil field, and it is absolutely impossible to say that the French are not jealous.

It's just that this jealousy of the French is nothing compared to the British. After all, places such as Kuwait and Iraq did not belong to the French in the past. Of course, take this opportunity to knock on some bamboo poles, which the French are absolutely happy to do.

As I said earlier, although the relationship between China and France is very good now. But there will only be more people who look at China unpleasantly. Especially after the discovery of new oil fields in China, many French people have emerged in France who think that China is not entitled to enjoy them or that they have exclusive access to them.

This was expected by Yan Shao, so Yan Shao didn't say anything. just signaled to let Gu Weijun continue to contact the French, after all, this matter is of great significance to Yan Shao's strategy.

Of course, Yan Shao will never accept blackmail for no reason, and there is still a certain bottom line in Yan Shao's heart. If this bottom line is exceeded. Then Yan Shao doesn't mind trying the feeling of 1V5!

That's right. The Japanese and Germans did fail, but China did not. Because China is far more powerful than Germany and Japan back then, even if the two countries are added together, it may not be as strong as China.

Although Yan Shao is not willing to increase the difficulty of customs clearance if he can, if the French are embarrassed, Yan Shao does not mind adding another France. Of course, this time if France is counted. It's certainly much more difficult to solve than the historical France.

After all, the historical France mainly thought that the Maginot Line could be relied on, so it gave up the strategic initiative. In the end, it was directly swept by the Germans. In fact, the strength of the French is not necessarily that bad.

And if war does break out between China and France this time, there is almost no chance of sweeping France as it did in history. After all, it was not easy to conquer France thousands of miles away.

But even if this is the case, Yan Shao doesn't mind, after all, he doesn't have to worry about having too much debt.

What's more, among the five major powers, France is relatively easy to deal with. Compared with France, whether it is the United States, Soviet Russia, Japan or the United Kingdom, it is obviously much more difficult to deal with.

As for Germany? Yan Shao doesn't think that Germany will join in this excitement, it is more likely to see the excitement―――――― of course, the strength of the Germans is beyond doubt, even after the defeat today, its industrial capacity is much stronger than that of Italy.

All Germany needs now is a strongman who can put an end to the chaos at home, and that's it.

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Seeing that the meeting was almost over, Gu Weijun and others left one after another.

After all, as the top leaders of this country, their work is still very busy on weekdays. It's just that when they left, around the long table in the conference room, there were some people who didn't move, and some people felt a little strange in their hearts, but some people understood that these people had been instructed by Yan Shao, so they would stay in place.

As for the reason~

It must be because Yan Shao has something to talk to them about, and it is something that they don't need to know. Since they don't need to know, then they naturally don't need to get involved. After all these years, they still haven't done it in vain, what should be known and what should not be known, they are very clear.

After a while, the conference room seemed a little deserted. But even so, there were still a few people sitting in the conference room.

They are Fu Xiuming, who is the Minister of Defense, Katerina, director of the Special Affairs Bureau, and Cai Yi, the Minister of the Army.

At the same time, looking at the empty conference room, after coughing lightly, Yan Shao also looked at the three people in the room.

"Okay, now let's talk about the Thai side, how about the contact with the Thai government? What is their attitude?! (To be continued......)