For the current Communist government, it no longer matters whether it can persuade the Portuguese. Because both Yan Shao and Fu Xiuming know very well that it is not easy to persuade the Portuguese, especially when the Portuguese have the support of the British behind them.

It can even be said that it is impossible to get the Portuguese to change their minds without the use of special means.

So now the Nationalist government has shifted its main goal to how to fight back against the British. It can even be said that this matter is the most important thing for the current national government.

The reason is also very simple, the so-called international status, from a certain point of view, is actually a struggle between a country.

If you are weak in the international arena and allowed others to bully, then basically your country has no status at all, even if your national strength is strong, it is useless―――――― just like in school, no matter how big a student is, no matter how strong his body is, if he has a cowardly character, then no one will be afraid of him, and his status will also be very worrying.

However, if your country can fight and win, then even if you are actually poor and white, you can still gain some respect and a certain international status.

This is just like the China of later generations, and it was not because of the Korean War that China gained great international status. Although this war did bring great losses to China at that time, at least it made many countries dare not despise China.

Similarly, the reason why Americans dared to ignore China's warnings in the first place. insisted on stepping across the 38th parallel, isn't it because in the previous War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese army at that time was too poor. Even on the eve of Japan's surrender. They are losing cities and land, so the Americans also have a very low evaluation of the Chinese army at that time, and they don't even care at all, thinking that even if China really comes, it's nothing remarkable...

The same is true for now...

Although it is true that China's international status is much stronger than before, if it is said that in the face of the provocation of the British, China chose not to fight back but to swallow its anger. Then it is conceivable that China's international status, which has now been improved, will definitely fall sharply!

This. It is absolutely intolerable to the national government, not to mention that it involves many problems, many problems that cannot be underestimated.

But even if it's a counterattack, there are still a lot of issues to consider. First of all. This counterattack needs to be moderate, so as to demonstrate the position of the national government without causing too much trouble. After all, it is still the time of the Washington Conference, and it is not good for anyone to make a big fuss at this time.

What's more, for the national government, it also needs a time and space for stable development.

Not to mention anything else, since the goal of expanding the army to 3 million has been set at 3 billion, we must always calm down and develop the economy well. This is the only way to achieve the goal of 3 billion.

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After bowing his head and muttering for a while, Yan Shao and the others also felt that Jiang Baili's idea was good. It can disgust the British, but at the same time not overreact to the British.

To be honest, Yan Shao really wanted to directly order the troops to march into Burma and the Malay Peninsula, especially to defeat Singapore. It's just that he also knows very well that at this time, if he uses force with the British, even if he wins in the end, the cost will be unusually large.

What's more, the Washington Naval Treaty has just been signed, and the British side has just begun to deal with a large number of old warships, and it will take a long time to completely clean it up.

At least the current Wehrmacht Navy is definitely not an opponent of the British Navy, and this is definitely not only a matter of the size of the fleet, but also the training of sailors, etc.

True, during the Battle of Jutland, the British did have a somewhat unsatisfactory appearance, and they did not feel as good as the Germans. But in any case, the British are also an old maritime power, especially the first maritime power, and the current defense navy is incomparable in any way.

As for how to enter southern Tibet? Neither Yan Shaoyi nor anyone else paid attention to this.

You must know that in the past, the national government has always attached great importance to infrastructure construction, especially transportation construction.

Of course, this does not mean that the Socialist Government also has a railway in Qinghai-Tibet, after all, if you build a Qinghai-Tibet railway, the technical difficulties are too great. Even in later generations, it will take many years to build a Qinghai-Tibet railway, especially the capital and cost invested are even higher, which is a bit scary, let alone in such an era when neither technology nor others are very good.

In fact, the government is building roads in Tibet at the moment, and of course, the railways are also being built, but they are being built very slowly, so the main thing is to build roads. After all, if there is really an accident in the case of failing to pass the railway test in the short term, then the only thing the government can count on is the road.

And there is no doubt that roads are definitely much easier to build than railways, so after years of development, the Nationalist government now has a line of communication in Tibet that it can rely on, even if something does happen in the future, with this highway, at least the Nationalist government can ensure that it has a smooth flow of supplies in Tibet. In the same way, if India is in a bad situation, it can also rely on this road to supply logistics...

Therefore, if the Nationalist government really intends to build some fortifications, defense lines, military camps, and even station troops in the areas bordering Tibet and India, there is absolutely no need to worry about logistics, let alone have to retreat after winning a victory because of logistical problems like later generations...

At least Yan Shao himself would never do this...

So, after thinking for a while, most of the people in the conference room agreed with Jiang Baili's plan, and even went further, in addition to the southern Tibetan region, even simply built some fortifications in some other areas, and stationed a part of the troops, not for anything else, but to disgust the British.

With the order issued, the garrison that had been stationed in Tibet was quickly separated and arrived in southern Tibet by truck via the Guò road.

These troops were loaded in trucks, as well as some materials collected locally, and a large number of military camps were built in southern Tibet, as well as some rudimentary fortifications and defensive lines. Although in the past, the Nationalist government has had little power in southern Tibet, which has made it a little bleaker.

But with the arrival of the Wehrmacht, it suddenly became lively, and of course, along with the British next door. (To be continued......)