Urban Sims

Chapter 541

Another three years passed.

Wancheng Kingdom, which has completed the "five-year recuperation" plan, has fully recovered its strength.

The domestic economic situation has improved significantly, inflation has been effectively controlled, and industrial output has reached its peak.

In terms of military strength, the number of soldiers has been reduced to 30, but they are all elites with firm will and high cultivation.

The fleet size is still six, but due to the large number of five-type Lingyuan warships in service, the five-type Lingyuan equipped with over-the-horizon radar, high-power engines, wireless spirit wave communicators, a large number of automatic control equipment, and new super spirit yuan guns The battleship has a very high technological content, and its comprehensive combat effectiveness is 3.8 times that of the four-type Lingyuan battleship.

And the increase in automation has reduced the number of crew required for new warships from the original 6 to about 700.

In this way, while the Wancheng National Defense Force achieved a reduction in the number of troops, it also ensured that the total number of Lingyuan warships in service in the six fleets remained at around 800.

Comprehensive combat effectiveness, not falling but rising.

The other is the morale of the army. After five years of rest, the morale of the army has gradually stabilized and the morale has improved. After shooting a few movie promotional videos, the image in the eyes of the people has improved significantly. balance of people.

And because the economy has improved significantly, and the country has gradually stabilized, there have been more voices in the media discussing revenge on Dongyuanzhou.

Especially the hundreds of cities in the Eastern Territory that have been plundered and become dilapidated and have not yet recovered. People go to the capital city to petition/visit almost every day, demanding that the country make decisions for them and avenge them!
The pressure of public opinion is increasing, and extreme remarks that the new head of state has been cowarded have also appeared in the newspapers, which put a lot of pressure on Cheng Zhiyuan.

Cheng Zhiyuan had no choice but to call several high-level military officials to discuss the countermeasures.

Discuss how to deal with Dongyuanzhou.

Cheng Zhiyuan asked Liang Qing, Minister of National Defense: Can Dongyuanzhou be defeated in one fell swoop by dispatching half of the Lingyuan fleet?
"Not enough, far from enough."

Liang Qing shook his head and said: "According to intelligence, Dongyuanzhou has deployed more than [-] Lingyuan warships in its western border to deal with our country. If we want to defeat it, our country must go all out. Besides..."

He continued: "At present, the soldiers are still very resistant to participating in the war. The four major sects stand by and watch and launch an all-out war, which will arouse the opposition of the soldiers."

His voice weakened: "The military suggests that this matter should best be resolved by the diplomatic department."

Liang Qing's words made the Foreign Minister sitting across from him smile wryly, shook his head and said, "Diplomatic solution? It would be great if it can be solved diplomatically."

In fact, during the five-year recuperation period, it is not that Wan Chengguo has not taken action to deal with Dongyuanzhou.

Wan Chengguo's foreign affairs department sent many diplomats to Dongyuanzhou to make representations about the raid.

Three requests were made.

One is an apology. The owner of Xiaoyao Palace and the Nine Great Yuans should apologize, admit their mistakes, and be sincere.

The second is compensation. Dongyuanzhou must pay more than 10 trillion spiritual coins in compensation to make up for the losses of Wancheng Kingdom.

The three are to hand over the more than [-] technical talents who were plundered to Dongyuanzhou, and all of them will be returned to Wancheng Kingdom, and none of them will be missing.

The diplomats of Wancheng Kingdom spoke extremely tough, demanding that these three demands must be agreed, otherwise a devastating war would befall Dongyuanzhou!

This was of course flatly rejected.

Wan Chengguo, a diplomat, was "invited" back by the other party.

Later, diplomatic personnel were sent twice, and the requirements were lowered.

The apology is not mentioned, the compensation has been reduced to 1 trillion yuan, but more than [-] technical talents must be sent back to Wancheng Country.

Still got rejected.

For the last time, the diplomats of Wan Chengguo didn't even talk about compensation, but only asked Dongyuanzhou to hand over people and send back those more than [-] technical talents!
Jiang Ruyue, the owner of Xiaoyao Palace, still refused, and said that those technical talents lived happily and comfortably in Dongyuanzhou, and none of them wanted to go back to Wancheng Kingdom, and she had no choice.

In order to prove what she said was true, Jiang Ruyue took him to visit several factories and watched the recent life of several technicians, and found that they were surrounded by charming wives, children around their knees, good houses and beautiful houses, and servants to serve them. , unwilling to return home.

"You... shameless!"

The diplomat pointed at Jiang Ruyue and cursed at her, but in the end he had no choice but to return home.

That is to say, Dong Yuanzhou cannot make any concessions only through diplomatic means.

Only after the war makes the other party feel the deep pain, will they obediently meet their own requirements instead of perfunctory.

But Dongyuanzhou is not weak, and if we launch an all-out war, our own side will suffer heavy losses.

If you get stuck in the quagmire, it will be a nightmare.

so what should I do now?
After thinking about it, Cheng Zhiyuan had a plan in his mind.

He said to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: "Send another senior diplomat to Dongyuanzhou to ask for an apology, compensation, and surrender. Be tougher and ask them to agree!"

"If you dare to refuse again, Wancheng Kingdom will declare war on it and launch a disciplinary war!"

He said to Liang Qing: "The military should also prepare for mobilization and formulate a war plan. Once negotiations fail, start a war immediately!"

"In addition, do a good job in guiding domestic public opinion, and send a group of reporters to follow up and report on the progress of this negotiation, so that the domestic military and civilians can see Dongyuanzhou's shameless face!"

"Our request is reasonable and just, and morality is on our side! Even if a war breaks out, it will be Dongyuanzhou's fault."

A military personnel below did not answer the question:

"Diplomatic negotiation first, and then military action. Isn't this telling Dongyuanzhou that we are preparing for war, so that they have time to adjust and respond? The head of the country, the fleet should attack suddenly and quickly, so that the opponent is caught off guard. If you do this, it will increase Army losses."

"Of course I know!"

Cheng Zhiyuan said seriously: "If we don't do this, who will support us in this war? The common people know who is right and who is wrong?"

"Morality, morality! We must have the reason and morality to start the war. Without these, the soldiers will have no morale, the people will not support them, and the losses will only be even greater."

War is not as simple as a simple fight on the battlefield, it is also a continuation of politics, and it must be supported by morality!

And things outside the battlefield are sometimes more important than battlefield strategies.

"I understand the head of state."

The military man nodded.

……

half a month later.

A diplomatic delegation from the Wancheng Kingdom, bringing hundreds of journalists from their country, came to Xiaoyao Palace and made diplomatic representations.

After seeing Jiang Ruyue, Wan Chengguo, a senior diplomat, put forward three demands: "Apology, compensation, and surrender".

This diplomat was eloquent, well-prepared, and his words were very sharp. After some reasoning, the hundred officials in Xiaoyao Palace were speechless and difficult to deal with.

Jiang Ruyue, who was sitting at the top, confronted each other and refuted them one by one. Her eloquence was amazing, her words were sharp, and she actually made some sense. All the officials in the palace applauded again and again, and their eyes were full of admiration.

Your Royal Highness, it is really amazing!

The two "apology and compensation" of the three articles of Wan Chengguo's diplomats were completely rejected.

But Jiang Ruyue was a little at a loss for words about "handing in people", or she was a little bit wrong.

Because the reason she didn't want to hand over people was that Dongyuanzhou had good conditions and remuneration, and the working environment was good. Excellent craftsmen were treated like national soldiers.

What's more, people go to high places, water flows to low places, Dongyuanzhou is the high place, how can those talents return to their homeland?

But Jiang Ruyue's reasons are simply untenable.

Because those technical talents were forcibly taken to Dongyuanzhou by the Dongyuanzhou fleet, it is impossible to be willing. Facing the generous treatment of Dongyuanzhou, a small number of them may fall under the sugar-coated shells, but most of them, it is impossible not to miss their hometown !

If more than [-] technical talents are called together and asked one by one, there must be people among them who are homesick and homesick, and they must have the heart to return to their hometown!

Money can indeed buy some people, but it is impossible to buy everyone.

What's more, Dongyuanzhou is still the enemy who destroys their hometown and kills their relatives!

Would those technical talents be willing to serve their enemies?

According to normal logic, even if it is effective, it is also a helpless effect, an unwilling effect.

If you ask them if they want to go back to China, they will always dream of going back to China!
So the diplomat of Wancheng Kingdom said: "No matter what tricks you play in Dongyuanzhou, these citizens of Wancheng Kingdom must all be handed over, not a few of them!"

This……

Jiang Ruyue frowned, feeling embarrassed.

In her heart, she doesn't want to hand in. Each of these precious talents is of great use to Dongyuanzhou.

Especially in the past five years, with the help of these talents, Dongyuanzhou's overall technical level has improved for at least ten years!
A number of technical blockades have been broken and many breakthroughs have been made.

And there is still room for squeeze.

She was unwilling to release them all.

But she also heard the meaning of Wan Chengguo's diplomats. If those talents are not handed over, a war will break out between the two sides.

And it is a war that Wancheng Kingdom clearly occupies.

Because among the more than [-] technical talents captured, there are indeed quite a few, who are not very willing, do not work hard, have a perfunctory attitude, and do not come up with unique skills.

Considering Wan Cheng Kingdom's strong national strength and military strength, if the troops are directed at Dongyuan Continent, the consequences...

After all, in Beiyuanzhou, it is not that the armies of the two sides have never fought. Dongyuanzhou is always at a disadvantage. Even if more than three times and five times the troops are invested, the battle loss ratio is ugly 3:1, 5:1. The Yuanzhou Legion will be crushed, and even the entire army will be wiped out.

Facing the monster Wan Chengguo, Jiang Ruyue did not dare to Meng Lang at all.

"2, how about sending back 2?"

She backed down a step, and planned to return the part of technical talents who were purely "soy sauce" to Wan Chengguo.

"No, they must all be sent back!"

"The first batch is 2, and another 3 will be sent back within five years, so how about a total of 5?" Jiang Ruyue thought of 'payment in installments'.

"No, within three months, send them all back!"

"Okay, all of them can be returned, but some personnel have already been naturalized and have families and children in our continent. They really don't want to return to the country. They need to do five to ten years of ideological work before they can return to the country. Your country has a little How about waiting, our continent will definitely release those talents." Jiang Ruyue still wanted to procrastinate.

"No, three months, I'll give you three months, one must be a lot!"

"Then I really can't help it."

Jiang Ruyue spread her hands and said helplessly.

……

The news was sent back to Wancheng Kingdom, Dongyuanzhou's attitude was infuriating.

More than 80% of the people in Dongyuanzhou supported the "lesson".

The National Defense Forces, which successfully completed the mobilization of soldiers, also began to prepare for war and entered a high level of alert.

two months later.

Accepting high-level inspections, the four spirit yuan fleets that swore to set off for the expedition gathered into a huge formation composed of 500 new spirit yuan warships, and headed straight for Dongyuanzhou with a murderous look.

(End of this chapter)