The senior leaders of the Republic held a meeting at the General Staff Department. It was not a top secret, nor could they do it.

Before the sky in Beijing was bright, news about the Republic preparing to launch a war spread all over the world.

In order to exaggerate the atmosphere of war, Western news media compared Wang Yuanqing and others to the General Staff to attend the military meeting with the situation where the Japanese war broke out, and concluded that Wang Yuanqing had made up his mind to start a war and that the General Staff of the Republic is actively deploying war.

Pei Chengyi watched the news broadcast by the state TV on the way to the General Staff.

What surprised Pei Chengyi was that what Western news media were most concerned about was not whether the Republic could defeat India without any suspense like in front of the clam, but the impact of this war on the Republic.

When I was doing related reports, I just compared the United States and the Republic.

Since the Iran War that broke out in 47 years, the old East has come, except for its performance during the Peninsula War, and has not taken the initiative to launch a war. In the history of the United States, this couple year is definitely an exception. You should know that from the second World War, that is, after the United States became the world's number one power, it participated in the Korean War in the Century and the Vietnam War in Litian, Tiantian intervened in the Afghan War in the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, launched the Gulf War and Kosovo War in the Fantasy, triggering the Afghan War and Iraq War in the early 2000s. Even if it is not counted, subverted and blocked Cuba and subverted Pana.

The Ma regime intervened in the Colombian Civil War, bombed Libya, intervened in the Middle East War and other small-scale military conflicts and military operations. On average, the United States launched a large-scale war every year. In response to this situation, some American military and sociologists also made very classic comments. They believed that American arms companies only needed to produce weapons and equipment that filled the U.S. military warehouses in the old year, so that a large-scale war was needed to consume all inventory, make room for newly produced arms, and allow arms companies to do something. Although this comment was a bit extreme and one-sided, it has to be admitted that the frequency of wars in the United States was very high.

Compared with the war launched by the Republic between the years between the years of the dynasty and the dynasty, the United States is nothing.

Four India-Pakistan Wars, East China Sea War, Southeast Asian War, Peninsula War, Japan War, and Southern Tibet conflict. In just one year, the Republic initiated and participated in 6 large-scale wars or local military conflicts, an average of once every 3 years. The frequency is three times that of the United States. If the Republic starts war against India, it will fight 7 wars within the year, of which the field is large-scale regional wars. Can the Republic bear such a high frequency of wars?

If you say that deleting is worrying about the Republic, it must be a lie.

In Pei Chengyi's view, this big propaganda has only one purpose: to promote the "China will definitely fail."

What will inevitably affect the US and Indian governments.

If the US government believes in the theory that "China will lose, it will spare no effort to support India, at least provide weapons and equipment to help India win the war. The one who laughs at the end is definitely not the US government, but the US arms dealer. For the United States who did not fight in the year, what the US arms dealer needs most is a war that can use up all the US arms. The Japanese war was fought too fast. Before the United States responded, the war ended. The Peninsula War was fierce, but the South Korean army was too unsuccessful and was defeated before the large number of US arms supplies arrived. Without a large-scale war, the US arms dealer would not only not make money, but millions of American workers would also lose their jobs.

If the Indian government believes in the theory that "China will lose" will definitely rise up and resist. At that time, not only will the weapons and equipment produced by American arms dealers be needed, but also the food produced by American farmers, the medicine produced by American pharmaceutical factories, and the financial assistance of the US federal government can even provide opportunities for American human rights societies. The most important thing is that India is facing the full challenge, and the republic pays a greater price for war.

As long as these two goals are achieved, the United States will be the only winner of this war.

Pei Chengyi could not let Delete shut up, and could only do his best to make the Republic win the final victory at the smallest cost.

After coming to the General Staff Department, Pei Chengyi did not go to Xiang Yinghui because the Chief of Staff was busy with government meetings.

Throughout the morning, Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao were busy arranging work locations for the staff officers who were about to arrive. Hundreds of people could not be arranged anywhere. With the help of Dongfangwen, the General Affairs Office set aside a large warehouse for the combat office, provided hundreds of sets of office furniture, and sent professional construction personnel. The accommodation problem for hundreds of people was also very troublesome. It is definitely impossible to arrange housing according to the standards of the General Staff. Moreover, some of the officers may not be able to stay. Those who can stay will also go to the front line command after the relevant work is completed, so they can only make a few floors at the guesthouse of the General Staff to allow the officers who came to report to live temporarily.

In the afternoon, the first batch of major officers arrived at the General Staff. These people were from the capital garrison troops and only needed to handle personnel transfer procedures. Afterwards, officers from nearby troops arrived one after another. It was busy until dark, and Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao didn't even have dinner because the officers of the Muzi Air Force would arrive at night.

Early the next morning, Pei Chengyi read the news reports on the way to the General Staff.

After getting busy, he could only take this free time to learn about the situation outside.

The "Sino-India War" has become the focus of news, and it seems that the war has broken out. What surprised Pei Chenggu's connection was that the United States would urge the European Union, Canada, Australia and other regions and countries to urge India to withdraw its troops from Sikkim and resolve the Sino-India conflict.

It seems that the United States is stopping the war.

After thinking about it carefully, Pei Chengyi realized that the intention of the United States was completely opposite.

The "China-India conflict" was mentioned in the statement issued by the US federal government. Before that, most Western media did not clearly state such a statement. After all, the Republic did not turn against India. It was just a tough attitude on the issue of restoring the sovereignty of Sikkim and the founding of Sikkim. Since the US federal government said so, the news media will naturally quote it, thus turning the Sikkim issue into the China-India issue.

Most importantly, the US federal government only mentioned "urging India to withdraw its troops." But it did not come up with any plan.

Without a practical action plan, the US government's statement is actually a diplomatic appeal that has no binding force or even meaningless. From the perspective of solving the problem, the US diplomatic appeal will definitely have a counterproductive effect. The reason is very simple. After the US issued a diplomatic appeal, it has opened the door to a peaceful solution to the problem. Even if India does not plan to withdraw its troops from Sikkim, the Republic must also make efforts for peace. In this case, the Republic provoked conflict, that is, sending troops to cross the Himalayas and helping Sikkim build a country, will be regarded as a destruction of peace. In this way, the Republic becomes the party that undermines peace.

Obviously, this is what the United States wants.

As long as the Republic is marked as a "invader", the United States and other Western countries will have full support for India and even send troops to protect India.

Seeing through these tricks, Pei Chengyi had to admire the United States' ability to play conspiracies.

This did not surprise him because he had dealt with the US military. More importantly, the United States was originally a country established by a group of exiles. Before its birth, conspiracy struggle was the main theme of American society. Although this political struggle idea derived from basic culture provided great help to the United States to establish a liberal and democratic social system, it also fundamentally determined the American political culture and made the United States the most unique country in the world.

When he arrived at the General Staff, Pei Chengyi forgot about the outside world and devoted himself to his work.

In the afternoon, the last group of officers arrived.

Before getting off work, Pei Chengyi received a call from Xiang Yinghui. After asking Yuan Chenhao to host the evening reception banquet for him, Pei Chengyi went to Xiang Yinghui's office.

"Have the government meeting been achieved?"

"I've been having a meeting for two days and my head is big." Xiang Yinghui sighed and said. "You know the government well and know the situation of the government. As before, there are not many oppositions. The main reason is that the time is not yet ripe. If we take the initiative to start a war, we may encounter big trouble."

Pei Chengyi smiled bitterly and said, "What is the attitude of the head of state?"

"I talked with the head of state for two nights." Xiang Yinghui walked over with a teacup and said. "The head of state's attitude has not changed. The key is whether we should take the initiative to provoke a war at this time."

"In other words, the head of state is a little hesitant."

Xiang Yinghui nodded, put the teacup in front of Pei Chengyi, and sat on the sofa opposite. "I can't say hesitate. After all, I have made a decision long ago, but the head of state is still considering the timing. However, there is good news that the head of state officially approved the establishment of the front line command center, and the appointment letter of your and Yuan Chenhao will be sent tomorrow. Last night, the head of state asked about this matter. Let us establish the front line command center first and come up with a combat plan as soon as possible."

"The combat plan is a small matter, the key is where the front-line command is located.

"This is also the reason why I asked you to come." Xiang Yinghui took out a cigarette and handed it to Pei Chengyi, saying, "The Head of State talked to me about this. According to the Head of State, this is not a war that we unilaterally participate. The coordinated action of the Allies is very important, so the Head of State hopes that we can consider Pakistan.

"Islamabad?"

Xiang Yinghui nodded and said, "All the officers you want have arrived, right?"

Pei Chengyi was stunned for a moment and said, "It's all here in the afternoon, and a reception banquet will be held in the evening. I'll ask Yuan Chenhao to entertain them on my behalf."

"It's easy to say when the person arrives. Let Yuan Chenhao take the initiative here, and you can go to Islamabad as soon as possible."

"For this?"

"Of course it's not just this." Xiang Yinghui handed the documents placed on the coffee table to Pei Chengyi. "This is the information sent by the General Staff of Pakistan. You can take a closer look on the road."

Hearing Xiang Yinghui's words, Pei Chengyi immediately closed the document he had just opened.

"I have prepared the plane for you and can set off at any time." Xiang Yinghui smiled and said, "I just received this document and didn't have time to notify you. After arriving in Islamabad, you will discuss joint operations with the Chief of Staff of Pakistan on my behalf. You can propose to establish a joint command during this period. If the Pakistani military still refuses to make concessions, you will propose to set up a front-line command in Islamabad. As for the joint command, I will find a way to solve it after you come back."

"Mr. Xiang, it's not that I'm not sure, I just think there won't be any redemption when Islamabad."

"Pakami has to go for an invitation, right? You also know that there are so many things in China now. I will definitely not be able to leave, otherwise I would have gone there long ago. I originally wanted Yuan Chenhao to go, after all, this was an opportunity to train him, but this matter was ordered by the head of state. Moreover, Yuan Jiaoli's military rank is too low, so it may not be possible to make only the uniform of a Kistan general in a civilized manner." After working for several years, not only did he know the situation in Pakistan very well, but he also had contact with the Pakistani general. More importantly, your performance in the previous few wars was enough to convince the Pakistani general. You also know that Pakistani soldiers all crawled out of artillery fire. What I admire most is that you have practical experience and have won great battles. Maybe they regard you as higher than me.

If you do it well, make sure the matter of the Joint Command. After all, joint combat is very important. Even if it is not done well, Pakistan can make concessions and agree to establish a front-line command in Islamabad, or somewhere near India."

"We must establish a front-line command within Pakistan?"

"What do you think?"

Pei Chengyi smiled bitterly and said, "Okay. I'll go back to pack my luggage right away."

"I have asked Dongfang Wen to go back to pack your luggage for you. You can go directly to the quota field. Maybe he has arrived."

Pei Chengyi didn't talk anymore and immediately stood up to say goodbye.

On the way to the airport, Pei Chengyi called his home.

After the plane took off, Pei Chengyi opened the information that Xiang Yinghui gave him.

It is nothing else, but some opinions put forward by the General Staff of Pakistan on the establishment of a joint command.

As early as shortly after the end of the southern Tibet conflict, when Pei Chengyi was still studying at the National Defense University, the Republic secretly discussed the establishment of a joint command with Pakistan. Even allies would have different interests. The differences between the Republic and Pakistan on this issue were very serious, and they had not reached an agreement for several years. Because Pei Chengyi participated in the relevant negotiations during his work in Pakistan, he was very clear about the specific situation.

Mao Kistan has been reluctant to answer the reason why he set up a joint command for a long time: the price of the Republic is too low.

According to the bottom line of negotiation proposed by Xiang Yinghui, the Joint Command will be mainly the officers of the Republic, and Pakistani officers will only be responsible for irrelevant matters. In other words, the Joint Command will be controlled by the General Staff of the Republic and not subject to the General Staff of the Pakistani General Staff. This is equivalent to the fact that during the war, the Pakistani army must obey the command of the Republic, and the entire combat operation will be decided by the Republic.

Judging from the military strength of the two countries and the investment in war, such an arrangement is not unreasonable.

The key issue is that Pakistan's war purpose is not exactly consistent with the Republic's war purpose.

Ultimately, Pakistan does not want the Republic to completely defeat India, because without India, the alliance between Kistan and the Republic will inevitably be affected, and the importance of Pakistan will be greatly reduced. Kistan has only one purpose. That is to regain the southern region of Kashmir and severely damage India. As long as this goal is achieved, Kistan will immediately end its military operations and continue to use India to obtain strategic assistance from the Republic.

Obviously, the Republic cannot accept such a war result.

If the Republic does not even need to launch a war just to hit India hard, a military conflict can achieve its goal.

Different purposes of the war have led to completely different attitudes towards war. Although Pakistan has long agreed to provide the Republic with assistance to the best of its ability in a total war, including opening up all military bases, providing logistical support, participating in combat operations, etc., Pakistan has never formally promised to help the Republic completely defeat India, or even sent troops into India.

It is obvious that the differences between the Republic and Pakistan are not ordinary issues, but rather differences with the fundamental interests of the country.

If a joint command is established according to Xiang Yinghui's wishes, Pakistan will lose the initiative.

Let’s not talk about whether the Republic’s guarantee is valid. That is, the Republic promises to provide war compensation to Pakistan, and after the war, it recognized Pakistan’s control over Islamic settlements in India. In a full-scale war, if Pakistan does not even have the power to command its own army, how can it guarantee its own interests?

It is precisely because of the key reason that Pei Chengyi does not have much hope for establishing a joint command.

Relatively speaking, it is more pragmatic to establish a separate front-line command.

Although Wang Yuanqing and Xiang Yinghui have been emphasizing the importance of Pakistan, in Pei Chengyi's view, if we only measure military value, the importance of Kistan is not outstanding. After all, Pakistan's military strength is very limited. Even if it can defeat the Indian army, it will not be possible to play a key role in large-scale wars. Even in other aspects, Pakistan's importance is worthy of discussion.

Simply put, if the fight is done well, India will be defeated, and Pakistan will definitely take advantage of the situation; if it loses, India still has room for rest, and Pakistan will look at it on the wall. In both cases, the Republic does not have to count on how much contribution Pakistan will make in the war.

On the way, Pei Chengyi was thinking about how to set up a front-line command, especially the location of the front-line command.

Islamabad has excellent basic conditions, but the problems are also great. Pakistan may not necessarily allow the Republic to set up its front-line command in its capital. Other locations, such as Lahore, are not bad at basic conditions, but they are a little closer to India, so it is difficult to guarantee security.

It's really a big trouble.

Pei Chengyi was not opposed to setting up the front line command in Pakistan because this was Wang Yuanqing's intentional arrangement and would have a great impact on the entire war operation.
Chapter completed!