Chapter 127 Key Issues
Before leaving the White House, Pei Chengyi received a bombing report sent back by the concave army from Calgary.
The bombing result shocked Pei Chengyi and far exceeded his expectations. Because Pei Chengyi was very cautious about using special bombs. So after receiving the report, he immediately sent the news to the General Staff and personally spoke to Xiang Yinghui.
After putting down the phone, Xiang Yinghui rushed to the head of state with the bombing report he had just printed out.
Although Xiang Yinghui's political awareness is far less than that of Pei Chengyi, when he saw the data in the report, he knew that something that should not have happened was the least.
When Xiang Yinghui saw Wang Yuanqing, he even spared the greetings. He reported straight to the point of what had just happened on the Internet.
What surprised Xiang Yinghui a little was that when he mentioned those data, Wang Yuanqing did not show a shocked look, and he always seemed very calm.
Did the Head of State not realize the seriousness of the problem?
After closing the report document, Wang Yuanqing calmly picked up a cigarette, lit it slowly and took two sips. After his eyes fell on Xiang Yinghui, he spoke, "Is the data conclusive and credible?"
"It's just estimating the data, and it's impossible to count accurate numbers."
"How reliable is it?" Wang Yuanqing repeated the previous question.
Xiang Yinghui hesitated for a moment and said, "The battle report is provided by the frontline troops, and the actual number will be more or less."
Wang Yuanqing nodded slightly, pressed the switch of the telephone on the table, and said to Jiao Kuishan outside: "Immediately contact the Chairman, Prime Minister, Executive Vice Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and let them come over immediately. Then he said he would hold an emergency meeting."
Seeing Wang Yuanqing's actions, Xiang Yinghui breathed a sigh of relief.
"Calculate more accurate data as soon as possible." Wang Yuanqing wiped out most of the cigarettes left, "When he went back, he told Pei Chengyi not to worry about anything, he must seize Kolkata according to the plan.
"I've caused trouble, I'll have to do it."
"Do as I say." Wang Yuanqing did not give Xiang Yinghui a chance to argue. "Remember, you must tell Pei Chengyi not to carry a burden of thought and must occupy Kolkata as soon as possible."
Xiang Yinghui nodded. He didn't say anything more and stood up to say goodbye.
The thug: After the bell, Gu Weimin, Yan Jingyu, Ye Zhisheng and Yan Shanglong arrived one after another.
After letting Jiao Wenshan make a few cups of tea, Wang Yuanqing asked him to stay outside and not let anyone come in and disturb him.
"Old Wang, I'm so anxious to call us over. What happened?"
Wang Yuanqing took the documents placed on the desk and handed them to Gu Weimin.
Seeing the sets of data marked with red lines in the file, Gu Weimin's expression immediately became gloomy.
The document was transferred to Yan Jingyu. The Prime Minister only looked through the main content and immediately said: "Twenty thousand civilian casualties! What is the front-line command center doing?"
After Yan Jingyu said this, Ye Zhisheng and Yan Shanglong's expressions immediately became nervous.
"To be precise, 20,000 is the lowest number." Wang Yuanqing lit a cigarette and said calmly, "This is what Ansheng just happened. I have ordered Pei Chengyi to speed up the attack and capture Kolkata as soon as possible."
Ye Zhisheng had just opened the document and heard Wang Yuanqing's words, he immediately said: "It has caused so many civilian casualties, continue to speed up the attack. I'm afraid."
Wang Yuanqing smiled and ignored Ye Zhisheng.
"The head of state's decision was not wrong. It's too late to stop now." Gu Weimin glanced at Ye Zhisheng and said, "The first thing we need to consider is not how much civilian casualties will be caused, but what kind of reaction the United States will make, or how serious the consequences it will lead to."
Yan Jingyu nodded and picked up the cigarette placed on the coffee table.
"The United States will definitely take action." Yan Shanglong just received the document and said without even reading it. "After the outbreak of the war, the United States has been looking for opportunities to sanction us. Because our preliminary preparations are very in place, the United States has not found a suitable reason. Affected by this, the EU and Russia have not made any statements or put pressure on us. In the absence of troops to participate in the war, in addition to providing military assistance to India, the only way for the United States to help India is to guide the international community to put pressure on us, forcing us to not get the most
The military operation will be terminated in the event of victory. In fact, the United States is indeed doing this. Sallivan has already gone to London. According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, the US Secretary of State will discuss the expansion of the Digo Garcia military base with the British Prime Minister. If not unexpectedly, the United States will scrape Indian soldiers at Digo Garcia and then provide India with more high-tech weapons and equipment. Although Sallivan has not received any news from other European countries for the time being, after this incident, the US Secretary of State will definitely change its schedule, and the next stop is Paris."
"If you want to win over the EU, you have to win over France." Yan Jingyu added.
Yan Shanglong nodded and then opened the document.
"This is why I asked you to come." Wang Yuanqing vented his breath and said. "In a large-scale war, civilian casualties are inevitable. In fact, we have done better in this war than before. Until now, the number of civilian casualties has not exceeded the number of Indian casualties. Of course, no matter how good I did before, it cannot offset the current problem. According to the Foreign Minister, this is the reason the United States has been looking for. Lao Gu is right. The first thing we must not consider is how much casualties will be caused, but how to deal with the challenges of the United States."
"The United States wants to deal with us, to win over Ou Lang and Russia, and the first well has to win over Ou Weifan's hands and cigarettes. He said, "Sullivan will definitely go to Paris. He is likely to leave London early. In addition to diplomatic issues, we also have to consider public opinion."
"It is best to take proactive actions to avoid passiveness." Yan Jingyu glanced at Wang Yuanqing and Gu Weimin and said, "According to the American way of doing things, before Sallivan arrives in Paris, he will report relevant news and begin to accuse our army of massacre civilians in India and provide assistance to Sallivan's trip to Paris. Even if the French president is not willing to let the EU take the US chariot, as long as the public opinion bombing begins, the French government must make some statements. As long as France's attitude becomes loose, other EU member states will turn to the United States."
"First of all, we must stabilize France." Ye Zhisheng muttered.
Wang Yuanqing smiled and shook his head, saying, "It is not to stabilize France, but to be precise, it is to provide France with reasons to reject the temptation of the United States through opposite public opinion."
"If we take the initiative to release the news, wouldn't it be too explicit?" Gu Weimin looked at Wang Yuanqing.
"This is also something I'm worried about. The problem is that if we act like occupying our own actions, we have to take positive action."
"Maybe some neutral news media can speak for us." Yan Shanglong reminded Wang Yuanqing.
"This is not an ordinary war report, but a humanitarian disaster involving tens of thousands of civilians' innocent casualties." Wang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said, "I don't know if you have thought about it. Even if we report the news, if we do not provide sufficient persuasive evidence, we cannot shut up the Western news media. As long as the news spreads, the debate will become darker and darker, and in the end no one will believe our voice."
"The key is evidence." Gu Weimin sighed.
Yan Jingyu hesitated for a moment and said, "Since it is a humanitarian disaster, why can't we do it the opposite?"
Wang Yuanqing frowned slightly and signaled Yan Jingyu to continue talking.
"The humanitarian crisis is two-way, not just us creating a humanitarian crisis." Yan Jingyu paused for a moment and said. "A few days ago, Bangladesh asked us to provide convenient conditions to provide daily necessities for the Bangladesh people in the war zone and ensure the basic right to survival of 80 million Bangladesh people. For several years, especially after the Fourth India-Pakistan War, Bangladesh has been accusing the Indian government of suppressing the Bangladesh people with extremely cruel means. Since international public opinion wants news about humanitarian disasters, we provide relevant news.
Gu Weimin nodded slightly and looked at Wang Yuanqing.
"This is indeed a way to divert attention and it is feasible. It is more convincing to let Bangladesh's news media report on related news than to take the initiative."
"We must get the cooperation of the frontline troops." Yan Jingyu added.
Wang Yuanqing nodded and said, "This matter was arranged directly by the Ministry of Defense, so that Xiang Yinghui could contact Pei Chengyi to provide all convenient conditions for Bangladesh reporters."
"Will the Bangladesh news media report the relevant news as we wish?" Ye Zhisheng asked.
Wang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I think there is no need to worry about this problem at all. If the Bangladesh government is hesitant about whether to control West Bengal because of the fear of 80 million Indian Bangladesh people being dragged down, then the Bangladesh news media will be much more active. In order to complete the cause of national unification, the Bangladesh news media will definitely take this opportunity to hype the news of India's persecuting Bangladesh people and win the sympathy and support of the international community. What we need to do is to provide convenient conditions for journalists who want to get news, and let reporters do the rest. We should not interfere, nor do we interfere."
Seeing that Wang Yuanqing was firm in his attitude, Shi Zhisheng didn't say anything more.
"This is just a solution, and it is certainly impossible to solve all problems. More solutions must be found."
Gu Weimin destroyed the cigarette butts and said: "The humanitarian disaster of the Bengals is just the tip of the iceberg. Relatively speaking, India's focus on cracking down on the ethnic struggle movement in the past few years was not the Bengals' demand for autonomy, but the Assam guerrillas that have been making independent. Myanmar has been unwilling to take a substantial step so that we can make a fuss about the Assam guerrillas. For example, providing more support to the guerrillas has forced the Indian army to deal with the guerrillas."
Wang Yuanqing nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with this approach.
"What is the key?" Yan Shanglong frowned slightly and said, "The Bangladeshi people in India have worked hard to obtain autonomy, not only to gain support from Bangladesh, but also to India's internal problems, which are legitimacy and rationality, and have received widespread sympathy from the international community. The Assam independence movement is essentially different, without any country's formal support, and is also a substantive action to split India, and has not received support from the international community. If we support the Assam guerrillas, that is, extremist organizations that split India in disguise. In this special period, our public support for splitting India will definitely have a serious negative impact on our international image and create more diplomatic problems. From the standpoint of the United States, I am afraid the US president is hoping that we will do this."
Wang Yuanqing's brows jumped a few times and his expression became serious.
"The Foreign Minister is right, we must handle this issue carefully." Yan Jingyu supported Yan Shanglong's point of view.
Gu Weimin sighed secretly and didn't say anything more, because Yan Shanglong said it really makes sense.
Xiao Bibian did it with a striking act. But without waiting for a thousandth, he did not wait for two cigarettes to celebrate, and said, "What do the news media want? It is just news that can attract attention and attract more audience attention. What kind of news does the Western news media want? It must be the huge harm caused by the war to civilians. The photo of the Pulitzer Prize that year awakened the anti-war consciousness of the Americans, and eventually triggered the wave of anti-war in the United States, forcing the US government to withdraw troops from Vietnam. One photo can change the attitude of the entire people of a country towards war. Can a bunch of photos change the attitude of the entire Western countries towards war? The situation is obviously beneficial to us and not to the United States. As long as I am still in Kolkata, the American news media will not come to the scene to take photos, but we can allow those news media willing to report other news to obtain enough photos that change the people of all Western countries."
"The question is, what should I do?" Ye Zhisheng asked again.
Wang Yuanqing smiled faintly and said, "Pei Chengyi only left one army to deal with the Indian Northeast Army Group and put the main force in other directions. Although according to the plot, Rong Xiao, he will destroy the Indian Northeast Army Group as soon as possible, but depending on the current situation, I am afraid he has to adjust his combat plan and not pay so much attention to the Indian Northeast Army Group. Of course, Pei Chengyi is a smart person and knows the reason for doing this. He also knows what methods to use to arouse the fighting spirit of the Indian Northeast Army Group and let this enemy who is separated from the large army do extreme things in extreme environments. What we need to do is to adjust the deployment of troops, and at the same time let those guerrillas who are eager to establish an independent and free country see the dawn of victory, thereby stimulating their enthusiasm for struggle and providing news materials for journalists who are ready to fight."
After hearing Wang Yuanqing's words, Ye Zhisheng was speechless.
Although these slightly joking words seem to be understatement, they determine the fate of hundreds of millions of people.
"Old Wang, isn't this done?"
"I wonder if you have ever seen a movie called "Apocalypse of the Modern Times", which was a Vietnam War film made by a well-known American director in the last century, and won several Oscars." Wang Yuanqing took two puffs of cigarettes and said. "There is a scene in the movie where dozens of helicopters flew from the river to a village not far away. The rain of bullets quickly swallowed up the entire village. What many American audiences saw was not the strength of the US military. But the reflection on the war, especially the reflection on the extreme measures taken by the US military in the war."
Gu Weimin frowned slightly, not understanding what Wang Yuanqing said about the purpose of this movie.
"We must understand one thing, that is the way of thinking of Westerners." Wang Yuanqing smiled and said, "It is different from our people. Westerners believe in the eyes and what they see more than rumors. The impact of a bloody war scene on Westerners is much greater than that of a hundred people describing the cruelty of war.
As long as we can show the cruel side of the war to the Westerners, we can make Westerners, especially those who have long distrust the United States, believe in the justice of our initiating this war."
Gu Weimin nodded slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
"With news materials, we must do a good job in public relations." Wang Yuanqing touched his chin and said. "After the Japanese war, great changes have taken place in the Western world, especially the EU and the United States have had very big differences in their basic policies towards our country. According to my understanding, France, Germany, Italy and other major EU member states believe that only by cooperating with us can we safeguard the fundamental interests of the EU when we cannot stop us from becoming the world's number one power. Over the years, we have also had close economic exchanges with the EU, especially when our country has completed industrial structure adjustments. From an exporting power to an importing power. After becoming the largest export market in the EU, many Europeans' eyes have changed when they look at our country. Don't forget that Western civilization is a realistic civilization, and interests are more important than anything else. EU governments have come to the end of the EU.
Not having a statement on the Indian War is apart from the government's own wishes, but it also has a lot to do with the attitude of the people. I believe everyone remembers the EU's reaction after the outbreak of the Japanese War? Why is it at one time and another? The fundamental reason is that the people of EU countries believe that there is no need to be hostile to us in the Indian War, so as to affect their own interests. Of course, this is also a big laughing relationship with the United States' strong support for India and help Japan over the years. Dominating the Indian market and causing the EU's interests to suffer losses. In countries with a perfect democratic system and highly developed news, the news media are first in line with the appetite of the people. We provide news materials that can change the people's treatment of war. As long as the EU's news media put these materials in front of the people, I believe that the EU will naturally make the decision that best meets the people's requirements."
"In this case, we have to prepare for it."
Wang Yuanqing nodded and said, "Don't be too explicit. Try to let European journalists explore news subjects and give full play to the enthusiasm of journalists. Only exert influence when necessary and guide public opinion to develop in the right direction."
Yan Shanglong nodded, indicating that he understood what to do.
"Is there any other problem?" Wang Yuanqing glanced at everyone and said, "If there is no other problem, I will reassign the next work."
No one raised objections because Wang Yuanqing grasped the key issue.
Chapter completed!