"Opening up North America is our most important policy right now. Once North America is opened up, it will be able to support large armies in long-term battles. With our naval superiority, plus the seaports in North America. They would then have the strength to fight against the United States with the population and military strength of North America. This is not only the current direction, but it is also the grand strategy of iron and blood that the Commander-in-Chief has been working hard to implement since more than a decade ago! "Ruan Xihao spoke confidently to the members of the 6th Army.
The high-ranking officers of the 6th Division listened attentively. If it wasn't for the fact that they weren't allowed to take notes, many of them would probably have taken notes in their notebooks. Focus, excitement, these were the expressions of the senior soldiers at this moment. Everyone knew about the "Iron and Blood Policy" proposed by the Military Governor Vaize nearly thirty years ago. From then on, China continued to advance along this path. Spain, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom were all defeated by the "Iron and Blood Policy". China's territory expanded at an alarming rate. Along with the expansion, more raw materials and foodstuffs flooded into China like a tidal wave.
"The military farms in North America have already begun to send food to Asia. According to expectations, in the next five years, the local food will be enough to support tens of millions of people in North America, and there will still be spare capacity to send food to Asia. The United States, on the other hand, controlled much larger and more fertile plains than we have now. This means that if we don't act against the US, the US will grow into an opponent that we can't shake sooner or later. In the past, we were ignorant and couldn't understand this. However, the commander-in-chief had already seen all of this and had made a lot of targeted deployments. Once we destroy the US, no country on this earth will be able to stop our China from dominating the world! " Ruan Xihao spoke passionately, and the generals of the six armies who were listening to Ruan Xihao's words were also shocked and moved by his boldness, and they became even more excited.
"I don't think that's right." A voice that the generals were very familiar with sounded at the door of the conference room.
There were very few people who dared to openly oppose Ruan Xihao. There were even fewer people who dared not support Ruan Xihao after opposing him. All the generals, including Ruan Xihao, looked at the door. The door had been quietly opened. There was a man standing at the door. It was Vézé.
After expressing his disapproval, Vézé walked into the meeting room with his usual brisk and vigorous steps. All the generals stood up and saluted Vézé in unison. Vézé walked to the chair that Ruan Xihao had obediently given up. After bowing to everyone, he waved his hand and said, "Sit!"
All the generals sat down. Vézé patted Ruan Xihao's shoulder and gestured for him to take a seat beside him. After everyone was seated, Vézé continued, "There are some clichés that I have to repeat. Only China can defeat China. It had always been my wish to destroy the United States. Strategically speaking, after entering North America, I naturally had to go south. If we are only satisfied with the land we have now, we will be at a very disadvantage in the war that is bound to happen in the future. However, when our goal is not just to simply expand our territory, but to pursue China's domination of the world, we have to consider what kind of order China wants to establish. This order is simple. We, China, have a large population and advanced industry, so we have to rely on force to make other countries yield? Or should we simply destroy all the countries and leave China alone on the earth? I don't know if our comrades have considered this. "
It must be admitted that Ruan Xihao's statement just now was quite exciting. But after listening to Vézé's words, the senior soldiers had to admit that Vézé was once again ahead of everyone. The Iron and Blood Policy had been implemented as the established policy of the Restoration Party's Liberation Army for nearly 30 years. Even before the unification of China, China had expanded its overseas territories. No matter how exciting Ruan Xihao's words sounded, it was just a continuation of this policy.
Now Vézé proposed the policy that China would adopt when it dominated the world, and Ruan Xihao undoubtedly did not involve this aspect. The history of China's expansion in less than 30 years was unparalleled in bloodshed. What happened in the North, the South China Sea, and the newly conquered countries, people just didn't want to mention it. The killing on the frontline battlefield in China was already extremely cruel. The Xiang Army was full of people, and their corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowed like rivers. Under the operation of the Military Governor Vaize, the number of people who were intentionally or unintentionally killed was even greater. The total number of all the victims added up to probably 100 million.
The reason why the Min dynasty didn't feel much about this was that the 800 million people in China had now benefited greatly. Everyone could eat and wear warm clothes, children could go to school, and at least once every five days they could eat meat on their rest days. Therefore, for the people of China, all these sacrifices became meaningful because of the arrival of a happy life.
Vézé continued: "I believe that Comrade Ruan Xihao has also told you that the industrial level of the United States is developing very fast. The population of the United States is already growing by leaps and bounds towards 80 million. Even if we look at it optimistically, we will be ready for war in five years. At that time, China will also have to face an industrial country with a population of 80 million. This is the most powerful country on Earth apart from China. This is a powerful enemy that we have never challenged before. Can we afford the huge casualties that war will bring? I personally doubt it. "
Ruan Xihao actually knew that Vézé didn't want to start a war in the short term. It was getting less and less difficult to expect a war between Britain and China. At this time, the British no longer had the determination to have a large-scale military conflict with China. The only target that could make China continue the war was the United States. The reason why he was trying to push forward the policy now was because Ruan Xihao was worried that as the United States grew stronger, the possibility of China initiating a war with the United States would become smaller and smaller. In the end, it was very likely that there would be no war at all.
Who was it that leaked the contents of this meeting? Ruan Xihao really wanted to find the damned person who leaked the secret and teach him a lesson. With his mind preoccupied, Ruan Xihao didn't pay attention to what Vézé was saying. When he paid attention, he found that Vézé had begun to talk about political issues that had nothing to do with war.
"… European governments are small governments. They serve a low proportion of the class and the number of people is small. This class is also rich and can take care of themselves. Not only can this class take care of themselves, but they are also local rulers, controlling a large number of people and industries.
However, with the development of industrialization, a large number of people began to move. The traditional feudal lords didn't care about those who ran to the cities, and the urban bourgeoisie naturally refused to bear the social responsibilities of the wage class. The British government had to admit that the functions of the government had to expand. In the Victorian era, the expansion of the government's functions was mainly manifested in the police. The implementation of the cruel elimination of the criminals in the urban wage class, exile, this was the British government's initial solution.
It must be admitted that this cruel policy was initially accepted by the feudal rulers, the capitalists, and the honest wage class. But with the continuous economic crisis, this method faced new problems. The majority of the unemployed in the cities are wage class. They usually don't commit crimes, but every economic crisis makes these unemployed people face serious problems. They either get up and participate in the resistance, or become criminals … "
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