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Chapter 1173 Does war need a reason?

Guan Xuqing is telling de Gaulle that there is only one way to get the dragon army out of Greece, and that is to let the British get out of that land in advance.And there is only one way for the empire to release the captured British soldiers, and that is to hand over the chief culprit of the May storm, Greek interim leader Spanoulis, and hand over the war criminal to the Greek people for trial .

At the end of the telephone conversation, Guan Xuqing told de Gaulle that China loves peace, but is also afraid of war. If he can lead the empire to successfully fight against the forces of Germany, Italy and Japan, and finally win, then he has the confidence to meet a new challenge. Whether it is the United Kingdom or any other country, China will not be afraid. Millions of dragon troops will now be in full battle, waiting for new enemies to come to their door.

Even if it is a response to the attitude of the United States, after having a telephone conversation with Charles de Gaulle, Guan Xuqing put forward his request in the imperial military. It is possible to avoid direct conflict with the French, but it is necessary to prepare for all possible wars, and the Dragon Army troops fighting in Greece try to avoid the front line defended by the British as much as possible, and attack the Greek army with all their strength.

At this meeting, Guan Xuqing and senior military officials analyzed that in the face of the Greek war, it is unlikely that the French will directly participate in the war, at least in the short term.We must know that the regime structure of France is fundamentally different from that of China. China is a centralized system of power, while France is a democratic republic with a half-presidential and half-parliamentary system.Compared with the semi-presidential and semi-parliamentary democratic republic, the centralized system of power may lack some democratic atmosphere, but it is absolutely efficient, and this efficiency is especially reflected in the response to war.

In China, the power to decide whether to go to war or not is completely in the hands of the supreme leader. To put it bluntly, at this juncture, as long as Guan Xuqing issues an order to start a full-scale war with the British, then the order was issued today. Tomorrow all the war machines in the country will start running at full speed.

In France, matters such as launching a war are by no means decided by the president alone. Before the mobilization order is issued, the Congress must discuss and agree. Wrangling, analyzing this and that, until the final decision is made, it may take a week or two to pass.And in the past two weeks, God knows what the battlefield has become.

It is also based on this that everyone in the Supreme Command believes that it is impossible for France to directly participate in the war in the short term.

Since the French are unlikely to enter the war in the short term, what is there to worry about?There is no doubt that if there are no other factors as interference, today's China can easily crush the Greek and British troops to death like pinching ants.But having said that, although Guan Xuqing didn't have a good impression of the British, he didn't want to have a real all-out war with them at this time.The situation he most hopes to appear is to simply teach the British a lesson and let them withdraw from Greece, and at the same time, do not expand the war.

For Guan Xuqing, how can he achieve his goal?There is no doubt that there is only negotiation. Everyone finds a place, sits down and talks calmly and with reason.But again, negotiation is a very deep knowledge. If you want to achieve your goals and expand your interests at the negotiation table, you must work harder before the negotiation. You must let your negotiation Adversaries have a basic sense that this negotiation is not what you want, but what they want to happen.The reason why you sit down with them is to give them a chance to recover some benefits from a situation that is doomed to failure.

In this way, a series of decisions were quickly made at the imperial meeting of the Supreme Command, and in the next few days, the major newspapers and broadcasts of the empire.Official news was released successively, which claimed: China expresses regret for what happened in Greece. Neither China nor the Chinese people have ever and will never regard Britain as their national enemy.Some time ago, the reason why the Dragon Army sent troops to Greece was because of the major changes in the domestic situation in Greece. They suspected that people with ulterior motives were trying to establish a comprehensive and inhumane dictatorship in Greece. The series of bloody incidents is the best proof.

In the spirit of the Washington Conference and in the spirit of humanitarianism, China believes that the attempt by the Greek communists to seize power must not be ignored.Therefore, China will enter Greece to fight.As for the "small" scale conflict with the British troops stationed in Greece.It was just a misunderstanding. The Long Army, which was responsible for the offensive mission, clashed with the British Army under the guidance of receiving wrong information.In order to express its apology, China will unconditionally release the captured British soldiers and make certain compensation to the families of the victims.Of course, China will never give up its attack on the provisional regime of the Greek Communist Party because of this. According to the plan of the Supreme Command of the Empire, within a week thereafter, the Chiron army will continue to launch a series of large-scale attacks on the Greek army. Offensive, in order to avoid another unfortunate incident, China suggested that the British troops stationed in Greece withdraw temporarily.

What a high-sounding reason!Do you need a reason to fight a country?need.

How credible is everything said in Chinese official reports?For this point, I am afraid that anyone understands.In a battle involving tens of thousands of people, from the start to the end, the attacking party doesn't know who they are fighting. Isn't this a fantasy?What's more, the Imperial Security Bureau has always been in charge of intelligence collection. Their large scale and high efficiency are recognized by the world. Wouldn't it be nice to say that they would make such an ultra-low-level mistake on such an important issue? Even more funny?
Therefore, after China's official explanation was made, the mainstream newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States were full of booing, and immediately there were reports of doubts, refutations, and criticisms.

Facing the accusations from the American and British newspapers, there was silence in the empire. Both the "China Daily" and "Shenbao" seemed to have forgotten about this matter. On their pages, they could no longer find anything about the Greek incident. a report.

If you want to explain, we will explain to you; if you ask us to apologize, we will apologize to you; if you demand the unconditional release of captured officers and soldiers, we will immediately release them unconditionally.It's all right now, we've done everything you asked for. As for whether you believe the explanation or not, and whether the apology is sincere, that's up to you.Now, the conflict between the Chinese and British armies in Greece has come to a "successful" end, and the rest depends on the attitude of you British.

On August 8, when the Chinese ambassador to the UK submitted the imperial decision to the British Foreign Office, Churchill was so angry that he almost cursed.The British cabinet did not hesitate to reject China's request to invite Churchill to Beijing to negotiate the Greek issue.

The indignation of the British did not affect the continued advance of the Dragon Army in Greece.Just as Guan Xuqing said: "Since you don't talk about it, well, I will show you some face, and I want you to know that it is the most sensible for you to sit down and negotiate with us honestly." A choice."

On August 8, the Second Dragon Army Balkan Front launched an offensive in the Volos area.At the beginning of the battle, the dragon army first mobilized a group of troops to move south quickly, cutting off the connection between the Greek army stationed in Volos and the British army in one fell swoop, forcing the British army to be unable to attack Greece in the event of a conflict with the dragon army. The army provided support, and then, the main force of the Dragon Army's Balkan Second Front launched a quick and violent attack on the Greek army commanded by Prastilas.

At this time, the British Parliament has not yet made a final decision on whether to directly fight with China. Therefore, the British troops that were divided in Volos could not make a decision if the Dragon Army did not actively attack it. The most powerful response, the only thing they can do, seems to be to watch the Greek army be surrounded and wiped out.

The Greek army stationed in the Volos area is the main force of the Greek army led by General Plastiras. It has nine infantry divisions under its command, with a total of more than [-] people.This is really a pure infantry unit. Within the scope of nine divisions, there are only more than [-] artillery pieces, and less than [-] tanks. As for the planes, let's just ignore it.

Therefore, when faced with an attack from a superior enemy, Plastiras first made a wise choice to break out of the encirclement. He assembled his army and launched two attacks in the direction of Zomox in the west in the early morning of the [-]th. A continuous assault, trying to open a breakthrough in this direction, and join the British army.

But his attempt did not come true. After several hours of fierce fighting, Plastiras' troops not only failed to break through after paying the price of tens of thousands of casualties, but were instead attacked by the dragon army. Pushed his line almost ten kilometers in the direction of Volos.

On October 10, the British army used the carrier-based air force in the Aegean Sea to drop a large amount of supplies to the Greek army in Volos. Later, Plastiras received news from the British commander Scobie.According to Scobie, it is hoped that they can persist for another three to four days, and they will be rescued after the decision in the UK is made.

(End of this chapter)