Blackstone Code

Chapter 1678 Private goods

new week.

Just after going to work, the top chief of the Department of International Affairs sent a report to the Presidential Palace and sent it to Mr. Truman.

He opened the report and looked at it. It recorded the results of the consultation between the International Affairs Department and the embassy of the First Prince of the Pengio Empire during this period.

Both sides have indicated that the war will not end just because they sit together and negotiate, but that doesn't mean they can't do some cooperation in other areas.

Sometimes it's hard to comment on the relationship between two countries, and between two countries' societies.

They may be hostile, but they are not absolutely hostile, which is a very complicated relationship!

After Mr. Truman turned the page, the first article he saw was about the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Chemical Gas Bombs".

During this time, the eldest prince of the Pengio Empire went to several places, including coastal cities in the south of the Federation, and industrial towns in the north.

His attention was not entirely on the negotiation of this international convention, but on the federal social system.

He didn't seem to come to negotiate at all, but more like to investigate the federal society.

However, since he was willing to actively cooperate and negotiate the contract, he tried his best to satisfy the first prince's curiosity and exploration of the federal society without involving the federal industrial secrets.

In addition, the two sides also signed a number of other agreements.

For example, soldiers captured on both sides will be given preferential treatment, and a certain level of basic medical care will be provided on the basis of ensuring that the captured prisoners have clothes to wear, food to eat, and will not be subjected to corporal punishment and torture.

There is also a promise that both sides will not commit retaliatory abuses and massacres against local civilians after the war breaks out and ends.

It seems that this is a very sincere contract with compromises in more areas, but both parties seem to have cleverly avoided some more direct issues.

For example, when attacking each other's industrial cities, ports, and military targets that may have civilians, whether they will avoid civilians.

The Federation had bombed three cities along the coast of Pengio, and it stands to reason that they should first ask whether the bombing of non-war areas is reasonable.

But they avoided this question, and the federal people naturally wouldn't take the initiative to bring it up.

Judging from the current situation, most of the Eastern Ocean is still firmly in the hands of the Federals.

Their bombers could go directly from the federal mainland via the planned island chain of Midway, and bombed the mainland of the Pongio Empire directly.

Of course, this was a good idea at first, but things are a little different now.

The Pongio Empire had strengthened its air defenses along the coast, and stationed some fighter groups at any time to respond to the bombardment of Federal bombers.

It is difficult for federal fighter jets to return to the airport on the island chain after cooperating with bombers to bomb the mainland of Pengio, so until the technology is improved again, or there is a new breakthrough in the aircraft or power system, the bombing of the mainland of Pengio is basically will not reproduce!

Although the opportunity to sneak attack on Penggio's mainland from the rear is difficult to achieve, there is still a danger of being bombed on the front line and behind the line of fire.

Now both sides have kept silent about this matter. After all, they still intend to do some work in this regard.

There's nothing quicker to end a war than saturation bombing!

In the words of a middle-aged man known as the "Federal Eagle", the top official of the Ministry of International Affairs, they negotiated a lot of "hypocritical benevolence and morality" clauses.

Both sides want to present their shining image in the negotiation, but never discuss what they really want to do.

He didn't avoid the federal government when he said these words and was actually one of the parties, maybe that's his style!

"Apart from that, we're talking about transportation."

Mr. Truman looked up at the guy who was only a little bit younger than himself. He should have had a very smooth life if his presidential father had not been impeached.

But it's hard to say what he gained or lost.

If his father hadn't been impeached, he probably wouldn't have needed to be as hard as he is to stand out from the crowd of politicians and hopefully change people's not-so-correct perceptions through his own efforts.

But he will also lose the motivation and direction of his efforts. He has a successful re-elected presidential father. Even if he does nothing, he has a social status that is enough for him to fully enjoy his wealth!

Watching Mr. Truman focus on himself, he continued to explain to Mr. President.

"The cost of transporting materials to Nagalil now is very high. This requires not only warships to **** the whole process, but also anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft to be used throughout the process."

"In addition to a lot of small trade and transportation, they are not qualified to call warships to **** them. In fact, many people have already made demands that we can solve these problems."

"We do need to solve these problems too!"

"So I talked to them about the safety of civilian transportation. If we can negotiate this, then at least they won't attack our civilian transportation in the open, which is a lot of fun for us!"

Mr. President also heard about it.

As the transportation between the mainland and Nagalil is almost cut off, the prices of many semi-finished materials have skyrocketed, and the market sales prices of various commodities have risen sharply.

This has brought great inconvenience to the people who have already raised profits and taxes and are not wealthy.

Small-scale transportation is unsafe, and large-scale armed transportation is an extremely heavy burden for ordinary enterprises.

Now every time materials are sent to Nagalil and pulled back from there, it's a huge test.

Although it does not happen every time, but as long as there is an accident, it often means that some companies will go out of business!

Therefore, after the main work of the Federation Eagle was completed, he thought about solving this matter.

Once this article can be signed in the contract, then he will be liked by more capitalists!

You must know that there are not only small companies, small businesses, but also giants such as joint development companies doing business in Nagalil!

If he can get the support of the joint development company, he is a solid guarantee of becoming president.

Looking at the excitement that couldn't be hidden on his face, Mr. Trueman put down the report in his hand very lightly. He shook his head slightly, "There's actually no need to talk about this."

"If they use civilian freighters to transport military equipment, what do you want the Navy to do?"

One word made him stunned.

From a subjective point of view, in fact, everyone is an "all-knowing and omnipotent" existence, and any "imagination" initiated by "I", "I" must understand everything!

Just like he proposed not to attack civilian freighters, he just felt that the other party would not use civilian freighters to transport military equipment and soldiers, or he thought that the Federation would not do so.

Is this an act of innocence?

Yes, not exactly.

Who can be called the "Federal Eagle", who crushed the representatives of all member states during the World Development Council as a federal representative, would such a person make some mistakes on such an issue because of naivety or negligence?

Obviously, this is unlikely. Sometimes something may seem like a stupid thing, but it doesn't have to be stupid!

Just like the contract he is negotiating, once the negotiation is successful, the capital will give him great support and attention.

This will be of great benefit to his future presidential campaign.

Even if the Pengios continue to attack merchant ships unreasonably, it has nothing to do with him.

Because he did everything he was supposed to do, it was the Penggio people who were not trustworthy first, and the guilt cannot be blamed on him because the Penggio people were not trustworthy!

Whether it was lining or face, he got it.

The top chief of the International Affairs Department quickly came to his senses, "Do you think they can't do this?"

Mr. Truman has "matured" long ago, and he is not as direct as he used to be in the military, or when he just came out to work.

He shook his head, "I'm not afraid they can't do it, but I'm worried that the Navy can't do it."

"Because we can't be sure that any cargo ship is not carrying weapons and equipment that they use to attack us!"

"Because we can't guarantee that every passenger ship heading for Nagalil is ordinary people, not soldiers in civilian clothes!"

"Whether it's us or Gefra, as long as we have the chance, the sea blockade against them will continue!"

"It's not negotiable or negotiable, just like we can't make such a guarantee!"

"On the contrary, the anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft developed by the Navy commissioned by Blackstone Aviation has been installed, and our control over the Eastern Ocean will be enhanced."

"When the time comes, the merchant ships can take a little detour and set off from a safer sea area to Nagalil..."

The so-called anti-submarine aircraft is not very clever~www.readwn.com~ is just a replacement of some parts, and each anti-submarine aircraft is bound with a 1,200-pound anti-submarine bomb.

At the same time, it has a longer sailing mileage and can continuously cruise on the sea for a long time.

Although the technology of submarines is developing rapidly, it has not exceeded the scope of people's understanding.

With the help of some optical instruments, anti-submarine aircraft have been able to determine a wider range of "suspected targets", so as to find possible submarines faster!

Mr. Trueman gave his reasons, and at the same time he mentioned the Navy, which also made the eagle of the Federation realize that he had failed this time by pretending to be stupid.

As if he didn't feel that way at all, he smiled, "So it is, I will end the consultation with them on this content."

"Do you think we need some additions?"

"If not, we can sign all the contracts next week!"