Chapter 160 The Choice

Around 10:30 in the morning, the latest military and political orders issued by the Hua government had already fermented in major media outlets, constantly spreading across the globe.

At the same time, in Yanbei, Hua District, at a courtyard affiliated with the highest military department.

Outside the window, the night was dark, but inside the room, it was brightly lit. A group of mostly thirty and forty-year-old, vigorous young and middle-aged generals, along with some veteran generals, were sitting in the conference room, engaged in a heated discussion.

Everyone had already learned about the First District sending troops to Lao Mo, which was why this emergency meeting was urgently convened at night.

However, during the meeting, the two sides put forward two different ideas, leading to fierce debate.

A group led by the young and middle-aged generals believed that in response to the First District's troop increase, they should provide support to the Dragon City Chinese regime through international public opinion, covertly allocating materials, and appropriating funds.

However, this proposal was immediately and completely rejected by some of the veteran generals! They believed that once the First District massively increased its troops, Dragon City's current capabilities would be unable to resist, and merely relying on support and other side-channel methods would not provide effective assistance.

In short, this was just an attitude of cheering from the sidelines!

As veteran generals gradually relinquished power and withdrew from the stage of history, a new batch of generals were promoted. These people had different ideas and attitudes towards Dragon City compared to the older generation.

From their perspective, the connection between Dragon City and Hua District was a political linkage of the same ethnicity! But they couldn't be forced into a major regional confrontation just to support Dragon City!

Because Hua District, on its path to full rise, needed stability and development even more!

Inside the conference room, smoke billowed, and the sound of arguing continued. Everyone insisted on their own views, refusing to budge.

"Everyone, stop arguing for a moment. Let me say a few words." At this moment, a middle-aged man in his forties, with the rank of Lieutenant General on his shoulders, interjected, "I still insist on my opinion that we should avoid military confrontation with the First District. Because, over the past fifteen years, wars have been constantly erupting around the First District. Their regime has been trapped in a quagmire of war, unable to extricate itself. And we, on the other hand, have maintained stability for more than twenty years. Through this valuable time, we have surpassed the First District in many fields! Objectively speaking, this war does not need to be fought. If we drag our entire nation, the entire mainland, into the quagmire of war just because of Dragon City, we will also fall into this vicious cycle of slow development!"

His words drew frequent nods from many young and middle-aged generals.

The middle-aged man looked around and continued with an extremely sincere voice, "Combining all of the above, I believe that the most prudent and rational approach for us is to provide economic and material support to Dragon City. In fact, we have already supported Dragon City with 150,000 mercenaries! In this situation, we are still unable to stop the war...we have already done our best in this regard!"

"I agree!" Hearing these words, a young major general, also in his thirties, and also part of the young and middle-aged faction, followed closely, saying, "We need to think about a problem. If we also make a war response, causing the two major districts to confront each other, then how long will this war last? Five years, ten years, or fifteen years? Even longer is possible! I want to remind everyone that in this long-term war of attrition, we have an absolute disadvantage compared to the First District! Whether it's Dragon City, Bana City, or the Lao Mo region, the geographical scale is small, and they are all far away from us. Our assistance to them will be a very large drain. As a result, our own development plans will also be delayed. Therefore, whether from a rational or emotional point of view, we should make the most correct choice. After all, our mainland has a large population, and they should not have to pay the price for this war."

The veteran generals looked unhappy upon hearing these words.

Just as one of them, a thin old man, was about to speak, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open with a creak.

Everyone quickly turned their heads to look, and saw Qin Yu, Qin Ziyi, Gu Yan, Wang Henan and a group of other generals walking in.

Seeing Qin Yu come in person, everyone present, whether young or old, immediately stood up and shouted in unison, "Commander-in-Chief!"

"Don't call me that, I retired a long time ago. I'm no longer the Commander-in-Chief." Qin Yu waved his hand, then said to the crowd, "Sit down, everyone."

The crowd remained standing, respectful, with no one taking a seat.

Qin Yu didn't say anything more, and walked over.

The general in the main seat had already yielded to the side.

Qin Yu sat down there without ceremony, patted the simple cloth clothes on his body, and with wrinkles all over his face, swept his eyes over the crowd and said slowly, "Old Meng wanted to come, but I didn't let him. I came over myself, shamelessly. I heard your discussion outside. Most people's opinion is that they don't want to fight, right? Okay, let me also say what I think."

The crowd stood silently facing Qin Yu, without saying a word.

Qin Yu crossed his hands, his gaze becoming sharp, and said, word by word, "With the efforts and operations of various departments, we have used as long as ten years to ease relations with Dragon City and carry out cooperation in various fields. This is a difficult step, a step made possible by the efforts of countless people!"

Speaking here, Qin Yu swept his gaze over the crowd and added, word by word, "The truth is this, if you don't say you support Dragon City, Dragon City won't fight this war. Cooperative linkage was also first proposed by our departments. Now that the war has started, you start saying it's difficult, saying you can't fight. What kind of behavior is this? This isn't fear of war, it's betrayal!"

The veins on Qin Yu's neck bulged, and he slammed the table, his voice sonorous and powerful, "In contrast, the First District has been fighting sporadically for fifteen years, and they're not afraid of being dragged into the quagmire of war. What are you afraid of? You haven't fought a war in over twenty years. Are you afraid of death?!"

The conference room was silent. The young and middle-aged generals lowered their heads, silent.

Qin Yu tapped the table with his finger and said in a firm tone, "Just one attitude, if they increase their support, I'll start a war! Even if there's only one person left in Dragon City, you have to bring them back to me!!!"

All the generals, including those young and middle-aged generals who had previously raised objections, at this moment, no one said anything more. All of them saluted in unison and shouted loudly, "Yes!!"

...

Three hours later, the Hua District Foreign Affairs Department held a press conference and announced a notice to the outside world.

Based on the long-term cooperative relationship between the Lao Mo region and Hua District, and the fact that there are tens of millions of overseas Chinese people there who are being ravaged by the rebel invasion and suffering from the ravages of war, if the First District breaks the bottom line of the war and wipes out the armed forces protecting the Chinese people, then Hua District will unconditionally and with all its strength increase its support to the Lao Mo region until the end of the war!

Three hours after the Foreign Affairs Department's press conference ended, all six major war zones of Hua District received transfer orders, and a total of nearly 600,000 army troops were mobilized, gathering in the southern sea area!

At the same time, in the Old Triangle region, the Yandao region, and the four major fleets of Hua District were assembled, preparing to march west!

As the war situation in the Lao Mo region gradually changed, the game between the two super-districts was directly placed on the table!

That night, Qin Yu gave a speech in public: "More than thirty years ago, we had nothing, and we still landed on Xia Island. More than thirty years later, the fully risen Hua District has no problem fighting another Western war!!"