Chapter 694: A Thought Can Make the World Wide! (Second Update!)

As soon as this question came up, everyone present knew the point was coming.

Vietnam has been at war since its early days.

Keep fighting.

The price of a long war is that the country is unable to pay for military expenditures, and the army that cannot obtain financial support has no choice but to make money on its own.

At first, it was pretty good.

After all, Vietnam has a lot of troops, and there are more people injured in the war. These people all need pensions. The army makes its own money, and it also saves Vietnam a lot of money.

But slowly, the army got out of control.

Although the military and the government are still in a state of mutual agreement on the surface, in fact, some monopoly industries in Vietnam have long been controlled by the military.

After obtaining money, the military personnel are seeking further development. However, Vietnam is only so big. If they want to seek development, they can only look to neighboring countries.

Xiang Bei is a big brother and cannot be offended.

To the east, there is a sea. Across the sea, there are the island countries in the Philippines. That large area belongs to America's private land. The Americans are there, and those island countries do not allow Vietnam to get involved.

To the south is the Strait of Malacca.

That is an artery related to the global economy. If Vietnam dares to take action there, if it dares to make a move on the front foot, it will be hit on the head on the back foot.

Therefore, Vietnam can only develop westward.

Vietnam has always had the idea of ​​annexing Cambodia and Laos, and this idea has become more and more intense after the military developed.

However, their strong ideas seem a bit slow in the face of changes in the international situation. Before they can take action, one international treaty after another, as well as the game between one superpower and multiple powers, prevent them from putting their ideas out in the open. It can only be kept secretly and moved quietly.

And Li Ruo's words are equivalent to telling these people in the military to put down those little tricks in Laos and Cambodia.

If you don't let it go.

It might be bad luck!

In silence, other people's eyes fell on Hu Wenyao. He was the commander of the First Military Region. His words carried great weight.

Being stared at by a group of people, he still sat there calmly, but the bulging facial muscles clearly told everyone that he was gritting his teeth.

And he gritted his teeth with great resentment.

After another long silence, Hu Wenyao suddenly asked a question:

"What if...I mean what if we don't retreat?"

Facing his question, Li Ruo shook his head slightly, picked up the remote control next to him, and adjusted the picture played on the big screen.

The screen jumps to a scene of a group of people gathered around a dining table, signing an agreement with a pen.

Two or three minutes later, the scene changed again and turned into a scene of Danta holding a document in his hands and standing in front of the camera to read it out.

The sound is sonorous and powerful, and it also has subtitles in three languages: Burmese, Mandarin, and English.

It didn't take long for the document to be read out. In just two or three minutes, the picture finished playing and turned into a picture of a drone preparing to take off.

Li Ruo pressed pause here, and then he looked at Hu Wenyao seriously and asked word by word:

"My dear General Hu Wenyao, I would like to ask you here, in the eyes of people in Cambodia and Laos, what do the little tricks we do to these two countries and the people we cultivate in these two countries count?"

"If you can answer my question correctly, then I think the purpose of convening today's meeting will be achieved."

As soon as these words were spoken, Hu Wenyao immediately became mute, and his facial muscles became more prominent, which meant that he was now biting harder.

He didn't want to answer the question.

But it was obvious that the newly appointed Minister of Defense in front of him did not intend to let him go.

After waiting for a few minutes, without waiting for his answer, Li Ruo turned to look at the others, his eyes blinking as if he was sending a question, but also seemed to be just scanning calmly.

Others did not dare to meet his eyes, so they could only turn their heads away at the moment when their eyes were about to meet, and then turn their heads back after a while.

Finally, Hu Wenyao, who had been clenching his teeth next to him, spoke at this moment:

"Rebels!"

This somewhat convoluted word blurted out from his mouth, which directly frightened the others. They never thought that this proud commander would actually say this about himself.

But after hearing the word rebel from his mouth, the hearts of others also started to rise.

Otherwise, the commander of the Kachin region of Myanmar just read out a manuscript inviting Rheinland Defense International to help him clean up the rebels.

If Laos and Cambodia next door see this video, their minds will suddenly heat up, and they will invite RWE Defense International to clean up Vietnam’s hands stretched out to them.

That would be great fun.

With that intensity of firepower, if the people they sent out faced off against the Rhine Defense people, they didn't need to consider the winning rate. They only needed to consider which place had better feng shui and just bury the people.

At this time, Hu Wenyao raised his head, looked at Li Ruo without blinking, and asked in a low voice: "Are you worried that the people in Cambodia and Laos will think it through and cooperate with the people from Rhine Defense?"

Opposite him, Li Ruo opened her mouth and was about to answer when someone knocked on the door of the conference room. Then a secretary opened the door, ran to Li Ruo and spoke in a low voice.

After saying that, Li Ruo's well-maintained face turned black in an instant. He gritted his teeth and looked at the others, and said with a frustrated face:

"No need to guess. Just now, Laos has just issued a statement, which is a soldier training standard issued by their Ministry of National Defense, allowing international private defense companies to participate."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present immediately turned eight degrees darker. Even Hu Wenyao, who was very angry just now, the anger in his heart instantly dissipated and turned pale in an instant.

What they were most worried about happened.

…………

Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

This city is located in the middle reaches of the Mekong River, covering an area of ​​more than 3,900 square kilometers. It is neither too big nor too small. After all, the area of ​​Laos is not that big.

In 1563, the king of Lancang Kingdom moved the capital to Vientiane.

After the Lancang Kingdom split, it became the capital of the Wanxiang Kingdom.

In 1827, Siam destroyed the Kingdom of Wanxiang, and Wanxiang was razed to the ground.

In 1899, French colonists renovated Vientiane and established it as the official capital of the Lao Protectorate. After Laos became independent, Vientiane naturally became the capital of Laos.

The word Vientiane, in the Laotian language, means city wall and sandalwood, and now it means the moon.

Due to the dual influence of climate and geography, Laos' industry is almost zero, and its main source of income is various minerals and rice from God.

As the saying goes, a broken family is worth a thousand dollars. Although you live an ordinary life, you have a place to stay after all, unlike some places where wars are fought every day and people in the entire country don't know where to go.

But even with such a broken family, there are still bastards who are thinking about it.

As for this bastard, it’s Vietnam.

In the government building in the center of Vientiane, Defense Minister Fu Jiao put away the manuscript in his hand and was about to leave. A reporter in the corner raised his hand again and asked softly:

"Mr. Minister, I would like to ask, is the release of this kind of cooperative training standard a reciprocal invitation?"

"Because no matter what, Laos is a country after all. If a country extends an invitation to an international defense company, no matter how you look at it... the relationship between the two parties is not equal."

"Under the premise of inequality, the cooperation between the two parties will definitely be affected."

"If cooperation is affected, it may cause problems in the final project. Therefore, I think Mr. Minister may need to give it full consideration."

The person asking the question was a female reporter with a soft and pleasant voice.

But those soft words sounded a bit aggressive, which made people very uncomfortable.

When Fujiao, who was packing up her speech notes and preparing to leave, heard this, she simply stopped what she was doing, fixed her gaze on the female reporter who was asking the question, and asked in a cold voice:

"I also want to invite the world's major countries to come to Laos to help us build our army and help us clean up those bastards."

"But will they come?"

"They are willing to come, but their willingness has conditions. We cannot bear the consequences of those conditions, so we can only do the next best thing and look for suitable military contractors internationally to help us train."

"This journalist friend is right. The levels of the two parties are not equal, and there may be some troubles during cooperation."

"But these troubles are very cost-effective under the premise that Rheinland Defense only needs money and no other strings attached."

"If this reporter friend can help us contact a country that only takes money, and takes a small part of the money, without any strings attached, to help us build our army and train, we will support it with both hands."

"If we can't get in touch, forget it!"

After finishing her counterattack, Fu Jiao packed up her speech, turned around and walked out of the press room without looking back, disappearing into the corridor.

After walking in the corridor for a long time, Fu Jiao appeared in front of an elevator. The elevator had an identification system and required a card to enter.

He took out his ID card, swiped it lightly, and the elevator door opened. He stepped into the elevator, swiped his ID card again, and the elevator door closed and started going up.

More than 10 seconds later, the elevator arrived at the target floor, the door opened, Fujiao straightened her clothes, walked out with steady steps, and walked into an office at the end of the corridor.

Opening the door, the person who was busy at the desk heard the noise, raised his head, saw Fu Jiao, and quickly smiled and shouted:

"It turns out to be our rich girl. Sit here and I'll get you a glass of water."

Hearing this weird title, Fu Jiao jumped up and down, walked straight to the sofa next to her and sat down.

After a while, the person who just made a joke came to Fujiao with a glass of water in both hands. He put down the water, but before he could speak, the person sitting on the sofa teased:

"Kanli, sister Kan, our relationship has faded after all. I can't even drink a cup of tea here. You are the minister of foreign affairs after all, so you just give me plain water?"

"Can you please put some tea leaves for me? I remember that you went to China last time and got a lot of good tea leaves, so where is your tea leaves?"

"No! By the way, why don't we contact Huaxia directly?" Kanli spread her hands and returned to her seat. Erlang raised her feet and looked at the people sitting on the sofa with disgust.

Most Laotian names are based on the father's and mother's names combined to form a new name.

People of the older generation basically have one-letter names, so...

Fu Jiao, his father is famous and his mother is Jiao, so he is called Fu Jiao.

Kanli, his father's name is Kan and his mother's name is Li, so he is called Kanli.

On special occasions, their names will be preceded by their job titles and separate honorifics.

But both of them have been friends for many years, so there is no need to make such a mess.

On the sofa opposite, Fujiao had already drank half a cup of hot water. After listening to his old friend's words, he shook his head slightly:

"Thanks to the fact that you are still the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I can only say that you are not very smart."

"There are many people in our country who are supported by Vietnam. If he doesn't always make trouble openly or covertly, if we contact China directly."

"The Chinese side will definitely be based on international treaties and will not give us much help."

"Cooperation between countries needs to pay attention to face, but if we issue a professional training cooperation bid and find a professional private military contractor to help us train soldiers."

"Then things will be different."

"Some things that you couldn't do originally can be done quietly at this time."

"Even if others find out, there's nothing they can do. While mercenaries are paid to do things, we as employers pay to avoid disasters. That's only natural."

"No one can criticize me too much!"

"Understand?"

Kanli was noncommittal about the explanation of her old friend. He was the minister of foreign affairs and he only needed to do a good job in external affairs.

As for the military aspect, that is the domain of professionals and has nothing to do with him.

Stretching, he continued to lower his head to approve documents.

After the purge in Myanmar, the situation on the Indochina Peninsula will be more stable. He must take this opportunity to visit Thailand and Cambodia to talk about some development work.

If it works, everyone is happy.

If it doesn't work, then change the conditions and continue talking.

Just as he was fretting over the documents, Fu Jiao, who was sitting next to him on the sofa, quietly spoke at this moment and whispered:

"When you go out this time, go to Cambodia first, talk to Cambodia, and then go to Thailand. As for Myanmar and Malaysia, it doesn't matter whether you go or not."

The unimportant words blurted out here made Kanli roll his eyes. He glanced back at his old friend and asked in disgust:

“Why not go to Thailand first and then go to Cambodia?”

"I feel like Cambodia is very important in your eyes?"

Faced with his inquiry, Fujiao responded very decisively:

"For no other reason than because people in Cambodia are more humane, but in Thailand, the yin energy is too strong and you can't even be a human being, so I suggest you go to Cambodia first."

"And Cambodia, like us, is a neighbor of Vietnam, and we all have a little grudge against this neighbor."

"At this critical moment, if we want to find a friend, Cambodia is definitely the most suitable."

"No one!"

The third update is at noon