Great Power Technology.

Chapter 336 No choice but to fight

After a quick lunch, the two changed their original tour plan and went to the largest market in Belgrade to conduct price surveys. After spending half a day, they finally confirmed the information they got from the waiter.

Food prices in Srbija are really going up.

And this kind of price increase actually started only three days ago, but in just three days, the price of major grains on the market has tripled.

This is very frightening. The rate of increase is so fast that even the local media and official organizations have not reacted. Judging from the local news, most people think that this is because the torrential rains in the past few days have caused food to not even be transported into the urban area. of.

However, as a bystander, La Zirou made a judgment on this situation almost purely by intuition, and this judgment was proved to be extremely accurate in the subsequent communication with relevant agencies.

In a meeting room in the Chinese embassy in Srbija, a meeting of all Chinese officials in Srbija is in progress, and there is only one theme of this meeting, that is, how to deal with the next possibility Happened because of riots caused by rising food prices.

In the conference room, a man was standing in front of the screen, introducing the situation to everyone.

".The situation is basically clear to everyone. According to the results we just confirmed with the Serbian government, the recent increase in food prices in Belgrade is indeed related to the operations of certain food suppliers."

"These suppliers have purchased a large amount of grain on the market in recent days, and did not actually put it into food production. Instead, they sold the grain to the brewer, who immediately launched a large-scale brewing operation. In a very short period of time in the future, the food hoarded now will be consumed.”

"This kind of operation has almost no profit for them. They are not even hoarding for profit, but simply want to raise food prices and cause food shortages."

"Their motives are too obvious to be obvious, but there's nothing we can do about it -- we can't directly interfere with Serbia's tactics."

"As far as we know, the Serbian government will introduce a series of measures to deal with the rise in food prices, but we can only be skeptical about the effect of these strategies."

"So, what we have to do next is to prepare and prepare for the first wave of shock."

"After the first wave of shocks is over, my country's technical assistance to Serbia, especially in terms of price regulation, can basically play a role."

After listening to his words, everyone in the meeting room nodded together, and then someone asked:
"So what exactly do we need to do? Should we be on standby first, or actively cooperate with the Serbian side?"

The man paused for a moment and replied:

"This is also the topic we are going to discuss today. I would like to ask everyone, which plan do you prefer?"

"Steady standby is the safest option. If we choose this direction, then we will organize relevant personnel to shrink and defend in the future, avoid going out, and resume normal life and work after this wave of shock has passed."

"If we take the initiative to cooperate, then from now on, we will assign tasks to the departments you belong to, and each department will be responsible for the corresponding professional work, so as to help the Serbian side cope with this impact to the greatest extent."

"Objectively speaking, this is an international responsibility we should assume, but, apart from us, I am afraid that no other country will make this choice-they will stand by and watch the fire from the other side."

"This route is more dangerous and more difficult, because once we intervene in the conflict, it is likely that the well-known bad guy will turn on us, and once this transformation occurs."

The man didn't continue, but everyone understood what he meant.

More than 20 years ago, Yugoslavia was also facing serious difficulties at that time, and Huaxia chose to stand firmly on their side, and everyone knew the final result.

Although from an objective reality point of view, Huaxia's overall strength is no longer comparable, but the opponent Huaxia faces is still the same, and this opponent also continues their crazy and shameless style of doing things.

This is not China's territory, who can guarantee that they will not repeat what happened back then?

What's more, they don't even need to make too obvious actions, as long as they instruct their allies to create some accidents in a covert way, then in this country whose military power is completely unable to compete with the surrounding powers, the safety of everyone's life will be at stake. will be seriously threatened.

It's not an easy choice, because no one takes their life as a joke.

The people in the conference room fell into a brief silence, and after a while, someone said:

"I tend to be fully involved and cooperative."

It was La Zirou who spoke. She stood up and walked to the screen, took the microphone from the man, and continued:

"First of all, we have to clarify a question, that is, whether the Serbian side needs our help and whether we can provide them with help. If they don't need our assistance, the things we are discussing now have no foothold at all. .”

"However, I believe everyone knows the answer to this question."

"Srbija, although this country was once powerful, after repeated divisions, wars, and disasters, their national strength and governance level have already begun to decline sharply. In this incident, the official control over the grain market The sluggish response is proof of that."

"They are far behind other countries at the same level in terms of organizational capabilities, public opinion propaganda capabilities, economic regulation capabilities, and industrial production capabilities. When faced with a crisis, I even suspect that they will not be able to organize effective responses. "

"And we, although the number of institutions is not large and the scale of personnel is not large, but we happen to have the capabilities they need."

"The professional experience we have accumulated in related fields over the past few decades can fully make up for their current deficiencies."

"So, my answer to the question of 'whether it is necessary or not' is clear."

After saying this, La Zirou looked around and made sure that everyone agreed with her point of view before continuing to speak:
"Now that the basic question is solved, we can move on to the next question, which is the 'should' question."

"I have two arguments for this question."

"First, in terms of our cooperative relationship with Serbia, I think we should help them."

"I won't go into details about the reasons, but I can give you a few examples."

"In 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus strongly condemned violent acts, opposed separatism, and supported the efforts made by Chinese officials to maintain stability. This utterance was the first international solidarity my country received after the incident, and it took even longer It was earlier than Xiongda's solidarity with us."

"In 2014, the Serbian government once again publicly supported our country at an extremely sensitive stage of the international situation. After that, Srbija was immediately subject to the most severe sanctions and siege in history from Baiyue."

"In 2019, Serbia announced its full cooperation with our One Belt One Road policy, and at the same time rejected the accession conditions proposed by the EU, becoming the only isolated island in the region that has neither joined the EU nor joined the Pact."

"Srbija has always been on the front line against Baiyue. They have never forgotten their hatred with Ugly and Baiyue. This kind of choice at the national level is extremely rare at the moment."

"It can be said that even based on this alone, we should regard them as our closest allies and lend a helping hand when they need it."

Pausing for a moment, after taking a sip of water, La Zirou continued:

"What I said above is a judgment based on history. What I will say next is a judgment based on reality."

"Although the food crisis in Srbija this time appears to be the West's encirclement and suppression of Srbija, in fact, if we continue to explore this issue in depth, we can find that the other party's attempt is definitely not as simple as Srbija."

"A small country, even if they finally compromise and submit to the Western system, how much benefit will it bring to the West? Why should they go to war for it?"

"This is a major doubt, and there is a simple logic to explain it."

"That is, Srbija is nothing more than a springboard."

"Their ultimate goal is to threaten us through Srbija."

"So, whether we choose to intervene or not, in fact, from the moment they started doing something with Srbija, their eyes were on us."

"We have no choice, and we cannot be weak. The battle has already begun, and we can only fight it."

(End of this chapter)