President Wilson said with no doubt and continued to squint his eyes: "We don't know this, but Bernard Baruch, the 'Chairman of the Military Industry Commission, submitted a secret report not long ago, which mentioned that the senior officials and nobles who have controlled the real power of the Chinese Empire in the past twenty years, including the Queen you mentioned just now, have very suspicious resumes."

"Although I do not agree with the conclusion of this report, that these people "traveled" from the future world more than a hundred years later through some scientific means that we cannot understand, in order to change history and in turn impose the humiliation that China has suffered in their time and space on the European and American powers."

Lansing blinked, looking incredible: "It sounds like the story from "One Thousand and One Nights."

Wilson closed his eyes and recalled: "No, it's more like a novel written by Mark Twain, what's the name... By the way, "Connectic Americans in Arthur's Court" tells the story of a Connecticut blacksmith who inexplicably came to the legendary King Arthur era. With the modern science and technology he mastered, he quickly transformed a medieval society full of knights and castles into the modern industrial society where he came from. He also jumped from a death row prisoner to the prime minister of King Arthur, and even became the 'our big boss' who was famous above the king."

After hearing this, Lansing took a long breath: "I hope that Mr. Baruch's report is just a novelist's fiction - but this is not the wind coming from the empty hole."

"Since the Chinese Empire joined the war, the weapons and equipment used by its army have been far more advanced than any army in the Western world. Whether it is an Allies or an Allies in Central Europe, they have to be imitated and referred to."

"But when it comes to how the Western world catches up, the Chinese always lead one or two steps, not much or less. It seems that they are deliberately trying to preserve more advanced things so as not to be replicated by other countries in a leapfrog manner. It is also possible that simply because the industrial and political system of this new empire is not complete enough, so that the ruling elites of the empire can only gradually put the advanced technologies and ideas they know into practice."

Wilson pointed out the sun's acupoints: "These two reasons should be complementary: things that are too advanced cannot be popularized immediately, and they will not have a decisive effect even if they are barely used. Once they are imitated by the Western world with a more complete system, they will lose their existing advantages. So they have to keep them. The question is, who gave them these things? Is it really what Baruke said, they brought them from the future world?"

"If that were true, the Chinese Empire would be the enemy we will always defeat."[

Lansing shrugged, speaking with a joking voice.

Wilson frowned, obviously not thinking it was a joke.

"If the ruling group of the Chinese Empire really came from the future, we shouldn't have been enemies of us so early, and we don't even need to participate in this war."

The president's eyes became deeper.

"They just need to gradually improve their political and economic system so that they can popularize the most advanced technologies and concepts in the future. In another generation or two, their Eastern Empire will inevitably lead the West in all aspects and will naturally become the center of the world. Any force that dares to challenge this position will be destroyed by love - fortunately, it seems that they don't want to wait that long."

Lansing couldn't help but remind: "Mr. President, all this is just a test that has not been confirmed yet."

Wilson tilted his head slightly: "I know, but don't you think this test is very inspiring? Didn't you just say that the militarist group that brought the Chinese Empire into the war may not include that noble Her Majesty?"

Lansing's eyes lit up: "You mean, there are actually major differences within the ruling class of China about this war? There may even be a fierce confrontation?"

Wilson nodded and stuffed Lansing's words to remind him back: "This is just a test that has not been proven, but it is not a method without a proven one."

Hearing this, a few traces of light appeared on Lansing's mouth: "You mean the 'Four-point Peace Principle', right? Regarding this, as far as my private temptation of this trip to Europe, no leader of the Allied has expressed even a slight favor, especially the British, except for that Churchill. Most of them think we are daydreaming."

Wilson was confident: "The current situation is already very clear. Without the full participation of the United States, the Allies would never be able to defeat it. If the American dream cannot be realized, then other members of the Allies would not be able to achieve any goal in this war - the key is how the Germans and Chinese view this dream."

Lansing spread his hands and showed a little bit: "It's not the time yet. The Germans and Chinese are still immersed in their respective dreams. Before they wake up, they will not have any interest in our dreams."

After a moment of saliva, Lansing emphasized, "To wake up the Germans, relying solely on the attrition war on the Western Front, victory may be long-term. I believe that the US government should use all possible means in the near future to allow the Balkans battle planned by Churchill to be implemented as soon as possible. If it goes well, the Allies will have the opportunity to subdue all Germany's allies in Europe in one fell swoop, so that they can threaten Germany's mainland from Vienna and Prague. At the same time, with the cooperation of the Russian army, they will break into Poland and East Prussia, and cut off the German troops on the eastern front that penetrated into Russian territory and encircle and annihilate them."

"Considering the traffic conditions on the Balkan battlefield, it is possible that the Allied coalition forces completely subdued the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Romania before the German reinforcements arrived, and it is almost impossible for the German army to repel the coalition forces, thus temporarily forming a relatively stable trench front."

"Even so, in order to defend this new front, Germany, Austria and other countries will not be allowed to transfer a considerable number of troops from the Russian battlefield, so that the Russians on the verge of collapse have the opportunity to take a breath and continue to fight, at least continue to block the two major forces of China and Germany, and gain valuable time for the training and deployment of the US Expeditionary Force until the Allies' advantage on the European continent is large enough to overwhelm or awaken the Germans."[

"At the same time, we must try to restrain the Chinese and induce them to invest more troops and resources in secondary directions such as Africa and Australia, so that they cannot do their best to break the blockade against Germany until Germany exhausts resources and will in the tight blockade circle."

"At that time, not only will the Germans readily accept the principle of justice proposed by His Excellency the President, but the Chinese who are about to face the siege of most of the world will also have to start from reality and make rational choices based on your principles."

"My only worry is that by then, our current allies are more likely to become obstacles to peace."

When Wilson heard this, he nodded vigorously: "The fierce impact of the Germans and Chinese on the old imperial order broke the colonial dungeon cages that imprisoned several populations and resources. Not to mention that they were essentially just to become the new owners of the colonies, in fact, they cleared many obstacles for the new liberal order that the United States wanted to establish."

"If they abandon the old-fashioned complex of imperial colonial expansion and instead join this new order built on international coordination and free trade, they will not only lose much, but will have the opportunity to enter a broad new market and achieve the fundamental war goals."

"But in this way, the old colonial empires will lose their many privileges in the colonies and even have to allow some colonies or vassal states to be independent. But things usually have two sides: while losing the huge profits of the colonies, the huge military expenditure used to maintain overseas empires will be greatly reduced. The local industrial investment, which was originally squeezed out by colonial investment, will also be able to flow back under the pressure of market competition. The British and French industries, which were already overtaken by German industries before the war, will have the opportunity to revive - provided that their leaders are willing to seize this opportunity, rather than entangled in the glory of the empire in the past..."

"Ring" The short phone call on the table interrupted Wilson's speech. The president picked up the phone unhappily and heard the soft voice of Miss Jenny, the secretary on duty, in his ears: "Mr. President, Mr. Stimson and Mr. Daniel are waiting outside the door..." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote. Monthly tickets and your support are my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m to read.)

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