Chapter 254 Mirage
After the war, when Europeans criticized Pino and even called him a traitor, they gave Huang Hanlin a very high evaluation.
Perhaps, this is related to Huang Hanlin commanding China to win the Third World War. Perhaps, this is related to his means of dealing with the post-war world order.
In Europe, many people compare Huang Hanlin with the "iron-blooded prime minister" Bismarck, believing that Huang Hanlin is the only super strategist who can be as famous as Bismarck.
In terms of influence, what Huang Hanlin did was definitely more than Bismarck.
At that time, Huang Hanlin did not directly mention the division of forces in the Mediterranean, but mentioned a related issue: the Arab League of Nations.
Obviously, this is a very good entry point.
Although Arab countries were allies of China during the war, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other countries made great contributions and paid heavy prices, the relationship between Arab countries and China is essentially an alliance of interests.
This kind of alliance relationship is difficult to maintain after the war.
You should know that the most fundamental purpose of the Arab countries to form an alliance with China is to use China to offset the United States' hegemony in the Middle East and ultimately achieve great unity of the Arab world. Don't forget that Najaf proposed similar ideas more than ten years before the outbreak of World War III.
The war is over, what else can prevent the great unification of the Arab world?
It is obviously unreasonable for China to intervene directly, and it will follow the footsteps of the United States. What's more serious is that Israel has become history. If China turns against Arab countries, it will have no foothold in the Middle East and will not be able to use third parties to restrain Arab countries. To put it bluntly, at that time, China will have to come forward directly, and even trigger a few wars in the Middle East.
There is no doubt that no matter how confident Huang Hanlin is, he should know that the people will never let him start a war after the war is over.
The result was that Huang Hanlin thought of the European Federation and knew that a country that unified the Arab world not only poses a threat to China, but also to the European Federation.
You should know that no major country can tolerate the existence of another major country around it.
In this way, when Huang Hanlin raised the Arab question, he had a common language with Pino, and it quickly resonated with Pino.
However, Pino would not be fooled easily, nor would he willingly act as Huang Hanlin's thug.
The problem is that in terms of attitude towards the Arab world, Pino has much less room for maneuver than Huang Hanlin, because North African countries all belong to the Arab world, and the Arab countries closest to China are in the northwest of the Indian Ocean, so the great unification of the Arab world has had a much greater impact on the European Federation.
The most prominent thing is that the European Federation cannot dominate the Mediterranean.
In addition, there is another key issue, namely, Albania on the Balkans has close ties with Arab countries. If the Arab unification movement develops, Europe will be affected and the European Federation will not be able to unify the European continent.
Of course, Huang Hanlin did not mention the issue of the belonging of the Mediterranean forces so explicitly, but put forward a condition that Pino could not refuse, that is, China first launched a pan-Islamic movement through Islamic countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Iran to weaken the influence of the pan-Arab movement in Egypt and Syria. As a reciprocal condition, the European Union must win over Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in North Africa and use another way to weaken the pan-Arab movement.
It is obvious that China is the vanguard this time.
You should know that the Pan-Islamic movement is the mortal enemy of the Pan-Arab movement, and Egypt and Syria have been trying to find ways to weaken Iran's influence in the Islamic world.
In Pino's view, since China is willing to take the lead in curbing the Arab world, it is also impossible for the European Federation to make some contributions.
As long as you bite the hook, Pino has to go step by step.
At that time, Huang Hanlin hinted that if the European Federation cooperated with China, China would take any action when necessary to prevent a country that unifies the entire Arab world. China only hopes that the European Federation will provide some moral support when necessary and recognize China's dominance in the Middle East so that China can not take the lead in dealing with the Arab issue.
Now, Pinot relaxed his vigilance.
Of course, Huang Hanlin's hints also made Pino realize that China is building an encirclement against the European Federation. Its core purpose is not to suppress the Arab unification movement, but to limit the European Federation to the European continent, so that it does not have the opportunity to become a country with global influence.
You should know that the Middle East is the crossroads of the world. Whoever controls the Middle East controls the world.
China's attempt to dominate the Middle East will definitely harm the interests of the European Federation.
So, is there any way to prevent China from dominating the Middle East?
At this point, Pino took the initiative to mention the division of power in the Mediterranean, hoping that Huang Hanlin could recognize that the Mediterranean was the sphere of influence of the European Federation.
Of course, this is just hope.
Don’t forget that the Chinese fleet had already entered the Mediterranean Sea and entered the North Atlantic Ocean. Moreover, the Chinese authorities are already negotiating with Malta to rent a port. In addition, the Gibraltar Fortress, which is still in the hands of China, and the Suez Canal controlled by the Chinese team, it can be said that China is the overlord of the Mediterranean.
If China refuses to withdraw from the Mediterranean, the European Federation can only be anxious.
Huang Hanlin did not immediately agree to Pino's proposal, but instead raised a question, namely, does the European Federation have the ability to control the Mediterranean?
There is no doubt that this question has a relationship with the Arab world.
At the end, Huang Hanlin made it clear that China has no entry into the Mediterranean Sea, nor has it any intention to control the Mediterranean, because it is too far from China's mainland and also far away from China's core interest areas. As for obtaining military ports in Malta, it is even more fictitious. As for whose sphere of influence the Mediterranean is, China cannot offend more than a dozen allies for one ally, nor will it stand for the European Federation.
To put it bluntly, if you can't handle the Arab world, China will not recognize that the Mediterranean is the sphere of influence of the European Federation.
At this point, Pino had no choice but to throw out an olive branch and actively join forces with China to smash the Arab unification movement.
Since Pino took the initiative to propose it, Huang Hanlin would not be overwhelming.
At that time, Huang Hanlin only stated that China only focused on the interests of the Middle East, that is, China would not allow other countries to have enough influence in the Middle East.
In fact, this is implying that Pinoy will not unify the Arab world under one political fu.
Pino was not a fool, and immediately understood and immediately stated that as long as China did not object, the European Union would consider absorbing Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, and recognize China's interests in Egypt, Syria and the Palestinian region, and only suggested that Lebanon become a permanent neutral country, because in the Middle East, Lebanon was the only non-Arab country after the demise of Israel.
Speaking of this, Huang Hanlin had achieved his goal, but he did not express his opinion immediately.
At that time, Huang Hanlin raised two new questions, namely, a buffer zone must be set up in the Mediterranean coast to avoid direct conflict between China and the European Federation. As a result, Libya and Turkey were brought to the negotiating table and eventually became an equally divided country between China and the European Federation.
In order to bury this time bomb deeper, Huang Hanlin also mentioned that China will not support the European Union's annexation of North African countries, but only recognizes the interests of the European Union on the southern coast of the Mediterranean, because North African countries are China's ally and China will not sell out the interests of the allies.
Obviously, Huang Hanlin's meaning was not clearly expressed.
Judging from the situation at that time, Huang Hanlin must have deliberately made Pinault misunderstand.
Although Pino stepped down after the war, his successor did misunderstand the meaning of this sentence, that is, he believed that China would abide by the European Union to annex the three North African countries. To put it simply, as long as the European Union's annexation action does not exceed Russia, Türkiye and Libya will not touch China's bottom line.
By this time, Huang Hanlin had completely achieved his goal.
If we use one word to describe Huang Hanlin's way of dealing with the European Federation, it is: playing hard to get.
It is undeniable that Huang Hanlin only completed the strategic layout, and without a slap, Huang Hanlin could not control where the European Union went. After all, the European Union's regime was in the hands of Europeans, and no matter how powerful Huang Hanlin's influence was, it would be impossible for the European Union to obey his command.
It can be said that as long as the European Federation properly handles post-war affairs, everything Huang Hanlin did will be in vain.
For example, we do not rush to complete unification, but leave the right of choice to the people of each European country, so that other European countries can consciously and voluntarily incorporate into the European Federation. For example, we do not have any ambitions for the territory of Eastern Europe, and let Eastern European countries such as Ukraine and Belarus maintain a safekeeping situation. For example, we do not have any fantasies about the Mediterranean, make full use of China's strategic layout in the Middle East, have an impact on North African countries, etc.
As long as these are done, the European Federation will definitely grow and grow.
Unfortunately, neither Pino nor the politicians who became the Prime Minister of the European Federal Republic of China have been able to avoid these misunderstandings.
The most important thing is that the European Federation takes too much time to develop and grow peacefully.
Unfortunately, after the war, the European Federation did not have enough time, because the longer it delayed, the lower the European Federation's status in the international community.
It can even be said that if the European Federation cannot grow and grow as soon as possible, it will even be surpassed by the defeated United States.
Without any choice, the European Federation could only embark on the road of external expansion, which inevitably laid the root of destruction for itself.
In a sense, Huang Hanlin's cleverness is that he grasped the key points of the European Federation and allowed the European Federation to inevitably follow the path he designed. In the end, because of its rapid expansion, it quickly declined like a balloon that exceeded its limit.
Chapter completed!