.Work is very important, and life cannot be pulled down.

On April 10, Huang Zhibo came forward to make a match and decided to marry Mu Haoyang and Lu Wen. After Lu Fenglie nodded and agreed, the two decided to keep everything simple. Because they were under great pressure from work, Mu Haoyang had to submit a detailed plan for naval equipment construction before the end of June, while Lu Wen was busy dealing with technical issues, so the wedding was scheduled for November. Until the end of the month, the two went to get their marriage certificate one weekend.

Neither of them was surprised, and Lu Wen was in a hurry to move in and live together.

The reason is very simple. On the second day after they obtained their marriage certificate, a major event happened internationally: the United States issued a call at the International Disarmament Association to invite more than 20 countries, including China, to discuss reducing military spending and preventing arms races, and the Chinese authorities accepted the invitation.

As the main person in charge of naval equipment construction, Mu Haoyang will join the negotiating delegation established by the Ministry of National Defense.

On May 1st, Mu Haoyang left Beijing and flew to Washington.

This is his first time to go to the United States, but it is by no means the last time.

On the same day, Lu Wen also left Beijing and headed to the High Energy Physics Experimental Center in the Northwest to attend the cutting-edge science and technology forum organized by Qian Zhongtai.

Because it is funded by the military, the Science and Technology Forum has a strong military background.

As the main technical director of the military, Lu Wen went to participate mainly to master the direction of cutting-edge technological development and obtain useful things to the military.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the global disarmament negotiations held in Washington.

The arms race has begun, and it is obviously a bit artificial to propose disarmament negotiations at this time. It is only politically that no country can underestimate this negotiation.

The reason is simple: a fierce arms race will inevitably lead to a large-scale war.

After the end of the East China Sea War, some people predict that peace between China and Japan will last for up to twenty years, either the rapidly growing Japan will launch a war to avenge the shame or the increasingly powerful China will launch a war once and for all, and the two countries will eventually break out in full swing.

Although this prediction is a bit sensational, it is by no means groundless.

The most important thing is that the contradiction between China and Japan is not the real focus.

According to external predictions, because Japan and the United States are gradually drifting away, especially after Japan achieves military normalization, it will gradually get rid of its military dependence on the United States and the main bond to maintain the US-Japan alliance is weakening. Sooner or later, the United States will have differences with Japan on major issues and thus part ways. Therefore, when conflicts between China and Japan break out again, the United States will not help Japan as an allies, at least it will sit in the mountains and watch the tiger's fight, and may even put down the wrong side, use China to suppress Japan, and eventually bring Japan back to normal track.

In this way, the Sino-Japanese War will not become the fuse of the world war.

However, the Sino-Japanese War is definitely an important cornerstone of the world war.

The reason is also simple. In the future Sino-Japanese War, whether it is China's defeat or Japan's defeat, the other side will gain the military strength to challenge the United States. If the war affects both sides' homeland and ends in the most tragic way, the winner will also gain enough strategic resources and strategic strongholds. Even if the United States can survive alone in this war, it will face greater challenges after the war.

The arms race will not follow the end of the Sino-Japanese War, but will escalate after the war.

In the end, it will inevitably end with a world war.

Of course, this is just the most pessimistic prediction.

In the eyes of many people, a world war will never be fought because the United States has nuclear weapons that can destroy the whole world. Any major power that can challenge the United States must have considerable nuclear weapons. Under the strategic threat of mutual destruction, no major power can gain hegemony through war. Perhaps China after the rise, or Japan, which is completely independent, will challenge the United States' hegemony at some point, and even have military conflicts with the United States, but the war is still limited to local areas, and both sides will be restrained and will never break out of a world war.

The problem is that even the most optimistic predictions do not deny the harm of war.

In this way, disarmament has become the only way to cool down the arms race and prevent the outbreak of war.

When he arrived in Washington, Mu Haoyang realized that the dominant party in this disarmament negotiation was not the US federal government, but the Western financial group standing behind the scenes.

The one who made him know this was Li Mingyang, who was traveling with him.

Li Mingyang's identity is not an intelligence officer in the Second Ministry, but an intelligence officer of the Ministry of National Defense. According to the arrangements of the conference, all participating countries can send an intelligence officer to participate in the negotiations.

The negotiations were arranged in Washington, so Mu Haoyang and the others moved into the embassy.

It was already evening locally when we arrived. After dinner, Mu Haoyang returned to his bedroom and read the documents related to disarmament negotiations provided by the Ministry of Defense.

Interestingly, the focus of this disarmament negotiation is the navy.

This made Mu Haoyang a little worried because the Ministry of Defense has not announced a new military development plan, and only a few people know about the plan he submitted to Huang Zhibo. The United States has focused on the navy, indicating that it has become alert to the rapid development of the Chinese navy.

Does the General Staff or the Ministry of National Defense have an insider?

Just as Mu Haoyang was considering this issue, Li Mingyang rushed over.

"Didn't go to the dinner?"

Mu Haoyang shook his head, lifted his feet from the chair opposite, freeing up a seat for Li Mingyang. In order to entertain the negotiating delegation, the ambassador held a dinner and invited some officials from the embassies and consulates of friendly countries in the United States, as well as some well-known figures studying in the United States.

"I heard that you are going to get married?"

"Lawfully, we are already married."

"Is it a certificate?" Li Mingyang smiled and said, "Now, you are finished. You will never jump out of your life. Just wait to grow old in your marriage."

"Why aren't you getting older in your family?"

Li Mingyang smiled and shook his head, saying, "Anyway, as long as no one presses my gun on my forehead, I will never lock myself in the cage of marriage."

"Old Li, are you too pessimistic?"

"This is not pessimism, but attitude towards life."

"According to your words, my choice is also a life attitude."

"Of course, everyone has their own way of living." Li Mingyang smiled and said, "I won't talk to you anymore. Don't forget my invitation when singing wine. Even if you can't get someone, you will definitely get your heart."

"Okay, I'll leave one for you."

"First time in the United States?"

Mu Haoyang nodded and said, "I never dreamed that I had thought that I would never have the opportunity to see what the land of capitalism's sins would look like in this life."

"Come on, don't tell me these things."

"It's true, at least ten years ago."

"If you want to see the United States, I will take you out for a walk tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

"Don't take negotiations to heart, it's just a matter of going through the motions. The most critical issue cannot be solved, and it's useless to talk about it."

“What is the most critical question?”

Li Mingyang smiled and said, "What's the use of not restricting nuclear weapons and only restricting conventional weapons? And to carry out nuclear disarmament, we are definitely not the one who is most reluctant to do it. Don't worry, after the negotiations begin, the Russian delegation will raise the issue of nuclear disarmament, and we just need to watch the fun. Before we get to know this issue, it basically has nothing to do with us, and we don't have to go on stage."

"In theory, Russia probably doesn't want to talk about nuclear disarmament."

"Negotiations are not about doing business, who benefits and who advocates. Because they do not want to cut nuclear weapons, Russia must first raise this question. If the United States proposes it, Russia will either oppose it or make changes to the United States' proposal, and there is no initiative at all."

“What about our position?”

“Two extremes.”

"What's the meaning?"

“Either without control or destroying all nuclear weapons, any scheme in between makes no sense.”

Mu Haoyang frowned, feeling that Li Mingyang's words were inconvenient.

"Not to mention the far-reaching, at least all negotiations related to the full destruction of nuclear weapons are meaningless, and at most they are just political shows. Because our nuclear arsenal is far smaller than the United States, any part of the nuclear disarmament proposal is only good for the United States. To make a simple analogy, if each destroys 50% of the nuclear warheads, the rest of the United States is still enough to drive us back to the Stone Age, and what we have left is likely to not even be able to kick open the NMD gate. If our nuclear threat does not work, there is no guarantee of national security."

"So, let Russia charge forward?"

"It's almost the same. Russia is not much better than ours anyway."

"It's not that serious. At least Russia has more than a thousand nuclear warheads and has the most advanced strategic ballistic missiles in the world."

"Do you believe the data released by the Russians themselves?" Li Mingyang smiled and said, "Even if it is optimistic, there are at most four hundred remaining nuclear warheads in Russia that can explode, and the so-called advanced missiles it claims were lagging behind five years ago."

Mu Haoyang also smiled and did not argue with Li Mingyang.

No matter what, Li Mingyang is engaged in intelligence and must be more aware of the situation in Russia.

"Anyway, you don't need to worry about anything. Just play for a few days, just treat it as a public travel." Li Mingyang patted the armrest of the chair and said, "It's getting late, so you can rest early. I'll call you tomorrow morning and take you to the place that really dominates this country first."

“Where?”

"Wall Street."

Mu Haoyang was stunned for a moment, and Li Mingyang had already stood up and left.

Although Mu Haoyang never believed in conspiracy theories, many things he had come into contact with had to believe in after half a year of working in the General Staff. Conspiracy theories were by no means conjecture of some people. Under the principle of interest domination, the basic rules that maintain the operation of this world are not what people see.

Of course, to a large extent, this is just Mu Haoyang's speculation.

In philosophy, what everyone knows is not the truth, and what everyone knows is the truth. The only difference lies in the meaning of the truth...
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