After talking to the Israeli Prime Minister, the US President immediately called Li Pingko and formally proposed that China and the United States jointly make the two sides negotiate a ceasefire. The US President did not let Li Pingko make a decision, but gave a deadline, that is, before 12 noon on the 12th Beijing time, if China still refuses to take action, the US will be forced to intervene unilaterally to prevent the Arab army from invading Israel.

Obviously, this is definitely not a trivial matter.

After putting down the phone, Li Pingko held an emergency meeting in the head of state.

Li Mingyang provided the exact information. The six US aircraft carrier battle groups arriving in the Eastern Mediterranean were ready. The US fighter troops deployed in Europe were also in combat readiness. The local strategic bombers were about to take off. The First Armored Division stationed in Germany was concentrating in the port. In addition, the 101st Air Assault Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 3rd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division received combat readiness orders. If the United States is determined to intervene, it will first dispatch air forces to seize air supremacy, use the cruise missiles carried by the fleet to strike the Egyptian-Syrian ground forces, and then conduct a full-scale air strike. The first US ground force can reach Israel within three days. [bsp;    U.S. military strength, Egypt and Syria have no power to resist.

Obviously, China's situation is not very favorable in military intervention operations.

Although according to Li Mingyang, as long as the US military attacks Egypt and Syria, even if the scope of the attack is limited to Israel and the Golan Heights, it will also cause an anti-American trend in the Arab world and even the entire Islamic world. Most Arab countries and Islamic countries will sympathize and support Egypt and Syria. Therefore, China can take this opportunity to march into the Middle East and send troops to assist Egypt and Syria in fighting, Li Mingyang also mentioned that the support of Arab countries alone is not enough to fight the decisive battle with the United States in the Middle East. Moreover, no matter what the war ends, China's direct intervention will arouse the vigilance of Arab countries and have a negative impact on future Middle East policies.

Mu Haoyang also expressed the same view on the issue of military feasibility.

The Chinese Navy has only four aircraft carriers operating in the Red Sea and has no ability to enter the Mediterranean for the time being, so it cannot pose a direct threat to the US fleet. On the contrary, in the Indian Ocean, the United States can use Digo Garcia as its base to restrict the Chinese fleet and even threaten China's strategic routes. If both sides use the air force, at least in the first few days, China's disadvantage is very obvious, because the Arab countries cannot immediately make their position. The air base closest to the Middle East War Zone is in Pakistan, and the distance to the war zone exceeds the maximum range of fighter jets. If you fight ground war, in order to open up sea channels and protect the logistics supply line, you must definitely capture it, at least destroy Digo Garcia, and also attack the US military base in northwestern Australia, so the war will immediately lose control.

In this regard, Mu Haoyang gave a very clear answer: If China and the United States intervene at the same time, it will trigger a world war.

The problem is that if the United States is determined to intervene and China is indifferent, the consequences will be even more serious.

Although as Li Mingyang said, the Arab and Islamic worlds will surely have an anti-American trend, and the United States's hard-working foundation in the Middle East for decades has been destroyed, the United States has the ability to preserve its core interests, namely Israel. More importantly, it will lead to a crucial issue, namely China's nuclear accusations against Israel. If this problem is not resolved, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Taking into account the gains and losses in other aspects, the United States should not be allowed to unilaterally send troops to intervene.

The choice before Li Pingko was very simple: either fight a world war with the United States at this time, or end the war in time.

Obviously, the former is not feasible.

Regardless of whether China has the ability to win World War III, no one knows whether the other party has nuclear weapons in their hands and whether the other party has the ability to create enough nuclear weapons during the war, so no one has the determination to fight a world war.

Now, there is only one option left.

After the meeting, Li Pingko immediately spoke to Najaf and Assad. After informing the United States of America, he expressed China's position and hoped that the two leaders would stop as soon as possible, accept the ceasefire jointly proposed by China and the United States, and temporarily stop military operations.

In order to convince the two presidents, Li Pingko adopted a method of using both soft and hard skills.

There is no need to doubt Li Pingko's diplomatic skills. During his tenure as executive vice premier, he was mainly responsible for diplomacy. During the first term of the prime minister, his energy was mainly focused on diplomacy. It was not until Du Xiaolei became Foreign Minister that Li Pingko no longer frequently interfered in diplomacy.

At that time, Li Pingko proposed very clearly that if the United States sends troops to intervene, China will never hide behind the scenes.

However, Li Pingko did not forget to remind the two presidents that China's action speed is definitely not as fast as the United States, and China will try to avoid direct conflicts with the United States. Therefore, the effect of China's military intervention is far less than that of the United States, and it cannot prevent the United States from launching a strategic strike against Egypt and Syria. If the war loses control, the biggest victims will definitely be Egypt and Syria. With the United States' military strength, before Egypt and Syria defeat Israel, the local area will be devastating. Therefore, the elimination of Israel will not bring substantial benefits to Egypt and Syria. In a relatively favorable situation, the ceasefire can not only win the support of Arab countries and Islamic countries, but also gain recognition and sympathy from more countries. It can also show that Egypt and Syria are forced to fight back on their own defense after being invaded by Israel, and do not provoke wars on their own initiative. Using these favorable conditions, Egypt and Syria can take the initiative in the ceasefire negotiations.

It must be admitted that Li Pingko's words make sense.

Najaf was the first to express his opinion: As long as China comes forward to mediate, Egypt will accept the ceasefire request made by China, and temporarily stop military operations after Israel also announced a ceasefire.

Assad was a little resistant because the Syrian army had not completely recaptured the Golan Heights, but in the end he still accepted the proposal of Li Pingko, because without Egypt, Syria could not win at all.

At 11 o'clock on the night of Cairo time, the Egyptian Foreign Minister took the lead in issuing a statement: When Israel accepts a ceasefire, Egypt will temporarily stop military operations from 6 o'clock on October 12, and send representatives to Beijing to conduct ceasefire negotiations with Israel with the assistance of China.

Two hours later, the Syrian Foreign Minister also issued a similar statement.

Now, the problem has been handed over to the United States.

Egypt and Syria took the lead in making a statement, but both put forward a prerequisite, that is, Israel must accept a ceasefire, otherwise Egypt and Syria will not ceasefire.

The question is, is Israel willing to cease fire in this situation?

Less than two hours after the Syrian Foreign Minister issued the statement, the US Secretary of State met with the Chinese ambassador to the United States and proposed that Egypt and Syrian troops retreat 30 kilometers before Israel would announce a ceasefire.

Regarding this request, the Chinese ambassador's answer is very simple: this is an issue between Egypt and Syria, and it has nothing to do with China, and the ceasefire negotiations have not yet begun. Even if China has influence, it cannot convince Egypt and Syria. As for whether to withdraw troops, it must be decided by the ceasefire negotiations.

Obviously, Israel is reluctant to accept such ceasefire conditions.

To put it simply, if the ceasefire is at this time, Israel's situation will be very unfavorable. Only by withdrawing troops from Egypt and Syria can Israel have sufficient security guarantees and have the opportunity to regain the lost land during the ceasefire negotiations, so as not to have no bargaining chips.

Just as the Chinese ambassador met with the US Secretary of State, the battle on the front line began again.

Egypt and Syrian troops carried out large-scale artillery bombardments on the Israeli army for several hours in the name of a ceasefire, as if they were to fire all the shells before the ceasefire. The Israeli army launched a fierce counterattack, but they did not gain much advantage in the artillery battle. After all, the Israeli artillery was not strong enough.

The battle ahead was fierce, but the Israeli authorities remained silent.

In these few hours, the Israeli Prime Minister faced the most difficult choice after the founding of the country.

According to the information disclosed later, the Israeli Prime Minister and the US President talked on the hotline for several hours, mainly Israel's security guarantees. According to the Israeli Prime Minister, at this time, Egypt's military occupation in the Eilat region, and Syria's military occupation in the Golan Heights will become fait accompli, and Israel will also lose the most important strategic barrier. The US president's reply was very direct. As long as Israel accepts the ceasefire, the US's security commitment will be determined in the form of a treaty.

An hour before the ceasefire announced between Egypt and Syria, Israeli authorities announced a temporary ceasefire.

Because Egypt and Syria have proposed to only hold ceasefire negotiations in Beijing, on the afternoon of the 12th Beijing time, negotiators from Israel and the United States arrived in Beijing one after another.

At this time, Qi Kaiwei also boarded a special plane back to Beijing.

Before leaving Damascus, Assad personally awarded him the medal of "Syrian Friendship Messenger" and gave him the title of "Syrian Honorary Citizen" and the rank of "Syrian Army Honorary General". He also accompanied him to review the guard of honor of the three armies, giving him almost all praise and glory.

Subsequently, Qi Kaiwei also received the rank of "Egyptian Army Honorary General" sent by Najaf.

It can be said that Qi Kaiwei reversed the war situation and rewritten the history of the Middle East. Later, Egypt and Syria named a trumpet armored brigade "Qi Kaiwei Brigade" respectively, and also established a "Qi Kaiwei War Memorial" in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights respectively. Interestingly, a few years later, many Egyptian and Syrian soldiers who participated in the war named their son "Kewei".

Of course, in the country, Qi Kaiwei's name quickly became a household name.

However, at that time, because the Chinese authorities had never admitted to sending senior generals to assist Egypt in fighting against Syria, the people did not know much about the actual situation.

Mu Haoyang did not participate in the negotiations, that was the business of politicians and diplomats.

He rushed to the airport in person to welcome his comrades who returned from triumphantly.
Chapter completed!