In this steampunk world, Golden Oak, Pandorn, and Bauhinia are recognized as the three major powers in the world.
And around them, there are other densely packed countries, as well as colonies, who choose to rely on a certain big country to survive.
There are also some who deliberately maintain their independent status, and declare permanent demilitarization, and become neutral countries. As a place for games and mediation among several major powers, they can be regarded as survival in the cracks.
Alexandron is such a country.
It is located in the gap between the three major steam powers, and its territory is only a dozen or so cities. Compared with the neighbor's Big Mac, it seems small in every way.
Because of its unique geographical location and the consideration of easing borders, no big country chose to annex it, but tacitly designated it as a neutral country as a buffer for each.
Up to now, Alex Dorn has gained fame in the whole world by relying on his absolute safety and the reputation that he will not be threatened by war.
Alex Dorn, White Pigeon City.
On this day, all the streets were cleaned urgently, a large number of patrols took to the streets to maintain order, and many parade teams gathered in front of several embassies holding banners such as 'Peace, not war'.
——After the unremitting efforts of Golden Oak and Bauhinia, the key is Chevrolet’s compromise, and finally reluctantly agreed to start a round of negotiations to strive for a peaceful settlement of the disputes of the Pandorn Empire. Before that, neither side will be the first to use nuclear weapons .
As a result, almost the people of the whole world are celebrating with each other, rejoicing that they have briefly stepped out of the haze of nuclear war and destruction.
A huge armored airship was moored at the airship yard. Chevrolet was wearing military uniform and white gloves. Looking at the bustling streets, he squinted his eyes: "Mr. Ambassador, the citizens of your country are very enthusiastic!"
The ambassador of Alex Dorn replied in a deep voice: "This is a spontaneous move by our citizens. Your Excellency, you should see the prayer for peace!"
"I have no intention of provoking a world war and the destruction of mankind, as long as the Pandorn Empire is willing to admit the reality!"
Chevrolet's words made the ambassador frown.
If the nobles of Pandorn really know how to compromise, there is no need for them to come to mediate.
"Regarding this aspect, I believe that the representatives of Bauhinia and Golden Oak will negotiate with both of you."
Fortunately, Alex Dorn was just an errand this time, and the real hosts were still these two.
"Well, I'm looking forward to it!"
Surrounded by many guards, Chevrolet got into the car and slowly drove towards the State Guesthouse. His car had obviously been specially modified, and he couldn't hear any noise from the boiler, and there was no vibration on the road.
However, after passing a few blocks, another convoy slowly drove over, causing the ambassador's expression to change instantly: "It's the convoy of the Pandorn Empire, damn it, the route arranged by that bastard?"
Although he intends to mediate, before going to the negotiating table, he doesn't want this pair of enemies to bump into each other, otherwise he doesn't know what kind of trouble will arise.
"The plenipotentiary representative of the Pandorn Empire this time is Crown Prince Gaudi, right?"
Chevrolet looked at the oncoming convoy, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
The last time the plan to promote peace through war failed, he immediately searched for the reason. It was not until recently that the spies lurking in Pandorn sent back detailed information to him, letting him know that the reason for his failure was entirely because of this prince. He has been trying his best to fight and persuaded the noble senate and the emperor, otherwise, his plan would have succeeded long ago.
Even, along with the intelligence, there are some ambiguous news, especially one of the guesses, which Chevrolet attaches great importance to.
"Reincarnation...?"
He rolled down the window, his face sinking like water.
The opposite convoy also seemed relatively restrained, and did not make any provocative moves, and the two sides just passed by slowly.
Just when they were staggered, the window of the car in the middle was also rolled down, revealing the handsome face of Crown Prince Gaudí.
The two gazes suddenly met, sparks seemed to spark in midair.
Time seemed to have passed in an instant, and it seemed to have passed for a long time. It was not until the convoy drove away slowly that Mr. Ambassador breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately..."
He almost thought that the two sides would fight directly, and then he would be the ambassador to the end. Fortunately, the worst situation did not happen.
On the contrary, Chevrolet's face was even more gloomy at this time, as if it could drip water.
The moment they looked at each other, he felt that familiar temperament from the other party, and he was even more sure that the other party was a reincarnation!
Now, he finally knows how his plan failed.
"I'm afraid this negotiation will be even more difficult!"
Chevrolet sighed suddenly.
Since they are all reincarnators, their mutual understanding, bottom line, and key terms will definitely not give an inch.
…
the other side.
In the convoy of the Pandorn Empire, the driver in front suddenly turned around: "Your Highness, reveal your identity now..."
"That's nothing?"
Prince Gaudi leaned on the sponge cushion: "Anyway, I will always see you during the negotiation. There is no difference sooner or later... Since the last time, I don't hope to hide my identity. Anyway, if I can maintain it until now, it is already a huge victory!"
"Then, are we really going to compromise this time?"
The driver's voice seemed worried.
"Of course not, now is the best chance to eliminate those rebels!"
Prince Gaudi's face sank like water: "Their foundation is not stable. Our territory is larger than him, and our army is larger than him. The most important thing is that the number of Thor's swords in stock must definitely exceed that of the opponent... It is precisely because of this that we cannot Give them time to develop!"
He deeply understands the inconceivableness of the space of reincarnation.
As long as Chevrolet is relieved, and after going through a few mission worlds, his team will definitely be able to gain a lot of contribution points, and then exchange for some black technology, maybe it will be at a disadvantage on his side.
"Then why did His Royal Highness agree to peace talks with them? Is it because of the relationship between the Golden Oak Kingdom and the Bauhinia Federation?"
"a part of it."
In front of his confidants, Prince Gaudí's talk was not bad: "Those two countries are frightened by our madness. They may also have stocks, but they definitely don't dare to throw Thor's sword at each other destructively like us, so , they prepared a cage for me - non-proliferation treaty, non-proliferation technology, and commitment to no first use of nuclear weapons..hehehe...”
Having said that, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Although these two countries are quite afraid of death, their force is not fake. In order to prevent us from not agreeing, they completely sided with the Alliance Army, so we can still accept some of these terms. The war of Thor's Sword can be stopped , but ordinary wars must not stop!"
Prince Gaudi said bitterly: "We can't give any of these rebels a chance to recuperate. Even if we can't use Thor's sword, we have to take advantage of the huge victory we got in the previous attack, and use the sea, land and air forces to flatten them!"
For the Golden Oak Kingdom and the Bauhinia Federation, Prince Gaudi has indeed grasped their bottom line.
The entire world cannot be buried with the ecological circle. This is the unanimous opinion of the two countries. If Pandorn ignores this and threatens their basic survival, Gaudí has no doubt that these two countries that lack moral integrity will turn around directly. Sponsor the Liberty Alliance at a cost and flatten the empire as quickly as possible.
But apart from nuclear weapons, their attitude towards the Freedom Alliance may not be as good as that of the Pandorn Empire.
Therefore, nuclear war must stop, but ordinary war must continue.
Maybe, this is the scene that Golden Oak and Bauhinia want to see the most.
After all, as the war continued, the empire's strategic reserves continued to decline, and it had to purchase a large amount of various materials from the Golden Oak and Bauhinia Federation.
The result of this is the outflow of various precious metals, and even a pile of foreign debts.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the industry and commerce of the Golden Oak Kingdom and the Bauhinia Federation ushered in a rare golden period of development, and the market share that originally belonged to Pandorne was frantically squeezed in the various colonies.
After this war, even though Pandorn can still maintain its independence, it is almost certain that it will fall from the status of a world-class power.
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"Alex Dorn, White Pigeon City!"
Just as the talks started, a train slowly stopped on the platform at the railway station.
A strange man wearing a black windbreaker, hat, sunglasses, and a mask, wishing to cover his entire face, also slowly got down from the platform and stared in the direction of the venue, his eyes under the sunglasses were shining with a strange light.
The steam train emitted white smoke, made a loud noise, and rumbled away from the platform again.
The strange man walked out of the train station, and immediately saw the huge new slogan written on the opposite wall - 'Long Live Peace'! The paint on it hasn't fully dried yet.
"Peace? Hehe..."
The strange man stared blankly at these letters, and suddenly laughed lowly, his voice full of hoarseness and unwillingness:
"Where is real peace in this world?"
He suddenly thought of himself.
Although he gave almost everything for the Federation, he got nothing in the end, and sent him away with a meager pension.
However, the culprit who caused him to fall into such a situation was treated as a distinguished guest by various dignitaries because of his mastery of powerful power. The differential treatment caused the hatred in his heart to blaze.
real peace? fair? I'm afraid this kind of thing will only appear in fantasy, right
"Lucius, you're here, great!"
At this time, a person suddenly walked over from the side, and the voice rang directly from the bottom of his heart.
"Reincarnation?"
Lucius took a deep breath: "Tell me... What are you trying so hard to find me for?"
"It's just that there are some small things that need to rely on your professional ability..."
The voice said, "And in return, I'll give you what you want!"