After Konev pointed out the most crucial issue, all the officials present felt a heavy pressure.
These member states of the Su Xiong Alliance each had their own unique advantages. Some countries had abundant mineral resources, while others had abundant oil resources.
These countries' resources, after being mined, could provide strong support for the development of the entire alliance.
But if these countries split, it would mean that the entire Su Xiong Alliance would have many more shortcomings out of thin air.
The entire alliance's strength would also be greatly reduced.
And the countries that split would find it difficult to develop because they had lost the support of many countries in the alliance.
In this case of joining and then becoming independent, those who would benefit are actually the countries of the Western powers.
Before the independence of the Liwan nation, all the materials they relied on were originally not dependent on the Su Xiong Alliance.
After their independence, the transportation and customs clearance procedures for various materials became complicated, time-consuming, and wasteful.
Even for a long time after independence, the food on the tables of the Liwan people were scarce and precious goods.
And this is not to mention the country's electricity and other resources needed for life and business operations.
After the independence of the Liwan nation, it was the countries of the North Alliance that made a fortune.
They sold materials to the Liwan nation at a price twice as high as Su Xiong nation, and a lot of them.
They colluded with high-ranking officials in Liwan, and under this situation, they quickly squeezed the savings of the people.
After these squeezes, there would be a lot of media to proclaim that it was entirely because Su Xiong was incompetent that Liwan was in such a situation.
They even started to rewrite history books, describing Liwan as being forced to join the Su Xiong Alliance, leading to the current situation.
Besides the Liwan nation, many other countries also have various abundant resources.
Konev did not allow these countries to become independent, on the one hand, he did not want these resources to fall into the hands of the enemy for nothing.
On the other hand, these resources are very important to Konev's Red Alert system.
In the Red Alert system, resources mean that they can be exchanged for Red Alert gold coins.
Gold coins can be directly exchanged for powerful combat units.
As long as there are abundant resources, the Red Alert system can even create a military nation that can rival the whole world.
Konev knew this beforehand.
However, he also had his own considerations.
Before he launched this great cleansing, he had already found remote mountainous areas and allowed the Red Alert base vehicles to build their own Red Alert bases.
He also raised a lot of Red Alert guard dogs and let them patrol around the base to ensure the confidentiality of the base.
But because Konev's security requirements for the base were very high.
To protect the base and his hidden combat forces from being discovered.
Therefore, he could not carry out large-scale resource development in a high-profile way.
This means that the Red Alert gold coins that could be exchanged for these real resources were far less than Konev expected.
But now things are different. After Konev solidified his position as temporary president.
The first thing he did was to order the Red Alert base engineers to explore the surrounding area.
He also directly conducted large-scale excavation of several already explored mineral deposits.
One day after the great cleansing, Konev's speed of acquiring Red Alert gold coins was already twice as fast as before.
After large-scale mining, the acquisition of Red Alert gold coins will accelerate even more.
Konev's purchasing power for Red Alert military equipment will grow at a geometric rate.
In the future, it will be no dream to have a legion explode every day.
And all this is based on a sufficient supply of resources.
Therefore, the independence of any country now is a huge loss to Konev's future military development.
Moreover, some countries, besides resources, also have very important strategic positions in military affairs. If they become independent, they may become springboards for the North Alliance and Eagle Sauce to launch military attacks.
It's like having an enemy gathering point placed at your doorstep.
And this enemy gathering point cannot be actively destroyed.
Konev was well aware of these circumstances and had already made up his mind.
As long as there are other countries using any means to become independent from the Su Xiong Alliance in the future, he does not mind sending out a million troops to directly flatten them and start again.
Konev has no mercy for his enemies, even potential enemies.
If the North Alliance and Eagle Sauce want to interfere in this process, Konev does not mind letting the memory of the red terror reappear in the world.
However, now that Konev has just taken office, and the national army's combat effectiveness has declined significantly due to the previous economic situation.
If they go to war rashly now, Konev himself is not sure what kind of combat effectiveness other armies can achieve besides the Red Alert troops?
Will there be a large number of casualties?
A large number of casualties occurring when a new regime has just been born.
This will undoubtedly place a heavy burden on the people.
And this is also not conducive to the future development of the regime, and may even become a target for Western attacks on the Su Xiong Alliance.
After this great cleansing, Konev did not want to see any allied countries become independent from the Su Xiong Alliance. War is the last resort.
So Konev turned to the high officials at the meeting and said, "Listen up, no inch of the Infinite Alliance's territory can be reduced, whether it's the member states of Su Xiong, or anyone, even me!"
"There has never been a saying that you can take a benefit and leave whenever you want."
"As for the few countries that have submitted their desire for independence, I will have a meeting with them."
"I know they want to become independent and have their own reasons. I will give them some help, but if they don't listen, then Mr. Katyuşa will teach them a lesson."
After saying this, Konev turned to Kadro, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In the past year, Konev had been paying attention to him and recognized his ability to conduct foreign affairs.
"Deputy Minister Kadro, you are the new Minister of Foreign Affairs from now on. You will start exchanging opinions with those countries and convey our attitude and ideas."
Kadro was taken aback for a moment, then stood up and saluted Konev, assuring him, "Respected President Konev, I will do my best to persuade those countries for your trust in me."
"I will convey to them the unshakable attitude of the Su Xiong Alliance and make them give up independence!"
Konev nodded in satisfaction and added, "You must make them understand that listening to the West is a dead end, and if they want to become independent, they will be blown to smithereens."
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