Babylonian Empire

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"Continue to monitor the surrounding airspace," Abdul said.

... Saddam Port, named after the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, has played an increasingly important role in Iraq's foreign trade.

Now, in the military port in the east of the port, it has become lively again. The officers and soldiers of the Republican Guard have martial law here, and there are special agents guarding everywhere. On a pier of the military port, a group of people are waiting there.

The last time the submarine returned to China, Qusay made it very grand, and it was the same this time, because he knew that the ultimate strength of Iraq was reflected from the sea.

In the distance, the two warships with blue smoke were slowly approaching. They were the first warships in the history of the Iraqi Navy with a displacement of more than a thousand tons!

"Those warships are the latest Hedden-class frigates that the Iraqi Navy has ordered from Italy." On the side of a road outside Saddam Port, British Energy Minister Webb and the British Chargé d'Affaires in Iraq are looking at the sea in the distance and slowly driving coming warship.

"The Iraqis think that buying a few warships is a powerful navy? Qusay's idea is too simple." Putting down the binoculars, Weber said.

"That's right. The Iraqis didn't have any regular navy before. At most, they were a coast guard. They wanted to develop a navy, but they were far from it. The navy is different from the army." The charge d'affaires also echoed.

"Our UK, after a hundred years of development, has become the ultimate empire that never falls. The Iraqis have never had a history of sailing at sea, and they don't even have a fisherman. Now, we want to have it within a few years. It is absolutely impossible to have a strong sea power." Weber said: "If you want to have a strong navy, your own shipbuilding industry is also very important. Iraq does not have any technical reserves. It is simply delusional to build a warship."

"Yes, you are quite right."

"Let's go back. We have to think about how to negotiate with Qusay tomorrow. We can't damage our prestige in the UK, and we have to get Qusay to agree to our conditions." Weber said, when he said this, he actually didn't How much confidence, because the UK has no cards.

Qusay is very happy about the return of these two warships. The Iraqi Navy finally has large warships. In the next few years, there will be more and more warships... From the map, the Iraqi Navy only Light warships are needed, and cruises in the Persian Gulf are sufficient. However, this does not satisfy Iraq's large naval strategy.

Iraq has a long oil export line. Once it comes to wartime, those oil tankers will become the targets of attack. Iraq must have a blue water navy!

The scope of activities of the Iraqi Navy is definitely not limited to the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, or even the oceans, it is his scope of activities!In several conflicts, the Americans relied on their maritime superiority and used force to exert pressure from the direction of the Arabian Sea. Although Iraq did not bow its head, it was because neither side was willing to have a head-on conflict. It is the US Navy's aircraft carrier air strikes, and Iraq can't handle it.

The Iraqi Navy not only needs missile boats and submarines, but also needs frigates, destroyers, and even one or two aircraft carriers to be able to defend Iraq's national interests!

………Afghanistan.

It has been the sixth year that the Soviet army has set foot on the land of Afghanistan. In the past few years, the Soviet army has grown in strength, but it still has not effectively controlled the situation here. On the contrary, the situation has become more and more chaotic.

The guerrilla attacks one after another made the Soviet army exhausted.

Colonel Volamir bent his left leg and stood on a rock. He picked up the military kettle he was carrying with his hand and took a sip of the heart-cooling water. His eyes were bloodshot.

Just now, they just defeated a guerrilla group. The guerrilla group tried to use the favorable terrain to pose a threat to their convoy. However, under the combined attack of the air helicopters, the guerrilla group quickly retreated.

This is already the third attack on their transportation of materials. They are a continuous transportation unit stationed in Kabul. Many of the materials from the Soviet Union are transported by land. However, Afghanistan is full of mountains, so , Every step they take, they have to be vigilant.

In the attack just now, although they drove away the guerrillas, they also caused three casualties, two of whom were seriously injured. Therefore, a Mi-24 helicopter had to end its mission of protecting them and carry the two The personnel returned to Kabul, so they now have only one Mi-24 for protection.

The terrain in front is still relatively complicated. After passing the mountain in front, they can relax a bit.

"Keep moving forward." Colonel Vlamir walked towards the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle he was riding in. Since the threats they encountered were getting bigger and bigger, they had switched to an infantry fighting vehicle with stronger protection for protection. Those trucks in the middle are gone.

Suddenly, there was an explosion in the distant sky. Vlamir raised his head and saw the armed helicopter that was providing air support for his own side. After being hit at the tail, it lost the function of the tail propeller. The fuselage began to rotate involuntarily, and then fell down.

That is the Stinger anti-aircraft missile used by the Afghan guerrillas!This kind of missile seriously threatened the safety of Soviet helicopters.

"Quick, rush up and kill them!" Vlamir's eyes flashed, and he ran onto his infantry fighting vehicle. The infantry fighting vehicle started urgently, its tracks ravaged the rocks on the ground, and ran towards the mountain. , the 73mm smoothbore gun on the turret is ready to fire.

They need to take infantry fighting vehicles, quickly meet the enemy, and then attack those guerrillas, kill those guerrillas, and avenge the helicopter that fell on their side!They had to move fast, otherwise the partisans would run away.

"Boom!" A grenade in the 73mm smoothbore gun had already been fired, and the place where the Stinger missile was fired just now was accurately hit.

"Check your weapons and get ready to fight." After Vlamir finished speaking, he checked his weapons.

Although as Vlamir, he no longer needs to engage in this level of battle, but Vlamir likes to fight, and only the flames of war can make him full of passion.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and a huge shock wave came from under his feet.

Oops, it's an anti-tank mine!It's a trap!Then Vlamir lost his intuition.

Chapter 756 Do you think that you are still the empire on which the sun never sets?

The rare early spring sunshine shone brightly into Qusay's office. In this large room, Qusay met with the visiting British Energy Secretary Webb and the British charge d'affaires.

Although Weber was a little unhappy to receive the meeting because it was delayed for a few days, Weber still made a diplomatic smile.

"Mr. Weber is very welcome to come to Iraq. Because of the busy business, I didn't take the opportunity to meet the two of you until now. Did you have a good time in Baghdad these days?" Qusay asked.

Play?I am the leader of an important department in the UK. I am busy with official duties every day. I have been here for a few days just to come to Iraq to see the scenery?Weber cursed in his heart, but he said: "Yes, Iraq is a good place, but the scenery by the sea is not as good as the beaches in Lebanon."

The beaches of Lebanon are full of beauties wearing three-point swimsuits, which is a place rich in beauties. If this sentence is said in Saudi Arabia, it is definitely a kind of disrespect. For Saudi Arabia, which has strict laws, show more Skins are illegal, but Iraq is relatively more open. For example, in Iraq, women are allowed to work as normal as men.The most open country in the Middle East is probably Lebanon.

"Our tourism industry in Iraq has not yet been developed, and the only things we can see on the beach are cargo ships and oil tankers coming and going," Qusay said.

"Your country is a big oil-exporting country, so most of the ships sailing at sea are oil tankers. However, your recent offshore crude oil transportation is a bit too frequent, right?" Weber said: "Your oil exports have increased. Almost doubled, does such a large-scale oil export have some impact on the world crude oil export market?"

"Shock?" Qusay was taken aback: "How is this possible? We did this in response to the call of the United States. Now, the price in the world oil market is too high. This high oil price has had a great impact on the world economy." , Therefore, we did this only to restore the world oil price to a reasonable level. The United States is very satisfied with our increase in production and price. Now, we are cooperating with the United States in various aspects. The United States also agreed to export E -3 pre-warning machine for us."

Qusay was not pro-American at all, but this action surprised and satisfied the Reagan government too much. Therefore, subconsciously, they felt that Qusay was still a child to be taught. Therefore, both the US government and the Iraqi government, Once again ushered in a short honeymoon period.

The previous unpleasantness was all caused by Israel, because Iraq wanted to be the leader in the Middle East, so it had to maintain a posture of struggle against the alien Israel. Qusay still attached great importance to the relationship with the United States Yes, many people in the top ranks of the United States have formed this kind of thinking.

Since Qusay stepped onto the stage of history, he has maintained a good relationship with the United States, except for those few incidents, which made many people temporarily relax their vigilance against Iraq.

Among countries, the most important thing is their interests. Iraq is willing to sacrifice its own interests, and the increase in oil production has brought oil prices down to a level they welcome. From this point of view, it proves that Iraq still listens to the United States. Many people think so.

Now, Qusay is keeping his mouth shut and never leaves the United States. This is purely to silence the British and see what they say!

"President Qusay." Looking at the person in front of him, Weber knew that he was not easy to deal with, so he could only continue: "Right now, oil prices are a bit too low. At the same time, you have reduced your own oil revenue, which is very detrimental to your country’s economy. We have made an estimate that your country’s revenue has not increased in the past few months of increasing production, but has reduced billions of dollars in revenue. Exporting oil, but earning less income, does it seem to be of no benefit to your country?"

"In order to contribute to the world economy, this is what we should do, and we are willing to bear these losses." Qusay said.

Speaking so righteously, Webb finally decided that he should go straight to the point: "President Qusay, however, the world's oil prices are so low that our UK has suffered a lot. Such low oil prices have hurt our British oil industry. Very big, your country is harming the interests of all oil exporting countries by doing so. Therefore, I express my serious protest to you and hope that the Iraqi side can eliminate the share of increased production and return to the original production!"

Anyway, after talking for a long time, it was finally necessary to get around to this issue. Soxìng Weber said directly that what Iraq did was harming others and benefiting itself. In particular, it caused great losses to the British oil industry.

Now, the international oil price has dropped to [-] US dollars per barrel. British oil companies are now almost useless. No matter how much crude oil they produce, there is no profit. Therefore, the dumping of oil from OPEC countries has seriously disrupted the market order. Let the British oil industry face severe practical problems.

How can Qusay be so stupid to say that this is for the development of the world economy?He must have other purposes!

This purpose is to attack the British oil industry!Now that Mrs Thatcher has made the determination that Iraq is taking revenge for the British detaining one of their spies, Qusay is simply a hooligan!For such a spy, he actually united all OPEC countries, and did not hesitate to use a large-scale increase in oil production and price reduction to make Britain bow its head!

"Really?" Qusay pretended to be very surprised: "You mean, while we are contributing to the world economy, we are harming the interests of your country?"

"Yes, there is a lot of damage for all producers," Weber said.Hearing Qusay's tone, Weber thought that President Qusay was about to compromise, and was a little surprised.

"I didn't expect that your country has made such a big sacrifice for the development of the world economy. Switzerland had already expected to award me this year's Nobel Prize in Economics. It seems that I have to shirk it and give it to your country, to your country. Hello." Qusay said.

The Nobel Prize in Economics is not one of the five award areas mentioned in the Nobel will, but was added by the Bank of Sweden in 1968 to commemorate Nobel. Award. The award is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences once a year, following the principle of "contributing to the best interests of mankind".

Because of the increase in production and price reduction in Arab countries, the world has enjoyed low oil prices and the economy has also improved greatly. Therefore, as Iraq, which has made outstanding contributions, and because Iraq has signed a large number of contract projects with Sweden, Sweden Going to present this award to Qusay.

Now, Qusai Dayi has decided to hand over this award to the UK, which has also made outstanding contributions to the development of the world economy.