Dominate South Asia

"Your Majesty, it is a pleasure to meet you." In the palace of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the dusty Osama met the current King Fahd.

Just a few months ago, the old King Khalid went to another world. His younger brother Fahd took over the position of king and governs the richest country in the Middle East.

Although as a wealthy businessman in Riyadh, the Ben-**** family maintains a close relationship with the royal family, they are not members of the royal family after all. If they want to see the king, they need to go through complicated notifications and wait, and I heard that Osama is coming to see him. The king, Fahd, immediately summoned him, which was also a rare encounter and an honor.

Of course, Osama knew that King Fahd met him because he had won the respect of the king because of his heroic fighting on the battlefield in Afghanistan.

Sure enough, when he saw Osama, King Fahd came down from the throne, walked towards Osama, and said: "Osama, you are our Saudi hero! How are you in Afghanistan?"

Saudi Arabia is now a wealthy country. In such a country, few people would choose to join the army. Even if they join the army, they are so lazy that they even leave their weapons to others to maintain them. Few people are bloody, and like There are simply too few people like Osama who can take up arms and fight on the front line in Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia needs such heroes.

Regardless of how Osama fell out with the Saudi royal family in later history, at least for now, their relationship is very good.

"Thank God, we are fighting very well in Afghanistan now. We hit the Soviet transport convoy hard. When the Soviet troops and air power arrived, we had already escaped into the mountains and ran away." Sama said: "So, the Soviets changed their tactics. They tried to cut off our logistics supply lines, repeatedly entered the border of Pakistan, and bombed our material storage points, which caused us a lot of passivity."

The Soviet Union began to have constant friction with Pakistan. King Fahd was also aware of these situations. He nodded: "It is true. The Soviets' air power is too powerful."

"So, Pakistan wants to purchase a batch of advanced fighters from the United States to equip their air force to fight against the Soviets. However, Pakistan's economic situation has not been very good in recent years. It previously purchased 40 F- 16, has exceeded their affordability. Now, they can’t come up with funds to buy new fighters,” Osama said: “I came back from Afghanistan this time just to help them raise funds.”

Mhamad also thought twice about how to communicate with the Saudi royal family. Osama has a special status and is best suited to communicate with the Saudi royal family. Now, the Saudi country is proud of Osama. Look at those guys in the Saudi royal family. , no one dares to fight on the front line, but Osama, who also grew up in a wealthy land, dares.

After hearing Osama's words, King Fahd nodded: "Indeed, if Pakistan wants to fight against the Soviet invaders, it will not be possible for Pakistan to rely only on those old J-6s. They must have advanced American fighter jets. This way , I will call on the royal family to make a donation to our Pakistani brothers, which should be able to raise tens of millions of dollars. Also, I will call on the head of Riyadh Bank to provide Pakistan with an interest-free loan."

"Thank you, His Majesty the King!" Hearing this, Osama was overjoyed. He thought he would have to spend more time to convince His Majesty the King to agree. Who knows, His Majesty the King agreed so easily. The Saudi royal family donated tens of millions, and he made another appeal. If the wealthy businessmen in Riyadh make donations, they might be able to raise US$100 million. With this fund, Sir Mhammad should be able to tide over this difficulty, right?

Those Soviet planes are flying overhead all day long. When Pakistan is equipped with advanced fighter planes, our life will be much easier.

"Also, I will contact other countries. Now our Pakistani brothers are encountering difficulties, which are all caused by helping Afghanistan and fighting the Soviets. Now, it is time for us to extend a strong helping hand." King Hurd continued.

After coming out of the palace, Osama was always in a state of excitement. This mission was completed very smoothly. He would discuss it with other people in the family. They should be able to get it together as well, as well as others. Rich businessman…

"Chief, there is urgent news." Just after Osama got in the car, Abboud, who had followed him back from the service battalion, said, "He's coming from Afghanistan."

Osama took the letter. It was encoded in a special code. Only those who knew the rules could understand it. In Afghanistan, they often used this method to convey messages.

After reading this letter, Osama's face suddenly tightened.

"Chief, did something happen?" Abboud said.

"It's not a big deal." Osama said: "After finishing the things here, we have to go to Iran on the way."

Going to Iran? Abboud was shocked.

Now, in addition to the war in Afghanistan, Iran is still fighting fiercely with Iraq on another battlefield. For various reasons, Arab countries are helping Iraq. In other words, they are now hostile to Iran. Going to such a country must be a top-secret mission.

Instantly, Abd thought of the resistance forces in southern Afghanistan, on the border between Afghanistan and Iran, which were also assisted by Iran. Now, the Afghan Free Army has launched a massive battle in the north, but in the south, many guerrillas are related to Iran. Is it time to start seeking relations with the south?

This will obviously not be considered well-intentioned, and they will be seen as the Afghan Free Army trying to recruit them. Therefore, the Iranians will react strongly, and it is really not a good time.

Even so, Abd will never be afraid. Since joining the service camp, Abd has been devoted to Osama and loyal to him, and Osama is following the Panjshir Lion, His Excellency Muhammad. Everything they do is fighting for justice.

The United States, the White House.

This is the highest authority in the United States, and every decision here will affect the world pattern.

Now, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, Vice President George Bush, Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Poindexter, Secretary of State George Shultz, White House Chief of Staff James Addison Baker, and CIA Director William Casey are all sitting in front of a large round table. They are having a meeting.

Reagan, who was smoking half of a cigar, said, "Pakistan has again asked us to buy F-14 fighters. Now, should we agree to their request?"

"No, President, the F-14 fighter is the main air defense fighter of our navy. We can't just export it to Pakistan. Their F-16 has now flown to Islamabad. Pakistan has a small land area, and the F-16 is enough to guard their sky." Weinberger rejected Reagan's words at once. No!

"Now, our economy is still declining. As far as I know, Grumman is really going to collapse. If they don't deal with the 80 F-14 fighters in stock as soon as possible, they may declare bankruptcy." James said calmly.

When Reagan successfully defeated his opponent and took the position of US President, he faced a mess. The US economy faced double-digit inflation, 20% bank interest rate, and nearly 8 million people were unemployed. The average hourly wage of workers was 5% lower than before 1976, while the average personal tax rate levied by the federal government was as high as 67%. The national debt was nearly 1 trillion yuan. Carter managed the country badly.

Reagan advocated tax cuts, reducing the size of the government, and reducing regulations on business. In order to end inflation, he adopted a tight money supply, which caused the US economy to begin a sharp recession in July 1981 and hit the bottom in November 1982, which is now. In later history, the US economy began a dramatic economic recovery in 1983 after the recession of 1981-1982.

At least now, the US economy is very bad, almost on the edge of the worst, and a large company like Grumman, once closed down, will increase the number of unemployed people by thousands.

"Grumman has been going bankrupt for ten years, but now, isn't it still doing well?" Weinberg said: "They are trying to use bankruptcy to put pressure on us, to make us relax and agree to their exports. The Pahlavi government has already paid for the 80 fighters, and now they sell these fighters, which is pure profit. The president of Grumman is an insatiable businessman, full of the smell of money."

Hearing Weinberg's words, CIA Director William sneered. Now Weinberg is trying so hard to prevent Grumman from exporting fighters, but in fact he just wants to buy those F-14 fighters at a bargain price. As for the life and death of Grumman, he doesn't care at all.

Seeing William's sneer, Reagan asked, "Did the CIA find anything?"

"Recently, the Soviet army has shown signs of gathering toward the border." William said, "Although we analyzed that the Soviet Union would not march toward Pakistan before pacifying Afghanistan, it now seems that the Soviet Union has plans in this regard. Reaching out to the Indian Ocean is their fundamental goal. They can only achieve their goals through Pakistan."

The Soviet Union is going to attack Pakistan! Hearing this, Reagan's heart tightened immediately. No matter what, the Soviet Union is the biggest enemy of the United States!

William threw over some satellite pictures, showing that the Soviet army was gathering toward the border.