Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1187

“Tank race? It didn’t say it.” Zheng Yucheng looked puzzled.

“Is there no notice above or you didn’t treat it as the same thing? Uncle Zheng, I said, we will continue to do business in foreign trade equipment in the future, but we have to shift our focus to China.” Xie Kai felt a little powerless, “It wasn’t before. Say that the Argentines are coming? So far I haven’t seen a shadow, and Ibrahim hasn’t come.”

“I miss Ibrahim a bit.” Zheng Yucheng didn’t want to answer Xie Kai’s words.

Wang Guilin was happily on the side.

Xie Kai looked at Zheng Yucheng with a look of contempt, “Do you want Ibrahim’s money? Don’t think, Iraqis are poor at the moment.”

The Iran-Iraq War has been fought for eight years and almost all of the oil production in the two countries has been destroyed.

In Iraq in particular, the oil ports at the narrow estuary were blown up, and the oil fields were blown up by the Persians. They couldn’t bear to gamble.

Eight years of exhaustion have left Iraq in debt. At this time, the silly Damu is probably worrying about money. Maybe he is already preparing to do something against Kuwait for the sake of ruining his debts.

With too many debts, Kuwait is still selling oil every year after such a long war, and even madly expanding oil production because of the reduced oil production in Iraq and Persia. It is a strange thing to be foolish.

“Isn’t it?” Zheng Yucheng doesn’t believe that Iraq has no money. “Don’t you mean that they can dig out oil wells by digging a few shovels?”

“Yes, although the oil production decreased during the war, now the war is over. As long as the reconstruction work is done seriously, their oil production will rise and they will soon develop. Moreover, during the war, Iraq’s domestic economic construction has not stalled , Their women have built the city very well…” Wang Guilin felt that Xie Kai’s view was wrong.

Iraq has abundant resources.

This kind of resource is still the most important energy source in the whole world. You don’t have to worry about selling it at all, and you can even get a lot of money without inputting costs by using the mining method of cooperative sharing.

“Although the resources are abundant, the development of Iraq is not without problems.” Xie Kai shook his head.

Silly Damu attacked Kuwait, although he was said to have been fooled by the Americans, in fact it has a very direct relationship with his own ambitions.

“What’s the problem?” Wang Guilin asked Xie Kai.

One of the secret palaces of the silly damu on the outskirts of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.

At this moment, the silly Damu frowned and looked at the arrogant Soviet representative in front of him. Ibrahim was sitting in his seat, closing his eyes and resting.

“Your Excellency, the MiG-29 is the most advanced front-line fighter in the world. Our two countries have a long and deep friendship… We all support and welcome your proposal to purchase the most advanced fighter… Because of the MiG- The high cost brought by the advanced performance of the 29…We hope that your country will negotiate the purchase of the MiG-29 after the previous arms payment has been settled…”

The Soviets had a clear attitude and demanded that Iraq repay the huge debts it had previously had.

Moscow is even more angry that Silly Damu is getting closer and closer to Western countries, especially the continuous ordering of weapons and equipment from countries such as France and Italy.

Silly Damu still owes the Soviet Union tens of billions of dollars in equipment payments.

Not only did they not keep their distance from Western countries, but they got closer and closer.

Once Iraq is embraced by Western countries, the Soviet Union’s influence in the Middle East will be wiped out.

“There is no other way?” Silly Damu asked.

The Soviets shook their heads.

There is no room for negotiation at all.

“Your Majesty, we can seek to purchase French Phantom fighters…” Ibrahim knew the president’s thoughts.

The Air Force suffered heavy losses in the eight-year war and needs to be supplemented. The armored force has a supplementary number of cheap tanks from China, and there are also three generations of Chinese low-cost, high-quality, advanced performance tanks to enhance combat effectiveness, but the Air Force cannot be supplemented.

As a result, Iraq’s influence in the Arab world in the Middle East will be greatly reduced.

“The French fighter is not as advanced as the MiG-29!” The president shook his head. “Calling relevant personnel to a meeting, we must solve the current poor financial situation!”

The president is very serious, not like a joke at all.

The problems facing Iraq are serious, and they are serious enough to affect their status as the world’s third military power.

Egypt has purchased a large number of advanced fighters and even introduced a production line. There is news that Saudi Arabia is also negotiating with the Americans to introduce advanced F-16s. It’s not that President Oki is indifferent to the F-16. He cannot accept the conditions of the Americans.

The Americans demanded that Iraq sever ties with the Soviet Union. At the same time, they had to accept a military advisory group sent by the United States. The F-16 fighter jets were recruited by the United States to help Iraqis operate…

How can the president accept such a request?

The war was over. Although Iraq’s weapons and equipment and the size of its army were unprecedented, it lacked advanced equipment.

At the same time, huge military expenditures make the country’s financial situation very bad. Because of this, Ibrahim, the head of weapons procurement, not only did not get the credit at this time, but was also accused of causing too much burden on the country.

Everything he did was done in accordance with the president’s requirements.

If you can’t blame the President, you will naturally blame him.

Who made him bear the responsibility of buying arms?

“Your Excellency, the reconstruction work after the war requires a lot of funds. We must expand oil production. Only more oil revenue can meet our financial needs…” An official looked at the calm face of Silly Damu, and tentatively suggested.” Only by resuming oil production as soon as possible can the economy develop rapidly. It can not only be used to repay debts, but also solve the current funding gap in government infrastructure…”

When he said this, he also looked at the Minister of Petroleum.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

The Minister of Petroleum is in charge of all petroleum-related industries.

However, the Ministry of Petroleum believes that the development of oil fields, the construction of oil ports, the restoration of the capacity of oil refineries, and so on, but the Ministry of Petroleum believes that this is infrastructure construction that should be undertaken by the government.

“Your Excellency, it’s not that we didn’t work hard. At present, OPEC does not agree to give us more oil quotas. At the same time, it is unwilling to reduce oil production and increase oil prices…” The Minister of Petroleum looked embarrassed.

It’s not that they don’t work hard.

The Iran-Iraq War has been fought for eight years. Iraq’s oil exports have dropped by a large part, oil prices have been rising steadily, and the high profits have nothing to do with the war that started the war.

Iraq suffered heavy losses, but other oil-producing countries made great war money there.

The war ended, and international oil prices began to fall.

For Iraq, which owes huge amounts of equipment payments, this is not a good thing. They need higher oil prices to repay their debts quickly.

As the price of oil drops, only more oil can be produced to increase income.

But internationally, it is not that a country can produce as much as it wants. If everyone does not have a unified opinion, every oil-producing country is desperately producing oil, so that the supply of oil in the international market exceeds demand, and it can only continue to reduce prices.

No one wants to see such a thing.

The Iraqi Ministry of Petroleum proposed to OPEC to allocate more oil mining quotas to Iraq to increase the country’s fiscal revenue. This will not only meet the funding needs of Iraq’s post-war reconstruction, but also repay the loans lent to Iraq by various countries and at the same time repay the equipment funds.

“OPEC refused?” Silly Damu frowned.

“Yes, OPEC does not agree to increase our oil quota. There is still a problem. Even if OPEC agrees to increase our oil quota, it is very difficult for us to export crude oil due to restrictions on access to the sea… Kuwait’s oil production continues to grow. …” The Minister of Petroleum told the President all the problems they are currently facing.

Not to prove his abilities, just because these things cannot be solved by a minister of petroleum.

Silly Damu’s brows tightened, “We helped them resist the Persians’ revolution and life output, and even kept fighting the evil Persians to maintain oil prices…”

The president was angry.

The rest of the Arab world is too much.

“Your Excellency, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait disagree with us for debt relief…” The words of the Foreign Minister made the president even more angry.

Regarding these things, Ibrahim just listened and did not speak.

He was worried that after he spoke, these bastards would turn their attention to him.

Just considering the current economic situation of the country, whether the Chinese will sell weapons and equipment to them.

crude?

The price has been lowered, and the Chinese themselves are relying on exporting crude oil to obtain foreign exchange. Surely they will no longer agree to a large-scale oil-for-equipment plan; loans?

Thinking of Xie Kai’s vampire face, Ibrahim felt that there was no possibility at all.

The Chinese sell equipment and simply do not agree to arrears.

“Ibrahim, can I continue to exchange equipment with China for oil?” I don’t know how long it took before the others finally left, and Damu turned to Ibrahim.

Ibrahim quickly recovered and shook his head and said, “Your Majesty, the Chinese are more realistic than those in the West. Last time the oil was exchanged for their equipment, the Chinese made more than twice the profit…”

“Now you can also trade with them at this price!”

There are too many things about oil.

The Iraqi Air Force needs advanced fighter jets.

“Your Majesty, the Chinese themselves are exporting crude oil…” Ibrahim reminded the president.

It should have been long ago to leave for China.

But because of the lack of money, the Hongqi Machinery Plant, which China has been cooperating with, does not accept the arrears. Similarly, Chinese banks do not have such a large amount of funds to lend to Iraq.

oil?

China is selling oil itself.

“Is there no solution?” The president was annoyed.

He is the president of the third military power in the world.

“Your Majesty, you can personally talk to the Emir of Kuwait and the King of Saudi Arabia…” The representative sent by the Americans is happy to help President Silly Omu share the burden. “It can increase oil production… But your country’s access to the sea is too small…”

Americans are worried that Iraq’s oil outlets are too small.

“Iraq helped Saudi Arabia and Kuwait resist the Persian export revolution, and allowed the war to continue. The oil revenues of the two countries have increased a lot. They should bear some war costs, reduce some debts, and increase Iraq’s oil export quota…” American Tell silly big wood very seriously.

Silly Damu looked excited when he heard this, “Mr. Colonel, is this the attitude of your government?”

The person called the colonel shook his head, “Even if our government has such an attitude, it will not express it clearly.”

The words of the representative of the United States, like a seed, soon took root in Damu’s heart.

Iraq and Kuwait have always had territorial disputes, and even Kuwait was originally a province of Iraq.

If Kuwait becomes a province of Iraq, all the problems facing the Iraqi government will be solved.

The length of Iraq’s coastline is only 60 kilometers, because the two river basins bring a large amount of sedimentation, which makes the coastline continue to move forward. The coastline of Iraq that is really facing the sea is only less than 10 kilometers long! Kuwait is small in size, but has a coastline of 290 kilometers. With the annexation of Kuwait, Iraq’s access to the sea will increase from 10 kilometers to 300 kilometers…

At the same time, Iraq’s debt to Kuwait of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars will also disappear. It will even have more abundant oil production because of the annexation of Kuwait…

The benefits are too much.

As long as the Americans support and annex Kuwait, it will be of great benefit to the future development of Iraq.

The American proposal made the president feel that he could begin to seriously consider such a plan, and soon convened his confidantes to discuss the possibility of this matter.

Fighting the Persians, the opponent has a large population and a huge army, and Iraq has not been attacked. That is normal.

The representatives of the United States believed that if even Kuwait could not handle it, how could Iraq still have the face to claim that it is the third military power in the world? Even after the destruction of Kuwait, if Saudi Arabia does not reduce or forgive its debts and assume their responsibilities, the Iraqi army can completely eliminate Saudi Arabia.

Ever since, silly Damu was completely tempted.

While plotting how to include Kuwait on the territory, Sha Damu took the initiative to communicate with Saudi Arabia and the Kuwaiti royal family.

The Gulf War will break out anyway, Xie Kai is very sure.

As for whether it is not the original time, Xie Kai can’t be sure, and it can’t go to the international crude oil market to do more oil futures, which are now drastically reduced.

“Don’t expect Ibrahim, they can’t bring in such huge orders. Iraq can no longer afford such a large army. I don’t know how to pay back the debts I owed before! Not to mention their oilfields are restored to their original form. It’s not a short period of time. They are expanding their production, and other countries are also expanding their crude oil production…” Xie Kai really wondered if Zheng Yucheng was a goose in his previous life.

Unlike other poultry, geese eat grass or something and eat up one place next to each other.

Zheng Yucheng is determined to keep Iraq’s wool.

Iraq now has no wool at all.

A lot of money, stupid people, high-quality customers.

The problem is that the premium customer has no money to pay the bill now!

In order to force the Iraqis to not object to their continued expansion of crude oil production, Kuwait will certainly force the fool to pay back the money.

“Maybe they will all start a war over these debts!”