Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1527

“Why hasn’t the war broken out yet?”

In the past few days, Song Yanjin has suffered the most.

In the end, he still did not dare to gamble according to his own ideas. On January 15, all the futures in his hand were sold, and he followed Qi Zhengshan and others to short international oil futures.

What made him make this decision was that Xie Kai asked Qi Zhengshan and others to put all his money in!

Xie Kai is so crazy, he definitely has his own reasons.

Critical wars have not erupted until now, and it is impossible for oil prices to fall.

Therefore, Song Yanjin was very worried.

Once Xie Kai made a mistake this time, he couldn’t afford the consequences and could only apologize with death.

Only when war breaks out can the result be seen quickly.

When the time comes, give up if you should give up.

Not only Song Yanjin but Qi Zhengshan and Ximu Wright had the same thoughts.

The two started on the 15th, one in the office, waiting for news from Iraq and the US government.

Up to now, there is no news at all on both sides.

“Old Qi, do you think there is really a chance to go short this time? I think we will be unemployed…”

Simlet looked worried.

If the boss fails to invest, he will go bankrupt.

They will be unemployed.

“No, trust the boss, there will be more opportunities. As long as we succeed this time, how much will we earn?” Qi Zhengshan also has no bottom in his heart.

Don’t you believe Xie Kai?

All investment institutions in the world are investing wildly, and the price of oil has severely affected the global economy.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that once the war is really protracted, the global economy will be severely affected.

Such a result cannot be tolerated by the United States and Western countries at all.

“But now…”

Since the beginning of shorting, Simlet has no sense of security at all.

His investment has always been based on various data analysis.

This time, the results of data analysis told them that there was no chance of winning at all.

In the end, Xie Kai allowed them to invest nearly US$6 billion in shorting international oil futures.

Once the international oil futures price does not fall, there will be no more than 6 billion leveraged.

At Xie Kai’s request, they used 5 times leverage.

6 billion US dollars, leveraging 30 billion US dollars of oil futures, although the duration is nearly 40 days, the average daily delivery order, that is also 750 million US dollars of oil futures, according to the current international oil price, about 25 million barrels of daily delivery orders …

If it doesn’t fall, the money is all over.

“Anyway, it’s all the boss’s money. Besides, our own money will continue to be bullish…” Qi Zhengshan obviously didn’t want to discuss this issue.

The point is that the Americans did not start the war against Iraq in the first place.

US Eastern Time.

January 16, 1991, 10:30 am.

US President Bush once again delivered a public speech to the world.

“…It’s very regrettable that the Iraqi government rejected the UN Resolution 660 which requested the unconditional withdrawal of troops and the restoration of Kuwait’s national sovereignty… As the world superpower, the United States is also one of the five permanent members of the United Nations. It must maintain world peace and ensure world economic stability. Development and make its own contribution…According to UN Resolution 678, I authorize all American combatants in Saudi Arabia to immediately use force to expel Iraqi troops in Kuwait in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations and help Kuwait restore its national sovereignty…”

After the speech, the president signed a combat order to the Iraqi army in front of a global audience.

The United States declared war on Iraq.

The whole world finally waited for this moment.

The most rapid response was the global oil price.

After Bush declared war on Iraq, the international oil price, which was already as high as 35 US dollars a barrel, rose to 37 US dollars in a short period of time.

“It’s over, this is over…”

When Song Yanjin saw the prices on the international oil futures market, his whole body collapsed.

Slumped weakly in the office.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

When the international oil price was 34 U.S. dollars, he sold all of it and began to short international oil futures.

Sell ​​it for $34 and wait for the oil to fall to $28 before repaying…

But the price now is 28 dollars in a short time?

It’s impossible.

“It’s over, all the assets of the boss are gone…” Simlet murmured as he watched the wildly growing international oil prices.

Qi Zhengshan didn’t have his concerns, “Simlet, the oil futures in our hands have to be quickly dumped. The price has risen too far. Besides, it is the boss’s own money that is losing, and we still make a lot… …”

Unwilling to operate with Xie Kai before, Qi Zhengshan and Simlet put all their funds on the oil price increase.

The assets of the two are not much, and with 30 times leverage, they only have 1.5 billion US dollars in oil futures.

However, when they started, the international oil futures price was only about .

This is already 50% of the profit.

“throw!”

Simlet did not hesitate.

But when they placed an order to sell, they realized that there were too many orders.

The list in the hands of the two of them does not have the list that Xie Kai tossed before. If you throw it out, someone will eat it…

“Is the boss right?”

But they didn’t believe it at all. It was too difficult to fall to 28 dollars in one day.

After a large number of orders poured out, the price of oil futures, which rose up to two dollars a short time after the US President signed the war order, quickly fell.

Even, once fell to the price of 33 US dollars.

Regarding the situation in the international oil futures market, the two militaries that are confronting each other in the Middle East are not concerned at all.

“Everyone is ready, the President of the United States has signed a war order…”

As soon as the news was received, the Iraqi government delivered the news to the front lines.

In the entire Kuwait and southern Iraq, in order to cope with the offensive of the coalition forces, Iraq has deployed 540,000 troops on three lines of defense.

Except for the elites who stayed behind in Baghdad, the other elite Iraqi troops have all been transferred to the front line.

“Is it finally here?”

Qasim sighed.

I have always hoped that the war will not break out.

But the presidents of the United States have signed combat orders against the Iraqi army.

War can no longer be avoided.

Their army had no rest last night, just waiting for the coalition to attack.

But up to now, there is no movement from the coalition forces.

“Are they going to play fatigue tactics? They didn’t launch the attack in the first time?” Even Ainajid felt that there was a problem.

Opposite the Kuwaiti border, the coalition forces already deployed in Saudi Arabia have not moved at all.

“Be vigilant!”

Qasim also knew that it would not be a good thing to go on like this.

Once the coalition adopts the tactics of exhaustion, it is definitely not a good thing for them to start a war when they are exhausted and relax their vigilance.

The endurance of the Iraqi army is really not strong.

“It is estimated that the Iraqi army on the opposite side is still wondering why we got the president’s authorization and did not launch an offensive.”

Swartzkopf smiled.

It’s getting dark now.

As soon as it gets dark, the two F-117 squadrons will directly pounce on Baghdad and Fallujah in the hinterland of Iraq.

The Iraqis would never imagine that they would attack Baghdad and Fallujah instead of attacking the Iraqi army at the border first.

“Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are now asking when we will attack…”

As the director of the Joint Coordination Center, Major General Swartz reminded the commander with embarrassment that if he went down, he would not be able to withstand the urging of the Kuwaiti royal family.

“When will you launch an offensive? We have shared tens of billions of dollars in war funds for you… The money has been given, the United Nations has long authorized it, and your country’s Congress has approved the operation. A war order has been signed…”

Samakko was very angry.

The Joint Theater Command did not tell him the combat plan of the Kuwaiti combat unit.

“Samako, we will act tonight. Please prepare your troops for dispatch at any time…” McDill, the chief of staff, comforted the anxious Kuwaiti royal family.

“It’s not that your country is occupied, of course you are not in a hurry…”

Samak heard that he would act tonight, and he was relieved.

Immediately go back to King Jabir who has been anxious and has replied.

Southern Saudi Arabia.

A remote air base far from the border.

On the airport runway of the entire base, almost few fighters were seen.

Unlike other airfields in Saudi Arabia, which are crowded with aircraft from the United States and coalition forces, it is very empty.

There are not many fighters.

“You guys, the combat plan has been said many times, so I won’t emphasize it here. Tonight, we will carry out bombing missions to Baghdad and Fallujah. The strategic air force and navy will launch long-range cruise missile attacks at the scheduled time. the goal……”

The commander of the 37th Wing, Colonel Studer seriously issued combat orders to all his men.

All the pilots looked solemn.

This is no joke.

“Please rest assured, the commander, even if it is Moscow, under the nighthawks, we can blow up their heads…” Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Captain Ross Mike of the 416 Squadron was ready to mediate.

But the other pilots couldn’t laugh at all.

Baghdad and Fallujah, the two Iraqi cities, have the most rigorous air defenses.

“Don’t worry too much. After takeoff, we will maintain a flight altitude of 7,800 meters in the night sky and keep the radio silent… The real danger is when the bomb is dropped. In order to ensure the accuracy of the bombing, there is no ground target. Under the guidance, all fighters must maintain a flying height of one kilometer, or even 700-800 meters, to drop bombs… after the bombs are dropped, immediately pull up…”

Colonel Studel knew that this was what everyone worried about the most.

During the flight ahead, the Iraqi ground air defense radar was unable to spot them at all.

The dangerous is when the bomb is dropped.

At that time, in order to ensure the accuracy of the bomb landing and avoid re-entering the two cities of Baghdad and Fallujah to repeatedly bomb these important targets, one hit must be hit.

“Get ready, set off at half past nine in the evening…”

The Black Hawk will be the first U.S. Air Force to kick off an attack on the Iraqi army.