Vivian, the minister of administration in Basra province, received the new supreme commander of U.S. forces in Iraq

"Colonel Natasha has traveled all the way, and I wonder what you think about the reconstruction of Basra Province," Vivien asked with a smile

Natasha carefully looked at the woman in front of her and found that there was no such person in her intelligence data, but it is no wonder that now the US military's intelligence network in Basra has been dismantled, and in addition to drone reconnaissance, that is, satellite reconnaissance and spyware, although satellites are suitable for reconnaissance, they can only capture a single target, and the overall intelligence collection is ineffective

Everything had to be obtained by the intelligence network on the ground, so when Natasha arrived, she felt more and more like a blind person breaking into a strange environment, and everything around her was not familiar to her, and the whole Basra gave her a feeling of vacillation and control

"I didn't expect the Prophet Army to control this place so firmly, I'm afraid it's thanks to the Prophet's demagoguery," Natasha said unceremoniously

The atmosphere in the reception room suddenly became cold, and all the officials glared angrily, Uncle Sam, who was standing next to Natasha, leaned into her ear and said, "Although the people here don't dare to do anything to you, if you blaspheme the person they believe in their hearts, an accident will happen."

Natasha didn't care, just stared at Vivian, she hoped that the other party would be angry, but it was obvious that Vivian didn't have the slightest belief in the dragon god, why should she be angry, she just smiled and said: "Allah sent a prophet, this is what the people of Basra expected, how can it be said to be demagogued"

"Fooling the people is not demagogy," Natasha did not back down

"Do I remember that in the United States there was a faith, did you say that the people of Basra were not allowed to have a faith?" asked Vivien rhetorically. What's more, the Prophet is much more real than you Americans, he is at least restoring the economic construction here, improving the living standards of the people here, eradicating hunger and poverty, while you are here only playing this anti-terrorist sign, arresting those people who have no power to resist, and finally succumbing them to the leaders of the conglomerates in your country, what qualifications do you have to say that the Prophet is demagogizing the people?"

Vivien's words brought the atmosphere in the reception room to a freezing point, and she stared at Natasha without relenting, as if trying to find some of her emotional weaknesses

It's a pity that Vivian is also disappointed, and Natasha looked indifferent: "Who did this matter, my country has already issued a statement, and it is you who still keep the former officials, aren't you shouting to catch thieves and join forces?"

Hearing this, the faces of all the Sunni officials changed, especially the words of Natasha, the governor of Chiram, which completely shattered his hopes for the United States, in fact, Chiram continued to serve as the governor because the Americans let them carry the black pot and put all the blame on them, otherwise they would not have obeyed Canglong so easily

"Hehe, your propaganda methods have no effect in Basra, nor in Iraq, and there seems to be only one Qada prison in Iraq, although you have closed the other prisons in advance, but the damage you have done to the Iraqi people is deep in the marrow, and they will never forget the trauma you have brought," Vivien said calmly

Neither side interjected, the two women taunted each other, in fact, they did show their respective strengths, if Vivien was suppressed, I am afraid that Natasha would mobilize all the forces at her disposal to destroy everything in Basra as soon as she returned to Baghdad

But if Natasha was suppressed, then she would have to think about why Vivien would be so confident in talking to her, but inside and outside the city, she didn't see the so-called army, it seemed that from beginning to end, they showed force to protect the people of Chiram and the militia at the airport

In fact, the Sunni and Shiite officials present were in a cold sweat, after all, they thought that their life and death and fate were in the hands of the Americans, and everyone knew that Basra had no power to compete with Baghdad at all, and the Americans had to play everything they had to play as soon as they moved, so it was not only surprised but also frightened to talk to Natasha that Vivian was so strong

"Is it China behind you?" Natasha suddenly asked this question, and no one expected it

But Vivien didn't care: "It's all the people of Basra who support us, it's all the righteous forces who support us, it's all the people who haven't annihilated us yet."

Natasha was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect to get a perfunctory answer, but the answer she wanted was already in her heart: "Since you are so confident, then be ready, don't you want autonomy, I came here to bring a sentence from the Iraqi prime minister, if you want autonomy, then solve your own financial problems first, from now on, zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ will not supply Basra province with a grain of grain, nor will it give you a dime, and the oil fields of Basra will be nationalized." fǔ approval does not allow development"

Saying that, Natasha smiled and stood up: "It's good to do it yourself"

As they walked away, both Sunni and Shia had seen trepidation on their faces, and although Basra was the richest province in Iraq, it was the oil economy that had no self-sufficient food supply chain

During the Iraq War, the British who occupied the area provided Basra with basic food rations, which were supported by the Americans after the British withdrew, and they were rationed on a regular basis, and never gave more than a month's worth of food to the provinces, which was also a means of controlling the provinces

That is, if zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ does not ration Basra food, a month later, there will not be a month, but less than a month, the Basra food will be depleted, and two million people will be starving, and then even the faith in the prophet will break out into civil strife, and all the systems will break down

"What a vicious method," Vivi said secretly seeing that the officials on both sides were arguing, Vivian shook her head, she wouldn't let them be quiet like Canglong

After confirming that Natasha went to the U.S. Consulate, Vivien went to the Longteng International Branch and told Canglong all about Natasha's conversation

At that time, Canglong laughed, and Vivien looked strange: "You are still laughing, even if you have been ready to transfer food from the country, but you have thought that there is no food supply for two million people, this is a bottomless pit."

"At least our empty city plan has worked, isn't it," Canglong said calmly, "Natasha throwing such a threat is already the greatest tolerance for Basra, if the empty city plan doesn't work, I'm afraid she will prompt the security forces to quickly capture Basra."

Vivian suddenly realized: "But the empty city plan is not like you, Zhuge Kongming is personally in battle, but you are hiding behind alone, let us go out to deal with it, I see that you are afraid of seeing her."

"Sooner or later, she and I will have to meet, but not now, if she comes to visit me in person tomorrow, it proves that she is uncertain about the specific situation in Basra, and will not take major action against us for the time being, if she does not come, it means that she has determined that we are singing about the empty city," Canglong frowned, "That would be bad."

"We don't have the strength to fight the Americans, and even if Baghdad raises troops, it's hard for us to resist," Vivien sighed, "and they also said that they would nationalize the oil, and if we dared to extract the oil, I am afraid they would immediately raise troops to suppress the border."

"I have no plans to exploit oil for the time being," Canglong smiled, "Since we don't exploit it, then no one else wants to exploit it, tell Badr to blockade the port of Basra before tomorrow, confiscate all the oil that is about to be shipped out, and block everyone's oil fields."

"Even Russians and Americans are blocked," Vivien wondered

"If Natasha doesn't let us mine, then others don't want to mine, just let them be sealed in the ground first," Canglong smiled, "In addition, all the ports in the future will be open to fishermen to go out to sea to fish, and there will be no tax for the time being."

Vivian nodded and understood what Canglong wanted to do, in fact, even if they exploited oil now, once there was a war, the oil wells would only become the target of the US Air Force, and it would be a waste of money to drill more oil wells before the situation stabilized

"But even fishing won't be enough to feed two million people," Vivien worries

"How is the domestic food coordination?" asked Canglong

"Binglan said, there is no problem, your Oriental International's Early Rice No. 1 will be harvested soon, and there is no problem to allocate 500,000 catties, Binglan will find a way to buy 500,000 catties for us, and gather 1 million catties of grain to transport here," Vivian said, "But Binglan is worried that there may be problems on the way to transportation."

Canglong frowned, if other countries interfered, I am afraid that the grain would be intercepted before it reached the port of Basra

"Let her figure out a way to hope that the navy can escort to the Persian Gulf," Canglong said

"She also thinks the same way, but the navy can only escort oil tankers to the Persian Gulf, but once in the Persian Gulf, the navy will withdraw, and it must not enter the Persian Gulf, let alone enter the port of Basra with great fanfare," Vivian said

"It's easy to enter the Persian Gulf, I'll solve the rest," Canglong breathed a sigh of relief

"But a million pounds of grain won't last long, and now the grain storage in Basra is only a month," Vivien said

"Don't you know that Basra used to be a big agricultural province, but after the discovery of oil, the people here don't plant it, Basra's innate conditions are very sufficient, there are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers passing through, and there is a lake in the north that is most suitable for agricultural irrigation, let Ye Menglong find a way to cultivate more of the second phase of early rice No. 1, and we will implement the rationing system," Canglong pondered

"What do you mean," Vivien wondered

"It's not time to tell you yet," Canglong smiled mysteriously