Chapter 152, Basic Conditions
If the Prophet's Army fought on two fronts and defeated both countries enough to shake the world, then the upcoming military parade in Basra was enough to stir the world.
Military parades are generally an important means of showing a country's national defense strength, provided that a country, but Basra is only a province, without an order from the central government, inviting the media from all over the world to interview and visit.
Military parades when there is still a state of war often mean that a larger war will be launched, so the sensation of the upcoming military parade in Basra is also here, and many media have speculated that after the big victory, who will Basra target now? Is it Iran, Kuwait, or the central government in Baghdad?
However, the Basra propaganda department did not disclose the relevant information, and the parade was a review of the Basra missile unit, special forces, as well as the army field division and air force.
A month later, on a road in the Basra provincial government, tens of thousands of troops had been assembled, with armored units, infantry, missile launchers.
At this time, the building of the provincial government was already full of reporters from various countries, and the most eye-catching thing was the Russian advisers around the top military officials of Basra, including Alexander and Nikolav, which also revealed an answer to the world, between Russia and Basra, it is no longer just between arms trading partners.
Of course, of course, the other two protagonists of this parade are indispensable, the Iranian envoy and the Kuwaiti envoy, and the person in charge of the review is not Canglong, but the commander-in-chief Badr, which is also to avoid suspicion, and Canglong does not like to be exposed to the limelight, so Badr is in charge.
After the completion of the Badr review, the military parade began, and the whole process lasted just over an hour, but most of the advanced weapons except the navy were displayed, and the most eye-catching was the Basra Air Force and missile units.
Of course, the reporters paid the most attention to the army field division, which was already famous and miraculous in the eyes of the media, and in almost every war, his lightning speed shocked the world.
An hour later, the parade ended, and for Vivian, she was extremely distressed, because the price of this parade was expensive, and she firmly believed that this was the beginning of the cult of personality established by Canglong, but she was indeed wrong, because this parade was for Iran and Kuwait to see.
The weapons displayed in Basra are a further deterrent to the two countries, and the missions of the two countries are also very clear about the meaning behind this, not to mention Kuwait, there are still 10,000 hostages in the hands of the Prophet Army, so after seeing the military parade, there is naturally a sense of submission in the bottom of my heart, if the Prophet Army is only a front-line battle against Kuwait, then I am afraid that the destruction of the country overnight in the last century will happen again.
For Iran, even if they do not underestimate the enemy, even if they reintegrate and want to continue the war with the bus, they have to consider, the Prophet Army is not inferior to their Revolutionary Guards in terms of combat effectiveness and willpower, and in some weapons and equipment, it is even better than them, how can Iran compete with such a force?
Unless they are willing to pour their country into their country and continue to fight Basra at the risk of regime falling.
He knew very well why his friends invited them to the parade, and he also knew that after the parade, there would be real negotiations, because all this was done for them to show them, in order to further deter them.
Sure enough, after the parade, although the people of Basra were still immersed in victory and powerful hormonal stimulation, Canglong started negotiations, and the Kuwaiti envoy who met with him first, and this negotiation was presided over by Vivian, although she was angry, she did not resign, because Canglong did not approve at all.
You have to do it, you have to do it, you have to do it if you don't do it, Canglong just played a scoundrel with her.
At this time, Vivian also understood the purpose of this military parade, because the Kuwaiti envoys are now all submissive, where is this negotiation, it is completely a scene of signing a humiliating treaty.
Vivien didn't go too far, she just demanded that Kuwait compensate for the losses and ransom their army, about 10,000 US dollars per person, which is a high ransom fee of 100 million US dollars, and there was no exchange of prisoners in the negotiations, after all, the Prophet army did not even violate their borders.
Kuwait, who was begging for his own hardships, naturally agreed, and with the orders given to them by the king, as long as the Prophet's army did not attack them and did not endanger his throne, he was willing to agree to anything.
In addition to the redemption of the captives, Vivian demanded that Kuwait compensate for the war losses of one billion US dollars, and open the borders for normal trade, and at the same time, the Kuwaiti Navy prohibited the invasion of the Basra Sea and could not harass all Basra merchant ships entering the Persian Gulf.
This condition is not very excessive, firstly, Kuwait has money, secondly, it still has money, and the conditions are all the resumption of normal trade and diplomatic relations, how can they not agree?
On the day of the return of the Kuwaiti envoys, the ransom and compensation arrived, and the Prophet's army was very happy to return the prisoners, and returned most of the weapons to them with great dignity.
The threat from Kuwait is completely solved, and now it's time for the Iranians.
There was no ambiguity in the face of the Iranian Canglong, after all, this is a level of opponent, so he sent the highest team for negotiations, and the Iranian envoy was also unambiguous, and the cabinet minister and the two deputy commanders of the Revolutionary Guards accompanied Ali Daei to the talks.
The main content of the talks was the withdrawal of troops, but Canglong said directly: "The premise of the negotiations is that the conditions for the withdrawal of troops to Ahvaz must be fulfilled. ”
For Iran at that time, they had to accept this condition, but now the Iranians don't think so, they can accept compensation for damages, but they can't accept it without withdrawing Ahvaz.
In Musayd's words: "Since it is a withdrawal, it should all be withdrawn from Iran so that there can be further negotiations, and we have brought enough sincerity, and I hope you will show enough sincerity as well." ”
The top brass of the military was furious, and Canglong did not refute anything, because he did not like to have a war of words with the Iranians, so he stood up at that time and said to Badr in Arabic: "The field division is out of Ahvaz, it will attack Isfahan, the air force will attack Tehran, and the missile units will fully enter the province of Khuzestan and destroy their military facilities and urban infrastructure before the negotiations continue." ”
Musayd's face turned pale, and the faces of the envoys changed one by one, and the other party actually issued a military order in front of them, what does it mean? Is it stupid?
No, absolutely not, this is enough confidence, the last time the Prophet Army's ground-to-surface missile units did not participate in the war, and in the last war, except for the confrontation between the two armies, the Prophet Army rarely undermined, so they were able to quickly restore domestic order, but this time it was different.
The prophet in front of them is telling them that now that we occupy Ahvaz, we can attack your capital Tehran to the north, and we can directly attack Isfahan to the south, interrupting the lifeline of transportation between the north and south of Iran.
In the end, Cabinet of Ministers Rams gave in: "We agreed to the previous conditions. ”
They are obviously aware of a problem, before the war, they could have thought it funny when they heard about this military plan, but now they can't laugh, because there is already a first, and a second is something they are not willing to bear and cannot bear.
Canglong sat down at this time, but at this moment, Ali Daei suddenly made a suggestion: "In view of the time it will take for Iran to recover from this war, we want to pay compensation, and we want to deduct it directly from the oil extracted in Khuzestan Province." ”
This hand was something that Canglong did not expect, and even Vivien was surprised by Ali Daei's treachery, although she had worked with Ali Daei and knew him well, but she did not know him very well.
Alidai's idea is very simple, since you don't evacuate, you are also extracting the oil there anyway, so it is better to give you the oil as compensation, and when you have extracted enough oil, you will have to withdraw in the end.
But in this way, the Prophet's army is at a loss, they have also experienced it for a few months in the province of Khuzestan, where the oil is the spoils of war, and before the withdrawal agreement is reached, the oil will naturally be extracted, but now Ali Daei has turned the oil into compensation, which is equivalent to taking the money they have already received to pay the compensation.
This means that it is impossible for anyone to agree, but Canglong pondered for a while, but said with a smile: "Okay, we agree." ”
This would have blossomed Musayd and Ramsle, and now they would not have to pay for the battle damage and expensive military expenses of the Prophet's army, but Ali Daei felt that the dragon had agreed too quickly, and became vigilant, he knew that this old friend was definitely not the kind of person who spit out what he had eaten in his mouth.
Sure enough, Canglong paused and continued: "But the premise is that you must give us the province of Khuzestan for fifty years, and after fifty years, we will withdraw our troops. ”
The face of the special envoy has completely changed, 50 years is half a century, and how much oil can Basra extract in this half century? It is definitely several times, or even dozens of times, of the compensation.
This is something they absolutely cannot agree, and who knows if the Prophet Army will not be able to leave after 50 years? Just being put on their necks for 50 years is something they cannot agree to, and they will never compromise.
If you go to bed every day and someone puts a knife on your neck, you probably won't be able to sleep, and you will never be happy with this kind of thing happening.
As a result, the negotiations reached a stalemate, and in the end Iran had to compromise, agreeing to reparations and a series of previous conditions, and painfully paying five billion dollars in compensation to Basra, and releasing the Basra air force captured in Tehran.
No, this is just the beginning, the real negotiations are still to come, in Canglong's words, this is just to meet the basic conditions for the next formal negotiations......