Chapter 509: Secret Talks
After four sturdy middle-aged men in casual clothes carefully examined it, seven or eight more people in civilian clothes walked in, and after these people came in, they sat directly on the spare tables, and their eyes looked vigilantly at the crowd around them, protecting the No. 1 table.
After another ten minutes, a thin, white-eyed man walked into the dining room. Roverda has seen this man on TV more than once, the supreme commander of the Egyptian Pharaonic Guard, General Rahman.
The Egyptian Pharaonic Guard is Egypt's most offensive and influential force, directly under the command of the Egyptian president, and is responsible for the security of important Egyptian cities. Africa has been in turmoil for many years, and Egypt is in the most sensitive Suez Canal zone. Therefore, the Egyptian regime is often used by Western forces, led by the United States, who quietly foster pro-American forces, incite riots in Egypt under the slogan of democracy and freedom, and hire mercenaries in an attempt to disrupt or even subvert the Egyptian regime.
The emperor takes turns to do it, and tomorrow he will come to my house. Egypt's major political parties are competing fiercely for the presidency, but to everyone's surprise, no matter which party takes the presidency, Rahman, the supreme commander of the army, has never been replaced. It was as if all the presidents had a tacit agreement not to make any finger-pointing gestures against the forces under Rahman's command.
The public will never see the truth, and in fact, there is no president who does not want to replace the supreme commander of the army with his henchmen after taking office, but with Rahman's ability to control the troops, no president can complete the transformation of the troops when he comes to power.
In his spare time, Roverda also had a cursory acquaintance with the captain of the Egyptian Pharaoh's Guard, whose name was Abraham Rahman, and because the Egyptians had very long names, Roverda could not remember his name completely. The entire Guard, numbering more than 100,000 men, is the largest of the Egyptian national forces. Moreover, the unit is subdivided into air strike forces, strategic * troops, and attack helicopter units (in the complete establishment, helicopters are not counted as air force units, and they do not meet the minimum requirements for lift-off. ), electronic warfare units, naval forces, armored forces, rapid reaction forces, and so on. Roverda had no doubt that if Abraham Rahman wanted to launch an armed coup d'état, Egypt would have changed the sky.
Such a strongman in the military circles, who is known to the outside world as a general, but himself as a captain, is sitting at table No. 1 at the moment, and Roverda immediately calls the general manager through the walkie-talkie.
Rahman's position and style in military circles are like a weather vane. Even if there were a few Egyptian troops who wanted to interfere in politics through military power, they were eventually held back by Rahman's strength and decisiveness. So far, the Egyptian regime has been a legitimate election campaign for the major political parties. Not once have the West's attempts to subvert the regime and prop up proxies succeed.
In this revolving restaurant, Roverda has hosted many of Egypt's military and political leaders, but this is the first time to host such a famous real power figure as Rahman. Seeing Rahman sitting in his chair with his back straightened and a little apprehensive, Rovelda wondered who could make General Rahman, who was so cautious and respectful in Egypt?
Roverda only saw a few people checking around the table, but he didn't know that in the entire hotel, there were at least 200 people, dressed in various civilian clothes, guarding the anchor of the Egyptian military and political circles in various ways. And the commanding heights around the hotel are also scattered with snipers, monitoring all the surrounding high ground that may become sniper points. Temporary horse rejects have also been erected at major arterial road intersections to strengthen the inspection of suspicious vehicles. It is not that there are no violent assassinations in Egypt, and even if the military bigwigs go out, they must beware of all kinds of accidents.
The general manager trotted in, and with a smiling face, he was directly rejected by the bodyguard six or seven meters away from General Rahman, and the general manager had to smile awkwardly and send his blessings.
After a few more minutes, a gray-haired Asian walked in, and after seeing Rahman, the Asian walked towards Rahman with four bodyguards who also looked vigilant.
Roverda watched in surprise as Rahman got up and left his seat, smiling as he took a few steps forward to shake hands with the Asian.
Even if he didn't know this unfamiliar Asian face, Roverda could tell through common sense that the Asian in front of him, who made Rahman have a humble attitude, must be from China.
Rovelda, as a service officer, was allowed to come to General Rahman. The two of them spoke in English, and after simply ordering a few special dishes, they also specially asked for a bottle of vintage dry red.
Curiosity is human nature, and Roverda pretended to fill in the menu while trying to hear what the two people were talking about, but was roughly pushed twice by the bodyguard standing on the side, and quickly took the menu and apologized and left.
"FUCK!" Roverda turned the corner, and the face that had been smiling humbly just now suddenly changed back to his swagger, straightened up his somewhat wrinkled suit, and handed the menu to the back kitchen.
Seeing the manager waving to him, he hurriedly trotted over.
"Rovelda, you have to receive General Rahman well, and you must not make a single mistake. ”
The United States' control of the Gulf region began as early as the 90s. Saudi Arabia is the hardcore little brother of the United States, and in the era when the whole world needs black gold, the United States firmly controls the major oil-producing countries in the Middle East in its own hands and escorts the dollar oil.
The Arab world is not monolithic, for example, Iran, a major oil-producing country known for its tough resistance to the United States and constantly trying to attack its neighbors, has long been subject to sanctions by Western countries led by the United States.
Saudi Arabia is followed by the United States, and Iran is followed by Russia and China. The world's three military powers have staged scenes of unknown Three Kingdoms in the Persian Gulf region.
Over the years, with the enhancement of Huaxia's R&D strength and supply capacity, Huaxia's arms exports to the Arab world have been increasing day by day. It even directly affected the dissatisfaction of the superarms suppliers in the United States who can influence the presidential election. The equipment of the Chinese country is cheap and easy to use, and the supply of maintenance accessories is also very sufficient, and many Arab countries have signed secret contracts with the Chinese country, exchanging the oil of the Middle East for the sophisticated weapons and equipment of the Chinese country.
This makes the United States very annoyed, because China's domestic dependence on oil is extremely large, and once Huaxia, a black-bellied white rabbit, is really allowed to make friends with the Persian Gulf, then it will be very unfavorable to the United States at the entire national strategic level.
As a result, the United States has taken a lot of countermeasures. These include openly and covertly imposing various sanctions on countries that collude with the Chinese state to purchase arms, isolating them internationally, organizing and inciting rebels, and so on.
Egypt is separated from Saudi Arabia by the Suez Canal, and strictly speaking, Egypt is not a pro-China country in the traditional sense of Africa. However, with the end of the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact bloc led by the Soviet Union fell apart, and many African countries were faced with the problem of regaining sides.
With the advent of the era of global economic integration, Egypt's geographical location has become more and more important.
It is the main international shipping route connecting Europe, Asia and Africa, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, connecting the Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, and greatly shortening the east-west voyage. Compared with the detour of the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, it is shortened by 5,500-8,000 kilometers from the countries along the Atlantic coast of Europe to the Indian Ocean, 8,000-10,000 kilometers from the Mediterranean countries to the Indian Ocean, and 12,000 kilometers shorter for the Black Sea coast. This important trade route was monopolized by Britain and France for more than 90% during World War II, and after the end of World War II, Egypt finally nationalized the canal after a tireless struggle.
With the rise of the Chinese state and the increase of foreign trade, the dependence on the Suez Canal also increased. Coupled with Huaxia's long-standing friendly policy toward Africa and the growing strength of the United States' allies in the Middle East, it is natural that the two countries have begun to have more contacts.
Four years ago, just after the current president was elected, Hua Xia helped Egypt's Pharaonic Guard form a strategic* force. Although this force does not have a strategic nuclear force*, with the help of Huaxia, it has very quickly mastered the attack technology of medium-range * and multi-head bombs, and has also established Egypt's position in the region.
The world is still a jungle world of the jungle, and human beings have evolved for many years and cannot erase the dark side of bullying in the depths of their hearts. Egypt's strong rise has ensured its own security and made many countries see the intention and strategy of China's peaceful rise, but for the United States and its allies in the Persian Gulf, pro-China countries such as Egypt and Iran will pose a threat to their homeland security by upgrading their equipment.
As a result, as Saudi Arabia began to significantly increase its military budget and Iran announced that it would launch in-depth cooperation in weapons and equipment research and development with Huaxia, the situation in the entire Persian Gulf region began to become tense again.
Whether it is the traditional or current international economic and political environment, a stable and pro-China Egypt is definitely beneficial to the Chinese state.
Egypt has pro-China intentions and the purchase of weapons, and China naturally cannot ask for it. This secret procurement was completed by the Egyptian military directly and secretly contacting the Chinese military. The person sent by the Huaxia military to make contact with General Rahman this time was General Li Dongan, deputy director of the General Armament Department, member of the Central Military Commission, and director of the Science and Technology Committee of the General Armament Department. Moreover, this time it was not only for the export of various weapons to Egypt, but also for a secret agreement entrusted by General Staff Chief Ye that Admiral Li Dongan would negotiate with Rahman.