Chapter 149: Old Beauty Shows Off Her Muscles

Iraq's act of death eventually succeeded in angering the United States, and for Uncle Sam, who is committed to becoming the world's hegemon, Iraq must pay the price for its provocative behavior.

After the last negotiations between US Secretary of State Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz broke down, war was inevitable.

Everyone knows that Lao Mei is about to flex her muscles -- she can't help but educate this disobedient "Middle Eastern boy" well.

Three days later, the U.S. Congress authorized U.S. forces to expel Iraq from Kuwait, and the armies of other Allied countries were gradually empowered. A week later, George H.W. Bush signed a national security directive to Schwarz Kopf, commander of the U.S. Central Headquarters, ordering the U.S. military to go to war in Iraq.

The footsteps of history are still tenaciously on the track they prescribed, and there has been no deviation because of Su Chenyu, a little butterfly.

On January 17, 1991, the United States and a group of allies bombed Baghdad, and the "Desert Storm" operation was officially implemented -- the "Gulf War" broke out.

By the time Su Chenyu arrived in Japan, the adrenaline of the whole world seemed to be bursting, and they were all frantically reporting on this war.

In the continuous artillery fire in Iraq, Jim Rogers has basically completed the first phase of the "looting operation" against Japan, and the follow-up operation has a special team of the X Fund responsible for "digging up flesh and drawing blood" from the Japanese.

However, what Su Chenyu didn't expect was that the great god was the great god, just when Jim Rogers was in Japan to command this "financial battle". This guy also took the time to hunt weeds, and Fund X once again succeeded in destroying the stock market in one place -- the Taiwan stock market.

At a time when the eyes of the whole world are focused on Japan's financial battlefield, in fact, the war situation in Taiwan's stock market is actually extremely tragic.

Bubbles are always just bubbles, and although they are beautiful and luxurious, there will always be a day when they burst.

Taiwan's stock market started from 636 points in 1985 to a peak of 12,495 points in February 1990, a 20-fold increase in five years. Although the road was very bumpy and they were stopped and cut in half many times, they could not stop the burning enthusiasm of all the Taiwan people -- they threw themselves into the stock market one after another.

However, disaster eventually struck -- from February '90 to October '90, Taiwan's stock market experienced a pit-like plummet, from more than 12,000 points to more than 2,500 points. In 10 months, Taiwan's stock market has fallen by 10,000 points, which is completely the rhythm of "tearing down and rebuilding".

When Jim Rogers intervened in Taiwan's stock market, it had already begun to crash, but he couldn't stand the truth that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is meat, so he still drew a lot of blood from it.

In fact, Taiwan's stock market is also quite superb, with demon stocks rampant, and all kinds of strange individual stocks.

The most awesome thing is that the total market value of a local bank in Taiwan is actually the sum of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, but its profit is not even 5% of others.

Su Chenyu does not have any sense of guilt for the ransacking of Taiwan's stock market, and the financial market has always been a life-and-death struggle with bayonets.

Moreover, now Su Chenyu is more and more fond of stock market crashes, because he has become a financial predator, and he can completely turn the clouds and rain in the stock market in various places, swing the tail of the dragon, and even gallop on horseback. Therefore, this has also created a great reputation for X Fund in the future, as long as X Fund appears, it is often accompanied by the emergence of stock market crashes.

Therefore, in the future, as long as there is a large-scale change in the stock market of X fund in a certain place, it will often cause panic selling, and indirectly form a small-scale stock market crash. As a result, many shareholders "affectionately" called Fund X - "stock market crash coordinates".

Ignoring Taiwan's stock market, the outbreak of the "Gulf War" caused international crude oil prices to rise directly against the trend. Just a few hours after the US attack, the price of a barrel of crude oil soared to $35.

You must know that from September to October last year, after the large-scale rise in international crude oil, international crude oil prices have been falling. In this way, under Su Chenyu's advice, after making a profit, Fund X immediately shorted for a short time, and then somersaulted again, which came and went for a few rounds, and the high interest was scary.

It turned out that he was still worried about whether the outbreak of the Gulf War would break out as scheduled, but fortunately, his little butterfly had no impact on the general situation at all. Therefore, Lao Meixiu's behavior of showing off her muscles made Su Chenyu and X Fund make a lot of money, and they began to slowly sell their crude oil futures before the outbreak of the war, and now they have all cleared their positions after the outbreak of the war.

In Japan, Jim Rogers and Fund X reported to Su Chenyu on the situation in the Japanese stock market and crude oil futures, and Su Chenyu was naturally very satisfied with the results. Therefore, Su Chenyu decided to give each trader a generous bonus on the spot, which naturally won everyone's cheers.

After that, Su Chenyu and Jim Rogers had another private meeting, the content of which was naturally unknown to outsiders.

However, after a period of rest, Jim Rogers flew to the British Isles, and since then has traveled to England, Italy, Germany and other places several times.

No one knows what kind of medicine this financial predator sells in his gourd, but when he and X Fund once again appeared in front of the world in the rhythm of "bunker", everyone suddenly realized.

When Su Chenyu returned to China, the US imperialists had basically crippled Iraq, and it was not an opponent of a magnitude at all.

As soon as the war began, Iraq's air supremacy and communications capabilities were lost, and the multinational forces, which did not directly carry out ground offensives, allowed the air force to put on a good show in the sky.

The gap between this unequal war and its weaponry and tactical concept is too great, and it is entirely the US imperialists who are beating Iraq -- teaching Saddam Hussein to be a man.

Although it was Iraq and Saddam Hussein who were taught a lesson, Lao Mei's show of muscles this time really shocked the top level of the republic, especially in the top level of the army, which caused a nuclear explosion-like impact. For this reason, the Central Military Commission urgently convened an enlarged meeting, which was attended even by the top leaders, who have never been seen much.

Xia Mingfeng was specially notified to attend the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission, and he was also the protagonist of the meeting. There is no way, some time ago, Xia Mingfeng's article published in the Central Military Commission's internal staff basically predicted the "Gulf War", and the most important thing is that the tactical concept mentioned in it is exactly what the US imperialists are using in Iraq now.

Facing a group of army bosses, Xia Mingfeng couldn't help but secretly wipe his sweat in his heart, and secretly said Su Chenyu's demons. However, after talking deeply with Su Chenyu last time, Xia Mingfeng was greatly moved, and combined with his own perception of many years in the army, he has gradually formed his own military concept.

Therefore, at this enlarged meeting of the Military Commission, Xia Mingfeng explained in detail the prototype of the military concept he had built during this period of time to the bigwigs in the army. It has to be said that Xia Mingfeng did his homework quite comprehensively, and took the "Gulf War" as an example to carefully introduce various modern war concepts and new tactics.

Looking at Xia Mingfeng's eloquent appearance at the meeting, Old Man Xia was very pleased, and sighed in his heart that he was a successor. After listening to Xia Mingfeng's speech, the supreme leader and the No. 1 leader asked relevant questions one after another, all with solemn faces.

There is no doubt that although the United States fought Saddam Hussein in the "Gulf War," it also made the republics in the far east feel like they were on their backs. Several veteran soldiers in the army are even more worried, because they have all experienced the era of "nuclear blackmail" between the United States and the Soviet Union, so they are even more unforgettable about the truth that "if you are backward, you will be beaten."

After the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission, the Supreme Chief, the No. 1 Chief, and several veterans held a small-scale internal meeting, which formally established the general policy of speeding up the modernization and reform of the armed forces.

After dinner, Xia Mingfeng received a call from Mr. Xia's confidential secretary and asked him to rush to the old man immediately. Xia Mingfeng naturally didn't dare to have any delay, and drove straight to the West Mountain.

Walking into the study and looking at the old man who was working hard at the desk, Xia Mingfeng honestly stood aside. Waiting for Old Man Xia to put down the pen in his hand, Xia Mingfeng asked, "Dad, what are you looking for me for?"

"After the enlarged meeting, the Supreme Chief and the First Chief decided to speed up the process of modernizing the army. Old Man Xia put down the reading glasses in his hand, and then said: "This war has made us see the gap with the world. ”

"This time the United States has really given us a blow to the head in the face, and now it is the era of high-tech warfare. After seeing the actions of US imperialism in Iraq, Xia Mingfeng said with deep feelings.

Old Man Xia nodded and said in a deep voice: "The Supreme Chief and the No. 1 Chief asked you to summarize the outline of the modernization of the army. ”

"Okay. ”

"By the way, you can prepare for this period of time, and the work of the General Staff can be put on hold for the time being. The meaning of Old Man Xia's words is obvious, Xia Mingfeng may soon leave the General Staff.

"To the field troops?" Xia Mingfeng asked with some excitement.

"The Supreme Chief and the No. 1 Chief have this intention, but the specifics have not yet been decided. Master Xia glanced at him, and then said, "The weapons imported from the Soviet Union by the Su family's father and son have proven to be of great value, and the Supreme Chief and the No. 1 Chief are very satisfied with this matter. ”

Xia Mingfeng had already been suffocated in the capital, and when he heard the news, he was naturally overjoyed, so he said: "It seems that I, the middleman, did a good job at the beginning." ”

chatted with the old man for a while, and seeing that it was late, Xia Mingfeng said goodbye to his parents and left. When Xia Mingfeng returned home, he found an uninvited guest sitting swaggering in his living room.

"When did this kid come?" Xia Mingfeng looked at Su Chenyu, who was chatting with Xia Lei and Xia Xueyan, and asked Yan Jing.

"You came not long after you went to Daddy. ”

Su Chenyu saw Xia Mingfeng enter the house, stood up and asked, "Godfather, what good news did the old man bring you?"

"Follow me to the study. Xia Mingfeng glanced at Su Chenyu and said.

As soon as he arrived at the study, Xia Mingfeng took out his cigarette and began to swallow the clouds, he was not qualified to smoke in the old man's place.

"This Gulf War has shocked us. Xia Mingfeng said with emotion: "I haven't felt anything on paper, but I am really shocked to see the process and effect of others." ”

Su Chenyu understood Xia Mingfeng's psychological feelings, so he said: "The United States is showing its muscles in Iraq this time, on the one hand, to teach the disobedient Saddam Hussein, and on the other hand, to deter Lao Maozi and us, so that he can expand his 'hegemonism' on a global scale." Imperialism will not die!"

"Yes. Xia Mingfeng nodded, and then said: "The Military Commission has decided to speed up the modernization of the army, and the meaning of the old man's words, I estimate that I will go to the field army." ”

Su Chenyu thought for a while and said, "Isn't it just what you want?"

"However, it is necessary to write an outline on the modernization of the armed forces. ”

"That's not easy ......"

ps: For my big A shares, as a shareholder of a number of listed companies, the owner can only complain fiercely - "It's really a dog". However, you can guess where the next X Foundation will be?