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The diligent old wolf always stays up late to update, begging for all kinds of tickets.

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On the eve of the Spring Festival in 91, both domestic and international, it did not seem very stable.

From an international point of view, the US-led multinational forces are waging a fierce war with the Iraqi armed forces, Saddam's Republican Guard is basically in the process of being completely suppressed, the multinational forces that have gained absolute air supremacy have gained the initiative on the battlefield, and Iraq's air defense and missile forces have basically been crippled.

In order to prevent the US military from liberating Kuwait, the Iraqi army set fire to an oil well to block the advance of the US armored forces, and discharged crude oil into the Persian Gulf, and the crude oil discharged into the sea caused serious damage to the ecological environment around the coast.

In fact, it was not only Saddam Hussein, who was beaten to the point of not being able to hold his head up, but also the Soviets, who were in financial trouble.

Originally, after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and the Americans threatened to use force, international oil prices kept rising, and the Soviet Union, as an important exporter of crude oil, was naturally overjoyed.

Crude oil exports have always been the main channel for the Soviet Union to obtain foreign exchange reserves, and the rise in international crude oil prices is obviously a boost to the economically struggling Soviets, for which they did not vote against the United Nations resolutions, and they also tacitly agreed to the Americans' sending troops, betraying Iraq, a former ally.

In the more than 40 years since the end of World War II, due to the antagonism of social systems and ideologies and the need for each to compete for hegemony, people can see the shadow of contention and confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in almost all regional conflicts.

After Gorbachev came to power, he pursued reforms and new thinking, actively moved closer to the West, and abandoned his political, military, and diplomatic stance of antagonism with the United States. Iraq's move invisibly further promoted the desire for contacts between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Although Iraq was one of the few close allies of the Soviet Union operating in the Middle East for many years, the Soviet Union preferred to sacrifice Iraq, a former ally, in order to avoid confrontation with the United States and other Western countries over their stance on Iraq.

On the Iraq issue, US President George W. Bush was "very satisfied" with the Soviet Union's attitude toward cooperation with the United States, and called it "the first alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union on a regional conflict after World War II."

The United States and the Soviet Union agreed on their basic stance on the Gulf crisis, which enabled the UN Security Council to smoothly adopt a series of resolutions on sanctions against Iraq; although the Soviet Union did not directly send troops to participate in the war against Iraq, its attitude of supporting the United States in organizing a multinational force to send troops to the Gulf enabled the United States to take various military actions without any scruples.

However, after the start of the war, the Soviets felt that something was wrong, and the international price of crude oil not only did not continue to rise, but fell sharply and fell back to the original level.

The Soviets felt a little "fooled" and fell for the tricks of the Americans!

At present, the entanglement point between the two sides is the issue of the complete withdrawal of Iraqi troops, the United States has a very tough attitude, the Soviets are hesitant, and Saddam Hussein is fiercely inward-looking.

Gorbachev touched the map of Europe on his bald head and shouted that he was fooled, while Saddam Hussein hid in the basement and scolded Bush Sr. for being nosy, and then scolded Gorbachev for not being righteous.

On the domestic side, it is mainly the high-level game around the Gu Huanzhi incident, which has been-for-tat and does not give in to each other.

The second old man showed the extraordinary means of the iron-blooded general at this time, comprehensively suppressed Liu Bingzheng, agreed to the handling opinions within the Military Commission, decided to severely punish Gu Huanzhi, and reported the handling opinions to the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau.

Among the five standing committee members, Old Man Ye must support severe punishment, and Chen Zhaowu, who ranked last among the five giants, expressed cautious opposition, believing that military affairs should be treated cautiously, and taking down the middle and high-level of the army will easily lead to unstable morale and worrying consequences.

Premier Yun and Li Tonghe, another member of the Fifth Standing Committee, said that seeking truth from facts had brought a conclusion to the matter, but as for the attitude of Comrade Jiang Cheng, the No. 1 giant, it was still unclear, and the matter had reached a deadlock for a while.

However, after Ye Kai deliberately leaked the inside story of Gu Huan's case through external channels, Comrade Jiang Cheng finally found an entry point and expressed his tough attitude very decisively, and he would be severely punished!

The second old man's self-requested punishment also broke out with a huge influence, and under his coercion, General Liu Bingzheng, deputy head of the Military Commission, had to admit that there were mistakes in promoting Gu Huan.

The consequence of this incident was that General Liu Bingzheng stepped down to the second line ahead of schedule and entered the Central Advisory Committee to take up a painless post, which can be regarded as a withdrawal from the military's power center.

After this battle, the old Chen family lost two generals, which was naturally painful.

Comrade Jiang Cheng took advantage of the situation to promote General Xie Bingyuan to the post of deputy head of the Central Military Commission and head of the Military Discipline Inspection Commission.

"It's a big bargain for Comrade Jiang Cheng to pick it up! Although our family has promoted a major general, but the second grandfather, you have taken on a punishment for nothing, and it really can't be worth it! When talking about this matter, Ye Kai said this to the second old man.

"You can't say that, things in officialdom don't change, and suffering losses does not necessarily mean losses, and we must take a long-term view." The second old man said mysteriously, "It's good for Comrade Jiang Cheng to pick up the cheap this time, but think about the source of drinking water, and never forget the benefits of our old Ye family." ”

Ye Kai pondered for a while, and said in his heart that this is also the truth.

If the old Ye family had not been in the front, and cooperated afterwards, they steadily suppressed the old Chen family, got rid of Gu Huanzhi, and moved Liu Bingzheng, Comrade Jiang Cheng naturally did not have this opportunity to directly meddle in the affairs of the army, after all, Comrade Jiang Cheng had shortcomings in this regard and had a weak influence on the army.

Through this incident, Comrade Jiang Cheng finally stretched out his hand to the military.

Such a big face was completely created for him by the old Ye family, how could Comrade Jiang Cheng not appreciate it?

For smart people, everyone just understands it, and there is no need to shout about it to the whole world.

"It's not bad, I dealt with this matter a year ago, and everyone can spend the New Year with peace of mind." The second old man's mood is very good, he has long seen that Liu Bingzheng is not pleasing to the eye, and now he has been replaced by Xie Bingyuan, although he is not very on the right path, but at least there is no festival on the big face.

"Also, if it really drags on for the New Year, things may not be able to achieve such a satisfactory result." Ye Kai thought of something else and couldn't help but say so.

"What? Are you saying that Fang and Comrade Fang will make a big move after the year? The second old man asked with some curiosity.

"Hey, hey." Ye Kai nodded, looking secretive.