Chapter 043, Borrowing Grain
In the command room, Canglong just said "oh", and there was no more, Vivian hurriedly walked over, snatched the documents in Canglong's hand, and said: "I said that there is a mess outside, the people have besieged the provincial government, and there is a demonstration, did you hear?" β
"I know." Canglong didn't care about it, "What you have in your hand is the best way for me to solve the problem." β
Vivien was stunned for a moment, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, but when she finished reading the document in her hand, her face suddenly changed greatly, this is a piece of order, the content of the order is very simple, the prophet army is dispatched on all fronts.
"That's your solution to the problem? Send the army to suppress? Vivien was incredulous, "If you do this, you will only ruin all our efforts, and who will believe in you as a prophet?" β
"What else do you have to do but send the army?" Canglong asked rhetorically, "Read the documents in your hand word for word." β
Vivian was very angry, she still calmed down and looked at the documents, but when she saw that her face was even worse later, Canglong dispatched the Prophet Army to suppress it, not to suppress the people, but to suppress the US military, all the Prophet Army troops have gone to the US military base, this is to start a war with the US military.
If Canglong goes to suppress the people, it is better to say, although this is the next policy, but at least it is to solve the problem, but to attack the US military base, what is it? It is already very chaotic, and if the US military base is attacked, it will only completely mess up the already chaotic Basra, and even cause war to give the Americans an excuse.
"Did you burn out your brain and kill yourself?" Vivian looked at Canglong seriously, "Give me a reasonable explanation!" β
"You still haven't finished reading the paper." Canglong shook his head, "Look, this little thing will make you anxious like this, what can you do in the future." β
Hearing this, Vivian suddenly looked indignant, and said in her heart, "Mother, I am busy with everything and outside, and now I am worried about internal and external troubles, the merchant ship was seized by the US military, and there is civil strife in Basra, you guy, this guy said this is a trivial matter?
Seeing that Vivian was furious, Canglong hurriedly said: "Okay, calm down, calm down, calm down first, and then we can deal with the next problems." β
"How do you calm the old lady? You damn bastard. Vivien scolded directly.
"Okay." Canglong looked helpless, "It seems that I can't hide it, in fact, I didn't plan to rely on domestic food supply from the beginning, it was just a bait, you know?" Bait for Natasha. β
"Bait?" Vivien looked puzzled, but calmed down.
"Yes, it's the bait, and if you don't have it, how can you make Natasha let her guard down?" Canglong said, standing up and pointing to the US military base on the Basra map, "I have been preparing this move for a long time, after our coup d'Γ©tat, the reason why we did not attack the US military base is because it will anger the Americans, and the second is for the present." β
"Are you attacking the U.S. military base in order to kidnap the U.S. troops inside and let the Americans let the merchant ships go?" Vivien looked strange.
"No, no, no, that's too dangerous, what's the difference between hijacking a US military base and hooligans like this, it's not good to be seen by the whole world, there are so many international journalists in Basra, I don't want them to see our hooliganism, but" Canglong originally wanted to sell a pass, but seeing Vivian's murderous eyes, he knew that he couldn't say it if he didn't say it, "In fact, the US military base is kept just to provide us with food." β
"Food?" Vivien was even more incredulous, "Do you think Americans are stupid 13?" will provide us with food. β
"Of course they won't, so we need to borrow, and now we can only send the Prophet Army to borrow food from the US military base." Canglong smiled.
"Even if you capture the entire US military base, you won't be able to solve the current food shortage in Basra." Vivien said coldly.
"It seems that you, the Minister of Administration, don't care much about intelligence." Canglong said and handed her another document, "This is the recent flight entry record of Basra Airport, as well as the freight records in the railway station, most of which are supplies provided to the US military base, Tonatasha's blessing, and now there are no less than two million catties of grain hoarded in the US military base, which is also Natasha's backhand." β
"She is just in case, so she sent so many supplies to the US military base, if something happens, she is ready to let the soldiers of the US military base stick to the base, and then carry out a combined internal and external strike?" Vivien finally understood.
"Yes, this is also your credit, your empty city plan is so good, so Natasha is not absolutely sure, so she can only prepare in advance for a war, so that the US military base must be nailed to Basra, which is also just the solution to our current crisis." Canglong thought for a moment, "What is that sentence called?" To solve the bell, we still need to tie the bell, and Natasha gave us a problem, but she had already written the answer for us. β
"You're insidious." Natasha said coldly, "But what if we attack the US military base and Natasha launches a full-scale attack on us?" β
"You are stupid, I said that we are going to borrow food, since we are going to borrow food, naturally we have to make an IOU, and we will bring reporters or something to borrow it together, and then the whole world will know, what can Americans do?" Canglong said, "Not only can you not attack them, but you can thank them and thank them to the whole world when you borrow food." β
"If you were insidious just now, then I think you're too dirty now." Vivien quipped, "Still, this is the best way to deal with the Americans." β
About a few hours later, the Prophet Army completed its deployment and surrounded the US military base, and Bai Wuchang drove the J-7M to hover not far from the US military base at all times.
Needless to report from the consulate, the intelligence officers at the US military base in Baghdad have captured the large-scale operation of the Prophet Army from drone detection, and the intelligence officers at the US military base look incredulous.
"Oh no, the Prophet Army is out!" Natasha was enjoying her afternoon coffee when the intelligence officer rushed in.
"Panic what? Will the Prophet's Army still be able to reach Baghdad? Natasha retorted, "What the hell is going on! β
"The Prophet Army has been dispatched."
"Oh, he finally couldn't resist sending the army to suppress it. Violent. Chaos of the people? Natasha was a little surprised, but not very strange.
"No, No, Your Excellency, the Prophet Army has been dispatched and has surrounded the US military base, spy satellites and drones have discovered the problem for the first time, and the report from the consulate and the signal for help from the Basra base have also arrived." The intelligence officer said.
"Damn." Hearing the news, Natasha's face turned pale at the time, put down her coffee and came to the command room, she naturally knew how much food was stored in the Basra base, "How soon can the Air Force reach the sky over Basra?" β
"Half an hour." Chief of Staff Felix said.
"Have the Air Force send a combat squad to Basra to bomb all the Prophet forces besieging the base." Vivien commanded.
Felix was about to contact the air base, and the intelligence officer just now said: "Your Excellency, Commander, we can't bomb the Prophet Army, because they are not attacking the base, according to the information from the Basra base, the Prophet Army is borrowing food from us to solve the current food shortage in Basra, and there are journalists from various countries in the Prophet Army. β
"This bastard." Natasha's face turned blue and she scolded from the bottom of her heart, but she said, "Do you want to borrow food from us with a weapon?" β
"Yes." The intelligence officer looked helpless, "Even if the air force is dispatched, it will be useless, because the Prophet Army is equipped with a sufficient number of missiles, and there are two J-7M, and before the air force arrives, I am afraid that the base will be breached like the Kada prison, as long as the planes on our side fly together, they will get the news and attack the base." β
"The main thing is the image problem, the Prophet Army in the name of borrowing food, with international media reporters over, obviously not ready to fight us, but if we take the lead in attacking, even if the Prophet Army is repulsed, it will also lead to damage to our image, after all, Basra food shortage, and we pursue humanitarianism, if we don't save death, it will only make us fall into passivity, how does the world view us?" The sea eagle appeared in the command room at some point, smoking a cigarette and still looking comfortable.
Vivien was silent, the dragon was obviously threatening them, but there was nothing they could do to stop it from happening.
"I knew he wasn't so easy to deal with, I lost this opportunity, and I don't know when I will wait for the next time." Vivien suddenly calmed down, and walked to the door.
Felix asked, "Colonel, do you want the Air Force?" β
"Are you going out to scold?" Natasha asked rhetorically and left the command room.
Back in the office, Natasha angrily threw things, and two hours later, the sea eagle came, and when she saw the mess in Natasha's room, she knew that she was still angry.
"We've been busy for so long, and it's not like we've got nothing." As he spoke, the sea eagle pulled out a newspaper called the Basra Times.
It was written that the reserves of the US military base had solved the food shortage in Basra, and the Basra provincial government and the Prophet's Army expressed their gratitude, and the Prophet came forward to thank the US military base for its generosity.
The newspaper also included a picture of the Prophet Army carrying food from a U.S. military base.
Natasha tore up the newspaper and looked at the sea eagle: "Uncle Sam, are you deliberately angry with me?" β
"I just want you to calm down." The sea eagle smiled and picked up the torn newspaper, "Look, how good the material of this newspaper is, the newspaper appeared so quickly, and the medium of Basra was established very quickly." β
Natasha's face changed, and she picked it up and kept pondering: "It's getting harder and harder to deal with him. β
"Since you can't solve him now, why not just change the target." The eagle smiled, "Let's just give him time." β
"What do you mean?" Natasha looked thoughtful, "But if he grows, it will become more and more difficult to deal with." β
"Saddam's Republican Guard is strong enough." The sea eagle said with a smile, "It's not the same as being beaten by us, we will always have an advantage in force, no matter how strong he develops, it's just in vain, do you know why you have been so passive?" β
"Why?"
"Because you always do it yourself." "But completely ignoring the strength of the security forces, the new government is, in Chinese parlance, orthodox." β
"I see." Natasha reacted suddenly, "This guy has been using the natives and journalists in Basra against us, and we have been doing it ourselves, which will only become more and more passive and unfavorable to us." β
"It's not us, it's you." The sea eagle reminded, "When you are playing against a familiar person, don't get too much personal emotion, or even emotion, understand? β
"Old fellow, I don't need you to teach me a lesson." Natasha was dissatisfied, but in fact she had a lot of respect for the sea eagles