In the Basra provincial government, Vivian, as the minister of administration, received the new supreme commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.

"Colonel Natasha, along the way, I wonder what you think about the reconstruction of Basra Province?" Vivien asked, smiling.

Natasha carefully looked at the woman in front of her and found that there was no such person in her intelligence data, but it is no wonder that now the intelligence network of the US military in Basra has collapsed, in addition to drone reconnaissance, that is, satellite reconnaissance, although spy satellites are suitable for reconnaissance, they can only capture a single target, which is ineffective for overall intelligence collection.

Everything had to rely on the intelligence network on the ground to obtain information, so when Natasha arrived, she felt more and more like a blind person breaking into a strange environment, everything around her was not familiar to her, and the whole Basra gave her a feeling of vacillation and control.

"I didn't expect the Prophet Army to control this place so firmly, I'm afraid it's thanks to the Prophet's demagogy." Natasha was unceremonious.

The atmosphere in the reception room suddenly became cold, all the officials glared angrily, and Uncle Sam, who was standing next to Natasha, leaned into her ear and said, "Although the people here don't dare to do anything to you, if you blaspheme the person they believe in their hearts, an accident will happen." ”

Natasha didn't care, just stared at Vivian, she hoped that the other party could be angry, but it was obvious that Vivian did not have the slightest faith in the dragon god, how to get angry, she just smiled: "Allah sent a prophet, this is what the people of Basra are looking forward to, how can it be said to be demagogued?" ”

"What is it that fooling the people is not demagogy?" Natasha didn't back down.

"I remember that in the United States, there is freedom of belief, so is it true that the people of Basra are not allowed to have faith?" Vivien asked rhetorically, "What's more, the prophet is much more real than you Americans, he is at least restoring the economic construction here, improving the living standards of the people here, and eradicating hunger and poverty, while you are here, but you will only play this anti-terrorist signboard, arrest those people who have no power to resist, and then bend them into tricks, and finally dig them out of their internal organs and give them to those conglomerate leaders in your country to use, what qualifications do you have to say that the prophet is bewitching the people?" ”

Vivien's words brought the atmosphere in the reception room to a freezing point, and she also stared at Natasha without relenting, as if trying to find some of her emotional weaknesses.

It's a pity that Vivian was also disappointed, and Natasha looked indifferent: "Who did this, my government has already issued a statement, and you still have the former government officials, aren't you shouting to catch thieves and complicit in the same stream?" ”

Hearing this, the faces of all the Sunni officials changed, especially the governor of Chiram, Natasha's words completely dashed his hopes for the United States, in fact, Chiram continued to serve as the governor of this province because the Americans let them carry the black pot and put all the blame on them, otherwise they would not have obeyed Canglong so easily.

"Hehe, your propaganda methods, except for deceiving the ignorant people all over the world, have no effect in Basra, and there is no effect in Iraq, there seems to be only one Qada prison in Iraq, although you closed the other prisons in advance, but the harm you have done to the Iraqi people has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and they will never forget the trauma you have brought." Vivien said calmly.

Neither side interjected, the two women taunted and sarcastically each other, in fact, they were indeed showing their respective strengths, if Vivien was suppressed, I am afraid that Natasha would mobilize all the forces at her disposal as soon as she returned to Baghdad to destroy everything in Basra.

But if Natasha is suppressed, then she has to think about why Vivien would talk to her so confidently, but inside and outside the city, she didn't see the so-called army, it seems that from beginning to end, the force they showed was the people who protected Chiram and the militia at the airport.

In fact, the Sunni and Shiite officials present were in a cold sweat, after all, they believed that their life and death and fate were in the hands of the Americans, and everyone knew that Basra had no power to compete with Baghdad at all, and the Americans had to play everything they had to do as soon as they moved, so it was not only surprised but also frightened that Vivian was so strong to talk to Natasha.

"Is China behind you?" After a long silence, Natasha suddenly asked, a question that no one expected.

But Vivien didn't care: "It's all the people of Basra who support us, all the righteous forces who support us, and all those who haven't annihilated humanity yet!" ”

Natasha was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect to get a perfunctory answer, but the answer she wanted was already in her heart: "Since you are so confident, then get ready, don't you want to be autonomous?" I came here to bring a sentence from the Prime Minister of Iraq, if you want autonomy, then you must first solve your own financial problems, from now on, the central government will not supply Basra province with a grain of grain, nor will it give you a dime, and the oil fields of Basra will be nationalized and will not be allowed to be developed without the approval of the central government. ”

As she spoke, Natasha smiled and stood up: "It's good for yourself!" ”

As the group walked to the door, Sunnis and Shiites alike had a look of trepidation on their faces, and although Basra was the richest province in Iraq, it relied on an oil economy and had no self-sufficient food supply chain.

During the Iraq War, the British who occupied the area provided Basra with basic food rations, and after the British withdrew, the central government supported by the Americans rationed them, and they were rationed regularly, and they would never give the provinces more than a month's worth of food, which was also the means of the central government to control the provinces.

That is to say, if the central government does not ration Basra food, after a month, there will not be a month, but less than a month, the Basra food will run out, two million people will be starving, and even if they believe in the Prophet, a civil strife will break out, and all the systems will be broken.

"What a vicious method." Vivi said secretly with peace of mind, seeing that the officials on both sides were arguing, Vivian shook her head, she would not let them be quiet like Canglong.

After confirming that Natasha went to the U.S. Consulate, Vivian went to the Dragon International Branch and told Canglong all about Natasha's conversation.

At that time, Canglong laughed, and Vivian looked strange: "You are still laughing, even if you have been ready to transfer food from the country, but have you thought about it, the ration supply for two million people is simply a bottomless pit." ”

"At least our empty city plan worked, didn't it?" Canglong said calmly, "Natasha's throwing out such a threat is already the greatest tolerance for Basra, if the empty city plan does not work, I am afraid she will prompt the security forces to quickly capture Basra." ”

Vivian suddenly realized: "But you didn't act like this, Zhuge Kongming personally went into battle, but you hid behind it alone and let us go out to deal with it, I think you are afraid of seeing her." ”

"Sooner or later, she and I will have to meet, but not now, if she comes to visit me in person tomorrow, it will prove that she is uncertain about the situation in Basra, and she will not take major action against us for the time being, and if she does not come, it means that she has determined that we are singing about the empty city" Canglong frowned, "That would be bad." ”

"We don't have the strength to fight the Americans, and even if Baghdad raises troops to suppress the border, it will be difficult for us to resist." Vivien sighed, "And they also said that they want to nationalize the oil, if we dare to exploit it, I'm afraid they will immediately raise troops to suppress the border!" ”

"I have no plans to extract oil for the time being." Canglong smiled, "Since we don't exploit it, then the others don't want to exploit it, inform Badr that before tomorrow, blockade the port of Basra, confiscate all the oil that is about to be shipped out of the country, and block everyone's oil fields." ”

"Even the Russians and the Americans?" Vivien wondered.

"Seal, Natasha won't let us mine, then others don't want to mine, just let them be sealed in the ground first." Canglong smiled, "In addition, all ports in the future will be open to fishermen, and there will be no tax for fishing at sea." ”

Vivian nodded, understanding what Canglong wanted to do, in fact, even if they exploited oil now, in the event of a war in the future, the oil wells would only become the target of the US Air Force, and before the situation stabilized, it would be expensive to drill more oil wells.

"But even if you go out to sea to fish, you can't meet the food rations of two million people." Vivien worried.

"How's the domestic food coordination?" Canglong asked.

"Binglan said that there is no problem, your Oriental International's Early Rice No. 1 will be harvested soon, and there is no problem in deploying 500,000 catties, Binglan is trying to buy 500,000 catties for us, and gather 1 million catties of grain to transport here." "But Binglan worries that there might be problems along the way. ”

Canglong frowned, if other countries interfered, I am afraid that the grain would be intercepted before it reached the port of Basra.

"Let her figure out a way, I hope the navy can escort to the Persian Gulf!" Canglong said.

"She also has this idea, but the navy can only escort oil tankers to the Persian Gulf, but after entering the Persian Gulf, the navy will withdraw, and it must not enter the Persian Gulf, let alone enter the port of Basra with great fanfare." Vivien said.

"It's easy to enter the Persian Gulf, and I'll take care of the rest." Canglong breathed a sigh of relief.

"But one million catties of grain can't last long, and with the current grain storage in Basra, it's only a month." Vivien said.

"Don't you know that Basra used to be a large agricultural province? It's just that after the discovery of oil, the people here don't plant it, and the congenital conditions of Basra are very sufficient, with the Tigris River and the Euphrates River passing through it, and there is a lake in the north, which is most suitable for agricultural irrigation, so that Ye Menglong can find a way to cultivate more of the second phase of Early Rice No. 1, and we implement a rationing system. Canglong pondered.

"What do you mean?" Vivien wondered.

"It's not time to tell you yet." Canglong smiled mysteriously