Chapter 157, Joker

In order to stay, Han Shuo promised to change his previous problems, not only for himself, but also for the people around him, and Canglong also set a rule because of him, no matter who he was in the future, as long as you were in the base, you must participate in some routine training in the base every day.

Han Shuo was naturally no exception, because this was one of the conditions he left behind, despite this, the first day of training still made Han Shuo almost shed a layer of skin, but at least after training, he looked more bloody than before, and he didn't treat people with a high indifference.

Maybe the change is small, but for the people in the base, it's already a sea change, at least they didn't want to mess around with this Chinese kid before, and they didn't even want to say a word.

Canglong also inspected the base's network laying and security settings, and he hopes that in the future, more excellent celebrities can be cultivated to lay the foundation for the civilian network laying in Basra.

Half a month later, Canglong has dealt with most of the things, and now the main direction of their response is central Iraq, and the Baath Party is now losing and retreating, in a way, this is also due to Basra, after all, in the first war, the Baath Party's oil fields in Missan Province were burned, and then in the war against Iran, the Baath Party's greatest support fell into chaos in the domestic order.

This has contributed to the fact that the Baath Party is logistically undersupplied and its weapons are obsolete.

So Canglong secretly sent some advisers to the Prophet's Army to the central provinces to negotiate further cooperation with Simon, and with the support of the Russians, light military factories in Basra were now developed.

Of course, Basra's missile units, as always, support the Baath Party, and as long as the US planes dare to fly within range, the missile units of the Prophet Army will mercilessly shoot down the US planes.

Simon was interested in further cooperation, and although he was well aware that Basra was now treating them as a door god and blocking the Americans for them, Simon was not disgusted, and the biggest reason was because Simon knew the gap between Baath's army and Basra.

Especially in the case of the Baath regime, even if the Americans were really crushed, no one would want to return to the political repression of Saddam's rule, and Basra was a good choice.

Simon saw both the wars of Kuwait and Iran in the eyes of the Prophet Army, which was not only a war, but also the economy and people's hearts of a region.

It was expected to defeat Kuwait, but it was an absolute shock victory to defeat the Iranian army and almost attack Tehran, the capital of Iran, and he knew very well how strong the Revolutionary Guards were, but the Prophet Army actually stubbornly defeated the Revolutionary Guards, which impressed Simon.

Compared to the rabble he led, Simon hoped that Basra would develop, and in fact the wars fought in Basra these days not only boosted the morale of the people in the area they ruled, but also boosted the morale of their soldiers.

Simon even heard that some soldiers wanted to go to Basra because they were well paid and had ample opportunities for promotion, rather than the strict system of cronyism within the Baath Party, where soldiers had no chance of promotion even if they had made great achievements.

So Simon took the opportunity to mention to Basath leader Hussein that he wanted to go to Basra to negotiate with the Prophet in person, at that time, the relatives of the former President Saddam Hussein, the leader of the Ba'ath Party, were not very willing, but now Iran is restrained by the Prophet's army, the domestic order is chaotic, and there are too few forces to support them, and now the biggest aid comes from Basra.

However, Hussein was still worried that Simon might come to some kind of agreement with the Prophet, so when Simon was leaving, he sent a close confidant to follow Simon, who was the envoy Faisam, who had been clamoring in Basra.

Since the defeat, Simon's position in the Baath Party has been somewhat unstable, and Faisam, a clown, because he is from Hussein's hometown and speaks ill of Simon around Hussein, has been reused and has become a staff officer of the Mahdi Army and the Baath Party Alliance Command.

This kind of promotion is almost rare in the Prophet Army, because the Prophet Army wants people who have the ability, you don't have the ability, even if your father is the commander-in-chief, you can only be an honest soldier.

But it is very common in the Ba'ath Party, as long as you have a good relative, you will be able to make a fool of yourself, and the day of success is not far off.

Although Simon knew that this system was a cancer in the army, he had nothing to do, and although he was the supreme commander of the coalition army, he was appointed and dismissed by the top leaders of the Baath Party and the Mahdi Army in terms of employing people, and his only obligation was to fight and win the war.

Despite this, Simon reminded Ferswam before the trip that they went to Basra this time to ask for help, in a sense, they went to ask for help this time, you are just talking cheap, don't be so self-righteous, otherwise it will not be possible to do things, and the entire Baath Party will be destroyed.

But Fersam didn't care, he felt that Basra had to support them, and if the Baath Party was destroyed, Basra would face the Americans directly, which Basra did not want to see, and Fersam believed that as long as they grasped this, whatever they wanted from Basra was taken for granted, and they had to compromise.

So the two of them embarked on a journey to Basra, and arrived at the Basra railway station by rail, and when they learned of Simon's visit, Canglong arranged for Vivien and Badr to meet him personally, in a sense, Simon was a respectable person, and if he had enough time, he might have gone to meet him personally.

But in the process of greeting, there were many unpleasant things, for example, when Ferisam got off the train and saw that the only people who greeted him were Badr and Vivian, his face suddenly changed, and he said loudly: "What about the prophet? Why didn't the prophet come to greet him? We came to Basra with good faith. ”

Hearing this, the faces of the people present were not good, especially the soldiers in charge of security, almost all of them glared angrily, and they had the urge to throw this guy off the railroad tracks and let the train crush to death.

Simon also carefully reminded: "This is Basra, not our sphere of influence, you better be careful when you speak." ”

But Ferssum kept persuading and said directly: "We blocked the Americans for Basra, shouldn't he come to meet him personally?" ”

This sentence made the atmosphere extremely depressing, if it weren't for the murderous gaze of the soldier in charge of security, Ferswam probably wouldn't have stopped at the train station.

Neither the visiting negotiators of the coalition forces nor the Basra side were very interested in this so-called staff officer.

But no one explained, and even Simon didn't bother to persuade in the end, but when they saw everything about the prosperity of Basra along the way, everyone was stunned, even this Fersam, they had all been to Basra, but it was a few years ago, and the comparison between the current Basra and the Basra a few years ago can be said to be a poor countryside and a bustling metropolis.

Such a miracle was something Simon could not have predicted, looking at the people living here, looking at the faces full of happy smiles, they could not imagine that a few years ago this place was full of potholes, bullet marks, people did not dare to go out on the streets, and there were traces of war everywhere.

"No wonder even our soldiers yearn for Basra because it gives people hope." Simon said from the bottom of his heart that he felt that he had not come in vain this time.

But just after the delegation had approved Basra, Fassam said inappropriately: "What's the miracle of this, if it weren't for the oil here, would Basra have developed?" ”

The crowd did not speak, and the anger in the car was indifferent until they arrived at the Basra International Hotel, where Vivien had arranged accommodation for the delegation and left.

The members of the delegation thought that this departure was only temporary, but they did not expect that they had been staying in the Basra International Hotel for a week, and that the Basra high-level had not sent any personnel to discuss cooperation with them.

Although they were a little unhappy these days, even Faisam himself, Simon realized that the Prophet might be angry because of Faisam's inappropriate words and actions.

So Simon decided to visit the prophet himself.

At the same time, in the intelligence agency, Su Su was reporting to Canglong: "These are the expenses of the recent activities of the coalition delegation in Basra. ”

"Fifty million?" Canglong looked surprised.

"Yes, they have been here for just a week, and it cost us 50 million dollars, and the loser is not so defeated." Su Su said with a smile, "If the money is spent and it is favored, then it will be forgotten, but this group of grandsons, who spent so much money on us, actually took it for granted, in their words, the money was exchanged for their oil, and it was taken for granted." ”

"Simon said?" Canglong looked strange.

"No, the number two person in this delegation, the staff officer of the General Staff of the Union Army, a close confidant of the leader of the Baath Party, Hussein." Su Su said, and said with a smile, "He has another identity, a former Baath Party envoy to Basra for negotiations. ”

"Envoy?" Canglong recalled it in his mind, but he couldn't remember it at all, this kind of inconsequential character would never stay in his mind for even more than ten seconds.

Seeing that Canglong was puzzled, Su Su explained, and Canglong smiled: "It turned out to be this clown." ”

Canglong didn't deliberately not negotiate with the delegation these days, on the contrary, he was dealing with the matter of little Christine's visit, so he instructed Vivian to let the delegation play in Basra for a few days, as for what Ferham said, it was impossible to enter Canglong's ears at all, it was very simple, Su Su would not report this kind of spam information to Canglong.

But what he didn't expect was that this Fersam was so excessive.

"Since this guy is so natural, then we'll meet him." Canglong said coldly.

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Su Su nodded and left, but soon he came back again, "No need to arrange, General Simon and that clown are here, see you now, or let them wait?" ”

"Let Lao Hei come over, by the way, let him bring Badr's knife by the way, before Lao Hei arrives, let them wait." Canglong said simply.