Chapter 109, Humiliation
At such a critical juncture, Canglong was late, but no one was dissatisfied, because they needed Canglong to give an order to start a war against Iran.
But after Canglong sat down, he only said one sentence: "All troops continue to train, immediately evacuate all the people in Fao, and if anyone dares to start a war against the Iranian army without authorization, shoot them directly." β
This passage was really unthinkable to them, all the reasons that Vivien had prepared were useless, and now it was time for them to prepare the reasons for Bader, and they asked surprisingly unanimously, "Why?" β
Canglong didn't answer them, Su Su came out and read a document, this document is the consequences of the war, and the next military deployment, not only can they not start the war, but they also have to evacuate the border for twenty kilometers, which means that they directly abandoned Fao.
This is unimaginable for these generals, they really want to convince Canglong, but Su Su repeated: "If there is any objection, execute the execution!" β
A very simple sentence wiped out all the clichΓ©s in their hearts, and also told them that Canglong is the absolute authority here, and if you dare to mess around, I will dare to kill.
The generals left in a huff, but they had to prepare another reason to convince their subordinates, after the second expansion, the Prophet's army had grown to 30,000 men, so they had to go back and convince the 30,000 men that they could not go to war, although they felt that the Prophet was weak at this time, but they had to obey this order, and they could not tell their subordinates that it was the Prophet's order.
After the generals left, only Su Su and Vivian remained, but the surprise in Vivian's eyes did not last long, more of a disbelief, she didn't believe that Canglong was a person who was bullied, but weak and forbearing, and the Baath Party suffered a big loss last time, and God fooled her unconsciously.
"If there's anything you want to ask, just ask." Canglong said calmly.
"Tell me, what the hell do you think, even if you're going to war, I know I can't stop you, but you at least tell me that I'm going to prepare, even if it's not what I expected." Vivian said that the reason she had been preparing for a long time was useless, so she could only think of one from time to time, and wanted to set Canglong's words.
"From a military or economic point of view, we are not suitable for war with Iran, and I judge that the Iranians are just trying to occupy France, and this will not hurt our bones, and our economy is not dependent on France's oil anyway." Canglong said helplessly, "It's a big deal that all the oil will go out of Basra Port in the future." β
If it was a person who didn't know Canglong, he might have been fooled when he saw Canglong's aggrieved expression like a little daughter-in-law, but Vivien knew that the more Canglong was like this, the more it proved that he had a ghost in his heart.
But what Canglong said was the truth, and she had considered it, so she didn't know how to set Canglong's words, so in the end she could only leave in a huff, and she was ready for the upcoming war.
But what she didn't expect was that in the next few days, the Prophet Army really didn't have any intention of going to war, the people of Fa'o evacuated smoothly, and the Prophet Army retreated twenty kilometers back to the border, this is what she saw, at that moment she thought that Canglong was really ready to endure this time.
But if she knew that after she left, Canglong had summoned the Russian consul and the Chinese consul, she would have jumped to her feet.
This is also Canglong's preparation for the war, the war must be fought, but before the war, he must obtain the consent of the two big powers behind him, don't look at Canglong so aggrieved, saying that it is to ask for consent, in fact, it is asking them for money and weapons, and these two things are indispensable to fight.
And two big countries, one has weapons and the other has money, who do not look for them? For the sake of Basra, why not compromise on everything?
So in this negotiation, Canglong was polite, Wan Zeliang and Nikolav thought that Canglong had changed sex, and at first they were still tentative, but then they became more and more polite when they spoke.
"It's okay if you want our support, but the prophet has to promise us some conditions before he can support you in this just war." Wan Zeliang said high-sounding.
In fact, he thinks so in his heart, since you want to act, then I will accompany you to act, engage in intelligence work, thick skin is the most important thing, I don't care if you don't admit that you are a prophet, as long as you agree to my request, I will give you money.
"What do you ask you to say? I will definitely consider it seriously and give you a satisfactory answer. Canglong said politely.
But this made Wan Zeliang goosebumps, to be honest, he still liked Canglong's arrogant appearance, at least then he still knew what Canglong was thinking, but now he couldn't understand Canglong more and more.
Of course, given such a good opportunity, he naturally wanted to complete his mission, so he said: "Open legal channels for us to intelligence, and I know that the Basra Intelligence Service has been spying on us, so as a friend, I hope that the Prophet will treat us as friends." β
Wan Zeliang said in a roundabout way, which means that you can't spy on us in the future, and you have to give me the privilege of collecting intelligence here legally.
If the leader of any country heard such words, he would not slap it in the face, but Canglong agreed with a smile: "Yes, but the prophet needs a loan, which is enough to support this war." β
"I'll report back to the top as it is." Wan Zeliang smiled, because his mission had been accomplished, and he had achieved this goal, and everything in Basra in the future was under his control.
Then Canglong looked at Nikolav and asked him what he wanted, and Nikolav was polite: "According to the previous agreement, we are obliged to provide you with weapons and equipment, but you have not shown enough sincerity. β
"What do you mean?" Canglong said strangely, in fact, he knew that it must be that the Russians found out that Canglong actually had the technology of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, so he was naturally not satisfied.
"The Prophet should be very clear, I won't say more, I hope the Prophet thinks it through, and we will wait for a reply." Nikolav said calmly, obviously he was concerned about Wan Zeliang's existence.
"Okay, I'll think about it." Canglong smiled and said, "But please don't forget, we are now in the same boat, if this boat capsizes, I can get out of the way at that time, but you"
Hearing this, Nikolav's face was ugly, Russia pulled a big bargaining chip in Basra, not to mention that if Basra was defeated, the Russians would not be able to get the other half of the payment for providing weapons, and the most terrible thing was the revenge of the Americans, but since Canglong said that he had considered it, Nikolav would have better go back to pay for it, at least Canglong was very likely to give them the technology of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, after all, the Russian Black Sea Fleet would have to guard the sea gate for Basra in the future.
The two left happily, but Canglong's face sank, and Su Su only felt uncomfortable, because Canglong showed a murderous intention, Wan Zeliang thought that once he got a legitimate source of intelligence, he would be able to be unscrupulous in the future, after all, the intelligence network is the most important.
But he seems to have forgotten one thing, this is Basra, the Prophet has absolute authority, the Prophet tells you to do it, you can do it, if the Prophet doesn't let you do it one day, you can go back where the mother came from.
"Huh." Canglong suddenly laughed.
But Su Su felt that this killing force was getting stronger and stronger: "What are you laughing at?" β
"Laugh at me for being weak and incompetent." Canglong said calmly.
Su Su didn't speak, the Iranian invasion made him feel humiliated, although he was not from Basra, he had been here for so long, Basra was like his child, he took care of him properly, of course he didn't want this child to be bullied.
But sometimes, they have to face the fate of being bullied, and all they can choose is to endure it temporarily, even if everyone says they are weak.
But weakness is always temporary, and the truly strong must choose to regress in the face of things that cannot be resisted, and taking this step back does not mean regressing forever.
Just like Han Xin, who would rather bear the humiliation of his crotch under the threat of hooligans, at that moment some people may say that he has no dignity and does not look like a man. But that was only for a while, because in the days to come, he will prove that he is a strong man like the world, a strong man who stands at the peak of the times, and later he did it.
At this time, Su Su felt that Canglong was like this, although he did not suffer the so-called humiliation of his crotch, but at least he showed weakness, when others made unreasonable demands to him, he actually agreed with a good voice, but Su Su did not think that the weakness at this time was the weakness of a lifetime.
Sooner or later, Canglong, a lone wolf, will show his bloody teeth and sharp claws and tear apart all the enemies in front of him, so let this moment come sooner, Su Su thought in his heart.
A few days later, the replies of Van Zelian and Nikolav arrived, first of all, Wan Zeliang, who promised to give Basra a war loan, the specific amount, depending on the war, and Nikolav's reply was very simple, Russia would go all out to provide weapons for Basra.
With these two guarantees, the necessary conditions for a counterattack appeared, but this was not the main condition, Canglong waited patiently, waiting for an opportunity.
And in the midst of this long wait, a man came from Iran, Ali Daei, a friend of Canglong.
The threat of war did not make Canglong do anything to Ali Daiyi, on the contrary, when he received Ali Daiyi, he was still of the highest standard, just like two ordinary friends, and did not involve any external conditions.
Ali Daei, on the other hand, brought a surprise: "The Iranian military did not have a unified opinion on this war, and the conservatives and the radicals were opposed, and the conservatives had an absolute advantage, but the radicals had the support of the president." β
"So the war is still going to start, right?" Canglong drank tea calmly, and the two didn't seem to be talking about national affairs, but a bit like they were chatting.
"Yes, the president has not been in office for a long time, and he needs to establish his majesty." Ali Daei said.
"So he's going to cut me?" Canglong smiled, "Then you can tell him that as long as he dares to send troops to Basra, I will let him sweep away his majesty and regret being my enemy." β