Chapter 1321 A Little Episode in the Process II

"Our most urgent task now is to acquire a piece of land on the edge of the Arctic region and establish our own Arctic stronghold, preferably in a sovereign way, or if it doesn't work, we can lease it indefinitely."

"As long as there is this fulcrum, our navy can cut into the Arctic region, and no one dares to bypass us when allocating resources, the crux of the problem is that it must be close to the land of Northern Europe or Russia, otherwise the supply of materials is a big problem, and the cost of air transportation is too high, it is really not cost-effective."

"Mercenaries and the five Nordic countries have military cooperation, and Marcus suggested that the two governments could cooperate and participate in the competition for Arctic resources. After careful calculation, the General Staff had taken a fancy to an island, and the geographical location was more suitable. ”

"The island, called Rolf, covers an area of more than 80 square kilometres, and is largely uninhabited, with no important buildings or facilities, and the Norwegian government will not react too violently even if it does not agree." Thompson said.

"I know what you mean, but the issue of territory has always been very difficult to operate, every country is fighting for territory, and it is not easy to buy such a large area of islands, or in the highly developed Norway."

"The lease can be negotiated, the difficulty will not be too great, let Marcus talk about it first, if it doesn't work, we will fight Russia's idea, they have many islands in the Arctic, but although the area of those islands is large enough, the environment is very bad, it is not suitable for commercial construction, and the investment is not a small amount." Wu Chen said.

Wu Chen is still very happy that the core members of the mercenary corps can automatically and spontaneously make strategic planning, only such an environment can be healthy and positive, and he alone cannot afford the development of the Golden Triangle Federation.

In fact, he is not unconcerned about the mineral resources in the Arctic region, but the previous conditions did not allow it at all, and it was in vain to think about it, and now after these years of development, the Golden Triangle Federation should have a certain influence and voice in the world, and it is okay to move.

"With the current strength and influence of the mercenary corps, our cooperation is a win-win situation for mutual benefit, and the competition for Arctic resources is fierce, and in the end it may develop into a military struggle, and the Norwegian government will not fail to see this."

"Speaking of Rolf Island, which is only a few tens of square kilometers in area, there are no important mineral resources, there are no ports and cities, and there is less than one inhabitant per square kilometer, such a place is not very valuable, and the Norwegian government must take into account its own weight in the Arctic region, even if it is not short of money." Hunter said.

"I have to admit that your optimism has also infected me, on the issue of entering the Arctic region to exploit resources, today I officially approved the project, the weather in this place is cold, all unfavorable conditions must be taken into account, drilling platforms, transmission pipelines, transport tankers, patrol ships must take anti-low temperature measures."

"In addition to the stronghold on Rolf Island, we also need to notify the oil and gas groups of the federal government to reach a mineral exploitation agreement with Greenland as soon as possible, and the conditions given are more favorable, and there is news that there are a lot of oil and gas resources in the northeast sea, which requires more efforts from our exploration team."

"Your pattern is still too small, now is a rare good situation, since you have decided to do it, then simply do it to the extreme, I will go to Russia tomorrow to negotiate with President Park Jin about the Franz Josef Land Islands, if the Russian government agrees, I will give a little money to buy it, if not, I will ask for the permanent use of several of the islands, and build a special military base, it is estimated that this problem will not be too difficult to solve." Wu Chen thought for a while and said.

If there is any country that is the strongest in the Arctic region, it must be Russia, because it occupies the largest territory, the strength of the five Nordic countries cannot compete at all, and the United States and Canada acted relatively late, so there has been no movement so far.

Since the former Soviet Union, Russia has carried out large-scale exploitation and utilization of the Arctic mineral resources, but mainly within the continental shelf of the offshore sea. After President Park Kim took office, he paid special attention to the Arctic region, and in the face of extremely tight finances, he continued to update the equipment and develop new weapons for the Arctic combat units.

Wu Chen remembers very clearly that in another four or five years at most, once Russia has greatly eased its finances because of the rising prices in the international crude oil market, it will immediately build a military base in the Arctic region.

"The Russian government was tossed by us once at Christmas, and it has not eased up until now, presumably this matter will not be too difficult, if President Park Kim can't even see this, he will not be a qualified leader, our mercenary corps will definitely join the development of mineral resources in the Arctic region, no one can stop us, rather than this, it is better to push the boat down the river to do personal favors, Russia has so many islands in the Arctic, not worse than these." Thompson said with a smile.

The Russian Government is now in a period of high debts, and despite the fact that the international crude oil market is now rising, and the income and expenditure are also large, not to mention other aspects, the Russian government has become the largest creditor in loans of more than $100 billion by simply mercenaries.

Atlantis International took a tough stance against Russia over last Christmas in retaliation for the Russian government's sale of advanced weapons to mercenary enemies.

Although the sanctions have now been lifted, the special policy of low-cost supply to Russia has been abolished, and most of the production has been allocated to other countries, and even the vodka that Russians often drink has become scarce.

"Wu Chen didn't watch a play in Brazil, he actually flew to Mosk with a beautiful woman, and Marcas ended his visit to the new government of South Africa and made a working visit to the five Nordic countries, what are the mercenaries doing, shouldn't the second Falklands War be the most important thing?" This news has confused the US approach.

Governments around the world believe that the Golden Triangle Federation and Argentina wear the same pants on the Falklands, and there are many practical examples to prove that the relationship between the two countries is not purely military-trade.

First of all, the Federal Government of the Golden Triangle has publicly declared more than once that it supports Argentina's recovery of sovereignty over the Falklands, which is not surprising, and many countries have declared it this way, but because this is a territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, no one can intervene.

Secondly, it has given great help to the Argentine army, not only selling cutting-edge weapons and equipment, but also carrying out modern military training, and building a modern army with high military quality, which is crucial for Argentina to win the Falklands War and shorten the distance between Argentina and the British army.

In addition, before the start of the war, the mercenary corps leased to Argentina a large amount of active equipment of the navy, land and air force, ranging from warships, tactical transport planes to armored vehicles, in the form of leases, which was tantamount to supporting Argentina in launching the Falklands War in disguise.

But what everyone finds incomprehensible is that the Falklands are now in full swing, and the mixed fleet of the British Royal Navy is heading towards the Falklands, but at this most tense time, Wu Chen has arrived in Russia, and his way of thinking and doing things is really peculiar.