"In fact, we in Saudi Arabia feel that we should not only shoot on the battlefield, but also think of ways from other aspects. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 "For example, there is one thing that we have the most in the world, and the Western countries still need it very much. ”

Petroleum! This is the idea in the minds of all the delegates, they are all oil-producing countries, but there is a difference between more and less. They don't even know what their country's specialty is, so they don't have to mix it up. The Saudi proposal was quickly adopted, and as early as the outbreak of the war, Syria first cut off an oil pipeline, and Lebanon also closed its important southern oil port, Sidon. A few days later, Iraq announced that it would nationalize the shares of the Basra Oil Company, owned by the Iraqi Oil Company, jointly owned by Exxon and Mobile.

But the actions of Syria and Iraq can only be described as petty fights and will not have any impact on oil. Up to now, the price of oil is still in the hands of Britain and the United States, and the price is less than three dollars a barrel. Oil-producing countries are dissatisfied with the old capitalist oil system, especially the low prices. The demand for oil in the Western world has increased dramatically, but the Western oil companies have refused to make concessions to the demands of the developing countries, which mainly produce oil, to raise prices.

Now is the right opportunity, and isn't there still the support of the Soviet Union? Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is the time for these Arabs to reclaim their wealth, and there will be no better time than now.

"European countries have finally made it easier for the United States, and this time we want to teach them a lesson." It was the representative of Egypt, who so far remained the center of Arab nationalism and the primary partner of the Soviet Union in the Middle East. At least in some public places, the Soviet Union had great respect for Egypt.

"Raising the price of oil, we in Iraq are very welcome, and the matter of communication with the Soviet Union. Let's do it. "The representative of Iraq at this time reminded the surrounding countries, the special relations between Iraq and the USSR. Theoretically, Iraq is now part of the socialist camp, and of course the relationship between Iraq and Saudi Arabia is not good, but that does not mean that the two sides have no chance of cooperation at all, as in this case.

The news was sent to Moscow by Iraq, which was enough for another meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the USSR to discuss. The Soviet Union was an oil-producing country, not only an oil-producing country, but also produced more than any other country, but it did not export much, which seemed to have little effect on world prices. For the USSR, the increase in oil prices was certainly a good thing.

"The main reason is that Western European countries other than the United States, including Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, and even Italy, which are now the most aggressive, do not produce oil in their own countries, and if prices rise, I think an economic crisis is coming. Their deficit is sure to increase! "Serov, as the boss of the Soviet intelligence service, is well aware of this enemy information.

Economic crisis? If there is a favorite word of the Soviet leadership, the economic crisis must be at the top of the list, and this word has always been associated with the export revolution and the unprecedented upsurge of the socialist movement. So far, the Soviet Union has benefited from successive economic crises.

Sure enough, this phrase aroused the interest of the chairman of the Council of Ministers, Kosygin, who was an economic expert in the Soviet Union, and after imagining in his mind the possible consequences of the oil explosion, immediately concluded that the words of the General Political Commissar were quite reasonable. Originally, he did not suggest that the Soviet Union should intervene in the Middle East war and play a dangerous game with the United States, but now his mind has changed.

"We should give great support to the Arab countries, and it is in our favor." In everyone's impression, Kosygin's group has always advocated economic development first, and should not consider a head-to-head confrontation with the United States.

"That's no problem, Comrade Gromyko, express our support." Brezhnev liked such occasions, and he did not want to spend time trying to persuade them to be as unanimous as he is now.

With the support of the Soviet Union, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Iran decided, and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to raise the price of oil. Raise the market price of crude oil in the Gulf region. The panic in the international oil market marked the beginning of the first oil crisis. The next day, the ministerial meeting of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), attended by 10 countries, announced an immediate reduction in oil production, with a decision to reduce oil production by 5 per cent each month, based on the September output of member countries. For the United States and other countries that support Israel's aggression, oil supplies are reduced by five percent month by month. On the third day, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates decided to completely stop exporting oil to the United States. Then Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and other major Arab oil producers also announced the suspension of oil exports to the United States.

At the same time, the Soviet Foreign Ministry issued notes to the Warsaw Pact countries one after another, saying that the rise in oil prices would not affect the socialist economic construction of Eastern Europe, and that the oil of the Eastern European countries was provided by the Soviet Union, so there was no need to worry too much. The Soviet Union would never stab its own allies when the price of oil rose.

"All ready?" While rubbing his eyes, Serov looked at the plan, picked up his official seal and affixed the chairman's order to the plan, indicating that he agreed to launch the action.

"It's all set." Tsvigon and Zinev looked at each other and spoke at the same time. While the war in the Middle East had attracted everyone's attention, and the KGB plan had come to kick in, Tsvigon and Zinev were each in charge of a region.

"Don't let the central government and the people down, gnaw these two countries down." Give the plan back to the two men, Serov said.

On 19 October, the Soviet Red Navy and the US Navy were still engaged in a tense confrontation at sea, and the total number of ships of the Mediterranean Squadron reached its highest value, totaling 96, including 34 surface ships, thus forming a huge maritime force capable of firing 90 anti-ship missiles in the first attack. At the same time, the US military deployed a total of 60 ships, including three attack aircraft carriers, two amphibious assault helicopter carriers, and nine attack submarines.

The three Soviet anti-aircraft carrier formations tracking the US aircraft carrier battle group could each launch 15 anti-ship missiles when launching their first attack on their respective targets, and four Soviet submarines equipped with cruise missiles cruised in the nearby waters.

The Red Navy has very powerful cruise missiles, which target only five US targets: three attack carriers and two helicopter carriers, and the rest of the US ships are secondary targets. Everyone was waiting for an order to attack. If war was about to break out, then the Sixth Fleet would carry out a preemptive attack, and the Soviet Sixth Mediterranean Squadron would take measures before the outbreak of war to render the carriers and escort ships of the Fifth Fleet incapacitated before they could react.

"We are ready to die, but before we die, we will definitely drag the American aircraft carrier battle group to die together!" This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the Fleet, Rear Admiral Samonov, in a telegram to the commander of the Navy, Marshal Gorshkov.

In the air, the airlifts of the United States and the Soviet Union are still shuttling in and out of the skies of various countries, and in addition to transporting equipment, although the front lines of the confrontation between the Warsaw Pact and NATO are calm, the air bases in various places are on standby at any time. The Soviet Airborne Forces and the U.S. Marines were far away from each other at their bases, and although they did not meet, all they thought about was each other's shadows.

The situation in the Mediterranean is getting closer and closer to war, which makes all the countries of Europe fidget, they don't care how the Arabs and Israel go to war, not to mention that the rise in oil prices has just begun, and Europe has not yet suffered. Even if it is the powerful eleven-nation coalition army on the Arab side, they will not worry too much. Anyway, the battle between the two sides is fierce, and it can be controlled.

The United States and the Soviet Union are completely different, once these two countries go to war, they will instantly involve all the allies, representing the decisive battle of the two major military blocs involving all the powers, they just feel that this world peace has not been long ago, and they are still singing praises for Brezhnev's policy of détente, and the war is so imminent?

For a time, Western Europe, including Britain, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Italy, issued appeals for world peace. Both the United States and the USSR should exercise restraint, and the war between Arabia and Israel is their own business. It would be better for the two countries not to get involved. The foreign ministers of France and Italy visited Moscow, the foreign ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom went to Washington, D.C., and Western Europe launched shuttle diplomacy to prevent war between the United States and the Soviet Union.

For example, on October 20, the headquarters of the Third Army, which was responsible for suppressing the Thai Communist Party, was raided in a major military town in northern Thailand, and the commander of the Third Army was killed on the spot. At the same time, a remnant of the Thai Communist Party, which was used by Thailand against the Communist Party of Thailand, announced that it had joined the Communist Party.

The KGB finally made this force mutiny, and it became a trump card against the Thai army, and within three days, four cities were out of the control of the Thai royal family, and Hanoi continued to attack South Vietnam while also supporting the Thai Communist forces.

At the same time, a mutiny broke out in Ethiopia, and a group of middle-level military officers announced the establishment of a national coordination committee, which quickly spread to the entire Ethiopian army. (To be continued.) )