Visiting universities, banqueting people from the industrial and commercial circles, educational circles, literary and artistic circles, banqueting of overseas Chinese, and holding investment promotion meetings of industrial investment companies and Vietnam commodity fairs...... It's almost a fixed process.

It's hard to come once, and I can visit all of them.

It must be admitted that the identity of "musician" is more popular than entrepreneurs and politicians, and is more popular with South Africans, especially South African youth.

South Africa is an oil-poor country and is completely dependent on imports for oil.

South African politicians and businessmen share his concern about the situation in the Middle East, and newspapers, television and radio are full of news about the Suez Canal.

In the past month or so, Western dignitaries have been overwhelmed by Egyptian President Nasser.

They first reached a consensus that for the time being, a negotiated solution should be made, and issued a joint communiqué declaring the Suez Canal to be an international waterway.

A five-nation delegation headed by Australian Prime Minister Menzies went to Egypt to hand over the 18 declarations made at the London meeting to the Egyptian government. Nasser, with the support of Soviet Russia and the confidence of the Soviet Union, explicitly rejected the international control proposed by the declaration of the London Conference, and the Menzies mission returned in vain.

The United States wanted to calm things down, and Secretary of State Dulles came up with a new plan for the establishment of an "international association of use." Egypt, for its part, sent a note to other countries, suggesting the establishment of a negotiating body for the users of the Suez Canal, amending the 1888 Convention, and resolving the canal issue once and for all.

The situation seemed to have eased, which really frightened Li Weimin.

On the same day that the British Cabinet decided to accept the new US plan, someone asked at a White House press conference whether the United States would support it if Britain and France used troops, and Eisenhower replied: "During my presidency, the United States will not go to war." Unless Congress meets to declare war. ”

Dulles told reporters more explicitly: "We don't want to use force to clear our way...... If the Suez Canal is closed, we will let the ship detour to the Cape of Good Hope. ”

Britain and France realized that the United States would continue to develop new tricks in order to prevent the use of force, so they found new excuses.

They informed Egypt of the transfer of non-Egyptian pilots on the grounds that the "Association of User Countries" would hire pilots. Nasser had been preparing for a long time and had been recruiting navigators since early August. Thus, the day after the withdrawal of the Western navigators, the Egyptian navigators led a convoy of 13 ships through the canal.

You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder.

The situation has deteriorated and escalated, and many ships have begun to make detours to the Cape of Good Hope for safety or on orders from their own governments.

With Egypt unflinching, the canals unobstructed, and the costly detour to the Cape of Good Hope, Britain and France convened a second meeting of 18 countries in London. Emphasis was placed on the establishment of an "association of user countries of the Suez Canal" and the adoption of a draft statute of the association of user countries.

This was followed by a third meeting, at which the establishment of an association of user countries was announced.

Two days later, the UN Security Council met to discuss the Suez Canal crisis. The Anglo-French demand that Egypt recognize the privileges of the "international regime" and the "Association of User Countries" was undoubtedly vetoed by the representatives of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, thus bankrupting both the 18-nation programme and the "Association of User Countries".

Britain and France were repeatedly defeated and gradually fell into isolation.

The performance of the United States, in particular, led Aiden to believe that Britain "except for the use of force or the acquiescence of Nasser's victory." There is no third way to go". The French were more enthusiastic than Britain in resolving the matter by force, believing that an impasse in negotiations would be more conducive to their alliance with Israel in attacking Egypt......

That's how the battle began!

The Military Observer Mission in Israel is to be kept secret. No information can be sent back. The military observers stationed in the Franco-British forces did not have so many scruples, and sent several telegrams an hour to inform them of the latest war.

This is already the sixth part of the afternoon, Sang Pingxiang found a map out of nowhere, and introduced it like an operational staff officer: "The Israeli army first parachuted a reinforced battalion into the salon at the exit of Mitra, and then dispatched 10 brigades. With the armored forces as the lead, a rapid assault was carried out in four directions. When the Egyptian army learned of the Israeli attack, it immediately ordered the 2nd Infantry Brigade and the 5th and 6th Infantry Battalions on the west bank of the canal to attack the Israeli airborne troops, but it was difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser. ”

"Abu Ogra in the central Sinai Peninsula is a key defensive position for the Egyptian army, as long as it is held. The Israeli army was unable to open the coastal road to Arish, so the Israeli army's general staff, Major General Dayan, first focused on attacking Abu Ogra. ”

"Colonel Wallach's central cluster has three brigades and is reinforced with the 37th Mechanized Brigade. However, until it was established that the British and French forces had indeed entered the war, the 7th Panzer Brigade and the 37th Mechanized Brigade were not allowed to participate in the war. Volach first prepared the 4th Brigade to attack um Katev, but the Mission's knowledge showed that the Brigades were doing nothing. ”

Isn't the Israeli army quite capable of fighting, Li Weimin feels very strange.

Sang Pingxiang did not know why, and continued to introduce: "The 'Sherman' tank battalion of the 7th Armored Brigade, after 10 hours of passing through the Dajka Pass, launched an attack on Abu Ogra in the early hours of yesterday morning, and occupied the intersection of Abu Ogu's roads after fierce fighting.

The new commander of the 6th Brigade of the Egyptian Army, Vareh, reinforced the 109th Infantry Battalion from Arish and, together with the 18th Infantry Battalion, which defended um al-Qatef, flanked the Adan battalion at Abu Ogra. Adan held Abu Ogra with the cover and support of the Israeli Air Force. That night, the Adan battalion also captured the Rwafa Dam.

The commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade was dismissed from his post for incompetence in command, which led to a frustration in the attack, and was replaced by Colonel Tár. Dayan also transferred the 37th Mechanized Brigade to attack um Katev. The brigade commander, Colonel Golinda, commanded the infantry and vehicle battalions to attack without waiting for the tank battalion to arrive. ”

Frankly speaking, Li Weimin does not care about the political situation, only cares about whether the members of the observation group can learn something, and only cares about when the United States will take action.

"Since yesterday afternoon, the British and French air forces have repeatedly bombed the Egyptian Air Force airfield, destroying nearly 200 aircraft. Nasser, apparently fearing a landing operation by the Anglo-French forces in the Suez Canal, had stopped reinforcements to the Sinai Peninsula and ordered the Sinai Peninsula defense forces to retreat in the direction of the canal. ”

……

Li Weimin yawned and asked, "What is the reaction of the international community?" ”

"On the one hand, despite the great drama in Hungary, Soviet Russia still took a tough stance on this issue, and sent a note to the parties concerned in different terms, saying that Israel's actions 'will make it questionable whether Israel can continue to exist as a state.'" Say to Britain and France, 'If the more powerful countries, which have all kinds of modern weapons of destruction, attack Britain and France, what will be the situation of Britain and France?' ’

He told the United States that "if this war is not stopped, it will be in danger and can develop into a third world war," and that the United States and the Soviet Union, as permanent members of the Security Council and major powers possessing atomic weapons, should bear a special responsibility for stopping the war and restoring peace in the Near East. ”

Big Brother is Big Brother, how tough these diplomatic notes are.

Li Weimin couldn't help but laugh and said: "Ben-Gurion must be scared half to death, Britain and France must ask the United States to guarantee the unity of NATO, the United States will definitely not agree to the Soviet Union getting involved, if the Soviet Union really takes action, then it will be the Soviet Union that will score in the war, and it will be the United States that offends the Arab countries." ”

"Chairman, do you think this battle can't go on?"

"It won't take a few days, maybe it will be over before we return to Saigon."

He is very calm, and the "Big Three" of the industrial investment company are anxious at home.

The war has begun, and the pound has not depreciated much. In order to speculate on the pound, raising so much money, despite all the best efforts, still affects the construction of industrial villages to some extent.

Chen Shiguo listened to the news on the American radio, looked at the news in the newspaper, sighed and said: "Mr. Liu, the chairman may really make a mistake this time, if we don't do foreign exchange futures, all oil futures, we will have a much better life now." ”

The money you earn is the money, Wu Andong felt the same way, and said half-jokingly: "I have been worried for half a year, and I really can't stand it if it goes on like this." ”

Liu Jiachang didn't know how to help the eldest young master explain, so he could only smile and say: "At least I didn't lose anything, I still have to earn a lot." ”

"In the words of the chairman, playing is a heartbeat?"

"We're lucky to be able to play with it once, and others don't have a chance to play if they want to."

Just when the three of them discussed how to use the funds after the delivery of foreign exchange futures, the head of the finance department rushed into the office and said excitedly: "Mr. Guo, Mr. Liu, after urgent consultations, the US government has stated that it refuses to take joint action with Soviet Russia, and warns Soviet Russia not to attack Britain and France with the posture that the US military has entered a state of full alert; On the one hand, a note was sent to Britain and France, indicating that only when Soviet Russia attacked Europe or Egypt attacked British and French ships, there was a question of 'Atlantic protection', and Britain was limited to a ceasefire within 12 hours. ”

"That's all?"

"That's not all."

The head of the finance department said excitedly: "The New York representative office is in an emergency, 1 hour ago, many institutions on Wall Street began to sell the pound, and the New York foreign exchange market is now full of selling, which has caused a chain reaction, London, Johannesburg, Hong Kong and Singapore have been affected." ”

There is no doubt that the United States was worried that Britain would not be obedient and decided to give them some color to see. At the same time, he took advantage of this opportunity to avenge the British for not helping at the Geneva Conference.

Liu Jiachang was overjoyed, got up suddenly, and asked, "How much has the pound fallen?" ”

"It's already down 3.4%, and colleagues in the New York office and economic analysts at the Bank of East Asia believe that this is just the beginning, and more institutions will follow suit, and if nothing else, it should fall by 10% tomorrow morning."

On average, more than ten times leverage, let alone a 10% drop, even if it falls by 5%, the industrial investment company can earn $30 million.

Chen Shiguo really breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "Great, I'll have a treat in the evening, and I will celebrate and celebrate." (To be continued.) )