Chapter 81: The Conspiracy Succeeds
The arrival of the American C46 transport plane was very timely, although it was a few days longer than the Belgian estimate of the delivery of supplies to the people of East Berlin, but for Albert's plan, the aid and attack on the same day were more effective. Because on the first day of your Yankee material delivery, the East German troops stationed in the Soviet Union were attacked, which has to make people wonder whether you Americans are throwing food or weapons.
The photographs of the members of the secret forces were also secretly sold to Times reporters, and although the East Germans were deliberately covering up the news of the attack on the troops, because the Soviets considered it an unacceptable shame to lose four tanks and a senior East German official at once, the Western world was the fastest to get the news and make headlines. For a time, public opinion was in an uproar.
Moreover, this incident has spread more and more widely, resulting in fake news such as the joint attack of the British and American ** teams to attack East Berlin and rescue the oppressed East German people, and it has been discussed with relish.
Of course, as the initiator of this incident, Albert stood behind the scenes and watched the plan and layout coldly, and this incitement completely achieved the desired effect, that is, to cultivate a group of organizations to resist Soviet forces in East Germany, and to allow the Soviet Union to turn its attention to the British and Yankees.
"Don't forget, the weapons used by the Resistance are all Belgian products!" Skyeye points out a seemingly flawed aspect of Albert's plan, as he notices the rebels in the photo with AKM rifles.
"Rest assured, now AKM rifles and UZI submachine guns are sold so widely, who knows who bought these weapons. And to put it another way, if you are an American, and you want to raise a minion to deal with an old opponent, but you don't want to have anything to do with the minion, will you use a firearm produced by your own country or an ally? ”
"I see, it's really a good move. You specially used Belgian weapons to make the Soviets think that this kind of targeted conspiracy could not have been done by Belgium without a voice, but that the United States had procured a batch of arms to support East Berlin through other means! Only then did Tianyan realize Albert's conspiracy, "You are really not tired of deceit." ”
"Of course, I have to do a full set of acting, and I have to privately ask NORINCO to spread a message, saying that an unknown American placed a big order a while ago, and the company has no idea about the flow of those firearms." Albert said thoughtfully, "Then the whole plan looks perfect." ”
"Wait, it looks like Charlie Theodore has come to the door with another person, Albert, how are you going to explain it to him?" The Heavenly Eye, which has an extremely strong perception system, immediately detected the regent's hurried pace.
"Say whatever you want, serious has always been my forte, and pretending to be evil is the most headache." Albert said with his chin tucked his chin down, closing the heavy biography of Napoleon on the table and stuffing it back into the shelf, quietly waiting for Charlie Theodor to arrive. Albert has not participated in the high-level parliament of the government these days, although he is the future crown prince, but he can only listen to the advice, and he does not like to discuss military estimates with the group of cunning politicians who are about to become old, so Albert only runs to the Belgian military headquarters, and the rest of the time is to stay in the room and read. Especially in terms of history, he made up for the lessons he had missed because of slackness.
Anyway, NORINCO, the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperation Company, and the Taleste Heavy Weapons R&D Arsenal all have special heads, so he can be a hands-off shopkeeper now. Unless there is a major problem that needs to be handed over to him for decision-making, Albert will return to the world, and to put it bluntly, now is the time to make money while sitting. Because in the past year, the net profit from arms sales of the two companies amounted to $1.85 million, and the profit of the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperation Company also reached $500,000.
Albert did not have much personal income, because he always used his private pockets to finance the Intelligence Service, the Belgian Special Air Service Company and the secret forces, and it can be said that these paramilitary institutions were completely Albert's private property.
In addition to Charlie Theodore and Arshile Van Ake, the two most influential figures in Belgium, they stared at Albert with a sad face.
"What's wrong? Uncle Charlie and Prime Minister Arshier, what kind of wind is blowing you here today? Albert casually brought a stool and beckoned the two to sit down.
"It's up to you to talk about this." Charlie pushed Prime Minister Achille, "A group of high-ranking officials were about to quarrel in the office this morning, and we were forced to come to you." ”
"That's right, Your Highness, today the ambassador of the Soviet consulate has come to us to provide an explanation for the firearms of the Belgian company that appeared in the East German incident." Prime Minister Arshile van Ack said directly that he was very unhappy with the aggressive attitude of the Soviet ambassador, but a weak country has no diplomacy, and no one can afford to provoke the Soviet Union.
"I also read the news, and after the incident, I went back to NORINCO to check the latest orders, you know, basically the whole of Europe, of course, except for East Germany, there are customers of NORINCO. So it was very difficult to find out his whereabouts. And it is said that the number on the gun was also destroyed, which is even more unlikely. Albert's explanation made the prime minister's face look ugly.
"However, after a few days of inquiry, we did find a very suspicious order." Albert gave the prime minister a twist, "A month ago, an American named Bruce placed a big order in the company for 100 brand new AKM rifles, 25 boxes of ammunition, a total of 5,000 rounds. 50 submachine guns, three boxes, 1500 rounds of ammunition. 10 RPG rocket launchers and 20 rockets. 10 107mm rockets. SVD 5 sniper rifles with 100 rounds of ammunition. ”
Albert deliberately exaggerated the number to make it seem as if it was the real Americans, and it also tensed the nerves of the Soviets, after all, if this batch of munitions were to be attacked by sneak attack, they would have to lose more than a dozen tanks.
Charlie Theodore frowned, "With so many weapons purchased by private individuals, hasn't your company checked his background information?" ”
"His identity is all legal, and he can ship these things back to the country according to U.S. regulations. That's why we dare to sell to him. Albert was talking in a serious way.
In fact, arms dealers are a bunch of unscrupulous people who only pursue high-profit deals, regardless of who your buyer is. Even if the ** uncle comes, he will sell it correctly. As for the so-called background checks, arms dealers generally turn a blind eye when nothing happens, and if something really happens, the government officials they usually bribe should also appear, turn big things into small things, and then don't do it.
"Can you find out where this batch of arms is?" The Prime Minister, who had grasped the straw, looked at Albert with eager eyes, trying to get an affirmative answer from his mouth. Then all this has nothing to do with the Belgian government, and the anger of the Soviets will be concentrated on the Americans. Belgium is just the perfect place to sit and watch the dog-eat-dog story.
Albert shrugged his shoulders and put on a helpless attitude, "It's a pity that our company has no idea where this batch of arms went, because at that time, the customer himself provided the vehicle to transport it, and NORINCO was not responsible for transporting it, and I don't know whether the customer was shipped back to the United States or to East Germany." ”
The answer was surprising and reasonable, and the prime minister was not too disappointed, as there is now evidence that the Belgian government has nothing to do with this matter, and that the private deal is legal.
"Then I'll rest assured, I'll have to say hello to the Soviet ambassador when I get back." Remembering the commanding appearance of the Soviets, the arrogant Arshile van Ack wanted to refute it.
"I wish you a good quarrel with the Soviets, oh no, a smooth exchange, Your Excellency Prime Minister." With a meaningful smile, Albert winked mischievously at Arshier.