Chapter 162 The Representative of Pakistan
In June 1949, a shocking news came out of Vietnam, the Viet Cong top leaders Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Gia were killed in a special operation by the French army, and then the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which was a mess in history, was a major victory because of the death of the Viet Cong high-ranking people, encircling and annihilating two leaderless infantry divisions of the Viet Cong.
The Viet Cong, who had lost their spiritual support, and the struggle for power within the party, was declining day by day, and could no longer compete with the French army, so Commander Blair immediately expanded the front and advanced into the areas controlled by the Viet Cong such as Cao Binh and Bei Piece, and carried out a carpet sweep, while the French army also threw Soman poison gas on the Viet Cong who were still resisting, causing heavy casualties to the Vietnamese army. In this way, the vigorous anti-French movement of the Vietnamese people was strangled under the guns of the French army. By July 1949, however, the Viet Cong had collapsed, and most of the territory had returned to the hands of the French colonial government, except for a small group of formed troops under the leadership of the general secretary of the Viet Cong, Le Duan, who had entered the jungle areas of the Laos border to carry out guerrilla warfare.
The French were able to save their first overseas colony, and at the same time thanked the Belgian government from the bottom of their hearts for everything they had done. So in addition to promoting the bravery and fearlessness of the French army, the newspapers also wrote a large account of the contribution of the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperative and awarded the Legion of Honor, the highest honor in France, to the private military contractors who participated in the operation. This undoubtedly gave Albert's company another free advertisement, because the two successful assassinations were against communist leaders, so they also had the title of communist nightmare.
Even the new President of the United States, Albon? William? Barkley also privately praised Belgium's Strategic Resources Partnership for its incredible results. At the same time, it also vaguely threw an olive branch to it, hoping that the strategic resource cooperation company could establish a branch in the United States.
In fact, the private military contractor of that operation was just a soy sauce in the field, and it was Albert's secret forces that really fought to the death. After shooting Ho Chi Minh, he immediately withdrew from the fighting, leaving private military contractors in charge of the aftermath. When Albert saw the mess of the black technology weapons that were brought back, it was really a little distressing and wanted to cry.
However, Albert obviously did not expect the operation to be of incalculable value, especially when he heard Barlow say that several government representatives had come to sign contracts with Strategic Resources Partners.
"You mean that representatives of the Israeli army, representatives of the Indian government and representatives of the Pakistani government came to our company together to ask for a contract?" Albert was drinking water when he heard the news and almost choked to death.
"Yes." Barlow handed Albert's business cards to him. He said helplessly, "These representatives of small government organizations are different from the past, they are all independent countries with deep or shallow relations with those big countries. So I think it's up to the boss to decide such a big thing. ”
Pakistan and India are both Britain's younger brothers. And Israel has the support of the United States behind it, and no one is a vegetarian.
Albert stared at the three business cards in front of him and began to think about the pros and cons, the first Middle East war was over. Israel also had a relationship with Egypt before April of this year. Jordan, Lebanon and Syria signed a ceasefire agreement, and it can be said that up to this point Albert could no longer make war profits on the battlefield. Then the contract signed between Israel and the company is likely to be a logistics transportation contract and help the Israeli army train soldiers.
And because Albert successfully developed the Uzi submachine gun in advance, the butterfly effect was that the Israeli army was still using the Czechoslovak-designed VZ23 submachine gun and ZK476 submachine gun. Albert suddenly had an idea, could he sell his Uzi submachine gun to the Israelis?
It's a brilliant prank.
Between India and Pakistan, Albert hesitated, because it was difficult to choose who to support. After all, the cunning Viceroy of India, Mountbatten, at the behest of the British, tried his best to continue the policy of divide and rule on the basis of the resulting antagonism between the two major sects of Hinduism and Islam. Every effort has been made to create contradictions and widen divisions among various ethnic groups, sects, and political parties in India. That is, the Mountbatten plan. In this way, it would be possible to maintain control of India after the withdrawal of British troops.
In October 1947 and August 1965, India and Pakistan fought two Kashmir wars over the ownership of Kashmir. Among them, in the First Indo-Pakistani War in 1948, the United Nations intervened to mediate, a ceasefire in 1948, and a ceasefire line was established. In fact, it became a divisive line in Kashmir, with Pakistan occupying two-fifths of Kashmir and India three-fifths. India occupies Kashmir's richer, more luxuriant, and densely populated Kashmir Valley.
Generally speaking, the three occupied the favorable terrain of Kashmir, but feared that Pakistan would provoke trouble again, so they vigorously developed their military power, and Pakistan was not willing to defeat and planned to rearm and fight again. Well, this is definitely the two big buyers who came to the door
"Boss, His Highness Albert? You okay? Seeing Albert's inexplicable smirk, Barlow asked cautiously, afraid that the boss would be stimulated by this sudden big business.
Albert came to his senses, thinking that he had not yet finished his business, and with a serious face, he commanded Barlow, "I will personally receive the representatives of Pakistan and India, and you will take care of the representatives of Israel, and tell them that we will provide the best personnel to help them train their troops, and it is best to let them buy more of our arms." ”
Barlow quickly understood what Albert meant, and when he heard that the boss was going to meet with the representatives of India and Pakistan at the same time, Barlow cautiously inquired, "Listen to the boss, do you want to help India and Pakistan at the same time?" ”
"Doing business, all the people who come to the door are customers." Albert had a fight with Barlow, and those who did not sell arms to both sides of the war were not considered qualified arms dealers, of course, Albert also learned this kind of undisciplined thing from the five hooligans, and the arms representatives of the two countries lived in the same hotel next door during the Iran-Iraq war. Like some domestic arsenals, the Iranian representatives on the front foot have just finished negotiating a deal, and the Iraqis on the back foot come to buy and buy with money.
As Albert instructed, Barlow soon brought the representative of Pakistan to Albert's office, a bearded man named Hassan? Musharraf, a former member of the British consulate in India, joined Pakistan as a Muslim since the split between India and Pakistan as a government official.
This time he also came because he was proficient in English, the bearded Hassan? Musharraf shook Albert's hand and said with a smile, "Hello, Your Highness Honorable Albert, may Allah bless you." ”
Hearing the words Allah bless, Albert's face twitched obviously, but thinking that the Pakistani regime at this time was a secular regime rather than a group of extreme caliphs, Albert, who had been baptized by the Catholic father, also accepted the blessing from the Muslims and replied, "May Jesus bless Pakistan all the way to victory." ”
Hear this Hassan? Musharraf's eyes lit up, which was a hint that Belgium would support the Pakistani regime? Although Strategic Resources Cooperative is ostensibly a private military contractor, the boss behind it is the Belgian crown prince, which means that any action taken by the company has a certain political element to the Belgian authorities.
Now that it's all here, Hassan? Musharraf also opened the skylight and said brightly, "Your Highness Albert, I came here this time to let your company provide services for the Pakistani army to help train soldiers, of course, the conditions we offer will not disappoint you, all the expenses of the instructors sent by your company in Pakistan are covered by our government, and the commission is as high as 80,000 US dollars, how about it?" ”
$80,000 is a lot of money just for soldier training, but Albert's ambitions don't stop there. He made a gesture of calmness, Hassan? Musharraf thought that Albert was too little, so he quickly changed his words and said, "If His Highness Albert thinks it is too little, you can discuss it again." ”
"It's not." Albert shook his head, Albert was not optimistic about the fractional profit of soldier training, he preferred that he could debit the arms trafficking, "I heard that your government has a war with the Indian military in Kashmir, and in this war, India occupies the richer, more prosperous and densely populated Kashmir Valley in Kashmir, can you Pakistanis tolerate it?" ”
Some things become a little secret that God knows you know I know, Hassan? When Musharraf heard what Albert said, he knew that the other party should have more to say, so he cautiously asked, "What does His Highness Albert mean?" ”
"It means that India has plundered so many of your resources, don't you want to take them back?" Albert slowly bewitched the Pakistani delegate, "I remember that there is a 18,000-square-kilometer Kuchlann on the border between India and Pakistan, which is a saline marshland near the mouth of the Indus River, and India and Pakistan have never officially demarcated their borders here, right?" ”
I don't know why Albert brought it up, but it's a well-known thing that Kuchlann didn't draw the border line, Hassan? Musharraf also only nodded and admitted the facts.
"If this region is rich in oil and other minerals to compensate for your losses in the battle for Kashmir, will you remain as silent as you are now?" Albert lightly dropped a bombshell message on the delegate. Then he watched the other party's excited face turn red, just as excited as Columbus had discovered a new world.
"What His Highness Albert said is true?" Hassan? Musharraf clenched his fists, as if he saw an oil field beckoning to Pakistan. (To be continued......)