Chapter Seventy-Four: Preparations for War
In response to the Cairns incident, the three major mines held a joint press conference, saying that although Cairns used to be a member of the coordination committee composed of several companies, he had been dismissed from his post long ago because he focused on engaging in some political activities unrelated to the company and had serious dereliction of duty, and his actions had nothing to do with the three mines.
At the press conference, the three major mines also praised the great achievements of Huaxia's economic development and expressed their great expectations for more in-depth cooperation with Huaxia Iron and Steel Company.
The three major mines need to continue to do business with Huaxia, so they must dissociate themselves from Keynes.
At the same time, Huaxia will continue to buy their ore, so it must accept their clearance.
The iron ore supply of Daxia Mining cannot meet the production needs of the entire Huaxia Iron and Steel Company, and even if Daxia Mining can expand its production scale now, the railways and ports in Utan Prefecture do not have the transportation capacity to transport it.
Moreover, the situation in country T is still very uncertain, and no one knows what will happen next, in case of a fight, the ore supply of Daxia Mining will be interrupted, and if it is at odds with the three major mines, there will be a big problem.
In the business field, for the sake of profit, no matter how disgusting it is, you have to be greeted with a smile, which is also a helpless thing.
The three major mines made a cut with Keynes on the surface, but the private appropriations did not stop.
During this period of time, Keynes has thrown money in many parts of the T country, and has brought a number of heavyweight allies for Tuagra, and the violent activities of the local people they instigated have also paralyzed the transportation of Utan Prefecture for a time, and the iron ore of Daxia Mining cannot be transported, so that the price of iron ore in the international market has risen by 10%, and the three major mines have been able to sell more ore.
Although the three major mines have spent a lot of money, the current results show that the benefits are still considerable.
This has also prompted the three major mines to continue to allocate funds to Cairns.
After the revelation of Keynes's fake news, it did affect Tuag's reputation in Western society, but Tuag could not cut off Keynes like the three major mines.
Without Keynes's money, Tuag would have done nothing in country T.
Not only did he not cut ties with Keynes, but he even gave Keynes the citizenship of T country and promoted him to be the director of the president's office, that is, his chief butler.
Keynes, of course, did not admit to the falsification of the news, and even if the evidence was conclusive, he strenuously denied it:
"Obviously, this is a false accusation against me by the Chinese people and some unscrupulous media in an attempt to confuse the public. But these machinations will not bring me down, and I will continue to fight them until they stop their crimes against the environment of Utan. ”
He will not stop his activities in country T, even if he is pointed to.
The help of the Western media only plays a role of icing on the cake, and cannot bring them substantial benefits. The current turn will only make their international image plummet, and it will not bring substantial losses.
Although Huaxia has grown into a behemoth, Keynes did not believe that the Huaxia military dared to meddle in the political situation of country T.
Interfering in the political situation of other countries is inconsistent with the concept of peaceful rise advocated by China, and will also make more African countries worry about China, which is extremely unfavorable to China's strategy of developing greater Africa.
At best, Huaxia can only use the Peace Security Company, a company registered in country T, to deal with the army of country T.
Although the current equipment of the Peace Security Company has been upgraded to a terrible level, the army of country T may not be able to fight, but as long as it is fought, the three major mines will be the winners.
Now just a few protests have halted the transportation of ore from Daxia Mining for more than a month. If there is a real war and the railways and ports of Utan Prefecture are bombed, the losses will only be greater.
For every day that the chaos in Utan dragged on, Keynes would be richly paid for one more day.
At John Maynard Keynes's suggestion, the new army commander, Kumi Ngouf, has led tens of thousands of his army soldiers to the nearby Utan region to begin a month-long military exercise on September 1.
This is a live-fire exercise.
It was so close, and it was another live-fire exercise, and the Peace Security Company also tightened its strings and closely followed the progress of the matter.
Many wars broke out during military exercises, and those in the Bactria department did not think that Tuag had made such a big noise just to scare people.
War is bound to come, this is the consensus of many people who are concerned about the situation in country T.
Moreover, it will be launched in September.
Because in October, the Chinese navy will send a fleet to visit country T at the invitation of the navy of country T, and by that time, it will be impossible for Tuag to make any waves.
In fact, the Great Xia Department has also been looking forward to this war for a long time, but they are guests and cannot take the initiative to start a war.
The Huaxia Navy was invited to visit country T, also to force Tuag to start a war earlier.
Zhong Yuan did not stay in the Pinghu Secret Realm, and when he arrived near the garrison of the army unit of country T, his divine sense was released and covered this army.
Under the financial support of China a few years ago, the equipment of the army of country T has been upgraded to a large level, and even the missile unit is available. If they really had to attack an important target in the Great Xia system with a wave of missiles during their exercise, then the losses would be great.
The location of their military exercises is too close to Utan, and those important targets in Utan are within the range of their surface-to-surface missiles.
Although the Peace Security Company has deployed anti-missile systems in some important places, no one knows whether it will work or not.
Moreover, there are places where there is no possibility of anti-missile -- for example, hundreds of kilometers of railway lines, and the Peace Security Company simply does not have the power to carry out anti-missile operations.
As long as one missile lands on the railway tracks, the transportation of iron ore in Daxia Mining will be interrupted, and it will not be repaired in a day or two.
Although the Great Xia Department was ready to bear this kind of loss, it would certainly be better if such a loss could be avoided.
Zhong Yuan is also the major shareholder of Daxia Mining, so he naturally does not want his property to suffer a big loss.
Under the transfer of Kumi Nguff, the army of country T was deployed in place to make final preparations for the war.
This is the advantage that the government army can legally mobilize troops in the name of exercises, calmly prepare for it, and then start a war after everything is ready.
And the Great Xia Department has no name, so it can only be very passive to be on guard.
Only when the Tuag side fights can they fight back in the name of self-defense.