Chapter 300: Humvee
Shopping malls are like battlefields,
After receiving Hammer's notice, the colonel urgently suspended the competition and asked for negotiations as soon as possible, and Yan Gong and others were inexplicably invited out of the training ground, and the reason was only known after the communication jamming equipment was turned off.
; Rumble!
How could the thin iron sheet hold back the anger of Yan Palace, the locker was instantly deformed, and when the staff of the venue rushed to hear the sound, the scene seemed to have been attacked by a bomb, and the atmosphere was even colder.
; Senior brother, let's go back and talk about it.
The boss was angry, the two members of the "Angel Wings" were silent, and once the anger of hundreds of souls broke out, it was speechless, and only Han Zhenkun could barely speak.
Yan Gong's face was hideous, and he bowed his head heavily.
Unfortunately, there are always people who die, and a few people change their clothes and are about to leave, but they are stopped by the opponents of the CQB, and the commander conveys the colonel's intention - before the end of the negotiations, invite them to "hunt riots" as guests.
; What if we don't go?
The voice seemed to be the yin wind oozing from hell, the blood vessels on his forehead jumped suddenly, Yan Gong's eyes became blood-red, he was an outlaw, and he was almost violent under the repeated oppression of the other party.
; I'm sorry, but I was ordered to ask you to go back.
Jump!
The commander's answer seemed to have torn off the nerve called "reason", and Yan Gong was about to do it in a flash!
At this moment, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and Yan Gong was stunned for a moment, and had to put down the soles of his feet that had been lifted off the ground.
; Bro.
; Oh hehehe. Lao Qin smiled like a goose; Brother Yan, what a big gain! Those grandsons drove five Humvees, and they were still military versions! First of all, you have to leave one for me.
; Ha!
The anger dissipated without a trace in an instant, no matter how anxious Yan Gong was, he would not be in a hurry with his benefactor, and if he hadn't set up a separate call for that guy's number, he wouldn't have stopped when he said stop.
; No need, you hurry back and beware of those grandsons.
; Hmph, you guessed it, and you want to invite us as a guest on the other side.
; Fuck, so shameless? That guy didn't even want to think about it, so he came to a sentence:; Call the police!
; ......
Yan Gong patted his head, and said in his heart that he was confused.
In the final analysis, the position is different, Lao Qin pretended to be a good time, and he reaped a lot of loot, he didn't feel aggrieved at all, if he lost the battle and heard the news again, it would be strange if he could calm down.
; Calling 911, someone restricts our personal freedom.
Hanging up the phone, Yan Gong was completely angry, and ordered his subordinates to call the police with a smile, and the commander of the "Hunting Riot" hurriedly took two steps back when he heard this, smiled bitterly and got out of the way, but he was relieved in his heart.
In fact, he didn't want to stop either.
The colonel seems to be arrogant and domineering, but in fact, the chicken thief is very good, nominally "invited" people, but in fact he took the opportunity to touch porcelain.
"Please" don't know what to do?
What's wrong with the breakage? Enter the game!
A few of them are human sandbags sent to the door, the kind that really fights without fighting back at all, with injuries and non-prosecution as conditions, in exchange for the unfavorable situation of "hunting violence" and stealing homes.
It's a pity that I was disturbed by that guy again.
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; Brother Yan, you don't know, I ......
Lao Qin stood in front of the Hummer and foamed at the mouth, blowing himself more than Rambo, Yan Gong listened as if it was the real thing, and even held his stinky feet from time to time, so he blew more and more vigorously.
waited until he blew until his mouth was dry, and then Yan Gong smiled and asked: "Hunting Violence" asked for negotiations, what do you think?
; Talk, I definitely won't return the car anyway. This thing "bang" slammed the glass twice, swallowing saliva greedily; Listening to this texture, the military version is just different, where did those guys get it from?
; Middle East.
Han Zhenkun said:; During the desert storm in 91, Mi Li's family used more than 20,000 Humvees before and after, and when the war ended, they found that it was more expensive to ship them back than to buy new ones.
; Damn! There must be shady scenes!
; Who knows? Anyway, they put the Humvees up at public auction, and I can't remember whether they were 10,000 or 50,000, and in the end no one bought them, so they simply sold them half and gave them away to military contractors as compensation.
; Big dogs.
This is not good, in fact, there may be something to convey benefits, but judging from the books alone, Lao Mei is really right, after all, there is a financial depreciation and impairment of assets.
To take an extreme example: a car costs 100,000 yuan when it is bought, and it takes ten years to sell it again, and it can be sold for 10,000 oceans in the sky, but the freight will not be discounted, it will only be more expensive than ten years ago.
Iraq is more than 10,000 kilometers away from Mi Li's house, and it is normal for freight to be more expensive than the reduced car price.
Lao Mei is treacherous, withdrawing the army on the surface, secretly raising military contractors to continue to stir up, taking cars to pay for money, saving freight while arming his own minions, killing two birds with one stone.
; You're saying that Hunt has overseas business?
Qin Zhan's mind was all on the car, but Yan Gong frowned, Han Zhenkun nodded, and said in a deep voice: Most likely, let's not forget, their founders retired from the battlefield.
Yan Gong pondered.
If there is no overseas business, it is called a security company, and if there is overseas business, it must be called a military contractor.
Although most of the members of Angel Wings are also veterans, soldiers who have been on the battlefield and soldiers in peacetime are completely different concepts, and the former is not the same as the threat.
; Is there any overseas business that can be done? Lao Qin disagreed:; If we don't go to war with him in an all-out way, no matter how much "hunting" there are black buffaloes?
; ...... I think too much.
Yan Gong was relieved, indeed, this is the native of the Mi Li family, no matter how much he kills and steals the house, he doesn't dare to bring live ammunition, and if he is caught, he has to negotiate obediently, and it is not worth fighting for a security contract.
; Now he is begging us to dry it first, and then look at the car. Lao Qin's eyes lit up, and he drilled in and out of the five Humvees like live monkeys, trying to find the latest one.
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In fact, the so-called "military Humvee" is not accurate.
From 1959 to 1975, the Mi Lijia fought a protracted war with Vietnam, and the Jeep, who had made great contributions during World War II, was unable to adapt to the poor road conditions and guerrilla warfare in Vietnam.
Therefore, in a new round of bidding after the end of the Vietnam War, the new car was required to have high mobility, multi-purpose, and no tracks, and the project code was HMMWV, which is the English abbreviation of high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle.
So, HMMWV is the military version, and the civilian version is; HUMMER, that is, Hummer.
Hummer's fame among the people is also due to the 1991 Gulf War, which is what Han Zhenkun called Desert Storm, and the United States invested 20,000 units and more than 30 models of HMMWVs before and after.
This is the first large-scale local war in which the United States participated in after the Vietnam War, and the performance of the war is obvious to all, and the Hummer has also fascinated countless military fans, car fans, and off-road fans, and brain-dead fans are all over the world.
Among them was Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Terminator liked to buy it, so he called the manufacturer, AMG, to request a custom HMMWV, and rushed to Indiana to pick up the first two Humvees that had just left the production line.
The first civilian Hummer was named the Hummer H1, but only the air conditioning, audio, interior and other aspects have been changed to increase comfort, and otherwise it is no different from the military version of the HMMWV.
The later Hummer H2 and H3 were new products after GM's acquisition of the brand in 1991, which were smaller, more comfortable, and more fuel-efficient, but they lost the iron-blooded temperament of the military Hummer of the time.
Lao Qin was excited that this was the most primitive H1 that had been discontinued in 06.
During the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988, Iraq owed a number of Arab countries, including $14 billion to Kuwait. Iraq wants the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce oil production, raise oil prices, and pay off its debts when it makes a profit. However, Kuwait increased its production and caused a drop in oil prices, hoping to force Iraq to settle their border dispute.
Iraq accuses Kuwait of taking advantage of the Iran-Iraq war to establish military bases in Iraq. Iraq stated that it had contributed to the Iran-Iraq war as a buffer between the other Arab countries and Iran, and that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia should therefore forgive Iraq's war loans. Iraq attempted to occupy Kuwait for reasons of strategic security.
Saddam's government's shift to religion has not brought it many supporters, but Saudi Arabia's reliance on U.S. support and Saudi Arabia's perceived side of Israel have greatly diminished the legitimacy of his government. The activities of the activists against the government of Saudi Arabia have been significantly intensified. In order to win the support of the *** activists, the Saudi government spends huge sums of money on organizations that may support it. Among the newly established Central Asian nations, the Saudi Arabian government has distributed millions of Korans to extremist groups and built hundreds of mosques. Saudi Arabia became the Taliban's largest funder during the Afghan civil war. [1]
The ideological invasion of Kuwait was promoted as Arab nationalism to justify it. Kuwait is portrayed as part of Iraq since ancient times, divided by the British imperialists. The occupation of Kuwait was a step towards the establishment of a grand Arab alliance. There are other reasons for this. In addition to using Arab nationalism, Saddam Hussein called the occupation of Kuwait a step towards the rebuilding of the Babylonian Empire. A number of other events in the Middle East were also linked to the invasion of Kuwait. The Palestinian intifada is at its climax, and almost all Arab countries such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are dependent on Western countries. Through these efforts, Saddam Hussein presented himself as a politician who was willing to stand up against Israel and the United States.
At the same time, Saddam's dictatorship hoped to annex Kuwait through the turbulent occupation of the international situation at that time.
In 1990, the U.S. cruiser USS Britton sailed into the waters of the Persian Gulf, and before the Iranian revolution, relations between the United States and Iraq were bad. Iraq was the main ally of the Soviet Union in the Middle East.
At the end of July 1990, when negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait ceased and Iraq had a large military presence on the Kuwaiti border, Saddam Hussein summoned United States Ambassador Aprile Graspi for a four-eye conversation.
In 1979, the United States added Iraq to its list of countries sponsoring international terrorism. During the Iran-Iraq war, US-Iran relations gradually improved. As post-revolutionary Iran moved deeper into Iraq in 1982, the United States began to aid Iraq by removing it from the list of countries sponsoring international terrorism and selling weapons to Iraq in order to prevent Iran from winning and exporting the revolution to other Arab countries. In addition to the assistance from open channels, speculation about the CIA's covert guidance of the Iraqi army is also widely circulating.
In November 1989, CIA Director William Webster met with the head of Kuwaiti secret service.
Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, it claimed to have obtained a memorandum of understanding for the meeting. The memorandum was later used by Iraq as a justification for alleging that the CIA and Kuwait were plotting to destabilize Iraq's economy and politics.
Iraq's armed occupation of Kuwait triggered the Gulf crisis and became the direct trigger for the Gulf War
The Gulf region is extremely rich in oil and gas resources. As of January 1990, the proven oil reserves in the Gulf region were about 651.7 billion barrels, accounting for 65% of the world's proven oil reserves (about 1,001.5 billion barrels), and natural gas was about 24 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 13.7% of the world's total natural gas resources. It produces about 14.5 million barrels of oil per day, accounting for about 23% of the world's daily oil production (63.6 million barrels), and exports about 12 million barrels of oil per day, accounting for about 43% of the world's daily oil exports (28 million barrels). The five largest oil producers in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran and the United Arab Emirates) are all in the Gulf region. Of the world's 20 largest oil fields, 11 are in the Gulf region.
The oil produced in the Gulf region is mainly for export. A considerable part of the oil imported by the United States, Western Europe, and Japan comes from the Gulf region. According to US energy intelligence statistics, in the first quarter of 1990, the United States imported 7.661 million barrels of oil per day, of which 2.064 million barrels came from the Gulf region, accounting for 26.9 percent; Western Europe imported 8.235 million barrels of oil per day, of which 4.276 million barrels were imported from the Gulf region, accounting for about 51.9 percent; and Japan imported 5.48 million barrels of oil per day, of which 3.54 million barrels were imported from the Gulf region, accounting for about 64.6 percent. [1]
Kuwait is one of the few rich countries in the world and has always enjoyed; Known as the pearl of the bay. It has more than $100 billion in assets abroad and tens of billions of dollars in stakes in major Western industries. If these assets were to be siphoned off by Iraq, it would cause huge losses to the Western economy.
On 1 August 1990, Iraq and Kuwait broke down over the oil issue.
On August 1, 1990, U.S. President George W. Bush condemned Iraq's actions; naked aggression against the national interests of the United States; A real threat was posed and the freezing of all Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets in the United States was announced.
At 1 a.m. (Kuwait time) on 2 August 1990, with the close support and cooperation of the Air Force, Navy, Amphibious Warfare Forces and Special Operations Forces, three divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard crossed the Kuwaiti border and launched a surprise attack on Kuwait. At 5:30 a.m., the main attacking force and the special operations forces met in Kuwait City. After about 14 hours of fighting in the city, at 7 p.m., Iraqi forces completely occupied the Kuwaiti capital. The offensive then continued to develop, with a steady stream of follow-up troops entering Kuwait. Iraqi forces occupied all of Kuwait. About 200,000 Iraqi troops and more than 2,000 tanks entered Kuwait. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced the annexation of Kuwait, classifying it as Iraqi; the 19th province, and called it; It will always be an integral part of Iraq. [1]
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