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Chapter 1771: Colonel Ka's Rhapsody (Third update, please subscribe)

At 9:1 a.m. on September 6, it was time for morning prayer at the Benghazi radio station. As usual, many people turned on the radio and listened to the prayer chanting.

Suddenly, the broadcast was interrupted, and then a piece of military music broke the deathly silence:

"Great Libyan people...: In fulfillment of your free will, in fulfillment of your precious wishes, in true response to your repeated calls for change, for purity, for action and preemptive strikes, for songs and attacks, your armed forces have destroyed the reactionary, backward and decadent regime..."

On this day, many people were shocked by the news coming from the radio - the king was overthrown, while some people were stunned by the voice on the radio, including the elderly couple Abu Mainiyar Gaddafi and Aisha who were in a tent in the Sirte Desert. They looked at each other in amazement: although the person speaking on the radio did not announce his name and identity, they still heard from the intermittent but very familiar voice that the person who announced the overthrow of King Idris on the radio was their youngest son Muammar Gaddafi.

In fact, it was not until a week later that the outside world knew that the instigator of the coup was Gaddafi, a 27-year-old and unknown signalman lieutenant.

And so, the September storm swept across Libya.

A coup that seemed like a farce actually succeeded like this. This is simply... I have to say, this world is full of makeshift teams.

Putting down the report at hand, Li Yian's expression became a little complicated. Gaddafi's success was simply...even novels dare not write like this.

"I never thought that they made so many mistakes from the beginning, but they still succeeded in the end. This is simply... incredible!"

When Berlin reported, his tone seemed unnatural, because someone had launched a coup against Hitler in Germany that year, but the carefully planned coup was destroyed by someone else's casual kick - the bomb was kicked to another place, and then Hitler survived and the coup failed.

But what about Libya?
Even if they keep making mistakes, they will succeed in the end.

"This world is just a makeshift team!"

While expressing his feelings and admiring Colonel Ka's luck, Li Yian returned to the main topic, turned his gaze to Mels, and asked:
“What was the reaction from the United States?”

"Your Excellency, U.S. Secretary of State William Pierce Rogers has held a press conference, declaring, 'I object to the view that this revolution will be seen as a victory for the Egyptians and the Russians, and I do not think that Soviet influence will extend to the western Mediterranean, which is really unfounded.' And the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Joseph Palmer, said: Gaddafi will be a natural defender of U.S. interests."

When hearing these words, Li Yian didn't even know how to describe his feelings at the moment.

When Gaddafi makes anti-Americanism and anti-Westernism his own label, will these American politicians feel like eating shit?
"What a bunch of idiots!"

While cursing, Li Yian once again sighed:

"This world is really just a makeshift team!"

If this is not the case, how do you explain all this?

"Washington will know once Gaddafi actually makes his position clear, really."

For a moment, Li Yian was too lazy to even complain.

The reason why I am unable to complain is that Americans are too naive in this matter, and their naivety is directly related to the strategic contraction of the United States.

But from its own perspective, the United States' strategic contraction is in its own interests.

"And what about Downing Street?"

Li Yian asked:
"What was their reaction?"

"Their reaction was very flat because Western countries have very limited interests in Libya, and the only country with the deepest interests is Italy, which has a large number of immigrants there.

There are no other interests. Without too much interest, they cannot intervene.”

Listening to Mels' answer, Li Yian felt really helpless.

In Libya, basically, my family eats all the food by themselves. The advantage of eating alone is that everything is yours. But on the other hand, it also brings a problem, that is, when problems occur, others will not stand on your side, and even if they don't add insult to injury, they have already done their best.

"That means they are unlikely to side with us if we intervene."

Li Yian nodded and said:

"This is consistent with our initial estimates."

"Yes, sir, that's why Libya will definitely take our oil."

Myers said in a very affirmative tone:
"After all, everyone can see that if they promote oil nationalization, Western countries will stand on our side, and Libya has the protection of the Mediterranean, so... they will definitely take risks."

Jia Wentao, who was standing aside, said:

“Yes, according to the information we have, Gaddafi is very hostile to the Western world.

At the same time, he has always believed that the company is plundering Libya's wealth, so he will definitely implement the policy of oil nationalization after he comes to power."

"Nationalization of oil..."

Li Yian smiled and said:
"Isn't that what we want? If he doesn't do that, what reason do we have to beat him?"

With a slight smile, Li Yian took out a cigar from the cigar box on the table, lit it, took a puff of the cigar and said:
"Okay, now we just need to be prepared and wait for him to play his cards. As for the rest... oh, has the crown prince been brought out?"

Li Yian set his sights on Berlin, which was the most important card for the Crown Prince among all the cards.

Berlin nodded and said:
"We've got him out."

"Well, in that case, you have something to worry about. Their king is in Türkiye... He will take the initiative to come to us."

In fact, the Crown Prince is not important, because as long as the King is abroad, there is no need to worry about anyone else.

However, the crown prince will inherit the throne tomorrow. If he announces that he will give up the throne and support the new regime, it will definitely cause some trouble. For SEA, the most important thing is to create chaos in Libya. Both the king and the crown prince are cards to create chaos. As long as they use broadcasts or other means to express that they will never give up the throne, then the situation in Libya will not be stable.

But those statements are not coming now.

Li Yian needs Colonel Ka to do something!
For example, proactively presenting the reasons for interference.

After the meeting was over, Li Yian, who was standing by the window, talked to himself while smoking a cigar.

"Colonel Ka, Colonel Ka, please don't let me down."

Although he didn't know much about Colonel Ka, Li Yian still had some understanding of that man's character.

Being successful at a young age, he was very arrogant.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have offended all five gangsters by himself.

It's a miracle that he could survive into the 21st century with what he did. In any other era, he would have lived for a long time, jumping around like this, offending one person today and another person tomorrow. But he lived for decades.

This is a miracle in itself. However, how long can this miracle last this time?
……

Victory.

There were no cheers or toasts to celebrate. Gaddafi was just inside the palace, and he was excited about the luxurious palace.

He didn't expect everything to go so smoothly.

"Although there were some problems in the middle, overall, the song title was successful this time."

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Gaddafi knew it was Moussa without looking back. It was he who led his troops to capture the palace.

"We haven't completely succeeded yet. The Crown Prince has fled to who knows where."

Musa said nervously.

"I'm worried that he will soon lead his army to counterattack."

"Leading the army to counterattack? How many troops will be on that side?"

Gaddafi turned around and looked at Musa and said.

"Basically, no one will stand on his side. You know, everyone is dissatisfied with them."

After thinking for a while, Gaddafi said:
"And now the Americans have refused to support them. Under these circumstances, he has no chance of restoration."

After a brief pause, Gaddafi continued:
"Moreover, we will use good policies to cater to the people, and the people will fully support us. We will give them what the king has never given them before: free medical care, education, and food, and of course higher incomes."

After hearing what Gaddafi said, Moussa said cautiously:
"Are you sure? Do we really have to do this?"

The reason why Moussa said this is because he knew that everything Gaddafi said had a prerequisite, which was that he had to have money.

The reason why they stood by Gaddafi, the small central defender, was because Gaddafi made such a promise to them.

They believed that the operation they were carrying out would change the fate of Libya and make life better for everyone.

There is only one option to achieve this goal, which is to nationalize oil.

But it is well known that those oil fields belong to SEA.

Everyone who knows him knows that they have always been strongly opposed to the nationalization of oil.

But now, after their success, Moussa, like many people, is not very willing to immediately implement oil nationalization, after all, this is likely to bring other threats.

"If we promote oil nationalization and confiscate the oil fields of the Southern Libyan Oil Company, they will definitely not give up. I think the most important thing we should do now is to consolidate the regime, and then consider other issues."

In response to his friends' persuasion, Gaddafi spoke directly.

"We don't have time to consider other issues. If we can't satisfy the people, they will definitely overthrow us. As for SEA..."

Gaddafi smiled and said:
"They may be powerful, but don't forget they are in Asia. And what is this? This is the Mediterranean. If they want to attack us, they must send aircraft carriers. Will Europeans allow Asian aircraft carriers to appear in the Mediterranean?"

Gaddafi looked at Moussa and asked him a question, then said:
"Don't worry, Europeans will never allow those Asians to put their hands in the Mediterranean. What can they do? They can only accuse us at the United Nations. Apart from that, they can't do anything."

Listening to Gaddafi's confident answer, Moussa said:

"Perhaps Europeans do not allow Asians to interfere in the Mediterranean, but we must be cautious. After all, for so many years, SEA has always been the right hand of the free world. It will really take action against some, and will not care about any international public opinion."

Listening to his friend's concerns, Gaddafi spoke confidently.

"So what? This is Libya!"

After saying this extremely conceited statement, Gaddafi asked again:

"Has the King agreed to retire?"

(End of this chapter)