The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 683 Breakup fee

Yangcheng Shipyard.

Liu Tao was shocked when he received the satellite call from his old friend.

He didn't expect that Saddam would do this when the Iran-Iraq War was about to end.

How did this brain circuit come about?
If the war can be ended in a decent way now, there is still a possibility of restoring friendly relations between Iran and Iraq in the future. If Saddam did this, the two sides would be truly at war to the death, with no room for maneuver.

Even after the Iran-Iraq War ended, Iraq had to station heavy troops on the border to prevent the Persians from launching attacks.

Even though the Iraqi army now has 120 million people, it is still a waste of money and food.

This is simply putting one's own joys and sorrows above national interests. How could such a person establish the Babylonian Empire?

"Is Saddam crazy? Is he crazy?" Liu Tao couldn't help but complain.

The sudden attack on Persia triggered the Iran-Iraq War.

Now both sides of the Iran-Iraq War have signed a peace agreement, officially declaring the end of the Iran-Iraq War. Peace has come to the Persian Gulf. Iraq has already experienced withdrawal and has a step down.

Now, Saddam is angry and wants to make a big move.

From then on, there was an irreconcilable enemy.

But after Liu Tao calmed down a little, he began to understand why Saddam did this.

Given Persia's current situation, as long as the Iran-Iraq War ends, relying on oil export trade, it will probably take 10 to 20 years to recover its pre-Iraq War vitality.

However, if the Persian oil fields are destroyed, large-scale shelling and bombing are carried out on the ports of Abadan and Khomeini, disrupting the Persian oil exports, it will be a fatal blow to Persia. If the Persians want to resume oil exports, they will have to invest at least two or three hundred billion US dollars in reconstruction, which will undoubtedly slow down the Persians' post-war reconstruction work.

The oil wells and refineries were destroyed, and Persia could no longer make money from oil or obtain loans. It is likely that Persia will not be able to recover for another 30 to 50 years.

Liu Tao took a deep breath, picked up the satellite phone and called his leader to report the information. After the report, Liu Tao began to arrange matters in the Middle East.

As early as the previous round, the Persians did not want the middlemen to make a profit from the price difference.

The Persians expressed their dissatisfaction more than once.

Now, I can help the Persian and earn some breakup fee at the same time.

Whatever happens later, it has nothing to do with him.

Tehran.

This is the largest city in Persia and one of the largest cities in West Asia.

Qian Tong let out a breath of foul air.

After friendly consultation and cooperation between the two sides, the two sides parted ways amicably, and Persia began to export its own oil.

The price Persia paid was to buy out the contract agreement between the two parties with US$10 billion.

Qian Tong couldn't understand why his leader agreed to this.

This contract agreement alone will bring in more than $10 billion in annual revenue, and the contract will not expire for several years.

But he had to do what Liu Tao told him to do, and do it well.

As the general manager of Panshan Group in Persia, Qian Tong has been in Persia for nearly ten years. Except for two home visits every year, Qian Tong is in Persia.

He personally experienced the entire Iran-Iraq War and witnessed the past ten years in Persia. In Tehran alone, 30 women lost their husbands, and many husbands were injured.

Persia's economy was very bad, getting worse every year. There was no economic development at all. Everything served the war. Many times, daily necessities were distributed according to daily necessities. The lives of the Persians were getting worse every year.

This is the case in Tehran, not to mention other parts of Persia.

If it were not for the oil revenue and the rich legacy left by the Pahlavi dynasty, coupled with the United States' relaxation of its control over Persia, Persia would probably have collapsed long ago.

Afterwards, Qian Tong handed over the money to the Persians. After the Persians paid the money, the oil tanker that the Persians originally leased to the shipping group was returned to the Persians.

Employees from Abadan and Khomeini Port began to board cargo ships to Kuwait.

He didn't understand why the employees there had to evacuate to Kuwait instead of Tehran, but Qian Tong still followed the order.

Libya.

Gaddafi is cursing Saddam.

"Damn Saddam, he's such a waste. He had an army of one million and an Iraqi population of tens of millions, but he couldn't destroy Persia and had to retreat in disgrace. If it were me, Gaddafi, I would have destroyed Persia long ago!" Gaddafi cursed Saddam.

He has always looked down on Saddam.

He felt that Saddam was a man with great ambitions but little talent.

Libya has a population of only three million, but he can lead Libya to become the richest country in the world with the highest social welfare. He is not afraid of Western powers, and he is not afraid of Americans!

He dared to confront the Americans.

Other countries only accept US dollars for exporting oil, but he dares to use British pounds, French francs and German marks as trading currencies.

"Damn Americans, one day I will teach you a lesson! Avenge my children!" There was hatred in Gaddafi's eyes, deep hatred.

If the Americans fail to kill him with the bomb, he will be more determined to oppose the Americans.

After experiencing the American air strikes, Gaddafi stood firmly in the Soviet camp, opened more military bases to the Soviets, and even allowed the Soviet Union to have two military ports in Libya, with a powerful naval fleet stationed there.

He relied on the support of the Soviet Union to rebuild Libya. After a few years, Libya was almost rebuilt after the war and could even export oil on a small scale.

But he did not expect that the Iran-Iraq War would end, leading to a sharp drop in oil prices.

This is undoubtedly not conducive to Libya's economic development. Libya is now burdened with heavy foreign debts and relies on oil to repay the debts.

Falling oil prices means that Libya's oil export revenue will decrease.

Without sufficient oil revenue, why would international banks lend money to Libya? How would Libya repay the huge debt?

"Saddam, that idiot, occupied such a large territory, had an army of 120 million and advanced weapons, but he couldn't destroy Persia. Instead, he negotiated with Persia. He wanted to be a hero like Nasser!" Gaddafi was still very angry. "Stupid guy, he will bury himself in the end!"

Gaddafi sometimes thought that if he ruled Iraq, he would have led millions of Iraqi lions to sweep across Persia, dominate the Persian Gulf, and even become the leader of the Arab world.

He was also thinking that if Libya had the same good conditions as Iraq, he could sweep across North Africa, or even unify the entire African continent and establish a great and powerful empire.

But the heaven is unfair and treats Gaddafi so badly!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. His heart was filled with rage, as if a ball of anger was burning in his stomach. Gaddafi threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, breaking it into pieces.

The others were trembling, not daring to look at the angry Gaddafi, for fear of being executed by the furious Gaddafi.

(End of this chapter)