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The enemy next to him is getting stronger and stronger, and it will be more difficult for him to keep those islands. If he does not strengthen his own military strength, he will only be eliminated in the South China Sea dispute.

Although Le Duc Anh had considered using the South China Sea countries to form an alliance to put pressure on China, it is easy for the countries that have conflicts in the sea area to be pulled one by one and suppressed one by one.At least China has used this tactic in the South China Sea, and it has been tried and tested.

"I think everyone is aware of the problems facing the islands in the South China Sea, Chairman Le Duc Anh. Although France has had a series of unpleasant conflicts with Vietnam in the past, this is a very practical business. We have the ability to build large ships, and you There is a lack of large ships. With a displacement of 4000 tons and it is currently the main frigate of the French Navy, I think the combination of the above factors will not treat you badly."

Chapter 468

"General Secretary Yanayev, French President Chirac's visit to Vietnam this time, I think he is going for China? After all, the arms deal we made in the Asia-Pacific region made all Western European countries jealous. ’” Pavlov inadvertently mentioned this while chatting.A conflict that lasted for more than five months ended up with the Soviet Union as the winner in the Asia-Pacific region after it completed a 25 billion arms deal. Yanayev’s move made almost all professors of international political relations fall into disbelief.

Previously, Western European countries only dared to carry out such high-risk and high-reward regional conflict actions in small countries such as Africa, but no one expected that the Soviet Union would dare to use this Asia-Pacific crisis to maximize its own interests, directly making an innocent The outsider countries in the relationship become the big winners who obtain the greatest benefits.

France wants to participate, but it does not have a deep foundation in the most economically powerful East Asian country, and China, which has just purchased the Soviet Union's Glorious Class, does not look down on the French Navy's family background.

After thinking about it, France will choose Vietnam, a former colony with which it is inextricably linked, and Vietnam can put down its own figure in the face of the South China Sea dispute and cooperate with the capitalist enemies it was fighting before.

Yanayev stopped sliding his pen, leaned back on his chair and said slowly, "Visit Vietnam? What else? Of course Chirac is going for his own economic problems. France is like a swarm of locusts. , After plundering the economic lifelines of Eastern European countries, I think they began to look at the rapidly developing Asian countries."

Yanayev said with a smile, "After all, France has suffered a dark loss in Libya. It was originally thought that Gaddafi could make a fortune in Libya after he stepped down, but it was a blow to Gaddafi's ambition to establish a unified African bank. After that, the United States, which intervened, seized the interests that originally belonged to France."

Although Gaddafi has no real intention to establish the African Monetary Fund and the African Bank, Gaddafi, who likes to confront France, has always been disliked by Western powers.If the Soviet Union hadn't been a hindrance, fabricating false information about Gaddafi's attempt to build the African Monetary Organization, and misleading the information to the CIA and MI[-], at least the country of Libya could still be alive and kicking for more than ten years.

When the sloppy little expert chose to move closer to the West, Yanayev knew that his last bit of use value as a Soviet arms customer was also lost.

The United States can tolerate your opposition to its rogue position in the world, and even tolerate your manufacture of nuclear weapons. At worst, it will use economic sanctions and threats of force to force you to submit, but if you want to prevent the IMF and the World Investment Bank from controlling the lifeline of the African economy, Then you just wait to die.This is the big cake that concerns the vital interests of Western countries. Whoever moves will die first, which is still an ugly way to die.

"That's why France is now in a hurry to find a way out. This time it launched an attack on Libya. France took the lead, contributing both money and effort, trying to bring in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States to share the pressure, but France did not expect that these countries would stay behind. It ended up in such a thankless situation.”

"Vietnam is now the only chance for France to turn around. After all, one arms transaction can even be worth the income brought by economic and trade cooperation for a year." Yanayev smiled slightly, "Of course, it's the same for anyone who does business. We also need to take care of our customers, but if we intervene, this business in France will not be done."

France and Vietnam are more and more intimate with each other. The two Cassar-class destroyers that the French Navy is no longer ready to take are directly dumped to the Vietnamese government. Generally speaking, Vietnam has suffered a dark loss. , although the Casar-class destroyer is described as hype, but he uses the SM-40 air defense missile with a range of only 1 kilometers and full semi-active radar guidance. Even the MK-13 device is dismantled from the air defense type of the 47 destroyer. This kind of air defense capability can only be regarded as a small improvement at best, and it is not a cross-generational upgrade at all, because the French Navy intends to modify the design of the follow-up ships of the Casal class when the funds are sufficient, and change the design of the French and Italian ships at that time. The new vertical launch Aster air defense missile system under joint development.However, it is clear that the Kasar-class destroyers sold to Vietnam will not enjoy such treatment.

After all, there are naked unspoken rules in the sale of ships among Western powers, that is, it is impossible to sell 72% perfect ships to countries in the third world, just like the attitude of the Soviet Union towards Indian Asan, the monkey version of the T[-] tank, and The half-dead Kiev-class aircraft carrier was forced to cheat Ah San after being violently refitted, and it was also nicknamed the "shrunk but functionally unchanged" Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier.As a result, the boiler blew up not long after driving back.

"In addition to the Kassar-class destroyer, we have other preparations." President Chirac said sincerely, thinking that he could make a fortune, "We also have a fighter-class fast missile patrol ship, which is specially designed for Vietnam The weapons prepared for the dispute over the Paracel Islands. Didn’t China just buy the glorious-class cruiser with an astonishing tonnage? However, although the tonnage of the Gladiator III fast missile patrol ship is not as large as the glorious-class, once a battle group is formed, it can still pose a threat to the glorious-class .And it can launch anti-ship missiles and torpedoes, which can well complete anti-ship combat missions."

The Fighter III class is indeed a ship most favored by developing countries. Firstly, it is affordable, and secondly, it has the ability to launch anti-ship missiles and have certain air defense capabilities. This is very good for Vietnam, whose economic strength cannot be compared with that of China. accepted.

"This is a big order, President Chirac. I hope I can think about it before giving you an answer." Vietnamese Chairman Le Duc Anh hesitated, two Kassar-class destroyers, plus the Fighter III-class fast missile patrol ship , This is indeed a bit difficult for Vietnam.

Chirac knew not to take the bait too tightly, not to mention that he had already blew pillow wind at the Vietnamese army. Of course, he was using the false information at hand to spread the China threat theory to the Vietnamese army.Then let the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense put pressure on Le Duc Anh.

"Of course there is no problem. I am very much looking forward to your reply." Chirac's state visit is coming to an end, but the arms business will continue.And Chirac is also very clear that in the face of the big situation in the South China Sea, Le Duc Anh will choose to buy French ships.

Chapter 469 Moved Cheese

Prime Minister Chirac thought that by tying up Vietnam, he would expand the arms market in Southeast Asia. How could a small Vietnam satisfy France's huge share of arms sales? Gaul's strategic vision is no worse than that of the United States. He realizes that the situation is complicated. The South China Sea issue is a huge market for ship sales, and the disputes surrounding this resource-rich sea area have not been resolved for decades.

In this case, France will first settle the former colony of Vietnam, and then slowly expand the sales to the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia. As long as there are disputes, Chirac will not have to worry about sales.

Having said that, Chirac's eyes are not limited to the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, he is stepping up the penetration of French forces into Libya, striving to obtain more oil field exploitation rights in Libya's civil war.The current Western powers still maintain a certain "gentlemanly" demeanor, that is, to use the Libyan National Oil Company, which has lost actual control, to continue to operate Libya's oil fields in the name of a joint venture, but the actual controlling shareholder. In other words, Libya has become a runaway wild horse, allowing Western countries to control, split, and eventually become a place of war.

The Russian oil trading and mining company of the Soviet Union is one of the largest mining companies in the Siirt Basin in northern Libya, and the most incredible scene in this Libyan civil war is that even though other cities and regions are fighting, the oil-rich cities It was still peaceful, and there was even a situation where the opposition parties united to defend the city and prevent the government forces from counterattacking.Of course, under the joint sanctions of the air forces of Western countries, even the heavily armed Libyan government troops cannot afford much trouble. The hordes of T72 and T55 tanks are often controlled by the West before they enter the city. The fighter jets are directly eliminated.

Agents backed by Western forces are always much stronger than other half-way armed forces. They only need to make a deal with the forces controlled by the oil mining funds to obtain a large amount of military assistance from Western countries. .

Italy's Eni, Britain's BP, France's Total, Spain's Repsol and the Austrian oil company OMV are all carefully guarding the one-acre three-point land reserved for themselves by armed agents. Only the United States will take Simple and crude methods, such as the looting of other oil fields by opposition backed by big oil companies like ConocoPhillips.

The oil production in most cities is just maintaining a very low output, because the war that may break out at any time prevents large-scale oil extraction.However, the Russian Petroleum Trading and Exploitation Company has opened up its full horsepower for oil extraction. Of course, this depends on the strong military strength of the Soviet Union. In other cities, the oil fields exploited are at most guarded by opposition soldiers holding Kalashnikovs or RPG rocket launchers. , But the oil fields in the Soviet Union are directly equipped with Shikele River self-propelled artillery and SAM air defense missiles, and even BMP infantry combat vehicles and T72 tanks to protect the oil refinery.

Russia's actions almost made France's Total almost open their mouths to scold. Who has you seen whose oil exploration and defense work is as complete as an army?This isn't drilling for oil, this is literally going to war.Could it be that oil mining is a part-time job for oil trading and mining companies, and fighting is their main business?

Representatives of Russian companies active in Libya said that in view of the complicated situation in Libya, Russia's oil exploration is only a form of self-protection, and it is not really about launching a war.As for the Shikelehe and Sam air defense missiles, the representative spokesperson said that this is the daily life of the fighting nation, and it is okay if you don't like it.

The Red Crescent Brigade and the Libyan United Revolutionary Front are the two trump cards of the Soviet Union, but President Chirac has the idea of ​​​​Russian oil fields. He noticed that the February Martyrs Brigade supported by the United States is actively expanding for ConocoPhillips. business, and then use the funds obtained from oil exploration in exchange for US weapons and material support.

French President Chirac's approach to Mario was premeditated. He was worried that his own country would not be able to digest the oil fields it had snatched from the Soviet Union, so he hoped to act together with the United States and jointly bear the risk of possible Soviet retaliation. Except for the fact that the United States dared to challenge the Soviet Union openly, France would die an ugly end alone.

Chirac is thinking that France will provide money and the United States will provide people, and then use the February Martyrs Brigade controlled by the local United States to broaden his financial resources.Chirac's wishful thinking is well done, at least so far Mario is very interested in his proposal.

Mario proposed his plan to Chirac, "Anyway, as an agent of the United States, the February Martyrs Brigade will launch an attack on the three oil fields in the Butifle Pool. As far as I know, two of them are the Red Crescent Brigade As long as the controlled oil fields are snatched from them, it is equivalent to abolishing a large chunk of the Soviet Union's oil revenue in Libya."

Because the Red Crescent Brigade paid a terrible price for attacking the Butifle Oilfield last week, it can be said that it was almost a disastrous victory to regain the Butifle Oilfield from the government forces. It is one of the largest oil fields in southeast Libya. The Hussein oil field actually controlled by ConocoPhillips.

France, which wanted to reap the benefits of a fisherman, saw an opportunity. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Soviet Union had not yet gained a firm foothold, and the United States could launch an offensive to seize the oil fields in the Butifle Pool.

"Afterwards, France and the United States can share oil in half, and we hope that a French company can also intervene in one of the oil wells, which can be regarded as a reward for this French-American cooperation."

"Of course there is no problem, President Chirac." Apparently, Mario realized that this is a great opportunity for the United States to control the oil fields in northeastern Libya. It is necessary to annex the Butifle Pool to the south, and then the US forces will control all the oil production in the Northeast.And after the war is over, the United States will become the biggest beneficiary of Libyan oil.

"So we acted according to our plan?" President Chirac asked on the phone. After all, such an act must cover his tracks and prevent the Soviet Union from knowing that France is fanning the flames behind.

"The February Revolutionary Brigade has just received our weapons assistance, and next month they will attack the Butifle Pond. I think we will get this oil field soon." President Mario said, but he was thinking about what to do Pull the sloppy France into the water together.

"Okay, then I will wait for the good news." President Chirac replied.

4 Chapter Seventy Soviet Sanctions

France’s behind-the-scenes conspiracy seems a bit insidious and disgusting. The secret deal with the United States is equivalent to France sitting aside and watching the US and the Soviet Union fight to the death for the oil fields in Libya. Fishing profit, smooth control of some of the oil-producing oil fields.Moreover, the return France has received is far more than the part of the money it invested.However, the United States is probably also aware of this, so he will not be so stupid as to face off against the Soviet Union for the sake of France. The Asia-Pacific crisis has not yet been revenged, so President Mario was thinking about How to pull France into the water.

What the President of the United States thought of was to make this conspiracy public, and in order not to offend France, the United States still used particularly subtle means to expose this matter.The point is to use France's Total Petroleum Company to make a fuss, so that the Soviet Union understands that the United States is not the only country behind the secret planning this time.

Soon the battle to attack the oil base began. Before attacking the Hussein oil field, in order to prevent the Red Crescent Brigade from stabbing the knife in the back, the February Revolutionary Brigade and the Red Crescent Brigade signed a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance, which cut off their attack on Hussein Due to worries about the oil field, after stabilizing this large northeast oil field, the February Revolutionary Brigade came back and tore up the treaty of equal coexistence, and began gearing up to seize the Butiflechi oil field.

With the support of the United States, a war broke out between the opposition and the opposition. The February Revolutionary Brigade captured nearly one-third of the oil fields in the Butifle Pool with lightning speed. Steady and steady, they further seized important oil fields and completely drove the Red Crescent Brigade out of northeastern Libya.

At the same time, after seizing the Butifle Pool oilfield, the soldiers of the February Revolutionary Brigade actually first invited the French company Total to join the newly occupied Butifle Pool Oilfield. People are dumbfounded.The United States wanted to use such covert means to turn the Soviet Union's suspicion of the United States to France.Selling a good teammate's rhythm, in this way, France exposed its identity as a secret collusion with the United States.

"We were put together by the French in Libya. I really didn't expect these guys to use the United States to do some dirty things for themselves." Pavlov said angrily.The Soviet Union invested most of its funds and energy in the Butifle Pool Oil Field, and even gave up competing in other areas for the Butifle Pool Oil Field.Wholeheartedly manage this coveted oil production area.

Now that there is an accident in the base camp, it is estimated that other countries are sitting and watching the show.

"The oil fields they robbed were the weakest areas of our defense. That's why the February Revolutionary Brigade dared to launch an offensive rashly with the support of the United States, and it ended in such a tug-of-war. Now we are mobilizing the defense forces to attack the two The Lunar Revolutionary Brigade's battle will definitely change the situation and situation a little bit, and gain a certain advantage for us."

Yanayev quietly listened to Pavlov's report.He didn’t speak, because Libya’s oil fields are the small treasury of the Politburo’s top brass. Of course, he couldn’t confront or deal with them in an aboveboard manner. After Pavlov finished speaking, Yanayev said, “Then we can still Do you want to take the oil fields back? Either by force or through peaceful negotiations, without changing the situation in Libya as much as possible?"

"No." Pavlov shook his head. He shattered Yanayev's last illusion of equal communication with France. "The February Revolutionary Brigade has always wanted to control the northeast of Libya, so they will not give up like this. , It is estimated that they will continue to attack and seize the entire Butifle Pool oil field until they complete control of the northeast. At that time, the United States will become the largest oil controller in Libya. I think Gaddafi may not know after hearing this news Where are you hiding and vomiting blood?"

This time it was the United States that first broke the balance of interests in Libya, especially when it inserted a hand into the territory of the Soviet Union. This made Yanayev very unhappy. Since the Americans want to play tricks, then Don't blame the Soviet Union for not retaliating.

However, Yanayev’s first mastermind to be punished was France. The Soviet Union did not expect that France would use such an insidious method to provoke conflicts of interest between itself and the United States, but since you have been betrayed by the United States, Yanayev will Decisively cut off your French Gallic Chicken's money.

"We will take revenge on the Americans, but not now. Because our primary enemy is not the United States, but France." Yanayev said calmly, "The damn French like to do this trick behind their backs, so we Just let them do it. You're killing our oil field revenues in Libya, so don't blame the Soviets for ruining your business in Southeast Asia and leaving your munitions to rust in warehouses."

"Southeast Asia? French arms?" Pavlov was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what Yanayev was thinking. Wasn't it a struggle against the expansion of French power in Libya?

Yanayev explained to Pavlov, "Yes, in Southeast Asia, haven't you seen it? Prime Minister Pavlov, after France's high-profile visit to Vietnam, the Vietnamese army began to express its position to the outside world. The strength of the army and the emphasis on the need to upgrade Vietnam’s ships. What does this mean? It means that France is preparing to sell arms to Vietnam, and so far no agreement has been reached, so it will use the Vietnamese army to put pressure on the Vietnamese government to facilitate this Arms deal."

Yanayev's face became stern, and he said to Pavlov: "Since they blocked our financial resources in Libya, the Soviet Union blocked the sale of French ships in Southeast Asia. The relationship between Vietnam and the Soviet Union is far away. It is much stronger than the former colonizer France, and I wonder if Le Duc Anh will listen to the Soviet Union or the United States."