The official residence of the Imperial Capital, at 12 noon.

After lunch, Zhou Yongtao returned to the study.

In the morning, I received a message from Shi Suliang from the Joint Command that all military deployments against Iraq had been in place.

The implication is that the order from the chief minister is only missing.

In Zhou Yongtao's view, there is still a necessary condition.

Although he did not participate in the wargame deduction organized by the General Staff, and did not even ask about military affairs, as the former Imperial Navy Marshal, Zhou Yongtao was very clear about the current situation and knew what the imperial army needed to worry about the most in the next battle.

That's right, it's just fighting on both sides.

Otherwise, he would not have asked Bai Huamin to take a special plane arranged by the Military Intelligence Bureau overnight to Doha to meet with the special envoy of Bo Yi.

Although there is enough reason to believe that compared with the Liangxia Empire, Bo Yi was more hostile to the Baghdad regime, or felt that the threat from Baghdad was greater, after all, the actions of the Liangxia authorities could be speculated by common sense, and the actions of a military dictator were not predictable at all, but everyone ignored a very critical issue, that is, the impact of the Republic of Newland on the Bo Yi authorities.

Fundamentally, the eight-year war between Iran and Iran was a farce directed by the Tyman Empire and the Republic of Newland, aiming to gain regional discourse.

The key is that the outside world is not clear about, and the imperial chief cannot not know about it.

Although the Liangxia Empire lost the Bo Yi War before that, the "moat" operation carried out later was still the number one overlord of the Boshawan region.

The most convincing thing is that with the support of countries on the southern coast of Posa Bay, global oil trade is still settled in gold.

The gold and dollar of the Liangxia Empire accounted for as much as 60% of global trade settlements by being linked to oil, far exceeding the gold and new New Zealand dollars of the Tyrannos of the Tyrannos of the New South Wales Republic. The Liangxia Empire firmly grasped international financial hegemony with the gold and dollar.

According to international institutions' estimates, the Liang Xia Empire obtained more than one trillion gold yuan in the financial field every year with its right to mint coins.

It is precisely through the income of "coin minting" that the Liangxia Empire can firmly hold the throne of the world's number one overlord.

The Boyi Kingdom, which had worked hard for more than ten years and finally achieved independent status, was unable to challenge the Liangxia Empire because of its poor strength.

In this war that lasted for more than 10 years, in order to drive away the Tel army and the Liangxia army, the Boyi Kingdom paid a heavy price of 6 million casualties. In the last six years of the war, the high-intensity strategic bombing initiated by the Liangxia army caused more than 3 million casualties in the military and civilians.

As for property losses, they are completely incalculable.

These costs are not ordinary!

In addition, the fundamental purpose of the Liangxia Empire was to retain hegemony or stop losses in the end.

In short, when the Liangxia Empire recovered, even before Zhou Yongtao came to power, Boshawan was still firmly in the hands of the empire.

Faced with this situation, the Taman Empire and the Newland Republic had almost no choice.

To put it bluntly, as long as the Liangxia Empire is given a few years, at most ten years, after being revived, it will be able to take over the strong winds of the second round of military reforms and re-dominate the Crescent Region between the East and the West, known as the "crossroads of civilization", and consolidate its position as the world's number one hegemon.

It was against this background that the Tauman Empire and the Republic of Newland jointly planned the Iran-Iran War.

During this eight-year war, Iraq, which was directly supported by the Tyman Empire, and the Boy State, which was assisted by the Republic of Newland, were indistinguishable from the war.

In the end, it was not the two belligerents that benefited.

When the two sides signed a ceasefire agreement, Iraq's national economy was in decline, and the dissatisfaction of grassroots people with the Baghdad regime reached its peak.

The situation in Boyi is not much better.

That's right, the benefits are the Torman Empire and the Newland Republic.

In eight years, the Torman Empire and the Continental Group sold 77 billion Jinmak arms to Iraq, accounting for 70% of the total arms exports during the same period. Boy was the number one buyer of Newland arms enterprises, with a total import volume of more than NZ$30 billion, accounting for almost 60% of Newland's arms exports.

The excess profits earned by exporting arms were barely kept up with the trend of the second military change, while the Republic of Newland gained capital to compete with the Liangxia Empire.

In contrast, the scale of arms exports of the Liangxia Empire in recent years has not only not expanded, but has shrunk a little.

However, arms trade is not critical.

After this war, Iraq relied more on the Taman Empire, and the Bo-Iranian Kingdom also turned to the Republic of Newland.

Through a war that lasted for eight years, killing and injuring millions of soldiers and civilians, and displaced tens of millions of innocent civilians, the two super hegemonies finally realized their long-cherished wish to return to Posa Bay.

With two endorsement countries, the Tauman Empire and the Newland Republic can at least have an impact on the situation in the Posar Bay.

This is also the root cause of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

To be fundamentally involved, it is actually the cause of the Liangxia Empire.

After the end of the Iraq-Iraq War, the Iraqi authorities did not thank the Liang Xia Empire for the indirect support provided by the Liang Xia Empire during the war, and then confiscated the Liang Xia enterprise's mining rights in Iraqi oil fields on the grounds of violating its domestic laws.

After that, the Liangxia Empire launched an oil price war against Iraq.

Simply put, it is to suppress oil prices in the international market through spokespersons such as Kuwait, making it impossible for Iraq to make profits by exporting oil.

The result is that Iraq's domestic conflicts intensified due to the imbalance of international payments.

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, in addition to diverting domestic conflicts, was also to push up oil prices.

However, many people ignore the country of Boy.

In the past two years, Poei has been able to hold on, rather than relying on war, to divert domestic conflicts through war. In addition to being unable to directly sell oil in the international market like Iraq, it has a lot to do with the support of the Republic of Newland.

According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, in the past two years, the Republic of Newland has provided tens of millions of tons of food to Bo Yi in the name of aid, basically filling its food gap. It is because the food supply is sufficient to ensure that the situation in Bo Yi remains basically stable.

The foreign exchange income of Boy also relies mainly on the export of oil to the Republic of Newland.

It can be seen that the economic lifeline of Boy is actually in the hands of the Republic of Newland.

More than that.

After the eight-year war, nearly 60% of the main combat equipment of the Boy army came from the Republic of Newland, except for a very small number of equipment.

The key point is that the Boy can only buy advanced weapons and equipment from the Republic of Newland, and rely on these weapons and equipment to achieve modernization of national defense.

Obviously, the national security of Boy is closely related to the Republic of Newland.

To put it bluntly, the lifeline and root of Boy's country are in the hands of the Newland authorities!

It is precisely because Zhou Yongtao is worried.

If the Newland authorities exert influence, the Boy may not be able to withstand the pressure.

Can Bo Yi remain neutral?

Of course, the Bo-Iran State will definitely not fight for Iraq.

But the problem is that as long as the Boy country appropriately raises its combat readiness level or creates trouble in the Strait of Hormuz, the imperial authorities can be jealous of them.

Besides, the Bo Yi Kingdom did not establish diplomatic relations with the Liangxia Empire, and there was no reason to prohibit Liangxia ships and combat aircraft from passing through its territorial waters and airspace. It could even use this reason to block the Strait of Hormuz, at least to use this to threaten the Liangxia Empire, such as allowing the Liangxia Empire to lift the strategic blockade that had lasted for more than ten years.

So, does the Poi Congress take the chestnuts from the Iraqi fire?

In fact, Zhou Yongtao only waited for more than ten minutes.

When the phone rang, Zhou Yongtao was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the microphone.

"It's me..."

After listening carefully for a while, Zhou Yongtao let out a long sigh.

"Okay, I got it."

After replying, I put down the microphone and sat down.

It was Nong Chengpei who called from Riyadh and said two things, which were good news.

Bai Huamin has negotiated with the special envoy of Bo Yi State. As long as the Liangxia Empire guarantees not to infringe on Bo Yi State's sovereignty and lifts financial sanctions against Bo Yi State within half a year, Bo Yi State will strictly remain neutral and acknowledge the necessary actions taken by the Liangxia Empire to restore Kuwait's sovereignty.

Another thing, the King of Saudi Arabia agreed to come forward in person and jointly with countries in the Crescent region to impose sanctions and embargoes on Iraq.

The key is that the King of Saudi Arabia has agreed in principle that he will take the royal army under the Joint Command and obey command unconditionally during the war. If necessary, the King of Saudi Arabia will also come forward to form a Crescent National Alliance under the framework of the Joint Command.

Simply put, countries in the Crescent Region led by Saudi Arabia, especially those in the southern coast of Posa Bay, will do their best to support the restoration of Kuwait.

This is also a huge burden.

According to Nong Chengpei, the king of Saudi Arabia has clearly stated that the basic purpose of this battle is to restore Kuwait.

As for whether to overthrow the Baghdad regime, we will discuss it in the future.

It was already 12:30 noon when Luo Youbin brought the tea he had made again.

In fact, he also brought tea at this time to remind Zhou Yongtao that there was still half an hour before the ultimatum expired.

"Is there any news from the Sixth Bureau?" Although the Sixth Bureau had long been reorganized into the Military Intelligence Bureau, older generations like Zhou Yongtao are still used to the names they used to.

"not yet."

Zhou Yongtao nodded only, but Luo Youbin did not explain much.

Although Lin Shiping could come to find Zhou Yongtao at any time, he knew the rules very well and would call Luo Youbin in advance before coming here.

In Lin Shiping's words, no matter how powerful he is, he is just an intelligence official.

There is no news at this time, but it is actually the worst news!

In addition to arranging Bai Huamin to secretly negotiate with Bo Yi's special envoy, Zhou Yongtao also asked Lin Shiping to find a way to see if he could do something inside Iraq.

It’s not that Zhou Yongtao is afraid to fight, or he still has fantasies.

If you can win without a fight, what's wrong?

Obviously, Lin Shiping's efforts have not achieved any results.

When Luo Youbin went out, Zhou Yongtao did not delay any more and called Shi Suliang, who was far away in the Military City of King Harry.
To be continued...