Merrill Lynch is a giant securities company in the United States. Merrill Lynch is a world-leading wealth management, capital market and consulting company. Its branches and representative offices are located in 30 countries and regions on six continents, with 60,000 employees.

Of course, there is also an office in London, and the current U.S. Treasury Secretary Donald Reagan used to be a senior executive of this company.

He said that the Mountbatten Group is a friend of Wall Street, and it is of course a weight. Alan Wilson expressed his gratitude for this commitment, but he did not give in. "You know, war is a big thing. Even if I want to help, I can only help." As for the power to make suggestions, the prime minister has the final say on national policy. Our prime minister resolutely defends national interests."

If Mrs. Thatcher hadn't betrayed him, she should have resolutely defended the national interest when she came to Frankfurt this time. The two had agreed before coming.

The United States wants the United Kingdom to be the villain, and then takes the opportunity to draw blood from Latin America. This operation is not incomprehensible to Alan Wilson. It is not impossible for the United States to join hands with Russia under certain conditions.

But it should not join forces with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union has the national power to replace the United States. Killing people with a knife is not killing themselves with a knife. I believe the United States can figure it out.

The reason for daring to test whether the United Kingdom wants to attack Argentina is obvious. Although the United Kingdom has retained considerable strength, it is still far away from returning to its peak.

Although there is still a powerful navy, it is currently ranked third in the world, yes it is third, the total tonnage of the Soviet Red Navy has exceeded 3 million tons, and it is truly the second largest navy in the world.

The United States judged that although the United Kingdom has considerable strength, it is not enough to replace itself, so it can cooperate. This is like treating Russia in this way decades later. In a sense, it can be regarded as self-respect.

As for the country that is really capable of replacing itself, although it is preparing for public opinion all the time, it still cannot really fight.

"The Americans have no idea, and want to see how powerful the UK is." Back to the Prime Minister, Alan Wilson explained the conversation with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.

"The Americans have a good plan." Mrs. Thatcher said angrily. Although she also advocated the special relationship between Britain and the United States, she could not accept the unilateral loss of the United Kingdom. "Listen to you, Washington wants to see the strength of the United Kingdom. At the same time, we will take advantage of this war to raise interest rates and suppress inflation.”

"Oh, yes, the purpose is similar to that of the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson nodded, but he still emphasized that the United Kingdom and the United States are different, and what is the specific difference? The United States is stronger than the United Kingdom. There are no good surrogates.

Although the Kingdom of Iraq is a pro-British country, it was still persuaded by the Americans this time. Alan Wilson could only remedy it in other ways and strive for a better result.

If he had a choice, he hoped to have a good relationship with any country, but the relationship with Iran has been a foregone conclusion since Mossadegh's anti-British post-war, and the UK can only go one way to black, hold on to Iraq, and Provide support for this.

Normally speaking, since the UK knows the purpose of its malicious allies, the UK should avoid falling into the trap, even if the US has hinted that it will help the UK conceal its true purpose and make false promises for Argentina.

But the problem is that Mrs. Thatcher's support rate is also very low. This has not yet settled the most difficult miners' union. If the support rate cannot be raised, Mrs. Thatcher will not be tough on the miners' union.

Alan Wilson counted the current imperial legacy with his fingers, but the army seems to be a little weaker. This weaker refers to the fact that after Germany and France, the Federal Republic of Germany during the Cold War was a country where all men had to serve, similar to Later in South Korea, the German Wehrmacht numbered more than 500,000, with 4,900 tanks, and more than 7,000 armored personnel carriers. If you look at the spring and autumn strokes, who is not a steel torrent with more than 10,000 armored forces?

Not to mention the number of the British Army compared with Germany, 1,800 tanks are still behind France in NATO, which is on the same level as Italy. It can be regarded as a lot of hard work, and of course the money is invested in the navy and air force.

However, in terms of the level of armament renewal, the United Kingdom surpassed Germany, France and Italy, especially France and Italy. France's tank development took a detour, and there are a bunch of thin-skinned and stuffed tanks in the country.

The Italian Army can be called a smaller German Wehrmacht, and the Panther tank is also in service with the Italian Army.

The efficiency of the British Army's refitting is about the same as that of the Federal Republic of Germany, a country that specializes in ground warfare. It is naturally impossible to serve 5,000 tanks, but the battle-tested Tiger helicopter gunships are equipped in the Army Aviation. Advantage.

If you want to attack Argentina, the two British islands, St. Helena and Ascension, must be used, otherwise the British strategic bombers will be useless.

While Reagan and former President Carter were acting that the United States would never give up any American citizen, Alan Wilson was wandering in a trance, thinking about where to start the fight with Argentina.

However, the military base in South Africa can be borrowed, and the relationship between Britain and South Africa is still good. If he hadn't tried his best to stop it, Mrs. Thatcher would have publicly sided with the South African government and regarded the African countries of the Commonwealth of Nations as air. However, during the war If South Africa is to assist, it should not be a problem.

The hostages, released by Iran, were flown back to Washington and given a hero's welcome after undergoing health checks and incident debriefings. The Iranian hostage crisis is over.

The end of the hostage crisis does not mean that the United States will forget Iran, which made the United States ashamed. The United States is like this. Everything starts from its strength and status. If it is powerful, the United States will naturally find reasons to forgive you, such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. big country.

The United States wants to forgive Russia, at least the political forces of the Wang family really want to ally with Russia, but if there is no strength, the United States can target you forever.

It is naive for Iran to think that with the end of the hostage crisis, the issue has been resolved.

Soon after the hostage crisis was resolved, the opening drama of 1982 began. Iraqi King Faisal II announced that he would retake the territories taken by Iran for the United Arab Emirates. The Iraqi army crossed the border. The Iran-Iraq war in this world is finally delayed. It broke out after more than a year.

The Iraqi Air Force bears the brunt of the attack, attacking military targets in Iran and covering the attack of ground forces. Iran, which does not think that Iraq really dares to do anything, has paid the price for its self-confidence.

Iran does not think that Iraq really dares to go to war, because Iran's military power far exceeds that of the Kingdom of Iraq. The area and population are the basis. On this basis, during the Pahlavi period, Pahlavi built the largest army in the Middle East. A royal army of up to 700,000 people was formed, including the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, and Royal Army, and Pahlavi was the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

King Pahlavi claimed to establish the fifth largest military force in the world, and to be on an equal footing with the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France. Although the national defense has collapsed, the framework is still there. Unexpectedly, Iraq would dare to do it.

The Iranians don't know this. Although Iraq claimed to have an army of one million during Saddam Hussein's time, it was actually accumulated after the Iran-Iraq War. When Saddam Hussein attacked Iran, Iraq With an army of only over 200,000 people, it is not the fourth military power in the world at all.

Allen Wilson has helped Faisal II expand the army to 450,000, which is more than twice the military strength of the same period in Iraq's history, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

In fact, Iran, which was caught off guard, quickly paid the price for its overconfidence. The commanders loyal to the king have been purged. Now it seems that the combat effectiveness of the huge Iranian army has declined greatly.

White light flickered in the distance, and amidst the heart-piercing loud noise~lightnovelpub.net~ The armor of the armored vehicle was torn apart like thin paper at a distance of more than 200 meters, and the pierced car body hissed The strange sound, twisted and deformed.

After penetrating its frontal armor, the kinetic energy armor-piercing projectile pierced its large body mercilessly. After the projectile penetrated the vehicle body, thousands of scorching fragments were produced, which were sprayed wantonly inside the vehicle, killing the vehicle instantly. The members within were burned to pieces.

Then it ignited the oil-gas mixture inside the car again, and a group of black-red flames suddenly diffused from the gap between the roof window and the car body. Accompanied by the sound of explosion, the car body burned violently like a lighted torch.

The Chieftain main battle tank slowly appeared from a distance. It seemed to sneer contemptuously at the burning armored vehicles in the distance, then slowly turned around the turret, leading the convoy behind it to drive forward.

The excitement of the crew members in the Chieftain tank is obvious. Although the British tanks have some facilities that have nothing to do with combat, and are even equipped with a tea set, their combat effectiveness is still reliable.

This marching armored force raised dust all over the sky in the desert. The cyan smoke and yellow-gray dust merged into a huge sand curtain, covering the sky and the moon, and converging with the earth-shaking waves on the ground. The rumbling sound was like a huge sandstorm blowing up.

So far, the Iraqi army can be said to have taken the initiative, and the optimistic advance has also brought optimism in the army, and it has less fear of Iran's powerful military power on paper.

Before receiving the attack order, some soldiers had doubts about Iran. After all, many things are very intuitive. Iran has a large area and a large population, and its military strength on paper is also there.

But it doesn't seem to be the case when fighting. Obviously, the purge of the royal army has seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Iranian army. And this effect has been exposed in the war.