Before Simon had time to persuade Heichang, Heichang had already taken Feisam, who was covered in blood, with a knife and went out. About a few minutes later, Heichang came back with a knife that had not been wiped with blood. He looked at Simon and asked without doubting his kindness: "I still want my head." Who to kill?"
At that time, Simon couldn't help but tremble. Canglong smiled and said, "Let's take care of this and get back to work."
After that, he said to Simon: "Sorry, I couldn't help but kill one of you. I think we should negotiate in another place."
Simon nodded reluctantly but said nothing. Then they came to another clean conference room. This time, Susu was not there. Only Canglong and Simon were there.
The strange thing is that both of them remained silent, as if they were waiting for the other to speak first. In the end, Simon couldn't help but speak first: "You will make it difficult for me to go back."[
"You don't have to be embarrassed to tell Hussein that I killed him. If he wants to ask me to settle the score, he can do it, but he has to consider whether he has the capital first." Canglong smiled and said, "If you are really afraid of embarrassment, then just do it." Don’t go back, stay in Basra and I will make you the deputy commander of the Prophet’s Army.”
Simon was stunned for a moment. Although this condition was very tempting, he shook his head: "Prophet, don't be ridiculous. Since I have brought the troops back from Iran, I will be responsible for them to the end."
Canglong likes Simon's determination in his bones: "What if the alliance army loses? Don't say it's impossible to lose. Even if I fully support you, it will only be a matter of time before you fail."
Simon was stunned but avoided answering: "Then we can discuss this issue when we are really defeated, okay?"
Canglong laughed. He really wanted to keep Simon with him this time, but he couldn't force him. Using force on Simon would only have the opposite effect. Likewise, Simon wouldn't accept soft things unless he wanted to.
"Since you are so determined, I can only let you go reluctantly." Canglong shook his head and did not hide his love for Simon. "But the door of the Prophet Army will always be open for you."
Simon smiled without any expression and remained silent for a few seconds before saying: "I finally understand why you can be dictatorial here and yet make everyone believe you. You use violence, but the violence is always used in places that are convincing and not for the sake of reason." "
"Thank you," Canglong said calmly, "Since there are no flies making noises, let's talk about the next cooperation matters."
Simon sighed in his heart. If Feisam knew that he was just a noisy fly in the eyes of the prophet, I don’t know what his expression would be. But after all, he paid the price for his self-righteousness, and it was the price of his life.
"Our biggest supporter, Iran, has been beaten by the Prophet's army and the domestic order is in chaos. Now they have no time to take care of themselves, so I hope the Prophet can consider taking Iran's place to provide us with logistical support and weapons support." Simon said calmly, "Although Feisam is arrogant. But he at least said something right. We are still Basra’s barrier. The longer we support it, the better it will be for Basra.”
The same words came out of Simon's mouth and Canglong found it very pleasant. As for the self-righteous Feisam Canglong was really flattering to him. In fact, he didn't have any anger in his heart. No matter how unpleasant Feisam said it was, he couldn't do it because of a fly around him. Noisy and restless
As a leader, you have to learn to tolerate some annoying things in your heart. For example, Feisam. Of course, the reason why he wanted to kill Feisam was actually for a purpose, because he wanted to tell Hussein that my support for you is not a condition. Tell them not to take themselves too seriously
After being silent for a few seconds, Canglong said: "I can provide you with more sophisticated weapons than Iran, but you should also know that Basra cannot provide you with free supplies and help like before. Since we let us replace Iran, we must give it to Iran." Benefits to Basra”
Simon was stunned. He knew that Canglong wanted oil from the central provinces. In fact, without Iran's support, they could not transport the oil even if they had it. Looking at the surrounding area, it seemed that they had no better choice except Basra. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to use the so-called The common cause of the so-called national justice to convince Canglong
From a certain point of view, those who stand in their position always talk about the country's justice, but they are all talking to people who work hard for them. When standing in their position, they talk about interests.
"We can give you all the oil within the area controlled by the Alliance Army," Simon said, "but I hope you won't raise the price too low."
"Of course," Canglong said with a smile, "We can even provide you with a full set of technical equipment and resume production in the oil field. Your support must be exchanged for an equal amount of oil. That is how much oil you can mine with your dollars. I will give you How many guns do you provide?”
"No, we want more than just guns. I know you have channels to get Russian-made weapons. We need more heavy firepower. Facing the security forces and the US military who are fully equipped with American weapons, if we only have light weapons, sooner or later we will lose more and more." "controlled area," Simon said seriously, "so we need the same advanced weapons as the Prophet Army."
"Impossible" Soryu directly refused without thinking about it. "The reason is very simple. We cannot blatantly intervene in the conflict between the central provinces and the central government. Secondly, because we cannot directly provide weapons to you without the permission of the Russians, this is a violation of the agreement." [
"Haha" Simon laughed. "Don't be ridiculous, prophet. In fact, the agreement is not very important, right? For example, if the Russian aircraft carrier enters the port of Basra, I believe that this aircraft carrier will not leave, right? The Russians are already fully supporting Basra. Why is the prophet not willing to fully support us?" After all, our common enemy is the Americans.”
Simon is much smarter than Soryu thought. These are definitely not obtained from intelligence, but Simon's guesses. The scary thing is that he guessed all the Russian agreements correctly. He doesn't care at all. What he is actually worried about is fattening the Baath Party and eventually rebelling. Come and challenge yourself
This possibility is very high. If the Baath Party stops negotiating with the central government, then he will be like a meat bun beating a dog. Don't look back. Now they are fighting you to life and death. But I am actually driven by interests. Friends are not impossible
"What do you think?" Canglong suggested, "We will provide you with the imitation Russian weapons in the military factory, including large weapons. Of course, it is impossible for me to give you large air defense missiles like the S-300, but we can provide you with some self-propelled weapons." Although you need heavy weapons to develop a full set of Russian technology for anti-aircraft artillery, I think that under the powerful offensive of the security forces packaged by the US military, anti-aircraft weapons like the S-300 can only play a limited role without scale, so you should continue to fight guerrilla warfare. Use advanced weapons to fight guerrilla warfare against the central government."
"Self-developed." Simon was surprised. "With a full set of Russian technology, do you mean that the weapons you obtained all obtained production licenses and technologies?"
"Of course, although Basra's current military production capacity is not enough to support the entire Prophet Army, if I support you, I think it is more than enough. I believe that their weapons will definitely not be worse than those made by Russia," Canglong said calmly.
But Simon was stunned. He looked at Soryu and couldn't believe it. He didn't know how Soryu got these things from the stingy Russians, but he knew that this was perhaps the most unique thing about Soryu. Hussein was not as good as even the previous president. Saddam is not as good as him because they are not diplomats and Soryu is probably an excellent diplomat. Otherwise, how can he deal with the Russians?
"If you are still worried, I can take you to visit our military factory," Canglong said.
"No need, I believe you." Simon let out a long breath. "I also believe in Basra. Maybe this is where Iraq's real hope lies."
"Although I can't guarantee that I will be able to unify Iraq, at least I can guarantee that during my rule, I will make all the people here live in poverty," Canglong said calmly.
Although this was just a small guarantee, Simon was moved. He had seen many leaders. They always gave the people ideals and wishes that were almost impossible to realize. It sounded nice but was almost never realized. But the guarantee Canglong gave him was from The most basic starting point is that under his rule, the people at least have to worry about food and clothing.
Such a simple wish is what the people need most, so he was moved because Soryu didn't just talk in vain, because he did it, even though it was only in Basra.
"Then what is your final decision?" Canglong suddenly asked
"You still have to ask, what reason do I have to refuse such a good cooperation opportunity?" Simon said with a smile.
"In view of your willingness, I am willing to secretly select volunteers from within the Prophet Army to go to the central provinces to help you fight on the original basis." Canglong said, suddenly becoming serious, "But I hope you can guarantee me that they will not be used as cannon fodder."
Simon thought for a long time and looked at Canglong a few times before finally saying: "Are you preparing for the future war?"
"So be it." Soryu nodded. "Since you are destined to fail, why didn't I prepare earlier? The US military has always been a big mountain for the Iraqis. The Iraqi army they once fought was completely covered with this kind of pressure. Even the Prophet Army exists. So I hope to send them to familiarize themselves with the U.S. military’s tactics and make contact with the U.S. military as soon as possible.”
"How many people are there in this unit called the Volunteer Army?" Simon asked
"The tentative quota is that one thousand people will be rotated once a month," Canglong said.
Simon understood what Canglong meant. The rotation of a thousand people a month is nothing to the current size of the Prophet Army of 300,000 people. But as long as a thousand people return to Basra alive, they will have an immeasurable effect on the Prophet Army, at least in the future. They will not experience too much psychological pressure when they actually face the US military.
"I personally can promise you and I can guarantee you that I will not treat them as cannon fodder for the future of Iraq." Simon nodded solemnly, "Even if Hussein disagrees."