Chapter nine hundred and eighty-eight chaos into a pot of porridge
This special envoy is a group vice president-level figure from the Ron Consortium.△￠,
Terry Rowan, the current chairman of the Ron Consortium, is the special assistant. Of course, his name is not included in the senior leaders of the Ron Consortium announced to the public.
However, he came to the 32 Group through the official channels of Ron Consortium.
On the surface, we are talking about trade issues with the Ghost Claw monster. One is payment and the other is exchange rate.
Currently, their payment method is cash on delivery, and payment is made only after the goods have been inspected in the United States.
Of course, the contract is FOB, which means that once the goods leave the port, they have nothing to do with the 32 Group. The Americans have to pay after the goods are inspected at the Chinese port.
However, the payment period is generally one month, which is a monthly settlement.
In other words, the Americans don’t pay until one month after leaving the port.
The 32 Group has always been unhappy. It thinks that if you pay after one month, the amount will be huge and the interest will be lost a lot. Moreover, if Americans default on their debts, they will lose a month's money in vain. However, this is an international practice, and the 32 Group has nothing to say.
Another issue is the exchange rate. Currently, Americans pay with rice gold, but rice gold has been depreciating, so the Saner Group has invisibly lost a lot.
Although Saner Group had thought about these two issues when signing the contract in the early stages, it didn't really care about them.
Now think about it, if you go back and forth like this, the intangible losses will be nearly 100 million every month.
But the contract had been signed long ago, and even though the 32 Group was unhappy, it could only accept it by scratching its nose. After all, the profit margin of the 32 Group was quite large, and it didn't care about such a small amount of money.
But now the two parties are beginning to have conflicts of interest. There is a huge possibility that the Americans will default on their debts, so the 32 Group is also beginning to be a little worried.
We are also trying to sign a supplementary agreement with the Americans. Take a good look at the things that currently make the 32 Group look like a thorn in the side.
But when the war started in East Slavia, Americans basically kept a cold face.
Although Allen and Ron made several calls, the response from the Ron Consortium was quite bland, saying that everything would be done in accordance with the contract.
The money was not paid less, but the attitude was quite bland.
The 32 Group also gave it a cold treatment.
Now that the Americans suddenly mentioned this matter again, naturally, Ning Yi knew exactly what they wanted to do, which was to gain a stepping stone through profit transfer.
Sure enough, the information given by Mu Qingxue and Feng Yingruo said that the Americans decided to pay for the goods immediately after leaving the port to inspect the goods. And the settlement currency was changed to Chinese dollars.
This is equivalent to giving Saner Group an extra profit of more than 100 million per month.
An extra profit of more than 100 million per month is nothing to the current Saner Group, but mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are.
What's more, this is a net profit of more than 100 million.
However, whether to negotiate with the other party depends on Ning Yi's opinion.
Ning Yi's opinion is of course simple. Of course we have to discuss the issue of money. It depends on what the Americans want.
Soon, Lin Yun informed the Americans of their background.
Withdraw all assistance from the 32 Group in East Slavia and persuade the East Slavs to cease the war. East Slavia cannot split from the Principality of Kiev, but the East Slavic region is allowed to establish an autonomous republic, but military command power must be in the hands of the central government of the Principality of Kiev.
At the same time, the Americans will ensure the interests of the 32 Group in East Slavia.
How to guarantee it? That is, Saner Group can continue to maintain the previous Cas Crystal Mine and Georgia Crystal Mine.
Mu Qingxue's reply was that East Slavia must establish an independent country, and the national border shall be based on the line of actual control between the two sides a month ago. As for the crystal mine, the 32 Group will not force it. The East Slavs will give the mine to whomever they are willing to
.
At the same time, the 32 Group will not stop funding East Slavia until the Americans withdraw.
The positions of the two sides are seriously different.
Of course, during the meeting, there were only a few people, no notes were taken, and no audio recording was allowed, so both parties put forward their demands directly.
To put it in current official language, both parties are very candid.
But the outcome of the negotiations was very constructive.
The Americans definitely disagree. If East Slavia were to establish an independent country and follow the actual line of control a month ago, then East Slavia would be a big country with an area of more than 2.8 million square kilometers. It would be almost as fast as
It covers one third of the area of China.
At present, the actual area controlled by the Principality of Kiev is only a pitiful 800,000 square kilometers.
Although the area is not small, it has completely become a little brother.
Moreover, although the actual line of control of the East Slavs was quite far to the west a month ago, there were still many states in the east that were still in the hands of the central government of Kiev.
What's even more terrible is that three-quarters of the important crystal mines, divided according to the control line, fell into the hands of the East Slavic Republic.
If the actual control line was based on one month ago, even if the Americans are not crazy, the Kiev Bo people will be crazy.
Of course, if the Americans' proposal is followed, the 32 Group will definitely not accept it. At present, the Americans are at the end of their strength. Their losses in the early stage of the war were so terrible, and if they continue to fight, it will only be even worse.
What's more important is that their supply lines are becoming more and more difficult. If East Slavia cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, once winter comes, the horrible weather in East Slavia will definitely be a nightmare for the Americans.
In many areas, at minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius, American tanks and aircraft cannot fly. In ground combat, it is even impossible for Americans to fight head-on with the Russians who have been living in the cold for many years in a freezing environment.
It is definitely not their style for the Americans to make a loss-making deal for the crystal mines in the East Slavic region, or even lose from an overall strategic perspective. Therefore, the war will definitely end before winter.
As long as the East Slavs can hold on and the Americans withdraw, let alone regaining the lost territory, it is possible to capture the entire Principality of Kiev.
So, the differences are quite big.
So after talking for a day, everyone drank three drinks as a penalty and went to dinner.
After eating, I went back to rest on the pretext that I was tired.
In fact, they are giving the people behind the scenes on both sides the bottom line as to how to proceed with the negotiations.
The negotiations continued the next day. However, there was still no progress. The Americans took a step back. That is to allow the East Slavs to establish an independent country, but the actual controlled area shall be based on the current area, and there must still be a complete Principality of Kiev. The two sides can
Federal model.
However, an additional requirement was added: the East Slavs must be disarmed militarily, but they can be completely independent politically and economically.
During the negotiation process, the Americans also deliberately showed off the progress they had made so far. The coalition forces on the Western Front had already recaptured the states and cities occupied by the East Slavs a month ago.
The Crimean Peninsula and surrounding areas in the southwest have been captured by the Americans.
In the southeast, Sochi, Krisno, Nalchik, Mineralnye Vody, and Pytigorska have all been occupied by the American army. And they are preparing for the general attack on Stavropol.
In other words, the Americans now have the upper hand.
If we continue to fight, the East Slavs will probably perish.
Of course, the negotiator of the 32 Group said nothing. He just listed rows of photos of prisoners of war and reports on the daily casualties of the American army and handed them to the American representatives.
After the American looked at it, his expression immediately became very exciting.
After using the excuse of feeling unwell, I rested again.
Negotiations are negotiations, but the Americans really haven't relaxed at all.
On the first day of negotiations, the Americans dispatched hundreds of fighter planes and conducted several rounds of intensive bombing on Stavropol.
The most obvious military stronghold in Stavropol was basically destroyed. In one day, more than a hundred soldiers were killed, and more than two hundred were injured. The number of civilian casualties was five to six hundred, and nearly a hundred buildings collapsed.
Of course, the Eastern Slavs were not idle either, and they immediately wanted revenge. The Snow Wolf Commandos, led by Kress, Yang Yu, Shang He, and Kang Yongxuan, attacked in four directions.
That night, at least twenty American checkpoints were destroyed, six American military academy-level officers were captured alive, and fifty-seven American soldiers were killed.
In addition, the American supply lines were messed up. The most successful thing was Yang Yu's work. A team of people she led completely destroyed hundreds of tanks and armored fighting vehicles of the American 244th Armored Regiment.
The Americans made a calculation and found that their losses were much heavier than those of the East Slavs.
The next day, he was unwilling to give in and immediately tried to attack Stavropol.
First, carpet bombing was used to clear the way, and then, under the cover of armed helicopters, two armored battalions began to try to attack the gateway city of Circassian, 100 kilometers away from Stavropol.
The newly formed Ninth Brigade was stationed in Circassian City after it was defeated. Only about one and a half regiments of troops were left. Later, some militiamen were added. The total strength of the new Ninth Brigade was about 4,000 people.
Of course, the combat power cannot be compared with the previous one.
Moreover, after being bombarded by the American army in turn, Circassian was already devastated.
Although the Ninth Brigade put up tenacious resistance, the city of Circassian was soon invaded by the American army.
Then two regiments of Ottoman troops advanced into Circassian.
In order to clear their name, the Ninth Brigade was unwilling to retreat and instead defended Circassian.
Then the two sides started a bloody battle in Circassian City.
The American troops who entered the city probably realized something was wrong and did not continue to advance deeper into the city.
But in order to wipe out their previous reputation as soft-hearted, the Ottomans began to advance with two regiments.
Go straight to the local town hall.
Then a fierce battle began with the main force of the Ninth Brigade.
The two sides fought for a whole day, and the Ottomans never expected that the 9th Brigade, which they had originally regarded as weak and vulnerable and almost destroyed, would suddenly break out.
They fought bloody battles with the Ottomans on almost every inch of contestable land in the city.
The Ottomans had just captured the city hall, but within half an hour, it was recaptured by the Ninth Brigade.
The Ottomans quickly deployed troops to recapture it, but were immediately overtaken by the Ninth Brigade.
The two sides fought back and forth more than a dozen times in the city hall alone. The entire city hall square was filled with the corpses of soldiers from both sides, and blood flowed into rivers.
But fighting from day to night, the Ottomans ultimately failed to capture the city hall.
As for the Americans, they initially used armed helicopters to support the Ottomans, but later, after being shot down two Apaches, they also withered.
Watching the Ottomans fight, he defended his position and instinctively called for reinforcements.
When the Ottomans saw that they could not capture the city hall, they simply gave up and retreated two kilometers to prepare for repairs.
Americans are not in a hurry anyway. Why are they so anxious?
From the beginning, both parties acquiesced.
However, in the early hours of the night, the Ninth Brigade suddenly organized its troops and quickly launched a major counterattack.
The Ottomans did not expect that the 9th Brigade was actually capable of counterattack. When the heads of the East Slavs appeared behind their tents, they began to retreat in panic.
As a result, some stupid Ottoman shouted defeat.
All the Ottomans blew up the camp instantly.
The whole front retreated, and the East Slavs took the opportunity to pursue them.
Seeing that something was wrong, the Americans tried to stop them, but they were scattered by the retreating Ottomans.
The Americans could only retreat with the Ottomans.
Fortunately, the American aviation force arrived quickly and blocked the frantic Ninth Brigade with fierce artillery fire, thus preventing the Ottomans from being surrounded and annihilated.
Early the next morning, both sides counted their casualties.
That night, more than 360 people from the Ninth Brigade were killed and thousands more were injured.
The Ottomans suffered more than 430 killed and 1,400 wounded, and both regiments were completely disabled.
Eighteen Americans were killed and more than 70 wounded.
It can be said that the coalition forces suffered a disastrous defeat.
Under such circumstances, the voice of the Americans became much weaker during the third day of negotiations with the 32 Group.
Basically, they have agreed that the East Slavs will establish an independent country and no longer think about federalism. But it must be based on the current actual line of control between the two sides.
The 32 Group only made one request: that all US troops withdraw from the East Slavic areas, and then let the East Slavs and Bosnian people take action on their own.
The two sides then broke down the conversation.
On the third day, the Americans increased their troops and forcibly captured the city of Chersk. However, the 9th Brigade, which had successfully completed its mission, had already returned to Stavropol in advance.
On the same day, two divisions of volunteers from the Harris tribe quietly entered East Slavic territory and headed directly to the Western Front to support the retreating East Slavic Western Front.
The American army that occupied Chersk did not stop. They quickly caught the East Slavs by surprise.
The 101st Airborne Division took action again and parachuted a regiment of troops directly into the city of Nevinomesk, about fifty kilometers south of Stavropol.
Then they attacked from the north and south, attacked the city of Nevinomesk, and successfully captured the city of Nevinomesk.
At the same time, the U.S. Marine Corps began to storm the 107th Independent Brigade in Nasnia, trying to capture Kuganin and tighten the encirclement of Stavropol.
In fact, Americans have basically done this.
The 107th Independent Brigade in Nasnia faced the US Army which was the 6th Expeditionary Marine Brigade and a Marine Infantry Regiment under the 1st Marine Division.
4,000 people versus 7,500 people, and the US military also has more than 100 fighter planes and more than 100 helicopters, as well as 18 US destroyers and cruisers behind it that can launch various types of cruise missiles.
Although Nasnia's 107th Brigade has experienced hundreds of battles, under the absolute superiority of the U.S. Marine Corps, the most important thing is that the U.S. Navy and Air Force have too obvious advantages.
Kurganin is only a straight line distance of more than 200 kilometers from the US Black Sea Fleet, and is completely within the strike range of the US Navy.
Under the heavy bombardment of double artillery fire, the 107th Brigade had to withdraw from Kuganin and retreat to Armavir, which is only more than 70 kilometers away from Stavropol.
At this point, the Americans have completed the semicircular encirclement of Stavropol, and the encirclement has been reduced to only about 100 kilometers.
At this time, the total strength of the Stavropol and surrounding East Slavic garrison reached more than 50,000 people.
There are eighteen fighter planes, thirty-six helicopters of various types, more than 800 artillery pieces of various types, more than 400 tanks, and more than 500 combat vehicles of various types.
The coalition forces have more than 60,000 troops, but they have a total of 270 fighter planes, 325 helicopters of various types, more than 600 artillery pieces, more than 800 tanks, and more than 1,200 armored vehicles.
It can be said that the coalition has formed an absolute advantage.
Taking advantage of this advantage, the Americans entered the sixth day of negotiations.
The negotiating bargaining chip of the 32 Group was that the East Slavs had more than 200 American prisoners of war and a historical record of 1,932 people killed in action.
The two sides continued to talk.
On the seventh and eighth day, the two sides seemed to have no intention of continuing negotiations.
The Americans want to capture Stavropol and completely make the 32 Group give up.
But just as the Americans were preparing to launch a general offensive.
The situation on the Western Front suddenly turned completely around.
Reinforcements of more than 30,000 people from the Harris tribe suddenly appeared and ambushed a division of the Principality of Warsaw.
and defeated it.
Then the East Slavs and the Harris Volunteer Army jointly began to violently attack the Principality of Warsaw and the Polish people in Kiev, and within two days they regained the two previously lost states.
Then, with the support of the Persians, the Kurds behind the Ottomans and the Armenian Republic, which had been massacred by the Ottomans, launched attacks on the Ottomans and the Ottoman protectorate respectively.
The Kurds quickly captured the two Kurdish-dominated states of Hakkari and Ba Shen Kale.
At this moment, the Ottomans jumped to their feet.
The most important thing is that a division of Arminians disguised as Persians directly approached Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, with the intention of directly cutting off the retreat of the Ottomans heading north.
The Ottomans immediately declared war on the Arminians and Kurds.
At the same time, the Persians immediately announced military aid to the Kurds and Arminians.
Then the Republic of Babylon and the Republic of Mascus, two Middle Eastern countries with feuds with the Ottomans, took advantage of the situation and sent troops to threaten the Ottomans. The Hellenic Republic, the generational enemy of the Ottomans to the west, even directly sent troops to Cypros to support southern Cypros in annihilating the Ottomans in the north.
, unify Cypros.
With the backyard on fire and the troops of many countries approaching the city, the Ottomans saw that they were in great danger of being dismembered. Under such circumstances, the Ottomans no longer thought about going north to support the Americans.
The entire Middle East, which extends all the way to Eastern Europe, instantly became a mess.
Americans were shocked after seeing such changes in just half a month. (To be continued...)
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