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Yourid knew that every time His Excellency Qusay gave him such an incomprehensible order, there would be a big thing behind it, and he just had to accept it without asking.

For example, this time, Your Excellency Qusay, how did you know that there would be a flight that crashed?Or in the Soya Strait?

However, their luck is really good.

At this time, the Iraqi freighter, the Uqam, was passing through the Zongya Strait.

When the telegram from the Iraqi side came, the captain of the Ugem saw the distant sea in the dark night sky, and there was a huge explosion.

Oops, someone died!Often floating on the sea, the captain has a heroic spirit of doing what is right. When he saw the situation in the distance, he ordered the ship to sail in that direction without even thinking about it.

But the other Japanese ship didn't do anything at all, they just left far away after admiring the flames.

"Captain, our government asked us to salvage the remains of the victims of the air crash. It would be better if we could save the survivors, but we must evacuate this sea area within an hour." Said a crew member with a telegram.

Our zhèng fǔ?Salvage the dead and lifesavers in an air crash?Holding the telegram, the captain suddenly had an indescribable feeling that the explosion here should be an air crash, and it just happened. How did the government know?By Allah, Your Majesty Qusay is indeed a Prophet bestowed by Allah!

"Quick, fully open the main engine, and head towards the direction of the explosion." The captain shouted.

Chapter 5 Seventeen Invisible Smoke

At the last moment when he was about to touch the sea surface, Chen Bingyong pulled up the control lever vigorously. Due to the ground effect, the wings had excess lift, the nose rose, and the belly and tail first touched the sea surface. Then, the nose and fuselage Separation, the American technicians in the fuselage were all crushed by the violent impact, while the person in the nose of the plane fell to the sea after passing through a buffer by luck. The impact on the water surface is greatly reduced.

Chen Bingyong desperately got out of the broken rear engine room and surfaced.

The sea water was already a little cold, and in the darkness, he saw the lights of a ship sailing not far away.

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On this sleepless night, not only was there a fait accompli military conflict between Hokkaido and Sakhalin in the north, but in the south, in Hong Kong, invisible gunpowder was pervading Hong Kong's financial circle.

Because in the negotiations in Hong Kong, the UK has always maintained a tough attitude, as if the UK still has enough strength to maintain the glory of the empire that never falls when the sun has never fallen after spending a high price to resolve the Falklands dispute. However, The facts are different.At least, Hong Kong people don't have that much confidence.

In the past few days, the Hong Kong dollar has begun to fluctuate greatly. Although it will recover later, the Hong Kong government is very worried. This is just a harbinger before the collapse of the Hong Kong dollar.

The Hong Kong zhèngfǔ has reported to the British zhèngfǔ authorities, and the British zhèngfǔ has begun to take out most of its small foreign exchange reserves, preparing to save the possible currency crisis of the Hong Kong zhèngfǔ at a critical moment, and at the same time, preparing to borrow part of the US dollar from the United States .

Although there is some puffing in the pocket, the Hong Kong government does not have any confidence, because the Hong Kong dollar is performing very badly in the market now.

They seem to have seen that there is a huge pit waiting for them to jump down, and they are still shouting to them from a high place: "Are you ready?"

At this time, in Ousheng Electronics Company, Zhang Manyu was looking at the people who came secretly from the Middle East, and was directing the operators to operate on the computer terminal. Their hands were typing on the keyboard, which was not an ordinary keyboard. , that is a sheet of dollars!

"Miss Zhang, are you afraid?" Hikmat said, looking at this beautiful Chinese woman.Because this matter is of great importance, Hikmat personally went out and prepared to do a big job here according to His Excellency Qusay's order and the knowledge he had mastered.

Their subordinates collected a total of 300 billion U.S. dollars, of which 200 billion came from Saudi Arabia, 80 billion came from Kuwait, and [-] billion came from several other Gulf countries. Among them, only [-] million U.S. dollars belonged to Iraq itself.

This can be said to be the great trust of several other Gulf countries in Iraq. They already have a kind of blind identification with Qusay. In fact, Sai is really not good at it. In his previous life, Qu Sai was a special soldier, not a financier.

However, Qusay grasped the pulse of historical development. He knew that the Hong Kong dollar crisis would erupt. Nothing to lose.The Hong Kong government announced the pegged exchange rate system on October 10th. The Hong Kong dollar will be pegged to the U.S. dollar again, and the exchange rate will be set at 15 Hong Kong dollars to 7.8 U.S. dollar.

Although they only mobilized 300 billion U.S. dollars, and Hong Kong's local foreign exchange reserves are tens of billions of U.S. dollars, they can borrow more money through financing and mortgage loans.Moreover, as they start to move, there will be a steady stream of investment troops pouring in to increase their strength.

In later generations, there is a professional term called financial speculators, and there are more detailed classifications, such as real estate speculators.

And they are here to speculate in Hong Kong dollars, but the more they speculate on real estate, the higher the price, and the more they speculate on Hong Kong dollars, the lower the price.

Over the past few days, Hikmat has been letting traders slowly buy Hong Kong dollars, using the U.S. dollars he has on hand to buy Hong Kong dollars. As they gradually eat Hong Kong dollars, the exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars is gradually rising, but , This is just a flashback. When they sell the Hong Kong dollar in large quantities, the exchange rate will immediately plummet.

While eating Hong Kong dollars, they are also buying stocks in the market, waiting to sell at the same time, while driving down the Hang Seng Index, they have accumulated a large number of short positions in the Hang Seng Index futures market, and they have a good fortune in the foreign exchange market, the stock market and the futures market. Big profits.

Today, it is an actual battle. This kind of war has no smoke, but it is more tense than the Iran-Iraq battlefield, because the 300 billion US dollars are almost all borrowed. If the money is lost, Hikmat Don't even think about going back to take charge of the oil project in Iraq. Even if he buys a piece of tofu in Hong Kong and crashes him to death, His Excellency Qusay will pick him up and scold him again.

Following Hikmat's order, the traders set to work, selling Hong Kong dollars in exchange for U.S. dollars!

Because when they bought Hong Kong dollars, the Hong Kong government was also working hard to increase their holdings of Hong Kong dollars, which led to a slight increase in the exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars against the U.S. dollar. They then exchanged Hong Kong dollars for U.S. dollars and made a fraction. It starts to fluctuate, gradually falls, and finally stabilizes again.

This time it was not for making money at all, and this method would definitely not make money. He just tried to see if throwing the Hong Kong dollar in his hand would cause the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar to fall. Now it seems that the answer is yes.

What really makes money lies in the short positions accumulated in the futures market when the Hong Kong dollar fell and the stock market crashed.

After the operation was completed, Hikmat asked all the traders to rest. They have been gathered in the Hong Kong branch of Ousheng Electronics for the past few days. outside contact to prevent accidents.

Looking at the relaxed Hikmat, Zhang Manyu couldn't help asking: "Sir, are you sure that you can really make a lot of money by doing this?"

"I'm not only sure. I'm very sure," Hikmat said. "You're going to see a storm coming in Hong Kong's financial world."

Before the turmoil in Hong Kong's financial circle came, in the international community, the diplomatic turmoil of the Soviet Union had already arrived ahead of schedule.

On September 1983, 9, in the United States, several newspapers controlled by the Republican Party began to vigorously publicize an event that happened last night: Korean Air Flight 1 deviated from the course due to a navigation failure. The fighter jet shot down!At this time, it is only 1490 kilometers away from the sea border between the Soviet Union and Japan!

All the people on the flight were killed. This is a heinous crime committed by the Soviet Union and must be strongly condemned by the whole world!

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked.

Many people began to think that five years ago, Soviet fighter jets unceremoniously shot down a Boeing 707 of a Korean airline, and this time, they shot down a Korean airliner.

The whole world was shocked, and this explosive news immediately overshadowed the serious crisis of trust in the United States.At the same time, the director of the White House Press Office issued a severely worded speech. This behavior of the Soviet Union is a challenge to the international aviation order, and the United States will never tolerate this behavior!What's more, there are some Americans on this Boeing 747 plane!It is a great shame that Americans were shot down innocently!The two aircraft carrier battle groups of the US Pacific Fleet began to gather near Hokkaido at the same time.

Public opinion in the United States finally changed, and Reagan was secretly lucky.

The American people don't know that they have been fooled once again. If they know the truth of the matter, then all the high-level officials in the entire government who know about this matter may all have to step down!How dare to switch the passenger plane and imprison those passengers; dare to use the passenger plane as a weapon to challenge the Soviet air defense, this is an unforgivable deception by the people!

And if the US government is really tough, then last night, they should have dispatched the air force stationed in Japan to confront the Soviet Union over Sakhalin Island.

Unfortunately, the U.S. government did not. After learning that the passenger plane had been shot down, everyone, including Reagan, breathed a sigh of relief.

Facing the flood of condemnation from the Soviet Union, they just commented calmly: This unidentified plane flew to the launch site of the Soviet Union’s long-range intercontinental ballistic missile. This is a violation of the Soviet Union’s airspace. In their interest, they must shoot down the invading plane!

The Soviet Union denied that it was a passenger plane that was shot down yesterday. The opponent did not have navigation lights, and the flight path was seriously deviated.As for whether they shot down the electronic jammer yesterday, they did not have the exact result. Moreover, the missile launched at the time had already flown over the center line of the strait. Therefore, due to various reasons, the United States could not tell the truth to the world, and the Soviet Union also intended to Hide some.

All of this is the same as in history, but there are also some changes. In the previous life, although the unlucky Chen Bingyong was not shocked to death by the violent impact, he was soaked in the sea water and his body gradually cooled down, and finally his body floated on the sea. , the body was salvaged by ships sent by the Soviet Union.

But now, he was lying on the bilge of the Iraqi cargo ship Ugem, staring at the dim light with empty eyes, but with mixed feelings in his heart.

After rescuing the captain, the Ugem picked up the bodies of two more Americans. The time was almost up, and they left the sea immediately.The corpse was placed in the cold storage where the food was stored on the Ugem, and the living person was temporarily taken care of by them.

Chapter 5 The War Without Gunsmoke Begins

Qusay was very happy to receive the news of the Ugem's great harvest, and immediately ordered Yurid to send personnel to Hong Kong. After the cargo ship arrived at the nearest unloading location, Hong Kong, he boarded the cargo ship and took care of the captain. As long as this survivor is brought back to Iraq, then the inside story of this air crash will be in his own hands. At that time, whether to trade with the Soviets or the Americans depends on who gives There are many benefits for me, or in other words, the corpse is called to one party, and the living person is sold to the other party. In short, I must make a lot of benefits this time.

At this time, the Iraqi Northern Military Region's continued in-depth attack on Iran has also begun.

In the countless previous battles, the Iraqi army has also continuously mastered the tactics of mountain warfare. Unlike them in the plains and deserts, mountain warfare is a brand new situation.

The main force of the First Armored Division has been organized into a small number of T-72 tanks and a large number of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles. At the same time, equipped with self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, they maneuver along the mountain roads, concentrate their main forces, and seize points to control the road.The enemy's vital points are on the commanding heights, mountain passes, crossroads, and mountain passages. Therefore, when the First Armored Division conducts mountain offensive combat missions, it concentrates its main assault force, attacks along the main passages that are easy to pass, and fully captures both sides of the passage. The commanding heights on the side and key terrains such as mountain passes and intersections on the passageway control the traffic arteries.

Then, the Three Infantry Division will catch up and clean up the unoccupied areas to ensure that there are no Iranian armed forces.