Merrill Lynch is a giant U.S. securities company. Merrill Lynch Group is the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory company. Its branches and representative offices cover 30 countries and regions on six continents around the world, employing 60,000 people.
Of course, it also has an office in London, and current U.S. Treasury Secretary Donald Reagan was once a senior executive of this company.
He said that the Mountbatten Group was a friend of Wall Street, so it was of course important. Alan Wilson expressed his gratitude for this commitment, but did not give in. "You know, war is a big thing. Even if I want to help, I can only The power to make recommendations, and the prime minister still has the final say on national policies. Our prime minister resolutely defends national interests."
If Mrs. Thatcher had not betrayed him, he should indeed resolutely defend the national interests when he came to Frankfurt this time. The two of them had made an agreement before coming.
The United States wants to make Britain the evil villain and then take the opportunity to draw blood from Latin America. This operation is not something Alan Wilson cannot understand. The United States cannot join forces 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 someone with a borrowed knife is not killing itself with a borrowed knife. I believe the United States can handle it.
The reason why Britain dares to test whether it wants to take action against Argentina is obvious. Although Britain retains considerable strength, it is still far away from returning to its peak.
Although it still has a powerful navy, currently ranked third in the world, yes it is third, the total tonnage of the Soviet Red Navy has exceeded three million tons, making it the second largest navy in the world.
The United States judged that although the United Kingdom had considerable strength, it was not enough to replace itself, so it could cooperate. This was just like how it viewed Russia decades later. In a sense, it could be regarded as fostering self-respect.
As for countries that are really capable of replacing themselves, they are still preparing for public opinion all the time, but they still cannot really start a fight.
"The Americans have some ideas and want to see how powerful Britain still is." Returning to the Prime Minister, Alan Wilson told the whole story about his conversation with the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
"The Americans have a good plan." Mrs. Thatcher said angrily. Although she also advocated the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, she could not accept the United Kingdom's unilateral loss. "Listen to what you said, Washington wants to see the strength of the United Kingdom. At the same time, we must use this war to raise interest rates and suppress inflation."
"Oh, yes, it is similar to the purpose of the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson nodded, but still emphasized that the United Kingdom and the United States are different. What are the specific differences? The United States' national power is stronger than the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom actually does not want to do it on its own, but in its hands There are no good agents.
Although the Kingdom of Iraq is a pro-British country, it was still persuaded by the Americans this time. Alan Wilson could only make amends in other aspects to strive for a better result.
If he has a choice, he hopes to have good relations with any country, but the relationship with Iran has been a foregone conclusion since Mossadegh's anti-British rebellion after the war. Britain can only go all the way to the dark side, tightly cling to Iraq, and Provide support for this.
Normally, since the United Kingdom knows the intentions of its malicious allies, it should avoid falling into the trap, even if the United States has hinted that it will help Britain conceal its true intentions and make false promises to Argentina.
But the problem is that Mrs. Thatcher's support rate is also very low. This has not yet solved the Miners' Union, which is the most difficult to crack down. It cannot increase the support rate, and Mrs. Thatcher cannot be tough on the Miners' Union.
Alan Wilson counted the current imperial legacy with his fingers. It was that the Army seemed to be a little weaker. This weak point 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 number of the German Wehrmacht exceeded 500,000, with 4,900 tanks and more than 7,000 armored personnel carriers. If Chunqiu writes, who is not a torrent of steel with over 10,000 armored forces?
Not to mention the number of British Army compared with Germany, the 1,800 tanks in NATO are still behind France, which is at the same level as Italy. There is nothing that can be done. Alan Wilson cannot increase military expenditures. It is already possible to maintain the current framework.
It can be regarded as a great reward for hard work. Of course, if you have money, you should invest it in the navy and air force.
However, in terms of the level of armament updates, the UK surpasses Germany, France and Italy, especially France and Italy. France's tank development has taken a detour and there are a lot of thin-skinned and large-filled tanks in the country.
The Italian Army can be said to be a smaller version of the German Wehrmacht, and Panther tanks are also in service with the Italian Army.
The efficiency of the British Army's replacement is similar to that of the Federal Republic of Germany, a country that specializes in ground warfare. It is naturally impossible to continue to serve 5,000 tanks. However, the war-tested Tiger armed helicopters are equipped with army aviation and are the first choice of the British Army.
Advantage.
If we want to attack Argentina, the two British islands of St. Helena and Ascension must be used, otherwise the British strategic bombers will not be of use.
While Reagan and former President Carter were demonstrating that the United States would never abandon any American citizen, Alan Wilson was wandering in his thoughts, thinking about where to start a fight with Argentina.
It is possible to borrow military bases in South Africa. The relationship between Britain and South Africa is still okay. If he had not tried his best to stop it, Mrs. Thatcher would have openly sided with the South African government and regarded the African countries in the Commonwealth as nothing. But during the war
If South Africa can help, it shouldn't be a problem.
After the hostages released by Iran underwent physical health examinations and incident reports, they flew back to Washington and received a hero's welcome. This ended the Iran hostage crisis.
The end of the hostage crisis does not mean that the United States will forget Iran, which has embarrassed the United States. The United States is like this. Everything starts from the position of strength. If you have strength, the United States will naturally find reasons to forgive you, such as someone in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Big country.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The United States wants to forgive Russia, at least it understands that the political forces of Wang's group really want to unite with Russia, but if they don't have the strength, the United States can target you forever.
Iran is simply naive to think that with the end of the hostage crisis, this problem has been solved.
Shortly after the hostage crisis was resolved, the drama of the first year of 1982 began. King Faisal II of Iraq announced that he would regain the territory seized by Iran for the United Arab Emirates. The Iraqi Army crossed the border. The Iran-Iraq War in this world was finally delayed.
It broke out more than a year later.
The Iraqi Air Force was the first to bear the brunt, striking military targets in Iran and covering the offensive of ground troops. Iran, which did not believe that Iraq really dared to take action, 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. Its area and population are the basis. Based on this, 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, the Royal Navy, the Royal Army, and Pahlavi, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces.
King Pahlavi claimed that he wanted to build the fifth largest military force in the world and 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 actually dared to take action.
The Iranians don't know this. Although historically Iraq claimed to have a million-strong army during Saddam's period, in fact it was only accumulated after the Iran-Iraq War. When Saddam attacked Iran, Iraq
With an army of just over 200,000 people, it is not the fourth most powerful military country in the world.
Alan Wilson has helped Faisal II expand the army to 450,000, which is already twice the military strength of Iraq at the same time in its history, so there is nothing to fear.
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 greatly declined, and it is simply unable to withstand the aggressive Iraqi army.
White light flashed in the distance, and amidst the heart-rending loud noise, the armor of the armored vehicle more than 200 meters away was immediately torn apart like tissue paper, and the pierced vehicle body made a strange hissing sound, twisting and turning.
Deformation.
After penetrating its frontal armor, the kinetic energy armor-piercing bullet mercilessly drilled through its wide body. After the projectile penetrated the car body, it produced thousands of scorching fragments and sprayed them wantonly inside the car, instantly destroying the car.
The members inside were burned to pieces.
Immediately, the oil and gas mixture in the car was ignited, and a black-red flame spread out from the gap between the top window and the car body. With the sound of explosion, the car body burned violently like a lit 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 and led the convoy behind it forward.
The excitement of the crew of the Chieftain tank is obvious. Although the British tank has some facilities that have nothing to do with combat and is even equipped with a tea set, its combat effectiveness can still be relied on.
This marching armored force raised up a sky full of dust and sand in the desert. The blue smoke and yellow-gray dust merged into a huge curtain of sand, covering the sky and the moon, and combined with the earth-shattering thunder 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 its optimistic advancement has also made the military feel optimistic and less wary of Iran's powerful military power on paper.
Before receiving the order to attack, 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 is also there on paper.
But this does not seem to be the case during the war. Obviously, the purge of the royal army has seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Iranian army. And this impact has been exposed during the war.