Chapter 894 South America (10)

As soon as Yannick returned to the palace, Ribbentrop came to report that Chile wanted to buy weapons from them. As mentioned above, there are considerable conflicts between Chile and Peru. Peru had just purchased a large number of naval, land and air weapons and equipment from Germany a while ago. Recently, more and more Peruvian troops have gathered near the border, which has put Chile under considerable pressure and decided to import a batch of weapons and equipment troops.

"Oh? Did they stay in the same hotel?"

"What are you talking about?" Seeing Ribbentrop's confused look, Yannick smiled. What he said was just an interesting thing in the original time and space, and Ribbentrop certainly didn't understand.

In the 1980s, a war broke out between Iraq and Iran, which lasted for eight years. Two countries with weapons that cannot "take care of themselves" fought for such a long time, and the weapons reserves could not support the needs of the war under the weak defense industry. So the two countries began to extend their green tickets to foreign countries at the same time, hoping to purchase weapons and ammunition urgently needed on the battlefield. Soon they learned that the weapons and equipment from a certain big country in the East were cost-effective, easy to operate, and had no additional conditions. As long as they paid, they could guarantee the quality and quantity and absolutely no deception.

Iran and Iraq each sent a purchasing delegation to a certain big country in the East. Whether it was intentional or a mistake, the purchasing delegations of both sides were arranged in the next room of the same hotel. It is not difficult to imagine how embarrassing the situation was at the time. Not only did they have to pretend that the other party did not exist, but they also had to beware of the other party's possible hostile actions and dangerous behaviors.

Yannick continued. "If they want to buy, there is no reason for us not to sell, right? Anyway, we still have a lot of inventory." As mentioned earlier, the German army's weapons and equipment are updated too quickly, and there are a lot of retired weapons. If these weapons are not disposed of as soon as possible, these things can only be treated as waste after the war. Moreover, selling weapons to the warring parties is not a taboo. The five gangsters in later generations have done such things.

In the same Iran-Iraq War, in addition to a certain big country in the East, Iraq, as a "friendly country" with good relations with the Soviet Union, also ordered a lot of weapons from the Soviet Union. And they not only hope to buy weapons and ammunition, but also hope that the Soviet Union will stand on the side of Iraq and support it both diplomatically and militarily. However, the Soviet Union, which had already retreated from global expansion at that time, had no interest in intervening in the Iran-Iraq War: they were only interested in making money and opened the door of their arsenal to Iraq. What do you need? One word: sell!

At this time, Iran also talked to the Soviets through other channels. The Soviets still had one word: sell!

However, the Soviets also made a lot of embarrassment by selling weapons to both sides to make money. For example, in 1985, the Nizhny Tagil Locomotive and Rolling Stock Plant, as the main tank production base of the Soviet Union, hung a welcome banner to welcome the Iraqi delegation to purchase tanks. However, because they had to receive the Iranian delegation in a few days, the staff confused the welcome banners of the two countries and actually hung the banner in Iranian characters at the entrance of the factory. The atmosphere on the scene was awkward for a while, but the "generous" Iraqis immediately forgave this "mistake". After all, buying weapons is important.

The United States also sold a lot of weapons to both sides. The United States was quite generous, selling all advanced weapons such as radars and missiles to Iraq. Iraq believed that the US forces were driven out of Iran in the 1970s and had conflicts with Iran. The United States would definitely help me attack Iran. But Iraq only guessed the beginning, but not the end. Although the United States aided Iraq, it also sold military weapons to Iran at the same time. After all, the best outcome for the United States in this war is that both sides will suffer losses and fight to the end. The United States even transported supplies to Israel at the same time to cover up its tracks. Although the incident was eventually exposed, the United States had already made a lot of war money at that time. It just found a few scapegoats to take the blame and shirk responsibility, and then calmed down the incident.

Therefore, Yannick naturally did not mind selling weapons to both warring parties. After all, it was a fair trade between you and me, not a forced sale. Who dared to say more? If you dare to say more, wouldn’t it be because you are tired of living? At most, you would say behind his back that he is a "death merchant" or a "warmongerer", but saying bad things about people behind their backs will not kill people. What he wants is real benefits.

"It would be better to sell a few more U-boats." Yannick walked to the wall and muttered while looking at the huge world map. "Have these guys in South America never thought of joining forces to beat Brazil?" South America has an area of ​​17.8 million square kilometers, of which Brazil accounts for 490,000 square kilometers, nearly half. Aren't the surrounding countries jealous? Most of South America is a coastal country. If you can fool each country and sell ten U-boats, that's dozens of them. If each country sells 100 fighter planes, that's hundreds of them.

Especially Argentina and Brazil, the relationship between the two countries is not harmonious. In the first half of the 19th century, the two countries fought for Uruguay (Uruguay was originally inhabited by Indians, became a Spanish colony, and was later occupied by Portugal. A few years later, it was incorporated into Brazil, but it was poached by Argentina in less than five years. The Uruguayan people revolted against Brazilian rule and announced a merger with Argentina). The funny thing is that the two countries fought back and forth, but in the end no one got Uruguay (Uruguay became independent under British intervention), but instead lost both the wife and the army, and it also led to conflicts and contradictions between the two countries.

"Contact the ambassador to Argentina and ask him to find out if the Argentine top brass has any plans in this regard." If so, he would be happy to help. "Tell them that if they want to buy weapons, we can offer a big promotion, buy three and get one free, buy five and get two free; the more you buy, the more you get!"

"Yes, I'll contact them right away." As soon as Ribbentrop left, Anne hurried in with a delicate little box in her hand, her face extremely excited. "Your Highness, this is just sent from West Africa... uh, Lion Rock, and it's said to be a gift specially for you."

"Gift?" Yannick asked curiously. "What is it?" With his current status, the gift he could get must be something valuable.

He took the small box and opened it. Inside was a crystal clear ice cube the size of an egg? "Is this a rough diamond?!" Oh, such a large rough diamond must be at least 700 or 800 carats, right? In later generations, a diamond ring can be sold for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands per carat, and such a large diamond can no longer be measured in money. It is simply a priceless treasure.

"This was discovered by one of our local mining teams."

"Good!" Yannick was very pleased. "The head of the mining team and the worker who discovered the diamond will be promoted by two levels, and each will be rewarded with 100,000 euros, and the other members of the mining team will receive an additional year's salary."