Chapter 1120 Hunter and Prey (Third update, please subscribe)
Who is the hunter?
Who is the prey?
In a world of predators, hunters and prey have never been fixed roles. The hunter may become the prey, and the prey may suddenly become the hunter.
In fact, this is the operating rule of the world.
In order to prevent yourself from falling into prey, in addition to forging iron, you must also be strong and practice your internal strength, which is also to expand your circle of friends. This circle of friends is complicated. Since people like Malaya, Mindanao and Surabaya People also have "satellites" like Siam who are supported by Nanyang. Of course, there are also old friends like South Korea, South Vietnam, Iran, and Iraq.
After 1958, Chang'an was bustling with welcomes and arrivals, and constant exchanges. There were economic and trade delegations from Iraq and the visit of the Shah of Iran. Pahlavi was naturally interested in the construction of Southeast Asia. He has been fascinated by it for a long time, and his visit to Nanyang also strengthened his determination to realize modernization. However, he came to Nanyang to relax - he had just sent the queen to Europe.
Because the queen could not have children, in order to ensure that there would be a successor to the throne, Pahlavi could only find another person.
When receiving Pahlavi, Li Yian could only sympathize with him when he saw his somewhat lonely expression. In fact, he was quite willing to help. However, considering that he did not have any new friends yet, The queen, therefore, could only be helpless.
However, in order to comfort Pahlavi, a good student, Li Yian specially showed him another side of Nanyang.
On the training ground, dozens of ZT-1 tanks were driving at high speed. They sometimes fired and sometimes maneuvered. Pahlavi and the Iranian officers all looked at them with expressions of surprise.
"This is your ZT1 tank, right? It was them that destroyed the Soviet IS heavy tanks and T54 tanks during the Canal Crisis, right?"
Pahlavi turned around and asked.
“Yes, that’s it. At last year’s Chang’an Defense Exhibition, many countries including Yugoslavia purchased this tank!”
I have to say that war is the most important thing. Good advertising, a canal crisis, not only made Nanyang's fighter jets and Sidewinder missiles famous in the world, but also made Nanyang's tanks and self-propelled howitzers famous. Although they are not as loud as fighter jets, today's Nanyang weapons, even because of their sophistication, And being seen as "German in Southeast Asia" - well, being seen as the development of German weapons in Asia.
Although he is somewhat powerless to complain about this evaluation, Li Yi'an is also very helpless. Just like the German brands held by many companies in Nanyang, they themselves want to use the brand effect to expand the market.
So, the Nanyang arms industry naturally accepted this. If it weren't for factories like Mauser still existing, Nanyang would probably have its own Mauser.
"Shah, if you are willing to purchase, the Nanyang Export-Import Bank can provide you with loans,"
Li Yi'an said with a smile, at least before Pahlavi was overthrown, Iran had an international reputation The reputation in the credit market is still good. Moreover, they are now accepting government development assistance loans from Nanyang.
As a neighbor of the Soviet Union, it was a neighboring country that suffered Soviet invasion during World War II. They sincerely distrust their neighbor in the north. Even when finances are extremely tight, Iran still invests a large amount of military expenditures to strengthen its military equipment and prevent invasion from the north. Last year alone, they purchased tens of millions of dollars in weapons from Southeast Asia and the United States.
It can be said that Li Yian's suggestion spoke to their hearts. As soon as he heard that weapons could be purchased with loans, Pahlavi immediately said with joy:
"That's great. Let them test drive it later. If they approve, we will... ..."
However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the woman beside him.
"Father, the Prime Minister said that this year's financial expenditure is very tight, and arms procurement needs to be stopped if it is not necessary."
The speaker is Princess Naz, Pahlavi and his first His wife is the daughter of Fasya Fouad, the eldest princess of the last dynasty of Egypt. Her mother was known as the "Venus of Asia" because of her beauty even before World War II. Princess Naz inherited her mother's blue eyes, big eyes, three-dimensional facial features and exquisite figure. When she visited Southeast Asia, as the eldest princess, although she was only eighteen years old, she always stayed with Pahlavi.
The timely dissuasion now is actually... the normal operation of Pahlavi. As the king, Pahlavi often took the lead in arms procurement. In another world, relying on the oil profits in the 1970s, Pahlavi Wei spent a lot of money on Britain and the United States and vowed to build a modern army in the world second only to the United States and Russia.
300 F16s alone were purchased, plus 250 F18s, 80 F14s, 188 F-4 Phantoms and 166 F-5Es, plus 7 E3 early warning aircraft. It can be said that these If all the orders are received, it will be enough to make it the third largest air force in the world. Even Dongda will be hard-pressed to match it - after all, Dongda only had a dozen Air Force 7s at that time.
Back then, people placed tens of billions of dollars worth of orders in one fell swoop. That was the era of dollars!
Firstly, the result above is conceivable, and the role of this princess is obviously to apply the brakes.
Sure enough, when she said this, Pahlavi helplessly shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"Your Excellency, this is the reality in Iran. Our fiscal revenue is very tight."
"That's why you need to further develop the economy."
Looked at the man who looked like his mother Li Yian, who is quite similar to Princess Naz, smiled and said: "Only when the economy develops well, will we have more powerful armaments."
"Your Excellency, Iran is different from other countries. We are bordering the Soviet Union, and the threat from the Soviet Union is everywhere. After World War II, they even supported the Kurdish Republic in the north and wanted to split my country. The pressure we faced forced us to strengthen our military with all our strength. Power, and Naz..."
Turning his attention to his daughter, Pahlavi said helplessly.
“She doesn’t understand this.”
“But the Prime Minister knows very well, father, he said you must choose one between construction and the army.”
The princess's answer made Li Yian burst into laughter, and then changed the topic and said:
"Indeed, many times, the reality is so helpless. By the way, when Hassan came to Nanyang last year, he introduced us through a loan We have acquired some industrial equipment from Nanyang. How is the construction of those factories going now? ”
"Your Excellency, it's like a miracle. Before I came to Nanyang, our fertilizer plant in Tehran had already been put into operation. We produced fertilizer for the first time. This year, after the machinery plant goes into operation, we will also produce three-wheeled vehicles. and small four-wheel tractors, you may not know that when the fertilizer plant is put into operation, even the most stubborn people become speechless..."
Referring to the industrialization that Iran is pursuing, Pahlavi simply has endless things to say. After all, these are what he has dreamed of, and he has indeed achieved corresponding achievements.
In the following time, it seemed to be Pahlavi’s reporting meeting. He continued to report on all aspects of Iran’s achievements in recent years, from industrial construction to transportation construction to urban construction. From construction to rural construction, in short, Pahlavi is like a primary school student. After talking about some achievements, he will look at Li Yi'an eagerly, and a signal is conveyed in his eyes - praise me, praise me I!
Faced with such a request, Li Yian was naturally not stingy. Teachers always praise students when they praise them, and they are only verbal. But even so, Pahlavi still behaved very well. Excited, on the way back to the city, when the two of them were riding in the same car, Pahlavi revealed his true feelings and said in a complaining tone:
"Your Excellency, you know, Iran needs aid and loans from the United States, and without their loans and aid we will soon be in crisis
But Americans always have their fingers in our affairs, and they never even consider that about 80% of people in Iran rely on agriculture to survive.
The average Iranian farmer has become accustomed to a life of extreme poverty and barely interacts with anything outside the village. The only imported commodity consumed by most Iranians is sugar.
In this case, if we implement the so-called reforms as the Americans say, it is very likely to destroy our situation, but the Americans don't ask about this at all, they..."
Listening to Pahlavi’s complaints about the Americans, Li Yian’s brows furrowed slightly. This was the most naive thing about Americans in the early and middle stages of the Cold War—they always wanted to apply their methods to the whole world. The world.
From Iran to Vietnam and other countries, they always try to implement their own ideas, even threatening to cut off US aid, completely ignoring reality in the process
To a certain extent, this is also the reason why they failed in South Vietnam, Iran and other places - in terms of the intensity of the blow to the allies, the United States is even more powerful than the enemies of the allies.
In order to force them to obey, the United States will use US aid and various other methods to put pressure on them and perform various "political surgeries" on them.
What’s the end?
Just like what Diem said to the Americans:
“If you continue to misrepresent me... you can overthrow me, you can do it, but if you do this, the United States The children will come here one day and they will die here.”
Thinking of the future outcome of South Vietnam and Iran, Li Yi sighed and looked at Pahlavi, who was full of complaints.
"Shah, there is a saying in the East that it is easy to make nonsense if you take a big step. You should make decisions based on your own circumstances regarding the requirements of the United States instead of blindly obeying them.
If If necessary, Nanyang will support you. As for funds, if Iran is willing to implement financial reforms through the Indian Ocean Bank, which we established together with the United Kingdom, we are willing to provide help. "
Inadvertently, Li Yi'an threw it. Out of his bait, this help is of course only the first step in what will ultimately be the push for a big foreign currency in Iran.
“Of course, it’s just a choice,”
Li Yian said.
“Any reform is inseparable from financial stability. For now, Iran’s domestic inflation problem and the devaluation of the rial are hindering your economic development.”
Although it is only It was mentioned briefly, but Pahlavi also expressed his approval with deep understanding. However, he seemed a little hesitant on whether to accept the help of the Indian Ocean Bank and did not give any reply.
But... don't rush this matter, take your time, one day, they will join in themselves. Soon, the motorcade drove into the official residence.
(End of this chapter)