Visiting universities, banqueting people from the business, education and literary and artistic circles, banqueting Chinese and overseas Chinese, holding investment promotion meetings for industrial investment companies and Vietnam commodity fairs... has almost become a fixed process.

I finally came here once and I would like to visit all those I can visit.

It is necessary to admit that the identity of "musician" is more popular than entrepreneurs and politicians, and is more popular among South Africans, especially South African youth. Invitations are sent one by one, one after another, and they actually stayed in South Africa for half a month.

South Africa is an oil-poor country and oil is completely dependent on imports.

South African political and business people are just as concerned about the situation in the Middle East as he does. News about the Suez Canal is all about the news in newspapers, television and radio.

In the past month, the politicians of Western countries were frustrated by Egyptian President Nasser.

They first reached a consensus, believing that it should be resolved through negotiation for the time being, and issued a joint communiqué, declaring that the Suez Canal is an international waterway.

The five delegation headed by Australian Prime Minister Menzies went to Egypt and handed over the 18th Declaration at the London Conference to the Egyptian government. Nasser had the support of the Soviet Union and was confident that he clearly rejected the international control proposed in the London Conference Commission. The Menzies delegation returned in vain.

The United States wanted to calm down the situation, and Secretary of State Dulles came up with a new plan to establish an "International Association for Use". Egypt sent a note to various countries, suggesting the establishment of a negotiation agency for the Suez Canal user countries, amend the 1888 Convention, and completely resolve the canal issue.

The situation seemed to have eased, which really scared Li Weimin.

On the day the British cabinet decided to accept the new US plan, someone asked at the White House press conference whether the United States would support it if Britain and France used military force. Eisenhower replied: "During my presidency, the United States will not fight unless Congress holds a meeting to declare war."

Dulles said to reporters more explicitly: "We don't want to use force to open the way for ourselves... If the Suez Canal is closed, we will let the ship detour through the Cape of Good Hope."

Britain and France realized that in order to prevent the use of force, new tricks would emerge one after another, so they found new excuses.

They informed Egypt to transfer non-Egyptian navigators on the grounds that the "User National Association" would hire navigators. Nasser was prepared and began recruiting navigators since early August. Therefore, on the second day after the Western navigators were evacuated, the Egyptian navigators led a fleet of 13 ships to pass through the canal smoothly.

You have Zhang Liang's plan, and I have a ladder.

They made moves with each other and counter each other, the situation continued to deteriorate and escalate, and many ships had begun to detour through the Cape of Good Hope for safety or received orders from their governments.

In the situation where Egypt did not retreat, the canal was unobstructed, and the detour was expensive, Britain and France convened 18 countries to hold their second meeting in London, focusing on the establishment of the "Suez Canal Usage National Association" and passed the draft constitution of the Usage National Association.

The third meeting was held immediately afterwards, announcing the establishment of the National People's Government Association.

Two days later, the UN Security Council held a meeting to discuss the Suez Canal crisis. Britain and France demanded that Egypt recognize the privileges of the "international management system" and the "Association of Uses", which was undoubtedly rejected by the representatives of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, thus bankrupting the 18-country plan and the "Association of Uses".

Britain and France were repeatedly defeated and gradually fell into isolation.

Especially the performance of the United States made Aiden believe that Britain "has no third way to go except for using force or defaulting to Nasser's victory." France is more enthusiastic about the settlement of force than Britain, and believes that the deadlock in the negotiations will be more conducive to their joint Israeli attack on Egypt...

The battle started like this!

Military observation groups in Israel must keep confidential and cannot send back any information. Military observation personnel stationed in the French-British Allied Forces do not have so much concern, and send several telegrams an hour to inform the latest war.

This was the sixth afternoon. Sang Pingxiang found a map from somewhere and introduced like a combat staff member: "The Israeli army first airborne a reinforced battalion at the Mitra exit, and then dispatched 10 brigades of troops, led by armored troops, and carried out rapid assaults in four routes. After learning of the Israeli army's attack, the Egyptian army immediately ordered the 2nd Infantry Brigade, the 5th and 6th Infantry Battalions on the west bank of the canal to attack the Israeli airborne troops, but it is difficult to decide the outcome."

"Abu Ogra in the central Sinai Peninsula is a key defensive position for the Egyptian army. As long as the place is defended, the Israeli army will not be able to open the coastal road to Arish. Therefore, Major General Dayang, the chief of the Israeli army's general staff, first focused on the attack on Abu Ogra."

"Col. Wolah's middle lane cluster has three brigades under its jurisdiction, and the 37th Mechanized Brigade is also strengthened. However, before it was determined that the British and French troops did participate in the war, the 7th Armored Brigade and the 37th Mechanized Brigade were not allowed to participate in the war. Wolah first prepared to attack Um Katev with the 4th Brigade, but judging by the observation delegation's understanding, these brigades seem to do nothing."

Isn’t the Israeli army quite capable of fighting? Li Weimin felt very strange.

Sang Pingxiang was not sure about this and continued to introduce: "The 7th Armored Brigade's 'Sheerman' Tank Battalion passed through Dayika for 10 hours and launched an attack on Abu Ogra in the early morning of yesterday, and occupied the intersection of the road in Abu Ogra after fierce battle.

Varre, the new commander of the 6th Brigade of the Egyptian Army, reinforced the 109th Infantry Battalion from Arish, and attacked the Adam Battalion of Abu Ogra with the 18th Infantry Battalion defending Um Katev. Adam defended Abu Ogra with the cover and support of the Israeli Air Force. That night, Adam Battalion also captured the Ruwafa Dam.

The brigade commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade was frustrated due to his incompetence in the attack and was dismissed. He was replaced by Colonel Tar. Dayan also transferred the 37th Mechanized Brigade to attack Um Katev. The brigade commander of the brigade Colonel Golinda commanded the infantry battalion and vehicle battalion to launch an attack before the tank battalion arrived. As a result, he died before he could succeed. Dayan was forced to order the attack on Um Katev."

Just fight. Frankly speaking, Li Weimin doesn’t care about the political situation, he only cares whether the members of the Observation Group can learn something, and only cares about when the United States will take action.

"Starting yesterday afternoon, the British and French Air Force bombed Egyptian Air Force airports several times, blowing up nearly 200 aircraft. Nasser was obviously worried that the British and French coalition forces had stopped reinforcements to the Sinai Peninsula and ordered the Sinai Peninsula to retreat in the direction of the canal."

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Li Weimin yawned and asked: "What is the reaction of the international community?"

"One-side condemnation, despite the big Hungarian incident, the Soviet Union still has a tough attitude on this issue, and uses different words to refer to the parties concerned, saying that Israel's actions "will allow Israel to continue to be a problem as a country". Tell Britain and France, "If a more powerful country with various modern weapons of destruction attacks Britain and France, then what will Britain and France be in?"

Tell the United States, 'If this war is not stopped, it will be dangerous and will develop into World War III', saying that the United States and the Soviet Union, as permanent members of the Security Council and major powers with atomic weapons, should bear special responsibility for stopping the war and restoring peace in the Near East."

Big brother is Big brother, so these diplomatic notes are so tough.

Li Weimin couldn't help laughing and said, "Ben Gurion must have been scared to death, Britain and France must have asked the United States to ensure the unity of NATO, and the United States will definitely not agree to the Soviet Union's involvement. If the Soviet Union really takes action, the Soviet Union will score in the war, and the United States will offend the Arab countries."

"Chairman, do you think this battle can't be fought?"

"It won't take a few days to fight, maybe it will end before we return to Saigon."

He was very calm, while the "three giants" of the Industrial Investment Company were anxious at home.

The war started, but the pound did not depreciate much. To speculate on the pound, so much money was raised, even though I tried my best to affect the construction of industrial villages.

Chen Shiguo listened to the news from the US radio station, looked at the news in the newspaper, and sighed: "Mr. Liu, the chairman may have really put the wrong bet this time. If we don't do foreign exchange futures and all oil futures, we will have much better life now."

The money you earn is money. Wu Andong deeply felt the same and said half-jokingly: "I have been worried for half a year. If this continues, I can't stand it anymore."

Liu Jiachang didn't know how to explain to the eldest young master, so he could only laugh and said, "At least I didn't lose money, I still have to make a lot of money."

"In the words of the chairman, what you are playing with is heartbeat?"

"We are very lucky to be able to play with each other once, but others don't have a chance to play."

Just as the three of them discussed how to use the funds after the delivery of foreign exchange futures, the head of the Finance Department rushed into the office and said excitedly: "Mr. Guo, Mr. Liu, after urgent consultations, the US government declared on the one hand that it refused to take joint action with the Soviet Union and Russia, and used the US military to enter a state of full alert to warn the Soviet Union not to attack Britain and France; on the other hand, the notification of Britain and France, indicating that only when the Soviet Union attacks Europe or Egypt attacks Britain and France will there be an issue of "Atlantic Protection" and the UK is restricted to cease fire within 12 hours."

"That's all?"

“It’s more than that.”

The head of the finance department said excitedly: "The New York Representative Office urgently called the pound. One hour ago, several institutions on Wall Street began to sell pounds. The New York foreign exchange market is now sold, which has caused a chain reaction. London, Johannesburg, Hong Kong and Singapore have all been affected."

There is no doubt that the United States was worried that Britain would be disobedient and decided to give them some colors. At the same time, it took advantage of this opportunity to report the revenge of Britain's unhelpful assistance during the Geneva meeting.

Liu Jiachang was ecstatic and suddenly stood up and asked, "How much has the pound dropped?"

"It has fallen by 34%. Colleagues in the New York Representative Office and Bank of East Asia economic analysts believe that this is just the beginning. More institutions will follow the trend in the future. If nothing unexpected happens, they should fall by 10% tomorrow morning."

On average, the leverage is more than ten times higher. Not to mention a 10% drop, even if it falls by 5%, the industrial investment company can make 30 million US dollars.
Chapter completed!