Chapter 216
While the situation in Australia was turbulent, massive demonstrations took place in many cities in the South American country of Arden.
They protested against the government’s weakness and burned the British flag.
They threw bottles of wine on fire at the British and American embassies.
The scene was very chaotic.
After learning about the situation, the US and British governments issued a warning to the Arden government.
These criminals must be arrested, otherwise it will cause a serious diplomatic incident.
On one hand, there is dissatisfaction and anger from the domestic people, and on the other hand, there is pressure from the United States and Britain.
The Arden government also had serious differences.
One side believes that these students should be arrested.
Even if they are out of patriotism, throwing alcohol bottles at the embassies of other countries is a criminal act. They should be arrested and the riots should be quelled. It is not appropriate to expand the dispute with the United States and Britain.
One side believes that these students should not be arrested, but should follow the will of the people, actively send troops to retake the Falkland Islands.
The latter is mainly composed of nationalists and military hardliners.
Most of the former are pro-American and pro-Western people. Deep down, they still hope to reconcile with the United States and the Falkland Islands, and believe that economic development is the most important.
To put it bluntly, it is weak.
They think it is unwise to care about the gains and losses of an archipelago and drag the country into the quagmire of war.
The two sides argued for a few days, and finally the latter gained the upper hand due to the spread of domestic riots.
However, it is not something that can be done just by saying it.
After learning the lessons of the last Falklands War, Ardin hopes to find a backer internally, so that once the war breaks out, in case of unfavorable situation, there will be a big brother to support.
And this backer must be strong.
It is best to be able to counter the existence of the United States.
Blind Su Xiong has collapsed, and the distance is too far, so it can’t be counted on.
Now the only thing that can be counted on is Columbia, the emerging overlord.
After all, this big brother has beaten the United States crazily, and even knocked down many US aircraft carriers. He also has weapons and is a superpower.
In order to gain the support of Colombia, the president of Artin, Carlos Menem, personally visited Colombia on a special plane.
Due to Luis’s instruction, Colombia held a grand welcome ceremony for Carlos Menem’s arrival.
Ottonil took Carlos Menem to inspect the elite air force and army troops stationed in the capital of Colombia.
The purpose was to show off muscles and strength.
Give Carlos Menem confidence and let him go to Britain.
Sure enough, after seeing Colombia’s powerful armored cluster, armed helicopter cluster and a large number of advanced fighter jets, Carlos Menem’s eyes showed an expression full of envy.
He sighed in his heart.
Colombia has become so powerful in just a few years.
When will Artin become so powerful?
You know, a few years ago, Artin’s national strength was two or three times stronger than Colombia.
But now it has been left behind by Colombia.
A banquet was held that night, but no business was discussed.
The next morning.
The representatives of the two countries held formal talks.
He complained about his grievances right from the start, condemned Anglo-American hegemony, and claimed that Britain and the United States were the source of the world’s evils.
He stirred up trouble all over the world.
Othonil watched Carlos Menem’s performance quietly, echoing his words from time to time and expressing sympathy for Artin’s experience.
Seeing that Ottonil was reluctant to take the bait and take the initiative to say that, Carlos Menem had no choice but to take the initiative to speak:”Mr. President, I came here mainly to seek your country’s support to jointly fight against Anglo-American hegemony. Your country is one of the few countries in the world that can defeat the British and American powers. I hope that your country can support our Argentinian country on the issue of the Falkland Islands~”
Ottonil heard it and smiled slightly:”Your country has friendly relations with Colombia. Although the two countries do not have much exchanges, they are both in South America. We should help each other, make progress together, and fight against European and American hegemony.
Don’t worry, on the issue of the Falkland Islands, our country has always firmly believed that the Falkland Islands belong to the people of Argentinian country.
Britain, a non-territorial country, forcibly occupied it by force. It is actually an illegal occupation and simply a robbery. Our country supports your country in exercising sovereignty over the Falkland Islands….”
There is no direct statement, just go and fight, I will cheer you on from behind.
But Ottonil cleverly pointed out Columbia’s attitude with the words”exercise sovereignty”.
What is exercising sovereignty?
Since you want to exercise sovereignty, you must occupy the territory. You have to control the territory to exercise sovereignty.
So even though Ottonil didn’t say it explicitly, the use of these four words has the underlying meaning of instigating the Argentine Empire to go to war and seize the Falkland Islands.
Carlos Menem is not stupid, and he can naturally understand the meaning of Ottonil’s words.
Although he is happy in his heart, verbal promises cannot make him satisfied and assured to fight.
In case of a war, the British and American coalition forces will come. If
Columbia withdraws at this time, wouldn’t the Argentine Empire have to withstand the attacks of the two countries?
Then it will repeat the mistakes of the Falklands War in 1982.
Therefore, he needs a stronger guarantee.
And the best way to get this guarantee is to join the”Baran Cooperation Organization” with a military alliance.”
“Mr. President, our country hopes to further deepen its relationship with your country. I wonder if the Balan Cooperation Organization will accept new members?”
Carlos Menem said implicitly, without coming up to propose joining.
Hearing this, O’Banil knew that the Ardennes wanted to join the Balan Cooperation Organization.
However, Otoniel did not want the Ardennes to join.
At least not at this time.
At this time, it would inevitably be dragged into the battlefield of the Falkland Islands. There would be no benefit in winning.
On the contrary, it would consume national strength.
Secondly, the Ardennes was a very shaky country, and it was obviously impossible for Colombia to spend money to fight a war.
“Whether to accept new members depends on the opinions of the chairman and member states.”
“I can make a statement here. Whether your country joins the Balan Organization or not, our country will remain steadfast and support your country in upholding justice. When necessary, our country will send a fleet to visit your country militarily.”
Although there is no plan to absorb Ardin into the cooperation organization for the time being, Ardin’s strategic location is still very good.
In addition, domestic mineral resources.
Especially lithium ore reserves, which are ranked third in the world. It is still important for the development of the company under my boss.
After all, if the cooperative relationship is strengthened, then the company under my boss can enter the Ardin market more smoothly.
It is worth winning over.
It’s just that I don’t want to leave at this moment.
Carlos Menem was a little disappointed when he didn’t get the answer he wanted.
However, when he heard that when necessary, Columbia would send a fleet to visit Ardin militarily, Carlos Menem was instantly shocked.
Changing his previous disappointment, a look of joy appeared on his face. (To read exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
What is the necessary time? Isn’t it when help is needed and when a shock is needed?
Although he failed to join the Balan Cooperation Organization, with this promise, Carlos Menem has the confidence to start. Even if he can’t win, he won’t lose much with the support of Columbus afterwards.
Thinking of this, Carlos Menem was very happy.
He shook Ottoniel’s hand with excitement, his eyes showing eagerness, and said:”With your country’s justice, I believe that European and American hegemony will sooner or later be abandoned by countries around the world.”
Hearing this, Ottoniel smiled slightly and said:”Hegemonism is unpopular, and I believe God will bless just actions.”
“Yes!” Carlos Menem was very happy and nodded, saying:”God will bless every righteous person.”
After getting support from Ottonil, Carlos Menem returned to Atin overnight.
After all, there was a mess of things waiting to be dealt with at home.
However, there was a consensus within Atin on the matter of sending troops to Tsushima Island.
Even the previous opposition had switched sides at this moment and expressed support for the actions of the Atin government.
Atin is now unprecedentedly united.
Australia.
After several days of emergency mobilization and assembly, the federal government plans to send the 1st Division.
You know, the federal government is composed of only 2 divisions and several independent special brigades.[]
Now that a division is dispatched directly, it is conceivable that Australia is really anxious this time.
At the same time, Columbia’s military satellites are also cooperating with the independence army in Perth. In late January,
10 days after Perth was lost,
Australia finally responded.
Mr. dispatched dozens of helicopters to attack at low altitude and seize the airport. Once the airport is captured, the follow-up troops can be quickly transported by air.
At the same time, a fleet of more than ten naval ships also sailed out of the home port and headed towards Perth along the coastline.
Although the ground radar cannot scan the low-flying formation, don’t forget that the independence army has the”Scan Eagle” unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which can cruise for 25 hours and fly at an altitude of 100 meters.
In addition, the independence army has 100″Scan Eagle” unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. They are deployed in the southwest of Western Australia and conduct intelligence reconnaissance at any time.
After flying for 3 hours, the air armed helicopter assault group is about to reach the target location, which is the easternmost town of Esperance in the southern part of Western Australia, with a distance of less than 100 kilometers.
The person in charge of commanding the air weapons helicopter assault group is Colonel Michel.
At this moment, he is sitting in an armed Black Hawk helicopter.
“Colonel, how many rebels do you think there are in this group (Zhao’s)?”
The staff officer beside him, Tretton, looked at his good friend and commander Michel.
Michel frowned, thinking of the intelligence he had read before, his expression was solemn:”There should be quite a few, at least two or three thousand, or even as many as tens of thousands. Otherwise, it would be impossible to control Perth.”
“Tens of thousands of people?”Treton exclaimed
“I remember that there are only more than 1 million people in Western Australia. Where did so many rebels come from?”
Michel shook his head.
He was also puzzled.
If there were a few hundred people, or even one or two thousand, he would not be surprised.
But the number of more than 10,000 is definitely not normal in Western Australia.
At this time, they did not realize that a reconnaissance drone was quietly filming above their heads.
Perth.
State Capital Building
“Report: UAV reconnaissance found that dozens of Australian helicopters crossed the border and entered our airspace”
“Oh?”
Alan became interested.
He asked someone to open the data transmitted by the drone.
As expected, in the picture, there were dozens of fighter planes flying at low altitude.
“The air defense forces were ordered to enter combat mode, and at the same time, the brigades were ordered to prepare for combat.”
“Order the air force fighters to take off urgently!” Alan quickly issued two instructions.
As the order was issued, the entire Western Australian Independence Army moved in.
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