Chapter 520 Operation ‘Golden Canyon’

With Saudi Arabia paying a deposit of 8 billion, Panshan Group is rich and powerful. There is no company in China that is richer than Panshan Group.

In this case, the projects that were originally planned to be carried out gradually were started one by one.

The planned root servers and second-generation communication systems were started one after another, which accelerated the construction speed.

The employment generated by this is considerable.

Especially Liu Tao made the decision to deliver oil futures and put the money in his pocket.

This time, the oil futures made a profit of tens of billions of dollars.

It is really that the oil price has skyrocketed so much at once. Under the ten-fold leverage, the money earned is too much.

Adding the previous 4 billion US dollars from Libya, it is more than 20 billion US dollars. At the exchange rate settled between Panshan Group and the bank, it is 90 billion RMB!

So much money is enough to make the foreign bank's printing press smoke.

And all this money will be used for various engineering construction, which are all infrastructure construction.

For the promotion of social economy and the increase in employment, it is very, very considerable.

It seemed to have injected a shot of adrenaline into China's development, or even a shot of chicken blood.

While Liu Tao was busy launching one super project after another, after more than a month of preparation, the United States was finally ready.

The Americans named this action plan the "Golden Canyon" action plan!

The "Golden Canyon" action plan still did not use the army, because the US National Security Council had no confidence in the US Army, so this time it was still coordinated by the navy and the air force.

All three aircraft carrier formations have been prepared, and the air force is also ready.

The scale of the "Golden Canyon" action plan is far greater than the last "Grassland Fire" action. In addition to the three aircraft carrier formations, 35 various ships and more than 240 carrier-based aircraft, the F111 fighter-bombers deployed in the UK were also dispatched.

There are five targets for the "Golden Canyon" action plan, including three targets in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, namely: Gaddafi's headquarters-Aziziye Barracks in Tripoli, which is said to be Gaddafi's headquarters and Gaddafi's residence.

The second is the Sidi Bilal Barracks, which is said to be the Libyan Commando Training Center, training Palestinian "frogman" divers.

Third, the Tripoli Airport Military Area, where it is reported that 9 Il-76 transport aircraft are parked.

Fourth, the Benghazi Jamahiriya Barracks, which is said to be Gaddafi's backup command post.

Fifth, the Benghazi Benina Military Airport, where it is reported that MiG-23 aircraft are parked.

There are two other targets, which are also regarded as thorns in the eyes of the United States, the Abinidar Office in Libya and the headquarters building of the Libyan Intelligence Agency.

Since the plane took off from the UK, whether the UK supports this operation became a key factor in the success or failure of the plan. At this point, Reagan personally called British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to discuss the matter.

Britain and the United States are old friends, and their relationship can be traced back to the First World War. Moreover, in the Falklands War, the United States helped Britain a lot. It not only exported weapons but also imposed sanctions on Argentina. It also provided intelligence to Britain, provided supplies to the British Expeditionary Force, and gave a large amount of oil to the British Expeditionary Force.

In addition, Reagan and Thatcher had a very good personal relationship. In response to Reagan's request for help, Mrs. Thatcher expressed support for the US plan and agreed to the US F111 fighter-bombers deployed at the British Air Force Base to bomb Libya.

Then Reagan sent letters to France and Spain to inform them of his attack plan and asked them to allow the US F111 fighter-bombers to fly over the airspace of the two countries. Reagan also personally called French President Mitterrand to raise the above issue, and then sent special envoys to France and Spain to lobby, but France and Spain did not agree to the US F111 fighter-bombers flying over their airspace.

France's attitude was particularly strong. There were a large number of Libyan immigrants in France. If the US aircraft was really allowed to fly over the airspace, the consequences would be disastrous.

In this way, the F-111 aircraft had to fly 5,180 kilometers in a detour and conduct four intercontinental raids with aerial refueling. If it can fly over the southwestern airspace of France, the range is only 2,200 kilometers. Now the range needs to be increased to 2,900 kilometers, which brings unfavorable factors to the implementation of the air strike plan.

But this has not affected the determination of the United States!

The United States must win this war, and the United States cannot afford to lose!

For this "Golden Canyon" operation, the US military mobilized 60 refueling aircraft!

And the surrounding military bases have been activated, which also reflects the advantage of the United States in overseas military bases.

This is something that the Soviet Union cannot match!

Libya, near the Aziziye Barracks in Tripoli.

The head of the Soviet Military Observation Group, "Valeri", stood in front of his command room and carefully observed the defensive positions arranged by the Soviet air defense forces in front of him.

The United States launched a war against Libya, which itself made all Soviet soldiers lose face.

Although Libya has been flirting with Europe in recent years, everyone knows that Libya is the younger brother of the Soviet Union.

On the Afghan battlefield, the Soviet army fought a security war with the guerrillas. Although it eliminated many guerrillas, it also suffered heavy losses itself, and the Soviet army in Afghanistan was exhausted.

In the South Asian subcontinent, India is in a state of panic. It has lost control of Kashmir and has been expelled from Kashmir. The entire Kashmir is divided into two parts by the Indus River, one part is controlled by Pakistan and the other part is controlled by mercenaries.

What's worse is that the Communist Party of India and other forces have divided this place into many parts, and India is still controlling only the central control area.

Sikkim, Bhutan and the six states in the original northeastern region of India have all lost control, and even Nepal has escaped the influence of India.

In the direction of the South Pacific, its own younger brother was beaten up, and the other party cut the meat with a blunt knife, and the Soviet Union was powerless.

Now the United States has launched a war against Libya. If the Soviet Union watches indifferently, then the Soviet Union's younger brothers will be alienated from the Soviet Union from then on.

If people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team.

In addition, with the "Prairie Fire" operation, Libya has achieved great results, severely damaged the US military, and played the value of united front.

Therefore, the Soviet Union has been supporting Libya during this period.

First, the Soviet Union spoke out for Libya internationally. For the motion submitted by the United States at the United Nations, the Soviet Union voted against it without hesitation. And it sought sympathy for Libya, but Libya has been constantly provoking and doing many incredible things in recent years, so the sympathy is not ideal.

In addition, the Soviet Union more than doubled the number of the Soviet military observation group, increasing the number of military observation groups to 3,000, and the number of Soviet troops at the military base reached 10,000. The Soviet Navy fleet stationed in the military port to prevent the United States from landing directly in Libya.

At the same time, the Soviet Union deployed a large number of SAM missiles at the military base, including the S-300 air defense missile system that had just been put into service.

In order to make the United States retreat.

Of course, many of them were not in the name of the Soviet army, but volunteers!

The Soviet Union was not unfamiliar with this set of practices. On the contrary, it was very skilled. After all, it had been playing this set for half a century.

Moreover, the Soviet Union also put pressure on the United States to control the war within a limit and draw a red line for the United States.

Not only that, the Soviet Union secretly prepared a set of combined punches for the United States. If the United States did not listen to advice, this set of combined punches would naturally be used to persuade the United States.