booktalesy Chapter 93 Declaration of War
Chapter 93 Declaration of War
Chapter 93 Declaration of War
Among a host of oil-rich nations, Saudi Arabia stands out for spending tens of billions of dollars annually on military equipment.
When Numidian Petroleum was producing only 30 barrels of oil per day, Qin Rui lamented that it was impossible to spend it all.
Saudi Arabia's daily oil production exceeds 1000 million barrels.
A significant portion of this originally belonged to Libya.
Prior to the start of Operation Odyssey Dawn, Saudi Arabia's OPEC quota was approximately 800 million barrels per day.
Even before the outbreak of the Libyan civil war, Libya had already experienced production cuts due to an oil workers' strike.
In February of last year, Saudi Arabia took the lead among OPEC countries in increasing production to make up for the shortfall caused by Libya's production cuts.
In June, OPEC failed to reach an agreement on increasing production, and Saudi Arabia announced a unilateral increase in production to meet market demand.
Ultimately, Saudi Arabia's oil production reached 11.2 million barrels per day for the entire year of 2018.
Oil production gradually resumed after the end of the Libyan civil war.
To stabilize oil prices, Saudi Arabia has gradually reduced production, currently maintaining it at around 1000 million barrels per day.
The ten C-130 fighter jets that Saudi Arabia donated to Libya, despite the contract price of $26.8 billion, were only a matter of two or three days for Saudi Arabia.
Qin Rui believed that he already regarded money as dirt.
However, compared to real oil tycoons, Qin Rui, who was taught to be frugal from a young age, is still a bit stingy.
Saudi Arabia has been very generous, not only offering Libya an interest-free loan but also agreeing to all of Libya's conditions on behalf of OPEC, hoping that Libya will rejoin OPEC.
Saudi Arabia also expressed its hope that Libya would rejoin the Arab League to jointly safeguard the friendship between the "brotherly" Arab League member states.
Libya could rejoin OPEC if it agrees to increase Libya's oil quota to 250 million barrels per day.
During Operation Odyssey Dawn, the Arab League not only suspended Libya's membership, but some Arab League countries also sent military aircraft to participate in Operation Odyssey Dawn, which Qin Rui could not accept.
Saudi Arabia explained that sending military aircraft to participate in Operation Odyssey Dawn was not the intention of those countries; they were forced to do so.
This is also true; after Saudi Arabia spent $35 billion to purchase missiles from the US military, it at least gained some autonomy.
Some Arab League countries are complete puppets, with no autonomy whatsoever, and can only be slaughtered by others.
But as I said before, Qin Rui could understand their predicament, but he couldn't accept it.
Helpless, Hai Shan flew to Harujah in person to explain to Qin Rui after returning to Libya from Riyadh.
"Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan paid Libya $48 billion and $12 billion respectively, but not as compensation, but as aid for Libya's reconstruction."
These two payments will be made through interest-free loans, but they will not need to be repaid.
Hai Shan hopes Qin Rui will forgive Yi Jianlian and Qatar and look to the future.
The UAE and Qatar deployed 24 and 6 military aircraft respectively to participate in Operation Odyssey Dawn.
Two hundred million in compensation for one airplane—that sounds pretty good.
"If we are willing to rejoin the Arab League, the Arab League will fully support our fight against Chad."
Hai Shan reminded Qin Rui that returning to the Arab League would bring many benefits.
"We can defeat Chad without the help of the Arab League."
Qin Rui would not let these accomplices off easily.
Do not use the lack of military autonomy as an excuse.
If the UAE and Qatar do not want to participate in Operation Odyssey Dawn, there are plenty of ways.
The core reason is that it shows no respect for Libya and completely disregards the "brotherly" relationship.
"Tiger, this is just interest. We can settle this score later after we return to the Arab League."
Compared to Mukhtar, Haishan not only lacks any bias towards Europe and America, but like Qin Rui, she is also unrestrained by worldly rules.
brother?
Ah!
Who said you're my brother!
"Make them each give half of their oil quotas to Libya as compensation, as a sign of sincerity."
Qin Rui, whether he's useful or not, the important thing is to show the right attitude.
At the end of last year, OPEC failed to reach an agreement on oil quotas, only setting the total at 3000 million barrels per day.
OPEC's oil quotas have been turned into a financial tool for manipulating international oil prices by these people, rendering them meaningless.
This is yet another consequence of the Libyan war.
After the start of Operation Odyssey Dawn, OPEC member countries increased production to make a profit, and quickly reaped huge profits.
After the end of the Libyan civil war, oil prices began to fall, dropping to about $105 per barrel at one point at the end of last year.
OPEC must cut production to stabilize oil prices.
No one wants to give up a piece of fat meat that's already in their mouth.
Therefore, the meeting at the end of last year only determined the total amount, and the quotas for each member country were only nominally stipulated.
In this way, OPEC can manipulate international oil prices to some extent simply by using propaganda.
Whether or not reductions are made depends entirely on the member states' own discretion.
"Tiger, don't reveal your purpose unless you can kill with one blow."
Hai Shan reminded Qin Rui that one should consider the owner before beating a dog.
Since the UAE and Qatar have deployed military aircraft to participate in the conflict, they must have received certain promises from the United States and France to prevent Libya from retaliating afterward.
Since the UAE and Qatar have already expressed their apologies, if Libya continues to make excuses, it will negatively impact Libya's national image and thus affect Libya's friendship with other countries.
Even if we take a step back and say that we should at least give Boss Sha face, we still have to give him face.
The US and France can protect the UAE and Attar for a while, but not forever.
Qin Rui thought for a moment and told Hai Shan to handle it herself.
After all, Hai Shan is the expert in this area.
The Arab League is quite efficient.
The day after Saddam Hussein returned to Libya, the Arab League and OPEC issued a joint statement welcoming Libya's return to the Arab League and OPEC.
The Arab League also demanded that Chad hand over the murderers and compensate for the losses suffered in Libya.
The first statement is easy to understand.
The second statement certainly received the consent of the United States.
This also involves the entangled interests of the United States and France in North Africa.
The reason why the Simandou iron ore mine has been unable to start production for so long is not entirely due to the inaction of Rio Tinto and Vale.
Rather, it's because the US doesn't want Rio Tinto and Vale to have any influence.
It was no coincidence that after Hollande became President of France, he made a trip around Libya in North Africa, and shortly after he left, conflict broke out between Chad and Libya.
Since the formation of the new Libyan government, conflicts with neighboring countries have become increasingly prominent.
After the start of Operation Odyssey Dawn, the colonel's wife and two sons fled to neighboring Algeria and have not returned to this day.
The new Libyan government has demanded that Algeria extradite the colonel's family back to Libya for investigation.
Algeria, on the other hand, demanded that the Libyan government first promise to guarantee the rights of the colonel's family before handing them over.
The two sides are going back and forth on this matter.
During the civil war, a large number of Libyans fled to Egypt and Tunisia and became refugees, bringing a heavy economic burden and security risks to both countries.
After the civil war ended, both countries demanded that the Libyan government allow these refugees to return to Libya, but the Libyan government refused.
The Libyan government does not recognize these refugees as Libyan.
If you want to leave Libya so badly, then don't come back.
Qin Rui was also surprised that a reverse smuggling wave had emerged just after the Libyan civil war ended.
The various welfare benefits provided by the Libyan government during the Colonel's era were taken for granted by the Libyan people.
For many people in African countries, Libya is a paradise.
Some of the policies of the current Libyan government have been heavily criticized by the opposition.
To many people, it's practically like giving it away for free.
Qin Rui could understand the smuggling of people from African countries into Libya.
On September 14, the day before the deadline for the ultimatum to Chad, the Zawiya Coast Guard intercepted a smuggling boat from Malta. The 46 migrants on board were not of African descent, but rather white people from Europe.
To be precise, it comes from an environmental organization called "Green Earth".
These people smuggled themselves into Libya not to take advantage of Libya's welfare, but to plant trees.
They don't even need funding from the Libyan government; they pay out of their own pockets and don't ask for any compensation.
White!
For the first time, Qin Rui felt a slight liking for the word "white race".
"They are a genuine environmental organization that raises its own funds and doesn't ask us for a single penny. They are not those shoddy products that are all talk and no action."
Of course, if we are willing to provide guarantees, they won't refuse.
Haishan took this matter very seriously and took the initiative to initiate a video conference.
We are using WeChat version 4.0, which was just released in April of this year.
"We can't let people pay out of their own pockets. The more someone doesn't want money, the more we should give them."
Qin Rui cherishes every act of kindness in this world.
In his past life, Qin Rui never gave money to beggars.
When Qin Rui encounters someone who is genuinely begging, he will generously give them money, considering it an act of kindness for the day.
Good people shouldn't have guns pointed at them.
"That's for sure. I want to settle them in Siddar, with the highest standards of logistical support."
Haishen hoped to change Libya's international image through this incident.
Because of the successful integration of "Red Alert," many people associate Libya with suicide trucks.
Changing this image will be a long and arduous task.
The highest standard means that the Libyan government will not only provide Green Globe members with high-standard logistical supplies, but will also send a service team including chefs, drivers, and security personnel to take care of their daily lives.
At noon on the 15th, the Chad government did not hand over the killer as demanded by Libya.
At 12:00 noon, Libya declared war on Chad.
At 12:01, several Falcon drones flew in from high altitude into Chad and used precision-guided bombs to carry out precision strikes on military targets within Chad.
This move was far beyond the expectations of the Chad military.
The Chad military's predictions about the war were still stuck in the era of the "Toyota Wars," and the troops deployed on the border were still equipped with pickup trucks and missiles.
The armored units that the French government provided to Chad were used by the Chadian government in the Central African region and were never deployed to the Libyan-Chadian border.
This turned out to be a lucky accident.
The tanks and armored vehicles that the French government provided to Chad were equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns but lacked anti-aircraft missiles, rendering them completely incapable of resisting the precision-guided bombs launched by the Falcon drones.