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Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian economy has been even more miserable than that of Russia. In just a few years, the domestic GDP was only two-thirds of what it was before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and it plummeted by 30%.

Hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers who once belonged to the Soviet Red Army were forced to retire after Ukraine became independent because the government was unable to support expensive military expenditures. At this stage, the average monthly income of Ukrainian residents is only a pitiful $30, and most people can’t even afford food and clothing. solve.

Therefore, when Westeros Corporation issued a recruitment notice in Ukraine, asking for a monthly salary of 500 US dollars, there were more than 10 applicants in just one week, and many former Soviet military officers even brought their established soldiers to seek this job. .At one point, Simon even thought he could raise an army inside Ukraine to overthrow the government and create a new country.

Just thinking about it of course.

I don't have the energy to manipulate this kind of thing, and this recruitment also requires the cooperation of the Ukrainian government authorities.

3000 elite veterans of the former Soviet Union, all between the ages of 28 and 35, have a monthly salary of 500 US dollars, and the combined monthly salary expenditure only needs to be a mere 150 million US dollars.Of course, this time, the Westeros Company is required to provide these soldiers with weapons, equipment and logistical supplies.

In order to get the green light from the Ukrainian government as soon as possible, Simon placed a one-time military equipment order of up to 5000 million U.S. dollars. This amount of money is definitely a very considerable income for Ukraine, whose total foreign trade exports were less than 1993 billion U.S. dollars in 10. .

5000 million US dollars of military equipment, including 12 Mi-24 armed helicopters, 60 light armored vehicles suitable for African jungle operations, and a large number of howitzers, rockets and infantry individual weapons and other equipment.Among them, 12 Mi-24 armed helicopters are completely sold by the Ukrainian military. Even if it is a second-hand Wuzhi that has been in service for many years, the unit price of 200 million US dollars is a great bargain for Simon.

You must know that the Mi-24 armed helicopter was a secret weapon that was strictly embargoed by Western countries during the former Soviet Union. In the 80s, the United States spent a lot of time researching to obtain a Mi-24 armed helicopter.

A formation of 12 armed helicopters is used as air support to cooperate with 3000 ground troops, which is enough to sweep the less than 5 native chicken and dog troops in Rwanda.

There are actually precedents for this.

South Africa's EO company is implementing this kind of combat mode in African countries.

However, this time, in order to save costs as much as possible, the 2000 mercenaries of the South African EO company will only be stationed in the Westeros camp for security work, and all active missions will be performed by Eastern European mercenaries.

After this operation is over, all these weapons and equipment will naturally belong to Westeros Corporation.

It will also include some Eastern European mercenaries.

Tens of millions of viewers in front of countless computer screens all over the world, in the next few hours, saw various Soviet-made transport planes unloading as many as 3000 former Soviet Red Army soldiers and a large number of armed helicopters, armored vehicles, etc. To the Westeros camp on the shores of Lake Kivu in Rwanda.

Seeing this situation, neither the United Nations, the interim government of Rwanda, governments around the world, nor the media around the world that control public opinion can no longer calm down.

Obviously, Simon Westeros intends to launch a war against a sovereign country without the authorization and consent of any party at all!

Chapter 633 What Do You Want (Repair)

Tuesday, October 4th.

It was very late last night to socialize with the high-level trade unions of major newspaper industries, and William Hearst III still got up before seven o'clock in the morning.

I haven't really had any sleepiness lately.

When he came to the study, William III suppressed a certain instinct from the bottom of his heart to resist turning on an IBM computer on the desk. On the homepage of the Ygret Portal, the news that Simon Westero would stop the Rwandan massacre in his own name is still on the Internet. The most eye-catching position of the headline.

Not long ago, the Westeros system was still talking about the Hearst family's instigation of the Spanish-American War, but now it has begun to personally participate in the war.

What a hypocrisy.

But no sooner had some moral balance poles been raised than William Hearst III slumped again.

Last Friday, William Hearst III shut down three newspapers under the Hearst Group that were facing lawsuits with a strong determination, and then began to encourage group employees, trade unions and the federal government to fight against the Westeros system Lawsuit bombardment against the Hearst Group.

However, the limelight was almost entirely overshadowed by the Woodfield estate bombing on the same day last week.

Through the family's deep-rooted political channels, William III vaguely inquired that this matter might be related to Simon Westeros, but unfortunately he failed to obtain any definite news and evidence, and could only treat it as a rumor.

Shut down three newspapers with a total value of more than 7000 million U.S. dollars, promised a bunch of benefits from trade unions, and used some of the family's most fundamental political connections. Originally, they wanted to hype things up again this week, but the result was, in Yesterday, that hateful upstart suddenly concocted the shocking news of the Rwandan massacre, and then put on a saintly posture to maintain world peace in Africa.

This is... He didn't take the matters of the Hearst family to heart at all.

2000 million to 25 billion.

Even if a hundred people are unwilling, the current William Hearst III has to admit that the strength gap between the Hearst family and Simon Westeros is indeed very large, so big that it is related to the life and death of the Hearst family. A series of duels , had little effect on the expansion of the Westeros system.

If at first...

If you can reconcile...

The deepest thing in William III's heart now is regret.

However, Simon Westeros was completely determined not to give up. The Hearst family's requests for reconciliation, which were conveyed directly or indirectly several times in a row, were mercilessly rejected by the other party.

Three newspapers were closed last Friday. They thought they could get some initiative. In the end, it was obviously a response. Just yesterday, when the Rwandan massacre was exposed, the Westeros system once again provoked attacks against the Hearst family. Three other lawsuits from three other newspapers, the latest three lawsuits have a total claim amount that is not as high as the first batch, but it also reaches 1.2 million US dollars.

Only then did William Hearst III realize that he seemed to have made a foolish move.

It is impossible for the Hearst Group to shut down the three latest newspapers to be sued, because one of them is called the "San Francisco Chronicle". Ten times the sum, the value of the newspaper itself is more than 8 million U.S. dollars, and this newspaper alone is equivalent to one-third of the total market value of the Hearst Group.

Now, six lawsuits have claimed a total amount of 3.7 million U.S. dollars. Not to mention the final result, it is just attorney fees. According to the evaluation of the legal department of the Hearst Group, at least 3000 million U.S. dollars are needed every year. Half of the expenditure of the Stroll system is a huge burden for the Hearst Group, and it is impossible to reduce it, otherwise it will be tantamount to completely giving up the possibility of winning the lawsuit.

Coupled with the all-round banning of the Hearst Group by the entire Westeros system, it can be said that if all disputes cannot be resolved as soon as possible, the Hearst Group will decline rapidly in the next few years.

William Hearst III was thinking about these things in a complicated mood, and unconsciously pointed his fingers into the topic of the Rwandan genocide.

Among the latest important pieces of news, the first is the public statement made by Acting President Theodore of Rwanda.

Theodore completely denied Ygret Portal's accusation of racist massacres in Rwanda, saying the Rwandan army was only clearing out rebels.

The acting president also accused Simon Westeros of seriously interfering in Rwanda's internal affairs, which was a naked aggressive behavior. Therefore, he asked Westeros to withdraw the army on the shore of Lake Kivu immediately, otherwise he would lead the army Attack on the Westeros refugee camp on the banks of Lake Kivu.

At the end of the statement, Theodore also turned his finger on the U.S. government, accusing the U.S. government of manipulating the incident behind the scenes, and said that if the U.S. government insists on going its own way, the Rwandan people will allow the U.S. military to taste the bitter fruit of the Somali Black Hawk fall last year.

idiot!

This was William Hearst III's first reaction after reading the statement by the Acting President of Rwanda.

In William III's view, the only way out for the Rwandan government at this stage is to immediately stop the massacre, destroy as much evidence as possible, and then apply for the intervention of the United Nations, which is accustomed to being muddled, instead of confronting a lunatic.

Moreover, that idiot dared to threaten the United States.

The main reason for the downfall of the Black Hawk in Somalia last year was that the United States did not dare to take large-scale military operations due to the pressure of international public opinion, and did not invest heavy firepower due to civilian reasons.Even so, the U.S. military fought against more than 6000 Somali militias for 12 hours with a mere 19 troops, and killed thousands of people. It lost only [-] soldiers.

From a purely military point of view, this is by no means a defeat.

Now, a certain lawless bastard has summoned as many as 5000 mercenaries, equipped with elite weapons no less than the US military, and at the same time occupying the absolute moral high ground. Taking advantage of a group of wild African monkeys?

William III, who became inexplicably angry, realized that his emotions were a little out of control. He quickly took a deep breath, closed the statement page of the acting president of Rwanda, and saw the special home page again.

The United Nations also issued a statement at around [-]:[-] pm Eastern Time last night, again calling on the Rwandan government forces to immediately stop the massacre of civilians, while directly calling Simon Westero to exercise restraint.

France, with its entangled presence in Africa, also got involved.

The spokesperson of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement a few hours ago at [-]:[-] local time on Tuesday morning, also calling on the Rwandan government forces to stop the massacre of civilians, but also pointed the finger at Simon Westeros, criticizing this The behavior of a super-rich man is close to aggression, asking the other party not to attack the Rwandan government forces without authorization, so as to avoid further complicating the regional situation.

On the other hand, it was the U.S. government who made a routine statement yesterday morning after the news of the Rwandan genocide was exposed, but nothing came of it.

After pondering for a moment, William Hearst III felt that this might be an opportunity.

The unauthorized actions of Simon Westeros have made too many people feel passive, the United Nations has lost face, and other big countries that claim to be civilized and righteous have also lost face. What's more, the kid avoided his own motherland and gathered 3000 former Soviet soldiers who were once the old enemy of the United States, this is nothing short of provocative.

The great America has no place for a lawless bastard to run amok all day long.In any case, it is time for everyone to unite and severely limit the expansion of the Westeros system.

After making up his mind, William Hearst III picked up the phone and asked his assistant to help him prepare the plane to Washington after breakfast.

Around early morning, Simon was already in Washington.

Since he is in the United States, and the foundation of the Westeros system lies here, Simon never thought of completely getting rid of all the rules around him and acting recklessly, which would only make him the enemy of everyone.

This report on the Rwandan massacre unexpectedly diverted the attention of the United States from various vicious events last week, especially the Woodfield Manor bombing that shocked the country. However, Simon had never thought of achieving this Purpose, because he has already started the layout very early.

Raymond Johnston had previously warned Simon that meddling in African affairs was likely to cost him nothing.With regard to the Rwandan massacre, Simon originally considered watching with a cold eye like many countries, but in the end he did not choose to do so.

Not out of pity, or anything.

As a human being in two lifetimes, Simon's heart is now so cold that he can sit back and watch the world be destroyed, not to mention the massacre and turmoil in a small African country thousands of miles away.

Just want to do it, and do it.

And since it is going to be done, it should be neat and vigorous.

Of course, there have been trade-offs in advance.

Simon didn't intend to harm his own interests for this matter, let alone let himself fall into an irreversible quagmire.

For Rwanda, this is a small country with a land area of ​​only more than 2 square kilometers, which is only one percent of its neighbor DRC, and it does not have any natural resources that can be coveted by others. The only advantage is probably That is, the strategic position is more important, especially for France, which has very important strategic significance.

France's core interests in Africa are mainly concentrated in West Africa and North Africa. Both in history and in the present period, the countries in East Africa are the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom. With Rwanda as the boundary, the west side of Africa is mainly the French-speaking countries, and the east is the English-speaking countries. , Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and other countries bordering or adjacent to Rwanda are still members of the Commonwealth of Nations until now.

It can be said that by controlling Rwanda, France can covet overlooking Britain's traditional sphere of influence in Africa.

Therefore, the intervention of the Rwanda genocide, the Westeros system will only really offend France as a country. Once the Hutu regime in Rwanda is destroyed, France’s investment in the past ten years will be destroyed. This traditional European The ambitions of the great powers to continue to expand east of Africa will also be shattered.

In addition, Simon's personal efforts to prevent genocide may embarrass many countries and organizations that claim to be righteous, but they will not really become hostile to these forces.

As for the current Rwandan government, Simon has never paid attention to it.

Now that it has created a genocide tragedy that completely violates humanitarian ethics, it is impossible for the current government to be tolerated and survive.

What's more, even if it really continues to exist, Simon doesn't really care about a group of African wild monkeys.

However, suddenly summoning a large number of mercenaries to go to war in Africa always needs to give an explanation to the government authorities on the surface. Therefore, Simon flew to Washington yesterday afternoon and was invited to have breakfast with the current Secretary of State Warren Christopher this morning.

Warren Christopher is nearly seventy years old this year, with a thin appearance and a hale and hearty appearance.

In the materials prepared in advance, Christopher is a moderate Democrat, and his diplomatic attitude tends to maintain the international reputation of the United States as much as possible on a global scale, limit the hegemony of the United States' world police, and ease the potential conflict between the United States and other countries around the world. contradiction.

The Clinton administration's selection of Warren Christopher as Secretary of State was a buffer result for the United States to change its previous attitude of confrontation and expansion after the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Gulf War.

Warren Christopher's foreign policy influence has been part of the U.S. decision to withdraw from the regional dispute after a setback in Somalia operations last year.

Although he is a moderate member of the Democratic Party, it does not mean that Warren Christopher is weak. As soon as the breakfast started, the American politician asked unceremoniously: "Simon, what do you want?"

Simon didn't seem to feel the coercion emanating from this veteran politician who had been in high positions since President Carter's era. He slowly cut the fried egg on the dinner plate and said, "Warren, do you think it's possible for a poor man What do I get from a country where there's not enough trousers for everyone?"

Except for the so-called strategic position that is meaningless to Simon, it is really impossible for him to get anything from Rwanda.

Of course, in this operation, Simon did not really run to act as a savior, but what the Westeros system pursues is not purely material gains.Even though Africa has abundant natural resources that many countries covet, it is not very attractive to Simon. If it is only for making money, he has more investment channels that are safer and have good returns.

Warren Christopher looked at the young man opposite him, and there was some old man's envy for the young handsome in his eyes, but his tone did not soften: "Do you know that since yesterday, the White House and Congress have been under pressure from all sides, they They all believe that this matter was manipulated by the US government behind the scenes."

Simon shrugged: "I can only say sorry about that."

This thing is really not explained at all.

Even if Simon completely abandoned the United States and hired military forces from South Africa and Eastern Europe, in the eyes of many people, it was just trying to cover up.

After all, for the United States, if it can control Rwanda, it is actually equivalent to controlling a strategic location that can move around whether it is east or west.

After the failure of the Somalia operation last year, the United States actually does not intend to intervene in African affairs in the short term. Many European countries that regard Africa as their backyard do not think so. Simon's Hand is making a comeback in Rwanda.

As long as it occupies Rwanda, a strategic point in the hinterland of Africa, the United States can covet the traditional interests of countries such as Britain, France, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal in Africa at one time.

In fact, this is also a potential choice that Simon gave to the federal government through this operation.

For this Rwanda operation, Simon does not intend to directly obtain material rewards, but if the US government is willing to accept follow-up affairs, he does not mind pushing the boat along.

It now appears that the authorities have clearly made a decision.

If the federal government is going to re-enter Africa, Secretary of Defense William Perry, not Secretary of State Warren Christopher, should be meeting with Simon today.

Warren Christopher did not continue to argue with Simon, saying: "The White House received information last night that your garrison has contacted the Rwandan Patriotic Front?"

Simon nodded.

The Rwandan Patriotic Front is an anti-government armed organization controlled by the Tutsi forces that once ruled Rwanda. Behind the scenes is the support of the Ugandan government. Behind the Ugandan government is the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom and the United States are the most staunch allies.

Since 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front was unwilling to remain in exile in Uganda and started a civil war with the Hutu government of Rwanda in an attempt to regain control of the country. The two sides just reached a settlement under the mediation of the United Nations at the end of last year.It's a pity that before going any further, the assassination of former President Juvenal and the Rwandan genocide riots occurred.

The reason is that apart from the parties concerned, it is difficult for bystanders to completely sort out who is right and who is wrong.

Simon didn't want to tear this mess apart, but getting in touch with the Rwandan Patriotic Front was also an important step in this plan. The cooperation between the two parties was actually equivalent to the approval of the British and American authorities.

At that time, the Rwandan Patriotic Front will gain control of the country, and this operation of the Westeros system will also obtain legal and moral approval from the new government, completely eliminating some potential hidden dangers.

As for France, which will completely lose the right to speak in Rwanda after this war, it is not in Simon's consideration.

Seeing Simon's admission, Warren Christopher went on to say: "This is very good, Simon, what the White House means, then you just need to guard the refugee camp you built, and someone will arrange the follow-up matters. Also, as soon as possible Sending back all the mercenaries you gathered from Eastern Europe embarrasses everyone."

Simon shook his head without hesitation this time: "Unfortunately, Warren, I'm not a person who likes to give up halfway, nor a person who likes to be a supporting role."

Warren Christopher's eyes sharpened: "Listen, Simon, do you know what you are doing? This is aggression, don't go your own way, otherwise, both the federal government and the United Nations have the right to sanction you, or even send you to Go to court-martial."

Simon was still unmoved, but looked at Warren Christopher with the same sharp eyes: "Warren, if I am sent to a military court for stopping a racist massacre that may involve the death of millions of civilians, then, The whole world will probably be disappointed by your so-called court-martial, and I personally will be even more disappointed."

Warren Christopher was momentarily at a loss for words.

The main reason why the U.S. military withdrew from Somalia last year was that its military operations there could not stand on the moral high ground.

But this time, the horrific scenes of the Rwandan genocide displayed by the Igret Portal have completely aroused strong indignation against the current Rwandan government worldwide. In this case, no matter what the young people on the opposite side do, they will gain public opinion general support.

This is the gap.

Moreover, whether it is from Simon Westeros first occupying the moral high ground through the media platform, or quietly contacting the potential layout of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, it proves that this young man is not hot-headed and willful, and the other party obviously has perfect consideration for everything.