Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Yannick returned to the palace, and Ribbentrop came to report that Chile wanted to buy weapons from them. As mentioned earlier, there are quite a few conflicts between Chile and Peru. Not long ago, Peru just purchased a large number of naval, land and air weapons and equipment from Germany. Recently, more and more Peruvian troops have been gathered near the border, which makes Chile feel Under considerable pressure, it was decided to also import a batch of weapons and equipment for the troops.

"Oh? Did they also stay in the same hotel?"

"What are you talking about??" Looking at Ribbentrop's confused look, Yannick smiled. He was just talking about an interesting thing in the original time and space. Of course Ribbentrop couldn't understand it.

In the 1980s, a war broke out between Iraq and Iran, which lasted for eight years. The two weapons cannot "take care of themselves" for the country to fight for such a long time, and the weapons reserves cannot support the needs of the war due to the weak defense industry. So the two countries unanimously began to extend green votes to foreign countries, hoping to purchase weapons and ammunition urgently needed on the battlefield. Soon they learned that the weapons and equipment from a certain large country in the East were cost-effective, easy to operate, and had no strings attached. As long as they paid money, they could guarantee the quality and quantity.

Iran and Iraq each sent their purchasing delegations to a large Eastern country. Whether intentionally or by mistake, the purchasing delegations from both sides were placed in the next room of the same hotel. It is not difficult to imagine how embarrassing the situation was at that time. Not only did each of them have to pretend that the other party did not exist, but they also had to be wary of possible hostile actions and dangerous behaviors of the other party.

Yannick continued. "They want to buy it, so we have no reason not to sell it, right? Anyway, we still have a lot of inventory." As mentioned before, the German army's weapons and equipment are updated too fast, and there are a lot of retired weapons. If these weapons are not disposed of as soon as possible, this war will be ruined. When it's over, these things can only be disposed of as scrap. Moreover, selling weapons to both warring parties is not a taboo. The five major gangsters in later generations have all done this.

It was also the Iran-Iraq War. In addition to a certain big country in the East, Iraq, as a "friendly country" that had good relations with the Soviet Union, also ordered a lot of weapons from the Soviet Union. And they not only hope to buy weapons and ammunition, but also hope that the Soviet Union will side with Iraq and provide both diplomatic and military support. However, the Soviet Union, which had retreated from global expansion at that time, had no interest in intervening in the Iran-Iraq war: they were only interested in making money, and opened the door to their weapons arsenal to Iraq. Whatever you need, just one word, sell it!

At this time, Iran also started talking to the Soviets through other channels. The Soviets still have one word: sell!

However, the Soviets also caused a lot of embarrassment by selling weapons to both ends to make money. For example, in 1985, the Nizhny Tagil Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory, the Soviet Union's main tank production base, hung a welcome banner to welcome the Iraqi delegation to purchase tanks. However, because they had to receive an Iranian delegation in a few days, the staff mixed up the welcome signs from the two countries and actually hung a sign with Iranian characters at the entrance of the factory. The atmosphere at the scene was awkward for a while, but the "generous" Iraqis immediately forgave this "mistake." After all, buying weapons is important.

The United States has also sold a lot of weapons to both sides. The United States has been quite generous. It has sold all advanced weapons such as radars and missiles to Iraq. Iraq believes that U.S. forces were driven out of Iran in the 1970s and had conflicts with Iran. The United States will definitely assist me in attacking Iran. But Iraq only guessed the beginning, but not the ending. Although the United States aided Iraq, it also sold military weapons to Iran while providing aid. After all, the best outcome of this war for the United States is that both sides will suffer losses and continue to fight to the end. The United States even moved supplies to Israel at the same time in order to cover up others' misunderstandings. Although the incident eventually came to light, the United States had already made a large sum of war money at that time. It randomly found a few scapegoats to blame the blame, shirk responsibility, and calmed down the incident.

Therefore, Yannick naturally does not mind selling weapons to both warring parties. Anyway, it is a fair transaction between you and me, and it is not a forced purchase or sale. Who dares to say anything? If you dare to talk too much, doesn’t it mean you are living impatiently? At most, they would call him a "merchant of death" or a "war monger" behind his back, but speaking ill of people behind their backs won't kill them. What he wants is real benefits.

"It's best to sell a few more U-boats." Yannick walked to the wall and muttered while looking at the huge world map. "Haven't these guys in South America ever thought of joining forces to beat Brazil?" South America covers an area of ​​17.8 million square kilometers, of which Brazil occupies 490,000 square kilometers, accounting for nearly half. The surrounding countries are not jealous. What? Most of South America is a coastal country. If each country could be tricked into selling ten U-boats, that would be dozens of them. If each country sells 100 fighter jets, that's still hundreds of them.

Especially Argentina and Brazil, the relationship between the two countries is not harmonious. In the first half of the 19th century, the two countries competed for Uruguay (Uruguay was originally a place where Indians lived and became a Spanish colony. It was later occupied by Portugal and merged with Brazil a few years later. However, it was poached by Argentina in less than five years. In the corner, the Uruguayan people revolted against Brazilian rule and announced their merger with Argentina). What’s funny is that after the two countries fought back and forth, no one got Uruguay (Uruguay became independent due to British intervention). Instead, they both lost their wives and lost their troops, which also led to conflicts and confrontations between the two countries, and many contradictions.

"Contact the ambassador to Argentina and ask him to find out if Argentina's top leaders have any plans in this regard." If so, he would be happy to help. "Tell them that if they want to buy weapons, we can have a big promotion, buy three and get one free, buy five and get two free; the more you buy, the more you will get!"

"Yes, I'll contact you right away." As soon as Ribbentrop left, Anne hurriedly walked in, holding a delicate small box in her hand, with an extremely excited expression on her face. "Your Highness, this was just sent from... er, Lion Rock in West Africa. It is said to be a gift specially dedicated to you."

"Gift?" Yannick couldn't help but asked curiously. "What is it?" With his current status, what could be given to him as a gift must be something of great value.

He took the small box and opened it. Lying quietly inside was a crystal clear ice cube the size of an egg? "Is this a rough diamond?!" Oh, such a big rough diamond must be 700 to 800 carats, right? Diamond rings in later generations can sell for tens to hundreds of thousands per carat, and such a large diamond can no longer be measured in money. It is simply a priceless treasure.

"This was discovered by one of our local mining teams."

"Okay!" Yannick was delighted. "The leader of the mining team and the worker who discovered the diamond were upgraded to two levels in succession, and each was awarded 100,000 euros. Other members of the mining team received an additional year's salary."