Chapter 1378 Looks Good, but Hides Arsenic

Although, according to the American system, once the general commander has a problem, the deputy general commander will immediately take over and exercise the highest power.

However, there is still a very large political risk here. The prestige and power of the deputy general commander are not enough, and he can only be an emergency at most.

Otherwise, he will not be a deputy, but directly become the general commander.

In this case, America must seek stability and will not act rashly.

They will be in a quarrel and game for a short period of several months or a long period of one year.

Their donkeys and elephants will fight for power and profit until a new balance is reached.

In comparison, this little thing with South Vietnam at sea seems to be nothing.

In fact, this conflict itself does not involve islands, and it is not uncommon among the countries in Southeast Asia.

The reason why Du Fei attaches so much importance this time is mainly because at this time point, before he crossed over, at this time point, another more important naval battle occurred.

This makes Du Fei particularly sensitive. Once there is a slight disturbance, he will immediately be alert, and even come directly to deal with it without hesitation.

On the contrary, Chen Fangshi did not make a big fuss. He just took a more conventional response, sending out corresponding forces to confront and establish communication.

Jiao Zhibushi responded very quickly, and sent a second telegram just a few hours later.

It should be said that in this short time, Jiao Zhibushi still put a lot of thought into maintaining his relationship with Du Fei.

The situation was clearly explained in the telegram. It was almost the same as Du Fei expected. It was not an order from the upper level of America, but someone made a deal with the South Vietnamese Navy in private.

The most critical forces are two parties, one is the Youtai Consortium on Wall Street, and the other is the people of Rockfield.

They paid the South Vietnamese Navy to make trouble. As for the subsequent means, what they want to do is not known for the time being.

Du Fei frowned as he looked at the content of the telegram. It was not surprising that the two families got together. They all had a feud.

Needless to say, there was a grudge with Youtai. In the Middle East War that just ended a few months ago, Du Fei bit off 500 million US dollars from Youtai.

Now that the war is over, they have some time to make up for it.

As for Rockfield, they wanted to invest in Sri Lanka Petroleum Company last time, but Du refused them sternly. I am afraid they are unwilling to accept it.

He handed the telegram to Chen Fangshi.

In the report, Jiao Zhibushi also suggested that he could make contact and the two sides should sit down and talk.

Chen Fangshi also frowned and looked at Du Fei and said, "What do you think? How about talking?"

Du Fei pursed his lips and said firmly, "No! Do you want to force us to sign a humiliating treaty by threatening us with these means? Do you really think we are soft persimmons~"

Chen Fangshi also agreed that even if they wanted to talk, it would not be now.

Du Fei said again, "It is impolite not to reciprocate. Let Eagle do this."

...

The next morning, the South China Sea was calm, cloudless, and the sea and sky were one color.

In the middle of the sea, on an offshore oil drilling platform, two workers were doing morning excretion activities.

Next to the platform, the open-air toilet directly returns the excrement to the sea, falling straight down from the platform of dozens of meters.

The two chatted casually while looking at the tropical ocean scenery that they had long been tired of. The only flaw was that smoking was not allowed.

At this moment, one person suddenly shouted: "Look!"

The other person also looked over and saw three white thin lines emerging from the sea in the distance, and then became bigger and bigger.

After a while, the two finally saw clearly that they were three speedboats coming quickly.

The speedboats did not have any flags, and it was impossible to tell where they came from. Judging from the direction, they were coming straight towards them.

The two people were startled and immediately realized what it was.

They immediately stood up with a shout, wiped their butts hastily, and ran to a small room not far from the runway. There was an alarm button in it.

With a snap, the man pressed the alarm, and soon the whole drilling platform was filled with sharp sounds.

In an instant, many people appeared on the drilling platform.

There are more than 200 people working and living on this platform, and there is also a security team of more than 20 people, equipped with sophisticated weapons, just to prevent attacks.

In just a few minutes, the platform entered a state of combat readiness, and the three heavy machine guns on the top were set up.

"Tututu~Tututu~"

A warning design was directly made in the direction of the three speedboats, trying to drive them away.

In fact, the distance was still far at this time, and the heavy machine guns were basically no threat at this distance.

But it also successfully blocked the three speedboats from approaching recklessly.

The three speedboats drove sideways outside the range of the heavy machine guns and obviously slowed down.

Immediately afterwards, the people on the boat picked up the rocket launcher and aimed it in the direction of the platform.

This rocket launcher is obviously thicker than the general anti-tank rocket launcher, and the length is also longer.

It is the newly developed by Factory 8270, the extended-range rocket that Du Fei promoted to Syria.

Because this rocket has added an extended-range rocket booster, not only the range of this rocket is several times longer than that of ordinary rockets, but also the warhead charge is larger.

After aiming, three streams of flames were seen shooting out in quick succession, heading straight for the drilling platform.

The drilling platform had never expected that the other party would have such a powerful weapon.

Generally speaking, nearby pirates would not dare to provoke them.

First, the platform is very high above the sea, so small boats can't get close to it, and even if they get close, they can't climb up.

Second, their platform belongs to Rockfield. Whoever dares to come here and touch the tiger's butt easily, touching them is touching America.

However, this time the situation is obviously different. The other party actually aimed at the drilling platform and fired rockets recklessly.

Sure enough, there were two loud bangs soon, two rockets hit, and another one flew away and passed by.

Hearing the explosion, the hearts of the people on the platform were raised to their throats. Those two rockets were nothing for such a huge drilling platform.

But don't forget, they are mining oil here. If they really hit the oil pipeline, ignited a fire or caused an explosion, all of them would die.

Fortunately, their luck seemed good. The rockets did not cause a secondary explosion after hitting, which made everyone feel relieved.

The three speedboats did not launch another attack. After firing the rockets, they turned around and disappeared quickly.

The people on the drilling platform breathed a sigh of relief, and some smart people also realized that this was not an ordinary attack, but a warning.

They didn't know what was going on, but they almost died in vain.

After checking the damage, the person in charge on the platform immediately contacted the superior department and reported the specific situation.

...

A few hours later, on the other side of the earth, in the Big Apple City of America, in the upper floors of a skyscraper.

In the brown-gray office, an old man in a suit sat behind a large solid wood desk, holding a pipe expressionlessly.

The office was decorated with precious mahogany, which gave it a solemn and depressing feeling.

The old man was of medium build and looked about sixty or seventy years old. His hair was combed meticulously, and he looked at the report that had just been sent in front of him.

Opposite the huge desk, stood two middle-aged men in suits.

The two had serious expressions and said nothing.

After reading the report in front of him, the old man stood up from the brown high-back chair, took a puff of his pipe, and came to the window next to him, overlooking the huge city under his feet with turbid eyes.

He stood here every day, and the vehicles and pedestrians on the street below were like ants in his eyes.

He liked this place, which made him feel like a god, and he could manipulate the fate of those people at will.

A few minutes later, the old man said lightly: "The attitude is really tough. Let Daven slow down. The Rockfield family does not need to establish a strong enemy in Nanyang."

A middle-aged man standing next to him frowned and said: "I'm very sorry, sir, this matter has spread. If we retreat, will it cause... bad consequences? I mean, some people will mistakenly think that we are afraid."

The old man sneered: "Spread? It's a trick played by those Youtai people~ I think they can control everything with a few newspapers."

The two middle-aged men present did not respond. This topic was too sensitive and they could not express their opinions.

The old man said again: "I heard that Jiaozhi Bushi has a good relationship with this young man from Huaguo. Make an appointment for me."

Another middle-aged man responded and quickly wrote it down in a notebook.

The old man looked out the window again, his voice slightly hoarse, and he said slowly: "This time our Mr. Nico can no longer get away unscathed. I believe that Correction Bushi needs a new and powerful ally in Parliament."

...

At the same time, Du Fei was in Kuching. In addition to asking Eagle to find another way to fight back, he was not in a hurry to deal with the ongoing confrontation.

According to the current situation, the ships sent by Saigon were obviously fooling around and there was no possibility of escalating the conflict.

And asking Eagle to send a speedboat to attack the enemy's platform has already shown his attitude.

Now the ball has been kicked back, and it depends on how the Rockfield family will take it. That will be the key to deciding whether to fight or make peace.

At this time, Du Fei sat with Subian.

Before, the royal garden built by Julie at the seaside, imitating the Summer Palace, had already been completed.

Today, Du Fei specially chose to entertain Subian here.

The two sat in a pavilion on the hillside. From a distance, they could see the sea view to the north. From a closer perspective, they could see the well-arranged Chinese garden scenery, shaded by trees, with a beautiful scenery as they moved.

Du Fei was quite relaxed in the pavilion and brewed Kung Fu tea on the tea table himself.

Subian, however, was frowning and could not calm down at all. He only complained to Du Fei and hoped that Du Fei would help him.

"Try it~" Du Fei put the newly brewed tea in front of Subian, picked up another purple clay cup, and drank a mouthful of strong tea, which was bitter and sweet.

Subian also drank it. He came to ask for help, so he must be happy.

Du Fei put down the teacup and said calmly: "So, you want me to help you stabilize the situation in Sumatra?"

Subian nodded immediately.

Du Fei said: "This is different from what we agreed at the beginning~"

Subian smiled helplessly. He did not expect the situation to get to this point.

Originally, he was most worried that Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng would join forces with the Huang family in East Java to deal with him.

So he thought of a temporary solution, selling his legitimate status to Du Fei as a bargaining chip in exchange for Du Fei's recognition of his remaining territory.

Who knew that the plan was very good, but he didn't expect that things would not go as smoothly as expected.

Although Subian had dealt with Du Fei, it seemed that the situation was developing in a good direction. Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng would not threaten him for the time being, and the Huang family, which occupied East Java, had no ambition to continue to expand. Next, he just needed to think of a way to control Sumatra.

However, the situation in Sumatra was far more complicated than Subian expected.

And Subian also overestimated his own strength and influence.

Especially last time he took advantage of the situation and cooperated with the Yingguo people, trying to be narrow-minded and self-respecting, but he backfired and completely angered the local faction in Sumatra.

Although he tried every means to remedy the situation later, it still had little effect, which gave him a headache.

Until last month, his secret sentry in Sumatra sent back news that several relatively strong local forces there were secretly contacting to prepare to completely eliminate him from Sumatra.

This was something Subian could not accept in any way, so he simply made up his mind and came to Kuching.

His idea was very clear, that is, to bring in Du Fei, the tiger outside the game, and drive the tiger to devour the wolf.

For this, Subian did not hide it in front of Du Fei.

Du Fei asked back: "If you let me go, aren't you afraid that I will become the host?"

Subian smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Du, do I have the right to choose now? At least if you go, I can still have two or three layers of shares in Sumatra. If I let those people do it, I will have to leave clean. If it were you, what would you choose?"

Du Fei pursed his lips without comment. He could not disbelieve or believe all of Subian's words.

Although Subian's words were pitiful, in fact, Subian's situation was definitely not as bad as he said, but it was not much better.

If he could think of other ways, he would never come to Du Fei.

This shows that his defeat in Sumatra was already determined, and his purpose of coming this time was not to turn the tables.

That kind of requirement was too high and impossible to achieve.

Subian is a veteran in the arena, so it is impossible for him not to understand this principle. His purpose of coming here is to hope that Du Fei's entry can muddy the waters, so that he can keep some chips and not lose them all.

Once he loses all, he will be out of the game. Being out of the game is a complete failure, and there will be no chance of a comeback.

Subian wants to keep a glimmer of hope, even if he knows that it is very slim, even if he knows that bringing in Du Fei is like inviting a wolf into the house.

Subian knows that Du Fei also knows this in his heart, otherwise Subian will never show his soft belly to him.

However, whether to join the game or not, Du Fei needs to think carefully.

Sumatra, this is a poisonous bait that looks beautiful but hides arsenic.

(Sorry, I have something to do today, so this is all I have. I will try to update 7,000 tomorrow.)