"Actually, Saudi Arabia thinks we should not only take action on the battlefield, but also think of ways from other aspects." The Saudi representative looked at the representatives of the Arab countries around him and said, "For example, there is something that we have the most in the world, and Western countries still need it very much."

Oil! This is the idea in the minds of all representatives. They are oil-producing countries, but there is a difference between large and small quantities. Even if they don’t know what the specialty of their own country is, they don’t have to mix up. Saudi Arabia’s proposal was quickly passed. As early as the day of the war, Syria first cut off an oil pipeline, and Lebanon also closed its important oil transport port in the south. A few days later, Iraq announced that it would nationalize the shares of the United States, Exxon and Mobile, of the Basra Oil Company, which belongs to Iraqi oil companies.

But Syria and Iraq's actions can only be said to be small-scale fights and will not have any impact on oil. Up to now, oil prices are still in the hands of Britain and the United States, and the price is less than three dollars a barrel. Oil-producing countries are very dissatisfied with the old capitalist oil system, especially the prices are too low. The demand for oil in the Western world has grown sharply, but Occupy Petroleum companies are unwilling to make concessions to the price increase requirements of developing countries that mainly produce oil. The contradiction between the two sides is becoming increasingly sharp and tense.

Now is an opportunity, and isn’t there any support from the Soviet Union? Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is the time for them, the Arabs, to get back their wealth, and there will be no better time than the current one.

"European countries ultimately provide convenience for the United States, and this time we want to teach them a lesson." The speaker was the representative of Egypt. So far, Egypt is still the center of Arab nationalism and the Soviet Union's primary cooperation object in the Middle East. At least in some public occasions, the Soviet Union respects Egypt very much.

"We, Iraq, are very welcome to increase oil prices, and we will do things to communicate with the Soviet Union. Let's do it." The Iraqi representative reminded the surrounding countries at this time, and the special relationship between Iraq and the Soviet Union. In theory, Iraq is now a part of the socialist camp. Of course, the relationship between Iraq and Saudi Arabia is not good, but it does not mean that the two sides have no opportunity to cooperate at all, just like this time.

The news was sent to Moscow by Iraq, which was enough for the Soviet Central Presidium to hold another meeting to discuss. The Soviet Union was an oil-producing country, not only oil-producing country, but also had a stronger output than any country. However, the exports were not much, which seemed to have no impact on world prices. For the Soviet Union, rising oil prices must be a good thing.

"The main purpose is that Western European countries except the United States, including Japan, Federal Germany, and even Italy, which are currently in the most intense, their country does not produce oil. Once the prices rise, I think the economic crisis will come. Their deficit will definitely increase!" As the boss of the Soviet intelligence department, Selov is very clear about the information of these enemy countries.

Economic crisis? If the Soviet leadership likes the most, the economic crisis must be the top. This word has always been accompanied by revolution and unprecedented rise in the socialist movement. So far, the Soviet Union has benefited from all previous economic crises.

Sure enough, this sentence attracted the interest of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers Kosykin. He was an economic expert in the Soviet Union. He thought about the possible consequences of the surge in oil in his mind and immediately concluded that the General Political Commissar said it was very reasonable. Originally, he did not recommend that the Soviet Union intervene in the Middle East War and play dangerous games with the United States, but now his ideas have changed.

"We should give great support to the Arab countries, which is beneficial to us." Kosykin's first statement surprised everyone. In everyone's impression, Kosykin's group has always advocated developing the economy first and not considering head-on confronting the United States first. Kosykin's sudden change in attitude surprised everyone.

"This is fine, Comrade Gromiko, let's express our support." Brezhnev likes such occasions. He is unwilling to spend time persuading them one by one. It would be great to support them unanimously like now.

After obtaining support from the Soviet Union, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Iran decided that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to raise oil prices and raise crude oil market prices in the Gulf region. The international oil market was panicked, marking the beginning of the first oil crisis. The next day, the Ministerial Meeting of the Organization of the Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries attended by the 10 countries announced that it would immediately reduce oil production and reduce oil production by five percent per month based on the output of each member state in September. For oil supply to countries such as the United States that support Israeli aggression, the reduction was five percent month by month. On the third day, the Emirates of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates decided to completely stop exporting oil to the United States. Then, major Arab oil producers such as Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain also announced that they would interrupt the export of oil to the United States.

At the same time, the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued notes to Warsaw Pact countries, saying that the rise in oil prices will not affect the socialist economic construction in Eastern Europe. The oil from Eastern European countries is provided by the Soviet Union, so there is no need to worry too much. The Soviet Union will never attack its allies when oil prices rise.

"Are you ready?" While rubbing his eyes, he looked at Schellov, who picked up his official seal and deducted the chairman's order on the plan, indicating that he agreed to launch an action.

"Everything is ready." Zvegon and Zinev looked at each other and spoke at the same time. Taking advantage of the Middle East War that attracted everyone's attention, the KGB plan was also launched, Zvegon and Zinev each were responsible for one area.

"Don't let the central government down and the people down, and chew these two countries." He returned the plans to the two, Selov said.

On October 19, the Soviet Red Navy and the US Navy were still in a tense confrontation at sea. The total number of ships in the Mediterranean squadron reached a maximum of 96 ships, including 34 surface ships, thus forming a huge maritime force that can launch 90 anti-ship missiles in the first attack. At the same time, the US military deployed a total of 60 ships, including three attack aircraft carriers, two amphibious attack helicopter aircraft carriers and nine attack submarines.

The US special-mix fleet has always been targeted by the Soviet army. When three Soviet anti-aircraft carrier formations tracking the US aircraft carrier battle group launch their first attack on their respective targets, they can each launch fifteen anti-ship missiles, and four Soviet submarines equipped with cruise missiles cruise in nearby waters.

The Red Navy has very powerful cruise missiles, and they target only five US targets: three attack aircraft carriers and two helicopter aircraft carriers, and other US ships are secondary targets. Everyone is waiting for a command to launch an attack. If a war is about to break out, the Sixth Squadron will carry out a preemptive attack, and the Soviet Sixth Mediterranean Squadron will take measures before the war breaks out, causing the Fifth Fleet's aircraft carriers and escort ships to lose combat capability before responding.

"We are ready to die, but before we die, we will definitely take the US aircraft carrier battle group to die together!" Major General Samonov, chief of staff of the fleet, said in a telegram to Marshal Gorshkov.

The air transport between the United States and the Soviet Union still shuttled over the various countries. In addition to transporting equipment, although the front line of the confrontation between Warsaw Pact and NATO was very calm, the air bases in various places were always on standby. The Soviet airborne troops and the US Marine Corps were far away from each other's base. Although they had not met, they were all thinking about the other party's shadow.

The Mediterranean is getting closer and closer to the war situation, which makes all European countries restless. They don’t care how Arabs and Israel fight. Not to mention that oil prices have just begun, Europe has not suffered yet. Even the powerful 11-nation coalition forces on the Arab side, they will not worry too much. Anyway, the battle between the two sides is fierce and can be controlled.

The United States and the Soviet Union are completely different. Once these two countries start war, all allies will be involved in an instant, representing the decisive battle between the two major military groups involving all powerful countries. They just felt that the world was not long before peace was long, and they were still singing praises for Brezhnev's easing policy. The war was approaching like this?

For a time, Western Europe, including Britain, France, Federal Germany, and Italy, issued calls for world peace. The United States and the Soviet Union should maintain restraint. The war between Arab and Israel is their own business. It is best not to participate. The foreign ministers of several countries began to visit abroad, hoping to gather enough influence to calm Moscow and Washington. The foreign ministers of France and Italy visited Moscow, while the foreign ministers of Federal Germany and Britain went to Washington. Western Europe launched a shuttle diplomacy to prevent the outbreak of war between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Compared with the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, other things are trivial. For example, on October 20, a military center in northern Thailand was raided, and the commander of the Third Army was killed on the spot, and a remnant soldier used by Thailand to deal with Thailand's **, announced that he would join the **.

The KGB's win over finally made this force rebel and became the trump card for the Thai team. Within three days, four cities broke away from the control of the Thai royal family. While Hanoi continued to attack Nanyue, it was also supporting the Thai team.
Chapter completed!