Empire Conquest

Chapter 676 - 14 To Each His Own_2

"Don’t forget, the Liangxia Empire has not yet established diplomatic relations with Boi Country."

"After the Boi War, all strategies of the Liangxia Empire in the Boss Bay area aimed to blockade Boi Country and weaken its regional influence."

"Supporting Iraq secretly during the Iran-Iraq War was related to this."

"Though it was Iraq that invaded Kuwait, not Boi Country, if the news about secret contacts with Boi Country got out, it would definitely have a serious impact."

"For example, making the outside world believe that the Liangxia Empire is incapable of rescuing Kuwait occupied by Iraq."

"Of course, this secret meeting is related to the impending military operation."

"Hyderabadi envoy..."

"Just call me Raya."

Raya spoke in flawless Liangxia Language, which greatly surprised Bai Huamin.

"Before the break-off, my father held the position of Commissioner for Ethnic Affairs in the Liangxia Empire, and I didn’t return to Boi Country until I was 12."

As she spoke, Raya had already removed her headscarf and veil.

Judging by her appearance alone, she seemed to be about 30 years old, but given her introduction, she was probably closer to 40.

"Your Excellency, time is short; let’s get to the main points."

Despite his surprise, Bai Huamin did not forget his primary and sole mission for this trip.

To reach a compromise and concession before the formal launch of the military operation, ensuring Boi Country’s neutrality throughout the entire war.

Needless to say, the compromise and concession had to be mutual.

For this, Bai Huamin brought some items of interest to Boi Country.

For instance, offering unofficial channels to provide Boi Country with spare parts for weapon maintenance, ensuring the stability of its defense forces.

And of course, these were maintenance parts for weaponry made by the Liangxia Empire.

Before its independence, Boi Country was merely an autonomous ethnic region of the Ter Republic. According to the agreement at that time, a general referendum would decide its future when appropriate, so the Boi autonomous region had maintained friendly relations with the Liangxia Empire before the outbreak of the Boi War.

At that time, the militia of the autonomous region of Boi received quite a few light weapons aided by the Liangxia Empire.

During their struggle for independence, the Boi Army captured a significant amount of war equipment.

The key point was, when the Ter Republic abandoned the Boi region, they left behind a large quantity of heavy war equipment they couldn’t take.

This included about 300 fighter aircraft and nearly 1500 Main Battle Tanks.

All these pieces of war equipment were genuine products of the Liangxia Empire.

Even after the Boi War ended, there were still over a hundred fighter jets and about 600 tanks in service with the Boi Army. Furthermore, during the first two years of the Iran-Iraq War, they became the main combat equipment of the Boi forces, playing a pivotal role.

Although Boi Country became friendly with the Newland Republic during the Iran-Iraq War and purchased a good number of Newland weapons, including the F-14A fighter jets that made headlines during the war and were referred to as "Persian Cats", due to limitations of national power, Boi Country still retained a large number of weapons from the Liangxia Empire.

To this day, these weapons, produced 20 or even 30 years ago, are still in service with the Boi Army.

To maintain combat readiness, Boi Country has always been procuring second-hand spare parts that are still usable through smuggling channels and black-market arms dealers at high costs.

At the beginning of the year, the Navy of the Empire intercepted a cargo ship in the Mua Sea carrying a large number of tank engines, which was headed to a Boi port.

Investigations revealed that these tank engines were purchased by Boi Country on the international arms black market.

It’s conservatively estimated that these could meet the maintenance needs of 300 Main Battle Tanks for five years.

In the Boi Army, those 300 tanks sold to the Ter Republic over 20 years ago, and the second-generation Main Battle Tanks of the post-war era, are still absolutely the main force.

In fact, this was Bai Huamin’s first card.

As long as the Boi authorities agreed to remain neutral, the Liangxia Empire could downplay this matter and ensure the arrival of this cargo ship at a Boi port by the end of the year.

However, that definitely wouldn’t be enough.

Relatively speaking, what Boi Country needs most right now is for the Liangxia Empire to lift economic sanctions.

To put it bluntly, that means allowing Boi Country to join the international trade system settled in Gold Yuan, thus facilitating oil exports.

The critical factor is, Boi Country is also an oil power!

According to reserve estimates, Boi Country ranks fifth globally in oil reserves, third in the Boss Bay region, behind only Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Boi Country is also the first in the Boss Bay region and second globally in natural gas reserves.

Unfortunately, due to sanctions by the Liangxia Empire, Boi Country’s oil exports have always been small in scale.

Boi Country has the largest population in the Boss Bay region, the second-largest territory, and not too meager resources, yet it has never managed to become the top power of the region. Besides ethnic issues, the primary reason is that economic development has never gotten on the right track.

The key here is the comprehensive sanctions imposed by the Liangxia Empire.

According to official Boi statistics, the inability to settle oil trade in Gold Yuan costs Boi Country approximately 6 billion Gold Yuan in foreign exchange income each year.

Boi Country’s total foreign exchange income last year was only 11 billion Gold Yuan.

When propagandizing domestically, the Boi authorities always attribute the difficulties encountered in all areas to the comprehensive sanctions imposed by the Liangxia Empire.

That’s why, at this critical moment, the Boi authorities would surely propose that the Liangxia Empire lift economic sanctions.