"Are you going to launch an attack soon?"

Soros looked at Vinson Foster.

Vinson Foust nodded: "The offensive deployment has been fully completed. Iraq will not withdraw its troops until the deadline. It will immediately launch a full-scale attack."

Soros pondered for a while.

"Since that's the case, there will be at least one month's increase. This time the Chinese boy must have made a mistake in his judgment. Let's continue to be bullish and not follow him to see how much money he has to short the market."

Soros didn't know where Xie Kai got the courage. Under such a good market, he dared to short international crude oil futures.

Unless there is a huge supply of oil, it is impossible to cause a sharp drop in oil prices.

International oil supply is already tight, and there is a lack of oil supply from two major oil-producing countries, Iraq and Kuwait, and the gap in the entire international oil market is even more serious.

So far, I have never heard of any country having discovered large oil fields, nor have I heard of a country having achieved large-scale oil growth to fill the huge gap in the international market.

Gulf oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are desperately increasing their oil production. Oil-producing countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and even Mexico are also vigorously increasing their oil production, and they cannot cover the gap in the international market due to the loss of crude oil supply between Iraq and Kuwait in the short term.

With the development of the international economy, the demand for oil in Asian countries has increased significantly.

Especially with the rapid development of China's economy, the oil imported is also increasing every year.

International oil demand has increased significantly, but supply has decreased. How could international oil prices fall sharply under such circumstances?

"Looking at the international oil futures market, especially related news, once there is a change, they will sell it immediately. They should not make such a decision to bet..."

When Soros' team was working in international oil futures, they not only threw all the funds into it, but also borrowed leverage in order to pursue higher profits.

Once the oil price really falls sharply, when Qi Zhengshan and others short sell, the decline will exceed US$10 per barrel, and the position will be liquidated and the losses will be very heavy.

Soros and others all felt that international oil could not fall sharply.

Not many other international investment institutions will follow the crazy people from Xiangjiang.

Many people have analyzed the investment cases of Qi Zhengshan in recent years. Every time they take a wrong approach, without making any mistakes or making any losses.

The reason why you can make a profit is not because Qi Zhengshan has a keen sense of smell, but just good luck.

Just like he was once called the plague god of stock market, he was not lucky at that time and failed to invest once.

Everyone thinks that the Xiangjiang stock god, Oriental Buffett, made a wrong judgment on international oil futures this time, and would lose a lot of money.

Many funds followed the trend when Qi Zhengshan and others were planning. At that time, international oil prices continued to rise when a large amount of speculation funds poured in. Now the futures market situation is very good, so naturally they will not sell it with Qi Zhengshan and others.

Instead, he kept taking over the delivery orders sent by Qi Zhengshan and others.

As long as the order is thrown out, countless people will take over.

Qi Zhengshan and others sold their oil futures, which triggered a significant increase in the international market. In just one day, without any news, countless buyers who could not buy kept raising prices, and the international oil price quickly rose to $34 per barrel.

Qi Zhengshan and others felt even more painful.

The White House, the United States.

Finance Minister Baker looked at the president with a serious expression, hoping that he would give him a remark.

"His Excellency the President, this matter cannot continue. International oil prices have risen to US$34 per barrel, and domestic production costs have risen sharply, which not only has a very adverse impact on our economy, but also affects our financial market. A large amount of funds leave the stock market..."

As the US Treasury Secretary, Baker believes that the sharp rise in oil will make it even worse for the already slow-developed economy of the United States.

As chairman of the regime fair, David Luther also complained to the president many times.

"With the international oil prices rising wildly, a large amount of funds withdrawn from the stock market. The stock market has suffered serious capital outflows and has fallen a lot... Only stocks related to crude oil are still relatively active, and technology and industry stocks have been seriously affected..."

The rise in international oil has a great impact on a country's economic development.

Especially like the United States, as the world's largest oil importer, it consumes a large amount of crude oil every day, whether it is production or life.

As crude oil prices rise, the cost is naturally high.

When a large number of American industries rise sharply, production costs rise even more outrageously, and corporate profits are consumed by high oil costs.

In just a few months, thousands of U.S. companies that require a large amount of crude oil have declared bankruptcy and are undergoing bankruptcy liquidation.

Bush comforted the Treasury bosses under his command: "People, please rest assured that our army will take action soon, and at the same time, our secret agencies will also suppress oil prices when the army takes action... and prevent this from lasting too long."

"President, it's not that we are worried, but that the US economy can no longer withstand the further rise in oil... Even the economies of European countries are becoming increasingly sluggish. If we continue, no one can bear the impact of such a result on the economy, and a new round of financial crisis will break out again..."

Baker's face was full of seriousness.

He told the president that if he didn't resolve the matter, the consequences would be that the US government could not bear.

The US government is preparing to attack Iraq, and the Treasury Secretary proposed to let the president and his staff think clearly.

War can stimulate the domestic military industry, and in some ways can drive economic development.

But the Middle East is related to the lifeline of the world economy.

The supply of crude oil has decreased significantly, and international oil prices have risen sharply. The rising oil prices will be borne by the production costs of various enterprises.

What’s bad is that in order to solve the huge fiscal deficit problem, the government has also invested a lot of money in the international crude oil market...

Many of the delivery orders are now sold by secret investment institutions under the US government.

The president once assured the Ministry of Finance that it would not take too long and would soon suppress oil prices, and at the same time, it would also provide huge profits for the Ministry of Finance.

"We need to wait until the deadline. Please rest assured that it will not exceed one week..."

Bush assured several people again.

Many experts in the international market say that the oil price will rise to $40 per barrel, and the president naturally clearly stated.

Many experts have arranged it by the government, with the purpose of allowing more people to take over the current international oil futures orders.

At that time, these investment institutions and investors who want to make money in the international oil futures market will become fat sheep who have been cut by the US government.

They will help the U.S. government bear the cost of rising oil.

At the same time, this is also related to the US government's plan to completely link world oil to the US dollar. Once it is implemented, the US will allow countries around the world to help the US share the costs.

Lots of debts?

It's okay, just the dollar will depreciate.

If the depreciation is 20%, the debt will shrink by 20%, which is so cool.

To send away the bigwigs in the financial industry, the president once again convened a meeting of senior generals of the Ministry of National Defense.

Looking at his generals, Bush said: "Gentlemen, our economy can no longer bear the consequences of international oil rises. What do you have to say about this?"

"His Excellency President, we have completed the combat deployment and can launch an attack on the Iraqi army at any time. At the same time, the international oil market secretly invested by the defense department has also been laid out, and short selling has begun. Someone will bear the war funds... Only in this way can we quickly and significantly suppress international oil prices..."

Deputy Minister Ansnho reported the current situation to the president.

The Ministry of Defense is ready for the offensive.

"Where are our newly developed weapons and equipment?"

This is what the president is most concerned about.

What is new weapons need to be tested by war.

"His Excellency the President, these are used to test the achievements of military technology research and development in recent years and the advanced equipment that is fighting outside of you. The preparations have been completed and the deployment has been completed... Electromagnetic weapons, graphite bombs, etc. have been deployed to Saudi Arabia, and depleted uranium bombs, etc. have also been transported to Saudi Arabia..."

Defense Secretary Felcon reassures the president.

These weapons will definitely be tested in the Iraqi army.

"According to the combat plan provided by the Joint Command of the War Zone, General Schwarzkopf, Commander of the Central Headquarters of the US Army, and General McDir, Chief of the General Staff, before the war begins, the air force will be used to strike military targets in various Iraq, and bombers and warships will launch cruise missiles at long-range, so as to test our ability to accurately strike targets at long-range; mainly F-117 stealth attack aircraft, strikes on important areas such as Iraq's radar stations, command centers, and airports to test the penetration performance of our stealth attack aircraft; then conducts a long-term air bombing on Iraq, and determines that the Iraqi command system will be paralyzed before ground troops will be dispatched to attack, and ground troops may launch an attack in advance..."

The Minister of Defense personally reported on the combat plan.

"Have all the advanced weapons and equipment been shipped?"

The president made a decision again.

"It's shipped."

Hearing this, the president felt relieved.

Most advanced weapons have just been developed and have not been tested in practice.

Congress simply disagrees with the Department of Defense purchasing too many weapons, and the prices of these weapons are too high.

Congress needs to see the effect of actual combat inspections before considering approving large-scale procurement by the Department of Defense.

Just so happens, this is the best inspection opportunity.

It is not easy to find an opponent like Iraq.

As the spokesperson of the domestic military industry federation, the president naturally hopes to give full play to the advantages of these weapons.

Let the strongly boasted Iraqi army test the power of weapons and equipment, thereby preventing Congress from reducing military spending and ensuring the interests of the military-industrial complex.

At the same time, it can also intimidate the Soviet army.

After all, the Iraqi army was built according to the Soviet army's construction model.

No matter how huge the steel torrent is, under the new American style of war, there will be no more advantages.
Chapter completed!