841 The Volatile Crude (1/2)

On September 21, 1,000 Celestial Marines set sail from the port of City M to end a two-month military occupation. In the future, the security of City M would be governed by the gendarmerie and Moro Army, and Celestial Trade's force in Country F would be cut by half again, leaving only half a brigade stationed in the region.

On the one hand, the decision was in response to the UN peace initiative. On the other hand, it was to free up some hands.

After boarding the transport ship, the soldiers did not return to Coro Island but merged with another large transport ship and under the escort of a Guardian-class frigate, crossed the Indian Ocean and set foot on Madagascar Island on the southern tip of Africa.

Last week, the opposition party leader of the Madagascar, Samvini, was successfully elected as president. He withdrew every privilege of Arrow in the country and revoked their business licenses on charges of tax evasion, murder, and bribery.

However, it would be obviously impossible for the Freemasonry to honestly surrender the forces it operated in Madagascar over the past decade. On the first day of the sworn inauguration of Samvini, more than ten Arrow special forces lurking in the capital Antananarivo ambushed Samvini's fleet.

The president, who took office for less than 24 hours, died under Arrow's gunshot.

Madagascar was completely rattled.

Arrow simply took this opportunity and introduced former President La Jonah, claiming that the Liberal Party conspired with foreign forces in an attempt to subvert the stability in Madagascar. The election was invalid and they must re-elect!

However, La Jonah had no intention to hold a re-election. With the support of the Southern Constituency, he established a presidential guard force who was absolutely loyal to him with the help of the Freemasonry. At the same time, he hired Arrow and chose the military coup way.

In any case, for the small, undeveloped African countries, the coup was much more frequent than the general election.

When the president died, the Liberal Party was in a turmoil.

Fortunately, Vice President Bernard immediately acted and took over as president. He took control of Madagascar's army and vowed to resist to the end.

Only 21,600 regular troops and not more than fifteen tanks combined. The armored vehicles of the army were not enough to form a mechanized brigade. With such a weak army, it was obviously unrealistic to face La Jonah with Freemasonry's support.

Bernard ordered the Army to defend their front line at all cost and stopped the rebels 120 kilometers frm the capital. On the other side, he immediately contacted Jiang Chen, the backing supporter of the Liberal Party, for assistance from Celestial Trade.

With the allies call for help, of course, Celestial Trade went into action.

A mechanized brigade sailed on a transport ship, landed in the northern port of Madagascar, and went straight to the front line to combat the rebels. The so-called ”Presidential Guard” and the Madagascar Army were all irrelevant. What truly determined the outcome of this war were Arrow and Celestial Trade.

Therefore, this war was also dubbed by many people as ”The Agent War” or ”The Mercenary War.”

The longer the war dragged on, the better it would be for Jiang Chen. Celestial Trade mainly mobilized its foreign corp, individual drones, as well as armored vehicles and tanks purchased from Russia, and did not use its Tiger II or Aurora-20.

Only if Madagascar's power was consumed as much as possible could it be obedient after the end of the war and not consider becoming independent once again.

Although his allies must suffer, they must make some sacrifices for the benefit of Xin.

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When Celestial Trade and the Freemasonry battled on Madagascar, a financial tsunami was quietly brewing.

The situation in the Middle East had continued to deteriorate. From Iraq's IS to the Turkish Civil War, the people interested in the global situation could clearly see that this piece of soil that surrounds the Babylonian civilization had been plunged into endless wars. This war revolving around the black gold was also filled with smoke in the international crude oil market.