After France sold Argentina and told Britain the parameters of its flying fish missile model, Britain's military action naturally lost an important concern and moved forward much faster. However, Argentina, which has no way out, has also erupted commendable combat effectiveness, causing non negligible losses to the British Royal Navy.
Unfortunately, the world is cruel, and comprehensive strength is the last word. Argentina can't stop the British army from landing and controlling the Falkland Islands in the end.
On June 14, 1982, major general Menendez, commander of the Argentine garrison in the Falkland Islands, surrendered to major general Jeremy Moore of the Royal Marine Corps, and 9800 Argentine soldiers became prisoners of war.
Argentina's loss is not unjust. The backing obtained by suppressing domestic left-wing forces to please the United States is not comparable to the intimacy of Britain's circle of friends such as NATO, the five eye alliance and the European economic community. In addition, important weapons and equipment are also purchased from Britain's circle of friends. It's no stepping stone.
The letter of surrender signed by Argentina and Britain is a great irony to the calcorian dictatorship, which tries to solve domestic contradictions by launching a war. Within a few days, galtieri was forced to step down as president and general. Without the shelter of power, the righteous liquidation faced by galtieri is not far away.
By contrast, Mrs Thatcher should thank Mr galtieri. Although galtieri failed to save his precarious dictatorship through the victory of a war, Mrs. Thatcher got such benefits.
The victory of the Falklands War raised Britain's patriotic enthusiasm, and Margaret Thatcher's prestige was the same for a time. The high unemployment rate, economic stagflation, trade union resistance and other social contradictions in Britain were all temporarily covered by this light.
It is no exaggeration to say that according to this trend, Margaret Thatcher will undoubtedly be re elected in next year's British election.
In the aftermath of the Falklands war, the British government ordered that confidential information about the Falklands war would be unsealed in 1982.
This also means that all the details of Gao Xian's role in the Falklands war will not be truly known by the world until a hundred years later.
Of course, Gao Xian doesn't care about these. The real motivation for him to run around as a special envoy is to get enough chips for the next operation of Xiangjiang land. Now his goal has been achieved.
At the celebration banquet held at No. 10 Downing Street, Gao Xian attended with Peter Wei, chairman of the board of directors of Xiangjiang land, and the news has spread back to Xiangjiang.
Peter Wei is very excited. It is true that land is a pivotal company in Xiangjiang, enough to appear on various top occasions in Xiangjiang, but it is another matter in London.
Now, under the leadership of Sir Gao, land has indeed radiated new vitality.
Such campaigns have fallen behind. Gao Xian told Peter Wei that you go back to Xiangjiang first. I'll visit Sir MacLehose, deal with some chores, and return to Xiangjiang at the latest in early July.
Peter Wei knows that Sir Gao has been busy with special affairs during this period and missed the ceremony of MacLehose's resignation as governor of Hong Kong. Although MacLehose is not governor of Hong Kong and has retired from the British Foreign Office, he also began to serve as directors of some commercial institutions and some public offices in the UK. He still has some energy, and this relationship is worth maintaining.
Now Mai Lihao is certainly not busy when he was the governor of Hong Kong. After Gao Xian contacted him by telephone, he soon met each other and expressed his apology for missing his resignation ceremony.
Gao Xian has already said hello to him about this etiquette issue. Naturally, Mai Lihao has no objection. Don't mention how happy Gao Xian came to see him.
Gao Xian asked Mai Lihao about his current situation with concern. Mai Lihao replied with a smile: "on the British side, National Westminster Bank asked me to be a director, Scottish trust for the disabled asked me to be the chairman, and the China UK Association also asked me to be the chairman."
"I didn't expect Sir MacLehose to be so busy after retirement." Gao Xian said after paying a compliment without trace: "I don't know if Sir MacLehose has leisure to serve as a director of Gaoyi UK company."
"Since Sir Gao thinks I can still use the waste heat, I won't be polite." Mai Lihao readily agreed.
We are all understanding people. We are naturally clear about the hidden rules of this society. Influence and contacts change interests. We take what we need, especially Mai Lihao, who is eager to earn another pension money.
With their new identity and relationship, they talked so speculatively that they could not be separated hastily.
Therefore, Gao Xian invited Mai Lihao to attend the premiere of paramount's film E.T. aliens in Britain.
E.T. extraterrestrials is such a lucrative movie. The supporting marketing naturally spared no effort. Gao Xian used his contacts and invited Prince Charles, who has just had his son, to help,
In addition, Prince Andrew, who secretly participated in the Falklands war, also came to join the fun, so as to make extra money and relax without delay.
In the box, while enjoying the film and chatting, Prince Charles joked: "it is said that paramount has a stronger momentum this year, and films are selling well, so that there is an argument that Hollywood this year belongs to paramount."
Gao Xian sighed humbly, "Paramount can't make money if he doesn't work hard. Now the group above, Gulf western industrial company, mainly depends on Paramount's blood transfusion to deal with the difficulties in operation."
Prince Charles was still a little righteous and continued to ask with concern, "what is the business situation of Xiangjiang company?"
"The global economy is in recession, and Xiangjiang naturally cannot be alone, and the pressure is not small." Gao Xian said meaningfully: "when necessary, capital operations such as acquisitions may be needed to ensure survival."
Prince Andrew said strangely: "since there are difficulties in operation, how can we spare no effort to make acquisitions?"
"Because the other party must have high-quality resources." Gao Xian smiled, "just like when there is a famine, it can not only reduce food consumption, but also supplement nutrition."
Prince Andrew, who understood something, took a breath of the air conditioner and muttered, "watch a movie, watch a movie..."
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Gao Xian continued to stay in London for a few days to check the progress of investment and withdrawal in London and New York, so as not to be dragged down by the Latin American debt crisis.
Moreover, the turmoil in the Middle East has a greater impact on the global economy than the Falklands war, which ended not long ago.
At the beginning of this month, Israeli ambassador to Britain Argov was shot and seriously injured in London. Israel immediately took this as an excuse to send troops to Lebanon to declare the outbreak of the Fifth Middle East war.
Gao Xian predicts that the bloodbath is still behind. At that time, capital risk aversion will be indispensable, which is likely to make Xiangjiang, as an international financial center, focus on the economic problems accumulated for a long time, and the banking crisis is highly likely to join the excitement with the real estate crisis.
As he was evaluating, Gao Xian received the latest news from Xiangjiang, which made him laugh and start.