Two months after the guerrillas were eliminated, Libya, which had never been able to gain any advantage in the war, finally recognized the reality. Without any clear help from the Soviet Union, Libya could no longer attack Chad as hard as before. A piece of meat was torn off.
Nowadays, Libya is facing military strikes by the French and economic sanctions from Europe and the United States, which have especially caused serious losses to the national pillar industry of oil extraction and export. In the end, as a last resort, the Libyans finally planned to end it.
"Is there a truce?"
"Yes, Gaddafi has already gone to Paris. It won't be long before there will be news!"
The relationship between Libya and France is actually not bad. Although France has repeatedly attacked Libya, France still retains many arms purchase orders from Libya, and even normal oil transportation has not stopped.
In fact, France's participation in this war is nothing more than to defend the African order it established. As long as Libya is willing to cooperate, there is no need for the two sides to fight.
As for Libya's actual losses in this war, they were actually not large. Thousands of casualties and equipment losses were completely within the tolerance of Libya. After all, there were plenty of places to buy them, whether it was the Soviet Union or France. Italy has never turned down arms purchases from Libya.
Although the loss of oil facilities is a pity, they are now in a rapid period of technological upgrading and development, and if they break down, they can still be upgraded.
The most important thing is that there is no loss of Libyan territory. This is the most important thing. Although the Auzou region of Chad has been occupied by Libya for more than ten years, it still belongs to Chad. Not only African countries do not recognize it, but other countries Nor admit it.
Therefore, Libya only needs to abandon the Ozu region and withdraw its troops, and there will be no compensation conditions. France will even provide support, including loans, for Libya's reconstruction.
This method of handling did not even notify Chad. After all, the leadership of this war is in the hands of the French. The latter also hopes to beat Idris, because if Libya is weakened too much, it will allow Idris to escape French control, because alone If the Chadian National Army can deal with foreign enemies, why do we need the French Army?
The French also want to monopolize the uranium mines in Chad!
If there were not rich uranium mines in the Ozu area, the French might really acquiesce in allowing the Libyans to occupy Ozu, but now, for their own sake, the French decided to act as a fair and just big brother.
The Auzou region must be returned to Chad unconditionally, and at the same time, Libya must not carry out any further military aggression against Chad.
Subsequently, Idris was called to France, where he signed relevant documents with representatives of the Libyan side. During this period, the French did not seek any opinions from the Chadian side, but for Idris, this was enough!
Comparing the previous rulers of Chad after independence, Idris found that he was the most capable one. He quelled the country's civil war, reconciled ethnic conflicts, introduced foreign investment to develop the economy, and took back land occupied by foreign countries. You're welcome. In other words, if we push forward a few hundred years, it would not even be a problem for a figure like Idris to be called an emperor.
Of course, this is not how powerful he really is, but in this trend, even a pig can take off. Idris himself also has some skills, and he can seize the opportunities. This is also a skill.
Shepard knew very early on that he would sign an end-of-war agreement and a non-aggression treaty. To put it bluntly, these two treaties really maintained the superficial peace between the two sides, but it may also be because of the subsequent Gaddafi The reason why the goal of the struggle has been changed, but this does not mean that both countries can usher in their own true peace.
Both Chad and Libya continued to have problems in the following decades, but now, at least the two sides have shaken hands and made peace.
"So, where are our people?"
"The exploration team is on the ship and won't arrive in about five days!"
"too slow!"
Shepard couldn't help but complain.
"There's nothing I can do about it. Once I heard there's a war going on here, not many people are willing to come!"
Mrs. Parker, who was married to Shepard, spread her hands and made a pose.
He looked helpless.
The two of them were talking about the exploration team hired by Shepard. Since the formal return ceremony of the Aozu area would be held soon, Shepard started preparations early in line with the principle of first come first served. Uranium ore is a very scarce mineral at any time and must be firmly grasped. In later generations, almost 90% of the uranium ore in Africa will be under the control of Western countries.
When a mysterious extraterritorial paradise obtained ownership of *** uranium mines through transactions, it was accused by European defenders of a new type of colonization.
Therefore, Shepard planned to grab a piece first. Even if he didn't develop it himself, it would be great to transfer it to the auction.
However, Shepard underestimated the French's instinct to protect food.
When he was preparing to negotiate the land transfer with Idris, he learned that his professional team had been intercepted in Niger because the instruments carried by the latter were seized by local officials.
Although Shepard quickly called the U.S. Embassy to handle the matter and quickly asked the other party to release the person, the instruments and equipment the latter was carrying were missing and were suspected of being consumed by the fire. .
Although the official quickly apologized and paid equivalent compensation, and also dealt with the relevant responsible persons, the equipment was indeed gone when it was gone. As a last resort, Shepard had to rush to have a batch shipped over by air.
But the airlifted equipment was delayed again at the French port, and at this time, Shepard finally came to his senses.
Niger is also a former French colony, so if something happens to the equipment, it is obvious that someone is at work, because Idris also knows that he cannot resist the development of uranium mines in Auzou by other countries.
So he chose a method that would not offend anyone. You can explore the place yourself, and whoever explores it will own it. When the time comes, you only need to sign with him and pay him. This is also his helpless move. After all, the two Dads are dads, so they don’t dare to offend.
While Shepard was still waiting for the equipment, the French had already started work and had even quickly captured several large uranium mines.
Several French friends Shepard knew also gave him more or less hints that the French government is bound to get the uranium mine here, even if the US government comes!
"It's not that my brother won't help you, it's that the people above look too ugly!"
"So, we are not allowed to participate in the developer conference!"
