King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Although a significant portion of the aid for the 'Safety Zone' was intercepted by the United Nations, Joe Ga still had Monica represent P·B at the meeting, where she signed a contract with a start date but no end date, in front of everyone.

This was a deal reached through secret negotiations by Eric, the price being that the 'Safety Zone' had to forget about the funds that were intercepted. P·B, taking 60 million, not only had to ensure the safety of the area but also guarantee the basic survival of the people in the Safety Zone.

The United Nations would only arrange for an official to supervise remotely, with possible regular inspections in the future, while P·B became the de facto authority in the Safety Zone.

Moreover, as long as the United Nations did not hold a vote to close the Safety Zone, P·B's lawful status would continue indefinitely.

The past half year of plotting by Boss Qiao was finally bearing fruit...

The humanitarian channel was firmly established, and the market in Iraq opened its arms to him. As long as the situation stabilized a little, the Syrian market would also open up.

Consider how the Syrian opposition, Kurdish forces, and various factions fought each other to death but failed to gain recognition from the international community.

Even with America's support, they were still militias in name!

Yet Boss Qiao, using charitable means and a humanitarian channel that wasn't quite profitable, sought for himself the status of a 'regular army'.

This was indeed a regular army, a lawful private military group recognized by the United Nations!

During the vote, America, France, and China unanimously cast favorable votes, while England and Russia simply declared abstention, only to be spit on by the media the next day.

The most aggrieved Syria, however, unexpectedly received praise from Princess Amina.

In front of the numerous media, Princess Amina expressed the Syrian Government's gratitude and declared that the 'Safety Zone' was not a Kurdish safety zone but belonged to all innocent civilians in Iraq and Syria.

Anyone displaced by the war could seek temporary refuge in the Safety Zone.

Soon after, a grand plan to restart the railway connecting Iraq to Syria was laid on the Syrian Government's desk, signed personally by Ambassador Steven from America.

As the saying goes, keep fighting as you will, but money still needs to be made!

Steven stated that as long as Syria agreed, he would mediate among America, Turkey, and Iraq to attempt to restart the railway that extended from Basra in southern Iraq, through Mosul, then 800 kilometers west along the Syria-Turkey border, and finally south through the Syrian opposition-controlled territory to reach Damascus.

At the same time, representatives from China's major construction groups approached the Syrian Government, offering that if they had such a plan, China could provide low-interest loans and the necessary technical support.

Of course, this endeavor was extremely difficult since neither Russia nor America were satisfied with the current state of Syria.

However, both Qiao and Steven didn't care, as they wouldn't have to spend a penny themselves. As long as there was an opportunity to develop a market and have China provide funds to repair the railway, they were happy to go along with it.

For Joe Ga and Steven, it was merely about bringing it up for discussion with the right people at the right moments.

Whether the project could be successfully completed was not important; the priority was to show goodwill and soothe Syria's wounded spirit.

If someday Russia and America decided that Syria could return to peace, wouldn't that make the project feasible?

Boss Qiao was demonstrating his mastery, taking a shot at it whether it was likely fruitful or not.

Lately, Steven was like an enlightened being, taking advantage of the transition period where the White House's control weakened, continuously engaged in various political maneuvers.

He had become an arbitrator of Iraq's situation, with his influence gradually expanding.

He desired nothing more than to finalize all of Iraq's business deals before the election finished, then go back to negotiate for a chance at the position of Secretary of State.

There's a saying that goes, "Get back up where you fell down." Steven's former boss had repeatedly set him up, nearly costing him his life in foreign affairs.

This time, he intended to sit in his former boss's seat with the halo of Middle East peace envoy, cutting off her retreat and then taking revenge on those who had been involved in plotting against him.

For Joe Ga, everything was developing in a favorable direction, but for Turkey, the situation was getting worse.

ISIS and the Kurdish Eagles seemed to have locked horns, with frequent terrorist attacks keeping Turkish military and police run off their feet for nearly half a month.

Faced with the Kurdish forces in Iraq announcing they would execute captured Turkish commandos, the Turks could sit idle no longer.

The Turkish Foreign Minister, who had once acted like a mad dog, flew to Baghdad to meet the buoyant Steven, and the two had a confidential meeting that lasted an entire afternoon...

The next day, Steven personally found the Kurdish representative in Baghdad, asking them to transfer the captured Turkish commandos, caught with the help of the mercenaries, over to P·B.

The Kurdish had complicated feelings about P·B, as it hadn't been long since Joe Ga led his team to kill more than 200 Kurdish fighters.

However, as P·B showed its toughness in the standoff with Turkey and with the establishment of the Safety Zone, the Kurdish forces had to acknowledge their strength.

Bringing up the matter of the more than 200 dead Kurds at this point would serve no purpose but to make themselves uncomfortable.

And with the United States making its stance clear, as represented by Ambassador Steven, they had no choice but to comply.

Three Turkish C-130 transport planes landed at the Baghdad Air Force Base...

Facing the media's questions, the Turkish Foreign Minister solemnly apologized to the SEALs members and hostages who were "mistakenly bombed".

He also expressed understanding and respect for P·B's actions and stated that both parties would cooperate more in the future to prevent similar incidents from happening.

Then the Turkish Foreign Minister took all the hostages with him on a C-130 back to their homeland.

The other two "forgotten" C-130s and the four F-16s that were damaged and needed repairs became ownerless property, reluctantly taken into Joe's possession.

On the fourth day, the mercenary coalition in Mosul began a series of military actions against a string of ISIS targets...

As the fighting around Mosul escalated, and Turkey strengthened its border controls and security measures, along with the deployment of the air force bearing a lion's head insignia under the lead of the P·B air force, multiple airstrikes were launched against ground targets, greatly easing their anti-terror pressure.

Many did not anticipate that a military service company, initially contracted to cook for soldiers, would gradually inflate into a major corporation over several months and, in fact, come to dominate the course of the Iraq War.

When 'Cobra' and 'Archerfish', the two true Aces, launched their piercing arrow, several authentic, low-cost, aged jet fighter pilots came forward to report for duty, and the F-16s began frequent sorties in southern Iraq.

The locals were unaware that these were Russian pilots getting accustomed to American fighter jets.

As the F-16s arrogantly streaked across the sky, some tribes that had been restless for not receiving enough benefits became quiet.

These tribes were mostly near oil fields controlled by England, Malaysia, and Russia.

As they watched their neighbors getting rich, these few also began to organize a return to work, but they refrained from mentioning anything about 'aid', which caused great dissatisfaction among the tribal militia.

If Russia was just being stubborn, then the English were schadenfreude spectators, hoping that P·B would crash and burn amidst this chaotic situation.

But to their surprise, ISIS's retaliation wasn't aimed at P·B, but at them instead.

With Aaron, the fool, around, the Armour Group's hope of profiting from the chaos was dashed, as ISIS directed its vengeance towards the English...

Two oil fields attempting to restart operations suffered terrorist attacks, with over forty people killed in the explosions and six English engineers kidnapped, whose beheading videos were posted online less than eight hours later.

And during this time, England was holding a very frustrating 'Brexit vote' on the home front.

Cameron, who hadn't been in touch with Joe for a long time, simply had no time to pay attention to the Energy Group's issues.

He attempted to unify the domestic opinion through a 'vote', aiming to sacrifice some benefits after consolidating national consensus and then to fully integrate into the European Union through negotiations with the EU.

This gentleman wasted too much energy on the negotiations with the European Union and it seemed no matter what they did, they couldn't satisfy the majority, leading to this huge political gamble.

But if successful, the considerations of both the Upper and Lower Houses of England could potentially become unified.

What he didn't foresee, however, was that while the poor victims were being beheaded, England announced its decision to leave the EU...

As the English grappled with the immense grief caused by this dark humor, a bomb exploded in a London subway station.

The explosion of 30 kilograms of high explosives completely destroyed a subway platform, resulting in 142 deaths and more than 300 injuries.

While London police helplessly blew their whistles for backup, a group of terrorists attacked the Armour Group's London headquarters...

The Armour Group's security held out valiantly for 3 minutes before being overrun by a band of young terrorists who stormed the building, followed by the building being sealed off, with the terrorists taking a large number of hostages...

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of England was in his office, poised to write his resignation letter.

Faced with such a dire situation, Cameron decisively ordered a special forces assault and then sat in his not-so-comfortable chair, gloomily awaiting the outcome with his resignation letter in hand.

He was so engrossed in the damned Brexit referendum that he had no idea what was going on.

He only knew he was finished, but decided that ending his prime ministerial career with a resounding fight wasn't a bad idea, and perhaps he might even gain a reputation for 'decisiveness' and possibly a chance to make a comeback in the future.

While Cameron waited, representatives from several energy groups found their way to his office.

When Cameron saw the information about Iraq's energy enterprises and the intelligence dossier on P·B laid out on his desk.

He suddenly felt that even though his time as Prime Minister was over, his political career might still be salvageable...

Choosing a Conservative colleague to succeed him and then becoming the Conservative party leader himself seemed like a good option.

Without him, how would England, a country full of fools, cope?