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On May 5, the famous London newspapers The Times and the Oxford Gazette simultaneously published a report as a front-page headline!
The title of this report is extremely eye-catching - "The lies behind the good news, are the British Empire's troops really invincible?" 》

According to the information disclosed in this report, a few days ago, the Sheffield guided missile destroyer, one of the most important ships in the navy, had been sunk by the Afghan army.

Furthermore, in the previous battles, Helicopter No. 3 taking off from the county-class destroyer "Anchun" and Wessex Helicopter No. [-] taking off from the Shioquan were destroyed by the Afghan army. All people on board were killed, and the losses were extremely heavy. .

More importantly, although various media are now reporting that the British army fought bravely and the Afghan army was retreating steadily, but in fact the army has only captured a small South Georgia Island, and there is no other attack. Other developments.

This report questioned the British army's performance from beginning to end, saying that they were lying about their results and deceiving the people.

The influence of The Times and Oxford Gazette in the British Isles is equivalent to the status of People's Daily and Global Times in China.

These two newspapers reported the matter at the same time, which naturally aroused great attention from the public.

A large number of people took to the streets that day, hoping that the government would come forward to explain the situation.

Affected by this, the decline in London's stock and futures markets came to an abrupt end, and then began to rise slightly.

On the morning of the 15th, the female Prime Minister Iron Lady accepted an interview with the media at her official residence at No. 10 Downing Street, and responded directly to the questions raised by The Times and the Oxford Gazette.

In the Iron Lady's response, she stated that the Sheffield guided-missile destroyer was indeed attacked by an Afghan missile and caught fire. This matter had not been made public before, mainly because the warship did not sink and was of salvage and repair value.

But at the same time, she also said that now that the fire has been extinguished, the battleship is in a stranded state and has lost its maintenance value.

The implication proves the fact that the Sheffield guided missile destroyer sank.
When responding to the downing of the helicopter, Iron Lady made it clear that the plane was not shot down, but crashed on the glacier due to the influence of thick fog.

As for the fact that the army has not captured the valuable targets on the Falklands, Iron Lady explained that the most important task of the army now is to deal with the Afghan army’s counterattack, and frankly admitted that as long as the Afghan army’s counterattack is blocked, it will be easy to capture the Falklands.
Overall, the Iron Lady's response was very candid, but the public didn't buy it at all.

What she explained was the reason, but what the public heard was the result: the guided missile destroyer sank, the helicopter crashed, and the island was not taken down!
In the eyes of many people, this is almost equivalent to the military lying about the results of the war and the government deceiving the people.

For a time, people in the British Isles were angry and took to the streets to protest against the government and demand an explanation.

The entire island was in chaos.
Affected by this, the prices of military industry stocks and metals and other bulk commodities in the stock and futures markets have changed from the previous decline and are soaring!

On May 5, the price of steel officially exceeded 15 pounds per ton, the price of copper reached 300 pounds per ton, and the price of aluminum also reached 1819 pounds.

Just one day later, the price of steel rose again by 10 pounds, and the prices of copper and aluminum also increased slightly.

At the same time, the delivery date for the first batch of steel in the contract acquired by Li Yunbao and others is approaching.

Li Yi knew that the time had come to take action!
May 5th. Monday!

At eight o'clock in the morning, Li Yi, accompanied by Li Yunbao, Zhou Xinghua, Zhang Qiusheng, Pang Feiyan, Liang He and others, walked into the gate of the London Metal Exchange for the first time.

Their arrival, apart from startling Dolson and others, did not attract anyone else's attention.

After arriving at the VIP room that had been arranged in advance, Li Yi immediately asked people to go out to inquire about the situation. At the same time, he also asked people to get him several mainstream newspapers.

When Li Yi saw the news published in the newspaper about the public protests, the government was struggling to cope with it, and the country was shocked, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Yes, he had people release the doubtful news in the newspaper, and he wrote the report himself and had Li Yunbao translate it.

In order to spread this report throughout the British Isles as quickly as possible, Li Yi also spent a full 100 million pounds to buy newspapers, magazines and media people.

Going back to what the newspapers reported, regarding the sinking of the guided-missile destroyer Sheffield, the facts are indeed similar to what the Iron Lady said.

But it is undeniable that the military does deliberately conceal situations.The guided missile destroyer was attacked on May 5 and sank on the high seas on May 4 while being towed by the Almaus and became a tombstone.

But they did not report it in time. Even when the Iron Lady responded, she did not say it sank, but stranded. The meaning of this has to make people imagine.

In previous lives, the government was widely questioned by the people just because of this matter.

But because they delayed breaking the news until June, by which time the war was over and Argentina had been defeated, the matter fell to rest after a period of turmoil.

And Li Yi just broke the news in advance now. Since the time is just right, the female prime minister may not be as easy as in her previous life if she wants to settle the matter.

As for the two helicopters, it was indeed as explained by the female prime minister that they crashed due to heavy fog, and Li Yi deliberately said that they were destroyed.

It is also true that the British army did not take the Falklands. The reason is the same as what the Iron Lady said, and it is related to the battle plan of the frontline troops.

But who cares about this? What the people want to see or what they see now is that the warship was sunk, the government chose to conceal it, the helicopter crashed, and the government did not inform the people!

So they feel like they've been fooled and they're angry!
At this moment, a bell suddenly rang outside, which was a signal that the market here was opening.

Hearing the bell, Li Yi immediately put down the newspaper in his hand.

Only a few minutes later, Zhang Qiusheng and Zhou Xinghua came back to inquire about the news.

After entering the door, Zhang Qiusheng immediately reported: "Li Sheng, the opening price of steel has now reached 7900 pounds per lot, equivalent to 316 pounds per lot!"

"The price of copper is 46000 pounds per lot, equivalent to 1840 pounds per ton; the price of aluminum is 34500 pounds per lot, equivalent to 1380 pounds per ton!"

Zhou Xinghua also echoed: "The price of steel has also increased significantly, reaching 324 pounds per ton. If we sell all the steel in our hands now, we can make a direct profit of 14 billion pounds!"

"Can't sell!"

Then Li Yi said directly: "Feiyan, Liang He, you should immediately start taking action separately and sell all the copper and aluminum contracts in your hands, but remember, you must sell in small quantities and not cause panic in the market!"

"Yes!"

"Manager Zhang, please immediately check how many expiring futures contracts we have on hand. After determining the quantity, apply to the exchange for spot delivery!" Li Yi ordered again.

"Yes!"

After everyone took the order to leave, Zhou Xinghua looked at Li Yi and said, "Li Sheng, what are we going to do here?"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Do nothing, just wait!"

"Wait what?"

"Wait until those people from the steel company come to your door, then the lion opens its mouth and bites them hard!"

Li Yi knew very well that the squeeze war had begun. Although this round may not necessarily bring down Sheffield Steel, it could also cause it to suffer heavy losses.

However, this is only the first round. Even if they successfully resolve this round of squeeze, they will soon face the expiration of the delivery date of the second batch of contracts, followed by the third round.

I believe that with the current situation of Sheffield Steel Company, it is impossible to survive. There is only one end waiting for them - bankruptcy! (End of chapter)