The most direct problem is that the Royal Army of Saudi Arabia has no combat effectiveness at all!

Relatively speaking, the situation of the Royal Air Force in Saudi Arabia is slightly better.

In the previous air strike operations, the Royal Saudi Air Force basically participated in the entire process and also carried out some difficult combat missions.

For example, in August, the Saudi Royal Air Force launched an operational combat aircraft to strike southern Iraq at an average of about 400 flights per day. In addition, fighter jets were arranged to escort attack aircraft for strike missions, and during this period, they confronted the Boy fighter jets that had emerged above the Posai Bay many times.

This has a lot to do with the fact that most pilots come from Pakistan.

Perhaps in order to "reward" Saudi Arabia, the Imperial Air Force handed over a batch of "War-11A" fighter jets to the Royal Air Force of Saudi Arabia at the end of August. Because the first batch of pilots arranged by Saudi Arabia had completed training in the Empire, these fighters were then put into battle.

According to customary practice, the exported "War-11A" was named "War-11AG" and necessary improvements were made, such as removing some sensitive equipment that prohibits export.

For this reason, after Saudi Arabia became the second country to put "War-11AG" into actual combat.

In contrast, the Royal Saudi Army is basically a patrol force used to protect the border.

With 1,000 "ZT-99AGS" main battle tanks, the Royal Saudi Army has always been unwilling to participate in the ground battle against Iraq.

In addition, among all "ZT-99AG", the S-shaped type sold to Saudi is the best.

The key is that this tank is imitated with the "ZT-99AL" of the Imperial Marine Corps, replaced with a 125mm smoothbore gun that uses a full load of ammunition, and also switched to a tail-cabin automatic ammunition loader. In terms of overall performance, it is close to the "ZT-99B" and surpasses other "ZT-99A" that have not changed guns.

It is reasonable to say that Saudi Arabia is unwilling to send troops to attack Iraq just to restore Kuwait.

After all, Iraq is also a member of the group of oil-producing countries, and it is a barrier for countries on the southern coast of Posa Bay such as Saudi Arabia to deal with the threat from the north. Both sides have common interests, and the Saudi Arabia authorities do not want to split the Mua A country due to their participation in the war, which will restrain their military operations.

The problem now is that the global war has broken out, what else are there to worry about?

Any possibility of being alone no longer exists.

The most convincing thing is that since late August, when the global war has become inevitable, the Boy Air Force has obviously become more active.

Only in late August, Boy fighter jets missed 100 operations to "invade" Saudi-Uzbek airspace.

During this period, several small-scale conflicts broke out.

On August 29, the Royal Air Force's "War-11AGS" intercepted two invading enemy aircraft over Posa Bay and launched missiles. It then claimed that it was two Posa Air Force F-14As, and shot down one of them in the battle, but the wreckage of the enemy aircraft fell into Posa Bay.

The Boy Air Force did not admit it, but claimed that its fighter planes were threatened during flights in the international airspace of Posa Bay. It only turned back before the fighter planes in Saudi Arabia arrived and did not engage in combat with Saudi Arabia. There was no saying that the fighter planes were shot down.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that the Boy fighter jets have indeed approached Saudi-Ukrainian airspace.

The key is that the coastline of Saudi Arabia on the Posar Bay is not long, and there is only one deep-water port, that is, the Daman Port, which was requisitioned by the coalition forces. But what's so bad is that almost all the oil fields in Saudi Arabia are located in the Posar Bay, and oil exports are almost all transported by sea.

Daman Port is not only a military port, but also one of the best commercial ports in the Posa Bay area.

Obviously, the actions of the Boy Air Force have posed a threat to the Port of Daman.

The king of Saudi Arabia must still remember that during the Iran-Iraq War, dozens of tankers sailing from Daman Port were attacked by Posay fighter jets in Posay Bay, and Saudi Arabia suffered billions of gold and its prestige among the Mua-A country once dropped to the bottom.

In a sense, the Hussein regime's courage to invade and annex Kuwait was related to the decline of Saudi Arabia's status in the Mua country.

From another perspective, Hussein may feel that by invading Kuwait, he can replace Saudi Arabia and become the leader of the Mua National Group, thus dominate the entire Posa Bay area, control the world's oil depots, and even unify all Mua countries to become the fourth super hegemony.

If Saudi Arabia still had influence, Hussein might not have the courage.

Can Saudi Arabia stay out of the global war?

The answer is obviously no!

Doesn’t the King of Shawu understand this truth?

Obviously not!

The problem actually lies in the combat capabilities of the Royal Army in Saudi Arabia.

To put it bluntly, even if you give Shawudi enough advanced weapons and equipment, the Royal Army of Shawudi may not be able to win a battle.

What's more, a large number of mercenaries from Pakistan Railway are returning to China one after another.

Relying entirely on their own soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Saudi Royal Army becomes even more problematic.

In fact, Ding Zhennan had long thought of these problems.

In August, he mentioned this matter to Shi Suliang, and Shi Suliang also attached great importance to it, and even went to the capital of Pakistan for this matter.

With Shi Suliang's efforts, the Pakistan Railway authorities have made guarantees.

Even if a war broke out with the Kingdom of Vanluo, pilots serving in the Royal Air Force in Saudi Arabia, especially fighter pilots, would not be recalled immediately.

Of course, the premise is that the Liangxia Empire must send troops to participate in the war as promised.

As for the army officers and soldiers, especially the tank soldiers of the armored units, there is no need to talk about them.

Don’t forget that there are also a large number of “ZT-99AGB” in Pakistan.

The ZT-99AG sold to Pakistan is a shrinking version and has also been replaced with a tank gun, but the old 44-diameter 125mm ammunition smoothbore gun used on the ZT-80 was replaced. The performance is even worse than the ZT-99A's 48-diameter 125mm ammunition smoothbore gun.

The key is that Pakistan has long obtained a production license for a 44-diameter 125mm smoothbore gun, which can be produced by itself and has reserved a large number of supporting ammunition.

Obviously, using domestic tank guns is much cheaper than imported tank guns.

Of course, it can also consume shells that are too much stock to be used up.

The main reason is that when Pakistan introduced the ZT-99AGB, there was no tank in the country that could block a 44-diameter 125mm smoothbore gun, so there was no problem of insufficient power of the tank gun, so there was no need to spend money to purchase better tank guns.

Although after this, the Vanluo Kingdom purchased the "Arjun" F1 developed on the basis of the M1 of the Republic of Newland, and then began to produce the improved "Arjun" F2, which was equipped with the same 120mm tank gun as the M1A1, and its firepower was significantly enhanced. However, the "Arjun" itself is a shrinking version of the M1, and its protective performance is not as good as the M1, which is slightly better than the M60.

It can be seen that the 44 times 125mm tank gun of Pakistan is still enough.

Of course, even if the legendary battle weight exceeds 60 tons and the protective performance has been successfully developed with the M1A2 "Arjun 2" main battle tank, Pakistan can also increase the firepower of the ZT-99AGB to a level that is enough to destroy it by changing guns.

In other aspects, there is no difference between ZT-99AGB and the S-type in Saudi Arabia.

In fact, all the "mercenaries" serving in the Royal Army of Saudi Arabia were officers and soldiers of the Pakistan Railway Defense Forces.

Sending officers and soldiers to serve in the Royal Army of Saudi Arabia will not only enhance relations with Saudi Arabia, but also save a lot of training costs.

In addition, the high salary offered by Saudi Arabia can also improve the lives of Pakistani soldiers.

Now, the war with the Kingdom of Vanluo has reached the verge of possible outbreak at any time, and Pakistan will never be able to leave tank soldiers in Saudi Arabia.

To be said, on the southern subcontinent battlefield, the main force is always the armored forces.

Although the importance of air strikes has been proven in the Posa Bay War, on the southern subcontinent, both Pakistan and Vanluo attach great importance to armored forces.

The reason is also very simple. In the previous two large-scale wars, Pakistan and Vanluo relied on armored troops.

Even in the Second Bafan War, Pakistan relied on the air force with higher combat efficiency to withstand the armored torrent of the Van Luo Army in the strategic defense stage, and then it also made the Van Luo Army retreat through high-intensity air strikes, and finally won the victory of the local defense battle. However, compared with the army's armored forces, the role played by the air force in the entire war is still not outstanding and decisive.

The key is that Pakistani Railway lost in two large-scale wars because of the lack of powerful armored troops.

Because there is no armored force, or the armored force is not strong enough and seriously lacks the ability to attack and assault, Pakistan is very passive in strategy.

In the early days of the two Bafan Wars, the Pakistani army was short of armored troops and was forced to fight on the land by the enemy because of their lack of armored troops. Even if they finally defeated the invading enemy, they would have won a tragic victory, and the huge losses suffered would not be compensated for the victory.

After the Second Bafan War, Pakistan began to build armored soldiers with all its might.

In addition, the overall strategy has been adjusted.

Simply put, it is to use offense instead of defense, and after the war begins, it will invade the territory of Fanluo, minimizing the losses suffered by the local government.

The core force of this set of tactics is armored soldiers!

No matter how powerful the air force is, the assault operation must rely on armored soldiers, and only armored soldiers can quickly break through the border defense line of the Fanluo Kingdom.

That's why the situation of the Royal Saudi Army became very embarrassing.

There are 1,000 ZT-99AGS with extremely powerful combat power, but there are no tank soldiers who drive tanks to charge!

In fact, Ding Zhennan didn't wait long.

Shi Suliang went in for about half an hour, and then came out accompanied by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.

There was an outsider here, so Ding Zhennan didn't ask much.

After getting on the bus, he asked about the negotiation situation.

"The King of Saudi Arabia has agreed that the Royal Saudi Army will obey the dispatch of the coalition command, but it is impossible to solve the problem of the personnel."

"this……"

"All weapons and equipment are for us, but we have to arrange combat personnel."

Ding Zhennan rubbed his forehead hard.

In fact, this result was completely within his expectations.

The import of so many arms in Saudi Arabia, in addition to paying tribute to the super hegemony, it is used as a decoration. After all, the royal family in Saudi Arabia never thought of fighting.

But the question is, where to find someone?

"Do you have any plans?"

Ding Zhennan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shi Suliang, because Shi Suliang's words obviously had another meaning.

"I received a transfer order yesterday, asking me to go to the Northwest War Zone within half a month."

"Half a month?"

Shi Suliang nodded and said, "I will continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, but you will be in charge of the combat operations. So if you have any requirements, please tell me as soon as possible."

“Mainly people.”
To be continued...