() The provincial government was extremely noisy, but Canglong was listening to Snow Leopard's report on the recent situation of the Prophet Army in the branch of Longteng International.
"Our current total military establishment is 3,000 people. Excluding the air force and navy, it is 2,500 people. This is the division of all combat personnel." Snow Leopard said calmly, after integrating the Basra security forces , the first thing they did was disarmament.
There are two police battalions in Basra, one combat battalion and one tank battalion, with a total of six thousand people. Such a huge number is already considered a lot for a province in Iraq. After all, this place has just experienced a war. Everything They are all undergoing reconstruction. It is difficult to maintain such a small province with so many people.
The entire land area of Iraq is only the size of a medium-sized province in China. The oil economy it relies on has not yet recovered, and it has already exceeded the cost of raising 6,000 troops.
Without U.S. aid, it would probably be pretty good to be able to support one or two thousand people.
The reason why Canglong disarmed was not because he had no money to feed these people, but mainly because they were all trained by Americans. The first priority of the Prophet Army is loyalty, and the second is strength. Without loyal soldiers, there is no way to fight without them. Of no use.
So in the first time, Canglong cut off half of the number of people. The combat camp had 1,500 people, and only 500 people were qualified to join the Prophet Army. As for the tank battalion, which had been paralyzed, it was directly abolished by Canglong. Even if it was not paralyzed, Canglong I feel that in modern warfare, keeping these tanks is of little use. At best, they are used to suppress public riots. But now everyone in Basra believes in him as a prophet, so there is no need to keep tanks. fu or the US military If a war breaks out, tanks will only become targets for the Baghdad Air Force, and Canglong will not do such a thankless business.
As for the two police camps, one was in Basra City and the other was in Qada Prison. Because the prison was destroyed, Canglong directly disbanded half of them, and the rest were all placed under the jurisdiction of the militia headquarters.
Of course, Canglong did not leave the other disbanded troops idle, but classified them all into the militia sequence, under the unified jurisdiction of the militia headquarters. Therefore, the current militiamen are police officers, and they are also soldiers during wartime. During the war, they were all organized into workers and farmers.
But no one expected that Canglong would actually send Hei Wuchang as the commander of the militia, and of course Bai Wuchang would also assist him.
As for the elite of the Prophet Army, Badr continues to lead it, and the deputy commander is Vivian. The other members of Team B have all become military advisors and do not hold any actual positions in the Prophet Army, but they are responsible for training the Prophet Army.
"All air force airports have been converted to civil aviation. The Coast Guard is only responsible for coastal patrols and protecting fishing boats out to sea in Basra. Without my order, you cannot start a war with any neighboring navy without my order." Canglong said calmly.
"Change to civil aviation." Xue Bao was very puzzled by Cang Long's decision, "Why don't we establish an air force?"
"Is it time to establish an air force now?" Soryu asked, "Americans have many air force bases in the Middle East. If we use the name of the air force, once a war breaks out, the airport will be the main target of the Americans. Can you outplay the U.S. Air Force?" ?”
"That's true." Snow Leopard nodded, "But it's not a big deal if we just stop fighting and don't advance or retreat."
"The important thing now is not to build up armaments. With the current situation in Iraq, we have no way to compete with the Americans. If we build it up, we will only become a target for the Americans. Why waste money on it? But we also have our advantages. All of Basra's The people's hearts are with me now, and what we have to do is to continue to expand this advantage." Canglong said calmly.
"But it's not enough to be completely unarmed." Snow Leopard said.
"No, the people are our weapons." Canglong said calmly, "By the way, how is the contact with Alidai?"
"You said those anti-aircraft missiles have begun to be transported from the border, and the assembly factory has been established. It is just that there is a lack of manpower for operation. Now the base is training missile soldiers." Snow Leopard said.
"Well, discuss with Alidai as soon as possible and ask him to transport more anti-aircraft missiles. The more of these, the better. The only thing we need to build now is the missile force." Canglong said calmly.
"These missiles are all free." Snow Leopard looked strange, because Vivian was responsible for this matter. He was only responsible for receiving. Although it was not a large missile, it was enough to build a small air defense system. Helicopters are fine, but if you want to fight American fighter jets, they are useless.
"What you think is so beautiful. Alidai is providing us with missiles now, and we will definitely need to repay them in the future." Canglong frowned, "Although he and I are friends, after all, Iran is behind him."
"By the way, Vivian said that Iran seems to be sending a special envoy over to discuss cooperation with us in a few days." Snow Leopard suddenly thought of something.
"Look, it's coming." Canglong was not surprised at all. Now that Iraq is in civil strife, neighboring countries want a share of the pie. "Soon, not only Iran will come, but neighboring Turkey, Jordan and Saudi Arabia will also send special personnel." The envoys came over to inquire about our movements, but the only ones bordering us are Iran and Kuwait. It is not surprising that Iran sent an envoy. Kuwait will definitely not send an envoy here. This is a regime supported by the Americans, but we have to wait. , is definitely not the special envoy of these countries."
"What you're waiting for is Lao Maozi." Snow Leopard guessed something.
"In today's world, the only one who dares to clamor with the Americans is other than Russia." Canglong said with a smile.
Then he asked his assistant to prepare the car before heading to the provincial government. By this time, there had been a quarrel inside for more than two hours.
"They're going to start fighting if you don't come here." Vivian glanced at Canglong angrily and said.
After the disguise, Canglong looks completely different from usual, but at least no one will think that he is the president of Longteng International. Here he is just a prophet.
Hearing this, Canglong looked unconcerned: "Then let them continue to argue for a while, and let's go have some tea first."
Vivian looked incredulous: "You're not."
"That's me." Canglong looked like a rogue, and then he actually came to the office next door and asked someone to make tea and drink it leisurely.
After a while, Badr also came. Seeing Canglong being so leisurely, he looked anxious: "If you don't get there, they will really start fighting."
"Let them fight and kill a few of them." Canglong drank tea with a contented look on his face.
This left them speechless, but Canglong actually drank tea in this office for two hours before going to the conference room.
His arrival silenced both Shias and Sunnis. Most people had already seen the prophet Canglong, so after his arrival, they all shut their mouths, then stood up and saluted respectfully: "Prophet."
Canglong sat down in his seat expressionlessly. Just now in the office, Bader had told Canglong the reason for their quarrel, so he raised a question as soon as he came: "Who can tell me why God gave Iraq so much oil?" , but in the end they were unable to become wealthy like other Middle Eastern countries.”
The chiefs of the two factions looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them spoke. Seeing this, Canglong called them by name and said: "Chief Assad, please tell me first."
Assad was closing his eyes and concentrating when he was suddenly called by Canglong. He could not recover. After a while, he said: "Because of Du Cai's rule, Saddam led Iraq to Du Cai, so our top priority is to pull out the The US military base established the Min Zhu regime headed by the Prophet. "Fu has solved the remaining threats from the Mahdi Army and the Baath Party, and we are the first to bear the brunt." At this moment, a Sunni chief suddenly stood up and said pessimistically. .
Then the whole venue started to quarrel again. Canglong frowned, pulled out Balder's gun beside him, and fired a shot at the ceiling.
With a "bang", all the quarrels stopped, and everyone looked at him with fear. Canglong returned the gun to Badr, then pointed at the chief who suddenly spoke just now and said: "Drag him out and remove him from the chief's post." , and select someone to serve as chief."
Badr was stunned and winked at the inner guard, and the chief was dragged out. Before leaving, he didn't seem to realize where he was wrong, but he didn't dare to curse Canglong, because the whole Basra thought Canglong was He is the prophet. In Islam, insulting the prophet is punishable by hanging.
The conference room fell silent again. The Sunnis were all trembling with fear, but the Shias headed by Assad all looked gloating.
"Chief Chilam, you are the most influential person in the Sunni community. Come and tell me why Iraq has become like this." Canglong looked at Chilam indifferently. Fu dismissed, but Canglong did not. He Still holding the position of provincial governor, only the Kurdish general was shot dead by Badr on the spot for leading his army to resist the Prophet. The same was naturally true for other officials. Reform must be carried out step by step. Really kill them all, Basra. The administrative system collapsed.
Chilam was a little trembling: "I think it's a war. The war has brought down Iraq's economy, so we can't continue the war. We should negotiate peace with the fu and obtain the understanding of the Americans."
"Fart, how can there be peace without war? Do you really want to be an American dog?" A Shiite chief stood up and cursed.
But this time the Sunnis did not refute, and they all kept their resentment deep in their hearts. Apparently they felt that the prophet Canglong supported the Shia sect.
"Drag him out and treat him the same as the chief just now." Cang Long ordered coldly.
This caused the entire venue to be in an uproar. The Shia chief looked in disbelief. This time, Badr did not take action immediately, but said strangely: "Prophet..."
"Are you questioning my order?" Canglong stared at Badr coldly.
Badr swallowed and finally sent someone to drag the Shiite chief out.
At this time, the Shia chiefs all looked surprised, while the Sunni chiefs looked puzzled, and no one dared to speak without permission.
After everything calmed down, Canglong said: "God has given you trust and allowed you to serve as the chiefs of the tribe, but you are quarreling and fighting every day. How can you live up to God's trust in you? The Prophet Muhammad once said that the Arab nation Only by uniting can we become stronger. So what brought down Iraq was not the war, but the internal fighting. It was your disunity. So I don’t want to hear your quarrels in the future. If I find out, I will start again. Appoint another person to be the chief of your tribe, do you understand?"
Hearing this, the chiefs all looked confused, but in the end they nodded and agreed.
"As for the future direction of Basra." Canglong paused and glanced at everyone, "Allah has already given me revelations to solve hunger and poverty, restore Basra's economy, and allow people from all tribes to feel the blessing of the prophet's arrival. As for the war and the Americans, it is not your concern, God will give me revelations."