The entire neighbor Natasha was referring to was Kuwait. The U.S. military's transit troops in Kuwait now number as many as 20,000, possessing various weapons and equipment, which is simply more people than the Kuwait Defense Forces.
Kuwait is a small territorial country and a small military country, but it is a well-known oil power. The oil reserves rank sixth in the world, which makes the small country of Kuwait very wealthy. Otherwise, Saddam would not have sent troops to invade Kuwait.
To occupy this country.
The first is because occupying this place will extend the embarrassment of Iraq's narrow coastline. The second is because the oil here is much more than Basra. From all aspects, Saddam felt that he would launch a war to take this country by force.
All are beneficial.
But what he didn't expect was that the Kuwaitis couldn't defeat Saddam, but that didn't mean that the Americans would let him take away the country easily. So the famous Kuwait War broke out, but Saddam calculated well and ended up with
It ended in disastrous failure.
Five months after Saddam turned Kuwait into the 19th province of Iraq, the United States launched a war against Iraq. Not only did Iraq spit out the Kuwait it had eaten, but its own strength was also greatly damaged. In the end, it was sanctioned by the United States.
More than ten years later, it directly led to the fall of Saddam Hussein when the United States launched the second war in Iraq.[
The sea eagle smoked a cigarette and asked calmly: "The Kuwaiti navy, army and air force have a total of less than 20,000 people. How can you let this timid King of Kuwait dare to attack Basra? What's more, he attacked Iran in Basra and beat one.
On the premise of winning the war, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and captured the entire territory of Kuwait in one day, leaving a deep shadow on the Kuwaitis."
"Of course I don't expect Kuwait to wipe out the Prophet Army, but if Kuwait can contain the Prophet Army at sea and on land, it will send a signal to Iran. Not only will we support you in counterattacking the Prophet Army, but we will also provide you with a
Powerful containment." Natasha looked at the map, "Basra does not have a navy, and Kuwait has our base. We can deploy the Patriot air defense missile system in Kuwait, so that Basra's air power will be restricted. With the air defense missile,
The Kuwaitis can rest assured to contain Basra, after all, they do not like the people of Basra who also belong to Iraq."
Haidiao put out the cigarette, pondered for a while and said: "Contained from both sides, the Prophet's army is not large enough. We have to face attacks from two sides. We are indeed in a strategic passive position. But there is a question I don't understand. How can you be sure that the king will agree to you?"
The request? The King of Kuwait is not the kind of person who takes huge risks to seek revenge. Another point is, what if the Prophet’s Army uses all its strength to fight back against Kuwait like it fought back against Iran?”
"This is not a problem. Hasn't Basra not separated from the central government yet?" Natasha said with a smile, "He creates pressure from public opinion to protect himself. We can also use this trick to deal with him."
"What do you mean?" the sea eagle asked curiously.
"Let the central 'government' issue an order to withdraw the Prophet's Army from Iran, and the central 'government' sends an envoy to negotiate with Iran and reach a non-aggression agreement." Natasha said solemnly, "The Iranians will definitely be happy not to
If you go to great lengths to get back your own territory, you will definitely sign an agreement with the central government. Once the central government gives the order, the Prophet Army will not have the advantage of public opinion. The central governments of both countries have signed an agreement. How can you, a small province, still do it?
Want to destroy the peace?"
"Nice plan." Haidiao gave a thumbs up, "What's next? What if the Prophet's Army doesn't withdraw? They seem to have violated the orders of the central 'government' in Baghdad more than once or twice, and the central 'government' in Baghdad also announced that the Prophet's Army
As a rebel, I have already lost my skin in public opinion, so I’m afraid refusing will not have any huge impact.”
"It would be better if they don't withdraw. Then the central 'government' can justifiably ask the Kuwaiti 'government' to help eliminate the rebels in Basra." Natasha said with a smile, "The front is just to confirm their name as rebels.
The head, the back is the trump card."
Haidiao was silent for a few seconds and asked: "What if the Prophet's Army withdraws? Wouldn't this be an advantage for Iran? Once Iran gets its territory back, it will definitely negotiate with Basra, and at least they will not invade each other. Although Basra has not been able to achieve
It has a special purpose, but it also solves the threat from Iran."
"No, he will not withdraw. With his character, he will not give away what he has obtained easily before getting absolute benefits. Although I still don't know what his purpose is in fighting this war.
, but I think that when he occupied Khuzestan Province, he did not actually want to fight a protracted war with Iran or cripple Iran, but wanted to negotiate." Natasha said solemnly, "As for what he wants in the negotiations.
What he will get, I am afraid, can only be known after negotiating with Iran, and based on the current situation, we can make a rough guess. He gives the Iranians the feeling that he wants to fight a protracted war, and Iran must be willing to pay a high price for peace. In this way
He can take the absolute initiative in negotiations and get what he wants."
"After involving Iran, and with the permission of the central government, the King of Kuwait will indeed consider sending troops to Basra." Sea Eagle nodded, "But if Basra brazenly strikes back against Kuwait, you still haven't answered me, how should Kuwait respond?"
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"Kuwait's dispatch of troops has the permission of the central government. It is okay for the Prophet's Army to counterattack within the territory, but if it marches into Kuwait, it will be tantamount to an invasion. At that time, the troops stationed in the Kuwait base can intervene brazenly and take advantage of the situation to attack Basra.
, clean them up completely." Natasha obviously thought carefully, "Even if they do not send troops to Kuwait, the Kuwaiti army can carry out long-term harassment and surveillance of Basra at the border and at sea."
"In this way, the Iranians believe that Basra is fighting on two fronts. After the troops are dispersed, logistical supplies cannot be quickly arrived. In addition, it is not long after the occupation, it is difficult to obtain supplies from the local area, so in the end they can only withdraw their troops, and may even collapse across the board.
In the end, the Iranian army took advantage of the situation." Haidiao smiled and said, "Is this your plan?"
"Yes, once the Iranian army defeats the Prophet's Army in Khuzestan, the conservative hard-liners in their country will inevitably become hot-headed. As long as they dare to invade Basra, we can justifiably let the Kuwaiti army join forces with the US military stationed in Kuwait to intervene in Basra and completely
Drive out the Iranian army." Natasha was full of confidence.
"Since you are so confident, then go ahead and do it." Haidiao didn't have any objections this time.
Natasha did not hesitate and quickly submitted the plan to the Ministry of National Defense. Ten hours later, she immediately received a reply, "It can be implemented."
Full of confidence, Natasha immediately rushed to Kuwait and, together with the U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, requested an audience with the King of Kuwait...
At this time, in Basra, Canglong did not care about too many international comments, but was focused on the expansion of the army.
In this expansion, the regular army will be expanded to 100,000. This will also be the largest expansion since the establishment of the Prophet Army. Although Vivian is very opposed to the expansion, now they have to defend not only Basra, but also another
The province of Khuzestan is as big as Basra.[
Expansion is inevitable, but the priority is still given to the militia. Soldiers with combat experience or rich battlefield experience are directly selected from the militia. The militia maintains its original strength of 300,000. After taking away 70,000, the other seven
Wan was re-recruited from the community.
Recruiting soldiers is not a big problem for Basra, because in addition to a small number of police tasks, most of the militia troops are basically factory workers in peacetime. In wartime, they are the logistics support and the supply of troops. For
For the people of Basra, joining the army is an extremely honorable thing.
In the eyes of the people of Basra, the Prophet's Army is a team that follows the Prophet, and it is an honor to follow the Prophet in battle.
But for Basra, which has a population of only more than two million, the immediate transfer of 70,000 people into the regular army means that these 70,000 people will not be able to produce in the future. It will still have an impact on the overall development of Basra, but in
Canglong has enough money to support the war and is not very dependent on the wealth created by the economy. Even if 70,000 people are incorporated into the army, it will not have a huge impact.
But facing the future, a force of 100,000 people will play a key role. After all, their real enemy is not the Baath Party, nor Iran, nor the central "government", but the Americans behind the central "government".
Training the troops now and giving them sufficient combat experience will play a major role.
Expansion also means that a large amount of money needs to be spent to purchase weapons and a large amount of money to maintain weapons. Although Canglong is not short of money now, he still knows very well that in the future, Basra will not be able to rely solely on his own money to go to Basra.
Supporting these wars, even if he can support them, will do more harm than good if the war continues. The biggest drawback is internal friction.
Don't look at the rapid industrial development in Basra now. It's all because the military industry has driven other industries, and war has only one benefit: it drives industrial development. But industrial development requires resources to support it and manpower to maintain it. War
The more we fight, the more people will die and the resources will become less and less, which will lead to the complete collapse of the entire regime.
Although Soryu believes that at some point, the faith of the people of Basra will work, but if people follow him and become hungry, who will be willing to fight at that time?
If he hadn't been "forced" too hard, I'm afraid Canglong wouldn't have expanded his army by 70,000 at once.
A month later, Su brought him another piece of information that made him realize that his decision was correct.
"You mean, Natasha went to Kuwait?" Canglong became wary.
"According to the information obtained by our intelligence personnel in Kuwait, the King of Kuwait has received no fewer than three batches of senior US military officials in the past month, including Natasha, the current top commander of the US military in Iraq." Su Zhengren.
He said, "We don't know what they were talking about specifically."
Canglong picked up the map and looked at Kuwait, his neighbor, and began to think deeply. After a while, his face finally turned bad: "Is the Iranian special mission still in Basra?"
"Some of them have gone back, and they are all hard-liners. The ones who stayed here are the moderates, including the moderate Mr. Alidai." Su said.
"What's going on with the Iranian army around Khuzestan Province?" Canglong asked again.
"There were not many deployments a while ago, but recently the activities have become more and more frequent. According to Akram, the staff officer of the field division stationed in Ahvaz, many terrorists who tried to incite people to rebel were arrested in Ahvaz."
Su said.
Canglong looked around Basra and said with a wry smile: "It seems that there is going to be a fire in our backyard."
"What do you mean?" Su didn't understand. "The U.S. military in Kuwait doesn't dare to brave the pressure of public opinion to fight with us."
"The U.S. military is not scary because they can't find an excuse to start a war with us, but the Kuwaiti army is different. If they get hot-headed, they may launch a war against us." Cang Long said with a bitter look on his face, "If my guess is right, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will
The government should be negotiating with Iran now and also negotiating with Kuwait."
"But I didn't receive the information?" Su asked strangely.
"Natasha had known that we had an insider in Baghdad, so it was expected that she did not receive the intelligence." Canglong said seriously, "But this just proves that she is going to kill us this time. From now on, we are really walking on thin ice.