The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Iraq, Baghdad!

The splendid palace is where Saddam lived and worked. It is the core of power in Iraq.

At this time, Saddam was holding a meeting.

The Iran-Iraq war is over. The number of weapons, equipment and troops in Iraq is unprecedented. The regular army alone exceeds 1.2 million.

However, there are still gaps in weapons and equipment!

Abadan Port and Khomeini Port were blown up. In order to prevent the Persians from desperately evacuating, many weapons and equipment were directly abandoned.

In addition, they were intercepted and attacked by Persian guerrillas and regular troops on the road, resulting in some further losses.

Therefore, the gap in weapons and equipment is still quite large.

In addition, there is a lack of advanced equipment!

He wants to beat Kuwait and turn Kuwait into the 19th province of Iraq. He must replenish equipment and strengthen his force.

In this way, other forces will not interfere.

When he heard that Panshan Group agreed to deliver, Saddam was overjoyed. He did not expect that it would go so smoothly. This is simply a blessing from God!

120 Type 80 main battle tanks, 200 Type 81 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 300 Type 81 medium tanks, 500 Type 81 light tanks, 500 Type 81 infantry fighting vehicles, and 1,000 Type 59 medium tanks.

These are large orders worth over 50 billion US dollars!

Although Saddam dislikes the Type 59 medium tank, it is not a tank after all. It is normal to bring some private goods when buying weapons. Like the Panshan Group, it only brings some with no additional political and economic conditions. That is already very serious. A conscientious arms dealer.

In addition, the large amount of material purchases will be delivered and shipped quickly, which makes Saddam feel very good.

The Iran-Iraq war has been going on for ten years. Although Iraq's oil exports are very large, they are still affected. The oil exports are much lower than before the war. After all, the troops also need to consume a lot of oil.

Iraq's oil exports were affected, but other oil-producing countries were making fortunes by taking advantage of the rising oil prices, which made Saddam very unhappy.

Why should I do the work myself and not myself who benefits?

What's even more disgusting is that they didn't take the initiative to lend him tens of billions of dollars.

"Damn it, just wait for me!" Sadam gritted his teeth in anger thinking about the anger he had suffered during this period.

He intends for Iraq to produce more oil, thereby increasing revenue.

But internationally, it is not the case that a country can produce as much as it wants. If everyone does not have a unified opinion, every oil-producing country will work hard to produce oil, causing the supply of oil in the international market to exceed demand, and the price can only be reduced continuously.

This is something no one wants to see.

The Iraqi Ministry of Petroleum proposed to OPEC to allocate more oil exploration quotas to Iraq and increase national fiscal revenue. This would not only meet Iraq's financial needs for post-war reconstruction, but also support Iraq from its Arab brothers.

But OPEC refused!

In particular, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait strongly oppose it, after all, it affects their interests very much.

This made Saddam very angry.

The rest of the Arab world has gone too far.

Iraq did the hard work and the dirty work, helped them resist the Persians, and even fought a war with the Persians to maintain oil prices. They claimed to support Iraq.

But in ten years, I haven’t seen any money from them!

It is said that Iraq still has a lot of foreign exchange reserves. When it runs out of money, it will definitely be lent to Iraq!

What a hell!

In the end, the only one who gets hurt in the fight against the Persians is himself!

Since you won't help Iraq, then Iraq will take it by itself. When Kuwait becomes Iraq's 19th province, Kuwait's oil will naturally become Iraq's oil, and Kuwait's oil quota will be Iraq's oil quota.

And by then, Iraq's voice in OPEC will be greatly increased, and its status and influence in the world will also be greatly increased.

Saddam coordinated, it is not easy to start a war, supplies must be prepared, weapons and ammunition must be prepared.

In addition, the troops also have to recover.

Since the troops were withdrawn into the territory, they have been recovering.

Otherwise, if the soldiers are tired, they will not be able to fight.

Saddam thought about the attitude of the Americans not long ago, and his heart was filled with confidence.

If the Americans do not object, but still support themselves, then this operation will definitely go smoothly, and the benefits will be huge, and it will be able to make up for Iraq's losses in the Iran-Iraq War at once.

Iraq and Kuwait have always had territorial disputes, and Kuwait was even originally a province of Iraq.

If Kuwait becomes a province of Iraq again, Iraq will suddenly be resurrected and even surpass ten years ago. The oil reserves will be greatly increased, the oil that can be exported will be greatly increased, and the annual oil revenue will be doubled. .

Moreover, Iraq's coastline will be greatly increased, and a powerful navy can also be built.

The length of Iraq's coastline is only 60 kilometers. Because the two river basins bring large amounts of sediment, the coastline continues to migrate. Iraq's true coastline is less than 10 kilometers long! Kuwait is not very large, but it has a coastline of 290 kilometers.

As long as Kuwait becomes a province of Iraq again, Iraq's coastline will suddenly increase from 10 kilometers to 300 kilometers.

It can be said that this benefit is huge!

The temptation for Saddam is amazing!

Before fighting the Persians and starting the Iran-Iraq War, I originally thought that I could take advantage of Persia's isolation, internal and external troubles, and bite off a piece of meat from Persia, or even destroy Persia. Not only could I expand my territory, but the Persian oil would also become Iraq's, and Iraq would become the overlord of the Gulf and even the boss of the entire Arab world.

Unfortunately, the other side had too many people and a huge army, and the Persians were like crazy and fearless.

After fighting for a full ten years, Iraq was exhausted, and Saddam himself felt annoyed. He felt that the Iran-Iraq War was like a bottomless pit. Almost all the annual oil revenue was invested in it, but there was no end in sight.

In the end, the Iran-Iraq War could only be ended in the form of peace talks.

But Saddam was full of confidence in beating Kuwait. The entire Kuwait population was less than two million, and the territory was small. How could it resist the tiger and wolf army under his command?

The only thing that made Saddam feel a little troublesome was Saudi Arabia. After all, Saudi Arabia has a large land area and is a major oil-producing country. Its status in the Arab world is very special. If Saudi Arabia strongly opposes or even sends troops to interfere, it will be a big trouble.

Saddam thought that when the preparations were almost done, he would take the initiative to communicate with Saudi Arabia and the Kuwaiti royal family, and by the way, find out the strength of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

If Kuwait still doesn't appreciate his kindness after he has done his best, then don't blame him for being ruthless and merciless!

Thinking of this, Saddam's eyes flashed with cold light, and the murderous aura was very obvious.

Kuwait, he must win!

No one can stop him!