The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Every day.

Two tankers from the East will carry about 800,000 tons of oil, or 5.864 million barrels of oil, out of the Persian Gulf to Asia.

To be honest, it is impossible for Americans not to be jealous.

Just one trip like this will make at least hundreds of millions of dollars in profit.

If the United States had not torn its face with Iraq, the United States would have wanted to do this business itself.

It is not that the Americans have not thought about destroying the other party's business, but they encountered great difficulties and had to give up.

Now the US military is mobilizing troops and it is expected to take about half a year to prepare and launch an attack on Iraq.

After all, this is the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops, involving a large number of personnel, equipment, ammunition, and daily necessities.

The Americans are also ruthless this time. In order to show their military power, they are broadcasting live around the world.

This is completely bullying the Iraqis for not having effective means of attack and attacking military bases.

Otherwise, using missiles or advanced aircraft to attack military bases does not need to attack other things, just attacking material transfer stations or ports, which can greatly slow down the Americans.

Although the US military has two aircraft carriers and other warships that have arrived in the Arabian Sea and entered the Persian Gulf, they are unwilling to enter the 100-nautical-mile range of the coastline.

The last time in Libya, Libya used the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile to hit the psychological shadow, and it has not yet completely recovered.

And anyway, the Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti naval alliance controls that sea area, so the US Navy does not have to spend time thinking about it.

However, this time, seeing the advanced warships of the Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti naval alliance in person, to be honest, shocked the US Navy.

They had received intelligence before, but when they really understood it, they had to admit that these warships were very advanced, and the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles equipped were a great threat to US warships.

Although it has only been a few days since they arrived in the Arabian Sea, US military officers have been scolding them a lot, saying that they dared to export advanced warships, which was really crazy.

Since World War II, the US Navy has become the world's first navy and the hegemon of the sea, but even to its allies, the United States has never exported advanced warships.

The United States is very clear that the navy is very dependent on advanced warships, and at least half of the navy's combat effectiveness is determined by warships.

As the overlord of the ocean, the United States hopes that the navies of other countries are weak, so how can it export advanced warships to other countries.

The warships exported by the United States are all old and about to be retired or have been retired, and they can still be sold at high prices.

And this phenomenon exists not only in the United States, but also in other naval powers.

Because they know the importance of advanced warships, they do not want other countries' navies to become stronger by having advanced warships.

Panshan Group Headquarters.

A single-family villa.

Liu Tao and Liu Ziyu are eating noodles, and the TV is broadcasting live.

This time, the Americans started a global live broadcast, starting from the military preparation stage.

But Liu Tao wanted to curse, because the Americans were so ugly.

Weapons and equipment were all purchased from those military industrial enterprises in the United States, without any leakage. The purchase of materials and other materials was also mostly purchased from the United States, and then transported tens of thousands of miles to the Middle East.

China can only drink soup, and has not gotten any meat.

Even shipping companies only make some hard-earned money.

This made Liu Tao, who was used to making big money, quite dissatisfied. This was extremely ugly.

Liu Tao learned that the weapons quoted by the Americans were very expensive. A "Patriot" missile was quoted at $600,000; a "Tomahawk" cruise missile was worth $1.3 million, equivalent to 30,000 tons of corn.

The 39-nation coalition promised a total military expenditure of $125 billion. What a huge astronomical figure.

Even so, the Americans still felt that it was not enough. Not long ago, the Americans sent two missions at the same time, to Europe, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East, hoping that they would increase their donations.

The Americans are not only black-hearted because the purchased weapons, equipment, ammunition and materials are expensive, but also because the transportation costs are expensive. The Americans even included the equipment of their own troops. Their accounting ability is really powerful.

Now the Americans are lobbying Congress to increase the total cost of implementing the "Desert Shield" and "Desert Storm" operations by $80 billion!

Look, the Americans really treat war as a business.

"I really don't understand. Isn't it good to work hard to make money? Why do we have to fight and kill!" Liu Ziyu finished her noodles, wiped her mouth with a tissue, and sat cross-legged. She couldn't stand this kind of fighting and killing.

Liu Tao also finished his noodles at this time and smiled, "There's nothing I can do. People's hearts are always hard to guess."

This time, Iraq was definitely fooled.

The Americans' conspiracy set a trap for Iraq to jump into.

Then Saddam really jumped into it stupidly.

Now, the Soviets also have to withdraw their military advisory groups and experts. The Soviets have maintained thousands of military advisory groups and experts in Iraq for a long time, which has played a big role in the construction of the Iraqi army.

And more importantly, losing the support of the Soviet Union means that Iraq can no longer import weapons.

If the Soviet Union supports Iraq, then the transportation of weapons can be completely free of the Persian Gulf. A large number of weapons can be directly transported to Iraq by air and land. With the strength of the Soviet Union, it is capable of doing this.

As for Panshan Group, it is already very good to be able to act as a middleman and purchase oil from Iraq and transport it out of the Persian Gulf.

You should know that even now, the price given by Panshan Group for the oil purchased from Iraq is still as high as 23 US dollars per barrel, and it has not been desperately trying to lower the price.

At this time, Zhu Lin came out in pajamas.

Liu Tao was too busy to take a vacation to return to Beijing, so she simply brought her children to the headquarters of Panshan Group.

Just now she took her child to bed, and the child fell asleep, and she also slept for a while.

"Will this war really continue?" Zhu Lin sat down next to Liu Tao.

She didn't have the habit of eating midnight snacks. After dinner, she would at most eat some fruit and would not eat anything else.

"It will definitely continue. The Americans have spent a lot of effort and invested so much money to promote this situation. How could they not fight Iraq?" Liu Tao said.

Liu Tao knew very well that the Americans would definitely fight this war because the benefits were too great.

Just the $125 billion, once all was implemented, the Americans could at least make half of it.

In addition, the Americans are trying to get other countries to pay more and ask Congress for money. The benefits are huge.

Not to mention that if this war is fought well, it can help the US military get out of the confusion and rebuild confidence, and it may even change the world situation.

Moreover, the United States will definitely take this opportunity to strengthen its influence in the Middle East.

Now the Americans are negotiating with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and other Middle Eastern countries to rent military bases for a long time.

What the Americans are thinking is not hidden at all, it is all written on their faces.