The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Just when Saddam had just held a celebration banquet.

"Woo~~"

In the evening, shrill air-raid sirens suddenly sounded at military camps along the Iraqi border.

This kind of air defense intelligence is no longer unfamiliar since the outbreak of the Gulf War.

The soldiers of the Iraqi army are very skilled in finding bunkers.

The air defense force is making preparations.

However, after the consumption in the previous few days, the front-line 'Aegis' anti-aircraft missiles were almost consumed, leaving only some SAM series missiles.

In addition, there are anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and 'avant-garde' individual air defense missiles.

However, these three types of anti-aircraft weapons have no effect at all against high-altitude missiles and aircraft.

However, the coalition air force headed by the US military did not drop the altitude at all, and launched missiles when there was still a certain distance.

There are also coalition cruise missiles, which are not that easy to intercept.

After all, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns consume a lot of bullets and shells.

At this time, the first wave of attacks was still missiles.

"咻咻咻~~"

"Da da da~~"

Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns continued to fire at the missiles.

Some missiles were unlucky enough to hit anti-aircraft fire and explode.

But there are also falling attacks.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~~"

A series of explosions continued to sound.

Sand flew up from the anti-aircraft machine gun position, and an unknown number of Iraqi soldiers were killed or injured.

One after another, anti-aircraft machine guns were destroyed.

There are also anti-aircraft gun positions. In addition to the moving Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, other fixed anti-aircraft guns were all attacked by missiles.

It was not just the Iraqi frontline troops that were attacked.

Even Iraq's highways, transportation hubs, warehouses, etc. have been severely hit.

The first missiles to attack are places where missiles were previously launched or aircraft took off.

Now that he is discovered, he will be retaliated against.

Behind the missile attack wave were the coalition aircraft.

The aircraft of each participating country are in their own formations, not unified, and do not follow the leadership of the United States.

Thousands of planes were divided into three groups and flooded into the Iraqi army's defense lines.

"咻~咻~~"

Heavy bombs falling from high altitudes and air-to-surface missiles launched from fighter planes hit the target heavily with a whistling sound of breaches.

"Boom~~Boom~~Boom~~"

Violent explosions continued to sound.

Military facilities and important civilian facilities have all suffered heavy blows.

Countless fortifications built with great effort could not hold up under such bombing.

The Iraqi troops were hiding in hidden fortifications and did not dare to show their heads.

In the Iran-Iraq war, the Persian air force had the advantage from beginning to end, and the Iraqi army was not unexploded.

However, the intensity of the Persians' air strikes was far from comparable to that of the multinational coalition.

Under the coalition's air strikes, the Iraqi army's air defense positions were destroyed one by one, and the radar positions were also destroyed one by one.

Occasionally, soldiers carrying "avant-garde" anti-aircraft missiles destroyed coalition aircraft.

However, there are only a few that rely on individual air defense missiles to destroy coalition aircraft.

Kuwait.

Iraqi Army General Headquarters.

Rashid and others are inside the headquarters.

They have lost contact with Baghdad, Saddam's orders can no longer reach Kuwait, and everything follows Rashid's orders.

Here in Kuwait, the Iraqi army was also bombed.

However, because Rashid had already concealed his troops and dispersed them relatively widely, the Iraqi troops in Kuwait suffered little loss under the strategic bombing of the coalition.

"The Americans are crazy!" the chief of staff said with emotion.

Who would have thought that the Iraqi army had just severely damaged the US fleet, and before the joy was over, it was immediately met with crazy revenge from the US military.

Under this wave of bombing, the Iraqi army in Kuwait completely lost contact with Baghdad.

Fortunately, there is a communication system, otherwise the general headquarters would lose contact with the troops below.

"Blow it up, blow it up, these missiles and bombs cost money anyway!" Rashid said calmly.

He is now waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to give the US military a hard blow.

Only by severely inflicting heavy losses on the US military and leading the Iraqi army in Kuwait to withdraw to Iraq will he not be liquidated.

Otherwise, based on his understanding of Saddam, I am afraid that Saddam will immediately remove him from his position and arrest him as soon as he leads the troops to withdraw into Iraq.

But this opportunity needs to wait, the time is not yet ripe.

"Don't worry, the Americans can't keep bombing. Such high-intensity bombing won't last long!" Rashid said: "Also, let the troops on the front line keep radio silence, don't gather too densely together, and do a good job hidden!"

Kuwait is said to be small, but after all, it has 17,800 square kilometers, and 540,000 Iraqi troops are scattered in the vast desert. As long as they are well hidden, it will not be easy for the coalition forces to discover it.

In addition, the Arab coalition's willingness to fight is not strong, and the Arab coalition's air force does not conduct large-scale bombings. It often just throws a few bombs at random, and can just deal with it.

During this time, Rashid has completely perfected the battle plan and even decided on the retreat route.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" Others responded one after another.

They all know they won't be here in Kuwait for long.

Because with the outbreak of the Gulf War, the multinational coalition launched bombings on Iraq and Kuwait, and it became very difficult to supply materials from Iraq to Kuwait.

Now they only have enough food for the troops for more than a month.

This means that they must withdraw to Iraq or surrender in more than a month, otherwise they will starve to death.

This largest bombing since the start of the war lasted for a full day.

Many military facilities and important civilian facilities were bombed by the coalition forces.

Even some roads used for aircraft takeoff and landing were bombed by the coalition forces.

Three batches of fighter planes launched air strikes on Iraq and Kuwait one after another.

Many Iraqi cities were attacked by air strikes.

The US military even attacked schools and hospitals.

In normal times, they talk about humanitarianism, like a savior, like a beacon of humanity.

But in times of war, they are like robbers and pirates, with no civilization at all.

The pirate gene in their bones will always be activated in times of war.

In their eyes, there is no difference between military facilities and civilian facilities, nor between soldiers and ordinary people.

Photos of the tragic conditions of bombed schools and hospitals quickly spread around the world, and Iraq protested and condemned the US military.

The cruelty of the war was also fully displayed to the world.

It was like a stick that hit some public intellectuals in China who advocated the abandonment of national defense construction hard, making their faces swollen.

Other countries in the world protested and condemned the US military's actions, but the Americans didn't care at all and continued to do their own thing.