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Chapter 1130 Let Them Suffer First (First Update, Please Subscribe)
"uncle!"

The person who spoke was none other than Sayyid. Ten days ago, with the help of Hydra agents, he escaped into the Nanyang Embassy.

In the past few days, the rebels have been searching for him in Baghdad, and the reward amount has been increased from 10000 dinars to 100000 dinars. But he had been staying in the Nanyang Embassy until yesterday - in order to ensure the safety of overseas Chinese, Nanyang announced the evacuation of overseas Chinese from Iraq and evacuated all diplomatic personnel.

Then Sayyid, the prime minister who was offered a reward of 100000 dinars, hid in a box full of documents. They then evacuated Baghdad via the Habu Baniya Air Force Base controlled by the British and took a C130 transport plane. In fact, the British army was also evacuating at that time. According to the Anglo-Iranian Treaty, the British army should have completely withdrawn by the end of 58. Those were the last batch of British troops left behind.

After some twists and turns, Sayyid finally came to Nanyang. However, as soon as he arrived, he heard the conversation between His Excellency and the Princess. Having witnessed the atrocities in Baghdad with his own eyes, he certainly knew whose side he should stand on.

"Sir, please forgive me. Your Highness has lost control because he has lost too many relatives and is too sad."

Sayid saluted Li Yian.

After escaping death, he turned to the princess and said:

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you won't be able to believe what happened in Baghdad. After the rebellion, not only did the rebels join in, but there were also hundreds of thousands of mobs. Almost all the men took up arms and stood on the side of the rebels. They crazily killed those who supported the royal family..."

Listening to her uncle's description of the tragic situation at that time, Addis was completely stunned. She listened to it all with her eyes wide open, muttering to herself.

"How is this possible? Shouldn't they love us?"

Faced with the princess's question, Sayid fell silent. He originally thought so too, but when faced with the reality, he was completely shocked.

Only those who have experienced it personally know what those people’s anger means?
Means death!

Faced with the raging rage, all he could feel was unprecedented fear.

“People need comparison.”

Li Yian said on the side.

"Now, in the eyes of many people, the royal family is the spokesperson for Western imperialism and a stumbling block to the country, so the royal family has become their enemy, but they don't know what they have chosen at all. In the future, they will definitely regret it, and many of them will miss the era of monarchs."

"is that true?"

Both Sayid and Princess Addis looked at Li Yian with hope.

"Believe me, this is inevitable! And it will happen in the next three or four years!"

Li Yian predicted confidently.

This is not a prophecy, this is history!

The military coup that overthrew the Hashemite monarchy gave Iraq's new leaders not only a "xenophobic" but also a "tribalist" mentality, which led to tribal conflicts and confrontations, which in turn triggered internal oppression - the inclination of those in power towards their own tribe and the crackdown on other tribes.

What Kassem created through a military coup was a state without political compromise. To ensure power in his own hands, they purged dissenters, confiscated property without notice, fabricated charges against enemies, and fought against so-called domestic enemies.

This state of affairs reinforced a militarized society that was completely different from the monarchy, in which internecine stabbings, assassinations, and massacres of tribes became the norm.

In the four years since the military insurgency began, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed and hundreds of thousands have fled the country.

Comparing the era of Iraq's monarchy, the era of the Qassem government, and the later era of Baath Party rule, anyone with a modicum of common sense can conclude that "the quality of each play has clearly declined."

Even the reason why Saddam launched the Iran-Iraq War was essentially to divert domestic attention and consolidate his own rule.

Thanks to Saddam, if it weren't for the fact that this "Middle East madman" is so famous that his books and materials are everywhere in bookstores and on the Internet, Li Yian really wouldn't have known all this, and even learned a little about Iran by the way.

"When everyone is tired of all this, the time will be ripe for us to help you return to Baghdad!"

Sometimes, things are just like this. If Southeast Asia sends troops to intervene now, it will only make 700 million Iraqis united in hatred of the enemy, and it will plunge Southeast Asia into the "ocean of people's war", just like the US military in Vietnam and the Soviet army in Afghanistan.

And this is exactly what Li Yian is trying his best to avoid!

Therefore, what Nanyang needs is to end the fighting quickly and in a devastating way at the appropriate time, help the Hashemite Kingdom to restore, and use limited investment to achieve long-term strategic goals, rather than being bogged down in the quagmire of war.

But this requires the support of the locals. But it is obviously impossible to get their support now. Intervening now will only make those people hate the enemy together.

So what is needed now is patience and waiting, waiting for the right time, waiting until everyone starts to miss the king. Afterwards, Li Yian talked with Sayid for a while, reiterated his support for them, and asked them to withdraw the troops that were still loyal to the royal family.

"Withdraw them to Kuwait, and then from there to Paradise Island, where we will regroup and regroup. In three years, or at the latest four years, we will definitely return to Baghdad."

This is also the agreement he reached with the Americans, and it is also the condition he proposed to the United States. To be precise, it is a backup plan.

This backup plan is that when problems occur in Iraq in the future, they will have other options. Of course, the Americans will not refuse this backup plan, after all, it does not cost them money.

Faced with the promise made by Li Yian, Sayyid was naturally grateful. After all, Nanyang was the only one willing to support them now.

Even Britain did not support their ideas.

In the evening, the convoy left the manor. On the way back to "Daming Palace", Li Yian sat in the car, leaning back, closing his eyes and thinking.

What are you thinking about?
It's not just about Iraq, intervening in Iraq... is an option.

But apart from Iraq, there is another inevitable option, which is Saigon. Whether from the perspective of Nanyang’s security or other aspects, the existence of Saigon is beneficial to Nanyang.

But what does intervening in Saigon entail?

The reality is that North Vietnam would keep fighting at all costs, and with the support of a big tree, it would continue to provide assistance. This is also the fundamental reason why the United States could not win the Vietnam War.

To this end, the price they can bear is unimaginable - General Vo Nguyen Giap has repeatedly mentioned that his soldiers lost 50, which means that North Vietnam lost 2.5-3% of its pre-war population. And this is just one number, there is another number - more than 50 young people in the north died on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, that is, on the road to support the South.

This is just the loss of soldiers!
And the population of the North is only 2000 million!
In their book The Cost of War, David Singer, Jr. and Melvin Small studied one hundred international wars, and found that fewer than ten of them resulted in population losses of more than 2%. In World War II, only Germany and the Soviet Union lost 4.4% of their population, Japan lost 1.4%, and the United States lost only 0.3%.

However, these data only show that North Vietnam's ability to bear the cost of war is unprecedented. They are willing to make huge sacrifices. No matter how amazing the results the Americans achieve on the battlefield, it is difficult to destroy their fighting will!

The uncle in Hanoi said firmly: If the Americans want to fight for 20 years, then we will fight for 20 years.

This is the fundamental reason why the United States cannot win the war...

At the same time, compared to the South, the North's united front policy was very successful. Not only did they successfully pull the centrists to the North, but no matter how the South promoted, the North only needed to use one sentence: "The South is a puppet supported by the United States. We must fight and overthrow it. We must overthrow the American invasion." Just this one sentence was enough. This kind of rhetoric was easy for ordinary people to understand, especially for those who had experienced nearly a hundred years of colonial rule. They understood it even better.

Coupled with the US military's heavy bombing and other atrocities, many centrists and ordinary people eventually chose to stand on the side of the Liberation Front.

This is how the South lost the support of the people.

Of course, none of this matters!
What’s important is that in this war that lasted for more than a decade, the winner was not determined by itself in the final analysis!
Speaking of this war, whether the North and the South behaved like heroes or losers, it was inseparable from external support.

Neither side has an industrial system that can support modern warfare, so without external support, the war cannot proceed anyway. Whichever side loses external support will be the loser on the battlefield.

This is also the fundamental reason why Saigon failed.

"The key to their ability to fight for twenty years is... external support!"

Li Yian closed his eyes and thought about the changes in the situation in the late stage of the Vietnam War. He tapped his fingers on the chair and thought about what happened to the southerners who once supported the unification after the unification.

Reality is sometimes full of ruthless mockery. Before unification, many middle forces in Saigon supported unification, but after unification, the North changed its previous promise and began to carry out radical social reforms. Many cadres from the North were corrupt and levied heavy taxes. At the same time, they implemented widespread repression and put more than two million people into reform camps, causing the South's economy to wither and everyone to feel insecure.

Faced with all this, more than two million southerners chose to flee the raging sea by boat, risking their lives. More than 50 people died at sea, including many old members of the Liberation Front. Even Zhang Rucan, who served as the Minister of Justice in the "Southern Provisional Government", was born into a wealthy family in Saigon. He betrayed his family and became a famous singer in his early years. He was imprisoned and braved the bombing of B-52s to persist in the hard guerrilla life. After the victory, he felt completely disillusioned. In the end, even such a senior cadre chose to flee as a boatman.

From this, we can imagine the extent of the emotions of the Southerners at that time. Even into the 21st century, the North-South divide still exists, from the top to the grassroots.

"Wait a bit, let the Americans consume their strength there first, and when they flee to the raging sea, the time will be ripe..."

Sometimes, things are just like this. More haste, less speed. In the competition between countries, what is being tested is patience. And Li Yian, who knows the future direction, has the most patience.

Thinking of this, Li Yian looked out of the car window. There was an endless stream of cars on the road and a lot of pedestrians on the roadside. Some people were dragging their feet towards the subway station, and some were walking towards the bus. People's footsteps were either light or heavy.

After finishing a day's work, people return to their homes and enjoy the happiness of family life with their families.

Looking at the people outside, Li Yian said to himself:
"I will definitely bring you a better world...a world that belongs to us..."

(End of this chapter)