The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 710 War begins!
this day.

Saddam made a national televised address.

The Saddam on TV is tall and mighty, wearing a military uniform and full of majesty.

Saddam recalled the history that Iraq was once called Mesopotamia, which was one of the main birthplaces of human civilization.

There have been human activities in Iraq at least 200,000 years ago. The fertile land of the Mesopotamian Plain between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers once gave birth to some of the world's oldest civilizations - the Sumerian civilization, the Babylonian civilization, the Assyrian civilization and the Chaldean civilization.

Several dynasties were once established here, and almost all of them had their capitals built in the Mesopotamian region, such as the Persian Empire, Babylon of the Alexander Empire, Seleucia of the Seleucid Empire, the Parthian Empire, and Ctesiphon of the Sassanid Empire.

Baghdad has always been the center of the Arab world!

"Kuwait used to be a province of Iraq, but was separated from Iraq by conspirators." Saddam's voice was full of solemnity: "Now I order the troops on the border to prepare to enter Kuwait immediately, recapture the entire territory of Kuwait in the shortest possible time, arrest all members of the Kuwaiti royal family, and put them on trial!"

Saddam's televised speech immediately spread throughout the world, causing an uproar.

The world's international crude oil prices suddenly skyrocketed!
The countries involved this time are Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, three countries with the largest oil reserves in the world, and they are also major oil producers!
This has a huge impact!

On the border between Iraq and Kuwait, which is almost 200 kilometers long, troops from both sides are gathered here.

Iraq has stationed 10 troops here, all of whom are Iraq's elite troops.

Kuwait has also deployed 2.1 regular troops and 5000 mercenaries on the border, showing Kuwait's tough attitude and that it will never surrender.

After the initial tense confrontation, both sides have become accustomed to each other's existence and no conflicts have arisen.

No matter what the upper echelons say, the lower-level soldiers are not willing to fight.

We are all Arab brothers, there is no need to fight to the death.

Besides, life is good, who wants to fight?
In Iraq, the Iran-Iraq War had just ended and the soldiers had not had enough rest. They were still tired and just wanted to live a good life.

Let alone the soldiers in Kuwait. Serving in the army in Kuwait is a chore and hard work. Although the income is not low, it is the hardest job. If possible, no one in Kuwait would want to be a soldier. It is so comfortable to lie at home. The government gives them money every month. Although the money given by the government cannot lead to a good life, they can still live a good life.

Relying on the huge income from oil, Kuwait is a small country with a small population but very rich. Although most of the income belongs to the government, in order to unite the people, the government also allocates a part of it to the people, that is, giving money to the people.

The money the government gives to the people every month is enough for everyone to have enough food and clothing.

Nowadays in Kuwait, every family has a car.

Kuwaiti soldiers naturally don't want to fight.

During this period, although the situation was very tense, it was not so tense on the border. There was even a strange scene where soldiers from both sides sat together across the border, chatting and bragging, and occasionally exchanging some good things.

Such a harmonious state made the soldiers believe that the possibility of war was small.

But soon, this harmonious scene disappeared two days ago.

On the Kuwaiti side, Prince Fahd personally went to the front line to command the troops, deploy defense lines, and put all border troops into a level one alert state, ready to resist enemy invasion.

All tanks and armored vehicles must be ready to be deployed at any time and be able to engage in battle at the first opportunity.

All air defense positions and radars are turned on and ready for air defense at any time.

Not only the Kuwaiti forces, but also the Iraqi forces have changed.

Especially on both sides of Highway 80 connecting the two countries, the atmosphere was even more tense. Prince Fahd looked solemn, looking at the Iraqi troops in front of him with binoculars.

"These damn bastards, we asked them to lay the minefield, but they actually chatted with the Iraqis all day long!" Prince Fahd was so angry that he gritted his teeth. The army below did not carry out the orders issued by the Ministry of Defense at all.

The only ones who carried out the mission were the 5000 mercenaries!
This made Prince Fahd despair.

How can Kuwait’s regular troops fight a war?

For such a long time, the Kuwaiti regular army had not even built any decent fortifications.

The mercenaries were the ones who built the best fortifications along the entire border!
The generals' response to Prince Fahd almost made Prince Fahd angry to death.

The Kuwaiti regular army believed that the tank and armored forces of the Iraqi army were too powerful and that building fortifications would not be able to stop their attacks, so they simply decided not to build them.

"Your Highness, don't worry. The Iraqis are just trying to scare us," Lieutenant Colonel Salim said nonchalantly.

Prince Fahd couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The war is about to come, but these people still believe that the war will not come and that the Iraqis are just trying to scare them.

"The Iraqis will launch an attack today. We must prepare for war immediately!" Prince Fahd said in a deep voice.

Salim was immediately shocked: "Is the news confirmed?"

"Absolutely true!" Prince Fahd nodded solemnly.

Prince Fahd knew that at this time the Kuwaiti royal family had already evacuated to Saudi Arabia, and other important Kuwaiti officials and their families had also evacuated, and their wealth had also been transferred.

Basically, they took away everything that could be taken away, and hid what could not be taken away, waiting to be taken out after the Iraqis were driven away.

He no longer has any worries, and his mission now is to teach the Iraqis a lesson and make them understand that it is impossible to make Kuwait lose its sovereignty.

After this battle, it doesn’t matter whether you are alive or dead.

He believed in his family and the king would not treat them unfairly.

"Woooooo~~~"

An hour later, shrill alarms were heard on the border.

Reconnaissance satellites and aircraft have detected that the Iraqis are coming!
On the border, a Type 80 tank unit is rapidly advancing towards the Kuwaiti border from a camp several kilometers away from the border in Iraq.

Not only that, a T72 tank unit also broke out from another camp and headed towards the border.

There was also a Type 81 medium tank unit that pounced on them like hungry wolves.

The tank tracks rolled rapidly as it moved forward at high speed, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Behind the tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles were advancing just as fast as the tanks, raising more dust.

The border between the two sides is a desert area with almost no vegetation and flat terrain, making it easy to see the situation on the other side.

Because they had a specific time, Kuwaiti and Saudi reconnaissance aircraft stepped up their reconnaissance, turned on their radars, and used rented reconnaissance satellites, so they were the first to learn of Iraq's actions.

(End of this chapter)