The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 723 Restoration Army

Liu Tao personally developed the 'Type 001' light aircraft carrier and related carrier-based aircraft. He is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the 'Type 001' light aircraft carrier.

The advantages are low cost and short construction period!

The disadvantages are small displacement, and the only carrier-based aircraft are ship-based helicopters and short-takeoff/vertical take-off and landing fighters. The performance of short-take-off/vertical take-off and landing fighters is greatly restricted, and the number of carrier-based aircraft is limited.

In his opinion, a 001-ton light aircraft carrier like the 'Type 2' is just a transitional aircraft carrier for small or large countries.

Any country with dreams and strength should develop large and medium-sized aircraft carriers!
But it seems that he has no choice but to agree, as he feels annoyed.

As for the money, the Navy has to pay what it has to pay. If there is no money now, it will be supplemented later.

After all, brothers should settle accounts clearly.

Otherwise, people will think that whatever Panshan Group does is right.

Therefore, Liu Tao agreed to build a 'Type 001' light aircraft carrier for the navy, and the two sides also agreed on the construction cost.

In the afternoon, Liu Tao drove his own helicopter directly from the Yangcheng Shipyard to Hong Kong.

This time he came to Hong Kong to deal with the affairs of the companies here. The top leaders of many companies here are Liu Tao.

After staying in Hong Kong for a week, Liu Tao drove a helicopter directly back to Panshan Group headquarters from Hong Kong.

Saudi Arabia, a city not far from Kuwait.

King Jaber of the Kuwaiti royal family established the Kuwaiti government-in-exile here. Since almost the entire Kuwait was transferred to Saudi Arabia, all organizations and functional departments are operating normally.

With an additional population of more than one million, a steady stream of supplies are delivered here, ensuring that the city is adequately supplied and operates normally.

Prince Fahd was brought back here by mercenaries and was severely scolded by the king. He gave up his will to sacrifice his life for his country, picked himself up again, and re-established the Kuwait Restoration Army based on the surviving Kuwaiti army.

A steady stream of weapons and equipment arrived here to equip the troops.

In just a few days, Prince Fahd expanded his army to 5 people, organized into five armored brigades, five mechanized infantry brigades, and one tank brigade.

装甲旅编制5000人，其中装甲旅直属部队1000人，包括了旅机关、工兵中队、通信中队、保障修理中队、汽车运输中队；装甲旅战斗突击部队2500人，包括1个侦察营500人、1个机步营500人、1个坦克连、1个机步连、1个炮兵连、1个反坦克连、3个装甲步兵连、3个装甲营（每个营有1个坦克连、1个机步连、1个炮兵连）；装甲旅火力支援部队1500人，包括1个榴弹炮营（3个榴弹炮连，共编有24门155毫米自行榴弹炮）、1个火箭炮营（3个火箭炮连，共便有24门122毫米火箭炮）、1个防空营（3个防空连，共便有24套自行弹炮合一防空系统。）
机步旅编制编制3654人，下辖5个营，包括2个坦克营、2个机械化步兵营和1个火力营。其中每个坦克营编制人员650人、每个机械化步兵营编制730人、火力营编制人员814人。

坦克旅编制4000人，下辖4个坦克营、1个装甲步兵营、1个炮兵营、1个防空营。

Mercenaries are training the Kuwait Restoration Army.

After all, most of them are new recruits and need training. Fortunately, there is still about half a year before the battle begins.

"Turn left~~Turn right~~Turn back~~"

"1~2~~3~~"

Even though the mercenaries were quite helpless, they had to work hard to train the Kuwait Restoration Army.

In the eyes of the mercenaries, the Kuwaitis were simply unreasonable. They had been destroyed by the Iraqis, but they could enjoy themselves without training hard. Even though the training intensity was much higher than before, they could only train for 4 hours a day, 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. The soldiers would not do more training.

And they all have to be provided with good food and drink.

No scolding or corporal punishment!
If this happened in the past, if a new recruit dared to make such a request, the veteran soldiers would have to give him a good beating first.

There is a consensus among mercenaries that training these young soldiers is much more difficult than military training for college students.

"Pang, thank you for your hard work!" Prince Fahd came to the military camp, watched the troops training, and expressed his gratitude to Pang Hu.

He also knew that training these soldiers was not an easy task.

And all they, Kuwait, can rely on are mercenaries.

"Your Highness, since we have accepted your commission, we will do our best to help you!" Pang Hu said sincerely, "Please believe in our reputation. We are absolutely professional in this area! Even without the Americans, we can eventually help you drive the Iraqis out of Kuwait and help you restore your country!"

Prince Fahd said: "I believe this too. Your mercenaries have strong combat effectiveness. If we have equal forces, the Iraqis are no match for you!"

Prince Fahd knew that 5000 mercenaries had annihilated an Iraqi armored division with only minor casualties.

It could even rescue them, preventing the Iraqis from pursuing quickly.

They retreated safely into Saudi Arabia, and it can be said that these mercenaries played a great role.

For example, the organization of the Kuwait Restoration Army this time directly accepted the advice of mercenaries, and the training was also handed over to mercenaries.

Pang Hu took Prince Fahd to inspect the military camps. The 5 Kuwaiti Restoration Army was divided into two camps, each with 2.5 troops.

The two barracks have strong air defense capabilities to guard against Iraqi aircraft and missiles.

Prince Fahd took a tour and was very satisfied with the training of the mercenaries.

He was holding a grudge. Ever since Saddam exposed the video and audio recordings of his pre-war communications with the United States, he hated Americans. He did not expect the Americans to help Kuwait restore its country. He wanted to lead the Kuwaiti Restoration Army to drive out the Iraqis and conquer Kuwait.

He believed that with the help of the Kuwaiti National Army and the Saudi army, plus mercenaries, he would be able to achieve it.

They want to hire 80000 mercenaries in total!
Saudi Arabia is also actively expanding its military, increasing its troop strength from 15 to 50.

With the help of other Arab countries, Prince Fahd is full of confidence.

It is for this reason that Kuwait has firmly rejected the conditions put forward by the Americans, and even stated that Kuwait can drive out the Iraqis without the US military.

But the United States immediately changed its attitude and no longer put forward any conditions.

During this period, Americans encountered many setbacks in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and the Arabs did not welcome Americans.

They were even like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. Facing the pressure from the Americans many times, they threatened the Americans instead, saying that if the Americans raised conditions again, there was no need to raise them again. The Arab coalition could fight the Iraqis themselves, drive the Iraqis out of Kuwait, or simply join Iraq.

(End of this chapter)