The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 726 A flash of inspiration

Prince Fahd leaves.

Liu Tao was thinking about how to do this.

It’s not that he has a change of heart, poor Kuwaitis!
Even if Saddam ordered the Iraqi army to destroy infrastructure and oil wells, Kuwait's financial resources were still sufficient to undertake post-war reconstruction. In a few years, Kuwait could be rebuilt beautifully. Relying on oil revenues, Kuwait could once again live a wealthy life.

But this matter affected the interests of Panshan Group.

Because once Saddam destroyed Kuwait's infrastructure and oil wells, Kuwait would inevitably choose to lean to one side and completely towards the United States in order to rebuild.

This is undoubtedly something Liu Tao does not want to see.

What he has been pushing for in recent years is for countries not to lean completely towards the United States, but to pursue independent foreign policies, preferably non-alignment.

In this way, the United States will inevitably be restricted.

Although Kuwait is a small country with a small population, it is very important because it has extremely rich oil.

By establishing a deep friendship with Kuwait, Panshan Group will have a stable source of oil imports.

Moreover, Kuwait's national defense construction will be made into a template to show those wealthy small countries how to strengthen military construction and enhance national defense capabilities, thereby bringing more business to Panshan Group.

The efforts made over the past decade have made Panshan Group have great influence in the Middle East, and everyone will give it some face.

Just like now, Panshan Group can still import oil from Iraq. No matter how unhappy the United States and others are, they can only watch helplessly, because part of the refined oil is exported to Japan and South Korea, because Saudi Arabia and Kuwait support them and even send warships to escort them every day.

"How can I convince that bastard Saddam?" Liu Tao pondered for a moment and began to think.

Suddenly, Liu Tao had an idea: "Oh, why do I have to try to convince that bastard Saddam? Can't I just convince his subordinates?"

"Help Rashid become the head of the Iraqi army in Kuwait, and then let him win a great victory with a good explanation, wouldn't that be enough!" The more Liu Tao thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

Rashid is now also one of Saddam's confidants, a senior military official, and the most famous and most outstanding general in the Iraqi army.

Rashid was opposed to Iraq's war plan against Kuwait, but he knew he had no power to change Saddam, so he kept silent. However, Rashid and he were old friends, so some of his key intelligence naturally came from Rashid.

Rashid is now the commander-in-chief of the border defense between Iraq and Persia, preventing Persia from attacking Iraq.

Once the Gulf War broke out, facing enormous pressure, as long as Rashid actively asked for war, Saddam would most likely appoint Rashid as the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi army in Kuwait.

Because Rashid is the most combative among the Iraqi generals.

After careful consideration, Liu Tao contacted intelligence personnel in Iraq.

Rashid can call him via satellite phone at any time, but he cannot call Rashid via satellite phone at any time, so as not to put Rashid in a difficult situation.

Not long after, Rashid took the initiative to call Liu Tao via satellite phone.

The two communicated in Chinese. Liu Tao spoke very frankly to Rashid and expressed that he would help Iraq as much as possible after the war and help him go further.

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Theater Joint Forces Command.

Commander of the U.S. Central Headquarters, Schwarzkopf, rubbed his temple with a look of headache and frowned.

Although he was appointed as the commander-in-chief and commanded the coalition forces together with Saudi Armed Forces Commander Khalid, in fact, he was only the commander-in-chief of the US side.

According to the agreement reached by all parties, although all troops in the war zone are under the unified command of Khalid and Schwarzkopf, the troops of each country also accept orders and instructions from the highest authorities of their own country. In fact, each country's troops have their own commanders and each commands their own troops.

A coalition of 39 nations means there are 39 commanders, each with his own ideas.

Even after the agreed deadline had passed, the commanders of fifteen countries had still not arrived at the theater joint forces headquarters to report.

But he had no place to vent his anger because several of them were allies of the United States.

What made him very unhappy was that the US military was clearly here to act as the savior, to help Saudi Arabia resist Iraq, to ​​prevent Saudi Arabia from being invaded by Iraq, to ​​help Kuwait drive out the Iraqis, and to help Kuwait restore its country. However, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait did not welcome the US military, and they were often met with contempt and indifference when they arrived in Riyadh.

Since his arrival, the King of Saudi Arabia and the King of Kuwait have not received him once.

"Damn it! How could they do such a serious matter without even knowing it was secretly recorded?" Schwarzkopf couldn't help but curse out loud.

They were supposed to be saviors, but ended up being unwelcome in the Arab world.

Look at the original plan of the US military to take this opportunity to build dozens of military bases in the Middle East, but now all of them have fallen through.

The meaning of Saudi Arabia and other countries is very clear. It can be used as a coalition military base in the short term, but after the war, the coalition forces must withdraw and the military base will be taken back.

"It seems we have to find a way to lure Saddam into sending troops to attack Saudi Arabia and put pressure on Saudi Arabia!" Schwarzkopf's eyes flashed coldly.

Schwarzkopf was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the American side, so he was certainly not a simple person. He was a true all-rounder.

Schwarzkopf knew exactly what the United States was planning.

To this end, Schwarzkopf does not mind using a knife to kill the donkey and threatening and forcing Saudi Arabia.

As long as Saudi Arabia agrees, other Middle Eastern countries will definitely be affected and succumb.

"Also, we have to urge those guys to come quickly. If they don't come, this headquarters will be unable to function at all. We can't even hold a meeting!" Schwarzkopf became annoyed when he thought of this.

Such a long time has passed, and the commanders of fifteen countries have not arrived yet.

This resulted in Schwarzkopf, who arrived first, being unable to hold a single successful meeting after forming the headquarters.

Whenever he proposed to hold a meeting, there were always others who said that they should wait until the commanders of other countries arrived before holding a meeting together, otherwise the meeting would be ineffective and in vain.

This annoyed Schwarzkopf.

The current coalition forces are a loose group.

He didn't even know whether he would be able to launch an attack on the Iraqi army as scheduled by that time.

Therefore, the thing Schwarzkopf wanted to do most was to have the commanders of various countries arrive as soon as possible so that they could hold a meeting and communicate, including the distribution of military camps, the formulation of combat plans, etc., so that they could be finalized.

Look at it now, except for the US military, no other country's advance troops have arrived. Even countries like Egypt have not been able to arrive with advance troops.

This is simply outrageous.

Of all the countries, the United States is the most actively preparing for war, while other countries are simply scattered.

(End of this chapter)