The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 744 Revenge
The US and Soviet armies are on different paths.

The U.S. military emphasizes the performance of weapons, believing that the performance of weapons can determine victory or defeat on the battlefield. There are reasons for this. One of the reasons is that the United States reaped the dividends of World War I and World War II and absorbed the largest number of scientists in Europe. This allowed the United States to develop very rapidly, but it was also accompanied by rising labor costs in the United States.

If the US military does not rely on the performance of its weapons, but only on the number of weapons, it will ultimately be no match for the Soviet army.

The Soviet Army had a unique system that allowed the entire country to work as one, and through the planned economy, it reduced losses and internal friction to a minimum. Labor costs were also much lower. The Soviet Union could switch all enterprises to the wartime system at the first opportunity, fully produce weapons, and serve the war.

This is something the United States cannot compare with.

The Soviet Army was different. It had an excellent system of concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks and could mobilize every citizen. The Soviet Union came to a conclusion through various wars, that is, unless there was a huge generation gap in weapons, it would definitely be overwhelmed by the massive amount of weapons.

During World War II, German tanks were quite advanced.

In the end, they were exhausted by the Soviet army. The Soviet army used several or even ten tanks to exchange for one German tank, which almost exhausted the German army.

Similarly, after World War II, this concept also influenced all aspects of the Soviet Union.

Many people would think that the Soviet Union made a mistake by choosing the wrong technology tree and not taking the high-tech path.

That's because people thought the Soviet Union was the same as the United States, but in fact there are huge differences between the two.

The Soviet Union was designed based on the S3 season. In such a large-scale war environment, the service life of weapons is very short, and it is useless no matter how long the weapon is designed to last.

What's more, the Soviet army emphasized that in a nuclear war environment, the army has relatively strong combat effectiveness.

If it were in that kind of environment, many European and American aircraft would actually lose their combat effectiveness.

It would have been impossible for the Soviet Union to allow the coalition forces to be fully prepared for a war like the Gulf War.

Besides, in terms of weapons, the United States does not have an absolute generational advantage over the Soviet Union.

In the absence of a generation gap, the Soviet Union had a numerical advantage and naturally had the advantage.

At this time, the Air Force received orders and the Air Force Commander issued a combat mission.

US military aircraft began to prepare for takeoff.

Not only the US military aircraft, but also other coalition aircraft are preparing to take off.

This time, the US military will mobilize all its air forces to launch large-scale air strikes on all targets in Iraq.

Especially the missile launch sites exposed this time and the airport where Iraqi planes took off.

According to Schwarzkopf, since the Iraqis dared to launch a surprise attack on their aircraft carrier fleet, they must withstand a more severe blow.

The whole world knows that the aircraft carrier fleet is the most important strategic force of the United States!
Every time there is a conflict, the first thing the US president asks is: "Where are our aircraft carriers?"

If Iraq is not taught a lesson this time and other countries follow suit, what deterrent power will the US aircraft carriers have!

More importantly, this dismissal will give the Soviets an inspiration!
By the time the Soviets learn this style of fighting, and even further improve such combat plans, the US aircraft carrier fleet, including the entire US Navy, will lose its deterrent effect on the Soviet Union.

The only area in which the United States had an absolute advantage over the Soviet Union was its navy.

Once the navy loses its advantage over the Soviet Union and loses its deterrence against the Soviet Union, who knows whether the Soviet Union will launch the S3 season.

By that time, NATO would definitely not be able to stop the Soviet army. In a week at most, the Soviet army would have swept across Europe, and the Soviet Union's steel torrent would appear on the Atlantic coast.

This conclusion was drawn from a military exercise in 1981 and countless military exercises.

Even if nuclear weapons were used, it still only took a week to conquer Europe.

More than two thousand fighter jets took off from various Saudi air force bases, carrying a large amount of ground attack munitions, and began to rush towards Iraqi airspace.

And this is just the first batch, the second batch will take off soon.

Although not all of them were ground attack aircraft, but included air combat aircraft, the number was absolutely terrifying. These escort fighters were equipped with anti-radiation missiles and air-to-air missiles.

Baghdad, Royal Palace.

Saddam was holding a banquet to celebrate this hard-earned victory.

Sadam shook off the dejection of the previous few days and became full of energy and enthusiasm.

At this time, Saddam was very regretful. He should have bought a batch of "Aegis" air defense missiles, anti-aircraft artillery shells, anti-aircraft machine gun bullets and "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles before the war.

These weapons are really useful!
Although this wave of attacks made him very excited, he also knew that it would be almost impossible for Iraq to do it again.

Although Iraq bought a lot of "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles, these "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles are divided into land-launched/ship-launched and air-launched types.

In addition, a lot of Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles were used in the "ship attack war" with the Persians. Now Iraq's Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles are mainly land-launched and ship-launched, with only more than 30 air-launched Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles left.

And it would be almost impossible for Iraq to succeed in adopting a similar strategy.

"When the war is over, I must purchase another batch of weapons and equipment from Panshan Group!" Saddam said secretly.

You can only know whether a weapon is good or not after you use it.

Saddam has experience in this regard.

Iraq purchased a lot of weapons and equipment that were promoted as miraculous by Europe and the United States, but when they arrived, they found that the effects were far from what was advertised.

Only the weapons of Panshan Group have actual performance that is even better than imagined.

During this period, Saddam couldn't sleep well because the American bombings were too frequent.

The bombing was almost non-stop.

Either a missile attack or an incoming aircraft.

No matter how strong Baghdad's air defense is, he needs to keep moving to the underground command center.

"Damn Americans, they'd better withdraw from the Middle East!" Saddam cursed the Americans in his heart.

Although the war has only been going on for a few days, Iraq has already suffered heavy losses.

The damage caused to Iraq by the American air strikes has exceeded the damage caused by the Persian air strikes during the ten years of the Iran-Iraq War.

Government buildings in many places were destroyed by the Americans.

Many air defense and radar positions were also destroyed by the Americans.

The power supply systems of many cities were also destroyed.

This has led to social instability in the country, and some voices against Saddam have reappeared.

In order to prevent his subordinates from opposing him and causing a mutiny, Saddam specifically asked people from the intelligence department to keep an eye on the military generals under him.

As a person in a superior position, Saddam was also a suspicious person. He would never allow anyone under him to challenge him or rebel against him.

Saddam's hatred for Americans grew stronger and stronger.

He was thinking that once he defeated the Americans and unified the Arab world, he would make the Americans pay a heavy price.

And the Soviets are not trustworthy at all. As one of the world's hegemons, they didn't even dare to confront their mortal enemy head-on.

(End of this chapter)