The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 761 The cruelty of war

Mistaken bombing!

This reason has been overused by Americans.

The bombing of the school was an accident!
The bombing of the hospital was also an accident!

The bombing of the nursing home was also a mistake!
Americans are the only ones in the world who believe that it was a mistaken bombing. No one else believes it.

Do you really think others are fools!
The Americans have been promoting on TV how accurate and advanced their guided bombs and guided missiles are. Why are they now saying it was a mistake? Moreover, they launched three guided missiles in succession at a school and they all happened to hit the school. In this case, is it still a mistake?

Just lie!
The Americans suffered heavy losses this time, and I don't know how many people are gloating over their misfortune.

Of course, the Iraqis suffered greater losses.

"Don't worry, we will take care of this!" said King Fahd.

The next day, Mubarak left Riyadh on a plane, not to Iraq, but to Persia.

Mubarak's special plane landed in Persia, and then a vehicle that had been arranged in advance took Mubarak to Iraq.

Mubarak was amazed. This method was really powerful. He was successful in both the Arab and Persian worlds. This was not an ordinary skill.

The hatred between Arabs and Persians lasted for thousands of years.

This hatred is actually no less than the hatred between Arabs and Jews.

But Mubarak still arrived in Baghdad safely in the evening.

Along the way, you can see the tragic situation in Iraq.

There was even thick smoke rising from the oil fields, which was caused by the bombing of Iraq's oil fields by the Americans.

There are still many places where fires are still burning.

The long-term bombing made it difficult for Iraq's firefighting forces to cope.

When he arrived in Baghdad, Mubarak was shocked. The Baghdad before him was no longer the Baghdad he knew.

Baghdad used to be prosperous and wealthy. Relying on its abundant resources, Iraq exported a large amount of oil every year and earned a lot of foreign exchange, which allowed Iraq to implement high social welfare. As the capital of Iraq, Baghdad is very prosperous, with cars and houses everywhere. At that time, modern buildings, buses, greenery, and fountains were very common in Baghdad.

But the Baghdad before our eyes was now filled with smoke and in ruins. There were even places where thick smoke was rising and fires were not yet extinguished.

The people of Baghdad we see are no longer the happy, prosperous and optimistic people they used to be, but are now in pain.

"That bastard Saddam was sold out by the Americans and even helped them count money! If we had withdrawn from Kuwait before the deadline, it wouldn't have brought such a severe disaster to the country of Iraq!" Mubarak felt helpless.

Before the war broke out, he made a special trip to Baghdad to persuade Saddam.

But Saddam refused to listen and wanted to fight the Americans. He even had a huge ambition to defeat the United States and then unify the Arab world with the momentum of a great victory.

As a result, the whole of Iraq has become such a terrible state and has become a ruin!
He didn't know that Saddam never regretted it, but Mubarak felt heartbroken.

Because this loss is the loss of the Arab world!

Look at the once powerful Iraqi army, known as the world's third largest military power, but now the navy has been destroyed again, the coast has been completely occupied, the air force has also been destroyed. Even the powerful army has suffered heavy losses.

When Mubarak met Saddam, he was shocked and terrified to see that Saddam no longer had his previous power!
I don't even know how long it has been since I took good care of my appearance.

"Saddam, my friend, you should announce a ceasefire under the current circumstances!" Mubarak said, "If you continue like this, you will be overthrown and lose all power in Iraq."

If the fighting continues, the best outcome would be the overthrow of Saddam's regime.

The worst outcome is that Iraq is destroyed and becomes a colony.

Everyone knows that Americans have been eyeing the Middle East's oil, and have been eyeing it for a long time.

If the Americans occupied Iraq, then with Iraq's current proven oil reserves, that would be a huge asset worth three trillion US dollars. No matter how much the Americans lost in the Gulf War, it would be enough to make up for the losses, and they would still make a huge profit!

Moreover, if the United States can control Iraq, then with Iraq's oil, the United States will have a very large say in international oil pricing. The benefits here may even exceed the wealth represented by Iraq's oil reserves.

Currently, Americans have been clamoring to bomb Iraq back to the Stone Age and destroy Iraq.

As for the original purpose of helping Kuwait to restore its independence and maintaining regional peace, no one has mentioned it anymore.

To be honest, Mubarak does not want the war to continue because it will consume the strength of the Arab world.

Saddam said somewhat dejectedly: "Mubarak, my friend, even if I declare a ceasefire, the Americans may not be willing to do so."

Rashid commanded the Iraqi army in Kuwait to teach the Americans a severe lesson, which made Saddam very excited, but you have to know that the ground war was not only happening in Kuwait, but also in other parts of Iraq.

Here in Iraq, the Americans wiped out seven divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard.

The U.S. Seventh Army launched a major assault, penetrating deep into Iraq and coordinating with the airborne troops and the Air Force, catching Iraq off guard and dealing a heavy blow to the Iraqi army.

And in this battle, the most dazzling force was the troops led by Rashid.

The Iraqi Army has now suffered a heavy blow compared to before the Gulf War, not only because of the huge casualties, but also because of the loss of a large amount of weapons and equipment.

"Saddam, Fahd and others mean that as long as you declare a ceasefire, the Americans will lose their sense of justice, and then they will have no choice but to stop the fire," Mubarak said. "They will even help Iraq with post-war reconstruction, and Iraq will still be a member of the Arab world!"

"Our enemies are the Persians and the Jews, not our Arab brothers!" Mubarak advised: "You still have nearly a million troops. I think the Americans will not push too hard and continue the war!"

It seemed that Iraq had lost a lot of land, but in fact, the troops led by Rashid had deployed three lines of defense, and the Americans would not be able to break through Iraq's defense lines for a while.

Moreover, the huge losses suffered by the United States have also put the United States in a very passive position.

Americans originally supported the Gulf War, but now that they have suffered such heavy losses and casualties, the families of the dead and wounded soldiers are furious.

Moreover, the Soviet Union's attitude has become ambiguous.

It is no longer the same statement as before the war.

No one knows whether the Soviets will take advantage of the situation at this time.

You should know that the United States has withdrawn a large number of troops from Europe to the Middle East. Originally, NATO's military strength was not as good as that of the Warsaw Pact. Now that part of NATO's forces are in the Middle East, the power comparison is even more disparate.

(End of this chapter)