The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

Yang Dongxu was very busy that day. Apart from filming, he had to read a lot of international newspapers. There was even a map of the Middle East in the room, and he also marked the route and progress of the Iraqi march in Kuwait that had been reported.

Don't look at Iraq being beaten by the U.S. military in later generations, but now Iraq is a big brother in the Middle East. If you see that the younger brother is disobedient, you will beat the younger brother.

For example, one of the causes of the Gulf War was the problem of oil extraction. Iraq owed debts to some Arab countries, and the debt owed to Kuwait was US$14 billion.

So he wants the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce oil production and raise oil prices so that he can repay his debts after making profits. But Kuwait has raised oil production and lowered its price, hoping to force Iraq to resolve a border dispute between the two.

Afterwards, the two began to accuse each other of wrangling for several years without any results. Therefore, on August 1, 1990, the negotiations between Iraq and Kuwait on the oil issue broke down. Then Lao Sa sent troops directly the next day.

At this time, only a little more than a year has passed since the Iran-Iraq War. From this, it can be seen how much Iraq is hanging in the Middle East, and whoever refuses to accept it will do it.

Of course, this is also related to international relations. After all, behind Iraq stands the Soviet Union, a superpower that can currently compete with the United States. Standing behind it is such a "big brother". beat you.

However, Lao Sa obviously didn't see the timing of this popularity, or he was a little overconfident about the big brother behind him. At present, my big brother is a bit uneasy in the country at this time.

On March 11 this year, Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union and began a referendum. This is undoubtedly the prelude to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Therefore, this seemingly mighty polar bear has internal and external troubles at this time. Even if he wants to take care of his little brother at this time, he is a bit powerless. Therefore, the Gulf War has been doomed from the beginning.

However, these are not the focus of Yang Dongxu's attention at present. What he wants to do now is how to shift the attention of high-level officials from the war itself to oil, and see how the country can "intervene" even if the country does not send troops when the Middle East is in chaos. ability, can you get some oil orders back from the business.

I have to say that this question is a bit ironic, because in the Middle East where the oil has dried up, the country's focus is not on oil, but on the war itself.

In other words, the above is concerned about whether the war will further expand since the United States has sent troops. After all, Iraq also has a big brother behind it. Once the two superpowers fight together, will World War III break out.

In other words, since the United States has sent troops, it is the focus of high-level attention both in terms of strategic deployment and in terms of weapons and equipment, so as to measure the size of the military power gap between the two countries.

Of course, war is a national matter. Yang Dongxu's small arms and legs can't get involved, and he doesn't have the ability to participate. His focus now is on oil.

Although the current domestic economic development is still speeding up, it is basically self-sufficient in energy consumption. After all, Huaxia also has oil fields. The energy problem has not been stuck for the time being, but if it is not stuck now, it does not mean that it will not be stuck in the future. This matter must be prepared in advance.

"Time is too tight, and there is no money." Looking at the map of the Middle East in front of him, Yang Dongxu scratched his hair irritably.

No matter what the Middle East is talking about now, as long as the United States starts to act, the Gulf War, which seems to be likely to cause World War III, will end in just one month.

This is a result that everyone did not expect. Before the United States announced its action, no one would have thought that Iraq, which could fight Iran for eight years, would have no power to fight back in front of the United States.

So if you have money, there are too many things that can be done here. Even if Yang Dongxu can't get involved in such things, after the war, whether it is Iraq sanctioned by the United Nations or Kuwait that has suffered from the war, it will need funds to recover.

Naturally, the only thing they can take out as collateral is oil, so this is the best time to win oil fields from the Middle East. Not to mention the low price, since Europe and the United States have not jointly imposed an energy blockade on China, they can definitely win many oil fields.

But what troubles Yang Dongxu is that he seems to be worth a billion dollars and now he has no money at all, let alone buying the entire oil field, he can't afford the money to buy some shares in the oil field.

"NND, it's a loss, it's a big loss." Seeing a piece of fat meat in front of him but unable to eat it, Yang Dongxu felt so mad.

After staying in Hong Kong for another five days, under the urging of several phone calls a day by the old man, Yang Dongxu hurriedly edited the sample and flew back to Yanjing. Just after getting off the plane, he didn't even have time to go back to the big courtyard, and was directly taken to the old man's residence by the car that picked him up at the airport.

"It's very big." Zhou Yiren, whose hair had completely turned silvery white, and who was wearing thick reading glasses, looked at Yang Dongxu angrily.

"What are you afraid of if you don't fight in a short time?" Yang Dongxu shrugged his shoulders.

If it weren't for the old man's urging too hard, he actually wanted to come back in a few days, not because he wanted to finish all the finishing work of the movie and arrange for its release before coming back. It's that he thought about it and couldn't figure out how to get the oil fields from Kuwait after the end of the Gulf War without enough money.

"What do you think of this war?" Zhou Yiren asked directly, too lazy to talk nonsense with Yang Dongxu.

"As long as the United States completes its troop deployment and starts to fight, Iraq will lose."

"Oh?" Zhou Yiren stared at Yang Dongxu and waited for the next sentence.

Zhou Yiren was not surprised by Yang Dongxu's definition of Iraq must lose, because the results they obtained during the research process these days are also the same.

After all, Iraq seems to be strong in the Middle East. It fought against Iran before, and now it is attacking Kuwait. It even quickly destroyed Kuwait's defense line and forced the Kuwaiti royal family to flee to other countries for refuge.

But whether it is still so strong in front of the American army is not certain, because the national strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, and Iraq is the invading party, so as long as the war is prolonged, Iraq will definitely lose.

Not to mention UN sanctions and multinational coalition forces, Iraq and the United States alone are not in the same heavyweight category. One is a superpower and the other is a small Middle Eastern country. It is clear at a glance who wins and who loses.

However, their research is research, and Zhou Yiren still wants to hear what basis Yang Dongxu has for his opinion that Iraq must be defeated.

"Comparing the two countries in terms of international status, military strength, and comprehensive national strength, the United States surpasses Iraq by a large margin. Does a small Middle Eastern country and a world superpower need to analyze the two sides fighting?"

"It's not as bad as you said, is it?" Zhou Yiren frowned.

Although Iraq is not a military power, it has never stopped wars these years, so the combat effectiveness of the army is very good, and the weapons and equipment in its hands are relatively advanced. It has been changing the army, and it is not a bully in the Middle East. Can't.

So in Zhou Yiren's view, even though the United States is very powerful, the combat effectiveness of the Iraqi army is not bad, and there should be two more rounds between the two. Of course, Iraq must be defeated. This does not require analysis to know the answer.

But Yang Dongxu's tone seemed like Iraq couldn't even pull two rounds, which surprised Zhou Yiren.

"The so-called is almost just an appearance, and it depends on who you compare it with. He can fight Iran and even Kuwait without any power to fight back, but he is just a piece of cake in front of the US army. You must know that the equipment that Iraq seems to buy They are all great.

But all the arms that can be sold in the world, not to mention being eliminated, are at least one or two grades behind, especially some heavy weapons such as missiles. The countries that sell these arms are all in their hands. More than one hole card can deal with these sold weapons, what if they turn around and fall on their own heads.

So how long Iraq can hold out does not depend on its current military strength, but on the determination of the United States to take him down, or the military expenditure that the United States is willing to pay for it.

From the analysis of the current situation, the United States is very determined to win Iraq, and it is obvious that such an arrangement of troops is to be defeated in one blow and will not be procrastinated, so Iraq will not last long. "

Zhou Yiren didn't say a word and frowned at Yang Dongxu. He also knew that Miguo's equipment was very powerful, and he would not deceive himself about this. But he felt that Yang Dongxu gave Shinhwa a little of the weapons and equipment of the United States.

Advanced weapons and equipment are powerful, but fighting still depends on people. Didn't Xinhua come all the way from millet plus rifle? When facing the powerful United States and advanced weapons during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, didn't China win?

So he admitted that advanced weapons are powerful, but advanced weapons are not magical weapons, so the extent of their power is still limited. In fact, they are not the only ones who think this way, almost everyone thinks what they think now. After all, the victory of China's War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea has greatly shocked these countries that rely entirely on advanced weapons to wage war.

If Yang Dongxu hadn't been reborn, he would have felt that although the equipment of the American army is very good, Iraq is still capable of fighting. However, as a person who has experienced it, he is very clear about the impact of the Gulf War on the traditional concept of war formed since World War II, and it can even be said to be a huge shock.

"Let's not talk about this first, what do you think about battlefield warfare?" Yang Dongxu knew that it would be useless to say more at this time, and only by letting them see it with their own eyes would they understand how terrifying the new form of electronic warfare is.