Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

"A ceasefire with Iran, leaving aside Iraq's foreign aggression, but internal aggression should not be underestimated. After eight years of endless war, if the Iraqi government fails to restore the domestic economy as soon as possible and solve the living problems of the Iraqi people, it will easily happen. turmoil."

"During the war, everyone agreed with the outside world, and any conflicts and problems would be suppressed. However, after the war is over, internal problems will be infinitely magnified. At this time, if one is not handled properly, no one can predict what will happen."

Prince Hassar shook his head and said: "Yang, are you being too sensitive? As far as I know, the current Iraqi leader is a very good leader. He came from a commoner background and knows the thoughts of the people at the bottom. What are you worried about?" thing, I don't think it's going to happen."

"Perhaps!" Yang Chen said with a faint smile.

Iraq at this time is a bit like Vietnam after the Vietnam War.

In the 70s, with the support of the interior and the Soviet Union, Vietnam drove away the Americans and unified the country. After that, it claimed to be the third military power in the world, second only to the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Similarly, after the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq also claimed to be the third military power in the world.

There are reasons why Vietnam dared to call itself the third military power in the world. There are three main ones. The first one is the army.

Since the 40s, Vietnam has resisted France first, and then the United States. It has experienced 30 years of national resistance. Although the continuous war has caused countless casualties among Vietnamese soldiers and civilians, Vietnam has also developed a brave team during the long-term war of resistance. Fighting Iron Troops.

With more than one million combat-experienced and battle-hardened veterans, coupled with the careful training of military instructors from the Soviet Union and the Inland Army at that time, the Vietnamese army at that time was second to none in the world in terms of actual combat experience and combat literacy.

Leaving aside the millions of troops with rich combat experience, dare to let Vietnam claim to be the third largest military power, as well as the weapons used by the Vietnamese army at that time.

After the Vietnam War ended, more than 50 US troops who participated in the Vietnam War at that time left almost all their weapons and equipment in Vietnam when they withdrew from Vietnam.

Since World War I, Americans have fought wars with equipment. After World War II, except for the Soviet Union, the military weapons of other countries, from rifles and artillery to aircraft and tanks, have been completely abused by the US military.

In addition to the advanced weapons left by the US military, the Soviet Union also assisted Vietnam with a large amount of Soviet-style equipment in order to win over Vietnam.

Combining the advanced weapons of the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, the Vietnamese Army became one of the best-equipped armies in the world at that time, and it was not far behind the U.S. Army and the Soviet Army.

With a team of millions of war-tested veterans and advanced weapons armed to the teeth, Vietnam dared to call itself the third military power in the world at that time, and it also had the confidence and capital.

Of course, what really made Vietnam confident was the support of the Soviet Union, a world power.

At that time, due to Vietnam's resistance to the U.S. military, the Soviet Union once regarded Vietnam as the first overseas alliance target. In addition to dealing with the United States, there was also a north-south clamping inland.

That ally of the Soviet Union is the biggest confidence in Vietnam's arrogance and domineering.

Similar to Vietnam, after the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq's greatest confidence was that it was an important ally of the Soviet Union.

Although Iraq's geographical location is much worse than that of Vietnam, Iraq has one advantage over Vietnam, that is, it is richer than Vietnam and has rich domestic oil resources.

Although the Soviet Union does not lack Iraq's oil resources, after all, the polar bears have such a large land area, and most of the oil resources are exported to European countries.

But this does not prevent the Soviet Union from using Iraq as an ally to intervene in controlling the situation in the Middle East.

Although Iraq is not the first alliance country of the Soviet Union, it is also a very important ally. At least in terms of weapons, Iraq is undoubtedly a big and fat sheep.

Except, like Vietnam, has the Soviet Union as an ally.

Vietnam has the same military configuration as Iraq.

Of course, unlike Vietnam’s free enjoyment of advanced weapons and equipment from the United States and the Soviet Union at that time, Iraq relied on buying and buying.

Iraq, rich and powerful, pushed the weapons and equipment of its own army to the peak during the Iran-Iraq War.

Millions of Iraqi troops have gone through eight years of war, with more than [-] advanced tanks from various countries, more than [-] advanced armored vehicles, thousands of various artillery pieces, nearly [-] combat aircraft and other advanced weapons.

At this time, Iraq, in terms of its military weapons configuration, is not inappropriate for ranking third in addition to the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union.

What Vietnam had at that time, Iraq had everything. In addition, Iraq did not have a big country like an inland country.

The only Iran that can compete with it, the two countries have been fighting for seven or eight years, and they are already tired. Now once the two countries cease fire, as long as it is not a big deal, it is basically impossible to fight again.

According to normal people's thinking, after the end of the Iraq war, there will be a long period of peace.

Only Yang Chen knew that Iraq would hit a mine next and invade Kuwait. I'm afraid the whole world didn't think of Iraq's million-strong army. If it was gone, it would be gone.

It's like the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which is so fast that people are caught off guard.

Although wealth and wealth are in danger, Sada's mother and brother are so famous in later generations, Yang Chen is unwilling to have unnecessary involvement with the other party no matter what.

Early in the morning, it's better to stay away.

Chapter 1052 The Black-faced Boss Yang

Seeing that Yang Chen didn't intend to change his mind, and Prince Hassar didn't continue to persuade him, he was the one who brokered the arms business of the British Aerospace Corporation in the Middle East.

Now that the Iran and Iraq wars are over, he won't be able to make much money as a middleman.

Therefore, no matter what Yang Chen decides, it won't affect him.

Of course, if Yang Chen used Iraq's arrears to exploit oil in Iraq, that would be a different matter.

Everyone in the world talks about the huge profits in the arms business, but in fact, the former is not worth mentioning when selling arms and selling oil.

The huge profits of oil are unimaginable to outsiders.

It's a pity that Boss Yang is really worried about Iraq and the Sada mother and brother. Even if he knows that he holds a gold mine in his hand, he has to sell it quickly.

It's not that he is timid, anyone who knows the truth would probably not be willing to take this muddy water.

Just imagine, he is going to invest in Iraq now, and after two years he has built everything and started oil production. At that time, when the Gulf War broke out, would he still think about oil production?

The war broke out, and when the two sides were fighting, any shell could blow up all the buildings back to before liberation.

Don't make any money, and lose money in the end.

British Aerospace Corporation is not owned by Mr. Yang's family, so he can't keep giving it blood transfusions. Before the Iran-Iraq War, British Aerospace Corporation turned losses into profits with a large amount of arms trade.

Next, after the account is recovered, British Aerospace will be able to completely get rid of the previous loss-making situation. With the gradual prosperity of the global shipping industry, British Aerospace will continue to transform towards civilian use, and with the support of the Young consortium With support, nothing will be too bad in the future.

If the British Aerospace Corporation can further in-depth cooperation with the inland, it is not impossible for the British Aerospace Corporation to become one of the world's leading military giants in a few decades by virtue of the huge market demand in the inland.

"By the way, Prince, has the Saudi government made a decision regarding the construction of the communication network?"

"Press?" Hearing that Yang Chen suddenly changed the topic to the communication network, Prince Hasal shook his head regretfully and said, "Not yet, the king is still a little hesitant, and I'm afraid it won't be possible to make a specific decision in a short time."

After CDMA technology was commercialized by Qualcomm and Xiangjiang Telephone Company, the Saudi government couldn't help but have a headache.

When Europe and the United States fight in the arena, it is not each other who is in trouble, but a group of countries that cannot help themselves. Regardless of the later generations of the United States, who look like a world policeman, everyone is afraid of it.

But in this era, before the collapse of the huge polar bear of the Soviet Union, Europe and the United States are partners, not a master-slave relationship. The European partnership relies heavily on the United States. Similarly, the United States also needs the European partnership to contain the Soviet Union for it.

Therefore, the competition between Europe and the United States is very fierce at this stage. Just look at the island countries. No matter how crazy the island countries are in later generations, they dare not make bold claims to buy the entire United States and occupy the United States peacefully.

Later generations of island countries dare not, but now island countries dare.

Even younger brothers like island countries dare to blatantly challenge the bottom line of the United States, let alone European countries.