"To be precise, now Iraq's forces are gone. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info 38 of the 43 army divisions that participated in the Gulf War were severely damaged or even annihilated. More than 100,000 casualties, and more than 60,000 were captured. In Hou Dasheng's study, the stationmaster began to explain to Hou Dasheng what he knew: "More than 3,500 tanks and more than 1,200 armored vehicles have been destroyed or captured by the Iraqi Army alone. 2,500 artillery pieces destroyed or captured......"

After a pause, the man named Julian, who was in his fifties and had a typical Middle Eastern face, said to Hou Dasheng in a deep voice: "Then we and other groups pushed for a decade-long sanctions and blockade against them, in order to further deplete their combat capabilities. Clearly, we have achieved impressive results. ”

Hou Dasheng smiled, the results are indeed impressive. Economic sanctions and blockades are extremely fatal to any small country. Even a big country will be consumed internally. Huaxia once tried this taste, but fortunately, Huaxia relied on the support of those original predecessors.

Not only has it withstood economic blockades and sanctions, but it has even developed its own nuclear weapons system and satellite missile system. Only then did it completely and completely establish the status of China's great power. The status of any great power is not easy to gain. Among them, the blood and sweat lives of countless people are invisible to ordinary people.

A decade-long blockade, sanctions, and even a no-fly ban has plummeted Iraq's situation. The main income they rely on is Iraq's crude oil. You know, this country is the second largest crude oil depositor in the world. And this one is almost banned. As a result, the entire Iraqi economy has fallen directly into regression. They are not a big country like China, and they have no foundation for self-reliance.

This can be seen from their declining military spending year by year. Hou Dasheng's report shows that two years ago, all military spending in Iraq was only maintained at a low level of $1.4 billion. It can be said that the blockade has done them great harm.

"Iraq currently has a population of more than 24 million, and about six million men between the ages of 15 and 49 are eligible for military service. In fact, more than 3.3 million service members have been conscripted. At present, all their regular troops, including the Republican Guard, are about 370,000 men on active duty. The number of air forces remained at 30,000, and the number of air defense units was less than 20,000. The ridiculous, dispensable navy is only about 2,000 people......"

After a pause, Julian continued: "In addition, there are less than 10,000 border guards, about 15,000 security forces, and about 20,000 tribal militias. Counting their reserves, at present, the total strength and mobilizable strength of the entire Iraqi army is about 650,000. ”

"What needs to be faced in the war is the main force of the Iraqi army, that is, their army. Their headquarters, naturally, is in Baghdad. But the two fronts in the north and south each had two and three corps headquarters. The southern part was garrisoned by the 3rd and 4th Army Corps, which consisted of two armored divisions, one mechanized infantry division, and three infantry divisions. ”

Hou Dasheng nodded, leaned back on the sofa and listened to Julian's eloquent conversation: "In the north, there are three corps headquarters. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th Army Corps were stationed, respectively. It has one armored division and two mechanized infantry divisions. and eight infantry divisions. ”

"At present, most of the Iraqi army's equipment is Soviet-based and a small number of tanks purchased from China. Mainly T-72, T-72M1, T-69 and T-54/55, as well as a small number of Type 59/56 tanks produced in China. Shrugging his shoulders, Julian said with a little disdain: "Of course, they also have some armored vehicles." Comparing the available ones is the BMP-1/2, which has about 900 ......"

With Julian's introduction, Hou Dasheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seems that Iraq, after a decade of blockade, is indeed in tatters. In addition to the disadvantage of equipment, the command system of the Iraqi side is also a bunch of scum.

In the Gulf War, Iran and Iraq did not perform very well. However, Iraq, which originally held the initiative in the war and had absolute superiority in equipment, could only make people sigh if it fought the war like this. A series of high-level strategic decision-making mistakes, plus tactical command errors. As a result, they have more advanced equipment than the other party in vain, but they are still a mess.

Eventually, both sides had to stop fighting out of breath and go home to lick their wounds.

"For us, the more threatening thing is some of the missiles they have. Fortunately, in the previous inspections, we destroyed 50 of their missiles. At the same time, the launcher was destroyed, and some launch lift vehicles. Julian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Now the optimistic estimate is that they probably have less than 20 missiles in their hands. Launch vehicles, it is estimated that there are 6 more. This is relatively a threat to our attack. But only some. ”

As for the Air Force, Julian didn't even bother to say it. Hou Dasheng also understands this. Before the Gulf War, Iraq had the most powerful air force in the entire Gulf region. Among the more than 600 fighters they had, there were also a large number of Su-24/25, MiG-23/27/25/29, and even the French Mirage F-1, which were relatively advanced at that time...... Wait a minute.

However, they took these things for nothing. At the beginning of the Gulf War, more than 80 of their warplanes were blown up on airfields. There are more than 100 warplanes that have fled to Iran...... In the end, less than forty were shot down......

That's it, Saddam Hussein is not dead. has been challenging the no-fly zone set by Britain and the United States. As a result, another batch of fighters that he had left in his hands were shot down. Other areas have also been subjected to non-stop air and missile strikes.

"This is some of the commanders we contacted, and some of the statistical reports we have collected." Julian handed Hou Dasheng a document bag and said softly: "At present, most of the people we have contacted are unwilling to go to death with Saddam. The Gulf War has already illustrated a lot. They're all thinking about the way back now. ”

Hou Dasheng nodded, and then flipped through the lists. When he saw the names on the list, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. These people are all thinking about the way back, and it is hell that Saddam Hussein does not lose. Tariq Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. Commander of the Western Theater of Operations Jalawy, Saddam's senior aide Saadi, and Director of Military Intelligence Najib...... Wait a minute.

This series of lists is very illustrative -- the entire army subordinate to Saddam Hussein is not optimistic about this war. Even the troops below began to defy the yang and yin and seek their own way out. Julian paused and continued: "In this regard, the people of the CIA have already begun to operate. Mainly the departments under the SAD under their subordinates......"

The two communicated late at night, mainly because Julian was saying that Hou Dasheng was listening. At the same time, Julian also personally handed over a large part of the information to Hou Dasheng. And told him that these materials are all classified. After reading it, it must be destroyed and not leaked.

Hou Dasheng naturally has no intention of leaking it. After reading these materials and memorizing them roughly, they will destroy all the materials. Seeing Julian away, Hou Dasheng took out his satellite phone and dialed a number. The phone rang twice and was answered.

"Hahaha...... Monkey cub, why did you remember to call your uncle?! At this moment, you kid must be thinking about the situation in Iraq, right?! I'll be honest with you, we don't get involved in this. If you want to make trouble, you will make trouble. ”

On the other end of the phone, it was Lu Song's hearty voice. Hou Dasheng heard his words and couldn't help but smile slightly: "We are indeed involved in Iraq's affairs. But I'm not asking for your help. Instead, there is business for you to do, and ask if you are interested. ”

"Huh...... Iraq will soon be in ruins, and Saddam Hussein himself has been blockaded for more than a decade, poor like a ghost. And now it's Anglo-American who is going to kill him, and we don't have the idea of touching Yingmei's eyebrows. Lu Song on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "You mercenaries, it's quite cost-effective to earn a few at will." It's hard for us to get involved. ”

Hou Dasheng is very clear about the current external way of Huaxia, that is, to be as low-key as possible and to keep quiet as much as possible. Don't attract the attention of others, develop slowly. Only when the economy develops can it have the ability to change other things. If you don't have money, it's all nonsense.

If you want to build a warship, you have to burn money. If you want to change equipment, you have to burn money. Research new weapons, and you have to burn money. National construction also requires a lot of money burning. They have to burn money from the front and back, and the bigwigs above are gray for the silver. Who cares about Iraq!

"Uncle, it must be good for me to call you." Hou Dasheng smiled slightly and said softly: "Service station, you know, right?!" You should know that their energy. To be honest, I'm just a middleman in this matter. It's too specific for me to say. But the service station and several other organizations ......"

Lu Song, who was on the other end of the phone, interrupted Hou Dasheng's words in a cold voice: "You can directly say the service provider council!" The voters, I know them. Want to enter China?! Tell them we'll slaughter as many as we come in! Back then, letting them wander around was already the limit of what we could accept. Think about it again and ask them how many people can die. ”

"Monkey cub, I advise you not to get involved in this matter. There are many issues involved in this matter, and it is not something that can be explained in one or two sentences. Lu Song on the other end of the phone said in a deep voice: "They are fundamentally different from us. These people eat human blood. Don't think we don't know what role Afghanistan, Russia, Iran, the Gulf and now Iraq played. Everyone knows in their hearts that there are some things that should not be said. ”

Hou Dasheng held the phone and was silent for a while. Only then did he say to Lu Song in a deep voice......