Chapter 703: War is about to begin
Very quickly.
After receiving the order, the pilots drove their planes to Iraq.
There was only Turkey in between, so the planes did not need to refuel in the air.
Soviet pilots drove fighter jets directly to the Iraqi air base and delivered them to Iraq.
Iraq immediately arranged pilots to take over this batch of fighter jets.
For the Iraqi Air Force, Iraq was originally equipped with a large number of Soviet fighter jets, and the fighter jets introduced from the East were actually Soviet fighter jets.
Pilots did not need to undergo long-term training, and they could form combat effectiveness as soon as they took over.
Even the advanced fighter jets negotiated by Iraq were allowed to introduce 30 MiG-29 fighter jets.
Saddam had fully understood the attitude of the Soviet Union.
With the attitudes of the United States and the Soviet Union, Saddam's confidence increased greatly!
Liu Tao was at the Panshan Group headquarters, and he had been paying attention to the news from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.
He contacted his people every day through satellite phones.
When Saudi Arabia wanted to hire more mercenaries, Liu Tao agreed without hesitation. If you don't make money, you are a bastard.
He knew that under the threat of Dongfeng Express, Saddam did not have the courage to march his troops into Saudi Arabia and start a war against Saudi Arabia.
After all, even if Iraq had the "Aegis" air defense missile, no one would be naive enough to think that the air defense missile was omnipotent and could intercept targets 100%.
Even if there were some possibilities, Saddam would not take the risk.
This was a joke with his own life.
Liu Tao even knew Saddam's decision, the assembly and deployment of the Iraqi army, and even the battle plan.
When Liu Tao got the news that Iraq sent troops to display the border to scare the Kuwaitis and Saudis, he couldn't help but feel happy.
Even if he didn't pay special attention, he knew that the international crude oil price had risen.
He was long on international crude oil futures and had stopped losses!
And the more the international crude oil price rose, the more he earned.
He not only went long on international crude oil futures, but also bought stocks of several major energy giants, and the profit was not small.
Liu Tao knew that war was inevitable!
This is an inevitable result caused by multiple factors.
From the Iraqi side, Iraq has always wanted to annex Kuwait and make Kuwait the 19th province of Iraq.
First, it is for Kuwait's oil resources, second, it is for the seaport, and third, it is for the hegemony of the Gulf region.
Saddam's ambition has always been very big, and he wants to establish a unified Arab country.
Now Iraq has the strongest army and the strongest air force in the entire Arab world. As long as there is a chance, Saddam will definitely attack Kuwait.
Even after digesting Kuwait, it may further launch a war against Saudi Arabia.
Once controlling Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Saddam will control more than 70% of the oil production in the Middle East.
With the huge oil production, the benefits brought by it can make Iraq truly the world's third largest military power, and also the world's third largest economic power.
Here, it can be seen from the fact that Saddam spent 50 billion US dollars to purchase a large number of weapons and ammunition from him.
In addition to a large number of weapons and ammunition, there are also a large number of commodities, including daily necessities, food and medicines, etc.!
"The United States, the Soviet Union!" Liu Tao has received inside information that Saddam has received support from the United States and the Soviet Union.
So far, Liu Tao can only look up to these two superpowers.
Whether it is the United States or the Soviet Union, they are still very powerful, far exceeding other countries.
The comprehensive national strength of the two superpowers is indeed far greater than that of other countries.
As Liu Tao guessed, the increasingly tense situation in the Middle East has made the whole world worried.
Governments of various countries have expressed their opinions.
Several major powers, at the invitation of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, tried to mediate, hoping that the two sides would have a good talk to avoid the increasingly tense situation between Iraq and Kuwait, which would affect the peace of the whole world.
However, the mediation did not work.
After all, there is only one country that sincerely wants to mediate and really does not want Iraq to launch a war against Kuwait.
It is normal that the mediation did not work.
As Iraq continues to mobilize troops and send reinforcements to the border between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, the troops on the border have exceeded the troops of an armored division.
The situation in the entire Middle East has become more dangerous.
The world's spectators excitedly moved their stools, put on a glass of water, cracked melon seeds, and hugged watermelons to watch the war that is likely to break out in the Middle East.
Even many casinos have opened, allowing gamblers around the world to guess how long it will take for the war to break out.
Although the Middle Eastern countries are all weak, they are all very rich and have advanced equipment. They are more unambiguous in fighting wars. They often fight when they say they will fight. Even if they cannot win, they will still start a war when it is time.
Domestic TV stations have also opened special forums to discuss whether a war will break out in the Middle East.
Experts have vowed that both sides are Arab brothers and believe in Islam. In the Iran-Iraq War, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait both firmly supported Iraq. Saddam could not risk the world's disapproval and attack Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.
Some experts also said that Iraq has just ended the Iran-Iraq War, and its soldiers are still in a state of exhaustion and have not recovered. The exhausted soldiers will lose. No country will launch a war under such circumstances. Only fools would do such a thing.
From an economic point of view, some economists believe that Iraq suffered a lot in the Iran-Iraq war. Now that the oil price is very good, Iraq must now export oil to make more money to use it to restore the domestic Fujian province. It is impossible to start a war. .
Liu Tao watches the rise in international oil prices every day. He will benefit greatly from this rise in international oil prices.
When the international crude oil price was US$25 per barrel, he shipped a large amount of oil to the mainland as a reserve.
Panshan Group now owns many gas stations across the country, and the oil he has prepared is enough for Huaxia Petroleum to last for a while.
'Huaxia Petroleum' is a company 100% owned by Panshan Group. Its full name is 'Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Company'. It is mainly engaged in oil and gas business, engineering and technical services, petroleum engineering construction, petroleum equipment manufacturing, new energy development, etc. A comprehensive international energy company with business operations, it is one of China's major oil and gas producers and suppliers.
Different from Huaxia Petrochemical Corporation, Huaxia Petrochemical Corporation owns all domestic oil fields and mainly exploits domestic oil fields, while 'Huaxia Petroleum' has oil fields in the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. In addition to its own oil field exploration, It also buys crude oil from the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.
In addition to supplying the mainland and Xiangjiang, the oil of "Huaxia Petroleum" is also supplied to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Japan and South Korea.
Previously, 'Huaxia Petroleum' was under the jurisdiction of China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation, but in a year or two, when the scale reaches a certain level, it will inevitably be separated from China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation and become a secondary group of Panshan Group!