Chapter 1194 The Final Battle (4)
The National Day in 2004 was quite lively.
The 55th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China happened to be a small celebration on the fifth day of the lunar calendar. Although it was called a small celebration, the celebrations in all walks of life were quite big.
Before the National Day, Guizhou Aircraft Group held a ceremony for the launch of the C919 domestic medium-range narrow-body trunk passenger aircraft as a gift for the National Day.
This means that China's aviation industry has been further improved.
This naturally caused a heated discussion.
It was also before the National Day that the "West-East Gas Transmission" project and the "West-East Oil Transmission" project were completed and officially put into operation.
The "West-East Gas Transmission" project is China's longest and largest gas pipeline, starting from Lunnan in the Tarim Basin in the west and ending in Shanghai in the east. The entire line adopts automated control, and the gas supply covers the Central Plains, East China, and the Yangtze River Delta. It runs through nine provinces and regions from east to west, with a total length of 4,200 kilometers. The annual pipeline gas transmission capacity is 60 billion cubic meters, of which the Lunnan Oilfield in the Tarim Basin and other oil fields supply 30 billion cubic meters annually, and the five Stan countries in Central Asia supply 30 billion cubic meters annually.
The "West-East Gas Transmission" project is invested and operated by China Petroleum Group Corporation. The completion of this century-long project will promote the use of natural gas instead of coal as fuel in various cities in nine provinces.
From the "West-East Gas Transmission" project, the main natural gas pipeline, to the supporting branch pipes to various cities, China Petroleum Group Corporation has invested more than 600 billion yuan.
The "West-East Oil Transmission" project is also a century-long project, including the West Line and the North Line.
The West Line is to transport oil from the five Stan countries in Central Asia to China's own "West-East Oil Transmission" project through oil pipelines, and then to various provinces and cities through oil pipelines.
The North Line is to transport oil from the polar bear to Heilongjiang Province, and then transport it to the south along the "North-South Oil Transmission" project oil pipeline.
One is the western route, which transports natural gas and oil from the five Central Asian countries to the Western Regions through natural gas pipelines and oil pipelines, and connects to the natural gas pipeline of China's own West-East Gas Transmission Project and the oil pipeline of the West-East Oil Transmission Plant, and then transports it to various provinces and cities through natural gas pipelines and oil pipelines.
One is the northern route, which transports it from the Polar Bear to Heilongjiang Province, and then transports it to the south along the natural gas pipeline of the "North Gas South Transmission" project and the oil pipeline of the "North Oil South Transmission" project. Among them, the natural gas of the Polar Bear supplies the entire three northeastern provinces and North China. The total length of the oil pipeline is 6,371 kilometers, and the natural gas pipeline is 6,371 kilometers.
The entire project, including supporting projects, has a total investment of 550 billion yuan.
China Petroleum Group Corporation has invested a large part of the money it has earned in the past few years in these two century projects.
These two century projects can import 60 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 150 million tons of oil each year.
Russia has made a lot of money from these two century projects, occupying a large market share of China's natural gas and oil imports, while the five Stan countries in Central Asia can only make a small profit.
All fields are paying tribute to the National Day.
When the National Day atmosphere faded and November came, four rounds of peace talks had been held, and good news kept coming out. When the Iraq War ended and the dawn of peace had arrived, the negotiations between the two sides broke down during the fifth round of peace talks because the war compensation demands put forward by the United States were unacceptable.
The Americans expressed regret for the breakdown of the peace talks.
George Walker, who was re-elected with a slight advantage, said in a televised speech that since Iraq rejected the goodwill of the Americans, the Americans would use their powerful force to end the war as quickly as possible.
Just as George Walker finished his televised speech, the joint forces, which had accumulated for two months, showed a powerful attack.
In these two months, the United States mobilized more air forces from various military bases around the world to the Iraqi battlefield, mobilized more troops, and made up for the lost troops.
At the same time, a large amount of supplies and weapons and equipment were mobilized.
In addition, the Americans did their best to block Iraq's access to weapons.
A large number of "Tomahawk" cruise missiles attacked Iraq, and at the same time, the joint forces air force launched a large-scale air strike on Iraq.
On the ground, the powerful tank armored group, led by the US ace troops, launched an attack on the northern Iraqi troops with the cooperation of the air force.
Faced with the sudden outbreak of war and the powerful and sharp attack of the joint forces, the Iraqi troops were stunned.
Not only in the north of Iraq, but also in the south of Iraq, the Americans used unmanned boats to break through the minefields set by the Iraqis, and then cooperated with minesweepers to clear the mines.
When the flames of the Iraq War were reignited, a landing war was launched from the Persian Gulf.
More than 100,000 joint forces marines, with the cooperation of carrier-based aircraft, launched a landing war from the Persian Gulf.
Because Iraq's elite troops were transferred to the north, although the southern theater also had more than 300,000 troops, there were no elite troops and could not stop the joint forces at all.
The Iraqi naval warships were all blown up.
The Marines landed continuously and expanded the occupied area continuously.
The Iraqi army had no outbreak against the Marines.
Saddam had to transfer troops from other directions in an attempt to stop the landing troops of the joint forces.
The entire Iraqi command system suddenly became chaotic and the command was in disarray.
In just one month, the northern and southern theaters of Iraq were defeated by the joint forces one after another.
Facing the joint forces with absolute air superiority, Iraq's tank armored forces were like targets, constantly being canned, and it was difficult to play the advantages of the tank armored forces.
On Christmas, the coalition forces occupied Baghdad, and the US Marines used tank repair vehicles to pull down the statue of Saddam. This scene became one of the symbols of the Iraq War.
Except for the Kurdish mountains and a few places, the coalition forces have occupied Iraq.
George Walton made a televised speech on Christmas Day, announcing to the whole United States and the world that the coalition forces had eliminated Saddam's dictatorship and won the Iraq War. He also said that the powerful US military was invincible and any force that opposed the United States would eventually fail.
Liu Tao followed the latest situation of the Iraq War every day. Although he knew that Iraq had a high probability of defeat, he couldn't help shaking his head when he saw that the Iraqi army, which had more than 3 million regular troops and reserve troops, was defeated in just two months.
It was unbelievable that the war was fought like this.
He knew that Saddam was not captured, but escaped.
Even Rashid did not die, but fled to the Kurdish mountains, intending to fight a guerrilla war in the Kurdish mountains.
The mercenaries had already left Iraq and were now in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Liu Tao could not help but feel a headache. If the Iraqi war was occupied by the Americans, it would inevitably trigger a chain reaction.
Saddam ignited a large number of oil fields and gas fields, destroyed refineries and oil pipelines, and Iraq's oil production and oil exports would definitely be in vain in the short term. It would take at least three years for the Americans to continue to allow Iraq to export oil.
However, the impact of this war is very wide. It is still unknown whether other Arab countries will defect, or even whether Saudi Arabia will turn to the United States again.
The United States won the Iraq War and is now in an arrogant state. Will it take military adventures in the Asia-Pacific region? (End of this chapter)