Chapter 700 On the verge of breaking out!

The arms cannot twist the thighs.

Prince Fahd could only nod and make arrangements.

He knows that even if he knows nothing, he must take practical actions when national sovereignty and dignity are related.

It takes courage to block a car with a mantis' arm!

Soon, Prince Fahd gathered all the armed forces and mobilized them to the border to confront the Iraqis.

At the same time, Kuwait not only did not make any concessions during the negotiation process, but even its wording became more severe, demanding that the Iraqis must unconditionally give up the threat of force against Kuwait and withdraw their border troops unconditionally.

In addition, Kuwait is in contact with Saudi Arabia, hoping that Saudi Arabia, the leader of the Gulf region, will lead other Gulf countries to help resist Iraq's invasion, just as the Arab League planned to form an international Arab force to oppose Iraq's actions in Kuwait. Later, Iraq was forced to abandon its invasion of Kuwait.

The King of Saudi Arabia ordered naval warships to dispatch in the Persian Gulf, close to Kuwait, to support Kuwait. At the same time, the King of Saudi Arabia also ordered the troops to assemble.

The actions of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait made Saddam even more angry, accusing Saudi Arabia of being unfair and unjust, and favoring Kuwait.

Then mobilize troops to the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Iraq's actions made Saudi Arabia extremely angry.

The King of Saudi Arabia said to the Kuwait Plenipotentiary Envoy: "Please tell His Majesty the King that Saudi Arabia will stand on the same front as Kuwait on this matter. We will do our best to prevent Iraq from starting a war. It is serious business for everyone to work together to exploit oil and make money." . Anyone who sabotages our money is a common enemy!"

On the Saudi side, an emergency defense meeting was held.

Everyone couldn't figure out whether Saddam was crazy. Oil prices are relatively high now. If he doesn't export oil to make money, why would he want to start a war?

You bastard who doesn’t make money!

Saddam, this bastard, is causing trouble.

Prince Sultan said: "Your Majesty, we should be prepared early. Saddam's ambitions are not limited to Kuwait. He stationed troops on our border just to threaten us. Once they occupy Kuwait, they will also invade us for oil resources. He always wanted to complete the unification of the Arab world."

Saddam has never been secretive about his ambitions. He has repeatedly said things like Greater Arabism and the Arab world should be united in public.

Saddam said so and did the same thing.

Since he came to power, Iraq has spent a large amount of foreign currency on the purchase of weapons and equipment every year, thus becoming the third largest military power in the world.

There are 1.2 million regular troops, all of whom have been on the battlefield and have been baptized by war. They have thousands of tanks, thousands of armored vehicles, and thousands of aircraft. They are known as the third country in the world to have completed mechanized troops, and they are also known as The world's third most powerful military power.

In addition to the fact that the Air Force does not have the most advanced fighter jets, the ground forces are truly the most powerful in the entire Middle East. On paper, it can secure its position as the third most powerful military power in the world.

Saudi Arabia has been paying attention to Iraq and knows the approximate number of advanced tanks and armored vehicles from the Panshan Group such as Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, Type 81 medium tanks, Type 81 light tanks, etc. that Iraq is equipped with.

More than twice as much as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait combined.

On the other hand, the Iraqi navy only has three 022 missile boats, which seems not worth mentioning.

Of course, the Saudi navy will not get too close to the Iraqi coastline. After all, Iraq also has the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile, and the deterrent effect of the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile is still very strong.

Although the Air Force does not possess third-generation fighter jets, the Iraqi Air Force is not weak, with thousands of aircraft. Its air force strength is second only to Persia in the entire Middle East.

Such strong military strength also worries Saudi Arabia and other countries.

King Fahd looked at the two princes Bandar and Sultan and said: "We must be prepared. War is not in line with our development. While preparing for defense against invasion, we should look for other countries to mediate. ."

King Fahd actually does not want to go to war. Once a war occurs, it will seriously affect Saudi Arabia's economic development.

As other Gulf countries go to war and oil prices rise, Saudi Arabia can make more money by extracting the same amount of oil, which is very beneficial to Saudi Arabia.

Therefore, Saudi Arabia has always firmly supported Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war.

Even because of Saudi Arabia's influence, there have been no major problems with Iraq's oil exports.

But if Saudi Arabia is one of the belligerent countries, where is the opportunity to make more money?

Of course, there is another important reason, and that is that King Fahd knows more or less about the Saudi army and knows what it is.

The Iraqi army is an army of tigers and wolves. The Saudi troops who lack training and have never been on the battlefield are definitely no match for the Iraqi army.

But now, even if he does not want to fight, King Fahd cannot sit idly by when faced with an invasion.

He understands the meaning of lips dying and teeth falling cold.

"From now on, we will strengthen military training to make everyone aware of the seriousness of the current situation. Let soldiers understand one thing. If they don't work hard, the country will be gone, they will have no jobs, and they will return to poverty!" King Fahd said.

Princes Bandar and Sultan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In fact, before, just in case, the Saudi army began to strengthen training, but the soldiers complained endlessly.

Even many soldiers thought that if Iraq attacked Saudi Arabia, they would just surrender. Anyway, the treatment of Iraqi soldiers was not low, so whoever they served was not the same as serving as a soldier.

There were even some people in the army who were admirers of Saddam and regarded him as an idol.

This situation existed not only in Saudi Arabia, but also in the entire Islamic countries in the Middle East.

Many people regarded Saddam as a hero of the Arab world. It was Saddam who destroyed the Persian Gulf hegemony. Saddam was just like Nasser in the past.

Even Prince Sultan doubted whether the soldiers of the Saudi army would turn against their side on the battlefield if they went to war with Iraq.

To be honest, many people in the Saudi royal family cursed Saddam during this period. They couldn't understand why Saddam, this bastard, always wanted to fight when the oil price was high and the market was good, instead of producing and exporting oil to make money and enjoying life?

Wouldn't it be good to make a little money happily and enjoy life happily! ?

Fighting and killing all day long, and still want to be on par with Nasser?

As for OPEC's oil quota, if Iraq had not asked for an exorbitant amount and only wanted to increase production by 100,000 or 200,000 barrels per day, it would not be impossible to negotiate. However, Iraq insisted on increasing production by 3 million barrels of oil. If this was agreed to, other member countries would increase production, and oil production would exceed demand, and prices would fall rapidly. Not only would Iraq not make more money, but it would actually make much less.