Chapter 714 Never Learned a Lesson
"Hahaha~~"
At the headquarters of Panshan Group, the office laughed loudly.
When the war started, the international crude oil price soared, and he made a lot of money by going long on oil futures.
In this wave alone, he made at least more than 200 billion US dollars!
He knew that the price of oil would definitely rise sharply, but he didn't expect it to rise so quickly and so violently.
Yes, the price of oil rose very fiercely this time, and it was shocking to see.
It hasn't been long since the price of oil rose to this level.
"Fight, fight~~" Liu Tao drank a sip of tea happily.
It felt like watching the wind and clouds with a smile.
The result of this war was doomed from the moment it started, and Kuwait could not defend it.
The difference in military strength between the two sides was too great.
Saddam deployed a full 100,000 elite troops on the border, and prepared another 100,000 troops later, mobilizing 200,000 troops to launch a war against Kuwait.
The regular army of Kuwait only has 21,000 people. Although they are well-equipped, they lack training and have never fought a war. In Liu Tao's opinion, the 21,000 regular army of Kuwait is not as good as the 5,000 mercenaries.
Not to mention, Kuwait is too small. It is a small country with no depth and no dangerous places to defend. This kind of place is too suitable for the attacker and very suitable for mechanized troops to fight.
The 5,000 mercenaries can at most help teach the Iraqi army a lesson. They will not really fight desperately with the Iraqi army, so that Kuwait will not be defeated too badly. They are mercenaries, not the regular army of Kuwait. They do not have the ideological awareness of selling their lives, and they are not fighting for their own country.
As for the reaction of the Americans, Liu Tao showed contempt.
The Americans are very good at playing this kind of conspiracy and fooling people.
Before, Saddam had tested the attitude of the Americans more than once, and received positive responses from the Americans.
It gave Saddam great courage to start a war.
But at the beginning of the war, the Americans immediately changed their faces and condemned Iraq from the moral high ground.
All Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets in the United States were frozen.
They just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get their hands on Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets in the United States.
This kind of eating is really too ugly!
It's simply robbery!
This situation once again warned Liu Tao not to have any assets in the United States, the risk is too great.
"At this time, Saddam should be regretting that he naively believed the words of the Americans!" Liu Tao sneered.
There are so many lessons from the past, but Saddam didn't learn the lesson.
Or, many people around the world didn't learn the lesson.
They keep repeating the same mistakes in this regard.
This reminds Liu Tao of a famous saying: The only lesson we have learned from history is that we have never learned a lesson from history.
Learn from history, just four short words, it seems simple, but it is actually extremely difficult.
What should happen will still happen!
Iraq, Baghdad, the royal palace.
This is where Saddam lived and where he worked.
This is also the most luxurious palace in Iraq!
When he woke up early in the morning, he thought that the troops had joined Kuwait City or even conquered Kuwait City, but the front line suffered huge losses.
This made Saddam's good mood suddenly become very bad.
Kuwait is a small country with few people, no strategic depth, no dangerous places, and is most suitable for mechanized troops to fight. According to the previous three military exercises, it is easy to tear up the Kuwait defense line and approach Kuwait City.
He was even ready. The troops captured all the Kuwaiti royal family alive. He wanted to watch the troops surrender the prisoners in Baghdad with his own eyes, see the embarrassed look of the Kuwaiti royal family, and see the Kuwaiti King "Emir. Jaber" kneeling in front of him and begging for mercy. He would be in a good mood and let Emir. Jaber dance for him, and then generously spare his life.
But who could have thought that the war would go so badly.
Hundreds of tanks were destroyed, hundreds of aircraft were lost, and the troops had to retreat back to the border for repairs.
Even the arrogant look of Emir. Jaber, that bastard, made him feel painful.
"Damn it! Damn the Americans!" When his confidant reported the Americans' attitude and actions, Saddam was furious.
Before this, he had tried to test the Americans' attitude three times, but the Americans always acted as if it had nothing to do with him, and even revealed some information to him, making him feel that the Americans acquiesced to his actions.
There was opposition within Iraq to the military action against Kuwait this time. He felt that he had a sure win and could easily retake Kuwait, so he made the decision against all objections and even made a national television speech.
But who could have thought of this result.
In the Iran-Iraq War, even in a major battle, Iraq did not suffer such a huge loss.
"Damn arms dealers, they sold us weapons and equipment, and also sold them to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait!" Saddam cursed.
There was no loss of the Type 80 main battle tank, but the Soviet tanks, American tanks, Type 59 tanks, etc., the loss was huge.
Saddam cursed now, but he would never make enemies with the Panshan Group, because there was another batch of goods to arrive at the port.
If the relationship becomes hostile now and they use this as an excuse to not deliver the goods, then Iraq will suffer the loss.
Saddam suddenly realized that he seemed to have fallen into a trap set by others.
"Damn it!" Saddam could not help but tear up the paper in his hand.
But now it is too late to realize that he has fallen into a trap.
Once the war starts, it cannot be stopped just by saying so.
Now Iraq's only choice is to be tough to the end, retake Kuwait, and make Kuwait a province.
By then, with the world's largest oil resources and the world's largest oil production capacity, Iraq will become a world power. After another 20 to 30 years of development, he is confident that he can lead Iraq to become the world's third superpower.
He does not believe that Iraq has such a strong military force, and the United States or the Soviet Union will attack Iraq with great fanfare.
If it really happens, he will teach them a lesson.
Saddam showed a fierce look.
The only thing that the United States can fear is the navy and the air force!
Even the air force, Saddam is not so afraid.
Libya can shoot down so many US military planes, Iraq can do the same, and can even do better.
Iraq has more anti-aircraft missiles, and its army is stronger than Libya. Iraq also has a strong air force!
As for the US Navy, Iraq's coastline is so short, he believes that Iraq's "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles will make Americans afraid and dare not approach the 100-nautical-mile range of Iraq's coastline.
When Kuwait is taken, the Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles will be deployed, which will be enough to block a large area of the Persian Gulf!
Saddam is not a good man, he will fight if he dares to come!
Iraq's regular army of 1.2 million people, with a large number of advanced weapons and equipment, gave Saddam great confidence.
What if the whole world condemns him? As long as he takes Kuwait and controls a large amount of oil, it won't take long for those countries that condemn him to do business with him when they can't do anything to him.
The Soviet Union and the United States have always hoped that Iraq will completely fall to one side, but Saddam never stood firm, but did not make enemies with both sides, but made friends with both sides, and the Soviet Union and the United States still couldn't do anything to him.
Strength is the foundation!
Only force is the confidence to speak!
