"To be precise, Iraq's troops are now abolished. 38 of the 43 army divisions who 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 tell Hou Dasheng what he knew: "The Iraqi Army alone had more than 3,500 tanks destroyed, more than 1,200 armored vehicles destroyed or captured. Two,500 artillery pieces destroyed or captured..."

After a pause, the man named Julian, who was about fifty years old, with a typical Middle Eastern face, said in a deep voice to Hou Dasheng: "We and other groups then promoted sanctions and blockades against them for a decade in order to further consume their combat capabilities. Obviously, we have achieved considerable results."

Hou Dasheng smiled and the results were indeed considerable. Economic sanctions and blockades are extremely fatal to any small country. Even big countries will be damaged internally. China once tried this taste, but fortunately, China relied on the support of the original predecessors.

Not only did it withstand economic blockades and sanctions, it even developed its own nuclear weapons system and satellite missile system. This completely and completely established the status of China's great power. The status of any major power is not easily obtained. The blood, sweat and life of countless people is something that ordinary people cannot see.

The decade-long blockade, sanctions and even ban on flights have made Iraq's situation plummet. The main income they rely on is Iraq's crude oil. You should know that this country is the second largest crude oil reservoir in the world. This is almost banned. This has led to the entire Iraqi economy falling directly into a regression. They are not a big country like China, and they have no foundation for self-reliance.

This can be seen from their decrease in military expenditure year by year. The report in Hou Dasheng showed that the statistics of all military expenditures in Iraq two years ago were only maintained at a low level of US$1.4 billion. It can be said that the blockade caused huge damage to them.

"Iraq currently has a population of more than 24 million, and there are about 6 million men aged 15-49 who can serve in the military. In fact, the number of service personnel that have been recruited is as high as 3.3 million. At present, all their regular troops, including the Republic Guard, have an active army of about 370,000. The number of air forces remains at 30,000, and the number of air defense forces is less than 20,000. That ridiculous and dispensable navy has only more than 2,000 people..."

After a pause, Julian continued: "In addition, there are less than 10,000 border guards, about 15,000 public security forces, and about 20,000 tribal militias. Including their reserves, as far as the entire Iraqi army is concerned, all the troops and mobilized forces are about 650,000."

"What you need to face in combat is the main force of the Iraqi army, that is, their army. Their general command is naturally in Baghdad. However, the two north and south fronts each have two and three legion commands. The south is stationed by the Third and Fourth Legions, with two armored divisions, one mechanized infantry division, and three infantry divisions."

Hou Dasheng nodded and leaned on the sofa to listen to Julian talking: "In the north, there are three legion commands, namely the First, Second and Fifth legions, which are garrisoned. They are under one armored division, two mechanized infantry divisions, and eight infantry divisions."

"Most of the current equipment of the Iraqi army is the Soviet-class and a small number of tanks purchased by China. It is mainly t-72, t-72m1, t-69 and t-54/55, and a small number of 59/56 tanks produced by China." Shrugged, Julian said with some disdain: "Of course, they also have some armored vehicles. The ones that are more usable are bmp-1/2, with about 900 vehicles..."

With Julian's introduction, Hou Dasheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seems that after ten years of blockade, Iraq is indeed ruined and riddled with holes. In addition to the disadvantages of equipment, Iraq's command system is also a group of scumbags.

In the Gulf War, the performance of both Iran and Iran was not very good. But Iraq, which originally had the initiative in the war and had an absolute advantage in equipment, made the war like this only a pity. A series of high-level strategic decision-making mistakes, coupled with tactical command errors, led to their failures in vain. They still had a mess of equipment that was more advanced than the other side for nothing.

In the end, both sides had to stop fighting panting and go home to lick their wounds.

"For us, the most threatening thing is some of the missiles in their hands. Fortunately, in previous inspections, we destroyed fifty missiles in their hands. At the same time, we also destroyed launchers and some launch lift cars." Julian shrugged and said, "Now, optimistically, they still have less than 20 missiles in their hands. There are probably 6 launch cars. This is relatively threatening to our attack. But it is only some."

As for the Air Force, Julian was even lazy to say it. Hou Dasheng also understood this very well. Before the Gulf War, Iraq had the most powerful air force in the entire Gulf region. Among the more than 600 fighter jets they had, there were also a large number of the more advanced su-24/25, mig-23/27/25/29, and even French Phantom F-1... and so on.

However, they took these things in vain. At the beginning of the Gulf War, more than 80 fighters were blown up at the airport. More than 100 fighters actually fled to Iran... Finally, they took off for combat, and less than 40 were shot down...

At this point, Saddam did not give up. He had been challenging the no-fly zone set by Britain and the United States for him. This led to a number of fighter jets that were already few left in his hands being shot down. In addition, other areas were subjected to continuous air strikes and missile attacks.

"This is some of the troops we contacted, and some statistical reports collected." Julian handed Hou Dasheng a file bag and whispered: "Most of the people we contacted are unwilling to die with Saddam. The Gulf War has explained many issues. They are now considering a way out."

Hou Dasheng nodded and then opened the list. When he saw the names on the list, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. These people were considering the way out. It would be a hell that Saddam was not losing. Tarik Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Western Theater Command Jalawi, Saddam's senior assistant Saadi, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau Naijib...etc.

This series of lists is already very telling - the entire army affiliated with Saddam was not optimistic about this war. Even the troops below began to disobey and seek their own way out. Julian settled and continued: "In this regard, the people of Cia have begun to operate. The main ones are the departments under their subordinates... "

The two exchanged late at night, mainly because Julian was saying that Hou Dasheng was listening. At the same time, Julian handed over a large part of the information to Hou Dasheng himself. He told him that these information were of secret level. After reading it, it must be destroyed and not leaked.

Hou Dasheng naturally had no intention of leaking the information. After reading the information, he roughly remembered it and destroyed it all. After sending Julian away, Hou Dasheng took out his satellite phone and dialed a number. The phone rang twice and was picked up.

"Hahaha... Monkey boy, why do you remember to call your uncle?! At this moment, you should be thinking about the situation in Iraq?! I will tell you honestly, we will not get involved in this matter. If you want to make trouble, you will make trouble."

On the other end of the phone was Lu Song's cheerful voice. Hou Dasheng couldn't help but smile when he heard his words: "We are indeed involved in Iraq. But I am not asking you for help in this matter. But there is a business for you to do. I ask if you are interested."

"Haha... Iraq will soon be destroyed into ruins. Saddam himself has been blocked for more than ten years and is as poor as a ghost. And now it is Britain and the United States that are about to fuck him. We have no idea to touch the brows of Britain and the United States." Lu Song on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "You are a mercenary, it is quite cost-effective to earn a few. It is hard for us to get involved."

Hou Dasheng is very clear about China's current foreign approach, which is to try to be low-key and keep a low profile as much as possible. Don't attract others' attention and develop slowly. Only when the economy develops can you have the ability to change other things. If you don't have money, everything is nonsense.

To build a warship, you have to burn money. To change equipment, you have to burn money. To study new weapons, you have to burn money. To build a country, you also have to burn a lot of money. You have to burn money both in front, back, and left and right. The big guys above are worried about money for money. Who has the heart to care about Iraq?

"Uncle, it's definitely good for me to call you." Hou Dasheng smiled slightly and said softly: "Service Station, do you know?! You should know their energy. To be honest, I am just an intermediary. It's too specific, I can't say anything about it. But the service station and several other organizations..."

Lu Song on the other end of the phone interrupted Hou Dasheng's words in a cold voice: "You just talk to the service provider board! That person, I know they want to enter China?! Tell them, we will kill as many as we come in! Letting them wander around the surroundings was already the limit we could accept. Consider it and ask them how many people could die."

"Monkey, I advise you not to get involved in this matter. There are many problems involved in this matter, and it cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences." Lu Song, on the other end of the phone, said in a deep voice: "They are essentially different from us. These people are human blood. Don't think we don't know what roles they played in Afghanistan, Russia, Iran, the Gulf and now Iraq. Everyone knows in their hearts that they should not say some words."

Hou Dasheng held the phone and was silent for a while. Then he said to Lu Song in a deep voice...
Chapter completed!