Chapter 097, the backbone of the king
Sending the new caliph to the Basra Grand Mosque has caused a sensation all over the world, although there have been news reports about this new caliph before, but everyone knows that this new caliph is just a chicken rib, and the situation in the Middle East has been very unstable for so many years, mainly because of religious reasons.
But everyone knows that if there was no oil in the Middle East, perhaps there would not be such a huge split between religions, so the reason for this is that the major powers use religion to divide the cohesion of the Middle East.
But everyone knows that the Middle East is now divided into two factions, one is the pro-American royal faction, and the other is, of course, the anti-American presidential faction.
Saudi Arabia, the largest and richest country in the Middle East, has a constitutional monarchy, with the king serving as prime minister and chief of staff and other important military and political positions, and the rest of the country, including Jordan and Kuwait, and some other small countries, are also constitutional monarchies.
In the past, basically all countries in the Middle East had a kingship, for example, before the revolution, the relationship between Iran and the United States was very close, but after the revolution, the relationship between Iran and the United States deteriorated immediately, and the major kings in the Middle East were actually close allies of the United States.
American democracy has always been selective, and this selective democracy is the biggest reason for the chaos in the world under the guise of propagating democracy around the world, while at the same time instigating rebellion in countries with presidential electoral systems.
Therefore, when the caliph elected by the king's religious leader enters a non-king's country, it is the biggest cause of the world's shock.
The former Iraq was dominated by Sunnis, but now the new Iraq has moved towards the equality of the two factions, so many people are paying attention, thinking that this will be a real revolution within the religion, and a few days ago Iran has announced that the new Iraqi prophet will become the thirtieth prophet in the history of the religion, and will also be the last prophet.
This has boosted the morale of the new Iraq in a state of war, why? Because another ally has come to trust their prophet, it means that they are not isolated.
In response to this, the new Iraqi Prime Minister's Office issued a public statement welcoming the Caliph into Basra and that the Prophet would hold a coronation ceremony in the coming days.
This news once again caused a sensation in the world, a prophet who was not recognized by the king's faction was crowned a caliph elected by the king's religious leader, which was obviously a slap in the face of those kings.
The religious leaders of the Middle East kings led by Saudi Arabia immediately declared that this coronation was not legitimate, that the caliphate was only taken away by the new Iraq, and that they also refused to recognize the new Iraqi prophet as the messenger of Allah on earth, and that there were only twenty-nine prophets and no thirty-thirtieth prophets.
But what is unexpected is that Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait, and Russia, all announced that they will send people to participate in the coronation ceremony of the caliphate, even if the new Iraq is at war, they also believe that the new Iraq with the prophet can stubbornly resist all foreign enemies, just like Muhammad, the last prophet who founded the religion and established the Arab Empire, to bring the Arabs to strength.
This almost surprised the king's faction, because although Kuwait did not recognize the prophet, the king of Kuwait personally attended the coronation ceremony, which was tantamount to acknowledging the legitimacy of the prophet.
At the same time, the three trump cards of the United States began to deploy Jordan one after another, and US President Theodore issued a statement condemning the new Iraq for using religion to play the political card, and said that the United States will fight this war to the end until the Prophet Army, a terrorist organization, is eliminated.
The king's faction has also issued statements that if the coronation ceremony is held in the new Iraq, they will do whatever it takes to disrupt the ceremony and even send troops to obstruct this desecrated Allah ceremony.
The Basra Prime Minister's Office, as well as the Basra *** Revolutionary Committee, issued a statement at the same time that the ceremony would be held normally in half a month, and that if anyone or country dared to disrupt the ceremony, it would be met with crazy retaliation by the Prophet Army and all countries that recognized the Prophet.
At the same time, Iran, Afghanistan, the new Iraqi Prime Minister's Office, Kuwait, and Syria supported it, and for a time the countries of the Middle East were once again divided into two camps, and some even forgot that the main battlefield was in Rutbay, and not in this upcoming coronation ceremony in Basra.
But on the issue of religion, Saudi Arabia and other kings obviously reacted much stronger than before, and after the two sides fought a round of verbal battles and threatened each other, the Saudi king couldn't help but take action.
The Saudi Army consists of three armies, known as the Royal Army, which are composed of three armored brigades, five mechanized infantry brigades, one airborne brigade, eight artillery battalions, one Royal Guard regiment, and one Army Aviation Command.
Among the three armies, the Royal Army First Army is the most powerful, and it is also the backbone of the defense of Saudi Arabia, among which the Royal Guard Regiment, the Army Aviation Command, and the Airborne Brigade are all in the First Army.
Compared with the 2nd and 3rd armies, there was no such good treatment, with only an armored brigade, a mechanized infantry brigade, and two artillery battalions, respectively.
The Second Army of the Royal Saudi Army in the north was almost wiped out in Najaf Province when it first penetrated into New Iraq, and if Bai Wuchang ordered a pursuit at that time, I am afraid that the entire Saudi Second Army would be completely wiped out.
But when the second army returned to China, it was quickly reorganized, and it was in a state of stalemate with the Prophet's Southwest Army, in fact, everyone knew that the Prophet's Army just didn't want to fight, and it really wanted to fight, not to mention your Royal Army, even if you were in the name of God, you would still be fighting.
Saudi Arabia is very honest, since the second army was disabled, it has not been deep into Iraq, but this time it is different, the Saudi king knows very well that if the Prophet is crowned caliph, he does not make a little statement, in the future, in the future, the Prophet will be legal in name, and this has nothing to do with their disagreement.
So this Royal Saudi Army's First Army attack is Saudi Arabia's killer weapon, but the strange thing is that Saudi Arabia did not send troops to Iraq to increase pressure on the Prophet's Southwest Army, on the contrary, the First Army received an order to enter the Shako border and threaten the Kuwaiti king to throw a mouse.
Obviously, the king of Saudi Arabia has a good plan not to fight the southwestern army, but to retreat to the next best thing, and to threaten the Kuwaiti army is to kill two birds with one stone.
After all, he is very worried that the ace of the First Army will be defeated by the Southwest Army, which is the pillar of Saudi Arabia, once defeated, the Saudi king will lose face, and then who in the world will believe that the Saudi army has combat effectiveness? But if Kuwait is threatened, with the cowardice of the King of Kuwait, he will definitely throw himself into a trap.
Once Kuwait announced that it would not attend the coronation, Saudi Arabia's goal would have been achieved, and theoretically it would be the new Iraq that had lost the battle, which was almost a move to achieve the strategic goal without sacrificing a single soldier, so why not do it?
The King of Kuwait was indeed frightened when he learned of the Saudi army, but he made a decision that the world did not expect.
The decision was to personally visit the new Iraq, to have secret talks with the new Iraqi Prime Minister Vivian, and in less than a day, the King of Kuwait announced that he would fight to the death against any army that invaded Kuwait and announced a national mobilization in the country.
Saudi Arabia was dumbfounded, the small Kuwaiti troops were only tens of thousands of troops in the army, navy and air force, and they dared to shout with Saudi Arabia, but now Saudi Arabia is in an embarrassing situation, either attacking Kuwait and giving the king a hard time, or withdrawing the army, which will greatly damage face.
In this regard, the Saudi king chose the former and marched into Kuwait, but at the first moment he gave the order, the Basra Prime Minister's Office, as well as the Basra *** Revolutionary Committee, announced that Kuwait is an ally of the new Iraq, and any country that invades Kuwait will be a provocation to the new Iraq, and the new Iraq will send the Central Garrison Force to fight back.
At the same time, 20,000 troops of the Central Garrison Division stationed in Basra left for the Kuwaiti border, creating a confrontation with the Saudi Arabian First Army on the opposite side.
For a time, the entire world public opinion was in an uproar, and although it was said that the new Iraqi Central Garrison Division was a newly formed unit, no one would have thought that the combat effectiveness of this unit would be poor.
If Saudi Arabia invades Kuwait, and the Prophet's Army enters Kuwait to help defend Kuwait, it will be a great threat to Saudi Arabia, and once Saudi Arabia fails, it may even pass through Kuwait and directly threaten the capital of Saudi Arabia, which is only 400 kilometers away from Kuwait.
Everyone knows the speed of the Prophet's army's march, 400 kilometers for the Prophet's army, it will not take two days, and the combat effectiveness of the Saudi Arabian army is not very good, once the war ignites the capital of Saudi Arabia, it will be a huge blow to Saudi Arabia, and it may even cause a revolution in Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi king immediately fell into a dilemma, continue to fight, and worry that he will not win the fight, and the invasion of Kuwait is not a just thing, the king of Kuwait has made it clear that he will fight to the death with the invading army, but just retreat, and he is not unwilling.
However, after weighing the left and right, Saudi Arabia finally withdrew, and just a few hours after the Saudi Arabian withdrawal, the king of Kuwait announced that he recognized the legitimacy of the Prophet and called on the whole country to go to Basra for pilgrimage.
This support made the Saudi king almost vomit blood, and the public opinion of the world felt that the Saudi king was very stupid, originally Kuwait remained neutral, although it was cooperating with the new Iraq, but at least it did not dare to announce the alliance with the new Iraq, in a sense, it still acted as the western barrier of Saudi Arabia, but now it is completely different.
To recognize the legitimacy of the Prophet is to recognize the legitimacy of the Prophet Army, and it is also to recognize the alliance with the new Iraq, and this is still forced out by Saudi Arabia, and it is natural for the Prophet Army to attack the hinterland of Saudi Arabia through Kuwait in the future