Natasha's entire neighbor is Kuwait, which now has as many as 20,000 transit troops in Kuwait and has all kinds of weapons and equipment, which is simply more than the number of Kuwaiti Defense Forces.

Kuwait is a small country with a small territory and a small military country, but it is a well-known oil country, ranking sixth in the world in terms of oil reserves, making Kuwait a small country very rich, otherwise Saddam would not have sent troops to invade Kuwait and wanted to occupy this country.

The first is that by occupying this place, it will prolong the embarrassment of Iraq's narrow coastline, and the second is that there is much more oil here than in Basra, and no matter what aspect is considered, Saddam Hussein felt that it would be beneficial and harmless to start a war to forcibly take over this country.

But what he didn't expect was that the Kuwaitis couldn't beat Saddam, but it didn't mean that the Americans would let him take the country easily, so the famous Kuwait War broke out, but Saddam Hussein fought very well, but in the end it ended in a fiasco.

Five months after Saddam Hussein turned Kuwait into Iraq's 19th province, the United States launched a war against Iraq. In the end, it was sanctioned by the United States for more than ten years, which directly led to the fall of Saddam Hussein when the United States launched the second Iraq war.

The sea eagle smoked a cigarette and asked calmly: "Kuwait's navy, land and air force, a total of less than 20,000 people, how dare you let this timid Kuwaiti king do something to Basra?" What's more, on the premise that Basra attacked Iran and won a battle, Saddam's invasion of Kuwait that year also laid down the entire territory of Kuwait in one day, and the shadow of the Kuwaitis was very deep. ”

"Of course, I don't expect Kuwait to wipe out the Prophet Army, but if Kuwait can contain the Prophet Army at sea and on land, it can send a signal to Iran that we will not only support you in counterattacking the Prophet Army, but also provide you with a strong containment." Natasha looked at the map, "Basra does not have a navy, and Kuwait has our base, we can deploy the Patriot air defense missile system in Kuwait, so that Basra's air power will be limited, with anti-aircraft missiles, the Kuwaitis can rest assured to contain Basra, after all, they don't like the Basra people, who also belong to Iraq." ”

The sea eagle extinguished the cigarette, pondered for a while, and said: "Two-sided containment, the number of prophet troops is not enough, and it is indeed in strategic passivity to face two-sided attacks, but I don't understand one question, how can you be sure that the king will definitely agree to your request?" The King of Kuwait is not the kind of person who takes great risks to take revenge, and what if the Prophet's Army does everything in its power to fight back against Kuwait like Iran? ”

"It's not a problem, isn't Basra still out of the central government?" Natasha said with a smile, "He creates public opinion pressure to protect himself, and we can also use this trick against him." ”

"What do you mean?" The sea eagle wondered.

"Let the central government order the withdrawal of the Prophet Army from Iran, and the central government send a special envoy to negotiate with Iran and reach a non-aggression agreement." Natasha said solemnly, "The Iranians will definitely be willing to take back their territory without much effort, and they will definitely sign an agreement with the central government, once the central government orders, then the Prophet Army will not have the advantage of public opinion, and the two central governments have signed an agreement, do you still want to destroy peace in a small province?" ”

"Clever plan." The sea eagle gave a thumbs up, "What's next?" What if the Prophet's army does not withdraw? It seems that they have violated the orders of the central government in Baghdad not once or twice, and the central government in Baghdad has also declared the Prophet Army a rebel army, which has actually torn its skin in public opinion, and I am afraid that refusing it will not have a huge impact. ”

"It would be better if they didn't withdraw, so that the central government could justifiably ask the Kuwaiti government to help clear Basra of the rebels." Natasha said with a smile, "The front is just to confirm the name of their rebels, and the back is the killer feature." ”

The sea eagle was silent for a few seconds and asked, "What if the Prophet army withdraws?" Wouldn't that be cheaper for Iran? And once Iran gets back its territory, it will certainly negotiate with Basra, at least non-aggression, and Basra will not achieve a special purpose, but it will also solve the Iranian threat. ”

"No, he will not withdraw, with his character, what he gets in his hands will not be easily given up before he gets absolute benefits, although I don't know what his purpose is in this war, but I think that he occupies Khuzestan Province, in fact, he does not want to fight a protracted war with Iran, or to cripple Iran, but to negotiate." Natasha said solemnly, "As for what he wants to gain in the negotiations, I am afraid that he can only know after negotiating with Iran, and according to the current situation, we can infer that he gives the Iranians the feeling that he wants to fight a protracted war, and Iran must be willing to pay a great price to sue for peace, so that he can occupy the absolute initiative in the negotiations and get what he wants." ”

"After pulling in Iran, and with the permission of the central government, the king of Kuwait will indeed consider sending troops to Basra." The sea eagle nodded, "But if Basra brazenly counterattacks Kuwait, and you still don't answer me, how should Kuwait respond?" ”

"Kuwait has the permission of the central government to send troops, and it is fine for the Prophet Army to counterattack in the territory, but if it enters Kuwait, it will be tantamount to an invasion, and when the time comes, the troops stationed at the Kuwaiti base can brazenly interfere and hit Basra to completely clean them up." Natasha was apparently deliberate, "Even if they don't send troops to Kuwait, Kuwait's army can harass and spy on Basra for a long time, both at the border and at sea." ”

"In this way, the Iranians believe that Basra is fighting on both sides, and after the troops are dispersed, it is impossible for logistics supplies to arrive quickly, and it is difficult to get supplies from the local area not long after the occupation, so in the end they can only withdraw their troops, and may even collapse on the whole line, and finally let the Iranian army take advantage of the weakness." The sea eagle smiled, "Did you plan it that way?" ”

"Yes, once the Iranian army defeats the Prophet's army in Khuzestani, the conservative hardliners in their country will inevitably be hot-headed, and as long as they dare to invade Basra, we can justifiably have the Kuwaiti army and the US troops in Kuwait intervene in Basra and completely expel the Iranian army." Natasha is confident.

"Since you're so confident, go for it." The sea eagle did not have any objection this time.

Natasha did not hesitate either, and quickly submitted the plan to the Ministry of Defense, and ten hours later, immediately received a reply that "it can be implemented." ”

Confident, Natasha immediately rushed to Kuwait and, together with the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, asked to meet the King of Kuwait

At this time, in Basra, Canglong did not care about too much international commentary, but concentrated on the expansion of the army.

This expansion, the regular army will be expanded to 100,000, which will also be the largest expansion since the establishment of the Prophet Army, although Vivien is very opposed to the expansion, but now they have to defend not only Basra, but also a province as large as Basra.

Expansion is also inevitable, but the choice is still given priority to the militia units, and soldiers with combat experience or rich battlefield experience are directly selected from the militia units, while the militia units maintain the original establishment of 300,000 at the same time, and after the 70,000 are withdrawn, the other 70,000 are re-recruited from the society.

Recruitment is not a big problem for Basra, because in addition to a small number of police duties, most of the militia units are basically factory workers in peacetime, and in wartime they are the logistics support and the supply of troops, for the people of Basra, joining the army is a very honorable thing.

In the eyes of the Basra, the army of the Prophet was a team that followed the Prophet, and it was an honor to be able to fight with the Prophet.

However, for Basra, which has a population of just over 2 million, the transfer of 70,000 to the regular army means that these 70,000 people will not be able to produce in the future, which will still have an impact on the overall development of Basra, but under the condition that Canglong has enough money to support the war and does not rely much on the wealth created by the economy, the integration of 70,000 people into the army will not have a huge impact.

But in the future, the 100,000-strong army will play a key role, after all, their real enemy is not the Baath Party, nor Iran, let alone the central government, but the Americans behind the central government.

And the expansion also means that you need to spend a lot of money to buy weapons, and you also need to spend a lot of money to maintain weapons, although now Canglong is not short of money, but he is still very clear that in the future, Basra will not be able to rely on his own money to support this war, even if he can support it, the war will continue to do more harm than good, and the biggest drawback is internal friction.

Don't look at the rapid development of Basra's industry now, it is all because the military industry has driven other industries, and the war has only one benefit, which drives industrial development, but industrial development needs resources to support, and it also needs manpower to maintain, and the more the war is fought, more and more people die, and there are fewer and fewer resources, which will make the entire regime completely collapse.

Although Canglong believed that at some point, the Basra faith would work, but if the people followed him and starved, who would want to go to war then?

If it weren't pressed too tightly, I'm afraid Canglong wouldn't have expanded its army by 70,000 at once.

A month later, Su Su brought him another piece of information that made him realize that his decision was the right one.

"You mean, Natasha went to Kuwait?" Canglong became vigilant.

"According to the information obtained by our intelligence officers in Kuwait, the King of Kuwait has received no less than three groups of high-ranking US military officials in the past month, including Natasha, the current supreme commander of the US military in Iraq." Su Su said solemnly, "We don't know what they are talking about. ”

Canglong picked up the map, looked at the neighbor of Kuwait and pondered, and after a while, his face finally turned bad: "Is the Iranian envoy still in Basra?" ”

"Some of them have returned, all of them are hard-liners, and those who remain here are moderates, including His Excellency Ali Daei, who is a moderate." Su Su said.

"What are the movements of the Iranian army around the province of Khuzestan?" Canglong asked again.

"There was not much deployment for a while, but recently there has been more and more activity, and according to Ahkram Akram, a staff officer of the field division stationed in Ahvaz, many terrorists who tried to incite a popular rebellion were arrested in Ahvaz." Su Su said.

Canglong looked around Basra and said with a wry smile: "It looks like our backyard is going to catch fire." ”

"What do you mean?" Su Su didn't understand, "Kuwait's U.S. military doesn't dare to fight us under the pressure of public opinion." ”

"The U.S. military is not terrible, because they can't find an excuse to go to war with us, but the Kuwaiti army is different, and as soon as their brains are hot, they may start a war against us." Canglong looked bitter, "If my guess is correct, the central government should be negotiating with Iran now, and at the same time, it is also negotiating with Kuwait." ”

"But I didn't get any information?" Su Su said strangely.

"Natasha knew that we had inside lines in Baghdad, so it was not surprising that we did not receive information." Canglong said solemnly, "But this just proves that she is going to kill us this time, and from now on, we are really walking on thin ice." ”