Chapter 037, Prisons and Prisoners
In fact, Ali Daei has no reason to disagree, Iraq is now united, but Iran is full of disappointment with the Revolutionary Guards, after all, there is still a province in the hands of others, even if it is a military alliance, they are not comfortable.
According to Canglong, although the establishment of a free economic and trade zone is beneficial to both sides, it is of greater interest to Iraq, because Iraq's entire coastline is only more than 20 kilometers, and there is a combined fleet stationed, and for the sake of future development, it is obviously very inappropriate to be the largest port.
However, if Iran's Khuzestan Province is occupied, Iraq's coastline can be expanded by hundreds of kilometers out of thin air, and Khuzestan Province also has two natural harbors, one is a military port and the other is a commercial port, which can be used as the best choice for Iraq's future foreign trade exports.
The so-called military condominium can raise the Iranian flag, but in fact, it is just to give them a step down, Canglong's meaning is very clear, it is almost impossible for you to go back now, but I will give you a face, let your troops also enter here, form your sovereignty, but our troops must also be stationed here to maintain stability here, as for how you explain to the country, that is your business.
For Ali Daei, this is already a good answer, because even if Canglong does not give Iran any face, Iran has nothing to do with him, if he wants to fight, the Prophet Army is definitely not afraid of them, you must know that in the past, the Prophet Army could only attack Iran from a gap in Basra.
But now the Prophet Army can invade Iran from any border area between Iraq and Iran, apparently breaking the military alliance and being of no use to Iran at all.
And Iran is in a state of isolation, and if it weren't for the oil, the country would certainly be poor, and the leaders of the Revolutionary Council told him before he came that the conditions could be relaxed, preferably to join the framework of the free trade zone, because Kuwait is a very good economic partner.
This country is not at odds with Western countries, and may even achieve military cooperation with the West in economic cooperation, after all, Western countries are not monolithic.
Why didn't the founding of the People's Republic of China immediately take back Hong Kong and Macao? There are political considerations, but there are also economic considerations.
At that time, China was at odds with the West and depended on the Soviet Union for everything, but Hong Kong and Macao became a window for China to look at the world and open exchanges with Western countries, which is why the Soviet Union was finally hostile to China, and China was able to establish diplomatic relations with the United States so quickly and become close friends with Western countries.
Now Iraq and Iran are actually blocked by the West, and even Iran is still under an arms embargo imposed by the United Nations, so the economy is naturally not much better.
However, Kuwait does not have this restriction, and now the king of Kuwait can be described as deferential to the Prophet's army, although they have not established a military alliance, but Kuwait has become an important window for Iraq to the world, and the three countries are also oil powers, and it is almost a smooth thing to join forces to engage in the economy.
Sure enough, after the Iranian side agreed, the agreement on the free economic and trade zone of the three countries was quickly signed and implemented, and Basra established a number of railways and roads to Kuwait, and also opened up exchanges between Khuzestan province and Iran.
However, Basra has taken the initiative, and with the development of this free trade area, even if the province of Khuzestan is returned to Iran in the future, Iraq can become the dominant position of the three countries, because Basra, although it is not large, is right in the middle of the two countries.
The problem of economic development was all handed over to Vivian, but militarily he grasped it all, Iraq was unified, and it was obvious that the previous establishment of the Prophet Army was not good.
Therefore, Canglong reorganized the entire Prophet Army, the Territorial Defense Force and the Air Force, as well as the Navy as an independent branch of the army, but strengthened its deployment in various regions of Iraq.
In particular, the Air Force and the Territorial Defense Force, both of which have separate general headquarters, on the basis of which military district commands are established.
Canglong divided Iraq into four major military regions, the first military region is the Northeast Military Region, the second military region is the Northwest Military Region, the third military region is the Southwest Military Region, and the fourth military region is the Southeast Military Region.
These four military regions have divided the territorial air defense forces and air force into various regions of Iraq, and strengthened territorial air defense and air interception.
The army is also deployed in these four military regions, and in addition to the central garrison, the general staff is still the supreme command center of the entire Prophet Army.
However, the division of military regions has made the independence of the army very high, and the commander of each military region has his own independent command power, and if there is an emergency, he can make his own decision in a short period of time, without the need to report the decision first, which roughly means that he can cut first and then play.
Of course, the occupation force and the garrison are still directly subordinate to Canglong, and even the General Staff has no right to transfer them, and others, such as the Special Operations Command, are also under the jurisdiction of the General Staff.
After dividing the military region, Vivian is also much more relaxed, for the chieftain's armed forces in the region, she doesn't need to go directly to Simon, or even deal with it personally, as long as the local police say hello to the troops, the troops can directly report to the supreme commander of the military region, and then deal with it accordingly, completely avoiding the embarrassing situation that the top command needs to deal with all the complicated and trivial things.
Just when Iraq's domestic construction and stability were in full swing, the United Nations finally got the news that although the Prophet Army was so tough, the United States compromised and still voted five in favor of agreeing to the new Iraq's entry into the United Nations.
The Iraqis who got the news almost the whole country rejoiced, because this was the first time they used their own strength to build a country, and the foreign humiliation that had been borne on the Iraqis for more than ten years was finally washed away, although their country is still very poor, but everyone believes that under the leadership of the prophet, Iraq will become strong and rich.
But this is very embarrassing for the puppet government in Baghdad, especially the people who still live here, they are facing an embarrassing situation, they are no longer orthodox, if the Prophet Army says they are rebels, they say they are traitors, they have to admit it.
Before the arrival of the peacekeeping forces, the people of Baghdad began to flee one after another, and the new Iraqi government treated the people and soldiers who escaped from Baghdad equally, as long as they came out, they could obtain the qualifications of new Iraqi nationals.
In the past, the government in the north was still orthodox, but now it is not even orthodox, who wants to follow them?
Not only did the people start to flee from Baghdad, but even the soldiers, and even many high-ranking officials in Baghdad left, and the U.S. military naturally couldn't stop them, because the withdrawal of these people and soldiers was a good thing for the Americans, at least they didn't have to face the attacks that came from time to time.
In less than a week, only a few Iraqis remained in the whole of Baghdad, except for the US military, and it was not because of their diehard loyalty and puppet government, even high-ranking officials fled, what use did they have to stay? The real reason for staying is because these people are attached to the land, and they are not willing to leave here and give the land to the Americans.
And Natasha finally understood why Canglong left the city of Baghdad, for the US military, these Iraqis are the source of the attack, but at the same time they are also the best cover, and without Iraqis, they have to do many things themselves.
Now all the Americans in Baghdad have become real hostages, and the Prophet Army can launch any round of attacks on this place without any scruples.
Even if the peacekeepers come in, it will be useless, and when this nascent regime truly stabilizes all regions, the US government will only end up being hostages no matter how many soldiers it sends over.
The scary thing is that the U.S. government doesn't know Canglong's strategy yet, and it is even possible that they are thinking that they can use this stronghold to counterattack the Prophet Army in the future.
This kind of unrealistic fantasy made Natasha smile bitterly, the compromise of the United States, so that the Prophet Army further controlled Iraq, and even gained a legitimate status, they take any military action in the future, it is not moral, although the United States can no matter what other countries say, but once defeated, in the end it will face a more embarrassing position than now, and may even drag down this superpower because of small Iraq.
However, Natasha knew that it was a trap, and she couldn't explain it to it, because President Theodore was bent on going his own way, and that was what the senator wanted.
What she can hope now is that Canglong will not be too ruthless against the United States in the future.
Half a year later, the peacekeepers were stationed in Baghdad, most of whom were from NATO countries, with only a few from China and Russia.
The peacekeepers came in by plane from Kuwait, but their planes were escorted by Su-30 fighters of the Iraqi Air Force all the way.
And they didn't land at the old Baghdad International Airport, but at a newly built Prophet Army military airfield outside Baghdad, where everyone was screened as soon as they got off the plane, even the Russian peacekeepers.
All contraband cannot be brought into Baghdad, and if someone is not identified, they will be punished as espionage, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
At this time, in Baghdad, the peacekeeping troops of all countries felt that they were not here to peacekeep, but to go to prison, and the US troops opposite them all had dejected expressions, because they had to be stationed here because of the orders of the US government.
There are more than 50,000 people in the whole of Baghdad, there are more than 40,000 Americans, of which 30,000 are American soldiers, the other more than 10,000 are staff of the embassy in the United States, and the rest are peacekeepers and people from other countries, as for the Iraqis?
Damn, in the entire count, there are only ten Iraqis in Baghdad