Not long after Lin Yu stayed in Japan, he received an invitation from British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to Iraqi Prime Minister Saddam Hussein for a state visit to the United Kingdom.

Regarding the news sent by Margaret Thatcher, Lin Yu still thought about it very seriously, and hurriedly flew to Italy.

For some time, Jason and the others have stayed in Italy due to the Italian sī wave, after all, there is no better opportunity than to take control of Italy. And Lin Yu also has a background in Italy, and one AC Milan is enough to make the Italian government pay attention to it, not to mention the current Milan consortium.

In recent years, the Milan Group has not only developed in the football industry, but has already developed towards a series of industries related to people's livelihood, such as the catering industry, clothing industry, supermarket chains, etc., which can be said to control the life of Milan City and surrounding cities, otherwise Lin Yu really has no capital to fight with the Agnelli family.

"What do you mean by Mrs. Thatcher's message, Uncle Jason?" Looking at Jason, Lin Yu asked.

"Boss, if Britain gets involved in this war, I think Britain will be in a crisis internally, and besides, this war has been fought for so many years, no one knows how long it will last, and in addition, if the British government chooses the wrong country, then another country will know about it, then this will damage our future development in the Middle East."

Over the years, Lin Yu and Jason and others have long made plans for future development, and every time they develop something unexpected, they change their plans in time, and over the years, Lin Yu has also gathered talents, although it is worse than a family like Rockefeller, but these are not problems, what Lin Yu lacks is only the background and time, but after going to the Habsburg, Lin Yu doesn't care about it.

Lin Yu waved his hand and smiled when he heard this, and said, "Uncle Jason, everything will have pros and cons, what we have to do is to maximize etiquette and minimize the crisis." The British government had a good idea for such a thing, didn't Iraq need weapons? Then sell them and if they don't have money, then exchange them for oil fields, and besides, I remember that there are a lot of other resources in Iraq, and these classes can be profitable. The starter"

"But Jason always felt that something was wrong, hesitated for a moment, and didn't know what to say.

"There's really nothing to hesitate about." Lin Yu said with a smile: "Uncle Jason, don't forget that there is not only Britain behind us, Britain can support Iraq, and Italy can also support Iran, so no matter who wins or loses, it will not hurt us."

Lin Yu is also very clear about this war, not only does he know, but there are almost no people who have gone to junior high school in the future who don't know, the name of the first Gulf War is not covered, and the countries involved in it are not only Iran and Iraq, how many countries have to stand behind these two countries.

The Iran-Iraq War, known in Iran as the Iraq Invasion War, also known as the First Gulf War or the First Bōs Gulf War, was an eight-year border war between Iran and Iraq. Both Iran and Iraq belong geographically to Western Asia. Historically, the two countries have disputed sovereignty over the Shatt al-Arab at the junction of the border. On September 22, 1980, Iraq launched a brazen military attack on Iran under the pretext of defending the disputed river against the "Islamic Revolution", thus triggering the protracted Iran-Iraq War, which lasted for eight years, making it the longest war since the Vietnam War. The entire war process can be divided into: the first stage, Iraq's offensive, Iran's defense; In the second stage, Iran shifted from a strategic stalemate to a strategic counteroffensive, and Iraq lost the initiative on the battlefield. The third stage is the Iranian offensive, the Iraqi defense.

The Iran-Iraq war was actually a "marathon" war of attrition. In the past eight years, the total expenditure and economic losses amounted to 100 million US dollars, and the warring sides suffered 1.48 million casualties and 80,000 prisoners. Among them, the Iranian army lost 350,000 killed, 700,000 wounded, 30,000 captured, and lost about 500 combat aircraft, 500 tanks, 1,200 artillery pieces, and 16 ships; The Iraqi army lost 180,000 killed, wounded 250,000, captured 50,000, lost 250 combat aircraft, tanks, 1,500 artillery pieces, and 15 ships. At the same time, the non-belligerents also suffered huge losses, sinking 90 ships and damaging 546, and another 90 were trapped in the Shatt al-Arab, most of them damaged.

The cause of the war was due to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein = Hussein's attempt to take full control of the Shatt al-Arab River, located northwest of the Bōs Bay, which was an important oil export channel for both countries. The United States armed Saddam Hussein and supported his offensive into the disputed region in an attempt to contain the Iranian regime, which had just come to power through revolution and was strongly anti-American. And in 1975, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger supported Iranian Shah Pahlavi in his attack on waterways that were then under Iraqi control. Iraq and other Arab countries also fear the spread of the armed regime resulting from Iran's February 1979 revolution into the surrounding region.

Another factor that led to the Iran-Iraq war was the ambitions of the leaders of the two countries. Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Ruhollah Khomeini is trying to spread his Islamic fundamentalist movement throughout However, since the Iranian revolution has only recently succeeded, attempts at this have been limited. For his part, Saddam Hussein has not been in power for long and is trying to bring Iraq to regional hegemony. A successful war against Iran could make Iraq the hegemon of the Gulf region and control the oil trade. Internal cleansing of the army and a severe shortage of American-made equipment parts have greatly affected Iran's once formidable military power.

In addition, Iran's defenses in the Shatt al-Arab region are weak. On 22 September 1980, Iraq seized the opportunity to launch an offensive under the pretext of an Iranian-backed assassination attempt on the then Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz.

The territorial dispute between Iraq and Iran has a history of more than 100 years, and the two countries have long-standing ethnic and religious differences, and both want to dominate the Gulf region, so the relationship between the two sides has been tense, and minor border conflicts have continued. In 1978, when civil unrest broke out in Iran, Iraq supported Shah Pahlavi and expelled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who was living in Iraq. In February 1979, Iran's Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power and incited Shiite Muslims in Iraq to overthrow Saddam's regime. In late September 1980, Iraq took advantage of the political turmoil, economic deterioration, military instability, and the severance of diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States after Ayatollah Khomeini came to power, and launched a war against Iran aimed at recovering lost territory, striking at Khomeini's export revolution, and competing for hegemony in the Gulf.

Iraq received a great deal of diplomatic and military support from the Soviet Union. The Arab States, notably Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, provided economic assistance. In addition, the United States is also biased towards Iraq, providing it with weapons and economic assistance. Since 1985, the United States has sold weapons to Iraq at the same time as they have sold to Iran. This sparked what would later be the Iran-Contra affair in the Reagan administration.

The war was fought fiercely. In war, Iran often uses tactical attacks similar to those used in World War I. Iraq used chemical weapons, including Tabun poison. Although Iraq took the lead in provoking war and using chemical weapons, the international community did not exert much pressure on it.

In June 1982, Iran launched a series of counteroffensives to recapture the land occupied by Iraq in the early stages of the war. Iraq, in view of the possibility of total defeat, proposed a truce to Iran. At this time, Iran was trying to bring down the Iraqi regime and therefore rejected the proposal. This led to another six years of war.

During this time, Western naval forces intervened in the area in an attempt to protect the bay's shipping lanes. caused Iranian missiles to attack the USS Stark frigate; and the downing of an Iranian civilian airliner by the American cruiser USS Vincennes, killing 290 passengers and crew.

From September 1980 to July 1988, it was almost eight years, and now it is only 1986, and there are still nearly two years to end.

And this after World War II can be said to be the most costly battle, the total cost of the two expenses and the total economic loss can reach 600 billion US dollars, the loss of aircraft, artillery, ships, etc. is amazing, the war needs to be spent, the world's arms will always be the most profitable, and Lin Yu knows that the current Iraq has begun to show an unfavorable situation, and has adopted a strategy of 'forcing peace with war, hoping to force Iran to withdraw.

However, Lin Yu knows very well that Iraq's calculation ultimately failed, because Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini is a very tough figure, and the strategy adopted by Iraq will be attacked again by Iran next year.

In Lin Yu's view, the early stage of the Iran-Iraq war has passed, and the perennial reserves of the two countries have basically been exhausted, and now it is the consumption of the competition and the supplies behind him.

Speaking of the Iran-Contra incident, we have to mention the important figures, because the shadow of the whole battle can be felt behind it, that is, the United States, the US government originally supported Iraq, but since last year, due to the lack of Iranian weapons, the United States began to secretly sell weapons to Iran, which was exposed, resulting in the Iran-Contra incident of the Reagan administration.