The capital of the Empire, the Prime Minister's Palace.

When the secretary came in, Wolfgang was discussing the current situation with several key cabinet ministers, or rather in a rage.

Nothing surprising, Hussein's military adventures were unexpected.

What did he do badly, he just went to provoke the Liang Xia Navy!

In this world, the last thing to mess with is the Liang Xia Navy.

Relying on the strategic advantage of global deployment, the Liangxia Navy has been rampant for decades after the war, and even now, it is an invincible existence in the ocean.

If anything, the strategic superiority of the Liangxia Navy is the most undisputed.

To some extent, provoking the Liang Xia Navy is tantamount to asking for one's own death.

Although Wolfgang is not optimistic about the military strongman who came to power through a coup d'état, and has always felt that the relationship with this kind of person will not last long, what he never expected is that this guy would provoke the powerful Liangxia Navy before achieving a key victory.

Is his brain in water?

Doesn't he understand the truth that a tiger's ass can't be touched?

More than 4 years ago, because of the retaliatory bombing caused by a mistake, has he forgotten?

Wolfgang even thinks that the guy may have been tortured and abused because of his early prison life, so his brain circuits are different from ordinary people.

In fact, as early as last month, Wolfgang warned Hussein by phone.

In any case, don't provoke Liang Xia's navy, let alone take the initiative to find trouble.

In order to make Hussein obedient, Wolfgang also made it clear that if the Liangxia Empire took the initiative to find trouble, the Ryman Empire would take necessary actions in the international community to ensure that most countries remained neutral and would not participate in the military action launched by the Liangxia Empire against Iraq.

Of course, the Empire will certainly continue to provide assistance to Iraq.

The point is that Hussein agreed and made a verbal guarantee.

Obviously, for this military strongman, verbal assurances are no different from farting.

Thinking of this, Wolfgang was very angry.

If he has to say anything, he himself is responsible.

Before the firing was fired, the military made an analysis, the focus of which was the deployment of the Liangxia Navy.

According to the military's point of view, the Liangxia Navy deployed an aircraft carrier battle group in Posha Bay, and it was a large aircraft carrier of the "Chen Bingxun" class, and the two battle groups with stronger combat effectiveness and one supercarrier each in the Mua Sea were actually to avoid a premature conflict with Iraq.

This deployment was mainly aimed at evacuation operations in the early stages of the war.

Of course, it's also easy to understand.

Kuwait has always been the main ally of the Liangxia Empire in the Gulf region, almost all of its oil fields are owned by Liangxia enterprises, and almost all the oil tankers gathered in Kuwait Harbor belong to the Liangxia Empire, so after the outbreak of the war, the first thing to consider is to withdraw these oil tankers.

In addition, tens of thousands of Liangxia citizens work and travel in Kuwait.

Mainly employees of oil companies, as well as their families.

In order to facilitate this, the Kuwaiti authorities have also set aside a special living area for foreign employees outside the port, and arranged for the military and police to maintain order.

Obviously, after the outbreak of the war, the Liangxia Empire also needed to urgently evacuate its overseas Chinese.

The frigate deployed in front of it is carrying out the task of covering the evacuation of oil tankers, and is more like a maritime traffic policeman in function.

What is the threat of an anti-submarine frigate?

If the Liangxia Empire was really ready to enter the war, it would be more than just a frigate deployed in front.

Even fast battleships built in the last great war are more threatening than frigates!

The point is, what is the use of sinking a frigate?

Not to mention a frigate, even if the "Zhu Shijian" aircraft carrier battle group is annihilated, it will not reach the level of breaking the muscles and bones for the Liang Xia Navy.

However, this was tantamount to putting the reason for participating in the war into the hands of the Liang Xia Empire.

As long as the Liangxia Empire declared war on Iraq on the grounds that its warships were attacked on the high seas, not only the allies of the Liangxia Empire, but most of the countries would echo it.

At that time, what else will the Hindan Empire do?

In addition, it involves a secret agreement with the Republic of Nuland.

Only in the case of the undeclared war of the Liangxia Empire will the Nuland Republic take immediate action, otherwise it will remain neutral.

Obviously, there is no possibility of the Liang Xia Empire going to war without a declaration now.

This is tantamount to blocking the way for the Empire to directly enter the war, or to divert domestic contradictions through this war.

Without the support and participation of the Nuland Republic, it would be impossible for the Empire to directly confront the Liangxia Empire in any case.

Wolfgang convened the meeting to discuss this issue.

Will support continue to be provided to the Hussein regime?

While most of the military generals are opposed, almost all cabinet ministers agree that the opportunity to take the lead has been lost in the current situation.

What to worry about now is whether the Liangxia Empire will directly declare war on Iraq!

According to the results of the discussion, if the worst scenario arises, that is, the Liangxia Empire directly sends troops, then the only option for the Manman authorities is to draw a line with the Hussein regime by declaring neutrality, and then sit back and watch the Liangxia Empire regain its dominance over the Poshawan region.

In response to this question, Wolfgang had already spoken to President Nuland on the phone before the meeting began, and found out the other party's attitude.

He was glad that President Nuland was very sensible and emphasized that the Nuland Republic and the Empire had common interests in the Posha Bay area.

Only, Wolfgang did not feel the slightest relief.

That call was tantamount to admitting that the Empire needed the Nuland Republic more.

Although Wolfgang has long known that this day will come sooner or later, after all, in terms of hard power, the Empire of the Empire of Wolfgang has no way to compete with the Republic of Nuland, but from Wolfgang down, no one wants to admit that the Empire, as the victorious country, will bow to the defeated generals of its former subordinates.

Previously, it was working with the Nuland Republic to challenge the powerful Liangxia Empire.

At present, the ambassador of the Empire to Newland, in his capacity as the Prime Minister's special envoy, is holding secret talks with the Secretary of State of the Republic of Nuland to discuss military cooperation in the Posha Bay area.

To put it simply, it is to use the Nuland Republic to deploy some reconnaissance forces on the military bases in the country of Poland.

The main thing, of course, is reconnaissance aircraft.

If Iraq has to be abandoned, then the only country that can be relied on in the future will be the Bouis country.

Fortunately, the situation did not come to this.

The secretary sent good news.

At the outset, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strongly worded statement demanding that the Iraqi authorities immediately cease the military operations to invade Kuwait.

The point is that in this statement, only the tanker that was attacked was mentioned, and the battleship was not mentioned.

In addition, the Liangxia empire gave the Iraqi authorities 72 hours.

Beginning at 8 a.m. local time on 1 August, Iraqi forces must withdraw their forces from Kuwait unconditionally within 72 hours.

As for what would have happened if Iraq had not withdrawn after 72 hours, the statement did not mention it.

Actually, there is no need to mention it.

The statement comes after the Liangxia Empire had already sent combat troops to the Saudis and had shot down an Iraqi attack plane in previous battles.

Obviously, the Liangxia Empire would take military action after the ultimatum expired.

As for what kind of military action, it is impossible to say now.

It was only by this time that Wolfgang breathed a sigh of relief.

The Liangxia Empire played its cards according to common sense, so the possibility of declaring war on Iraq on the grounds that the warship was attacked on the high seas was almost non-existent.

This means that the risk of an imminent global war is greatly reduced.

However, it was only half an hour of relief.

The report from the intelligence services once again made Wolfgang nervous.

After the statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liang Xia, the Liang Xia army raised its combat readiness level without issuing an announcement, especially the Northwest Theater and the Western Theater facing the Western Continent Group.

In addition, the Liangxia Navy was already undergoing pre-war mobilization.

In response to these, the intelligence agencies have also made an analysis.

There is only one main point: in the absence of a full-scale war mobilization, the combat readiness of the Liangxia army can only be maintained for half a year at most.

Among them, the navy is the mainstay.

To put it simply, it is impossible for the warships of the Liangxia Navy to carry out combat missions at sea all the time.

After half a year of deployment in a state of high combat readiness, it had to return to the shipyard for maintenance, and the officers and men of the Navy also needed to rest.

Half a year later, the Liangxia Empire either accepted the fait accompli of inadequacy or sent the country into a state of war.

Putting the country into a state of war for the sake of an Iraq?

Not to mention Zhou Yongtao, even if he is replaced by Lian Xusheng, I am afraid that he will be impeached by the domestic opposition.

The key is that blind war mobilization will only limit the Liangxia Empire to passivity at the strategic level and be constrained everywhere.

In the Polish-Iranian War, the Liangxia Empire tasted such a bitterness!

It is precisely in this way that there is enough reason to believe that if Iraq can withstand half a year, the Liangxia Empire will have to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

Wolfgang then returned to his study and called President Nuland again.

President Nuland also received the relevant news.

Like Wolfgang's view, President Nuland believes that as long as Iraq can hold out for half a year, the situation will become very unfavorable for the Liangxia Empire.

The key is how to keep Iraq out for half a year.

After some probing of each other, President Nuland said that he would send a special envoy to Belin in the near future to meet with Wolfgang on the issue.

Such important matters can only be interviewed in person.

Wolfgang then returned to the conference room and began to discuss with cabinet ministers about aid to Iraq.

It's only half a year!

At the beginning, the Boi Kingdom drove out the There occupation army without receiving much direct aid, and then fought fiercely with the Liang Xia army for several years.

No matter how bad Iraq is, it will certainly have no problem to hold on for half a year with the support of the two super-hegemons.

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At this time, Riyadh.

It wasn't until hours ago that the outside world learned that King Abbas III of Kuwait had fled to the Saudis.

In addition, Abbas III has made a televised speech on the military invasion, calling on the Kuwaiti military and civilians to resist valiantly, and formally appealing to the international community for help, hoping that a responsible power will stand up for justice and help Kuwait expel the invading enemy by providing military action.

Subsequently, the ambassador of the Liangxia Empire to Saudi Arabia also publicly stated that no peace-loving country or people would tolerate such an invasion that flagrantly trampled on international law.

Although the Liangxia authorities did not issue a statement on the issue of sending troops, but only issued an ultimatum to Iraq, no one doubted that the Liangxia empire would send troops after the ultimatum expired.

Not just for oil, but for imperial prestige.

According to outside propaganda, Iraq's brazen invasion and occupation of Kuwait is actually a challenge to the absolute hegemony of the Liangxia Empire in the Posha Bay area. If the Liangxia Empire swallowed this bitter fruit and did not send troops to protect Kuwait, it would not be long before it would have completely lost Posha Bay.

Without Bosha Bay, can the energy of the Liangxia Empire, as well as the oil and gold dollars maintained by relying on superpower, continue to be maintained?

With the loss of a major energy source and the collapse of the oil gold dollar, which maintained its global financial hegemony, will the Liangxia Empire still be the world's number one hegemon?

No matter how you look at it, this battle must be fought!

For soldiers like Liu Zunshan, there is no need to consider these profound issues.

After getting off the plane, Liu Zunshan immediately noticed that there were obviously more security personnel than needed at the largest airport in the Poshawan area.

Or rather, the atmosphere seemed tense.

Several passages were lined with heavily armed military police, and armored vehicles were parked near the exits.

Because the transport planes arranged by the Air Force were transferred to carry out more important tasks, the officers and men of Liu Zunshan's Marine Corps first went to Pakistan Railway, then took a temporarily requisitioned civil airliner to Saudi, and then took a vehicle arranged by the Royal Saudi Army to the barracks.

When he came out of the airport, Liu Zunshan also noticed that outside the airport, not far from the road, several launchers of anti-aircraft missiles were deployed.

I feel that the flames of war may burn at any time.

On the way to the camp, I also encountered a lot of military vehicles heading north.

If anything, the royal army of Saudi Arabia is like that.

Although in the past few decades, the Saudis have relied on the status of the world's number one oil exporter and used oil revenues to purchase weapons and equipment all over the world, in terms of combat effectiveness, the Saudi Royal Army is basically zero, and even a large part of the officers and soldiers are mercenaries from Pakistan.

Foreign servicemen serving in Saudi Arabia to be precise.

In the Saudi Air Force alone, more than half of the fighter pilots are from Pakistan.

Most of the main battle equipment of the Saudi army, from the army's main battle tanks to the air force's fighters, came from the Liangxia Empire.

Interestingly, the Saudi never provided a military base to the Liangxia Empire, to be precise, not in the form of leasing for the Liangxia Empire to garrison troops for a long time.

However, this is also related to the Liang Xia Empire.

Over the past decade or so, the Liang Xia Empire's main military strategy in the Gulf region has been to rely on the navy and minimize the presence of troops there.

If it weren't for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, Liu Zunshan would not have come to Saudi Arabia as soldiers.

Of course, the only ones who came first were the soldiers.

According to the arrangement of the Marine Corps, they were deployed in King Khalid Military City and were first responsible for the vigilance of the military base.

In the coming days, an armored battalion of main battle equipment will be brought over by strategic airlift to strengthen the military presence in the region.

The front deployment is said to be to keep the enemy out of the country.

If the Iraqi army continued south after the capture of Kuwait, the Marines would have to move north to meet them in order to buy time for the main force to arrive.

If it really comes to this point, a fierce battle will definitely be inevitable.

It's just that when you come to Saudi Arabia, isn't it just for the sake of fighting?