After receiving news from Wang Dong, Xie Chuyue, Zhang Zilan, Lei Dong, Tiehu and Wang Haotian came to Riyadh first. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The next day, Churkin arrived with a large force.

In fact, there are only more than 20 people.

Although in the past six months, Musharraf has recruited many retired soldiers in Pakistan, and the number of employees of the company has expanded to more than 100, but the number of places where people are employed has also increased, and dozens of "military advisers" are still in Yemen to assist the Saudi army in the war.

Serena was the last to arrive, but she came to negotiate with the Saudi side about building a factory.

That night, Wang Dong convened the main personnel and briefly introduced the situation.

At this time, Wang Dong had already figured out the situation.

Saudi Arabia's vigorous assistance to Pakistan at this time is not to help Pakistan do things, let alone to improve relations with China through Pakistan, but to have something to do with itself.

Just last month, the Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, severed diplomatic relations with Qatar, which is also a Gulf state.

This matter is not big or small.

Prior to this, the US president visited Riyadh, and it was his first foreign trip since taking office, and he chose Riyadh to show his loyalty to Saudi Arabia.

Actually, there is nothing surprising about it.

Before the visit of the President of the United States, the King of Saudi Arabia took Prince Mohammed, who was still the deputy crown prince at the time, to the capital of China and signed foreign trade contracts with China with a total amount of more than $30 billion, of which more than $10 billion was used to purchase the production line of the "Pterodactyl" 2 drone.

At this time, the Western countries led by the United States could not sit still.

Actually, the problem lies in the United States.

Before going to China, Saudi Arabia had already made a request to the United States to buy MQ-9 Reaper drones, and did not care much about the price.

According to the purchase requisition submitted by Saudi Arabia, 120 MQ-9s will be purchased for $15 billion.

It can be said that it is not generally expensive.

Although the contract amount includes supporting weapons and ammunition and after-sales service, it is twice as high as the purchase price of the US military, which can bring billions of dollars in profits to US arms dealers such as General Atomics, and can also play a role in sharing research and development expenses and reducing the procurement and maintenance costs of the US military.

It's just a pity that the US authorities did not approve it.

Because it was impossible to purchase advanced UAVs with attack capabilities from the United States, and the combat operations in Yemen made the Saudi military urgently need UAVs, so after the United States hit a wall, Saudi Arabia found Huaxia and purchased a batch of "Wing Loong" 2 UAVs and delivered them to the troops for trial.

At the time, the Saudi army did not trust this drone, which was only one-tenth the price of the MQ-9.

The purchase of the "Pterodactyl" 2 is mainly to put pressure on the US authorities to approve the sale of MQ-9 to Saudi Arabia.

In addition, before that, the most advanced weapon purchased by Saudi Arabia from Huaxia was the PLZ-45 self-propelled howitzer, which had nothing to do with UAVs.

If it weren't for Pakistan purchasing a batch of Huaxia's drones and giving a high evaluation, Saudi Arabia would not have thought of purchasing drones from China.

After the trial, the attitude of the Saudi military towards the "Wing Loong" 2 has changed 180 degrees.

Cheapness is not a problem, the point is that the performance of the "Wing Loong" 2 is extremely eye-catching, not only meeting the requirements of the Saudi military, but also surpassing the MQ-9 in many aspects.

What's more, Huaxia did not limit the use of the "Pterodactyl" 2.

If you purchase MQ-9, when to use it, and what it will be used for, you have to ask the United States for instructions, otherwise you can only park it on the ground as a decoration.

It is precisely in this way that Saudi Arabia purchased the "Wing Loong" 2 production line from Huaxia.

The reaction of the United States to this was extremely strong.

A few months later, the US president went to Riyadh and signed a contract with the Saudi authorities for arms sales totaling more than $100 billion.

It was at this time that the US authorities planted a time bomb.

After the US president concluded his visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia joined forces with Gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain, as well as friendly countries such as Egypt, Sudan, and Maldives to attack Qatar under the false pretext of "sympathizing with terrorism."

There is no doubt that before that, the Saudis must have consulted the United States.

Even if the United States does not explicitly express its support, it must have acquiesced to Saudi Arabia's behavior, otherwise Saudi Arabia would never rashly attack Qatar, which is also a member of the Gulf Organization.

Unfortunately, the development of events did not turn out as the Saudi authorities had anticipated.

After the incident, the US president sent a special envoy to Qatar in the name of mediation.

It's just that after getting Qatar's arms order, which can also be said to be protection money, the United States put on a posture of neutrality.

Obviously, the United States is using Saudi Arabia and Qatar to teach Saudi Arabia a lesson.

The purpose is also very simple, to let Saudi Arabia know that without the support of the United States, Saudi Arabia will not even be able to handle a small country with a population of only a few hundred thousand.

In fact, this can also be seen as a reaction of the United States to Saudi Arabia's move closer to China.

You must know that before this, Saudi Arabia not only spent a huge amount of money to purchase arms from China, but also showed a strong interest in cooperating with China in the economic field.

In addition, Saudi Arabia is the first Gulf country to respond to China's establishment of the Silk Road Economic Belt.

If it's just a matter of procuring some arms, it's not a big problem.

Prior to this, Saudi Arabia had purchased a lot of arms from China.

If it is economically tilted towards China, it will be a terrible thing.

Let's not forget, Saudi Arabia remains the world's largest energy exporter, while China is the world's largest energy importer.

Although the United States has changed from an oil importer to an exporter after the breakthrough in shale oil technology, the national fortunes of the United States are still closely related to oil.

The point is that the oil trade is settled in dollars.

If Saudi Arabia and China get too close, do they still need to settle in US dollars?

All in all, even if the United States has not imported oil from Saudi Arabia for more than a decade, it will definitely not let the world's largest oil producer fall into the arms of China.

Making a fuss about the turmoil over the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar is nothing more than to make Saudi Arabia change its mind.

It is a pity that the US authorities ignore the fact that it is easy to create a contradiction, and it is not so easy to eliminate one.

What's more, this matter is related to the face of the Saudi royal family.

More seriously, it is about the legitimacy of the Saudi royal family's dominance.

In the case of the first discovery of Qatar, if the flag is silenced because Qatar maintains a tough stance, the Saudi royal family will inevitably lose its majesty.

As the saying goes, it's easier to ride a tiger than to get off a tiger.

The Saudi royal family will not die down, at least not immediately, and will certainly do something if it is to save face.

Providing assistance to Pakistan and supporting Pakistan in doing things is what Saudi Arabia does.

Quite simply, first of all, the United States is borrowing India to do things.

Letting Pakistan stand up at this time and create a little trouble for the United States and India will be beneficial to Saudi Arabia.

In that case, why not do it?