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The day after receiving the Iraqi generals, Pei Chengyi received the information sent by Liu Xiaobin and received a phone call from Liu Xiaobin, telling him that he attached great importance to the Iraqi generals when he established the joint command. Although Liu Xiaobin did not say it explicitly, the meaning is very clear, that is, to give the Iraqi general a higher place.

It was precisely for this reason that Pei Chengyi postponed the first formal meeting to decide on the powers of the generals by two days.

During these two days, Pei Chengyi spent a lot of time learning about the situation in Iraq.

To be honest, before that, Pei Chengyi's knowledge of Iraq came mainly from when he was in elementary school. From the war reports I saw on TV, and from the materials related to the war in Iran when I went to work in the General Staff.

For Pei, Iraq is a very distant and mysterious excesse. It's just as a century ago, when Westerners thought of the republic as a pound, very distant and mysterious. Since Liu Xiaobin made a special call and sent someone to send materials over, he should have a good understanding of Iraq.

Of course, what Pei Chengyi needs to understand is only something related to national defense and military.

The year of the dish was "independent." After that, Iraq established a defense system similar to Iran. That is, the establishment of the Revolutionary Guards in addition to the Wehrmacht. Unlike Iran, Iraq does not have a supreme spiritual leader. Other words. Iraq's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will be under the command of Iran's supreme spiritual leader.

There is no doubt that this is a very absurd and completely non-existent national defense system. It is precisely for this reason that the Western countries, led by the United States, have so far refused to recognize the Iraqi regime. Iraq is seen as nothing more than a highly autonomous province below Iran.

Over the years, Iraq's defence system has undergone a fundamental transformation.

As Ahmadinejad became Iran's chief minister, he began to reduce aid to Iraq year by year, and the Iraqi authorities had to turn to the republic for help, and the only demand that the republic make when it agreed to aid Iraq was that Iraq must adjust its basic political system and become a secular Islamic state. The reason for this request is simple. Only the separation of church and state can ensure the security of foreign investment, and the authorities of the Republic can guarantee loans to the Government of Iraq. And the entrepreneurs of the republic will only take into account Iraqi investment.

In fact, the Iraqi authorities also hope that the Republic will make such a request. Because that's the only way. Only then can Iraq repeal the rules set by Iran's religious leaders. Get rid of Iran's control. In any case, even if more than half of Iraq's citizens are Shiites. They are also predominantly Arabs, not Persians. In this case. The Iraqi population is absolutely unwilling to obey Iran's commands.

It is precisely in this way that, after this demand of the Republic, the Iraqi authorities stabbed and pushed the boat with the flow. In the process of restructuring the political structure, the Revolutionary Guards were abolished in passing. In a sense, Iraq's ability to accomplish this political-military transformation without bloodshed is inseparable from the relationship with the republic. In other words. If it weren't for the authorities of the republic. Iran will certainly use extreme measures against the disobedient Iraq.

In order to stabilize Iran. In order to let Iran's supreme spiritual leader know who is the boss, when the Iraqi authorities announced the withdrawal of the Revolutionary Guards and the seizure of their weapons and equipment, the Republic sent four aircraft carrier battle groups to the Gulf and the Arabian Sea, and let the 1st Combat Unit stationed in Lahore, Pakistan, board the 2nd Combat Unit stationed in Balochistan and stationed in Visakhapatnam, India. Posture for military intervention.

Thankfully. At that time, Iran's supreme spiritual leader was concentrating on dealing with the new president, not only did he not dare to offend the republic, but he also did not have the strength to intervene in Iraq's affairs.

The problem is that overly extreme reform actions are counterproductive. Compared to other reforms. The reform of the military system is more sensitive. Affected by this. Iraq's military system reform has not been complete. In the end, for the purpose of maintaining internal unity and stabilizing the domestic situation, the Iraqi authorities did not completely dismantle the Revolutionary Guards, but only collected the heavy weapons of the Revolutionary Guards. And no longer let the Revolutionary Guards recruit soldiers. It is also said that the Iraqi authorities intend to use time to solve the problem.

In any case, this reform has fundamentally laid the foundations of Iraq's national defense.

It is precisely for this reason that the Republic has carried out a drastic reform of Iraq's defense forces since the end of the year.

Of course, the precondition for reform is that the Republic has provided Iraq with a large number of weapons and equipment.

According to the data provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, by the beginning of the year, among the equipment provided by the Republic of China to Iraq free of charge, ground weapons could arm two armored brigades with a total of two old main battle tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, such as multiple armored transport vehicles, and several self-propelled guns, and four catties. The main battle tanks of the infantry brigade, yo infantry fighting vehicles, a number of armored transport vehicles, such as a number of self-propelled guns, 4 infantry brigades of the main battle tank, a number of infantry fighting vehicles, a number of armored transport vehicles, a number of self-propelled guns, an artillery brigade with a total of a good set of electromagnetic artillery systems, 2 long-range artillery brigades with a total of long-range rocket artillery and a set of tactical ballistic missile systems, 8 catties, air defense brigades ugly set of theater air defense systems and gills set of field air defense systems and bamboo special brigades are mainly a variety of reconnaissance equipment, The Air Force is equipped with a strong fighter jet, of which the knife holder is small! It is one year older than the "force frame small thug burning" to receive 4 early warning aircraft

Shengyin ridiculed that the aircraft was improved by carrier-based early warning aircraft, and that the miniaturization and improvement of the aircraft could also be converted into a tanker aircraft if necessary, because Iraq's coastline is only a kilometer, and the outlet to the sea is surrounded by Kuwait and Iran. As a result, the Republic provided assistance to Iraq only a few security boats used for maritime patrol missions.

Although the aid to Iraq is all weapons and equipment that have been outdated and have even been eliminated by the Republican ** team a long time ago, some of which are still sealed up for a long time, but for Iraq. That's still a lot of money. Because Iraq's defense forces are already "operating in vacancies." For several years, there was a shortage of high-quality military personnel, and the main task in the early stage of modern national defense construction was to train and reserve qualified personnel. Therefore, Iraq does not need too many advanced weapons and equipment, and it can also train military talents by using old weapons and equipment to transition first;

Of course, some of the more advanced weapons will not be able to provide free assistance.

At the end of the year, Iraq signed a contract with the Republic for a total value of about the beater's car. The equipment has already been delivered to Iraq in its entirety by the end of the year, and the fighters in it will be used to form a pound. Separate air defense fighter group. VTOL transport aircraft and low-altitude attack aircraft will be used to form Iraq's army aviation, and ground equipment will be used to form an elite armored brigade.

It's a very good deal. If calculated on the basis of the sales prices of various types of weapons published by the republic. It takes at least 100 million yuan to get it done. More importantly, Iraq did not pay for the arms deal. According to the MIA. In order to facilitate the arms deal, three financial groups of the Republic provided the Iraqi authorities with financing guarantees worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Among them, at least Jinyiyun will be exchanged for the sale of weapons and equipment obsolete by the Iraqi army by two second-hand arms trading companies managed by the Military Intelligence Agency. In addition, the 100 million yuan was paid by several resource companies, including Sanjian Group and Ye Hong Group, in the form of purchasing resource exploitation rights in Iraq.

At the same time as the massive introduction of republic-made weapons and equipment, Iraq eliminated a large amount of old equipment.

According to information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency. At the suggestion of the Republican Adviser, the Iraqi authorities have gradually replaced all Iranian-supplied weapons and equipment on a "one-by-one" basis.

It is necessary to do so. The weapons and equipment provided by the Iranian authorities are basically old equipment obtained from Russia during the Iranian war, which is not at all suitable for the military establishment tailored for Iraq by the republican advisers, and it has long been outdated.

The second is that there is absolutely no need for Iraq to maintain an overly large military force, and therefore there is no need to maintain too many weapons and equipment. Finally, the Iraqi authorities do not intend to continue to heed the call of Iran's supreme spiritual leader, and they must do something about national defense.

The Military Intelligence Agency has also benefited greatly from this. Among other things, all the old equipment that Iraq has obsolete is sold to Africa and Central and South America through two second-hand arms trading companies secretly controlled by the Military Intelligence Agency. Although the Iraqi authorities received about 400 million yuan in revenue. But the MIA also received about a dollar in revenue on a half-to-half basis.

In any case, the republic is helping Iraq build a small and strong defense force.

At the end of the force, the total strength of the Iraqi National Army is less than 10,000, the army is 30,000, the air force is 30,000, and the navy includes a marine brigade with a size of about 4o four people. In the army, the main force is an elite armored brigade, 2 armored brigades, 4 mechanized infantry brigades, 4 catties, and an infantry brigade of 4 catties. Artillery brigades, 2 long-range artillery brigades, 8 air defense brigades and 2 special brigades, with a total strength of about 10,000 troops. There are also 20,000 civilian soldiers. The Air Force has an air defense fighter wing of 6 catties. The "Multi-Role Fighter Wing" attack aircraft wing is planned to be used to form an army aviation unit, but it is only temporarily organized in the air force's combat sequence with three support wings, equipped with various aircraft including relaxation fighters, and is already the third largest air force in the Gulf region after the Iranian and Saudi air forces, and the seventh largest air force in the Middle East. As for the navy, because of the narrow access to the sea, the scale is very small and not worth mentioning.

In a sense. The Iraqi Defense Forces (IDF) are a "miniature version" of the Republican **

This is because when it comes to helping Syria reorganize its defence forces, the Military Intelligence Agency, which specializes in foreign military cooperation projects, has a grasp of the actual situation in the Arab countries. I have a relatively in-depth understanding of Arab culture and have accumulated a lot of very useful experience, so when I assisted Iraq in reorganizing its national defense and military forces. The military advisers sent by the Military Intelligence Agency are quite familiar. Instead of taking a few steps, we have established a modern national defense and military system for Iraq step by step.

In addition to equipment and establishment, the most critical is the chain of command.

In fact, it is the chain of command that is the basic factor that determines the military system.

Over the past few years, the Iraqi authorities have spent money on only one thing, and that is the strategic chain of command, which the Republic has never sold to the outside world. To be precise, it should be "multifunctional tactical command and intelligence, and secondly, we know that the general staff of the People's Republic of China and the departments of various services and arms should not obituary and dissipate the system, and the command system of the major theater headquarters is also improved on this basis. Although the original code of the software was not provided at the time of sale to Iraq, it was streamlined for the actual situation in Iraq. However, in order to avoid leaks, the Republic still signed a security agreement with the Iraqi authorities, that is, until the completion of the military reform in Iraq, the security system of the system is under the responsibility of specialized personnel sent by the Republic.

In order to cooperate with the advanced command system. The most important thing the Republic has done is to train military personnel for Iraq.

Since the end of the year, more than 1,000 Iraqi military officers have been studying in the Republic every year. Half of them receive a full year of training, while the rest receive two to three years of advanced training.

By the end of the year, the Republic had provided Iraq with a number of army officers, air force officers, pilots who had returned home at the end of the year, and senior staff officers.

After returning home, these Iraqi soldiers have become the backbone of the army without exception. Because the size of the Iraqi army is quite limited, the rank and file of the army is around the number of Danci people. Air Force pilots are not very popular, so nearly half of the officers who have gone to the Republic to receive training and scraping.

That is, in the next year, when these Iraqi soldiers who have been trained in the Republic become generals and senior officers. It will be difficult to change the nature of the Iraqi army, and even less will Iraq's relations with the Republic change much.

In fact, the Republic is willing to invest billions of dollars in training for Iraqi soldiers. It is clear that it wants to control Iraq's military power.

What's more, these servicemen also brought the most advanced military thinking back to Iraq.

According to information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency. Because the officers who went to the republic to gild were all reused after returning home, and many of them held important positions. Therefore, the Iraqi army is ideologically ahead of all the surrounding countries and is the most suitable army for modern warfare. Because most of the high-ranking Iraqi officers. In particular, the high-ranking officers of the ruling faction participated in the "war of independence", so the Iraqi army does not lack war experience.

If there is one flaw in the Iraqi army, it is that it is affected by the country's strength and is unable to purchase enough advanced equipment.

Of course. In doing so, the military intelligence bureau most likely wanted Pei Chengyi to pay attention to the Iraqi army.

Pei Chengyi does attach importance to Iraq. However, the emphasis is not on the Iraqi army, but on the geographical location of Iraq.

In fact, what the Military Intelligence Bureau hopes Pei Chengyi will pay attention to is also Iraq's strategic individuality.

One of the documents provided to Pei details Iraq's military bases and transportation facilities, while the other mentions that the authorities of the Republic are negotiating with Iraq to reach an agreement on the lease or joint use of military bases to bypass Iran and Syria by deploying combat forces to Iraq. Of course, the authorities of the republic will not admit to setting Iran and Syria aside, but when it comes to some specific issues, the republic does not want trouble in the war. For example, there are many restrictions on the Republic's participation in the war, especially in Iran, where it will certainly be restricted by the Iranian authorities and it is unlikely that it will be able to do so.

As a commander, Pei Chengyi must not ignore this issue.

In fact. As early as the beginning of the Indian War, Pei Chengyi encountered a similar problem. At that time, the sea supply line had not yet been opened, and new supply routes needed to be opened, and the Nepalese and Bangladeshi authorities had concerns, so Pei Chengyi had to make adjustments in military deployment. In any case, Pei Chengyi didn't want to encounter the same situation again, so he had to be more fully prepared before the war started.

Relatively. Opening a third front in Iraq is the most desirable option.

Among other things, the Iraqi authorities have not demanded that a capable general be sent to serve as a front-line commander, nor have they even put forward such an idea, but they only hope that the Republic will fully take into account Iraq's national interests and provide certain guarantees when formulating war plans. For this reason, Iraq is not only willing to enter the war, but also willing to provide all the convenient conditions for the republican team. That is, Iraq will soon conclude a secret agreement with the republic. Provide the republic with military bases, as well as the corresponding transport infrastructure.

The mother is undoubted. Iraq is where Pei Chengyi will use his troops.

Although it does not deny the importance of the Iranian battlefield versus the Syrian battlefield. But as the most talented general of the republic. Pei knew from the beginning that neither Iran nor Syria was an ideal battlefield. Exactly. After Li Cunxun proposed to set up two separate front-line command centers to be responsible for combat operations in the Iranian and Syrian directions, Bae Chengyi immediately agreed. There was no argument with Lee Cunxun. In fact, Li Cunxun did not mention Iraq, hoping that Pei Chengyi would personally be in charge of combat operations in the Iraqi direction.

Thus. Two years ago, the Republic sold the world's most advanced chain of command thugs to Iraq, certainly not for the sake of making that little money. To put it bluntly, if the republic really intends to sell the chain of command, I am afraid that several countries will be willing to pay hundreds of billions of dollars to buy it.

Exactly. Pei Chengyi postponed the first joint meeting by two days.

After learning in detail about the situation in Iraq, Pei Chengyi made a special trip to the base hotel on the night of the old month to visit Badalin and Rantham to enhance his relationship with the two Iraqi generals.