Chapter 75: Prelude to the outbreak of the Gulf War

Everyone came to the main area of the Halfaya oil field, at this time the oil field is only a few machines in operation, covering an area of no more than 1,000 square miles, no wonder it can only produce more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day, which is a storage area with nearly 4.1 billion barrels of oil! If the Chinese come over, it is estimated that 300,000 barrels a day is not a thing.

Luo Tiancheng looked at this land and was full of pride, this will be his own place from now on! This is an unexplored piece of virgin land! Hidden underneath is a billowing stream of black gold.

"Boss, we want to develop here, and the capital we invest will be more than 500 million Franklin, and we can only develop it slowly in the early stage and sell it abroad." Luo Xingyue was very excited when she saw that the master was happy, the master was everything to them, but it was undeniable that the current situation outside.

"Well, yes, I will find a way to make money, it is estimated that Iraq's funding channel will be closed soon, and the temporary focus is still on the war that broke out between Iraq and Kuwait, where the development rights have been obtained, and there will be time to take it slowly. Go and gather the workers of the oil mill over there, I have something to announce. Luo Tiancheng came back to his senses and knew that he had obtained a golden rooster that could lay eggs, but the most important thing was that the oil could be absorbed and transformed by the fungus blanket.

The energy collected by the fungus blanket will exceed the energy absorbed in the air, and now the energy on the earth will be reduced by more than 40% due to the action of the atmosphere, and the energy degree directly radiated to the ground will be reduced by more than 40 percent.

After the locals knew that this place had been sold, they were a little worried, after all, this was the only place in the neighborhood where they could make money, and if the new owner did not want himself, his family would have no source of income and would be in trouble. Luo Tiancheng had an Arab face, looking at hundreds of people, muttering secretly, some of them showed a worried look in their eyes, but no one spoke loudly.

"Hello everyone, this oil field is now being sold to us by the Iraqi government, and this is the general manager of our group, Mr. Bella! I know that you may be worried about work right now, but I can say that as long as you are safe, you can continue to work here! Our Xingyue Group will invest 1 million Franklins, 10 million Franklins or even 100 million Franklins to develop this place in the future, and everyone's life will only get better and better! ”

Hearing this, the voice sounded loudly in the crowd, now the country is poor and can't even build oil wells, and the international oil price is so cheap, everyone has no motivation, now it is a barrel of production and a barrel of loss, if the new owner really invests so much money, then his own living standard will not be improved! In front of so many people, he won't lie, and look at the person in the military uniform looking at Luo Tiancheng and the others in shock.

After letting everyone go back to work, Luo Tiancheng visited the oil well under the leadership of the people from the oil factory, Luo Tiancheng excitedly looked at the oil continuously pumped from the ground, this time it came suddenly, he had to find a way to bring the fungus blanket over, and the consciousness descended into the consciousness of the cyborg, the space did not follow, and only the main consciousness could open the portable space.

The pace of history always has such a great inertia, although Saddam Hussein has already made adjustments and deployments under Luo Tiancheng's reminder, or the situation in Iraq has reached a situation where it has to be launched, the arrow caught in the string is always going to be shot, Saddam knows in his heart that even if the United Nations troops enter Iraq, there will be a period of time when they can be fully prepared.

On 1 August 1990, Iraq and Kuwait broke down over the oil issue.

On 1 August 1990, United States President George W. Bush condemned Iraq's actions as "naked aggression" and "posed a real threat" to United States national interests, and announced the freezing of all Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets in the United States.

At 1 a.m. (Kuwait time) on 2 August 1990, with the close support and cooperation of the Air Force, Navy, Amphibious Warfare Forces and Special Operations Forces, three divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard crossed the Kuwaiti border and launched a surprise attack on Kuwait. At 5:30 a.m., the main attacking force and the special operations forces met in Kuwait City.

After about 14 hours of fighting in the city, at 7 p.m., Iraqi forces completely occupied the Kuwaiti capital. The offensive then continued to develop, with a steady stream of follow-up troops entering Kuwait. Iraqi forces occupied all of Kuwait. About 200,000 Iraqi troops and more than 2,000 tanks entered Kuwait. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced the annexation of Kuwait, making it Iraq's "19th province" and saying it "will forever be an integral part of Iraq."

At the same time, Saddam Hussein secretly replaced the three elite divisions with miscellaneous armies by stealing beams and replacing pillars, and in order to prevent US satellite satellite monitoring, he used satellite jamming vehicles to return to China in batches one after another, but the number of troops was too large and the time for mobilization would last several months.

At 8 p.m. on 2 August 1990, the United States launched Operation Desert Shield to prevent Iraq's invasion of Saudi Arabia. Two US naval fleets, led by the USS Eisenhower and USS Independence, entered the combat zone.

On August 2, 1990, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 660, which condemned Iraq for violating the UN Charter and demanded the withdrawal of its troops by a vote of 14 in favor and 0 against (Yemen was not present). The UN Security Council has adopted 11 resolutions condemning and sanctioning Iraq, as well as 1 resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq (No. 678).

These resolutions have placed Iraq in a position of extreme political, economic, military and diplomatic isolation. Resolution 678 sets a deadline of 15 January 1991 for Iraq to withdraw its troops, and if Iraq does not withdraw before the deadline, it authorizes United Nations Member States to use "all necessary means" to implement the resolutions adopted by the United Nations.

On 3 August 1990, the United States and the Soviet Union reached a consensus and issued a Joint Statement, demanding that Iraq "unconditionally withdraw its troops from Kuwait" and "fully restore Kuwait's sovereignty, legitimate political power and territorial integrity." This is fully consistent with the objectives of US policy towards Iraq. At the same time, arms supplies and military assistance to Iraq were halted.

On 3 August 1990, the Arab League issued a resolution condemning Iraq's acts of aggression and demanding that Iraq withdraw its troops. The Arab League resolution also calls for an intra-Arab settlement of the conflict and warns of external interference.

On August 4, 1990, the United States decided to send troops to the Gulf.

On August 6, 1990, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 661 to impose economic sanctions on Iraq.

On 7 August, President Bush officially signed the "Desert Shield" initiative. About 2,300 men from one brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army took off from the Fort Bragg base in North Carolina as the vanguard and headed for Saudi Arabia.

On August 7, 1990, U.S. troops left for Saudi Arabia. At this time, on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Saddam Hussein had deployed six divisions and nearly 100,000 fighters. Saudi Arabia's 80,000 troops and the remaining Kuwaiti troops joined the U.S.-led forces, followed by the United Arab Emirates. Since the straits held by Iraq directly cut off the oil lifeblood of Western European countries, it has never agreed so efficiently to strike at Iraq.

In mid-August 1990, a coordinated operational command structure was established at the highest level of the Multinational Force as a result of consultations. The principle is that all units in the theater are under the unified command of Lieutenant General Khaled, commander of the armed forces of Saudi Arabia, and Colonel-General Schwarzkopf, commander of the Central Headquarters of the United States Army, but each unit receives orders and instructions from the highest authorities in their respective countries.

In November 1990, the Member States issued a joint resolution demanding that Iraq withdraw from Kuwait by 15 January 1991 or risk the use of force.

UNSCR 678 of 29 November 1990, which set the deadline for Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait at 15 January 1991 and authorized "the implementation of Resolution 660 by all necessary means" – a diplomatic language authorizing the use of force.

On 9 January 1991, United States Secretary of State Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz met in Geneva for the last time before the war.

On 12 January 1991, the United States Congress authorized the military to expel Iraq from Kuwait, and the other countries of the coalition also authorized their troops shortly thereafter.

At 10:30 a.m. EST on January 16, 1991, President Bush signed a national security directive to Schwarzkopf, commander of the U.S. Central Headquarters, ordering the U.S. military to go to war in Iraq.