The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Iran-Iraq border.

Xiao Jian personally escorted "Cantaloupe" and safely arrived at the Iran-Iraq border.

'Cantaloupe' is a code name created to confuse intelligence agencies. Its real name is World of Warcraft Arms!

A large number of advanced military equipment!
In name, they are mercenaries!
It has nothing to do with any country.

Even if it is known, it will be the mercenaries' business!
This is the international norm. Whatever you do has to be covered with a layer of superficial cover.

Americans do this, and Europeans do the same!

The Soviets back then and the Russians now do the same thing!

According to the agreement, the two parties are carrying out the handover.

这一批军火，包括了200枚‘神盾-0’导弹、400枚‘神盾-1’导弹、2000枚‘前卫’导弹以及两千套北斗定位仪、三千套卫星通信设备，总价值10.5亿美元，差不多42亿人民币。

After completing the handover with the Iraqi leader, the two sides shook hands and Xiao Jian led his men to retreat.

After the arms were handed over, his mission was accomplished. Even if he was bombed by American planes on the way, it would not be his business!
And we can't stay here for too long. Who knows if we will be discovered by the Americans and attract American fighter jets.

Although this possibility is very small, after all, this place is on the border between Iran and Iraq. Once the bomb falls, it may fall in Persia, which can easily cause a fierce backlash from Persia. But as the saying goes, it is better to be safe than sorry. Who knows if the Americans will really go crazy and do such a crazy thing.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

This is the seat of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies of various countries. It is Saudi Arabia's second largest city, largest port, and an important financial center. It is about 70 kilometers east of Mecca and is the only city in Mecca Province that allows non-Muslims to live.

Jeddah Port was built in 647 as a trade transit port. It flourished as a transit port for pilgrims in the 17th century and is the main import and export port for Mecca. In 1932, it became Saudi Arabia's main commercial port. After World War II, the port was expanded and is currently the largest commercial port on the Red Sea coast.

There is a Saudi naval base in Jeddah, which is the King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

At this time, several ships were docked at King Faisal Naval Base.

Then they began to unload weapons and equipment.

A large amount of weapons and equipment were transported from this ship.

These are weapons and equipment purchased by Saudi Arabia. It just so happened that this time the Navy Jiaolong Commando participated in joint training with the Saudi army and arrived in Saudi Arabia together.

Jiaolong Commando, an elite special force of the Marine Corps, is mainly responsible for maritime anti-terrorism, anti-piracy, anti-hijacking, special reconnaissance, special operations, etc. They are the elite of the Marine Corps, known as the "Maritime Special Forces", and are an important force for China to carry out military operations at sea.

From the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden to now, they have been escorting ships, driving away pirates, and rescuing merchant ships from attacks, writing miracles in the depths of the ocean time and time again. This force can quickly launch attacks from the air to the land, from the sea to the underwater, from the south to the north. The "Jiaolong Commando" is praised as "a dragon on the sea, a tiger on the land, an eagle in the sky, and an elite counter-terrorist"!
At this time, the 'Jiaolong Commando' was fully armed and on alert.

Djibouti, port.

Several ships entered the port and began loading and unloading both arms and supplies.

Panshan Group has obtained a 99-year lease for the Port of Djibouti. In addition to being a naval logistics supply port, it is also a commercial port.

After the United States launched the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, its power in Africa has been greatly weakened, and the war in Africa is coming to an end.

Unlike the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the wars in Africa do not involve any advanced tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, or warships. Even if aircraft are used in the wars in Africa, they are at most second-generation and a half fighters, and there are very few of them. Most of them are second-generation fighters, or even first-generation fighters.

The J-5 and J-6 fighter jets are very popular here.

As for tanks and armored vehicles, it is rare to have hundreds of them in combat. Tanks and armored vehicles are regarded as killer weapons here.

In the wars here in Africa, machine guns mounted on cars are powerful weapons.

The battlefield here is a world of weapons. Even weapons from World War I can be seen here. Weapons from World War II are also very common here.

As for missiles, they are limited to portable air defense missiles or anti-tank missiles.

Years of war have left nearly half of Africa devastated, and society has not only failed to progress but has regressed.

A large number of people died in the war!

During wars and natural disasters, no one goes to provide relief.

As for the terrible Ebola virus, it has killed a large number of Africans.

Countries have joined forces but have so far failed to develop a specific drug to treat the Ebola virus. Now they are using the United Nations peacekeeping force to physically isolate it.

Even if people usually argue about something, everyone’s opinions on this matter are surprisingly unified, because the Ebola virus is so terrible!

虽然该病毒潜伏期可达2至21天，但通常只有5天至10天。而且有非常高的致死率，致死率达到惊人的50%~90%！

This basically means that if you are infected with the Ebola virus, you are equivalent to death.

For Ebola virus, the biosafety level is 4, while for AIDS it is level 3 and for SARS it is level 3. The higher the level, the stricter the protection.

In the vast land of Africa, there are only a handful of countries that are considered to be well developed.

Libya, Egypt, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Nubia, Mozambique, South Africa, etc., not even half of the countries have positive economic growth.

As wars end in one country after another, post-war reconstruction in these countries is also a major problem.

Countries with resources are still fine, as they can obtain reconstruction funds by selling resources. Countries without resources do not even have the opportunity to sell resources.

After so many years of war, the territories of many countries have changed. They are no longer the clear and long lines they used to be, but are now divided by rivers and mountain ridges.

Somalia, which ended its war early, is currently developing rapidly. The US military purchases supplies here, bringing a large amount of foreign exchange to Somalia.

The best developed country is actually Tanzania. This country has maintained peace and stability for 20 years. It has achieved self-sufficiency in agricultural food and can export some food every year. It has also developed some light industry, mining, smelting industry and electric power industry.

The rise in oil and gas prices has led to a significant increase in Tanzania's oil and gas revenues, which has also stimulated the economy.

Today, Tanzania's per capita GDP has reached the threshold of US$6000. From being one of the least developed countries in the world, to now having a per capita GDP of US$6000, Tanzania has spent more than years of hard work. (End of this chapter)