The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 708 The Coming Gulf War

Guifei Group.

Liu Tao looked away only after he watched the last fighter plane take off, soar into the sky and disappear from his sight.

His mind couldn't help but think of the Gulf War.

The outbreak of the Gulf War taught countries around the world a vivid lesson.

It also provides a vivid lesson to all the military generals in the country who still hope to build a powerful artillery.

Let everyone realize that the Soviet Union's previous large-scale troop combat model is outdated.

The Iron Torrent can only play a greater role when it has air superiority. Without air superiority, no matter how powerful the Iron Torrent is, it is just a target.

During the Gulf War, many Iraqi tanks were destroyed by the coalition forces mainly composed of the US military, just like canning.

The world's military seems to have taken the Gulf War as a turning point.

Since the Gulf War, war has had almost nothing to do with ground troops.

Ground troops are only used to clear the battlefield.

The invincible image of the US military was completely established.

In fact, if we extend the time scale, this view is correct, but it is also incorrect. To some extent, the Gulf War has distorted the world's military development.

Because the only countries in the world that can afford such a war are the United States and the Soviet Union! And the target cannot be a big or powerful country.

At that time, in order to prepare combat supplies, the United States took five months to transport them before it could carry out indiscriminate bombing. If it was the Soviet Union instead of Iraq, then the United States would be courting death. The Soviet Union could use the air force and missiles to destroy these bases, and would not allow the United States the opportunity to stockpile so many combat weapons and weapons, nor would it be possible to transport so many troops.

Similarly, if the target is China, China also has the ability to destroy these military bases.

In Liu Tao's opinion, the entire Gulf War was so overwhelming due to three main factors.

First of all, Saddam's move was unpopular and morality was not on Saddam's side. This can be seen from the vote. The Gulf War was not a battle between the US military and the Iraqi army. The war against Iraq was carried out in the form of a coalition force, with as many as 32 countries participating in the war against Iraq.

It’s just that the American propaganda is so powerful that people think that all the credit goes to the US military, and the armies of other countries are ignored.

Secondly, there is a huge disparity in the quality of the two armies. The U.S. troops participating in the war were the trump card troops, the Seventh Army that was originally defending against the Soviet Union. This army had about 100,000 soldiers and was very powerful. It could be said to be the elite of the elite of the U.S. military and was ready to defend against attacks launched by the Soviet Union at any time. The troops sent by other participating countries were also elite troops. Although Iraq is known as the third largest military power in the world, the military qualities of both sides have long been demonstrated in the Iran-Iraq War, so much so that military experts would evaluate the Iran-Iraq War as "Iraq and Iraq fought a most primitive war with the most advanced weapons."

The same weapon can exert 100% of its combat power when used by the coalition forces, but can only exert 20% of its combat power when given to the Iraqi army. With such a huge gap, it is normal for them to fight a good battle.

Finally, there is the coalition's tactics, which use missiles to destroy targets and air strikes. Iraq lacks advanced air defense weapons, and its fighter jets are not as advanced as those of the coalition. The air force was crushed and had no air superiority at all. Another thing is the terrain. The battlefield is a desert plain, which is extremely open and has no strategic location to defend. It is not conducive to defense at all. Finally, there is the coalition's electronic warfare, which cuts off all Iraq's communication equipment. No matter when the communication is destroyed, it is fatal. If you cut through all the whitewashing and get to the bottom of it, the Gulf War is actually a coalition led by the US military "kicking the Nanshan Nursing Home and punching the Beihai Kindergarten"!
This tactic may not be effective in other complex terrains.

In Liu Tao's view, this war awakened many countries, made them realize the cruelty of the world, and understood what a superpower is, what a strong country is, what a big country is, what a medium-sized country is, and what a small country is. It also made them understand the positioning of their own country and know what they can and cannot do.

Before the Gulf War, in the 50s, the coalition forces, which were mainly composed of the US military and had the most advanced weapons and equipment of the era, were armed to the teeth and had experienced the cruel baptism of World War II. However, they were severely beaten by a group of peasants in their eyes, crying and shouting, and were psychologically traumatized; in the Vietnam War from the 60s to the 70s, the US military spent more than ten years, spent hundreds of billions of dollars, and suffered huge casualties, but failed to win and achieve its strategic goals. In the 80s, the Soviet Union plunged into Afghanistan and controlled major cities in Afghanistan in just a few days at the beginning, achieving a brilliant victory. Since then, it has continued to win, but the final result was that it suffered a loss and left Afghanistan in disgrace.

Both superpowers were defeated by small and weak countries, which invisibly sent a wrong signal to the people of the world - the so-called superpowers are nothing more than this.

They believed that as long as the territory was deep enough, they could make the US and Soviet armies fall into the quagmire of war. They believed that as long as they were not afraid of sacrifice, they could defeat the US army!
In recent years, many countries in the world are no longer inferior to the United States and the Soviet Union.

But the result of the Gulf War was a slap in the face. The coalition forces used their strength to tell the world that your uncle is still your uncle after all!
After the Gulf War, many countries that were originally full of fighting spirit suddenly lay down and began to learn how to survive.

But now, it’s hard to say.

The Iraqi army has become stronger, with more advanced fighter jets and more advanced air defense weapons.

If the Gulf War breaks out again, it is hard to say whether the coalition forces can achieve such a resounding victory.

Liu Tao is not denying the Gulf War. In fact, the Gulf War has many merits, especially for superpowers, strong countries and major powers. The tactics, techniques and so on therein are all worth learning.

You just can't learn all of it, you can just learn from it.

If we learn all of them, I'm afraid 99% of the countries in the world will be led into the pit.

Just ask, how many countries in the world can afford to fight such a rich country! ?

After Liu Tao stayed at Guifei Group for a few hours and gave some instructions, he drove his "Ray Sculpture" helicopter back to Panshan Group.

He had to stay in Panshan Group, coordinate all parties and supervise production.

At the same time, we must always keep an eye on the Persian Gulf and the entire world.

This is closely related to his interests, and the interests involved are hundreds of billions of dollars.

For example, in the case of oil futures, since you are going long on oil futures, naturally the higher the oil price, the better, so that you can earn more. This requires a strategy, and when the market is in panic, you need to further fuel the panic, and this requires spreading news that is unfavorable to international crude oil.

Then you can't bet on selling at the highest point. You have to stay calm and remind yourself at all times not to make the last dollar. You have to withdraw when it's almost time to avoid losing money.

After all, even he couldn't fully control the ever-changing stock market and futures.

(End of this chapter)