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A few years have passed, and the situation has changed a lot in several provinces that have been garrisoned by Iraq and obeyed the new government.

The most obvious is the province of Khuzestan, which was once the most heavily fought province, with tens of thousands of dead.But now, it has become one of the wealthiest provinces.

Iraq has invested a large sum of money in the construction of this area. Although most of them are heavy industries, such as shipyards, oil refineries, port terminals, etc., these projects will drive a large number of related industries. The local people have already To benefit, compared with the original war period, the living standard of the residents has improved several times.

As for the Bahtaran area, due to the need for mining, several roads have been built in the local area, and some locals have begun to use their brains and joined the transportation army. Iraq sold Steyr heavy trucks to them at a very reasonable price. They, then, transported the ore, and life became rich at once.

These are all real examples. Iraq occupies the oil-producing Khuzestan province. It can’t keep all the profits in its own pocket. It just needs to allocate some and invest in people’s livelihood. Residents’ lives, It improved immediately. Moreover, Iraq has focused on the development of industry, which has driven the development of the local economy, and made some people rich first. After becoming rich, the local people are already very satisfied with their current life and want to continue It is already difficult to mobilize people to fight and drive out the invaders.

No matter who is in power, what the people need most is to live a good life. When the former government came to power, it had a bad relationship with the United States and the Soviet Union. Since then, it has been blocked by the West, and then, it broke out with Iraq. After several years of war, the people looked back and realized that their current life is not as good as it was during the Pahlavi dynasty!

Now, under the rule of Iraq, there is no war, and the economy is developing at full speed. Immediately, the people feel that life is getting better. The first responders are the Arabs in the territory, and then the Persians also joined in. Therefore, Now a good situation has formed.

At the same time, in other provinces that were not included in the new government's rule, the people's lives were relatively poor, so their thoughts were slowly shaken.

At the same time, the personnel of the Iraqi intelligence agency began to advocate in these areas that they should obey the current new government and live a good life. There is already a state of governmentlessness here, and various supplies are scarce. The people have waited for two years. , finally recognized the current situation.

At the same time, the most important thing is the brainwashing work carried out by the Iraqi intelligence agencies on the local officials in these provinces, so that they understand that only obeying the new government is the most suitable choice for them.

When Balzan made a move, it was absolutely unambiguous, those diehards were dealt with by means of assassination.

Therefore, under such circumstances, after several years of long waiting, these areas finally chose to belong to the new zhèngfǔ under the instigation of Iraq.

Today is the beginning, and Tabriz has announced that it has obeyed the new zèngfǔ.Then, Ardabil, Zanjan and other places began to declare their obedience to the new government.

As a result, Qusay was dragged back from his gentle hometown. This important matter must be handled properly. This is related to Iraq's northern strategy, and he needs to arrange various issues in southern Azerbaijan.

Of course, the first thing is to garrison troops in Tabriz!

Chapter 863 Peace Is Lord

Tabriz, located on the Kuh-Sekhant Plateau, is the largest city in South Azerbaijan and has been the capital of several dynasties in history.It is the gateway and commercial center of the northwest, and the main traffic route for the east and west.

This place has a very important strategic position, so Qusay must absolutely control it in his hands. Of course, these areas are under the rule of the new Rajawi government, and the Iraqi army is only helping the Rajawi government to maintain order here. .

After Tabriz issued a statement, Rajawi zhèngfǔ was very happy. At the same time, Iraq sent the 72nd Mechanized Infantry Division, together with an infantry brigade sent by Rajawi, to maintain order in Tabriz .

The 72nd Mechanized Infantry Division, formerly known as the 72nd Infantry Division, after the desert leopard infantry fighting vehicles in Iraq began to equip large numbers of troops, the 72nd Infantry Division finally began to replace the entire division with this kind of infantry fighting vehicles, from ordinary motorized infantry divisions to The mechanized infantry division has achieved a leapfrog development.

Moreover, after the practice in Iraq, the use of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles in mountainous areas like Tabriz has great advantages. Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles with an 8*8 chassis are already comparable in performance to infantry fighting vehicles with a tracked chassis. It is comparable, but the maintenance is easier, especially, the fuel consumption is very low. In the mountainous area, fuel supply is also a big problem, especially, the fuel supply of an armored division will cause the logistics department to collapse Feel.

Because in the war that began in 81, a large number of troops here have been transferred to participate in the southern war, resulting in a very empty force here. In terms of military strength, if you are not sure, there will be some warlords who support their troops and self-respect.Unfortunately, apart from the remnants of the local defense team, there are almost no regular forces here.

If you control the Tabriz area, then you can control all the surrounding areas through traffic lines. Moreover, Tabriz is an industrial city, and the combination of light industry and heavy industry is more reasonable. In addition, the surrounding grain production areas, Iraqi The prospects are already very optimistic.

Moreover, with the arrival of the army, the Iraqi air force will also enter Tabriz. Now, in order to avoid excessive stimulation of the Soviets, they will not cruise close to the border for the time being.

Now, the entire northwestern region has become the territory of the Rajawi zhèngfǔ. With the good relationship between Rajawi and Iraq, the two sides will further strengthen their exchanges with each other!

Several major provinces in South Azerbaijan completely surrendered to zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ without using any force. This incident has also aroused great repercussions all over the world.This can be said to be a model. There was no war, and the unification of the political power was achieved peacefully. This almost impossible thing just appeared before the eyes of everyone in the world.

Although I don't know what I think in my heart, on the surface, all countries that have recognized the Rajavi government have expressed their praise for this incident. The Rajavi government did not carry out the work of unifying the regime by force, but carried out It should be an example. Violence cannot change history. Only peace is the eternal pursuit. I hope that all countries, especially the Palestine-Israel issue, can negotiate for peace. solutions, avoid violence, and fill our world with love.

And the old political fritters who can really see through this incident have a deeper understanding of the guy in the Middle East.

Although this incident, on the surface, it seems that they were influenced by the zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ and finally returned to the warm embrace of the zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ, but as long as people with political awareness know that it is definitely not the case, here Inside, Rajawi is just a stand-in, and the real influential one is Qusay Abdullah!

For such a long time, Iraq's war in the east has been at a standstill. Just letting those areas that do not obey zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ exist is almost forgotten by everyone. Only those who are most familiar with Qusay's character know that Qusay Absolutely did not give up here, but adopted Qusay's favorite method: without bloodshed and sacrifice, but also able to achieve strategic goals. In this, the underground struggle must be very fierce. What kind of interest exchange is there, and finally achieved This peaceful settlement, this incident, Iraq is the biggest beneficiary again!Just look, when these areas obeyed zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ, Iraq immediately dispatched troops to maintain local law and order together with zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ’s army. Iraq stationed troops there, with deeper strategic intentions!

Most of the Western countries are just lamenting that Qusay’s methods are more powerful. Most of them are watching the attitude. Here, it has nothing to do with them. No matter who is in power, as long as they have sufficient oil supply, it is enough.

However, there are two countries that cannot take it calmly.

United States.

To become the leader of this superpower, the IQ is said to be very high. They have many years of experience, and they naturally look at problems more deeply.

Although there were no major changes in the situation this year, the CIA still carefully collected all kinds of changes in the dark. Among them, the situation in the Middle East attracted their great attention.

"Right now, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan around Iraq have always been loyal allies of Iraq, and Syria has formed an alliance after President Bashar came to power some time ago. An armored division in Iraq is currently still Stationed in Syria. It is said that Iraq also intends to lease Syria's air force base and naval base, and they will have direct ports to the Mediterranean. In North Africa, Libya and Iraq have reached an arms sales project, and the relationship between the two parties has begun to draw closer. And Egypt, the original leader of the Middle East, seems to have acknowledged the rise of Iraq. Otherwise, Egypt would not have let Iraqi special forces help so easily in the last shipjacking incident. Moreover, Egypt interrogated prisoners in the country. There is also a lot of support from Iraq. As for Iran, now everyone has seen that, except for the east and south, the west and northwest are completely under the control of the new zhèngfǔ. This new zhèngfǔ is actually Baghdad It’s just a puppet zhèngfǔ.” CIA director Casey told this fact without any expression, which is the latest summary of the situation in the Middle East by the CIA.

After saying these words, President Reagan frowned visibly.

Regardless of whether they admit it or not, that young man named Qusai is indeed very tough, and every incident always allows him to get enough benefits from it. Now, in the Middle East, there is actually a trend of gradually condensing around Iraq. This is absolutely intolerable to the United States!

"Our attitude towards the Middle East is to check and balance. Let them check and balance each other. If there is a unified Arab world, and they still have too many oil resources, then it is not in our strategic interests." President Bush said: "The defense policies of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are inclined towards us, but they are now leaning towards Iraq. For example, they have ordered a batch of fighter jets from Iraq. Although Iraq now has a relatively close relationship with us, But Iraq is definitely not a close ally of ours like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are."

In the Iran-Iraq War, at the beginning, the United States supported Iraq because Iran had always been hostile to the United States. Later, when Iraq gained the upper hand, the United States began to support Iran secretly. Unfortunately, , the zhèngfǔ at that time did not accept the kindness of the United States.

Iraq has always been a rebellious and unruly Middle Eastern power. At that time, during Saddam Hussein’s time, it had always been at odds with the United States. Until Qusay, it began to vigorously develop relations with the United States, and the relationship between the two sides gradually improved. Although There were minor twists and turns in the middle, but the overall situation remained the same.

However, the United States will not treat Iraq like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, because Iraq has always had the ambition to dominate the Middle East, and such a country will not be controlled by the United States.

Out of the need to fight against Iran and for various other purposes, the United States has exported a large number of weapons and production lines to Iraq. Iraq's current strength has a lot to do with the United States. It can be said that the United States has cultivated Iraq.

No one expected that in just a few years, Iraq would develop so rapidly, and there was a faint tendency to integrate the resources of the entire Middle East region. If this is the case, it is not in the interests of the United States.

"Right now, Israel is probably the only one who can check and balance Iraq. However, Israel's recent series of behaviors have made our people, including us, very dissatisfied with Israel. We are still unable to restore our control over Iraq. Arms sales listed in color," said the Secretary of State.

Looking at the Middle East, everything has become the sphere of influence of Iraq. The United States does not allow this to happen. In the entire Middle East, there is only one country listed in Israel. The U.S. government will continue to spare no effort to support him.

First there was the espionage incident, which caused the relationship between the two countries to drop to a freezing point, and then there was another incident of hijacking a ship. They thought that this incident would make the citizens realize the role of Israel in fighting terrorists. In the end, it was discovered that everything was actually created in color.The current Israel is completely stinky.

In other words, even if the US government wants to support Israel, the American people will not agree.

Chapter 864 The strength of Iraq will violate the interests of superpowers

"Moreover, we must not use force against Iraq. Now, although the price of crude oil has not dropped to the lowest point last year, it is still within the range we can bear. I believe that as long as we do something that will harm Iraq's interests The move will definitely stimulate Iraq to cut production and raise prices, so our economy cannot bear it.” The newly appointed Treasury Secretary James Baker said.

After President Reagan was re-elected, the original Secretary of the Treasury Donald Reagan (not President Ronald Reagan, the name is similar!) resigned due to physical reasons, and was able to take over the position of the Minister of Finance of the new superpower. After doing a lot of work, it turned out that after taking office, he found that what he took over was a hot potato.

The current economy of the United States has deteriorated to the point where even gods may be powerless!James is empty-handed, but still has a fiscal deficit of more than 1000 billion US dollars. In the US market, Japanese manufacturing is everywhere, automobiles, Japanese products occupy the market, electrical appliances, and even Toshiba, Rì Li and other major brands , even a roll of toilet paper is from Japan!

The United States is currently running a trade deficit, which is a big threat to the domestic manufacturing industry in the United States. He is planning a plan to solve this financial problem.

If Iraq is stimulated even a little bit now, it will have a catastrophic impact on the US economy.

What's more, now Iraq has always been very honest, and its relationship with the United States can be regarded as relatively friendly, and it has not done anything out of the ordinary. Moreover, while Iraq is repairing the damaged oil pipeline in Syria, it is also building a road leading to the United States through Syria. The second oil pipeline in the Mediterranean, when this pipeline is completed, more oil will be able to be exported.Therefore, from the interests of the United States, maintaining the status quo is the mainstream.

The current problem makes them scratch their heads. If Iraq takes the opportunity to become big, it will be an implicit threat to the United States. The United States must take precautions to eliminate this danger in the bud. However, the United States is simply unable to come up with any checks and balances now. Here comes Iraq's plan!

Originally, Israel was the most suitable choice for the United States to check and balance Iraq, but now Israel is simply playing with fire everywhere. How can Perez, who is so smart, do such a stupid thing!The top leaders of the United States scolded Perez in their hearts. If he knew better, the turmoil of this incident would pass as soon as possible, and the United States would resume arms sales to Israel.

But right now, that's simply impossible.

"What's Israel doing?" Reagan asked.

"It's good for the current Israelis to be able to protect themselves. Their air force can't gain an advantage over the surrounding countries at all." Weinberg said, although Weinberg was furious about Israel's last espionage case, However, after the incident, he still has to consider Israel, which is the national interest. "Now, the number of Iraq's third-generation aircraft around has surpassed that of the Israeli Air Force. In particular, the Mirage 4000 equipped by Iraq is very powerful. Even if our own air force fights against them, it may not be able to get cheap It's just that, given the current situation, we absolutely cannot continue to export F-15 and F-16 fighters to them."