Chapter 263 Kuwait Restoration War

"Let's welcome, the pride of Russia, Secretary Ulyanov's most trusted comrade, Bao~li~s~y~li~qin!"

Following a burst of exaggerated introductions, Yeltsin ran onto the stage in a jacket and waved to the young people in the audience.

In response to the first election campaign in the Soviet Union, almost every candidate tried his best to get elected. However, most people's thinking is still stuck in the past era, and they always think that politics should be a serious matter.

But Seryozha doesn’t see it that way. Now the Soviet Union is the post-war baby boomer generation. They have not experienced the many hardships of the Stalin era, and the Soviet Union’s major ideological changes have made the country’s young People no longer follow the rules. They don't like the Soviet culture promoted by their own government that conforms to the ideology and aesthetics of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, but they have a soft spot for American movies and Western music.

In order to win the favor of young people, the white-haired Yeltsin had to take off the suit he had been wearing for many years and put on a jacket and sneakers popular among young people. And it was this change that allowed Yeltsin to stand out from all the candidates and become the most vocal politician among young people.

From Leningrad, to Moscow, to Gorky. Yeltsin's campaign activities were held one after another, and foreign stars were invited to participate each time. Naturally, this also had an immediate effect. Yeltsin's election campaign was almost comparable to the concerts of European and American stars. Every election campaign has attracted a large number of young people to attend. Under this unconventional propaganda method, Yeltsin's approval rating has left his competitors far behind.

Under such circumstances, the competitors within the CPSU decided to withdraw from the competition for the candidate for the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Republic and seek other positions. Faced with this situation, even if Gorbachev did not like Yeltsin, There is no way to ask Yeltsin to give up the election with a monopoly.

It was under such circumstances that it was almost a certainty that Yeltsin would become the only candidate of the CPSU in the Russian Republic through the party's primary election. Correspondingly, the resources of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union will inevitably begin to tilt towards Yeltsin.

Elections are a laborious affair. Participating in elections means that your life will be carefully observed under a microscope. This is what Seryozha fears most. Seryozha is used to a low-key life. Although he is a politician, he is not just a politician. Because the politicians in most democratically elected countries are actually puppets in the hands of some people. There are very few politicians in this world who can decide their own destiny and do whatever they want.

Saddam is obviously such a politician, or he hopes to be such a politician. In the land of Arabia, although the largest and richest country is Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia has long been used to being a pawn of the United States.

Seryozha is now playing a big game of chess. He wants to use this opportunity to help Kuwait restore the country and extend his hand into the rich land of the Middle East. Control the center of this world's energy. Just after the Kuwaiti government-in-exile and the International Risk Consulting Company signed the largest defense outsourcing contract in Saudi Arabia, the International Risk Consulting Company immediately announced that it would hire the retired four-star general of the US Army, the highest commander of the US Army in the Vietnam War. William Westmoreland was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the IVC mercenaries in this military operation.

In less than 24 hours, with the full support of the Pentagon, 6,000 international risk consulting company mercenaries, a total of ten special operations regiments arrived in Saudi Arabia, and then went to the Shakot border area.

Because the U.S. military has not yet received approval from Congress, the U.S. military cannot provide fire support to the mercenaries of the International Risk Consulting Company. According to the strategy formulated by the Pentagon and General Westmoreland, the first stage is to build several artillery positions in the Shako border area, and use powerful firepower to open up a position in Kuwait.

The undeclared war in Iraq would never have imagined that such a solution existed in the world.

Kuwait actually found a mercenary unit to deal with the regular Iraqi army. Really overwhelmed. Saddam didn't think that this 6,000-strong force could cause much trouble until the artillery fire on the Shako border sounded. Under the cover of artillery fire, 6,000 mercenaries from the international risk consulting company broke through the defense line of the Iraqi army and infiltrated into the Iraqi territory in pieces. Trouble really came.

Six thousand mercenaries who had received the most rigorous special operations training, with the assistance of supporters of the Kuwaiti local government, quickly launched an indiscriminate war of annihilation against the Iraqi occupying forces. The Iraqi armored forces that appeared on the streets began to encounter anti-tank mines and car bombs, and the Iraqi soldiers patrolling the streets also began to be killed by bullets from unknown directions.

Due to the continuous shelling on the Shakot border, the Iraqi army could not resist and could only retreat, so the mercenaries of the International Risk Consulting Company had a solid rear. Weapons and various equipment were continuously passed through this area and transported to Kuwaiti territory.

Although the technical and tactical level is superb, the mercenaries of the international risk consulting company are always on the weak side before the US military officially declares war. The Iraqi army has absolute air supremacy and a strong army combat capability in Kuwait. However, the Iraqi side obviously underestimated the level of the mercenary commander. General William Westmoreland was the commander-in-chief of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, he suffered a lot from the North Vietnamese guerrillas. In Kuwait, the seventy-two-year-old General William Westmoreland could finally have The opportunity to apply the tactics learned from Ho Chi Minh's army to the enemy.

This battle is very similar to the situation in Vietnam, except that now the international risk consulting company is playing the role of the North Vietnamese guerrillas, Iraq is playing the role of the US and South Vietnamese coalition forces, and Saudi Arabia is playing the role of China. The Vietnam War was a pain in William Westmoreland's heart all his life. He has been studying this war since he retired. His experience in Vietnam has long allowed William Westmoreland to understand his old opponent's set guerrilla tactics. It is precisely because of this situation that the battle for the restoration of Kuwait has become a tailwind for international risk consulting companies. In just half a month, the mercenaries killed thousands of Iraqi regular troops and destroyed nearly a hundred Iraqi armored vehicles.

The international risk consulting company became famous in the first battle, and Kuwait also began to regain confidence. William Westmoreland knew exactly what he was going to do. Before the US military officially entered the war, he wanted to give his big opponent, the Iraqi army, a good bloodletting. 46...