In 1988, the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted for seven years and 11 months, had just ended under the mediation of the United Nations. This senseless war left Iraq with a huge debt, especially to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The debt to Kuwait alone was 14 billion USD.
Boss Sa did not dare to provoke Saudi Arabia. After all, they were more wealthy than Kuwait.
However, Kuwait was disdainful. He asked Kuwait to raise international oil prices and give up their debt to Iraq.
Kuwait was dumbfounded!
Did those who owed money really become masters?
I have a backbone too!
Dad!
America!
With dad backing us, there's nothing to be afraid of!
Being timid will only make you more haggard!
Courage as a quilt!
Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!
Kuwait continued to increase oil production. On August 1st, 1990, the negotiations between the two sides collapsed.
Boss Sa felt that his dignity was damaged!
Small fry!
If I don't beat you up, you won't know what your surname is!
Tanks, planes, and cannons entered Kuwait.
In just 14 hours, the Iraqi army completely occupied the capital of Kuwait. Then, the Iraqi army occupied all of Kuwait.
About 200,000 Iraqi troops entered Kuwait, with more than 2,000 tanks. In the next few months, the number of troops stationed in Kuwait reached 540,000.
In September and October, the oil price skyrocketed and broke through 40 US dollars per barrel for the first time. But two months later, it quickly fell below 20 US dollars per barrel, and Li He took the opportunity to make a profit.
P5 meeting!
The Americans suggested, let's f * ck them up!
The Security Council passed with 4 votes and 1 abstention.
Without a doubt, the abstention was China. You guys do it, we're just here to watch and sell some weapons. After all, foreign exchange is too tight.
Also, the Iran-Iraq War damaged the reputation of China's military products! It was also righteous!
I provided such good weapons, but you fought so badly!
I gave you a Type 69 tank, and you used it as a cannon? C-60l anti-ship missiles were used to attack a city?
And they fought for nearly eight years!
No one else could do this!
The lesson for China was to be careful when choosing customers!
They had to do a good job!
In 1991, 12 countries led by the United States gathered in the Persian Gulf and bombed Baghdad. The Gulf War broke out.
The United States, England, Australia, and Poland were in charge of the frontline, while Italy and Japan were in charge of logistics.
Boss Sa was a disappointment. Although he had Chinese weapons, he did not last long before withdrawing from Kuwait dejectedly.
However, when they retreated, the Iraqi army ignited 732 of the 900 plus oil wells in Kuwait. A large number of oil refineries and chemical plants were destroyed by depleted uranium bombs. The fires burned for eight months, and the burning oil wells released 675,000 tons of soot into the atmosphere every month. The sky was dark, and so was the ground.
The sky above Kuwait was shrouded in black smoke.
This was the most serious environmental disaster in human history so far. The pollution caused by the rare oil field fire far exceeded the nuclear leakage accident in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union was implicated in this war. The rise and fall of oil prices made the Soviet Union, who had been relying on foreign currency to survive, unable to hold on any longer.
"You went too?" Li He was curious. He did not remember his unit participating in the firefighting in Kuwait. Furthermore, this kind of thing was usually done by the petroleum units. Military units were completely second-rate.
However, it was hard to say. Perhaps he really had been there, but he just didn't know.
After all, his rank was low back then. If he was not at the very top, he would not have the right to know what the unrelated people were doing every day, even if his relationship with Guo Dong was very good.
Even if he did not see Guo Dong for a month or two, he could ask, and the other party could not answer.
Guo Dong said loudly, "I went with the Shu Chuan Petroleum Administration. Look at my eyebrows, my hair, how can it be fake?"
Li He said unhappily, "Lower your voice. You're scaring my daughter! I'm not done with you. "
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Looking at the little girl sleeping soundly in Li He's arms, Guo Dong's face was full of apology.
"Open the door." Da Kui took the key and opened the door. Li He carried Li Yi straight to the bedroom in the backyard.
When he returned to the living room after settling Li Yi, Guo Dong and Qi Gongxun lit their cigarettes and crossed their legs. He had already taken the initiative to make tea.
"You haven't even cleaned the oil between your teeth. Looks like you really worked in the oil field."
"It's not just your teeth. There's a layer of oil mist all over your face and body. Crude oil flows out of your nose and your mouth is also crude oil." Guo Dong bared his teeth and said, "The temperature at the wellhead is 1,400 degrees Celsius and the fire pillar is 50 to 60 meters high. It can roast a person. The general contractor is an American company. When we arrived, we were assigned to Well 42 in the Burgan oil field. The American team and the Iranian team were near the fire-extinguishing area, but they didn't want to do it and gave us the hardest bone to chew. The burning released highly toxic hydrogen sulfide. If we didn't wear gas masks, we would die in a few minutes. Damn it, we almost lost our lives. "
Li He smiled and said, "This money is not easy to earn."
"Hundreds of billions of dollars in reconstruction funds and billions of dollars in fire extinguishing projects. We only got a few million after biting the hardest bone. It's like sending a dog away." Guo Dong was still angry, but he quickly sighed and said, "This trip was not in vain. I saw with my own eyes what modern war is. We didn't even know how they fought and they won. One of our old cadres was right. Luckily, we sold everything we had to make an atomic bomb! Otherwise, he would be the one who deserves it! "
F * ck!
Luckily, we defeated the Americans forty years ago!
"Yeah, we are still doing mechanization, but they are already doing information technology." Li He also sighed. Iraq's communication system was paralyzed, all kinds of commands failed, and the planes could not fly. After all, the Americans controlled the core technology.
This Gulf War was a catalyst. It made the People's Liberation Army realize the huge gap between them and the advanced military. China was determined to modernize its military.
"I came to discuss something with you." Guo Dong passed a cigarette to Li He.
"Did you guys get a raise?"
Li He saw that Guo Dong was actually willing to smoke Hongtashan?
In the past, it was already an amazing thing for this guy to smoke a river crossing or the Red Third Ring.
It must be a raise!
This was something that Li He regretted a lot. He had just left his job at that time, and his salary had been increased!
A raise!
It caused him a ton of damage!
"It's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." Guo Dong grinned from ear to ear. "How much do you know about transportable equipment?"
Qi Gongxun had already taken out a pen and paper.
Li He smiled and said, "You guys want to research the Patriot missile? After the Gulf War, the American TV stations repeatedly played the video of the Patriot missile intercepting the Scud. Didn't you guys watch it? "
Guo Dong nodded. "Go ahead, we're listening."
"Transportable equipment is basically stored in a square cabin. The Americans' Patriot missile system is also stored in a square cabin. For example, the missile is stored in a sealed aluminum square cabin. The multi-function radar is stored in a standard square cabin with air conditioning and electromagnetic shielding. The combat control station is stored in a standard square cabin with anti-nuclear, chemical, and electromagnetic pulse protection. Other communication antenna components, Tianyuan, command and coordination station, communication relay station, maintenance center, etc. are also stored in a standard square cabin. During strategic maneuvers, it can be easily transported by air or sea. During tactical maneuvers, it can be transported by M-814 truck … "Li He said everything he knew.
However, Qi Gongxun's recording speed obviously could not keep up with Li He's speed. Li He would occasionally pause.
"Continue, I can keep up." Qi Gongxun did not appreciate the favor.
"It uses a radio proximity fuse with a killing radius of 20 meters. It is powered by a TX486 rocket engine and the propellant is hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene. TVM is another important feature of the Patriot missile. It combines the characteristics of command guidance and semi-active guidance. The missile homing head can receive the radar echo of the target, but it uses the downlink to send the signal back to the ground. After processing by the ground, the command is sent back to the missile through the uplink … "Li He sped up his speech.
Qi Gongxun's forehead was sweating.
"Wait …" Guo Dong was stunned. "Not generating a trajectory correction signal on the missile?"
Qi Gongxun also stopped writing.
Li He shook his head. "Of course not."
"That's a high requirement for long-distance communication." Guo Dong shook his head helplessly and gestured for Li He to continue.
“.....”
"The continuous high temperature of more than 50 degrees Celsius under the sun and the reflected high temperature of the desert surface can raise the surface temperature of the equipment to more than 70 degrees Celsius, causing some equipment to slightly deform, electronic equipment to malfunction, observation equipment to be inaccurate, visual errors, computer malfunction, radar screen to be blank, and so on …"
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