Chapter 263 Kuwait's Restoration War
"Now we welcome the pride of Russia, Secretary Ulyanov's most trusted comrade, Baolis Yeli-chin!"
With an exaggerated introduction, Yeltsin ran onto the stage in a jacket shape and waved to the young people below the stage.
In order to deal with the first electoral activities of the Soviet Union, almost every candidate tried his best to be elected. However, most people's thoughts remained in the past era, and they always believed that politics should be a serious matter.
But Selyosha didn't think so. Now the Soviet Union is a generation that grew up after the war. They have not experienced many hardships in the Stalin era. The Soviet Union's ideological changes have made the young people in this country no longer follow the rules. They do not like the Soviet culture that their governments advocate that conforms to the ideological aesthetics of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Instead, they have a special liking for the films of their arch-rivals American and Western music.
In order to win the love of young people, Yeltsin, with white hair, had to take off his suit that he had been wearing for many years and put on the jackets and sneakers that were popular among young people. It was this change that made Yeltsin stand out from all candidates and become the most popular politician among young people.
From Leningrad, to Moscow, to Gorky Jeltsin's election support activities were held one after another, and every time foreign stars were invited to participate. This naturally had an immediate effect. Jeltsin's election support meeting was almost comparable to the concerts of European and American stars. Every election support meeting attracted a large number of young people to participate. Under this extraordinary publicity method, Jeltsin's approval rating left his competitors far behind.
Under such circumstances, competitors within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union decided to withdraw from the competition for the highest Soviet candidates of the Russian Republic and instead seek other positions. Faced with this situation, even if Gorbachev did not like Yeltsin, he could not monopolize the power of asking Yeltsin to give up his election.
It was under this situation that it was almost a matter of the fact that Jeltsin became the only candidate for the Soviet Communist Party in the Russian Republic through the party primary election. And accordingly, the resources of the Soviet Communist Party must begin to be tilted towards Jeltsin.
Elections are a matter of painstaking care. Participating in elections means that your life will be carefully observed under a microscope. This is what Selyosci is most afraid of. Selyosci has become accustomed to a low-key life. Although he is a politician, he is not just a politician. Because most politicians in elected countries are actually just puppets in the hands of some people. There are very few politicians in this world who can determine their destiny and do whatever they want.
Saddam is obviously such a politician, or he hopes to become 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.
Seryosha is now playing a big game. He wants to take advantage of this opportunity to help Kuwait restore his country and extend his hands into the wealthy land of the Middle East and control the energy center of the world. Just after the Kuwait 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 top commander of the US military in the Vietnam War and retired four-star general William Westmoreland as the commander-in-chief of the mercenaries of the International Risk Consulting Company in this military operation.
In less than twenty-four hours, with the strong support of the Pentagon, 6,000 mercenaries from international risk consulting companies, a total of ten special operations regiments arrived in Saudi Arabia and immediately headed to the Shakozha border area.
Because the US military has not yet received approval from Congress, the US military is now unable to provide firepower support to the mercenaries of international risk consulting companies. According to the strategy formulated by the Pentagon and General Westmoreland, the first phase is to build several artillery positions in the Shako border area and use powerful firepower to open up a position in Kuwait.
The Iraqi army, which had undeclared war, would not have thought that there would be such a solution in the world. Kuwait actually found a mercenary force to deal with the regular Iraqi army. It was really overestimated. Saddam did not think that this 6,000 troops could cause a big storm. It was not until the sound of artillery fire on the border of Shako. Six thousand mercenaries from international risk consulting companies broke through the defense line of the Iraqi army under the cover of artillery fire, broke into pieces and penetrated into Iraq, and the trouble really came.
Six thousand mercenaries who had received the most stringent special operations training, with the assistance of local Kuwait government supporters, soon launched an indiscriminate annihilation war against the Iraqi occupation forces. Iraqi armored forces that appeared on the streets began to be attacked by anti-tank mines and car bombs, and Iraqi soldiers patrolling the streets also began to be killed by bullets in unknown directions.
Due to the continuous shelling in the Shako border area, the Iraqi army could not resist and had to retreat. Therefore, the mercenaries of the International Risk Consulting Company had a stable rear. Weapons and various equipment were continuously transported to Kuwait's territory through this area.
Despite its superb technical and tactical skills, the mercenaries of the International Risk Consulting Company were always on the weak side before the US military officially declared war. The Iraqi army had absolute air supremacy and strong army combat capabilities in Kuwait. However, Iraq obviously underestimated the level of the mercenary commander of the International Risk Consulting Company. General William Westmoreland was the commander-in-chief of the US military in the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, he suffered all the hardships of the North Vietnamese guerrillas. In Kuwait, General William Westmoreland, who was already 72 years old, finally had 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 the international risk consulting company is now playing the role of the North Vietnamese guerrillas. Iraq played the role of the United States and South Vietnamese coalition, while Saudi Arabia played the role of China. The Vietnam War was a pain point in William Westmoreland's heart for the rest of his life. He has been studying this war since he retired. His years of experience in Vietnam have long allowed William Westmoreland to fully understand the guerrilla tactics of his old opponent. It is precisely because of this situation that the battle to restore Kuwait became a tailwind for international risk consulting companies. In just half a month, the international risk consulting company hired mercenaries to kill thousands of Iraqi regular troops and destroy nearly a hundred Iraqi armored vehicles.
Chapter completed!