Chapter 620 Royal Surrender

"The Saudi royal family has surrendered!" Baker said, "These stupid guys actually reached an agreement with Iraq!"

The United States has been betrayed by Saudi Arabia! The United States has been helping Saudi Arabia fight the war, but only now has the United States discovered that the Saudis can be stupid!

When Iraq began to attack Saudi Arabia, the United States did its best to help Saudi Arabia resist the Iraqi invasion. However, due to the Iraqi ballistic missile attack, the US military was defeated.

After hard fighting, the Iraqi army advanced to the Saudi capital of Riyadh. In Riyadh, the street fighting was extremely difficult. This kind of battle can only be won by human lives!

Although the Saudi army is not brave, it has no way to retreat in this situation. If Riyadh is occupied, it will mean the demise of Saudi Arabia!

At this time, the Saudi royal family was also divided into two factions. The old King Khalid was too old to bear the hardship of street fighting, so he led a group of royal family members to retreat from the palace in disgrace. Under the protection of the US military, they retreated from Riyadh to the holy city of Mecca. In case Riyadh was captured by the Iraqis, there would be an exiled government to continue to command the Saudi army to fight!

At the same time, some royal family members, led by Defense Minister Prince Fahd, stayed on the front line in Riyadh and fought together with Saudi soldiers. Encouraged by Prince Fahd, the Saudi army was able to muster some courage and, together with the US army, fought a life-and-death battle with the Iraqi army.

The battle is going on day by day, but the situation is not optimistic! If the United States can continuously send in reinforcements, then Riyadh may be able to hold on. However, the United States is trying to save Zhao from Wei by opening up a second battlefield in northern Iraq. In this way, the number of American troops killed is also one less, and the defense pressure on Riyadh is increasing!

Just a few days ago, a piece of news that made the Saudis depressed came from the holy city of Mecca: the old King Khalid passed away!

Originally, King Khalid was already seventy years old. Historically, he lived to see the true God at the age of 82. But now, he traveled all the way from Riyadh to Mecca, sleeping in the open air along the way, and was frightened. After arriving in Mecca, he fell ill and eventually died.

King Khalid passed away. According to Saudi rules, his younger brother, Prince Fahd, who is also the crown prince, took over the king's power and became the new king.

This led to a terrifying phenomenon: the current Saudi king was fighting the Iraqi army on the front line! Even if he was commanding the battle behind the front line, it was still quite dangerous!

After learning that the old Saudi king had passed away and the current king was in sight, the Iraqi army's fighting spirit became even higher! At the same time, because the situation in northern Iraq began to deteriorate, the Iraqi army must quickly capture the Saudi capital in order to solve the current strategic problem!

Under such circumstances, Iraq's most elite Republican Guard fought fiercely with the US and Saudi troops. Due to the lack of air strike power, the Americans fought very hard and were defeated. After several days of fierce fighting, the Iraqi army surrounded the Saudi royal palace!

The Saudi royal family, who remained in the royal palace in Riyadh, was surrounded like this.

Faced with this situation, King Fahd also knew that there was no way out if they continued to defend the palace. They could only break out and fight their way out!

So, King Fahd led the last of his guards and launched a counterattack. Unfortunately, this breakout was tragic and even King Fahd fell on the way!

Within a few days, several Saudi kings died one after another, and those Saudi royal family members who had no hope of breaking out were all captured by the Iraqi army!

Although there are passionate people like Fahd in the Saudi royal family, many years of wealthy life have made most of the Saudi royal family members indulge in luxury. The death of Fahd, who advocated war, completely made them lose the confidence to continue the fight! And the new king who succeeded him is a complete wimp!

King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz entered the government in 1964 after King Faisal was assassinated and was appointed second deputy prime minister, that is, the heir to the throne after Khalid, the first deputy prime minister. Historically, after King Khalid died in June 1982, he was made prime minister and concurrently served as the first deputy prime minister and commander of the National Guard until the death of King Fahd, when he became the new king of Saudi Arabia.

And now, King Abdullah became the King of Saudi Arabia ahead of schedule. Unfortunately, this king only had a few good days. He was captured by the Iraqi army just after he ascended the throne!

Not everyone can fight to the death. After capturing these royal family members, Iraq did not kill them all, but sat down and had some communication with them.

The negotiation process is very simple. Saudi Arabia's royal rule is outdated! Saudi Arabia needs democratic elections and a new government that conforms to public opinion! Therefore, the Saudi royal family must step down! They can no longer continue to rule Saudi Arabia!

At the same time, the new Saudi government will give various benefits to the Saudi royal family. Simply put, the Saudi royal family must give up their power, but they can still enjoy their wealth. This approach is just like the current UK, where the prime minister is in power and the royal family still exists.

Abdullah had no choice. If he did not agree, all the captured Saudi royal family members would be shot! In the face of death, Abdullah chose to obey.

In this way, the Saudi royal family betrayed their backer, the United States, and reached an agreement with the Iraqis! The United States' efforts in the Middle East have completely come to nothing!

With the complete fall of Riyadh, the United States, after suffering tens of thousands of casualties, also withdrew its remaining troops from Riyadh and is retreating towards Mecca!

This news was also urgently transmitted to the United States and to the White House. Upon hearing the sad news, everyone felt dizzy. In order to maintain strategic security in the Middle East, the United States had overspent so much on military expenditures and paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties. At the critical moment, it even unleashed nuclear weapons, and this was the result it got?

Reagan felt a tightness in his chest, and it seemed as if blood would spurt out at any time.

"No, we absolutely cannot sit idly by and watch this happen." Bush said on the sidelines: "The surrender of the Saudi royal family is not in compliance with Saudi legal procedures. We also have Saudi royal family members in Mecca. We need to find a qualified royal family member from among them to succeed the Saudi king and continue to lead Saudi Arabia's fight!"