Chapter 1503 - The Battle over The Throne (2/2)

Old Salman died at the perfect time. He happened to be in the barracks of the Celestial Trade mercenary force. Now that the advantage was in his hand, the entire Saudi intelligence service combined together would not be able to stop the march of powerful force armed to the teeth.

Yerif looked to his confidant next to him and ordered.

“We’ll leave immediately and head to Riyadh.”

“Yes!”

Jiang Chen was not very worried about the war of succession that took place on the other side of the world.

As long as Yerif could summon the courage for this leap of faith, victory was within his grasp.

It was not because of Jiang Chen’s overconfidence, but rather, the opponent was too weak.

The country’s national defense budget accounted for more than 10% of GDP, and with the world’s third-ranked military expenditure, the troops the country trained was inferior compared to some third-world countries. Before Saudi Arabia showcased its army to the world, everyone thought the country was seeking peace and unwilling to show its true strength. However, when Saudi sent its army to Yemen in 2015 and was a part of the 150,000 strong force made up of ten nations, they thought they could easily crush the Houthi armed forces into the sea in minutes…

The result was a slap in the face.

In short, Saudi Arabia’s military power could not be just described as weak.

Fully equipped with UA equipment, combined with the support of Hua long-range missiles, factored in complete air superiority, their prince and the highest commander were killed in succession. The result was that they not only lost a lot of equipment; the force was even forced to retreat and lost control of a few towns in the process; and those towns were still not recovered even till today.

The Houthi armed forces were also probably confused; did the Saudi force come to seek trouble or send aid.

Against such a force, with the mercenary force trained by Celestial Trade at his disposal, Yerif could use just one hand, and probably not use his eyes to beat the enemy.

But what was certain is that the ownership of the throne will undoubtedly change the future of the entire Middle East…

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Moscow, Kremlin.

A document was placed on Putin’s desk. A similar report was sent through the Russian embassy in Xin a long time ago. The Kremlin also held many meetings to discuss the plan to colonize Himalia by Celestial Trade.

There was actually only one point of contention, and that was what benefits Russia could gain from this plan.

“The prospects for the colonization of Himalia and the feasibility study report… Ostapenko, what do you think?” Putin looked at the director of the Russian Federal Space Agency who just entered the office, placed the document in his hands down, then leaned back into his chair.

Since Russia joined the Earth Defense Alliance, Ostapenko found that his visits to the Kremlin had become much more frequent. If he used to be excited about getting closer and closer to the power center, now it had turned into a burden for him.

The Russian executives realized the importance of the space industry, believed that a new era was dawning, and placed high expectations on him. However, with more and more budgets, he felt more and more powerless.

Fortunately, the gentleman in front of him was not impatient with his slow progress.

With the president’s direct inquiry, he thought carefully for a moment, then spoke.

“If you are asking me about the need to colonize Himalia, I think this is of course necessary for Russia. According to the description of Himalia in the document, the methane reserves there are extremely rich, exceeding 100 times the methane reserves of the entire Siberia region, and the methane there even formed liquid river. However,…”

“However?” Putin raised an eyebrow.

“It is precisely because Himalia is so valuable, I don’t understand why Celestial Trade chose to bring it to the table,” Ostapenko sighed, “Envoy-class starship is already cruising in the Kuiper belt. Although it is cruising under the name of the Earth Defense Alliance, we know very well that only they can do it. In fact, with their strength, they can completely digest this moon by themselves. This will not be more difficult than colonizing Mars…”

Ostapenko paused for a moment and continued with hesitation.

“I’m not maliciously speculating about our allies, but I really want to know, why are they doing this?”