151: Chapter 151 Manila's Harvest in the Country of Lia

General Faraj continued, "We have tentatively scheduled the offensive for the dawn of the 25th day from now. The specific time will be determined closer to the date. Therefore, we all need to make every preparation for combat during this period."

Upon hearing that the offensive would launch in 25 days, Major General Rahim felt the timeline was a bit tight. However, considering his troops did not have heavy combat tasks and all their weapons and equipment had arrived, it would not affect Syria's operations.

"We at Glass House will complete our deployment during this time and will ensure your offensive faces no unnecessary interference," Major General Rahim promised.

General Faraj was very pleased to see Major General Rahim being so cooperative. The light weapons provided by Iran had all been received, and Glass House was actively cooperating with the operations. It seemed there would be no obstacles to launching an attack against the USA.

After some discussion between General Faraj and Major General Rahim, a complete operational plan was quickly formulated. Once some remaining details were addressed, it could be officially implemented.

General Faraj left Glass House with the operational plan and immediately issued the various orders to the troops, urging them to make all necessary combat preparations during the final twenty-plus days without any slack.

Major General Zaha saw the orders transmitted by General Faraj and realized that the troops in the Zarzur region would be the ones to launch the first wave of the offensive. It appeared that the Syrian military's allocation of so many armored vehicles to Zarzur had been planned in advance.

Major General Zaha had no objections to Zarzur leading the offensive. In any case, this was the region where Syria directly faced the USA's military forces, and launching an attack from here was the fastest shortcut to driving the USA's forces out.

Major General Zaha would naturally actively cooperate with the Syrian military's orders. He conveyed the detailed instructions to each unit, repeatedly demanding they be ready to launch an attack against the USA at any moment, and warned them not to harbor any thoughts of delaying the operation until the very last day.

The entire Syrian and Glass House military forces moved quickly. Various weapons and equipment were distributed, training was conducted, and operational coordination was carried out. Simultaneously, reconnaissance efforts against the USA and the Opposition Armed Forces it supported were comprehensively strengthened, striving to ensure no intelligence errors or omissions occurred.

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After Li Yi delivered the weapons and equipment to Syria and stayed in Beirut for a day, he teleported directly back to Pengcheng No. 1 via the Multiverse Arms Trading System.

With nothing to do in Beirut for the moment, returning to Pengcheng was perfectly fine. However, just as Li Yi was settling in to enjoy life, he received a call from Mannila.

"Mannila, did your trip to Libya to promote arms yield any results?" Li Yi guessed upon seeing that it was Mannila calling.

"Yes. I found a faction in Libya that plans to purchase weapons and equipment from Chaos Company," Mannila said, his voice tinged with excitement. Mannila hadn't made a sale in a long time, so he was naturally very happy to have secured a new arms order.

"Approximately how much is their procurement budget?" Li Yi asked.

"The procurement budget isn't large. They can put up about 20 million barrels of oil, 50 million cubic meters of natural gas, and some cash." Mannila was quite dissatisfied with such a small procurement budget.

However, Libya was currently divided among multiple armed factions, and the oil and gas they controlled were scattered. Furthermore, due to the destruction caused by the war, many oil and gas fields were unable to be extracted or produced.

Upon hearing this, Li Yi felt that with such a small procurement budget, he didn't even want to negotiate personally. However, he wanted to see what the situation with this faction was and whether he could provide them with arms to help them control the situation in Libya, as once they controlled Libya, he could obtain oil and gas on a large scale.

"First, introduce the weapons and equipment sold by Chaos Company to the client and see what their procurement needs are. If they are willing to purchase, we will hold negotiations in Beirut in five days," Li Yi decided.

Li Yi did not plan to return to Beirut immediately; he would rest in Pengcheng for five days first. Moreover, it would take time to travel from Libya to Beirut, and Mannila would also need time to communicate the arms procurement requirements with the faction he had contacted. Five days was just right.

"No problem. I will communicate with them first. If there are any new developments, I will contact you immediately," Mannila agreed.

After hanging up with Mannila, Li Yi didn't give the matter any further thought. With only 20 million barrels of oil and 50 million cubic meters of natural gas, the amount was truly too small, and the weapons and equipment that could be purchased were limited; it wasn't worth the effort to worry about.

Mannila immediately found Colonel Beka of the Libyan National Army and said, "The arms dealer has agreed to sell you weapons and equipment. Now you need to determine the types and quantities of weapons and equipment you wish to purchase."

"That's great!" Colonel Beka was very happy. Although the Libyan National Army nominally had support from Russia, Egypt, and others, the amount of weapons and equipment they could actually obtain was not large. Now that there was a channel to replenish their weapons and equipment, it was nothing short of great news for the Libyan National Army.

Mannila dampened Colonel Beka's mood slightly, saying, "You can only put up 20 million barrels of oil and 50 million cubic meters of natural gas. Based on the arms dealer's conversion of oil and gas prices, the maximum procurement budget you can use is 950 million USD. There is absolutely no way to purchase weapons and equipment on a large scale."

Colonel Beka didn't mind. Having 950 million USD to purchase weapons and equipment was already considered very good for the Libyan National Army. Colonel Beka quickly finalized a procurement plan.

They would purchase 10 Fierce Rhino Type II tanks, 10 Fierce Rhino Type III tanks, and an additional 1,000 rounds of various types of supporting ammunition; 50 Fierce Tiger Type II armored vehicles, 10 Fierce Tiger Type III armored vehicles, and an additional 2,000 rounds of various types of supporting ammunition.

They would purchase 10 Fierce Lion Type II artillery pieces, 10 Fierce Lion Type III artillery pieces, and an additional 1,000 rounds of various types of supporting ammunition; they would also purchase 5 million rounds of machine gun ammunition for the armored vehicles.

At the same time, they would purchase 200 sets of Tianlei Type I Anti-Aircraft Missile systems and an additional 600 supporting missiles; 50 sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile systems and an additional 100 supporting missiles; and 10 sets of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile systems and an additional 30 supporting missiles.

They would purchase 10 sets of Sky Dragon Mark I UAVs, along with 50 supporting air-to-ground missiles and 200 bombs.

They would purchase 100 sets of Tianjian Type I Anti-Tank Missile systems and an additional 500 supporting missiles; and 100 sets of Tianjian Type II Anti-Tank Missile systems and an additional 500 supporting missiles.

Seeing that he could only purchase this amount of weapons and equipment, Colonel Beka felt very uncomfortable, but who could blame him—the Libyan National Army simply didn't have more procurement funds.