228: Chapter 228 provides resources for large-scale procurement of weapons and ammunition.

These weapons and ammunition were the surplus that Syria could sell after reserving enough for its own use.

Since they were intended for the war against Israel, there were no issues regarding the area of use, so they could be safely deployed within Israel.

The value of this batch of mobilized weapons and ammunition was 8.86 billion USD; calculated at 90% of the original price, it was worth 7.974 billion USD.

If they could obtain these funds, Syria could fully invest them in domestic reconstruction work. Nearly 8 billion USD in reconstruction costs was not a small amount.

Of course, Syria still had 15.48 billion USD in funds that had not yet been utilized by arms dealers. General Faraj felt that these funds should be used to purchase various aircraft and warships to make up for the shortcomings of the Syrian military.

After all, the Syrian military's weapons and equipment were mainly concentrated in the army, with basically no equipment for the air force and navy; there were simply too many aircraft and warships that needed to be replenished.

Only when the army, navy, and air force all possessed sufficient strength would Syria not fear the USA continuing its invasion, which had led to its oil being stolen by the USA.

After Syria had reached a consensus, Major General Zaha immediately contacted Commander-in-Chief Qasim of Iran through Colonel Suman to determine the time for negotiations between the two parties.

Upon learning that Syria intended to cancel the oil and natural gas leasing for next year, Commander-in-Chief Qasim did not intend to agree at first.

However, considering that most of Iran's current oil and natural gas production capacity was being used to purchase weapons and equipment, and that strategic oil reserves and the like also needed to be replenished, after some consideration, Commander-in-Chief Qasim agreed to the request made by Major General Zaha.

The two parties signed a supplementary agreement, agreeing to cancel the oil and natural gas leases that had not yet been fully paid for, and made new adjustments to the return of oil and natural gas that had already been leased, shortening the return period.

After the negotiations in Iran concluded, Major General Zaha immediately went to Russia to negotiate with Vyacheslav.

Russia was very dissatisfied with Syria canceling the oil and natural gas lease for next year and did not agree to the cancellation.

After all, Russia's oil and natural gas sales channels had encountered problems; fortunately, using oil and natural gas to purchase large quantities of weapons and equipment had prevented a backlog and waste.

Now that Syria wanted to cancel the oil and natural gas lease, wouldn't that affect Russia's oil and natural gas production next year?

Major General Zaha had no choice but to explain that the oil and natural gas leased by Syria were originally intended for purchasing weapons and equipment for domestic warfare; since the war within Syria had basically ended, there was no need to continue leasing the remaining oil and natural gas.

After some unsuccessful efforts, Major General Zaha even directly demanded that Russia immediately provide 200 million barrels of oil and 50 billion cubic meters of natural gas to fulfill the contract.

Vyacheslav wanted to take a tough stance and pay Syria that much oil and natural gas. But thinking about how the country simply didn't have such a large inventory of oil and natural gas, he wouldn't be able to pay that much in the short term.

After some internal communication within Russia, Vyacheslav finally had to agree to Syria canceling the remaining oil and natural gas leases.

The two parties signed a supplementary agreement in a not-very-friendly atmosphere, re-agreeing on the terms of the leasing contract that needed to be modified.

Although Major General Zaha had argued with Vyacheslav a few times, he still completed his mission and successfully canceled the oil and natural gas leases that Russia had not yet paid for.

On the other side, General Faraj's communication with the Joint Command of the Anti-Judea Coalition also yielded results.

The Persian Gulf Regional Cooperation Organization would provide funds to purchase the weapons and ammunition mobilized by Syria, but the amount of funding was greatly reduced.

Of this, 2 billion USD worth of weapons and equipment needed to be borne by Syria; as for the remaining 6 billion USD, if paid with oil, 6 billion USD worth of oil could be provided, but if paid in cash, it could only be discounted to 5.2 billion USD.

After General Faraj communicated with his country, Syria needed cash right now, so they agreed to be paid directly at the 5.2 billion USD rate.

Although the amount was significantly less, it was still a good thing for Syria to be able to obtain cash.

Soon, Saudi Arabia transferred the 5.2 billion USD in funds to Syria's designated account, and the Anti-Judea Coalition also received a batch of weapons and ammunition replenishment; at the very least, the ammunition supply for the Golan Heights Front Command became much more sufficient.

Commander-in-Chief Qasim also received orders to mobilize ammunition from Iran to replenish the Anti-Judea Coalition.

After internal discussions within Iran, a large batch of light weapons and ammunition was provided; as for the anti-aircraft missiles, armored vehicles, and other equipment purchased from arms dealers, there was no intention to mobilize them for the Anti-Judea Coalition.

After all, the Iranian military's defense tasks were very heavy, and its own heavy weapons and equipment were insufficient; it was simply impossible to mobilize them to replenish the Anti-Judea Coalition.

As for other Persian Gulf countries, some mobilized light weapons and equipment, while others mobilized old weapons and ammunition; this could only compensate for a portion of the Anti-Judea Coalition's ammunition usage, and there was still a need for large-scale procurement of weapons and ammunition.

The Persian Gulf Regional Cooperation Organization held an emergency meeting. After some arguing among the representatives of various countries, it was finally decided that the countries in the Persian Gulf region still needed to continue providing a batch of oil and natural gas to purchase weapons and ammunition to replenish the Anti-Judea Coalition.

This time, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and other countries would continue to be the main providers of oil and natural gas, but other countries also had to provide more resources accordingly or send more troops to replenish the Anti-Judea Coalition to make up for the lost personnel.

Among them, Saudi Arabia would provide 300 million barrels of oil and 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas; Iran would provide 300 million barrels of oil and 8 billion cubic meters of natural gas; Iraq would provide 100 million barrels of oil; Kote Country would provide 80 million barrels of oil and 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

UAE would provide 80 million barrels of oil and 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas; Oman would provide 20 million barrels of oil; Egypt would provide 20 million barrels of oil; and other countries would provide 100 million barrels of oil and 3 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

This procurement of weapons and ammunition would utilize 1 billion barrels of oil and 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas, focusing on replenishing ammunition for various weapons and purchasing a batch of long-range weapons to threaten the USA aircraft carrier fleet cruising in the Mediterranean.

Although the USA "USS Gerald R. Ford" aircraft carrier and "USS David" aircraft carrier strike groups had not yet joined the battle, they still posed a relatively large threat to the Anti-Judea Coalition.

Only when the Anti-Judea Coalition possessed the strength to attack the USA aircraft carrier fleet could it deter the USA from easily joining the battle.

After learning that the Persian Gulf Regional Cooperation Organization had reached an agreement, the Anti-Judea Coalition immediately prepared for the procurement of weapons and ammunition.

Replenishing various types of ammunition as soon as possible would allow the troops of the Golan Heights Front Command to stop worrying about the problem of insufficient ammunition supply and improve their combat effectiveness.