Chapter 052, defend to the death
() On the same day that the journalists left for Basra, an emergency meeting was held in Baghdad and a press conference was convened to severely condemn the auction of the right to oil field services in Basra Province and to issue a notice to oil companies around the world that the auction of the Basra Province was illegal, and that any national oil companies participating in the bidding to obtain the contract would not be recognized by the new party at the same time The Minister of Defense also held a press conference, and the Minister of Defense Raham issued a statement condemning the occupation of Basra Province by the Prophet Army, and the Basra Province zhèng fǔ was illegal, the zhèng fǔ was a puppet of the Prophet Army, and the purpose was only to blackmail the Zhōng Yāng, and the occupation of Basra, an important oil site in Iraq, was mainly for the sake of oil
He also used the Mahdi Army as an example, saying that under the joint operation of the US military and the security forces, only the guerrillas remained, and peace would soon be restored in the north, and that peace would soon be restored in the north, and that the remnants of the Baath Party and the Prophet Army would be rebels and unpopular troops, and that they would be cautious in dealing with them
Although both the Ministry of Defense and the Zhōng Yāngzhèng Fǔ held press conferences and the rhetoric was very intense, it was clear to everyone that the security forces on the other side of Basra were beyond the reach of the two air bases of the U.S. military in Iraq
As for zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ's air force, there is only one F16C fighter so far, and the pilots are still in training, and it is said that another one has been shot down by the Prophet's Army in Basra
Therefore, the rhetoric of zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ will not be taken seriously in the fierce countries, but when the top commander of the US forces in Iraq and the US ambassador Kerry issued a statement condemning the Basra Prophet Army and supporting the Zhōng Yāngzhèng Fǔ in the recent action against the Basra Prophet Army, the zhèng fǔ of various countries began to stay on the sidelines
In fact, it is still the Americans who have a big fist and listens to whom, if they take action against Basra, that is to say, if Basra Province issues a bid, it will be invalid, if they do not take action, although it is not said that the bid is effective, but at least it can be proved that now the Americans are also powerless to deal with Basra Province, and the countries can benefit from it
Natasha, the command of the U.S. Air Force in Iraq at Basra International Airport, was personally in charge, and almost all the senior generals of the Air Force were present, including the senior generals of the Iraqi Air Force
"After the study of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the command of the US forces in Iraq, it has been decided to carry out a three-day air raid on Basra, and the first batch of bombing will be carried out tonight, and our air force will dispatch two detachments and eight Predator drones to bomb the Basra Prophet Army at the same time, the US military base in Basra will send helicopter gunships to cover," Natasha was expressionless
After speaking, she looked at the supreme commander of the Iraqi Air Force, this air force commander seemed to know very well what his status was, after all, he was now under the command of some jet reconnaissance planes, and the only one was still in training, but the US military was so supportive, of course he knew how to answer: "The first batch of bombing, the Iraqi Air Force will dispatch F16C fighters to coordinate operations to strike at the Basra province and the airport."
Natasha was satisfied with his answer, and then produced a piece of information: "This is the coordinates of all the military factories and the Prophet's camp in Basra, and in three days we will uproot all the Prophet's camp and blow up their base, understand?"
"Yes sir," replied the owner of the airbase
Only the supreme commander of the Iraqi Air Force had a very bad face, although there were eight Predator drones accompanying them, but the average fighter plane would have a wingman, and the drone could not be used as a wingman, so they actually went to test the waters, to put it bluntly, they were sent to death, after all, the Basra Prophet Army had two annihilations and successfully shot down one
But even if they understand how to do it, the Americans gave them the F16 to do this kind of dirty work
"The operation began" Natasha gave the order, and then the entire Baghdad airbase began to mobilize, first the F16Cs of the Iraqi Air Force took off, followed by two detachments of Predator UAV groups in formation
Not long after they took off, the radar vehicles of the missile units training at the Basra Prophet Army Base monitored the movement at the Baghdad Air Base, and the Supreme Commander Xiami came to the command position as soon as possible
"What's going on?" asked Shrimp
"Our system has detected movement of the Baghdad Air Force, and about nine planes have taken off, apparently coming towards us," said a technician from China's Second Artillery Corps
Li Ruomo's arrival provided the Basra Missile Unit with about several hundred technicians of the Jīng Missile Unit, and put these technicians on 10 missile radar vehicles in batches and deployed them at various key points of Basra's air defense, one for training, and the other for better preparation for wartime
"Nine planes" shrimp rice face changed, "Americans really look up to us, can they detect what kind of plane?"
"I don't know, but when they get closer, the technical data will be there for about a few minutes," the technician said
Shrimp nodded: "Do you say that with our current strength, we can shoot them all down?"
"This technician's face is embarrassed, "it depends on what kind of aircraft it is, if all of them are dispatched with models like F16E, then we may not be able to do anything, and even they may even dispatch stealth bombers, which is possible, although the S-300 missile defense system is very advanced, but with our current cāo level, it is difficult to deal with stealth bombers."
Hearing this, Shrimp frowned: "Deploy a missile position, pull all the missiles over, if the technology is not good, how to fight the number, I don't believe him, I use a hundred missiles, I can't shoot it down."
"One hundred," the technician said, "One hundred missiles are $200 million, and this is too extravagant."
"No, it's not extravagant, no, do you want to be bombed by them," Shrimp asked rhetorically, "I have already given an order to train with live ammunition, and I haven't found an excuse to deal with the U.S. military, who knows that they actually came to the door, isn't this a good mobile phone training meeting?"
The technician swallowed his saliva, even if they used live ammunition for the training of the second artillery battery, they rarely used live ammunition to shoot, after all, live ammunition is too expensive, and the damage to the environment is also very great, especially intercontinental missiles, which are basically developed and can use live ammunition, most of the other training uses training bombs, and sometimes even training bombs are not used, but only simulated actual combat
But they didn't expect that there was such a rich master in Basra, Iraq, and as for who this master was, the technicians didn't want to know, but they knew very well that they could have a good time, and it was also a real combat against the US military's planes
Xiami quickly reported the news to Canglong, and at the same time, the radar system on the S-300 missile radar vehicle also identified their model through their flight data
"Eight Predator drones and one that is supposed to be Iraqi" The technician looked surprised: "Send drones over, are they sent to death"
"Not in the eyes of the Americans, this is enough, after all, we only exposed two fighters, and the air defense forces can't hit them at all," Shrimp shrugged, "so we call it pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger"
Canglong was not surprised when he learned that the US military dispatched planes to take action against Basra, but he was surprised that most of the planes sent by the US military were drones, so he was a little disappointed, but thinking that the missile force is still immature now, Canglong secretly rejoiced: "Natasha, Natasha, you are still so cautious, but this time I let you lose nosebleeds"
At the same time, Canglong informed Vivien, and the whole Basra sounded the air defense jǐng newspaper, just in case, most of the people returned to their homes, and the shops in the city were temporarily closed under the organization of the militia, and the streets were almost impossible to see a single person for the first time
Canglong rushed to the province and saw that Vivian was explaining to those reporters that Canglong walked over and said: "Don't worry, zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ, this is not good to see us, since this is the case, we will launch a counterattack"
Seeing this, Vivian explained, "This is the prophet you really want to see."
"So young", in the imagination of reporters, this prophet who has been behind the scenes, should be an old man with a long beard and gray hair
"Since the air force of zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ has come over to bomb the province, zhèng fǔ must be their first target, if everyone is afraid, they can evacuate, but I must stay here," said Canglong, walking out of the roof of the province, and the reporters also followed
At the same time, the officials in the province also followed Canglong and went up, although they were afraid, but the prophets all went up, how could they not go
I don't know when the people of the city heard that the Prophet had walked to the building of the province to wait for the bombing, and they also walked out of their homes involuntarily, and within a moment, the whole square of the province was crowded with people, and they were chanting words as if they were praying for something
The reporters were stunned when they saw this scene, some were taking pictures, some were interviewing, only Musharraf asked Canglong with a calm face: "May I ask the prophet what makes you so calm, do you have the confidence to deal with the bombing?"
"Allah will protect us," Canglong shouted from the top of the building
The people heard and responded: "Allah's blessing is on the Prophet."
Hearing these words, the reporters were a little disgusted, and some were even speechless, and some persuaded Canglong to leave quickly, in case of a real bombardment of the province, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary casualties, so there is no need to confront zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ like this
But Canglong refused: "Even if I die here, I won't leave here for a single step."
The reporters thought that the prophet was crazy, but Musharraf did not think so, although Canglong had changed his appearance, he always felt that he had seen him somewhere, so he asked: "Aren't you afraid that this confrontation will cause a stronger backlash?"
Hearing this, Canglong glanced at all the reporters with a sarcastic smile and said, "Don't you see the difference between the capital Baghdad and the provincial capital Basra?"
The reporters' faces changed, and the current situation in Baghdad was very different from that of Basra, and it was even true that there was no way to compare it, but they felt that even so, there was no need to risk their lives
"But confrontation will lead to war, and Basra will be in a difficult situation again," a reporter worried: "If there is a first air raid, there will be a second zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ, and it will not stop."
"Why should we be afraid of a zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ who can't even solve the problem of food and clothing for the people," Canglong asked coldly, "We just ask for autonomy, it's so simple, even if we cut off and give us financial support, we have nothing else to say, but today zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ sent the air force to invade our airspace, and we will defend it to the death."
"If you fight back, it will lead to the destruction of Basra, which has just been restored," Musharraf said coldly
"No, Basra will be reborn in **", Canglong was very confident, "If you don't fight back, it will only make you think that we are weak and can be bullied, and it will only get worse, not to mention that Basra's airspace is like your own wife, if your wife is violated at will, can you stand it?"