Chapter 279: Battle Clouds Gather
The original plan to encircle the Arabian Peninsula from the southern front was stillborn because of the sinking of the "Lincoln" and the bizarre destruction of the "Kitty Hawk" of the Seventh Fleet.
Moreover, the current Shenmeng has de facto control of the Suez Canal and has a large number of "Comet" missiles that can be sunk even by aircraft carriers, so if we want to truly achieve a strategic siege of the Middle East and continue to attack from the southern front, we must find another way:
Let the aircraft carrier battle group move south along the west coast of the African continent, around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, and then along the east coast of Africa, before finally reaching the Arabian Sea in the northern Indian Ocean, and only then can it truly deter the oil lifeline on which the Arabs depend.
It's just that in this way, because the road is too far, the timeliness of the attack will inevitably be greatly affected, and it will also increase the unexpected variables.
But on the other hand, it is impossible to squeeze a whole seven aircraft carrier battle groups into the narrow eastern Mediterranean Sea and become target ships for Arab bombing - in the shadow of the aerospace bombers, everything is possible!
"Roosevelt" and "Truman" have already made a statement, if they don't know how to avoid risks, the US Navy might as well directly blow up and sink these aircraft carriers!
Thus, on the afternoon of 16 October, as soon as the arms deal between Space Logistics and the Arabs had just ended, as soon as the two huge black air and space fighters had disappeared and the 10 space transport planes were trying to drop their cargo on the ground -- a special container containing "Comet" missiles, the United States began to change its original plan and start a redeployment.
In this way, although war is still inevitable, it leaves more time for the Arab League to prepare for war!
In order to completely eliminate the Middle East, a "cancer" against Western forces, the US Navy has devoted all its resources to the Middle East with all the remaining seven aircraft carrier battle groups!
In the Mediterranean direction, there are four aircraft carrier formations: CVN 65 "Enterprise", CVN 68 "Nimitz", CVN 73 "Washington" and CVN 74 "Stennis Nimitz". They cruise in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy and Greece and east of the island of Malta. For security reasons, it is not close to the western territorial waters of Syria and Lebanon, and also far from the northern territorial waters of Egypt and Libya. Unless an attack is confirmed, the huge fleet of these four carrier battle groups will approach the interior of the Middle East east of Cyprus.
At the same time, in the Atlantic, a task force strike fleet consisting of two heavy aircraft carrier battle groups, the USS CVN 78 "Ford" and the CV 67 "Kennedy" and CVN 76 "Reagan", is advancing at full speed towards the South Atlantic. They will do their best to circumvent the southern tip of Africa and join forces of the U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleets floating in the Indian Ocean to strike at all targets from the Gulf of Aden to the Persian Gulf and the interior of the Middle East.
Especially Egypt! Because the Suez Canal is in their hands. If the Canal Zone can be occupied, the Navy can be mobilized more quickly and seize more initiative.
To this end, the US National Security Adviser has urgently flown to Israel to demand that the IDF reoccupy the Sinai Peninsula and take control of the Suez Canal.
"If these damned Arabs are allowed to hold control of the Middle East from now on, will the Jews continue to survive?"
In addition to changing its deployment in the Mediterranean Sea and on the southern front, the United States also sent the secretary of state to Russia to appease the Slavs who were bent on watching the excitement and taking advantage of it:
"The medium-range missiles urgently deployed by the United States in southern Europe are only aimed at the situation in the Middle East, and are not aimed at Russia and other countries! Especially Azerbaijan and Georgia ......"
As the U.S. envoy lobbied around in Israel and Europe, more and more NATO allied soldiers, warplanes, and missiles were deployed to Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, completely controlling the waters of the northern Mediterranean. And ready to launch a land offensive from Turkey, Syria and Libya as soon as the air strikes are over!
Israel, in particular, has assembled about 200,000 U.S. Army and Marines, and a steady stream of weapons and equipment is coming from the east coast across the Atlantic.
In the face of the world's most advanced armed NATO troops, the only thing that the Arab Alliance can handle is two air-space fighters and more than 2,000 "Comet" missiles. With this equipment alone, can you resist the opponent's attack?
Of course, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran still have some military power, but this is only a drop in the bucket. What's more, everyone knows that if you want to use military equipment bought from the United States to fight back against the United States? Don't be naïve, okay? It's no joke that people have left a hidden back door on their weapons in advance!
When the time comes, if the weapon turns its head against itself, then the fun will be great!
Fortunately, Saudi Arabia still has a little bit of medium-range missiles that were purchased from China earlier, and Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq also have some fighter jets purchased from the former Soviet Union, which is finally better than nothing.
But can these two-generation aircraft challenge the fourth-generation aircraft such as the F-22 "Raptor" and the F-35 "Lightning"? That's a proper search for death, there is no doubt about it!
In addition to the huge disparity between land and air power, the biggest shortcoming of the Divine Alliance is still in the sea power.
Although Oman's shipwrecked ships and yachts sank the "Lincoln" aircraft carrier and damaged a large number of US escort ships, this was achieved only within the range of the "Comet" missiles.
As a small missile for individual soldiers, no matter how awesome its combat effectiveness is, the range is its congenital shortcoming.
The miniaturized missile body can carry absolutely not much fuel, and the range is ...... You can imagine it.
Therefore, the American side, although it is not yet clear about the true range of the Comet missile, can also find a way to deal with this small missile:
Even the most ferocious hedgehog is just a hedgehog - if I don't touch you, I can kill you with a slingshot stone from a distance!
In terms of long-range strike capabilities, the United States does not know how many streets it will throw out of the Arab Divine Alliance!
During the two Gulf Wars, the mode of "cruise missile + air raid bombing" has become the standard strike routine of the US military. One force will drop ten, and there will be no disadvantage. The only thing worth questioning is that the target of each US attack does not have a complete territorial air defense system -- if Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina, or the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are replaced by Russia and China, will the US military's tactics still succeed under the defense of a complete air defense system?
Thoughts like this have been hotly debated around the world, but now people's interest has changed.
Just because of those two flickering air and space fighters!
PS: The second update is sent. There will be a change at 9 o'clock in the evening!