Imperial Capital, Great Hall.

Compared with the Privy Council and the Residence of the First Assistant, which are often hundreds or even thousands of years old, the Great Hall of the two houses is a completely modern building, even if it has existed for more than 100 years, and the style is completely different from that of a reinforced concrete high-rise.

The Great Hall is the largest single building in the imperial capital, and even in the entire empire.

Even if you look at the world, the size of the General Assembly Hall can be regarded as one of the largest.

In this angular palace-like building, in addition to a large meeting hall that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, there are thousands of rooms of all sizes.

More than 100 committees of the two chambers of the council, dozens of political parties, and more than a dozen inspection bodies have offices.

In addition, there is a dedicated visitor reception center.

When there are no major conferences, it receives about 50,000 visitors from all over the world every day.

Even so, only one third of the General Assembly Hall's utilization rate is achieved.

According to rumors, in the design stage, Emperor Shiwu personally revised the drawings and expanded the scale several times, leaving enough space for future expansion.

Outside the Great Hall, there was already a sea of people.

After dawn, thousands of journalists from all over the world surrounded the General Assembly Hall.

Although the Imperial authorities had announced the news three days earlier, after the ultimatum expired, the two houses of parliament would convene a plenary session to vote on whether to take military action, that is, to give the first assistant a war mandate, and the ultimatum expired at one o'clock in the afternoon, the reporter apparently did not take the proclamation seriously, and seemed to think that the two chambers of the debate would vote on the proposal for a war authorization in advance.

This is not the case.

When it was almost 1 o'clock, Zhou Yongtao, the first assistant of the empire, came to the Great Hall.

Because it was a closed-door meeting, reporters were all shut out.

In order to maintain order, especially in the event of a riot in large numbers, the Imperial authorities sent additional police and Janissaries to set up two cordons outside the Great Hall.

The last time such a scene occurred was 16 years ago, when the imperial authorities officially announced the withdrawal of troops from Poland.

The difference is that it was deep winter, and it was still snowing heavily, and the temperature was as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. It's the height of summer, the sun is blazing overhead, and the temperature is almost 40 degrees Celsius. Moreover, most of the people gathered outside the General Assembly Hall were disabled and retired soldiers, and the journalists who had already covered the demonstrations were the main ones, and few reporters cared about the vote that was taking place inside on the ceasefire and withdrawal.

Fortunately, the big men in the two houses did not make the reporters outside wait.

About half an hour after Zhou Yongtao entered, at about half past one, cheers came from inside the Great Hall.

After a few walls, I could hear it clearly, and the movement was not ordinary.

A few minutes later, dozens of staff members emerged from the General Assembly Hall to hand out prepared press leaflets to journalists who had been waiting for half a day in the scorching sun.

The two houses of the Imperial Council have passed the proposal to authorize war, and the Imperial Prime Minister will deliver a televised speech at half past two in the afternoon.

After that, Shousuke will personally hold a press conference at the official residence to announce the relevant information and accept questions from reporters.

At this point, the reporters immediately took action.

If nothing else, hurry up and go to the press hall of the Shoufu Mansion to grab a place.

That place was originally a storage room used to stack miscellaneous items, and there were dozens of chairs at most, and if you went late, not to mention a place to sit, there was no place to stand.

Of course, inside information also came out with the staff of the General Assembly Hall.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the official television of the empire took the lead in making the report.

At the plenary sessions of the two houses, the bill on authorizing military operations submitted by Zhou Yongtao, the first assistant, was unanimously passed.

Not a single parliamentarian voted against!

This was the first war authorization bill to receive unanimous support since the last global war, when Xue Yuanzheng submitted a declaration of war against the Imperial State.

However, this is an incomplete war authorization case.

To put it simply, the power to mobilize existing military forces is vested in the first assistant, and whether or not to carry out a full military mobilization still needs to be approved by both houses of parliament.

In addition, the existing military forces include reserve forces.

In other words, Zhou Yongtao could issue military mobilization orders in accordance with his authorization and expand the regular army's military strength by calling up reserve officers and soldiers.

To say that against an Iraq, this is simply a knife to kill a chicken.

After the Polish-Iraqi War, the Empire's standing strength remained between 3.5 million and 4 million, of which 60% was the army.

Although in terms of the territory of the empire and the sphere of influence it controls, even 4 million regular troops are only enough for the normal needs of peacetime, such as constituting sufficient deterrence against imaginary enemies, ensuring that their core rights and interests are not violated, and giving allies basic strategic security, but looking at the whole world, there are only two other super hegemons that can really pose a threat to the empire and infringe on the empire's allies.

If it is to help Kuwait recover, even if it is necessary to defeat Iraq completely, the number of troops mobilized will not exceed 300,000.

Obviously, with the total strength of the empire, the transfer of 300,000 is not too much of a problem.

The mobilization of reserve forces at this time clearly refers to something else.

To a large extent, the reserve forces, that is, the local armed forces at the core, and the paramilitary forces, including the militias, were the cornerstone of the strategic security of the empire.

According to the relevant information released by the imperial authorities, the total strength of the reserve forces has been maintained at about 8 million.

Among them, the total strength of the local armed forces is between 2.5 million and 3 million, and there are about 1 million air force and naval reserve forces in the local armed forces.

In other words, the main reserve forces and the regular army are almost one-to-one.

These forces are prepared for a global war!

To put it bluntly, after the outbreak of the Great War, each reserve force had a clear object of support, that is, the combat units of the regular army. Unless there is an accident such as a strategic rout, the main value of the reserve forces in the early stages of the war is to replenish the regular forces.

Obviously, a trained reserve officer and soldier will certainly be more effective than a newly recruited recruit.

The point is that the level of equipment of the reserve forces is no worse than that of the regular troops!

Taking the army's reserve forces as an example, in addition to receiving the main battle equipment withdrawn from the front-line troops, there are also quite a few active main battle equipment, and the proportion has always remained at about one-third. This is done to give reserve officers and men access to the latest weapons and equipment, and to ensure that reserve officers and soldiers who are transferred to the regular army can immediately participate in the battle after the sudden outbreak of war.

It can be seen that the reserve forces of the empire are stronger than the regular armies of many countries!

To deal with a small Iraq, the empire needs to use reserve forces.

If you want to say it, you really look up to Hussein.

In fact, this is an unmistakable signal, which can be seen as a warning to the Empire and the Republic of Nuland, don't do stupid things that fall into the ground.

Posha Bay is not a well, the empire has not fallen, and Iraq and Poland are not stones!

If you really want to do it, the empire will not be relentless!

After waiting in the Great Hall for more than ten minutes, and after all the reporters had left, Zhou Yongtao left to return to the residence of the first assistant.

Using this time, he revised the speeches he would need later.

In addition, after the two speakers announced the results of the vote, Zhou Yongtao publicly announced the launch of a military operation against Iraq, or to be precise, the liberation of Kuwait.

From this moment on, the Posha Bay War officially began!

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At this time, the Posha Bay area, the northern part of the Saudi mainland.

At an altitude of 10,000 meters, the two "Zhan-10B" had already thrown away the cumbersome auxiliary fuel tanks, and after the steering, the afterburner of the engine was opened.

In less than three minutes, the two fighters reached a flight speed of Mach 2.0.

Immediately thereafter, it crossed the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and entered Kuwaiti airspace.

However, the two fighters did not turn around, but flew along Highway 3, which connects the two countries, towards the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

This highway was also the main line of the Iraqi army's invasion of Kuwait.

In the days before, seven divisions, or about 100,000 Iraqi troops, had marched into Kuwait along this road.

In addition, the Iraqi army relies mainly on this road for its logistical support.

If you want to say it, Highway 3 is the lifeline of 100,000 invading Kwegian troops!

The two fighters were clearly on a reconnaissance mission.

Before entering Kuwaiti airspace, the two Battle-10Bs were spotted by air defense radars on the outskirts of Basra.

There's nothing strange about it, it's strange to fly so high and not be detected.

It was in this way that several Iraqi fighter jets hovering near Basra turned before the two "Battle-10Bs" entered Iraqi airspace.

Among them, there are 2 MG-29s imported from the Rosa Democratic Republic and nicknamed "Fulcrum".

Like the "Zhan-10" of the Liangxia Air Force, the MG-29 is also a medium-sized fighter, known as a third-generation fighter, and has performance that is not inferior to the "Zhan-10". It's just that the MG-29 belongs to a typical front-line air defense fighter and does not need a large combat radius.

As for the performance, I can't say for sure.

Of course, those two MG-29s had already been detected by the "Finger-8C" patrolling north of King Khalid Military City, and the "Finger-6C" hovering over the western part of Posha Bay.

The two MG-29s turned south and pounced on the two "Zhan-10Bs" that were attacking them, and the combat orders were issued to the four "Zhan-11Bs" hovering at ultra-low altitude south of the Saudi border.

The leader of the formation was Li Tianling.

The two "Zhan-10B" posed as reconnaissance planes to lure the Iraqi Air Force air defense fighters over, and then the "Zhan-11B" launched an attack.

This ambush tactic is very simple and not very difficult to implement.

The point is to allow Iraqi fighter jets to enter Kuwaiti airspace, preferably Saudi airspace.

Despite the fact that the authorities in Baghdad refused to show weakness in the slightest and ignored the ultimatum issued by the empire, the Iraqi Air Force was very cautious in terms of tactics.

From the early morning of the 4th, the Iraqi Air Force stopped air support for the ground forces.

Of course, the Kuwaiti army has long since collapsed, and there are not many targets worth bombing in Kuwait, so it doesn't matter with or without air force support.

It is precisely as a result that Iraqi fighter jets have been operating over the mainland and have not entered Kuwaiti airspace.

Nor did they approach the border and did not enter the no-fly zone that was about to come into force.

If you want to say, this is also related to the battle three days ago, that is, the first shot Li Tianling shot.

That surprise attack was tantamount to a warning to the Iraqi Air Force.

Fighting against the Imperial Air Force, which had a complete system, the fighters of the Iraqi Air Force, no matter how advanced they claimed to be, were vulnerable.

The point is that there are too many holes in the Iraqi Air Force's system.

These problems were manifested during the Iran-Iraq war.

In the battle with the Polish Air Force, the Iraqi Air Force experienced the lack of AWACS aircraft and the lack of long-range means of attack.

It is precisely for this reason that huge sums of money will be spent on the purchase of MG-29s capable of using medium-range air-to-air missiles from the Democratic Republic of Luosha.

In addition, more than 20 MG-3 fighters with a maximum speed of Mach 25 capable of threatening AWACS aircraft were purchased.

It is a pity that the Iraqi Air Force has not been able to obtain AWACS aircraft that can be used.

Relying on air defense radars, it is simply impossible to detect 4 "Battle-11Bs" on standby at ultra-low altitudes, and it is impossible to know that this is a trap.

After the two "Zhan-10B" turned, Li Tianling controlled the fighter to start climbing.

At this time, the most prominent performance advantages of the "Zhan-11B" are vividly reflected.

Outstanding vertical maneuverability thanks to high thrust-to-weight ratios.

In the state of air combat, the thrust-to-weight ratio of the "Zhan-11B" exceeds 1.25, and the only fighter that can compete with it in the world is Nuland's F-15A.

In fact, this is also the housekeeping skill of the "Zhan-11B".

During the confrontation training with the Navy's "Zhan-9B", the pilots of the Air Force concluded that only by entering a state of vertical maneuver can they win. In other words, the hovering performance of the "Zhan-11B" is indeed not very good, but it can easily crush other fighters compared to climbing and diving.

In fact, this is also a major feature of the "interceptor".

Do not forget that when designing the "Zhan-11", the Air Force clearly demanded that in addition to air superiority fighters, all interceptors should be replaced.

In the ultimate state, the "Zhan-11B" can climb from sea level to 6,000 meters in one minute and to 10,000 meters in two minutes.

Of course, the acceleration ability is also very prominent.

Also at the limit, the "Zhan-11B" accelerated from Mach 0.9 to Mach 2.25 at an altitude of 8,000 meters, taking only 115 seconds.

The key to Li Tianling's ambush plan is the excellent climbing and acceleration performance of the "Zhan-11B".

If the climb is completed within 2 minutes, then even if it is detected by Iraq's air defense radar, with the command system of the Iraqi Air Force, it may not be able to give the order in time to turn back the two MG-29s that have entered the ambush circle, and the two Iraqi fighters will not have time to escape at all.

Of course, the implementation of this plan mainly depends on the performance of the "Finger-8C".

To be precise, it is to grasp all the tactical nodes.

In addition, it is the size of the two pairs will not be muddy.

Fortunately, those two guys, after going to the battlefield, were calmer than anyone else, and they would definitely not be confused, let alone joke with their own lives.

In their own words, they are not married and have children, and they are afraid of death.

Just as the "Battle-11B" group was climbing at full strength, the two "Battle-10B" were fleeing south at full speed.

According to the battlefield information sent by the AWACS aircraft, the two MG-29s have activated the fire control radar and are speeding up to catch up with the escaped "Zhan-10B".

Iraqi fighters have already locked on the "Battle-10B" and have not yet fired, only because the range of the missiles is not enough.

The range of a medium-range air-to-air missile is only one-third of that of a head-on interception, and the probability of missing the target is extremely high.

Without a sufficiently large degree of certainty, pilots generally do not waste ammunition.