After receiving a phone call from Defense Minister Qin Fenglie, the Iraqi army began shelling and bombing Kuwait about half an hour after the ultimatum expired. It took about an hour before Lin Shiping received the most critical news.

King Abbas III of Kuwait has arrived at the aircraft carrier "Zhu Shijian" and is about to take a transport plane to Riyadh.

It was only at this time that Zhou Yongtao asked his secretary Luo Youbin to call Nong Chengpei and ask him to go to Riyadh as the first assistant envoy.

Having rescued the King of Kuwait, he must be appeased.

Despite the fact that Kuwait is a small country, imports from this country account for nearly one-third of the total oil imports of the empire, and the price is relatively cheap.

"Do you want to announce that Abbas III has fled Kuwait?"

Zhou Yongtao pondered for a while before asking, "What about the crown prince?" ”

"It's already in Riyadh."

Zhou Yongtao thought about it again before saying: "Don't worry, at this time, the king will arrive in Riyadh, and the outside world will naturally know, and we don't need to worry about it." ”

"Okay, so be it."

Lin Shiping knew very well that Zhou Yongtao only cared about the life and death of Abbas III.

As for the fighting, there is nothing to say.

Kuwait is a small country.

For a long time, the Kuwaiti authorities based their security on an alliance with the Liangxia Empire, and for this purpose transferred the rights to exploit most of the oil fields to the oil companies of the Liangxia Empire. Its national defense force, that is, the royal army, has a total strength of only 5,000 troops, and there are few advanced equipment.

To put it bluntly, the Royal Kuwaiti Army's number one mission is to serve as a guard of honor when welcoming foreign guests!

For a small city-state with a population of more than 3 million and an area of less than 18,000 square kilometers, it is impossible to build a military force to compete with the surrounding powers.

In the face of the powerful Iraqi army, the Kuwaiti army is enough to stuff the teeth!

It is precisely for this reason that Lin Shiping, who was in Kuwait City last month, bluntly told Abbas III that after the outbreak of war, it would be enough to surrender directly.

Don't be ashamed.

The war was fought in Kuwait itself, and if it was broken, Kuwait itself would have to rebuild it.

Besides, if you are humiliated, you will grow in the future.

In response to the tense situation in Posha Bay, the General Staff conducted several war games.

Even if there was no surprise attack, the Iraqi army would have captured all of Kuwait in just a week.

If war is not declared, three days will be enough.

Of course, for the Imperial Army, the early defensive deployment only takes three days at most.

Waited until 3 p.m. to receive a message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After less than one hour of consultations, the Shau Di king has agreed to unconditionally open the airspace and territorial waters to the Liang Xia army and provide military bases.

The message was sent simultaneously to the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.

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About two hours later, the military base of the Federal Republic of Lockham.

After receiving the command from the tower, Li Tianling pressed the accelerator lever and then released the brake.

With a deafening roar, the "Zhan-11B" quickly jumped out, and after sliding less than 600 meters, it rushed into the blue sky at a gallop.

Behind, another 7 "Zhan-11B" are lining up to take off.

This time, Li Tianling did not make a mistake, and incorporated the "big and small two pairs" into the reserve team, and asked them to honestly follow the ground crew to the destination by transport plane.

After climbing to a high altitude, Li Tianling activated the autopilot.

According to the arrangement, the "Expeditionary Mixed Wing" under his command first headed south, entered Muahai through Pakistani airspace, and then turned to King Khalid Military City bound for Saudi Arabia.

In order to avoid occupying the forward base, the bombers in the wing will fly to the Diego base.

In fact, there is no need to deploy bombers only a few hundred kilometers away from the battlefield, after all, bombers do not have the problem of insufficient combat radius.

During this period, the fighter jets will also conduct an in-flight refueling over the Mua Sea.

For a long time to come, the "Expeditionary Mixed Wing" will be based in King Khalid Military City to guard the airspace of Saudi Arabia.

To put it simply, it is a campaign-level battlefield jamming mission.

This is also the greatest value of the existence of the "Expeditionary Mixed Wing".

Five years ago, when the Air Force, under the impetus of the new military reform, formed the "Expeditionary Mixed Wing," the number one mission entrusted to it was to rely on the poorly equipped forward bases to gain enough time for the Imperial Air Force to complete its mobilization in the event of a sudden outbreak of war.

It is precisely for this reason that the "Expeditionary Mixed Wing" adopts a small but complete establishment system.

Typically, an "expeditionary mixed wing" consists of 2 fighter squadrons, 1 transport and support squadron, 1 tactical support squadron, and 1 mixed bomber squadron. It is only before moving forward with deployment that appropriate adjustments will be made to the establishment system according to the needs of the mission.

For example, this time, the bomber squadron was not deployed in the front.

Of course, most of the time there is no need for bombers to be deployed in the front, but it is only necessary to arrange for bombers to provide cover for tactical aircraft deployed forward.

If it is an offensive and defensive mission, or an offensive mission, the bomber squadron is the absolute main force.

When carrying out defensive tasks with air supremacy as the main focus, the main force is fighters, especially heavy fighters with a larger combat radius.

It is precisely because of this that all the fighters who are incorporated into the "Expeditionary Mixed Wing" are the most advanced fighters of the Imperial Air Force, and the pilots who fly these fighters are all elite.

With the support of early warning command aircraft, a squadron of 8 "Zhan-11B" can control air supremacy in an airspace of 1,000 km to 1,500 km!

In addition, in the joint exercises of the past few years, almost all of the pilots who came out on top were pilots of the "Expeditionary Mixed Wing."

According to the deduction made within the Air Force, even if it can't be done with one as a hundred, it will definitely be able to use one as ten.

Theoretically, against an adversary such as the Iraqi Air Force, two squadrons of an "expeditionary mixed wing," that is, 16 fighters, would be enough to seize the initiative in an air superiority battle supported by the rear command system and to defeat invading enemy planes below the size of the group.

Li Tianling has full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the "Zhan-11B".

It's not just this fighter, it's about the new ammunition used.

At the beginning of the year, to be precise, after the Spring Festival, the wing under the command of Li Tianling took the lead in replacing it with new missiles, which was actually for military acceptance tests.

That's right, it's the "KK-12" active radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile, nicknamed "Lightning".

This is the first type of active homing air-to-air missile of the Liangxia Air Force, and the first in the world to meet the service standards and officially equip combat units.

As for how valuable this missile is, Li Tianling knows best.

After completing several rounds of test firing, Li Tianling, in his capacity as wing commander, suggested that this new missile that could change the face of air combat should be ordered and equipped immediately. In a top-secret test report, it was clearly mentioned that the missile has absolute lethality against enemy aircraft at a distance of 50 to 90 kilometers.

The range alone is more than double that of the semi-active radar-guided "KK-6".

The advantage is not only in range.

The KK-12 gives the Zhan-11B a true multi-target engagement capability, that is, the ability to attack multiple targets at the same time.

This is the combat capability that the Air Force dreams of, or is it aspires to obtain.

Do not forget that the Navy's "Battle-9A" acquired multi-target engagement capabilities more than 10 years ago, capable of firing at 6 enemy aircraft at the same time.

The "Zhan-11B" relies on a new fire control radar and can theoretically control eight missiles to attack eight targets at the same time, but in practice, it is simply not possible due to missile limitations.

Because it does not have the ability to engage multiple targets, the Air Force has been abused by the Navy's fighter jets in the previous 10 years or so of joint exercises. By the time the "Zhan-9B" was put into service, even in close-quarters combat air combat, the Air Force would win fewer and lose more, and it could be said that it had been taught a lesson without temper.

In fact, it was under the vigorous promotion of Li Tianling that the "KK-12A" was finalized and mass-produced in advance.

At present, the "Zhan-11B" piloted by Li Tianling has four "KK-12A" on it, and there are more than 100 in the cargo hold of the four "Y-10A".

If calculated on the basis of a single hit rate of up to 80%, these missiles can take out a small half of the Iraqi Air Force.

It's just that even if there is a real fight, it will be more than 10 hours later.

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At this time, on the territory of Kuwait, the Hammurabi division of the Republican Guard.

After catching up with the forward troops, Ali immediately issued an order to stop the advance, and also asked the officers and soldiers to immediately inspect and maintain the main battle equipment on the spot.

It's not that the tank can't run, it's that Ali is a little scared.

Up to now, it has penetrated 20 kilometers into the territory of Kuwait, and it has not encountered any decent resistance!

Several of the barricade defensive positions along the route were either abandoned long ago, or the Kuwaiti soldiers defending the positions surrendered as soon as the Iraqi army arrived.

As a result, there was basically no shot fired along the way!

According to the Kuwaiti officers and soldiers who surrendered, they never received a battle order from their superiors, and the commander asked them to decide whether to surrender or not.

Kuwait just surrendered without a fight!?

Subsequently, Ali received a message from the rear.

Shortly after the attack, Air Force fighters bombed a convoy leaving the palace, and there was reason to believe that the King of Kuwait was in the convoy.

That is, King Abbas III of Kuwait may well have already been blown up!

In addition, Ali received an order from Hussein.

Kuwait City was captured quickly, but without direct orders, it was not allowed to continue to the south, and it was not allowed to attack the Saudis.

Ali certainly understands the key.

King Abbas III of Kuwait, who was originally only a prince-level chieftain, ascended the throne after being recognized by the Liang Xia royal family.

In other words, the Liangxia royal family provided security for the Kuwaiti royal family.

This is not a verbal promise.

Although the Liangxia Empire has already completed the constitutional reform, and the emperor is only a symbol of the country, the status of the imperial family is very stable, and the guarantee of the emperor is also the guarantee of the empire.

Blowing up the King of Kuwait who was sheltered by Emperor Liang Xia is by no means a trivial matter!

If it is not done well, the Liang Xia Empire can use this as a reason to participate in the war.

We must not forget that in Posha Bay, a few hundred kilometers to the east, the "Zhu Shijian," which is carrying nearly 100 carrier-based aircraft, has long been in full battle.

Carrier-based aircraft taking off from this aircraft carrier can fly over Kuwait in half an hour.

Ali knew, and it was useless to be afraid.

Fortunately, because the offensive was smooth sailing, even if the advance was slowed down now, Kuwait City could be taken within 72 hours.

Of course, if you slow it down a bit, you're leaving a way out for yourself.

To put it more bluntly, if the Liangxia Empire used this as an excuse to send troops to war, then according to the pre-formulated plan, the Republican Guard would have to continue south after taking Kuwait City and advance towards Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, so it would have to be more prepared before that.

The most critical thing is logistics.

Don't look at the whole of Posha Bay under the oil and gas fields, but there are not many oil refineries, and the tanks and combat vehicles needed have to be transported from the rear.

In fact, Ali is not the only one who is worried.

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Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, the presidential palace.

In the early hours of the morning, Hussein gathered the main generals and officials, and had a sand table set up in the huge central office.

Actually, it was a sand table that was moved from the headquarters of the Republican Guard.

Apparently, Hussein originally felt that after the offensive began, he would be able to show his military talent by giving orders to the front-line combat units.

One way or another, he was first and foremost a military strategist, and secondly a statesman.

At least, that's what he himself thinks.

But where did he think, the battle situation was almost completely opposite to what he expected.

In the previous month, everyone believed that after the Liangxia Empire came forward, the Kuwaiti royal family would definitely order the army to fight to the death.

In addition, the military adviser also mentioned that the Kuwaiti army was actually commanded by Liang Xia instructors.

Anyway, Kuwait can be taken, but there must be a fierce battle.

Otherwise, there would be no investment in the elite Hammurabi division.

Now this situation makes Hussein a little unable to find the north.

In fact, the key is not whether Abbas III was killed or not, but that the Liangxia Empire has not reacted so far, and it does not even have a formal diplomatic reputation.

Because the situation is unknown, the atmosphere is very gloomy.

Until the arrival of Hussein's most trusted person, the head of the Republic's Security Service, the head of intelligence, Jamal.

After reporting to Hussein, and obtaining Hussein's permission, he asked his staff officers to mark the military information he had just obtained on the sand table.

About 100 kilometers east of Kuwait City, in the international waters west of Posha Bay, there is a missile frigate of the Liangxia Empire.

Judging by the location of the deployment, the warship is covering civilian ships coming out of Kuwait, such as those fully loaded supertankers.

Of course, most of the tankers belonged to the Liangxia Empire.

No one explained, and there was no need for that.

The battle plan had been formulated a long time ago, and the top brass of the government and military knew it, but the number one purpose was actually to test the bottom line of the Liang Xia Empire.

No one has ever been worried about the difficulty of attacking Kuwait.

The key is whether to continue to advance south after taking Kuwait.

Obviously, this depends on the reaction of the Liang Xia Empire.

Just half an hour after the military coup in Sri Lanka more than six years ago, the authorities issued a strongly worded statement.

This statement was followed by the launch of a military operation to intervene in Sri Lanka.

But now, the Liang Xia Empire didn't react at all!

After a while, Hussein asked the military and political dignitaries standing around the sand table with his eyes.

No one said a word.

After retracting his gaze and staring at the sand table for a while, Hussein nodded grimly and gave Jamal a look.

That's enough.

Jamal didn't ask much and turned to leave the central conference room.