Chapter 552: Fight Consumption
The choice between the Sinai Peninsula and the Egyptian mainland, Nasser is understandable to protect the mainland first. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But Serov is not Egyptian, Jean is Soviet, once Israel succeeds in attacking, the Suez Canal will become a boundary river, and the golden waterway that belongs to the Soviet Union alone will allow the Americans to intervene, and when the time comes, whatever resolution is passed at the UN, then the USSR will suffer a big loss. The special status of the Soviet Union in the Suez Canal would have been weakened.
At the same time, Israeli planes, after taking off from Tel Aviv and central Israeli airfields, maintained a four-plane formation and headed west for the Mediterranean. The Israeli pilots skillfully used the Mount Judian block to evade the search of the Jordanian radar network. Subsequently, the plane flew at an altitude of less than 10 meters above the sea surface, and after entering land, it rose to 20 meters, evading the detection of Egyptian radar. They did not fly directly to the target they were going to attack, but to the north of the Nile Delta, suddenly turned south, and attacked from the rear of Egypt at a height of only a hundred meters. During the attack, the Israeli pilots all followed the principle of "hitting the runway first, then hitting the plane." After Egypt, the Jordanian Air Force was raided by the Israeli Air Force.
A telegram was sent from the KGB station in Egypt and Syria that the Egyptian Air Force was already kneeling on the Egyptian side. Half of the fighters of the National Air Force have been blown up on the battlefield, and the remaining half of the planes have been shot down in air combat. It can be said that the Egyptian Air Force at this time has existed in name only, but the fall of the Egyptian Air Force is not worthless. Coupled with the Soviet Union's Sam missile positions, the Israeli Air Force was hit head-on in the offensive this time.
The Syrian Air Force, under the leadership of Hafez Assad, reacted quickly after the bombing of Egypt and directly lifted off to bomb Israel, which was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force and launched an air battle over Israel. The Israeli Air Force was forced to cancel its plan to bomb Jordan and turn north.
"In terms of the national and military strength of Egypt and Syria, if Israel wants to win, it will definitely take risks, and the strategy is not difficult to guess, that is, to attack in the south and defend in the north, the north will withstand the attack of Syria first, and the south will concentrate the main force to fight Egypt first. The target must be the Sinai Peninsula, and the telegram was immediately sent to Nasser and Assad to show the importance of the Sinai Peninsula, and the Syrian side must take the initiative to attack and contain Israel's forces and reduce the pressure on Egypt. Serov said categorically, "We cannot afford Israel to occupy the Sinai Peninsula so that the Suez Canal Americans will come in." ”
Six hours after the start of the war, in the narrative of several telegrams from Moscow, Nasser, after careful consideration, ordered his troops to cross the Suez Canal, and more than six divisions of troops entered the Sinai Peninsula to strengthen the defense. With the help of the troops living here, Egypt's strength in the Sinai Peninsula has exceeded 10 divisions, nearly 200,000 men. Two of the Republican Guard divisions stationed in Cairo are on their way to the Canal Zone.
On the northern front, Syria concentrated the forces of eight brigades and stormed Israeli positions on the side of the Golan Heights. The Syrian Air Force was fully dispatched, and Hafez Assad spoke on a national radio, "The situation in Egypt has reached a very dangerous point, and if Israel wants to seize the Suez Canal, we must rescue Egypt, even if the Air Force planes are completely destroyed." Even if we explode in the sky, we will never surrender. ”
Syria then declared a national state of emergency, issuing a ****** ordering men of working age across the country to join the army. The following hour, Nasser also declared a state of emergency to withstand the Israeli attack. At the same time, he expressed his gratitude for Syria's attitude of reaching out at a critical moment. In a broadcast to all of Egypt, Nasser said, "Even if we lose 10,000 people and Israel loses 3,000 people, we can still win, we have 30 million people to back it up, and as for the Arab brothers in other countries, the population is hundreds of millions, and Israel will lose." ”
The Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal Grechko, ordered the Ossad Military District, the North Caucasus Military District, and the Transcaucasian Military District to enter the second level of combat readiness, and at the same time began to transfer troops from the military districts of Ukraine and Russia proper. Enter the Caucasus to prepare for war.
This attitude immediately caused dissatisfaction in the United States, which even threatened: "If the Soviet Union dares to take military action against Israel, the United States does not rule out the possibility of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union." ”
"A small Israel, the Americans would dare to go to war against us. When we have fifteen thousand nuclear bombs, are they ornaments? Serov, who received a protest from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jumped up almost immediately and said, "The preparations are all done, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs means to let us abandon the plan?" No one can stop me, and I want to see if Israel is worth the Americans' desperate efforts. ”
"Serov, we can put the plan on hold, after all, the war is still going on, and we can see the results. This is also the meaning of the Presidium of the Central Committee. Defense Minister Grechko, who had just returned from the Kremlin, indicated that it was really not appropriate to move now, and said, "I have prepared a plan for a surprise attack to complement your plans." Now Israel is at war with Egypt and Syria. If we work with the Arab countries, we will fall into a passive situation, which is equivalent to actively participating in the war, and if the Israeli air force is badly damaged, we can do it within a week or two after the end of the war. ”
"What are so many things? What do you have in store? Serov asked rhetorically, suppressing his feelings.
"A new type of fighter plane, it has not yet been officially listed, but there is no missile in the world that can catch up with it." Ustinov let out a light smile and answered the question with a smile, "There is no fighter more suitable for raids than him, and when the time comes, we can use it to escort ships and test the quality of the Israeli Air Force." ”
"Oh? Let's see when the time comes! I have something to do, so I'll go back to the Lubyanka first...... "Serov knew that this should be a very famous fighter during the Cold War in the Soviet Union, a steel fighter with double three, and a MiG-25.
"If this guy is in charge of the Ministry of Defense, maybe we've been at war a few times!" Ustinov glanced at Defense Minister Marshal Gretchko, who was next to him, and said, "The transfer of military forces continues, and the troops are transported to the Caucasus." As long as we don't do it, the Americans can only protest. ”
"To send electricity to Sudan, although Sudan has entered the economic and mutual association system, Sudan will definitely be an Arab country, and the relationship with Egypt is very important, and at this time it should stand by Egypt's side." After Serov sent the telegram, he muttered to himself, "I hope Egypt and Syria will earn some gas!" ”
Ten hours after the start of the war, the Sudanese Revolutionary Council announced that it would provide food aid to Egypt and send two integrated divisions into Egypt to take command of Sayr and complete the goal of Arab unity. An hour later, Iraq declared a ceasefire, and all factions joined the war. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait announced assistance to Egypt and Syria, and for a time Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa expressed their support for the war between Egypt and Syria.
Nasser's Arab nationalism, which he has been engaged in for so many years, is still somewhat useful, at least when it comes to Israel, and the whole of Arabia is still united. Even a little later, Pakistan expressed its willingness to send its air force into the war to resist an Israeli attack.
The fighting in Sinai continues, with Israel attacking the Sinai Peninsula with five divisions, facing six Egyptian divisions, as well as support units that have already begun to cross the canal. However, Egypt's support forces have no air force cover, and at the same time on the Syrian border, Syria has concentrated more than 600 tanks, and Israel's defense forces have started a big battle near the Golan Heights, which is a close contest, Syria's air force strength still exists, plus the cover of SAM anti-aircraft missiles, the entire Golan Heights are rumbling, and the Soviet Union has set off the largest tank battle after the war with Serov's T54 and T62 tanks drawn from the border guards two months ago, and Israel's centurion and Sherman.
"Thank you Handayani, my friend. For the recognition I requested, I will receive the full friendship of the KGB of the USSR. "Earlier, Serov had sent a telegram hoping that Indonesia would express his position, and that there are two sides to everything, depending on how to apply it, and Serov suggested that Handayani use the current war to engage in some means and play a one-handed fishing law enforcement. To see if there were any religious groups willing to join the war, and as soon as he saw that there were, Handayani began to organize members of these groups to volunteer to Egypt, which was a mutual matter, taking care of some religious groups in Indonesia, and at the same time, Handayani could also use these people to show Indonesia's attitude.
On the first day of the war, Israel lost more than 100 planes in exchange for the total annihilation of the Egyptian Air Force, but Syria in the north moved very quickly, and Hafez Assad immediately mobilized the three Syrian armies as the Minister of Defense, and without saying a word, crossed the Golan Heights to attack Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan decided to open a front in the east and take out Jordan, which has the weakest military strength first. An assault on the West Bank was launched. The Jordanian army has set up defensive positions in two main areas in the north and south of the West Bank, with the northern defense area mainly relying on the Jordan River cities of Nablus, Tumkarm and Jenin, and the southern defense area along the ridge of the hills from Ramallah south to Jerusalem and Hebron. The Allies deployed eight infantry brigades and armored brigades in these positions. The Israeli offensive into the West Bank consisted of nine brigades, including three armoured brigades.
That night, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, after urgent communication, made clear the idea of continuing the war, that is, to fight a war of attrition with Israel, as the Soviet Union said. Offset Israel's air superiority with numerical superiority, increase domestic mobilization, and fight with Israel for internal strength. (To be continued.) )