For Pahlavi, Khomeini was most outraged by Pahlavi's unscrupulous introduction of the decadent Western way of life and the trampling of Islamic teachings, and now one of the biggest problems of the revolutionary axe is to bring the Iranian people back into the world dictated by Islamic teachings.

The mere need to put on the hijab for the women to recreate has led thousands of women to take to the streets to demonstrate.

When the republic was first established, everything was complicated, and the summer palace was lit up all night. In the large conference room, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is presiding over the meeting.

At 10:47 p.m., a staff member entered the conference room. When he got to the side of General Denetta, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, he whispered a few words, and then quietly retreated.

When the staff went out, General Denetta faced Khomeini and said, "My lord, I really let my Chinese friends say that they are right, and the Americans are really here." ”

After a moment of silence, Khomeini said, "Then let's do it as planned." ”

General Denetta stood up, raised his hand and gave a military salute, then turned and walked out of the room.

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How will the Americans respond to the hostage crisis?

This is a topic.

As soon as the hostage crisis broke out, five research groups were set up to study the issue.

The fourth group, led by Air Force Colonel Liu Zicong, believes that the United States is very likely to send special forces to infiltrate Iran and rescue the hostages.

After much deliberation, the fourth group finally identified three sets of possible plans of action for the Americans.

On February 17, 1980, Liu Zicong went to Iran as a military attache at the embassy.

During the Pahlavi era, China and Iran did not establish diplomatic relations, which were not of interest to either side.

The outbreak of the Islamic Revolution and the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty, especially after the press conference in the United States, China and Iran not only established diplomatic relations, but also quickly became their closest allies.

When Liu Zicong proposed to General Denetta, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, that the United States might send someone to rescue the hostages, General Deneta did not believe it at all.

Liu Zicong did not argue, and he persuaded General Denetta in a way peculiar to the Chinese.

Helicopters are indispensable if the Americans really want to carry out such rescue operations, and to use helicopters, it is possible to deduce the approximate time when the Americans will act.

Late April is the most likely time for the United States to take action, and if it is postponed, the weather will become warmer and the nights will shorten, which will not be conducive to helicopter flights and covert operations.

It didn't take long to deal with small forces, and it didn't take much force to deal with them, just to save face for the Chinese allies, and General Denetta would agree to act according to Liu Zicong's plan.

Liu Zicong proposed three possible plans of action for the Americans, one of which was to infiltrate Iran from the east.

The western part of Iran is Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman, and the United States has several secret military bases, so it is convenient to sneak into Iran from the west, but Iran's surveillance of the west must be very strict, and it is easy to be exposed when infiltrating from the west, while the Soviet Union, Afghanistan and Pakistan are in the east, and if you sneak into Iran from the east, the chances of being detected will be much smaller.

Among the three predicted plans, Liu Zicong's focus is on the east, and it turns out that Liu Zicong is right.

In order to spy on the east, secret surveillance points were set up not only in Iran, but also in Pakistan, so helicopters taking off from nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the Arabian Sea were discovered soon after they entered Pakistan.

The news reached a monitoring point in Iran, and when the American helicopter infiltrated Iran from the northeast, there was nothing to hide.

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At 10:37 p.m., the first C-130 military transport plane secretly landed on the saline ground of the Cavill Desert.

It was bare, covered with fine sand, and the planes landed along a runway improvised on the ground.

The reason why it was chosen here is because it likes this hard saline ground, which can withstand a 60-ton military transport plane full of fuel and personnel.

The six C-130 military transport planes, loaded with gasoline, commandos and weaponry, took off from a secret base in the Middle East and sailed through the Red Sea, around the Arabian Peninsula and into Iran.

In order to avoid detection by radar, during long-haul flights, especially after entering Iranian airspace, ultra-low altitude of 30 meters above the ground is used.

The saline land of the Kavir Desert is located in central Iran, about 300 kilometers southeast of Tehran, the capital of Iran.

After the transport plane landed safely, a group of "Blue Light" commandos in camouflage suits stepped out of the plane.

The commander of this special forces unit was Colonel Charles of the US Army? Beckweis.

Charles? Beckwiths was a tall, shrewd and capable man who was a specialist in covert warfare, spending most of his time in "special battles".

Beckway stepped off the plane and looked up at the night sky.

The night sky in the desert is eerily silent, surrounded by a light mist, and even though it's late April, the air is still cold and swishing.

The commandos are all experienced veterans with unique skills, and although the sky is wide and extremely desolate, they are still in place and performing their duties as soon as they get off the plane.

Suddenly, on the improvised road more than 100 meters to the north, a bus appeared and drove straight towards the plane.

Beckway was in a hurry and commanded loudly: "Quick! Stop it! ”

"Da Da ......" The commandos fired a burst of fire at the top and ground of the car, causing it to stop in fright.

The commandos went up to check and found that there were a total of 44 adults and children in the car, but fortunately, no one was injured.

To prevent the Iranians from leaking information, they were put under guard.

The silent desert area was not quiet, and after a while, a large oil truck and a light truck drove in the distance, and the commandos opened fire on the headlights of the oil truck, but it caused the oil truck to explode and catch fire, and the mini truck behind reacted quickly enough to take the opportunity to run.

Beckwith's brow furrowed into a big bump.

It was a surprise that there was so much trouble less than thirty minutes after the plane landed.

The site was chosen as the first stop after careful reconnaissance, in particular the use of reconnaissance satellite photography.

Although there is a simple road here, the traffic is very underdeveloped, and there is only one medium-sized town nearby, and since the earthquake, there are basically no people, so it should be very quiet at night.

However, it happened that in a short time after the plane landed, three cars came, and one car escaped.

It didn't go well, fortunately it was late at night, maybe the people who escaped didn't see the American plane clearly and couldn't guess what was going on.

At twelve o'clock in the night, the other five transport planes all arrived at the first stop in the Cavill desert and landed safely.

The commandos nervously unloaded their belongings from the plane, preparing to transfer to the incoming helicopters, but the sixteen Seahorse helicopters, which were scheduled to arrive here at twelve o'clock, were nowhere to be found.

Colonel Beckway anxiously walked back and forth, always efficient and intolerant of procrastination and laxity, and as soon as the time came, he immediately contacted his superiors at the secret bases in the Middle East.

The radiophone was sent by a disguised electronic device, not afraid of eavesdropping, and the other party heard that sixteen helicopters had taken off from the aircraft carrier on time and were heading towards the Cavill desert, perhaps because they were in trouble along the way, thus delaying the rendezvous.

There was no way, Beckway had to continue to wait patiently.

Forty minutes later, a helicopter formation finally arrived; Then, after another hour, the other helicopters arrived.

The helicopter arrived more than an hour later than scheduled because of a sandstorm on the way.

The Seahorse helicopter was originally used for laying mines and clearing mines at sea, but this time in order to rescue the hostages, it has been specially modified, the volume of the fuel tank has been increased, and it is also equipped with a night navigation device.

When flying at night, the newly installed infrared device will scan the front of the aircraft, providing the pilot with a clear view of the ground below the front in the dark, which is very beneficial for ultra-low-altitude night flights in the mountains of Iran.

However, even with these advanced equipment, there is nothing that can be done in the event of a sandstorm.

Sandstorms are one of the most common and severe weather conditions in desert areas.

When the sandstorm hits, from a distance, the yellow sand is flying all over the sky, and quickly spreads and spreads, just like an overwhelming, huge sand wall swept in, everywhere it goes, the sand flies away the stones, the moon has no light, the sand particles hit people can not open their eyes, sometimes even more than ten meters away from the place can not see clearly.

Needless to say, it is very dangerous for an airplane to have such weather.

Sandstorms make it difficult for aircraft to see ground targets, making it difficult to get lost and land; In addition, the flying sand particles in the sky will cause serious interference to the radio signal, making the various communication instruments and radar equipment on the plane less efficient or even unable to work.

This, not the most dangerous, is that a large amount of sand may invade the engine and the inside of the body, causing a series of mechanical and electrical failures.

Not only that, but the strong winds also make it difficult for the helicopter to operate, which is very dangerous and can easily cause the plane to crash.

So, despite its excellent armament, the Seahorse helicopter is seriously threatened in the face of sandstorms.

Only twelve of the sixteen Seahorse helicopters arrived, the four that did not arrive had problems, two returned, and two were abandoned in the desert.

Beckwes was glad that when the plan was made, there were originally only eight Seahorse helicopters, but at his insistence, the number of helicopters was increased to sixteen.

It's prepared.

At 3:14 a.m., twelve Seahorse helicopters landed at an undisclosed location in the mountains outside Tehran.

From this secret location, Beckway led ninety commandos in a car, under the cover of night, to Tehran.

On the outskirts of the city, the car stopped, and after Beckway and his assault team got out of the car, the car was driven away by the undercover agents.

Time, the key to the success of rescuing the hostages is time, which was delayed by the sandstorm for more than an hour, and now, Beckway has to race against time.

The assault team made a rapid advance towards the US Embassy.

There were still about eight hundred meters from the embassy, and suddenly, several strong beams of light enveloped the commandos.

It's the beam of a searchlight, but there shouldn't be a searchlight here.

Beckwis reacted immediately, realizing that he had broken into a trap that had been prepared long ago.

Gunfire erupted.

Should have surrendered immediately, but there was no time to surrender, and the commandos instinctively broke into a nearby building.

Hiding in the building, Beckway knew they had no chance, and even if they were lucky enough to get out of the way, most of the team members would inevitably be killed, and that was not the outcome he wanted.

Beckway's idea of surrender, surrender, is just more hostages in the embassy.

Everyone who did the special task was smart people, and no one objected to surrender, but no one expected that they would not even have a chance to surrender.

Outcrops die one by one.

Beckway immediately understood that the Iranians wanted them to stay here.

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Washington soon got the news, and no one else said it, and President Carter's face turned green as soon as he heard the news.

The general election is coming soon, and re-election is already very problematic, and now, don't think about it at all.

The TV footage came, and the big man's face turned green.

The American GIs, who were supposed to be wise and martial, were really miserable in the TV picture and embarrassed the face of the powerful United States.

It's tolerable, it's unbearable!

The bigwigs were furious and planned to step up their efforts to provide more aid to Saddam Hussein and let Saddam do it as soon as possible.

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Brothers are against the wall and outside to resist their insults.

This statement is wrong, does not correspond to the facts, and is a good wish at best.

Once the brother is in trouble, the degree of your life and death is much stronger than that of foreign insults. The reason is simple, foreign insults are far away, and brothers are close.

Iran and Iraq are such brothers.

The Shatt al-Arab is the border between Iran and Iraq, and the two countries have disputed the ownership of the Shatt al-Arab for centuries.

The problem was not too serious before, but it has become so serious since the Shatt al-Arab became a conduit for oil exports from both countries.

In addition, the long-standing ethnic and religious differences between the two countries and their desire to dominate the Gulf region have always been tense, and minor border conflicts have continued.

Previously, the United States covered Iran, and Iraq, although relying on the Soviet Union, had no choice.

Now, here's your chance.

Iran's political turmoil, economic deterioration, and military instability after Khomeini came to power, especially Iran's complete hostility with the United States, is definitely an excellent opportunity for Iraq to launch a war and regain lost territory.

Saddam Hussein, who has only been in power for a short time, is trying to give Iraq regional hegemony, and a successful war against Iran could make Iraq a hegemon in the Gulf region and control the oil trade.

For the ambitious Saddam, this temptation was hard to resist.

As soon as a revolution broke out in Iran, the president's national security adviser Zbignew? Zbigniew Brzezinski put forward this plan.

To be honest, as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, the United States does not want to provoke a war between Iran and Iraq, because the United States is now the biggest beneficiary of the Middle East pattern, and once Iran and Iraq fight, it will give the Soviet Union a good opportunity to intervene in the Middle East.

Therefore, although there is a hostage crisis, this arrow is not triggered, but it is not possible now.

Moreover, provoking the Iran-Iraq war has another advantage, which will make it less easy for Chinese to eat the fat of Iran.

Saudi Arabia has always regarded Iran as a thorn in the side, while Iraq is a Sunni in power, so Saudi Arabia will be a staunch supporter of Saddam.

In this way, it is difficult for China to do, and it is difficult for the Chinese to do it, and the big people are the happiest.

In fact, there is no need to pick a war between Iran and Iraq, as long as the United States shows its attitude, it is enough.

Iran's weapons are all American, and as long as the United States does not provide Iranian weapons with spare parts, Iran will not have much strength left.

Now, the United States is not only completely at war with Iran, but also wants to give Iraq weapons, and if Saddam Hussein can hold back, then the big men of the United States will commit suicide en masse.

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The big people hate, they hate the Chinese, and the Chinese have lion mouths and open too big.

500 million in China and 300 million in Pakistan per month.

Adults hate China, of course, because Chinese always die for money, but what makes them even more resentful is that every time Chinese speak, they have to satisfy the Chinese's coercion.

The Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan was absolutely unacceptable to the United States, because once the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan, it would be able to go straight to the Arabian Sea and compete with the United States for hegemony in the Persian Gulf.

There is also hate, no matter what they want to do in Pakistan, it will never be possible without the nod of the Chinese, and the Chinese actually use their money to entrap Pakistan.

It's so hateful!

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In the early morning of 27 August 1980, Iraq mobilized a large number of planes to carry out air strikes on 15 cities and air bases, including Tehran, the capital of Iran.

The Iran-Iraq war broke out.

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Zhang Xiaoping hurriedly walked into the official residence of Iranian President Bani Sadr.

Zhang Xiaoping is China's ambassador to Iran, and this is an urgent appointment for Iranian President Bani Sadr.

President Bani Sadr personally welcomed Zhang Xiaoping in, and after taking his seat, he immediately went straight to the point and said: "Mr. Ambassador, you know the situation, we need weapons, and I hope that Chinese friends can provide them." ”

"Mr. President, as a sincere friend of the Iranian people, we are very willing to provide some help within our capacity." Speaking of this, after a pause, Zhang Xiaoping said: "However, Mr. President, there are some things that we need to make clear now. ”

What friends are not friends, all they think about is interests, but even if they think so in their hearts, they can't say it, Bani Sadr said: "Mr. Ambassador, no matter what conditions your country has, you can say it, and we will consider it." ”

"Mr. President, then I'll take the liberty of it." Zhang Xiaoping became serious and said: "We know that your country is in trouble now, we will provide weapons to your country at cost price, and you can also pay on credit, for ten or twenty years." ”

Bani Sadr was stunned, he already knew the Chinese very well, and knew that the Chinese spoke one one, two two, and never a false sentence.

The weapons they need are not a small amount, this Chinese must be clear, and such a large number of weapons can be on credit for so long, even if the Chinese want them to exchange oil fields, the conditions are too generous.

However, Bani Sadr felt that the Chinese did not seem to be for the oil fields, but if they were not for the oil fields, then what else did they have that the Chinese could look at?

Looking at Zhang Xiaoping, Bani Sadr was a little confused.

(To be continued)