Chapter 199: Merkava is abused
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In the early morning of 7/2/92. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was a sleepless night, on which no one noticed that in the calm Sinai region, a powerful force suddenly appeared.
The 35th Panzer Division, in an incredible way, reached the Duhail area on the Gaza border.
Here, they are fully prepared, and when the morning comes, their attack will begin.
All the ground-effect aircraft were used to transport the reloaded 35th Armored Division, and the Marines had to reach the designated position by their own means.
While the 35th Panzer Division was flying over the sea and desert, the Desert Leopard infantry fighting vehicles of the Marine Corps were also assembling at their designated positions.
The Marine Corps, completely relying on their own skills, is actually very simple, because their infantry fighting vehicles have amphibious capabilities.
In the early hours of 1 July, they had already launched from the Sheikh Humad area, crossed the Gulf of Aqaba and entered the Sinai Peninsula.
After the crossing, they hid in the mountains of the southern Sinai Peninsula, waited until it was dark, and began their long journey, reaching the Gussemai region in the early hours of the 2nd.
The time for the general attack is getting closer and closer.
The 48 helicopter gunships of the 35th Armored Division have also flown to the air base in the Sinai Peninsula at an ultra-low altitude, and they will support the attack of the armored division as soon as it is dawn.
In addition to the main attacking force, the 1st, 10th, and 47th Armored Divisions of the reserve, as well as two Saudi armored divisions, all entered Jordanian territory.
Two squadrons of Mirage 4000 fighters from Iraq's Northern Military Region, two Mirage 4000 squadrons from the Southern Military Region, and two of the latest Ericsson Divine Eye early warning aircraft were also transferred to Saudi Arabia's Useli Air Base that night.
They use all heavy air supremacy fighters, and their mission is to seize air supremacy over Gaza and protect the safety of their own attack forces, and at the same time, two Mirage 4000 squadrons of the Saudi Air Force will also participate in this mission.
There is no need to use too many warplanes, because the airspace in Gaza is too narrow. Saudi Arabia also did not use F-15 fighters, because, Qusay still has concerns about these, will the American-made fighters have some back-up?
At the same time, the second-line air force is also ready, and in the event of an escalation of the conflict, Iraq will also devote its main air force to the task of fighting for air supremacy.
When waging this war, Qusay was careful not to expand the scale of the war, and how to obtain the maximum benefit at the minimum cost was what he was most concerned about.
Until now, the United States and the Israeli side have remained in the dark, unbeknownst to them, that Iraq has sharpened its knives.
Gaza, the territory of the Palestinians, must no longer be ravaged by Israel!
The eastern sky gradually brightened, and just as the sun was just peeking out, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat made a statement to the world.
"Gaza is the sacred territory of our Palestinian State, and now it is experiencing war, and Israel has crossed the border to attack the territory of our Palestinian State in disregard of the relevant United Nations resolutions, which is a serious act of aggression, but we, the Palestine Liberation Forces, do not have enough strength to defend our territory, so we invite other Arab countries to come forward to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Palestine, maintain peace in Gaza, and stop the war there!"
Arafat's eyes were bloodshot, and the war over the past few days had made him haggard, but his eyes were still bright and his spirits were still uplifted.
There, about to drive out the invaders and become their real territory!
At this time, the whole world has not yet reacted, could it be that Arafat is talking in his sleep?
Just after Arafat's statement, Iraq issued a statement at the same time.
"In order to help our fellow Palestinians and to restore peace in Gaza, we in Iraq have decided to join forces with other Arab countries to organize a peacekeeping force to be stationed in Gaza. As the territory of the State of Palestine, Gaza is now suffering from brutal aggression, and we hope that the aggressors will immediately lay down their arms and withdraw from Gaza, and at the same time, we declare the skies over Gaza a no-fly zone, and any plane flying over it will be shot down! ”
Iraq, at last, is about to make a move, at this time the Israeli Ministry of Defense duty personnel, immediately realized that the situation was not good, just when they urgently notified the Minister of Defense, the Prime Minister and others, the battle had already begun.
At the same time as Iraq's statement, Iraq's ground forces had already begun their operations.
In order to prevent the smuggling of goods in the border areas, Israel has closed all the land between Gaza and Egypt with barbed wire, power grids, and checkpoints at intervals.
However, just this morning, the power grid has failed, and all five checkpoints on the border north of Duhail have lost their voices.
They didn't have any urgent intelligence to report back, and they were all killed by Iraqi special forces before dawn.
The Rattlesnake special forces emerged from the tunnels and appeared completely behind the Israelis, who had already been captured by the Rattlesnake special forces without any defense.
What Iraq needs most now is time! If the Israelis don't react, they need to recover the whole of Gaza!
North of Duhair, Iraq's steel frenzy is pouring towards the border.
The Gaza Strip is only 350 square kilometers in total, and the width from north to south is only 40 kilometers, which is an hour's off-road journey of a tank.
Ali's ** armored regiment rushed to the front, the 1200-horsepower engine was roaring, the tail was billowing with smoke, and the raised sand was obscuring the sky.
Rush, rush, enter Gaza City before Israel can react, drive the Jews away, and liberate all of Gaza!
The tracks kept moving on the ground, and the tanks, with their barrels held high, rushed forward.
Beyond the small town of Rafah, over Hanyounis, the most fertile land in the middle, was the Jewish settlement.
The Jews who lived here for morning exercises, were surprised to see the army approaching in the distance, and thought it was their own army, until the tanks approached, and the experienced Jews immediately realized, "Oops!" This is the Arab army!
Jews are required to serve in the military as long as they are of appropriate age, which leads to the fact that Jews are also very rich in military knowledge, that kind of tank, very much like the T-72 tank of the Soviets, and especially, the flag on the tank antenna is the flag of the Iraqi army!
The Iraqis are coming! How did they get here?
After a long time, only a few people reacted, hurry up and report to the top!
However, they found that their own phones could no longer be dialed, and their entire communication line had been completely destroyed last night.
Then, the power supply in the entire settlement area was also cut off, and the special forces responsible for taking out the transmission line had an accident and had only now completed their mission.
The armored division didn't care about the problems of these Jewish settlements, they had only one goal, Gaza!
Hades was very depressed, because this was his task.
He didn't get the fight, this kind of thing is his business.
The Marines entered from another location and followed the 35th Panzer Division, whose mission was to wipe the ass of the 35th Panzer Division: to spy on the Jewish settlements.
As far as civilians are concerned, Iraq absolutely must not take any action, not only can they not come out to engage in sabotage, but at the same time, it is also necessary to prevent any "righteous" people, and now that the opportunity has come, they will pick up an assault rifle and give them a shuttle, which will make Iraq look ugly in the international community.
The armored group, continuing to advance, finally came to the periphery of the Gaza Strip after half an hour of rushing through the border line.
Here, the 460th Armored Brigade, which had just received the news, came out of the city of Gaza and ushered in.
The 460th Armored Brigade is an important armored brigade in Israel, equipped with Israel's latest development Merkava MK3 tanks, a total of three tank battalions, with 100 such tanks. There is also an armored engineer battalion, an armored reconnaissance company, as well as an anti-tank missile company.
Compared with the original MK2, the most important change is probably the replacement of a 120 mm smoothbore gun, which is far more than the original 105 mm rifled gun.
As soon as they left the city, they had already spotted the torrent of steel in Iraq, which had already washed up to a distance of only four thousand meters from them.
"Combat readiness, armor-piercing shells!" Brigadier Ranag shouted.
The Israeli army is skilled in combat, and although they are now in an encounter, they are all preparing quickly, turning on various fire control equipment, activating the laser rangefinder, and an armor-piercing projectile, which has been stuffed into the chamber.
At this moment, the commander, who was watching from the periscope, found a scene that surprised them.
On the opposite side of the tank's muzzle, there was a puff of smoke, which means that they have fired shells!
How is this possible! The distance is now 4,000 meters!
There are only two possibilities, the first is that the people on the other side, like the Arabs at the beginning, can give themselves the courage to fire cannonballs from a distance, and they are firing aimlessly.
Second, they already have advanced weapons to attack at such a distance!
Brigade Commander Lanag arrived in Germany for further study half a year ago, and he immediately thought of a possibility that it would be possible to attack at such a distance, for example, the Soviet Union had artillery missiles!
After the reunification of the two Germanys, many Soviet weapons were thoroughly studied by the West, such as the MiG-29 fighter, the helmet sight on it and the large off-axis missile, for example, the artillery missile of the T-80 tank, they have begun to familiarize themselves with Soviet weapons.
"Stop moving forward, go backwards immediately!" Brigadier Ranag immediately shouted over the radio that he had no other way to do it, hoping that this last trick would work. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )