Chapter 268: Fight, Fight!
At this time, Margaret Thatcher was also in a dilemma, because her expeditionary force needed oil even more, and without oil, the expeditionary force would lose momentum.
However, it only strengthened her belief that the solution to the problem, in addition to waiting, has one more, before the fuel runs out, to solve the battle!
Although, that would mean more sacrifices, there is no better way.
Britain's foreign policy has always followed the United States, and the United States firmly supports Israel, so Britain has to insist on it, and besides, Israel's military action this time was also caused by the assassination of its ambassador to Britain, and Britain has no reason to withdraw.
Britain had already begun to conserve fuel at home, sending supplies to the expeditionary force for the last time, and Margaret Thatcher ordered the commander of the expeditionary force, Rear Admiral Woodward, to quickly capture the Falklands at all costs!
Margaret Thatcher had a firm surname, and at some point, she was also able to take a desperate bet.
Upon receiving the order, Rear Admiral Woodward immediately and steadfastly carried it out, for, despite the heavy losses of the naval ships, they had firmly occupied the landing site on the Falklands and were advancing inward.
Resolving the battle before running out of fuel was like a shipwreck, and the British army burst out with great combat effectiveness.
Moreover, there was another favorable factor: the British had already deciphered the radio code of the Argentine army, and all the contents of their telegrams, which had already been intercepted and deciphered.
The Argentine Air Force went out again and sank several British [***] ships with Exocet missiles, and the British troops, despite heavy losses, held out.
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In such a big historical event, the Soviet Union, as another superpower, did not react at all.
Because at this time, the supreme commander of the Soviet Union, the first general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Brezhnev, who had been in office for nearly 20 years, had been lying ill for a long time, and the power struggle in the Soviet Union was very powerful, and several capable people were staring at that position.
"I didn't expect the United States to really make such a big move!" Zhang Feng, who is still in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, said with a sigh after learning of the reaction of the US military.
The Americans, for example, always like to resort to such a trick: stop the sale of weapons. What was the deposit you paid beforehand? Deserve! Who asked you to pay, this is called Zhou Yu playing Huang Gai.
Once it does not meet the appetite of the United States, he will throw such a big stick at any time, for no other reason, the Yankees' weapons are really advanced.
And the other country, France, is completely passive, the French want to make money, but, in order to unite the front, they have to suspend the sale, such as Exocet missiles, in fact, it is Zhang Feng who takes advantage.
In this regard, Zhang Feng prefers to do business with that country in the East, but the other party's weapons and surnames are really poor!
If the United States stops selling weapons like this, the matter of the F-20 will be delayed indefinitely, but Zhang Feng is very confident, because he still has a trump card in his hand, General Adam, if I don't squeeze your juice dry, how can I let you go so easily? When the F-20 business is completely over before he can be released, those Jewish forces in the United States still have to think about it.
Besides, Northrop should be even more anxious, besides himself, who else wants to buy a fighter like theirs that even the US Air Force is not willing to equip?
The Americans' aircraft carriers are coming, but it's really **naked intimidation, the Americans' aircraft carriers? One day, Iraq will also have its own aircraft carriers! Zhang Feng said to himself in his heart.
And on this issue, the Arabs will never compromise!
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"Phew!" Sharon stepped out of a Merkava MK1 tank and spat on it.
The Merkava MK1 is another milestone in Israel's independent development of weapons, just like the Kindergarten fighter.
At the time of the third Middle East war, European countries could not withstand the coercion and stopped exporting advanced tanks to Israel.
Later, Israel realized that it had to develop its own research and development in order not to be choked in the war, even if it was its ally the United States, which was inferior to its own. In this case, after ten years of development, the Merkava tank was finally finalized.
Unlike tanks in other countries around the world, Israeli tanks have the engine compartment in the front, the entire turret moved back, and the member cockpit in the back.
Although the forward movement of the engine led to a number of inconveniences, for example, the huge heat of the engine, which was a serious test for the driver in front, and the position in front was not large enough, which led to the limited horsepower of the engine, however, everything did not outweigh its advantages: in this way, the protection of the tank was increased.
On the battlefield, most of the tanks are penetrated from the front, and the tanks of other countries only have the main armor in front, while the Merkava tank penetrates the main armor and the engine is in the way! No matter how powerful the armor-piercing projectile is, after passing through the engine, it will be boring for a long time.
There is no country in the world whose armored forces have undergone more actual combat than Israel's armored forces, so they are the most vocal, and the theory of maneuver promoted by the armored designers does not apply, or increasing the protection is the most important thing!
Therefore, the Merkava tank looks a little deformed, and the turret is also very short, however, freeing up space in the rear, the Merkava tank carries a lot of ammunition, and the ammunition of 92 105 mm caliber guns is absolutely amazing.
Sharon, as Minister of Defense, at this moment, despite the opposition of many, appeared on the periphery of Beirut.
Here, Israel met with the strongest resistance, and even the armored forces of Syria were involved.
However, the IDF must defeat the Syrians, wipe out the PLO, and put the Christian forces in Lebanon to power!
Sharon, who has experienced many wars, still likes to smell the smell of gunpowder, and after arriving at the border by helicopter, he followed the armored troops all the way.
After a long jolt, Sharon was a little tired, and he stepped out of the tank to get some fresh air.
Behind him, one tank after another, drove by, one after another.
Fight, boys! Israel's future needs you to fight! Sharon said in his heart.
In the sky, helicopter gunships are also rushing to help, and their target is Beirut!
Whether it is a long-distance interspersed or a street battle, the Israeli army is invincible!
"Report, intelligence found that two days ago, the unit that carried out large-scale interference on us was still on the peaks of the Bekaa Valley!" Suddenly, an operations staff officer came running and reported, and at the same time pulled out a large-scale map.
Still there? Sharon looked at the contour line on the map and said, "Send the Kingfisher special forces and kill them!" ”
Although after the AWACS aircraft took off, the battlefield was monitored again, and the Israeli Air Force planned to carry out a second mission to bomb the Bekaa Valley, but only one Israeli electronic warfare plane had already been shot down, and moreover, it had lost experienced electronic warfare officers, and even two senior Israeli engineers in electronic warfare who took off randomly.
At this time, the interference source on the ground reappeared, and the other party's jamming ability was so strong that the F-15's jamming pod was suppressed, so the Israeli Air Force did not risk attacking again, they needed to kill the electronic jamming team first.
At the same time, Sharon and others are also very strange, where did this electronic jamming unit come from?
You know, only PLO partisans with AK-47 assault rifles can have a few tanks, and they simply can't have electronic jamming troops.
However, that position was indeed the defense area of the PLO guerrillas.
Moreover, this jamming detachment, at the most critical moment, does not interfere for more than fifteen minutes at a time, and then it will be transferred.
Now, under the strong offensive of the Israeli army, the members of the PLO guerrillas on the peaks of the Bekaa Valley are constantly being transferred to the front line, and they can take advantage of the emptiness of the other side to knock out this small detachment.
After receiving the order, the Kingfisher special forces attacked again.
They flew in a CH-53 helicopter at an ultra-low altitude in the direction of the Bekaa Valley.
"Captain, I've been sitting on this mountain for a long time, and it's really boring to see that the battle under the mountain is starting, and we can't participate in the war!" Said a member of the Sidewinder special forces.