Chapter 664: Merkava Tank
"We will divide into three lines of attack, of which the west road is our main direction of attack, and we have successively invested six brigades, 35,000 people, more than 300 tanks, divided into three echelons, starting from the Nahariya and Rushhanikla areas, in Nakura, bint Jubail through the areas controlled by the Haddad militia and the United Nations forces, and at the same time, with the cooperation of the Christian right-wing militia from the north, we have carried out a major encirclement of Beirut, and have taken turns bombing the western district of Beirut and the international airport in the southern suburbs, and our ships have blockaded Beirut from the sea. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info the middle of the road as the direction of the assist, attacking the Syrian armored forces in the Schuw area, and controlling the road from Beirut to Damascus. The eastern road is the diversion direction, along the western side of the Bekaa Valley to the north, towards Beirut. Sharon said.
I don't know how many times I have planned the specific tactics, but now, the plan is absolutely mature!
Bekaa Valley! Looking at this narrow area on the map, Bechin said: "Our main enemy is not the PLO, but the army of Xulia, although the army of Xulia is attacking Turkey, but the army they remain in the Bekaa Valley is not mobilized, and it is always fully loaded. ”
Now, the backstage of the PLO is Xu Lia! Syria seems to have treated them as an occupation force in Lebanon, deploying a large number of troops in the Bekaa Valley.
The Bekaa Valley, located in the eastern part of Lebanon near the border area of Xulia, is a narrow strip of land from south to north, the valley is surrounded by high mountains on both sides, the terrain is dangerous, the inner land of the valley floor is fertile, the climate is mild, the vegetation is luxuriant, and it is the largest agricultural area in Lebanon.
In addition to the main ground forces, because of Israel's strong air power, in order to protect Syria's ground forces from Israeli air strikes, Xulia has deployed air defense units in the Bekaa Valley with Sam-6 missiles as the main equipment.
"Our Air Force is ready, and the situation in the last war will not be repeated." "Our air force will turn the Syrian army in the Bekaa Valley into pieces," Sharon said. ”
In the last war in the Middle East, Israel lost hundreds of warplanes, almost all of them were shot down by Syrian SAM-6 missiles, the Syrians trust this missile quite a lot, in the Bekaa Valley, a total of 14 missile batteries are deployed everywhere, as long as the Israeli planes come again, they will continue to shoot down their planes mercilessly as they did last time!
Unfortunately, they don't know that the Jews are the smartest people in the world, and what they are best at is learning, that is, learning from failures, and such a tragedy cannot happen again!
The Israeli Air Force is already gearing up, waiting for the opportunity to take revenge and wash away the shame of the past!
On November 6, 81, half a year earlier than in history, the Israeli army began to invade Lebanon!
Israel's accession has made the situation in the Middle East even more complicated! By now, the major countries of the Middle East have been drawn into this conflict!
Israel dispatched about 20,000 troops from four brigades, and after five hours of artillery and aviation fire preparation, with the support of helicopter gunships and naval and air force and artillery fire, launched a surprise attack on the PLO guerrillas on a frontage 53 kilometers wide in the west, center, and east.
Tanks are moving quickly, these tanks are very different from the appearance of previous tanks, as far as the turret is concerned, this kind of turret is quite narrow, the front is almost a large angle of armor, directly transitioning to the back! The front is small, the back is large, and the whole thing looks like a fusiform dart, and at the same time, behind the turret, there are some iron chains, like a curtain on a child's buttocks.
The whole turret, the position is a little back, the front end of the hull, occupies more space, and on the side of the hull, there are also some holes for heat dissipation, as long as you see this unique shape of the tank, you know that it is the so-called Merkava tank made by the Israelis who has learned the most experience from the war!
The three major elements of the tank, firepower, mobility, and protection, if they can be balanced, it is the best, and the Israelis, but they are going to one extreme, for them, protection is always the most important!
For protection, the Israelis designed the tank turret to look like this, not caring at all what the interior space would be, in short, the frontal projection area was minimal. And the reason for the wide front of the hull is that Israel let the tank engine be put in front!
Except for Merkava, you will never see the second tank with the engine in front, the other tanks, the engine is at the end, and the reason why the Israelis designed it this way is that once their own tank is hit, the engine will hit first! With the engine in the way, the people behind have a better chance of surviving!
Such a perverted scheme caused the discomfort of the driver at this time. The engine occupies most of the space on the right, and the driver can only squeeze into the narrow left end, although the air conditioning in the body is running at full power, the driver still feels the right engine scorching him.
Sweat soaked the driver's body, and as an Israeli armored soldier, he still held on!
The Israeli 401 Armored Brigade, as the middle army, took on the task of assisting, and at the same time, their progress was extremely rapid!
On the morning of the 6th, the 401st Armored Brigade set out from the Chemora area, crossed Haldali, surrounded Fort Shajiv, and began to storm Fort Shajiv in the afternoon, which was conquered at dawn on the 7th. After that, they continued their advance to the north, preparing to reach the Jejin area. After capturing the city of Jezin, they divided their forces into two routes, all the way to the west, and joined the siege of Zahrani and Saida; All the way to the north, attack the Syrian armored forces in the Chow area.
And now, on the way to Jezin! Despite continuous battles, their morale is still high! Although they are the middle lane of the assist, they are the fastest progressive!
For the Israeli armored forces, they have only one task, and that is to attack, attack, and attack!
The commander of the armored brigade, Nako, sat in the turret of a Merkava tank, constantly observing the situation ahead through the commander's circumferential sight.
Israel's territory is small, and only constant attacks can gain room for survival, and Nako has participated in two Middle East wars and can be regarded as an experienced veteran.
For tank troops, the fateful battle is to fight the enemy's tank troops! In the Golan Heights, Israel's tank crews are writing legendary myths with their victories, and now, they will continue to write victories! (To be continued.) )