A series of dazzling political deals between China and the Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia's declaration of war, the support of various sheikhs, the abdication of Reza Khan, and Pahlavi's appointment as the new king of Iran caught the world off guard. After calming down, careful people will find that in this diplomatic and military operation, Yang Qiu directly abandoned the previous principle of consulting Britain, France, the United States and other countries, unceremoniously intervened in the war, and excluded Britain, which had major interests in the Persian Gulf!

No matter what the explanation is later, there is one thing that historians recognize, that is, after reunification in 1915 and 24 years of development, although there are still problems in the country, China under the leadership of Yang Qiu can't wait to establish the image of an Asian leader through this war! It was Britain who reacted most violently, but before Chamberlain and Parliament could express their anger, news of the fall of Burma, the return of the Japanese army into Bengal and the resurgence of German troops in Poland once again ruthlessly shattered the illusions of the British Empire.

After Britain chose to remain silent, it is even more unlikely that France, Italy, the United States and other countries will intervene in the Iranian war at this time. Of course, they are not well-intentioned, but waiting to reap the benefits, so except for Italy, which lacks oil, the rest of the countries have tightened their exports to China, especially to Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf.

These are difficult years, and Yang Qiu understands very well that before the world situation is completely clear, he must face the whole world alone! Therefore, the significance of this war not only determines the fate of China and the Soviet Union, but also rises to whether his Asian policy can be realized. So after giving the order, he refused the request of Xu Gesen, Jensen and others to meet, and quietly waited for the battle report from the front.

In the early hours of the morning, thousands of pilots stood in front of the landline at the Hofuf airbase. Xiong Bofei's thunderbolt has been printed with five small golden dragons, and his position has also been ranked at the front, but he doesn't dare to be proud, because the one who is standing in front of him is the old ace of the Air Force. Major General Zhao Meihang, commander of the Persian Gulf Air Force.

This is one of the legendary figures second only to generals such as Xue Muhua and Yu Lei! In the European War, 14 were effectively shot down, 4 were shot down in the First Afghan War, 21 were dealt with in the air of new aircraft, and 3 forced landings were made to save fighters, including jets sent to troops for test flights. Flying all types of aircraft in the sea and air, the cumulative flight time is 12,000 hours, basically 1.6 hours a day for 20 years! Even the performance limit of Thunderbolt was led by him to fly out.

"The president's order has come down! We're going to strike today! Go and defeat the invaders and defend the interests of the Republic! Complete the sacred mission entrusted by the motherland! "After coming to Saudi Arabia, he kept quiet, buried himself in air force affairs and didn't care about other things, so that Bai Chongxi complained a lot about the major general of the air force. Now like a lion, his sleeves and eyes breathing fire, agitating his pilots: "Tell the truth! Since I turned on the plane, no one has ever dropped a bomb on my head! It's only a taste of it when you come here! I'm going to ask you, do you feel comfortable being on your head?! ”

"It's uncomfortable!" The pilots collectively gritted their teeth.

"That's it! Hit back! Clear the skies over Persia! Go tell the Soviets, tell the whole world! Our nation not only has the legendary flying gods, but also you! Above the Nine Skies. It is the land of dragons! It's the world where you've made great achievements! ”

"Defend the country! Sweep the skies! ”

"Let's go!"

"Let's go!"

One by one, one by one, a military salute. The Hufuf base and the surrounding four airports all took action, and the national flag flying high became a totem in everyone's minds. The thunderbolts and snakes that protect the bombers are the H-5 with a full load of 3 tons and the H-7 with a full load of 8 tons. There are also 578 double-headed warhawks that are responsible for interdiction and interception in the air, and they began to turn their propellers one by one.

"How about Fat Bear let me do a long machine this time?" A thunderbolt printed with two small golden dragons slowly slid past Xiong Bofei's landline, and wingman Wang Lan defiantly waved his fist at the long plane.

"You're a mallet. Take good as your wingman to go. Xiong Bofei ignored the bastard and carefully checked his loadsuit, parachute, harness and survival kit. The latest equipment for anti-loading, because no fighter is invincible. Altitude and maneuverability are the keys to victory in the air. Therefore, in order to help pilots overcome dizziness and black vision during high-overload maneuvers, the Aerospace Administration of the Republic of China secretly imitated anti-load clothing according to some top-secret drawings ten years ago, and began to manufacture finished products in batches last year.

He was really not in a hurry, because this time the target was Ahvaz and the surrounding Soviet bases, with a straight flight range of 577 kilometers, and there were more than 500 Soviet planes around, including at least 50 BF109s, and some of them were fighting. However, the distance made him worried, because the lightning and the snake are not long-range fighters, and the base near Kuwait was cleaned up by a sandstorm a few days ago, so the escort thunderbolt and the short-legged snake were hung with double fuel tanks, and even the long-range double-headed Jiao was hung with an auxiliary fuel tank.

"That's more than anyone else!" Wang Lan laughed, dropped Xiong Bofei, who was surging with battle flames, and was the first to rush into the sky.

At the same time that one after another Air Force warhawks rushed into the night sky one after another, the 22 Fleet, which had infiltrated the Persian Gulf at night, 130 kilometers off the coast of Bushehr Port in central Iran, was also busy. In the center of the fleet are the core aircraft carriers Xizang and Xikang, two Xiangjiang-class light cruisers cover the east and are responsible for air defense, and the outermost part is a destroyer and protection formation composed of 6 destroyers and 11 frigates.

Next to the fleet, a landing formation consisting of 10 Tianshan-class landing ships and 22 transport ships is heading north in two groups under the protection of the heavy cruiser formation.

"Sir, it's a British destroyer, do you want to send a destroyer formation to expel it?" Pan Duheng, captain of the 22nd Fleet's flagship Tibet and a staff officer of the fleet's aviation operations, handed the telescope to Zhu Binhou. In the night, a British W-class destroyer flashing red crash lights 17 nautical miles away was silently watching this side.

"No need. Where the fart is big, you can't hide it. Zhu Binhou stopped Pan Duheng's suggestion. The Persian Gulf is too narrow, and since Britain wants to see it, let them look good. He was more concerned about how the landing would unfold and asked, "Is there a landing plan?" ”

"The plan of the headquarters is that the Xiangjiang and the Air Force cover 8 transport ships and a regiment of the 72nd Motor Infantry Division of the 18th Army, and put on a posture of going ashore from Liluo Port to attract the Soviet troops to move closer to the south. The 22nd Separate Armored Regiment and the 21st Infantry Division, the main forces of which were protected by us, disembarked from the Arvand area east of the Shatt al-Arab, at the mouth of the Iranian sea. This is the estuary of the river, which is scoured with sediment and siltation all year round, the water depth is shallow and the terrain is open, which is very suitable for landing ships to directly hit the beach. It can also give full play to the firepower advantage of the heavy patrol. In addition, in order to avoid irritating the British army, the Soviet army had only one infantry division and one tank regiment in Abadan, so after going ashore, the 22 separate regiment would attack Abadan along the Shatt al-Arab to prevent the British from intervening! ”

"What, there is intelligence?"

"There are no specifics, but the British have four infantry battalions in Basra, and two divisions in Kuwait behind, so General White is worried that they will take advantage of our attack on Ahvaz to capture Abadan."

Zhu Binhou frowned, in fact, in his opinion. Although Iran is a mountainous plateau country, its coast is a flat desert area, the Soviet army has no navy, air supremacy has been lost, and there is no heavy firepower, and there is no way to build anti-landing fortifications on the soft sand, so there is no need to be so cautious. I think it should be the first time to fight a landing battle, which is why the staff is so cautious, and they also gave the landing operation a code name of "path-finding."

Pan Duheng was just about to continue talking about the landing plan. Chief of Staff Deng Haoqian walked in: "Commander, the time is up." ”

Zhu Binhou looked up, and the lights were already bright outside the window. The deck lights of both aircraft carriers have all been turned on. Under the lights, 72 Gaugnado fighters, 48 Yaksha dive bombers, 60 Osprey torpedoes/horizontal bombers covered the deck. Although naval aviation has not been as showy as the Air Force in recent years. But both the quality of personnel and the performance of fighters are actually higher than those of the Air Force, except for the Lightning that has not yet equipped the 22nd fleet, the Mighty Wind, Yaksha and Osprey are all new aircraft that have been installed in 35 years.

In view of the poor strength of national aviation design, Yang Qiu strengthened the technical capabilities of aviation and navy. Almost all the drawings of ships, aviation, engines, tanks and other equipment in World War II and early post-war were reproduced and stuffed to the research department, and this work was handed over to Rui Yao for the sake of confidentiality. Therefore, equipment at the end of the war, such as Thunderbolt, can be built immediately as soon as there is a breakthrough in key technologies. It's nothing more than a slight difference in performance.

Because the naval aviation only had a 1200 horsepower engine when it chose the second-generation carrier-based aircraft, it chose the Zero-Fight, SBD Dreadnought and TBF Avenger as the second-generation carrier-based aircraft. Of course, the Chinese aviation masters led by Wang Zhu and Zhou Houkun will not simply imitate, they will make significant modifications to the original technology according to their own ideas and national needs. Therefore, although the planes of the Republic of China are very similar to the classic fighters of later generations, most of them are actually newly designed. For example, although the 1200-horsepower Lifeng was born out of zero war, it strengthened its protection according to the standards of the Republic of China itself, sacrificing part of its range and maneuverability, and increasing the maximum take-off weight of 2.6 tons to 3.5 tons. The Yaksha dive bomber and the Air Force version of the ghost car dive bomber are also on the SBD5 model to ensure that the attack capability is not weakened, increase the volume, modify the airfoil, use the belly semi-buried pylons and folding wings, and the speed is increased to 480 km / h compared with the SBD5, which is comparable to the Osprey and TBF Avenger torpedo bombers.

Moreover, in order to increase its actual combat experience, the naval aviation not only carefully selects materials, but also conducts confrontation exercises with the air force every year, and also sends elite pilots to participate in two wars in Afghanistan, so it is only stronger than the air force, not weaker.

"Wild boys!" Zhu Binhou picked up the phone, and the voice of the legendary general, who had changed from pilot to fleet commander, sounded in all the loudspeakers of the fleet: "Yesterday, those bastards in the Air Force asked me to go to the Red Sea for a vacation, because they said that they are the kings of the sky. The pilots looked dismissive, the sailors shouted and cursed, and the officers smiled.

"Do you know how I answered? I told their commander, fuck you, Lao Tzu is at least closer than you, follow Lao Tzu and eat ashes! ”

"Now, it's time for us to deliver on our promise! Let's go! Go take out the enemies! Sweep the skies! Drop bombs on the heads of the enemy! Let the enemy tremble under our wings! Let them cry! ”

"Go on the attack, wild boys! Victory and glory, belong to the Navy! ”

The unanimous encouragement of the two commanders of the navy and air force aroused the belligerent spirit of the pilots. In particular, the Hainan Airlines, because it has no mission in recent years, has long been holding back its strength to compete with the Air Force.

When more than 700 warhawks rushed towards Ahvaz in batches, the Persian Gulf was already completely chaotic! Resentment against the Persian Empire led the Arabs to sit back and watch Iran's defeat, but the strength of the Soviet army and the GC campaign hostile to the chiefdom system terrified them in their hearts. The decline of Britain caused the Arabs to quickly abandon the idea of following the British Empire, and the changes in Saudi Arabia and the strong intervention of the Chinese National Defense Forces became the backbone of the local stability. Most importantly, China has no interest in Arab lands and populations, nor in Islam outside its own country. This also determines that countries, including Saudi Arabia, do not have to worry about their own regime and domination.

But the question is, can they defeat the Soviet army, which has an army of 300,000 troops, thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, and thousands of aircraft? If China fails, will this desert become a paradise for the GC sect?

The most chaotic is Ahvaz, the largest and most important military town in southern Iran, which has been completely turned into a Soviet fortress. The Soviet Union was cheapened by the fortifications that Reza Khan had built at great expense to prevent the British invasion, the oil fields and refineries became red possessions, the dockyards were to serve the red, the soldiers became red vassals, and the planes were painted with sickles and hammers. Even the railway, a symbol of the country's progress, has been taken over and requisitioned, and no Iranian can enjoy the convenient transportation that belongs to them, and the only thing that can be seen on the railway is the requisitioned troop train with machine guns and cannons. Panicked, Iranians had to cross the border with their families into Iraq and Kuwait because they felt that it was British territory and that war would not spread.

However, just when the Iranians did not know what the future holds, news came that Reza Khan had abdicated and Pahlavi had become the new king. Will the departure of a strongman hated by the Imam make the situation in Iran better? The Iranians don't know, but General Wavell is not willing to wait like this.

"What the hell are you trying to do? Do you want to learn from the Japanese? The Anglo-Iranian oil company is the property of the United Kingdom and must be returned and Abadan handed over to the British government! ”

Inside the headquarters of the Soviet troops in Ahvaz. The British commander-in-chief of the Middle East, Wavell, roared loudly at Lemezov, deputy commander of the Persian Front of the Soviet army. He just couldn't help but get angry! What kind of snipe and clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, that is all the pipe dream of a bitch politician! Since the Soviet army took control of Iran, the British Empire has been in the limelight for eight lifetimes. First, the Anglo-Iranian oil companies in Tabriz and Abadan were temporarily taken over by the Soviet Union under the pretext of military control, and then the refineries were gone. Then hundreds of thousands of Iranian refugees poured into tiny Kuwait, and finally the Soviets demanded to release Kuwait three times a day! The bastards in Moscow even threatened to open the road with the words "will be forced to disarm the British army in Kuwait if necessary"!

Moreover, the Soviet Union has recently stepped up its activities in Iraq and secretly colluded with the Iraqi Golden Phalanx bloc. Trying to make the British have to give way to Kuwait so that they can attack the Saudis through here! These actions made Wavell extremely angry. If it weren't for Whitehall's statement that Moscow needed to contain Germany, he would have ordered the invasion of Ahvaz long ago.

The most infuriating thing is that this time the king of Iran changed, and China directly excluded Britain! Up to now, Reza Khan and the new Shah Pahlavi are still visiting Beijing, which means that once the squadron defeats the Soviet army, the future political situation in Iran may not even have the ability of Britain to intervene.

So he came today to get the Soviets to revoke control of the Anglo-Iranian oil company and hand over Abadan, where the refinery and oil fields are located, to the British army. As long as this strategic town is controlled, the British army will hopefully intervene in the situation in Iran in the future.

Behind him, his lieutenant held his head high and tried to maintain the majesty of the British Empire, but secretly wanted to laugh in his heart. The Soviets did not have boats, and when Reza Khan fled, he ordered all coastal ships to flee to Saudi Arabia, and now there are only a few small fishing boats left off the coast of Iran. On the contrary, even if China's third convoy has returned, there are still dozens of transport ships and a fleet in Saudi Arabia, not to mention the 10 troop transport landing ships specially used for landing operations not long ago. So the current situation is that the Soviet Union shouted and attacked, but it could not cross the sea surface of the Persian Gulf, and it was just cleaned up by someone by plane!

China has a fleet that can strike directly at the Iranian coastline at any time.

Can the USSR not be in a hurry?

Lemezov is really in a hurry, the news that the air raid group was almost completely wiped out two days ago has already annoyed Moscow, and it has strictly ordered to attack Saudi Arabia from the land as soon as possible, seize the airport and paralyze the Chinese air base, but the problem is that there is no way! Now Ahvaz's Soviet army has reached two armies, totaling 150,000. If the British army opens Kuwait, he is confident that he can use cavalry to quickly enter Saudi Arabia, as long as his land force can rush in, the Chinese air force will be rootless duckweed, and the Persian threat will be much reduced.

Blame these Brits!

Lieutenant General Lemezov looked at Wavell with hatred, seeing that the Chinese were about to land and kill, and it was too late to prepare for war, where would there be time to quarrel with the British. The formulaic reply: "General, I have said many times, please contact the command and Moscow on this issue, I have no right to make a decision. After finishing speaking, he directly left Wavell aside: "Order Major Cardiff's reconnaissance plane to take off as soon as possible to prevent the enemy from sneaking up." ”

"Damn it! You're going to pay the price! Wavell stomped his foot angrily. Seeing this, the adjutant immediately came up and whispered: "General, do you want to tell them the news of the arrival of the Chinese fleet off the coast of Bushehr?" ”

"Why tell? Let these shameless Slavic GCs suffer! "Remembering the Chinese 22 fleet, which moved 120 kilometers off the coast of Bushehr a few hours ago, Wavell was in a much better mood. Due to the loss of air supremacy at sea in the USSR, now they simply do not know where the fleet has arrived. So wave your hand: "Let's go, it's a waste of time here!" General Quinan should be informed as soon as possible of the deployment of troops to Basra. ”

"Basra? General, Whitehall didn't let us get involved. The adjutant was stunned, but Wavell looked at the slightly shiny sky and looked deeply: "Jeff, you have to understand that the Chinese fleet will not enter this narrow sea area for no reason, so they will definitely do it in the next two days!" Perhaps a landing war will be launched soon, so we must control the initiative! ”

Wavell and his lieutenant got into the jeep that Bai Chongxila had given him and left Ahvaz very quickly. Looking at the brand-new jeep, Lemezov withdrew his envious eyes, sneered and shouted: "Hmph, damn British!" What are you still doing? Did the reconnaissance plane take off? I want to know the location of the Chinese fleet! ”

The general's demands must be fulfilled immediately, and despite the heavy losses in the past few days and the complete defeat in the air supremacy battle for the Persian Gulf in the past few days, the Ahvaz airfield is still busy. Soon, the two I15 biplane fighters responsible for reconnaissance left the runway and flew south, followed by the engines of a dozen i16s and four BF109s also began to turn. Just as the second group of planes was about to take off, there was a sudden sound of a different motor in the sky!

"Quick, see who it is?"

"Watchtower, have you spotted enemy aircraft?"

The Soviet lookout quickly climbed to the heights, but there was nothing in the southern sky except a few white clouds dyed red by the rising sun. Could it be a plane from Tehran? While they were trying to find the source of the sound, eight silver points of light suddenly jumped up on the Karon River 25 kilometers away! It turned out that for optical reconnaissance, the eight Mighty Winds in charge of the raid set off and flew close to the sea, entered from the uninhabited desert west of Musabal Bay, and then circled to the Karon River west of Ahvaz. Due to the fact that the road is an uninhabited desert area, the fleet has been flying in ultra-low-altitude formations, and the Karen River is flat and there are sand dunes blocking the view in the direction of Ahvaz, so it was not discovered until the Soviet army took the initiative to jump out.

"Chinese planes!"

"Quick! Alert! ”

The Soviets obviously did not expect the opponent to kill from the direction of Iraq in the east, and the sudden fierce wind that frightened the lookouts on the tower roared and screamed, and when the partners behind them shook the siren vigorously, the eight strong winds had already rushed to a height of 2,000 meters, and then all turned to the right, like ospreys, and followed quickly diagonally down towards Ahvaz Airport.

At the sound of the siren, a large number of Soviet pilots rushed to the tarmac, trying to take to the air as soon as possible to intercept the enemy planes, and the anti-aircraft artillery immediately turned their guns aimed at the south to the east. The four BF109s, which were ready to take off, were faster and rushed to the end of the runway. Although the Soviets knew that the Wehrmacht would retaliate for the air strikes, the lack of radar and unfamiliarity with ultra-low-altitude flight made it impossible to provide early warning.

"Freedom to attack, freedom to attack."

Lieutenant Tan Zhen of the Naval Aviation pressed the throat communicator, and after the radio silence was lifted, his wrist flicked softly, and the sharp wind that maintained a large inclination angle dive again completed a small radius rapid turn to the right, and went around behind a BF109 that had just taken off and could not maneuver.

4 12.7mm machine guns fired at the same time. ”…… (To be continued.) )