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By adopting this near-violent method of minesweeping, Iraq's minesweepers are advancing at a relatively fast speed, working at a speed of 10 knots per hour, and at this pace, it will take less than a day for a safe passage to be sorted out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ≦≧-

The news spread throughout the cargo ship in the rear, and the crew was very happy, with whistles blaring and cheers in celebration.

Before dark, a passage of more than thirty nautical miles was opened.

At the same time, the news also reached Riyadh in the rear.

King Fahd was very happy to learn that the mine-sweeping formation sent by Qusay had quickly opened up a shipping lane, and as long as shipping could be restored, the Gulf countries would not be afraid of anything.

Especially now that Kuwait has to save on toilet paper, they are looking forward to the arrival of cargo ships outside as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, Your Excellency Qusayi of Iraq would like to speak to you on the phone." The secret came in and said.

"Okay." King Fahd picked up the phone, and the call was transferred.

It's a secret phone line between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, so you don't have to worry about being tapped. ≦≧

"Your Majesty, is our minesweeping going well?" Qusay said over the phone.

"Yes, it went very well." King Fahd replied with great pleasure.

"We have now solved the problem of mine clearance, however, there is another problem, which has not been solved." There was something intriguing about Kusay's words on the phone.

"What's the problem?" King Fahd asked.

"We've cleared the lanes, but what if the Iranians re-mine us later?" Qusay said.

King Fahd felt a boom in his head, he was only happy just now, and he didn't think that this was an infinite cycle of chickens laying eggs and laying chickens.

Although the Iranians have planted a lot of mines here and there, and the Iranians themselves may not be able to determine where it is safe, this does not mean that the Iranians will not dare to enter, and they will probably take note of some potentially safe shipping lanes, and then run into the main channel that has been eliminated from the threat, and quietly drop a few mines. ≦≧

If you see your own minesweeper during the day, then you can almost be sure. The Iranians will definitely do it later!

So what to do?

"Your Majesty?" Qusay asked tentatively on the phone, because he already sensed that King Fahd had been pondering all along.

"Yes. The Iranians are likely to do so. King Fahd said: "What then, do we deal with?" ”

By now, Qusay's genius in military command has been recognized by almost everyone. Since Qusay has made this point, he must have a solution.

"We have to make sure that the shipping lanes are safe," Qusay said, "and the Iranian boats don't dare to come out during the day, and at night." They will definitely come out again to lay mines, so we have to keep a watch on the surface of the sea and be ready to strike at the Iranian boats. ”

Surveillance at the sea? King Fahd asked: "What do we need to monitor the sea surface?" ”

The best way to monitor the sea surface is to use a pre-jing machine, and Qusai knows that although Saudi Arabia has ordered an E3 pre-jing machine from the United States, but. ≦≧ this batch of pre-jing machines was not delivered until 6 years. Therefore, at this stage, there will be no good air pre-jing ability at all.

If there is no opportunity, then it can only create opportunities, and Iraq can be regarded as shaking out its own family.

"Our Navy has 7 Ultra Hornet helicopters, which can be used for temporary sea surveillance." Qusay said.

The 321 "Super Wasp" helicopter is a three-engine medium-sized multi-purpose helicopter developed by the French state-owned aerospace industry. It was developed from the smaller 320 "Wasp" helicopters. The aircraft is larger, with a total length of more than 20 meters. With an empty weight of more than six tons, it can perform a wide range of tasks. Such as transport, evacuation of the wounded, search, call for help, coastal jing, anti-submarine, minelaying, etc.

Usually helicopters are twin-engined on the top, and this three-engine is more peculiar, and in the process of design, it was helped by the American company Sikorsky and the Italian company Fiat. The output of the three engines is transmitted to the intermediate propeller shaft via their respective ZYOU clutches and engine reducers. ≦≧ rear engine and front left engine share an intermediate driveshaft. It then merges with the front right engine and feeds the final drive through a pair of bevel gears. Then it passes through the two-stage star gear in the main reducer to drive the rotor spindle. The tail rotor is driven by the left intermediate drive shaft through the intermediate reducer and the tail reducer. The rotor brake is driven by the intermediate drive shaft. The rotor revs at 207 rpm at low speed and 212 rpm at cruising speed. The tail rotor revs at 990 rpm.

The development of such a helicopter began in 1960, and the first test flight took place on December 7, 1962. Deliveries began in 1966. As a main naval helicopter, the main type of the aircraft is the 321G, anti-submarine type.

The most striking feature of Iraq's acquisition is the Navy's anti-submarine type, which is equipped with an RB32 search radar in the nose, which looks like it has a big nose and is specially used to search the sea surface.

In addition, this anti-submarine helicopter needs to be active at sea all year round, so in addition to the ordinary all-metal semi-monocoque fuselage, the ship-shaped belly is composed of watertight compartments. Non-retractable landing gear is used, and if necessary, it can take off and land on the sea.

This helicopter should be quite familiar to military fans, because, in China, it has a louder number: Zhiba!

The helicopters that Iraq bought have always been in Basra with the navy, and now, Qusay suddenly thought of the purpose of these helicopters, to monitor the minelayers of the Iranians on the sea!

It is impossible to fully monitor the entire Persian Gulf, but it is enough to monitor the most important Strait of Hormuz. ≦≧

Moreover, this Super Hornet not only has a radar that can detect sea targets, but also has weapons that can destroy ships at sea: two Exocet anti-ship missiles can be mounted on both sides!

The helicopter is equipped with a full range of detection, tracking and attack equipment, including an autonomous navigation system and an RB31D radar for target designation, as well as a sling sonar. Two homing torpedoes or two Exocet missiles and their launchers can be carried on each side of the main engine compartment.

The only downside is that the helicopter only has a four-hour endurance, so you'll need at least three helicopters to keep watch all night.

Then, there will be another problem, how to solve the helicopter take-off and landing?

It's not just that Iraq doesn't have large warships, it's the Saudi Navy, and only the Medina-class has a flight deck, but it definitely can't stop that far, and if you return to land, even the nearest Oman, it will take time, which will reduce the patrol time.

Fortunately, as soon as Qusay's mind turned, he thought of a very simple solution: on the current surface of the sea, there are many sea giants, behemoths bigger than aircraft carriers: supertankers!

Oil tankers are all placed in a big belly, and the 100-meter-long deck in the front is flat, and the bridge is in the rear, so to prepare three helicopters to take turns to perform surveillance tasks, you only need to use the deck of the supertanker as a take-off and landing platform.

Helicopter take-off and landing on the rear deck of a warship requires repeated training and superb skills, and landing in strong winds and waves is even more thrilling, and on the deck of such a wide supertanker, it almost does not require any landing measures, as long as a few searchlights of the tanker hit, you can land!

Therefore, Qusay was keenly aware of the risks that followed, made arrangements in advance, and informed King Fahd of the situation.

"Our Iraqi Navy will dispatch several Super Hornet helicopters to conduct surveillance." "We use tankers as our motherships and can conduct operations to monitor the Strait of Hormuz at night," Qusay said. ”

Unlike Prince Sultan, King Fahd is not clear about these specific details of the battle, but he knows that as long as His Excellency Qusay says yes, there will be absolutely no problem!

"So, what do we need to do in Saudi Arabia?" King Fahd asked.

"Several countries that need the defense forces of the peninsula have jointly issued a statement, and any ship that sneaks into the vicinity of the main channel of the Strait of Hormuz at night will be regarded as carrying out mine-laying operations that violate international conventions and will be dealt a heavy blow by us, and we will warn them that laying mines on the high seas, especially in the busiest sea lanes, is a very bad act and will provoke strong opposition from the countries bordering the Gulf!" Qusay said loudly.

The Iranians have really gone too far, so it's time to let them know that it's better not to do this kind of thing that causes public outrage!

King Fahd made up his mind: "No problem! ”

"Also, even if we use helicopters to explore the sea surface, it can only solve the urgent needs in a short time." "If we are negligent, the Iranians can come out again at any time to lay mines, so we need to have a more reliable means of monitoring the movements of those ships on the sea, especially at night," Qusay said. ”

Fahd listened with great interest and asked, "So, what more reliable means should we use?" ”

"A sea-defying radar will be placed there to monitor the situation in the entire Strait of Hormuz at all times." Qusay said.

Lay out the radar there? King Fahd scratched his head a little, which means that it is a military station, you know, it is Omani territory.

"We can negotiate with Oman to rent or otherwise place a radar there, and we can solve our current problems, Oman is a brother with us in Arabia, and I am sure they will agree." Qusay said. To be continued.