Chapter 643: The U.S. Navy Arrives
Peace and development are the main theme of the world, but war is still inevitable, and Iraq's Saddam Hussein dared to invade Kuwait and occupy a chassis that once firmly supported Iraq's fight against Iran's friends.
When Iraq attacked Iran, it won almost the support of the whole world, and the Western countries led by the United States fully supported Saddam Hussein and praised Saddam Hussein as a figure who represented the embodiment of justice and bravery, but in just a few years, the American media finally realized that they were wrong, and now they have to change their previous praise and turn Saddam Hussein into an incarnation of the devil.
In any case, Iraq has provoked public anger this time, and the Gulf countries are very dissatisfied with Iraq, believing that Iraq's invasion of Kuwait is a bad signal, and this is a step taken by Saddam Hussein in his vain attempt to build the former Babylonian Empire!
However, Saudi Arabia, as a major power in the Middle East, has not given up its efforts for peace, hoping to mediate Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwaiti territory, and the matter will be considered a thing of the past.
As an intermediary, King Hussein of Jordan is constantly running, but unfortunately, Saddam Hussein is iron-hearted.
Saddam Hussein is a short-sighted, self-righteous guy who won a blitzkrieg with the tactics of World War II, and thinks that he is a figure like the former Hammurabi the Great.
The world has changed a long time ago, and such people will be attacked by a crowd!
At the suggestion of the United States, the UN Security Council voted to adopt Resolution 731, calling for a trade and financial embargo on Iraq and establishing a special sanctions committee. Subsequently, Iraq ignored the Security Council's resolution calling for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. The Security Council made a new ruling: the UN authorized the members of the Security Council to use "all necessary means" to compel Iraq to implement the above-mentioned UN resolutions, provided that Iraq did not withdraw its troops from Kuwait by February 15, 93!
With the fig leaf of the United Nations, this US military intervention will be a task full of a sense of justice! Now is not the next generation, the United States kicked away the United Nations and did whatever it wanted. Anyway, the United States is also a monopoly. This resolution of the Security Council is so important!
The stubborn Saddam Hussein, in the face of the UN resolutions, continued to move forward on his own path. Just after the issuance of United Nations resolution 736, Iraq announced that, at the request of the Government of the Republic of Kuwait, Iraq would merge with Kuwait! The announcer of Radio Baghdad broadcast affectionately: "The great charisma of our Arab knights, President Marshal Saddam Hussein, has conquered our entire Arab world!" It's like a lost son returning to their extended family. Kuwait has decided to return to its homeland, Greater Iraq! ”
Colonel Aliya Hussein Ali, who had been the leader of Kuwait for only half a month, was demoted in status.
At the request of the Kuwaiti Government, Iraq officially announced that Kuwait would be divided into two, with the main oil fields in the north being assigned to Basra Province in southern Iraq, and the rest of the area being designated as Kadima Province, Iraq's nineteenth province, and Colonel Ali became the governor of this province.
Now that Kuwait has entered the arms of the big family of Iraq, it is only natural that Kuwait's former currency, the dinar, will be abolished. Due to Kuwait's abundant oil reserves, the economic situation has always been good. Therefore, Kuwait's currency, the dinar, has always been very strong, and it is also an international currency.
And now, Saddam Hussein's words, those Kuwaiti dinars in the foreign exchange reserves of other countries, have become waste paper! In its place, the Iraqi dinar was used. This currency is not very popular in the international market at all, and everyone knows that Iraq now owes so much foreign debt that this currency will depreciate at any time.
Kuwait City was also renamed. It became Kadima, which was the name of the Ottoman Empire at the time.
Saddam Hussein is an image of a self-proclaimed dashing and heroic Arab warrior who has gone all the way to the black, and the United States certainly welcomes this guy's performance.
The USS Independence aircraft carrier group, after a long voyage, has arrived at the port of Gwadar in Pakistan.
USS Independence, historically four warships of the U.S. Navy have been named after this, and now, this aircraft carrier is the No. 4 ship of the American "Forrestal" class aircraft carrier, which is the first class of aircraft carriers built by the U.S. Navy after World War II, specifically designed and built to carry jet aircraft.
After its completion in 59 years, this aircraft carrier has a history of more than 30 years, a very old ship, quite rich experience, after the completion of the aircraft carrier, this aircraft carrier traveled as far as Chongyang, came to the island country of Yokosuka Port, and took Yokosuka Port as its own base, becoming the first aircraft carrier of the US Navy to be based in the Far East.
After that, the aircraft carrier USS Independence participated in the Vietnam War, participated in air strikes against Syria during the Lebanese Civil War, and the carrier-based aircraft aviation also had skilled combat skills.
This time, as the vanguard of the US military, the USS Independence aircraft carrier group came to Pakistan and used Gwadar Port as its base for combat deployment.
As the host, Pakistan Navy Chief Zahar, on behalf of the Pakistani government, welcomed the arrival of the American formation.
For Pakistan, this is also an opportunity to increase foreign exchange, the aircraft carrier group, tens of thousands of U.S. Navy soldiers, come to Pakistan, this is a huge consumer group! Needless to say, food to eat, daily consumer goods, and all kinds of fuel supplies for warplanes and warships must be provided by the Pakistani side, and these are all clearly priced.
With a full load displacement of more than 80,000 tons, the Independence can carry eighty carrier-based aircraft and has a powerful attack force.
From afar, seeing the arrival of such a behemoth on the dock, Zahar also sighed in his heart, now Pakistan's Endeavour has less than half the displacement of the other party, and the United States, a sea giant, has more than ten!
For aircraft carriers, the larger the tonnage, the lower the cost-effectiveness ratio, and the more cost-effective it is to use, which is also the reason why Pakistan's second aircraft carrier has greatly increased its displacement.
Several Pakistani tugboats helped the aircraft carrier accurately dock at the largest deep-water wharf, which was originally designed to berth oil tankers of more than 400,000 tons.
U.S. Navy soldiers, dressed in white dresses, stood in a circle on the deck, and the warship fired several gun salutes as a gesture of friendship.
"Welcome to Pakistan." Zahar said to the American captain opposite.
As the commander of this giant ship, he has the powerful forces of the US Navy, but the rank of the captain of the aircraft carrier is not high, they are all colonels, and now Zahar is Colonel Dennis.
"It's a great honor, let us join hands to deal with Saddam's big Satan together." Dennis's words were full of pride: "Welcome our Pakistani friends to inspect our warships." ”
The US aircraft carrier has just arrived, and it was immediately inspected by the chief of the general staff of the Pakistan Navy with full spirit, and seeing that these Americans, who have been adrift for dozens of days, are still so high-spirited, Zahar can't help but sigh in his heart, a hundred years navy! The U.S. Navy is really too strong!
Not to mention anything else, the US Navy's aircraft carrier captains are all selected from among pilots who have taken off and landed nearly 1,000 carrier-based aircraft, and this alone can make Pakistan envious; at present, Pakistan simply cannot pick out a pilot with more than 1,000 carrier-based aircraft takeoffs and landings.
And this aircraft carrier is so huge, with four steam catapults, a large deck, a bridge on one side, and the American flag fluttering fiercely.
"We need to launch our attack as soon as possible." Coming to the bridge of the aircraft carrier, looking at the dock outside, the sea water in the distance, US Navy Captain Dennis said: "Saddam Hussein openly annexed Kuwait into Iraq and became one of their provinces, which is what all people do not want to see, what we need to do now is to suppress them from the air first!" ”
With the arrival of the US aircraft carrier, the first shot at Saddam Hussein is finally about to be fired!
"Your Air Force has not yet arrived." Zahar said: "Aren't you going to act together? ”
Acting together? The relationship between the US Air Force and the Navy has always been very delicate, and now, the US Air Force is still grinding in the rear, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Navy will arrive first, and of course it will launch its first attack!
"No, we're going to rest here for two days and attack right away." Dennis said: "I hope you can provide us with enough jet fuel. ”
The power of the aircraft carrier formation lies in the powerful carrier-based aircraft, and with the capacity of the aircraft carrier and the high-intensity operation, all the oil reserves will be exhausted in five or six days, so it is quite important to rely on local supplies.
"No problem at all." Zahar said: "Do you need our navy to cooperate? ”
Thinking of his aircraft carrier, although it has 80 carrier-based aircraft, only the F-14 fighter squadron can really play a role in air supremacy, and if there are Pakistani aircraft carriers to join, it will be even more abundant.
"Okay, then let's act together and establish a no-fly zone over the Persian Gulf and let the Iraqis know that we are awesome!" Dennis said.
Saddam Hussein annexed Kuwait, thinking that he had eaten the fat in his mouth and would not spit it out again, and now the mighty US naval aviation will let them know who is the real master of this world! (To be continued.) )