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Original "Use active sonar detection." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info≦≧ (I want Talal to command.)

In the anti-mine operation, how to present the mine is the first problem, because the mine is like a stone in the water, without making any sound, just waiting quietly, and not on the sea, so you can only use active sonar, which is completely based on the intuition of the sonar crew.

The Thomson Sintra-type hull sonar on board the Abuha began to work, and soon, from the returning echo, the sonar crew showed several floating objects that could be mines.

Sure enough, there are large areas of mines here!

Talal knew that with the current capabilities of the formation, it would not be possible to pass through here at all.

Unexpectedly, the Iranians actually came up with this way and completely blocked the Strait of Hormuz! Talal expressed strong contempt for this behavior of the Iranians, if it is immoral enough to attack with missiles and disturb with small boats, then now the Iranians are actually blocking this strait with mines, it is simply an act that even Allah cannot tolerate!

Because, with missiles, with boats, this is all temporary, and when the war is over, these dangers will pass, and with mines, as long as the mines are put into the water, the mines will no longer know people, and even the Iranians who dropped them will face the danger of mines, if they are not cleared, then this danger will always exist, and in ten years, twenty years, fifty years, this place will completely become a stagnant water that cannot be navigated. ≦≧

Aren't the Iranians going to use this strait? You must know that although Iran has been occupied by Iraq in Khuzestan Province, there are still some oil wells in Iran at sea, and the Iranians are digging their own graves!

At this time. The wounded Bridgerton, struggling backwards, exited the minefield.

Fortunately, the 400,000-ton ship did not leak, let alone sink, and it needed to sail to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to unload crude oil and then repair it.

For this new situation. Even Talal had no choice but to send the news to Riyadh and ask for minesweepers to come and help.

At the same time, the news was also reported to the Gulf countries.

The Iranians actually blocked the Strait of Hormuz with mines, and he actually did this way of cutting off children and grandchildren!

After receiving this news, Qusay was also very surprised, although Iran also laid mines in the later Iran-Iraq ship raids, but never placed mines in the most critical position of the strait, they still used anti-ship missiles to block the strait. ≦≧

In later mine warfare, the United States, together with other allies, used a large number of mine-sweeping equipment. No effort was spared to search underwater, but it still took a lot of effort to complete the task of mine clearance.

At present, Saudi Arabia, the most powerful navy of the Gulf countries, has only a few old-fashioned "Adria"-class coastal minesweepers, which are simply not able to undertake the task of fast minesweeping.

To know. For ordinary mines laid in the water. When minehunters need to repeatedly search, detect, classify, and identify the sea area with hull sonar, the mines are unresponsive throughout the process. When the minehunters think that the target of the sonar may be a mine, they need to release the mine-extinguishing device, approach the mine, and sail around the mine, and then use the acousto-optic sensor on the mine-extinguishing device to identify and confirm the mine, sometimes the mine-extinguishing device is only 2~3 meters away from the mine. At this time, the mine will not move, so it can only sit and wait. It was finally destroyed by bombs dropped by mine extinguishers. ≦≧

Thus, this mode of mine-hunting operation eliminates 1 mine or suspicious target. The fastest is 2~3 hours, if it is slow, it may be a day, and if you encounter unfavorable conditions such as meteorology, hydrology, and complex seabed conditions, the time will be longer. It is simply not possible to meet the requirements for the rapid elimination of the mine obstacles laid by the Iranians and the rapid opening of shipping lanes.

If only the minesweepers of the peninsula defense forces were to clear the mines, I am afraid that it would not be possible to clear the entire channel in less than a month, and even if the Strait of Hormuz was blocked, only ships with the courage and good luck could venture through the strait without touching the mines.

We have to come up with a quick way to do it! Otherwise, in the end, it will have to turn to the United States for help, and no country can afford to be unable to pass ships for a month, and Kuwait will definitely collapse, needless to say.

No one thought that the Iranians would be able to lay mines stuffed with the entire Strait of Hormuz overnight, and even if they did, the Americans would never have reminded them, and now the Americans wish that the Arabs would not be able to escort the ships to pass normally!

Moreover, mine clearance is already a problem for the world, and giving such a big responsibility to Iraq makes Qusay feel a lot of pressure. ≦≧

After receiving the news, Prince Sultan immediately dispatched Adria-class minesweepers to start a long minesweeping mission.

There are many ways to detonate mines, anchor mines are the most commonly used way to detonate by touch, in addition to this, there are also ways to detonate by means of magnetism, noise and water pressure.

Therefore, minesweepers generally use ships without magnetism, such as these Saudi minesweepers, which use wooden hulls.

The old boats rushed to the area of the Strait of Hormuz and began an intense operation, but, until before dark, only three mines were swept out.

The waiting steamer, which followed, began to feel uneasy.

Because, they already have a hunch, if they continue like this, they don't know when they will be able to cross this strait?

Knowing that the Strait of Hormuz was mined by the Iranians, all of a sudden, the world's crude oil futures began a new round of price increases. ≦≧

Oil is the catalyst for the entire industry, and the continuous rise in the price of crude oil is the last thing that countries that need to import oil from the Middle East want to see, and the United States is the most concerned about it.

"Your Majesty, the Ambassador of the United States asks for a meeting." In Riyadh, King Fahd was again under pressure from the United States.

King Fahd knew that the American ambassador must have come to put pressure on him, but he had no other way but to accept it.

Soon, the American ambassador walked in.

Because of Saudi Arabia's pro-American policy, the status of the US ambassador in Saudi Arabia is very high, and the relationship with the Saudi royal family is also very good, but now, because Saudi Arabia has a disagreement with the United States on the issue of escort ships in the Persian Gulf, the US ambassador has also begun to harden his attitude towards Saudi Arabia.

"Your Majesty." When the U.S. ambassador came in, he said: "We are very worried when we hear that Iran has laid a large number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz and blocked the entire shipping lane. ”

"We are doing our best to remove mines and restore the passage of waterways." King Fahd said: "We are very confident. ”

"However, it is said that yesterday and one day, only five nautical miles of shipping were cleared? How long will it take to restore the passage of the entire strait? ”

"These are secrets that belong to our defense forces on the peninsula, and we can't give you an accurate answer at the moment." King Fahd said.

"Your Majesty, the Strait of Hormuz is blocked by the shameful Iranians with mines, this is not only a matter of the Arabian Peninsula, this is related to the stability of the whole world, just in the past few days, the price of oil in the world has risen by 35 percent again, many countries have begun to use strategic oil reserves, if the Strait of Hormuz is no longer navigable, the economies of all countries in the world will be greatly affected, I hope Saudi Arabia can ask for the help of our US Navy, we will not stand idly by."

"We are confident that we can handle it ourselves." King Fahd said.

"Then we can only refer the current situation to the United Nations resolution." The U.S. ambassador said: "We are not going to watch the Iranians block the shipping lanes, this is in the interests of the whole world, and Kuwait is almost unable to hold on, just an hour ago, the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States was cordially received by President Reagan, you have the Red Sea to ship, but other countries, only this one shipping lane, their own domestic economy, has also been in crisis." ”

"Okay, we'll think about it." King Fahd said.

The meaning of the US ambassador is very clear: the current situation is no longer just a matter for the countries bordering the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula, but for the whole world, and the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, and it is the whole world, especially the Western countries, that suffers. Therefore, if Saudi Arabia does not agree, the United States will take this matter to the United Nations to propose it, and then try to come up with a legal excuse to enter the Persian Gulf.

Moreover, those countries, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, after being completely cut off from shipping, are really unbearable.

Especially in Kuwait, the Kuwaiti people's livelihood depends on sea transportation, and even a roll of toilet paper is shipped from outside.

Now, although Saudi Arabia is urgently sending daily necessities to Kuwait by land, it is far from meeting their needs.

It should not be true that the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States took the initiative to ask for a meeting with the US president, and the relationship between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia has always been very good, and it will never dismantle the Saudi backstage, but the US president's meeting with the Kuwaiti ambassador is not a good signal after all, and it represents that the United States wants to dismantle the defense forces on the peninsula.

"The King." At this moment, Prince Sultan walked in.

"How are our mines clearing?"

"It's very difficult, and at the current pace, it will take at least half a month, or on the premise that the Iranians will not rearrange the mines." Prince Sultan said.

King Fahd had a worried look on his face, in this case, the problem is very big.

"Your Royal Highness, His Excellency Qusay of Iraq has sent several minesweepers to say that they can clear a route for us quickly, and now, their minesweepers have been dispatched." At this time, a secret came in and said. (To be continued.) To be continued