Chapter 646: Hostage Shield
The shape is angular and angular, a little different from previous aircraft, it looks so sci-fi, this is the pride of the United States, the F-117 specially designed to tear through the enemy's air defense system!
Despite a flight failure during the invasion of Panama, the U.S. Air Force still sees this aircraft as a trump card weapon, and now, it is time to test the attack capabilities of this stealth aircraft!
This is the first overseas deployment of the F-117, and this is also the choice that the Americans have to make, after all, the F-117 is only a light attack aircraft, and the maximum range is only 3,000 kilometers.
Therefore, the United States has to send this magic weapon to the front line, and this kind of stealth aircraft needs a constant temperature and humidity hangar, in order to allow this kind of aircraft to be stationed, the United States has to come to Pakistan's original civil aviation base in advance, build a new hangar, to accommodate these aircraft, so a lot of time is wasted.
Now, the hangar has been repaired, and a large number of military aircraft can finally be stationed!
In addition to the killer F-117, a large number of F-15 and F-16 fighters were stationed in Pakistan at the same time. The 8th Air Force and the 5th Air Force of the US Air Force, which have made outstanding military achievements, have all been stationed in Pakistan.
At the same time, under the mobilization of the United States, other countries in the West also joined the war, and Britain, France, Spain, and Italy all responded to the call of the United States and sent troops.
To attack Iraq, air and naval bases could be located in Pakistan and out of range of Iraq's Scud missiles, but the army would have to be close to the border between Iraq and Kuwait. That is, to station troops in Saudi Arabia!
Therefore, when it learned that Saudi Arabia had invited Pakistan's army units to station, the United States did not hesitate to follow Pakistan's pace and follow Saudi Arabia in the name of Pakistan's allies.
The United States has reluctantly accepted this in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. As a result, the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States was first stationed in Saudi Arabia, and together with the Pakistani armored division, it guarded the border area of Saudi Arabia to prevent the attack of Iraqi troops.
At the same time, the follow-up multinational forces of the army are still coming in a steady stream of command of these forces. It quickly became a big problem.
After many consultations, the countries finally agreed to establish a coordinated operational command structure at the highest level of the multinational force. The principle is that all units in the theater are under the unified command of Lieutenant General Khaled, commander of the armed forces of Saudi Arabia, and Colonel-General Schwarzkopf, commander of the Central Headquarters of the United States Army, but each unit receives orders and instructions from the highest authorities in their respective countries
As for the Pakistani army, since it was sent in the past, it was almost in the form of mercenaries, helping Saudi Arabia to guard the border. So there is no demand for command power at the highest level, but in this command structure. Or the Pakistani side was given the position of chief of staff.
With the U.S. Army marching into Saudi Arabia, it means that the United States is finally going to start using force to solve the problem.
In the face of the collective interference of the Western world, Saddam Hussein also expressed his anger, and in the current situation, Saudi Arabia's approach is simply to lure the wolf into the house. The holy land was trampled on by Western colonizers, and the Saudis are the sinners of the Arab world!
In fact, in Saddam's bones, there is not only a kind of madness when he is desperate, but also excessive caution. In later generations, many people analyzed that if Saddam wanted to win the Gulf War, he should have continued to drive straight into Kuwait after invading Kuwait, occupying the entire Saudi Arabia and advancing to the Red Sea!
At that time, even if the Americans want to strike at Iraq, they will not have a reliable place to garrison them, and Iraq occupies Saudi Arabia, and the strategic depth has been greatly extended, and even if they cannot fight it, they will be able to make peace with dignity at that time.
Now, as if an upstart, after owning the wealth of Kuwait, Iraq is content, and what they are doing now is to continue to increase their troops in Kuwait and prepare for a decisive battle with the Americans in Kuwait!
They don't know that the United States is not Iran at all, and the war will not be fought for eight or even ten years.
Of course, there are still a lot of tricks, and Saddam, a fighter in the Arab world, will not stop until he fights to the point of cornering.
In the face of the stationing of the Americans, in the face of the possible strikes that the Americans may begin, Iraq has also begun a new countermeasure, that is, the kidnapping of Western hostages!
Twenty-four hours after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, Iraq closed Kuwait's borders and at the same time all Westerners staying in Kuwait were concentrated by Iraq.
At that time, Iran detained the Americans in the US Embassy, which made the Carter administration disgraced, and finally fell to the end of stepping down, and now, Iraq can also do the same, Iraq detained not only dozens, but even hundreds of Americans, Iraq detained tens of thousands of Americans!
"Citizens of all countries that have sanctioned Iraq are not allowed to leave Kuwait until there is sufficient evidence that the threat of war against the Iraqi people no longer exists." In the face of the presence of American troops, the Iraqi government has unashamedly declared: "If the Western world wants to attack us, we will detain these foreigners in military facilities, oil facilities, public facilities, and drinking water purification plants that may be attacked by the United States." If the United States and other accomplice countries dare to launch an attack on Iraq, then these detained foreigners will be the first victims. ”
Take hostages from all countries and use them to make them throw rats! Saddam's method is even more a complete stupid trick, and under the current circumstances, the United States and other countries have already obtained the authorization of the United Nations, and if they still compromise with Iraq because of the hostages, it will simply make other countries laugh. On the contrary, Iraq's actions have made the whole world very disgusted.
In the past, although some countries expressed dissatisfaction with Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, they also believed that this was an internal affair of Arab countries and should not be mixed up by the Western world.
This kind of behavior is the behavior of rats crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats them. Rising to the height of the state, this is Chiguoguo's political blackmail!
"As long as the United States withdraws its troops immediately and lifts the embargo on Iraq, Iraq will agree to the departure of these foreigners." So said the Iraqi press spokesman.
Originally, the US Congress still had opposing the idea of fighting a war in the distant Middle East, holding that the United States was now running a very serious national deficit and could not wage another war at all, and in particular, it would have to pay a war budget of more than $50 billion, which would make the US finances worse.
But now, Iraq is using hostages as shields in this way, and the country is full of passion, agreeing to the new troop increase plan proposed by the Bush administration, and finally deploying more than 200,000 troops stationed in the Gulf, and only in this way can the Gulf War be won!
Most Americans come by boat, so it's slow, and the whole world is worried about the crisis in the Gulf, and time is passing day by day.
End of '92, Islamabad, Presidential Palace.
"We very much hope that this hostage issue can be resolved as soon as possible." Pakistani President Hammad sat on a chair and said to the invited Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz: "This war has nothing to do with civilians, Saddam Hussein is a fighter in the Arab world, and he should not use such indiscriminate methods." ”
Mhammad said very directly, and Aziz on the other side blushed: "This is because of the sanctions imposed on us by the Western world, especially the economic sanctions imposed on us by the United States, and we have to do this." ”
"It was caused by your invasion of Kuwait." "It's very stupid for you to do this, and now the whole Western world, everyone is speaking out against Iraq, and your reputation in the world has become stinky," Mhammad said. ”
"President Mhammad, I was invited to come this time to solve the problem, and if you make such sarcastic remarks again, then I will end this visit." Aziz said.
In order to help solve the hostage problem, Pakistan is making unremitting efforts, Iraq is mainly detaining Westerners, as for the original Arabs in Kuwait, they all embarked on the road home as soon as possible, Pakistan has long recalled the people who are working in Kuwait with their own nationality, and Saddam Hussein has already returned to Pakistan before he invaded Kuwait.
Now, the main thing is to help the United States solve the problem, which is a manifestation of Pakistan's friendlier.
In the face of Pakistan, the mood of the Iraqis is very complicated, the same is a ten-year war, Pakistan's economy has developed rapidly, all kinds of weapons can be produced by themselves, and Iraq still has to buy weapons, and now, after Iraq invaded Kuwait, Pakistan actually reached out to the Persian Gulf, rescued the Sabah family in Kuwait, and also sent troops to Saudi Arabia.
These moves are a kind of betrayal to Iraq, but Iraq has nothing to do with the other side. And now, when invited to solve the problem, Pakistani President Mahmad is even more sarcastic.
Aziz was also very uncomfortable, and couldn't help but protest to Mhammad. I will not accompany you.
"Saddam Hussein should not use hostages to kidnap the entire Western world, it is impossible to achieve his goals, on the contrary, it will make the entire Western world feel angry with Saddam, he is playing with fire." "He is a warrior of the Arab world, and he should fight with dignity!" (To be continued.) )