Chapter 194: Gaza
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In particular, Iraqi pilots were able to take off and land from aircraft carriers, and they were even more unconvinced.
EP-3 will not be in any danger.
But a little later, an AWACS aircraft that was monitoring two hundred kilometers away discovered an anomaly, two points of light appeared from the aircraft carrier, and they actually took off two fighters!
After the two Su-27Ks took off, they turned on their radars in the direction predicted by the aircraft carrier, and suddenly, they found the approaching point of light.
Continuing the afterburner flight, the target soon appeared in sight, it was an electronic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Navy!
"Baghdad, target found, US Navy EP-3 electronic reconnaissance aircraft." Reyes reported.
"Keep a close watch and stop them from continuing to move closer to our carriers." Abdul commanded.
"Yes," Reyer pushed the lever forward, and the Su-27K leaned towards the low-altitude electronic reconnaissance plane.
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"It would cost a lot of money to transfer the Seventh Army to the past, and it would be astronomical just to transport the equipment, and it would be very foolish for us to transfer the entire Seventh Army in such a hurry." Even Secretary James is opposed to the transfer of the entire Seventh Army, which is not a child's play. How much capacity is needed to transport that equipment?
At a time when the US treasury is tight and its finances are already in a hole that cannot be plugged, increasing military spending will make their deficit even wider.
"At most, just transfer a brigade over." National Security Advisor Brent said.
A secretary hurriedly came in and handed Cheney a document, Cheney picked it up, looked at it twice, and sneered, this group of people knew that there was not much money in their pockets, they couldn't spend anything, and they were reluctant to do it now, so the strategic situation of the United States was very dangerous.
"Half an hour ago, the aircraft carrier Vodka entered the Mediterranean, and when it was about to leave the Aegean Sea, it encountered one of our EP-3 aircraft, and under their interception, our EP-3 reconnaissance plane could only interrupt the flight mission and return to base." Cheney read the document and said to the others: "We are now watching the Iraqis get stronger and stronger, they even have aircraft carriers now, in the future, what will we do against the Iraqis?" ”
Although the Soviets said it very well, there were so many Iraqis on that aircraft carrier that they could not be fooled, and only the first Soviet warship was detained, so they were fooled, and now of course they will not be so naïve as they were at the beginning.
The Turks retreated, did not intercept the aircraft carrier, they were still afraid of the already declining Red Empire.
And all the time under the banner of the Soviets, even the United States has no excuse to hinder the return of this warship, what Pacific Fleet? When you get to the Indian Ocean, you will definitely make another goodwill visit, enter the Iraqi naval base, and then, because of the debt, you will be detained?
If in wartime, such a lone aircraft carrier, although accompanied by a modern-class destroyer, their submarine still has a chance to give it a taste of a few torpedoes. However, it is peacetime, and their submarines, at most, are just a few simulated attacks.
"The Iraqis even have aircraft carriers, they have a great appetite, our strategic situation in the Middle East is very dangerous, if war breaks out, only the air force is absolutely not enough, we must prepare early and move our army over." Powell also spoke, Iraq, what a threat to them!
The meeting finally made a decision to move the 1st Armored Division and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division of the Seventh Army into Israel first, and then see if the situation develops whether it is necessary to move more troops into the station, or even eventually move the entire Seventh Army there.
Israel's Merkava is simply unable to compete with Iraq's T-72, and only the M1 tank, the main force of the US military, can overcome them.
On the contrary, the theory of the Iraq threat has become a real threat, but it will not have a real basis until the aircraft carrier sails back to Iraq and joins the Iraqi navy, and they are clamoring for it.
Iraqis, will they use force? Just when the Americans began to prevent the Arabs from using force, something happened that made them a little stunned, and the Palestinian representative protested at the United Nations, accusing Israel of atrocities on Palestinian land, hoping that the United Nations would adopt a resolution to stop such Israeli actions and impose sanctions on Israel.
Everyone knows that the United Nations has no effect at all, it is just a fig leaf, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has always existed, and the resolutions of the United Nations are immediately implemented if they are unfavorable to the Palestinians, and what is unfavorable to Israel, Israel simply treats it as something that is not as good as a fart. Here, whoever has a hard fist is the boss.
What exactly does Arafat, or Iraq behind it, want to do?
Israel's use of its own force to fly over the head of the Palestinian State will only make them laugh, where is the real Palestinian State? Their territory is all Israeli troops, which Israel has occupied for decades.
What role can the clamor of a group of Arab countries at the United Nations play? Israel can only think that they are weak.
Israel began to act with some caution, fearing strong resistance from the surrounding Arab countries, and they also tried step by step, and after dispatching aviation units and carrying out targeted elimination operations, the result was only a group of Arabs protesting at the United Nations, and there was no follow-up.
It seems that there is a benefit for the United States to come and station troops, and the guy called Qusay can ignore them, but they must definitely take into account the influence of the United States.
Seeing that the Arab countries did not react too strongly, Israel finally became more emboldened and took a bigger step forward, not only using precision-guided weapons to strike. The ground forces have finally begun to sortie.
Hamas's incessant use of rocket attacks, hit-and-run, and only targeted killings does not seem to be decisive enough to completely eliminate those threats, and they need to use ground forces to sweep away Hamas's armed forces completely.
"Squeak, squeak," the tank track stretched forward like a flat road that could never be walked endlessly. The huge heat of the engine is a great test for the crew inside the tank.
This tank, from the point of view of the appearance, is very peculiar, the turret of the tank is very small, the front is inclined, and as a result, the frontal area is small.
And, unlike all tanks, its engine is mounted in the front, which frees up a huge space in the back, so that a lot of ammunition can be placed in the back, or, as a crew compartment for eight fighters.
If it is said to be a tank, it can be regarded as half an infantry fighting vehicle.
However, due to the front-loading of the engine, the volume is limited, which leads to the fact that the power of the engine is not very high, and their maneuverability is not excellent.
Moreover, now, the engine is front-loaded, and the heat is directly baked, which is an ordeal for them. Although the car was air-conditioned, the tanker felt very stuffy. However, they did not dare to open the hatch to breathe.
Although Hamas's armed forces only have light weapons, and the most powerful ones are probably those inaccurate rockets, but in the Qassam brigade, there must be many sharpshooters, and now, before entering the city of Gaza, the 217th armored brigade has been killed.
Just now, a gun commander got out of the turret, and it was too hot inside the tank, but as soon as he poked his head out, he was hit in the head by a flying bullet, and his brain flowed to the turret, and his body softened, and he fell back into the turret again.
The angry commander turned the turret and aimed at a teenager two hundred meters away who was taking a shade in the shade of a tree on the side of the road, and at this time, he already had an old AK series rifle in his hand.
Without the slightest hesitation, the bullets from the machine guns swept over, beating the young man into a sieve, the commander's eyes were full of anger, but there was a sense of fear in his heart. A teenager has such a high standard, how many fighters has Hamas trained?
When the accident happened, they became vigilant, and on the way forward, several more gunmen on motorcycles asked for their trouble, but before they could get closer, they made a deterrent strafing fire with machine guns.
If they dare to continue to get closer, they will be eliminated mercilessly, especially if they see those people carrying bazookas, then they don't even need to shoot deterrently, just greet them directly.
Hamas's actions have no effect, after all, they are not a regular military force, and they are simply powerless to stop the movement of Israeli armored forces.
The 217th Brigade continued its march towards the Gaza Strip.
Street fighting has always been the deadliest type of fighting, but they have fought it many times in the decades since the founding of the Israelite state, and they have a lot of experience. And the people who are fighting against them are not regular troops at all, at most they are guys with bazookas, and the mission they came to this time is to say that the street fighting has gone a little too far, but in fact it is to clean up, completely wipe out the armed forces of Hamas, protect the safety of their compatriots, and let them no longer be attacked by Hamas rockets.
They are not alone, as the 460th Armored Brigade and the Golani Mechanized Infantry Brigade have also been sent to join them in the task of clearing the Gaza Strip of Hamas militants.
Moreover, with their movements, supported by a large number of Cobra and Apache helicopters, the Gorani Mechanized Infantry Brigade has begun to achieve air mobility and is ready to appear where it is needed.
In this battle, the problem of Hamas must be completely solved! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member to recommend this work, your support is my biggest motivation. )