Chapter 726: Offensive Plan
U.S. Ambassador Pulis once again came to Mhammad, and at the same time, he also brought the U.S. official in Pakistan, Brigadier General Cruz.
"President Mhammad, we are here to ask you for help." "We are about to launch a large-scale military operation and need the support of your ground effect aircraft," Pulis said. ”
Pulis has a good grasp of proportion, both to maintain the dignity of the United States, but not to get into trouble with Mhammad, and now, his words are full of friendly goodwill, so it is difficult for Mhammad not to agree.
At present, the United States has ordered a large number of joint attack munitions from Pakistan and has also completed the improvement of the fire control system supporting the F-16 and A-7 attack planes.
Now, another aspect of the discussion at that time was that Pakistan would send ground effect aircraft to help the United States transport troops, and Mhammad also agreed.
"Okay, no problem at all." "We have six new ground effect aircraft at our factory, which have been factory tested, and now we can provide you with 10 ground effect aircraft at any time," Mhammad said. ”
Ten ground effect aircraft, each of which can transport eight main battle tanks, can deliver eighty main battle tanks in one wave, which is the number of an armored regiment!
Moreover, encouraged by the success of these ground-effect aircraft, those experts invited from the Soviet Union, together with experts from Pakistan, began to develop a larger ground-effect aircraft with a take-off weight of more than 1,000 tons! In this way, it is possible to transport more than twenty main battle tanks. With a certain amount of auxiliary equipment, it is simply a powerful and outrageous transportation weapon.
"We need to verify that this aircraft can fly not only on the sea surface, but also on the river surface." This is, the military attache in Pakistan in the back, Cruz, spoke.
The agreement that was reached at the beginning. Pakistan leased these aircraft to the U.S. military, and even the pilots had to be Pakistanis, just to prevent the U.S. from obtaining the secrets of these ground-effect aircraft.
And now, it is reasonable for the other party to make this request, and Muhammad said lightly: "Of course you can, not only on the river, but also in the desert and hilly areas. It is also possible to sail normally, as long as it is not mountainous. ”
The principle of the ground effect aircraft is ground effect, that is, when the aircraft is very close to the ground or water surface, the up and down pressure difference of the entire aircraft body increases, and the lift force will increase greatly, thereby improving the efficiency of the wings, so that the ground effect aircraft has a similar transportation volume of the ship and the speed of the aircraft.
As long as it's flat underneath. Whether it's on the water, or on the ground. However, the Americans obviously mean something else when they ask this.
Originally, Mhammad promised to transport American troops from Gwadar Port to Kuwait and make a surprise landing to strike at Iraqi troops in Kuwait. But now, the Americans have proposed to verify that it is possible to navigate normally on the river, then there must be something else!
What are the Americans going to do? One glance at the large-scale map on the wall gave Mr. Muhammad an idea of what the Americans were up to.
Victory! The Americans must prove it to the world with a complete victory. The Americans have the most powerful force in the world, and whoever annoys the Americans will have only one end!
Last time, the Americans failed miserably, that is, they were defeated by Scud missiles, and when the American army is stationed in the range of Scud missiles, they will face the threat of death at any time, and this risk cannot be overestimated!
After Iraq drove out the Americans again, in order to defend against the Americans, as it did last time, its heavy armies, those famous Republican Guards, were deployed to Kuwait to guard against the landing operations of the Americans at any time.
If the Americans wanted to fight a conventional war, they would have to face the Iraqi Scud missiles, which made the Americans inactive despite declaring a state of war.
Now, after waiting for so long, they have come up with a new course of action, which is to go straight to the rear, Baghdad for the Iraqis, and now it is almost an undefended city!
When the heavy troops arrived in Kuwait, Baghdad was left with only the presidential guard, and if the American armored forces reached Baghdad directly and surrounded Baghdad, Saddam Hussein would be a turtle in an urn.
If there is no Pakistan, then the only thing that the Americans can use is the Airborne Forces! If this branch of the military, which cannot carry heavy equipment, parachutes directly into Baghdad, it will only be captured by the heroic Iraqi people, and it must be a heavy army!
Where are the heavy troops? It's right in Gwadar Port! How to get to Baghdad? Fly directly to Baghdad on Pakistan's ground effect aircraft! It only takes a few hours to be able to deliver nearly 100 main battle tanks and tens of thousands of troops! There is no suspense in such a battle!
Iraq is located in two river basins, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers both flow through Iraqi territory, and Baghdad, straddling both sides of the Tigris River, is only more than 30 kilometers from the Euphrates.
With such a rapid advance, Iraq's Scud missiles have all become ornaments!
The Americans must have fought with such an idea! Directly from the Persian Gulf through the river, close to Baghdad! Punch hard and hit the point!
Thinking of this, even Mhammad admires these Americans. The country has been made like this by terrorist attacks, and the US military has been under tremendous pressure, and there is such a whimsical but easy way to achieve!
If you fly directly over, you will not be discovered by the Iraqis along the coast, but the speed of the ground-effect aircraft is more than 500 kilometers per hour, so that the Iraqis can't react at all, and the United States also has air superiority, which can bomb along the way and block the sight of the Iraqis!
Mhammad, who has extraordinary combat talent, deduced the other party's movements just by a question from the American soldier in front of him, and then, Mhammad continued to smile and said: "I have an idea, you will take our ground effect aircraft from Gwadar Port, cross the Persian Gulf, go ashore near Saudi Arabia's Dhahran, fly directly on land, go north, all the way through the desert, enter Iraq in the Hijara Desert in Najaf Province of Iraq, continue forward, reach the Euphrates River Basin, and continue upstream, Land 30 kilometers west of Baghdad and go straight to Baghdad! ”
Mhammad's words made Cruz's eyes light up suddenly.
Originally, the plan prepared in China was to go straight to Baghdad from Kuwait along the Tigris River, but the banks of the rivers are the most densely populated places, and this way will definitely be discovered by the Iraqis, even if it can be safely reached by virtue of the high speed of the ground-effect aircraft and the blockade of the air force, there is still a risk of leaking information.
And the route that President Mhammad said, although it seems more tortuous and long, but when it is not close to Kuwait, it goes ashore, and it has been flying over the desert, which is almost no man's land, and it will not be discovered at all, except that when the last section of the river is sailed along the Euphrates, there will be a risk of exposure, but at this time it is close to the destination.
President Mhammad, who has experienced many years of war, really has a more vicious vision of the problem!
This can't be blamed on those who make plans, they just know that this ground effect aircraft can sail on the sea, then it should be able to sail on wide rivers, they really don't know, this thing desert, swamps, hills, almost all eats.
Dhahran! Every time this word is mentioned, it is the same as the shame of American soldiers, and now, it is finally time to wash away the shame!
"Okay, Mr. President Mhammad's suggestion, we will definitely pass it on to the country." Cruz said.
"Mr. Pulis, we in Pakistan fully support your country's war, and you will definitely treat our war in the east according to the agreement reached in advance, right?" Mhammad asked.
Pakistan's full support is actually to earn Americans' military spending, and the United States' commitment to Pakistan is also not to interfere in wars on the South Asian continent.
Now, hearing Mhammad's words, Pulis nodded solemnly: "Yes, before we overthrow Saddam's regime, we will definitely stick to the plan we made before." ”
As soon as this sentence came out, Pulis felt that something was wrong, and sure enough, Mhammad followed up and asked: "So, what do you mean is that when you finish the Iraq war, you will regret it?" ”
"President Hammad, you misunderstood, but your support this time is a strong support that we can quickly pacify Iraq, and our American attitude towards Pakistan will never change. President Bush is grateful for your approach in this Iraq war. Pulis said.
At least President Bush will not change, after all, after fighting this war, it is time for President Bush to step down, and now he needs the support of Pakistan, and urgently needs those ground-effect aircraft to help the Americans transport troops.
President George H.W. Bush needed a complete victory to add color to his presidency.
Mhammad nodded: "Let us handle the affairs of our South Asia by ourselves." ”
When the Americans left, Musharraf said with sorrow: "If the Americans really do this, it will hit Saddam Hussein's soft underbelly." ”
"Of course, but the Americans won't succeed." "Now, contact Xiao immediately," Hammad said. (To be continued.) )