Chapter 379 "Borrowing" Missiles
The K-316 stood silently on the surface of the sea, almost ignoring their presence on the surrounding American ships, if it had been in the war, there is no doubt that they would have sunk the aircraft carrier long ago.
Although there were US helicopters circling back and forth overhead, and the bearded captain stood on the bridge and did not take it seriously, since the submarine had already surfaced, even in war, the other side would not attack him, let alone now.
It's just that the bearded captain has always had a question, why did the other K-317 go?
At this time, he found that the US aircraft carrier group began to retreat!
Although President Reagan's think tank is still being discussed, the aircraft carrier group can't wait.
The Soviet Union's Black Sea Fleet put on a posture of preparing for war, especially the two Tu-22 bombers of the other side, which are getting closer and closer to the formation, regardless of whether they will really go to war or not, the aircraft carrier formation must be treated according to the posture of starting a war.
In order to avoid an escalation of the conflict, in order to avoid a sneak attack by the opponent's Tu-22, the Kennedy aircraft carrier formation decided to retreat to the vicinity of Sicily.
At this time, the aircraft carrier could not start at full speed due to the damage to the two propellers, and after this incident was completed, it would definitely have to go back to the shipyard to replace the new propellers.
Otherwise, the aircraft carrier formation can take off a few fighters in an emergency and go to intercept them.
Thinking of this, the commander of the aircraft carrier formation gritted his teeth with hatred for this submarine.
If he knew that there was another Soviet submarine at the bottom of the sea, ready to launch a deadly attack on him, he would have had even more headaches.
The K-317 has been paying attention to the situation on the seabed until the K-316 hits the surface, it still does not move, so, although the aircraft carrier formation has carried out powerful anti-submarine operations, however, for a submarine that has been suspended on the bottom of the sea and the main engine has not started, the noise is quite low, and, at a depth of four hundred meters, it has blended into the noise of the ocean.
If it is on the ocean, this way of waiting for the rabbit has almost no chance of success, but this is the Mediterranean, and the purpose of the American aircraft carrier is very clear, so they succeeded.
Because the order to go to war has not been received, the K-317 submarine has always remained at the bottom of the sea, not moving, and has not been detected by the US Navy.
After receiving the news of the retreat of the aircraft carrier formation, the two Tu-22s that had penetrated the defense at low altitude knew that they had completed their tasks, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and began to return home.
They have already conducted this kind of drill against aircraft carriers many times.
At this time, the news of the confrontation between the two navies at sea reached Breonev.
After listening to the report of the Minister of Defense, Breonev simply said: "Pay close attention to the development of the situation and tow the damaged submarine back to the shipyard for repair." ”
Hearing this, Andropov on the side relieved his heart, although the confrontation with the US imperialist navy in the Mediterranean sounded very enjoyable, but it was not in the interests of the Soviet Union, because, at this time, the Soviet Union was already terminally ill, and Andropov had a very clear understanding of the current situation of the Soviet Union, and if it did not change, the Soviet Union would really collapse.
The war in Afghanistan contained most of the Soviet Union's military strength, and at this time, the Soviet Union actually did not have much backing to engage in a life-and-death contest with the United States.
However, this time, the Black Sea Fleet's handling was more appropriate, and the submarine broke through the anti-submarine circle of the US aircraft carrier, and the bombers and fleet were dispatched urgently, which can be regarded as giving the United States some color.
Compared to this side, the United States is more depressed.
"Get rid of that damn carrier commander!" "Our navy has never been so cowardly!" ”
"That's the only right decision he made, we're not preparing for war with the Soviet Union, it's just a misunderstanding, if he doesn't back down, you know what's on those two Tu-22s, they're capable of taking out our entire fleet."
"The Soviets would never dare, and if they did, we would definitely fight back!"
"Do you want to destroy the entire planet?" Vice President Bush couldn't help it and said: "The Soviet Union and we both have a large number of nuclear weapons, and if a conflict really breaks out with the Soviet Union, together with a nuclear war, the entire earth will be destroyed!" ”
During the Cold War, the two countries clashed hands with each other several times, and in the end, one of them retreated first, and the reason for this was the fear of the destruction of nuclear weapons.
"If we could defend against the other side's missiles, we wouldn't have these problems." "Your Excellency, the anti-ballistic missile defense system plan that I mentioned to you last time, it's time for us to implement it!" ”
Reagan already had some inclinations in his heart, but he knew that this plan still needed to be discussed, "We will talk about this plan later, and we will talk about how to deal with it first." ”
For the sake of America's security, Poindexter strongly advocated investing in that program, which also had a resounding name, the Star Wars program.
"I think it's wise to retreat." "Our goal was to deter Iraq, not to go to war with the Soviet Union, and now it seems that our plan was wrong," the secretary said. At present, our country's oil reserves are about to run out, although our own oil fields are increasing production, but they are simply not supplied, and economically, a dangerous situation has already begun to emerge, and we must not delay any longer. They didn't inform us before they acted, so why should we bear so many consequences for his action? France has sided with the Arabs, and they are most concerned about the economy of their own country. The first thing we need to care about is the people of our country! The fourth Middle East war in 73 years, it was a joint attack by Arab countries against Israel, and it was reasonable for us to support Israel, but now, it is Israel that is invading Lebanon, and we will pay for its own war and lose more than we lose in our own country's economy! ”
The word invasion, George Schultz said very forcefully, because it is what it is.
Is it really necessary to pay for the economy of one's own country for the sake of Israel's invasion? The United Nations has issued several resolutions demanding that Israel withdraw its troops unconditionally, but Israel has always turned a deaf ear, and now the US Navy has even clashed with the Soviet Navy because of this incident, losing face.
Reagan's mind was brooding.
With the elimination of Israel's hardliner Sharon, with the strong resistance of the PLO, and with the opposition of more and more countries, especially even France in the West, Zhang Feng knew that it was unknown whether Israel would achieve its own combat goals and drive out Arafat and squeeze the PLO forces out of Lebanon, as it did in history.
So, he needed to add more oil to the Israelites and let the Israelites know that they could not do whatever they wanted.
............... "General, Your Excellency Marwan is here. Major General Manav, who was worried, suddenly heard the guards' report.
"Quick, let him in." Manav said.
Although there is a deep estrangement between the two countries, after the last battle, especially after being bombed by Israeli warplanes, they finally know how much of a role the team led by Marwan has played a role for them, so the Syrian soldiers have a great impression of the Iraqi special forces, and in the end, Marwan's team suffered heavy losses, which also made them closer to each other, because they died for the missile position in Syria.
Major General Manav, who commanded the anti-aircraft missiles, also had a very good impression of them, so he was excited to get the news of Marwan's return.
At this time, Major General Manav was worried, very worried.
Just a few days ago, the Sam-6 missile positions in the Bekaa Valley were destroyed by Israeli aircraft, and Syria urgently deployed four new Sam-6 missile batteries and three Sam-8 missile batteries from the rear to enter the Bekaa Valley again, bypassing the craters and the wreckage of the aircraft.
If it weren't for the brilliant results of the last time, Major General Manav would have been sent to prison by the angry president by this moment, and at this moment, he once again took over the command of the new missile company, but he felt a lot of pressure.
Does he have a way to dodge the Israeli air raids? The Sam-6 missiles showed a very bad side last time, and they were hit by Israeli missiles one after another, will they repeat the tragedy of the last time?
If these missile batteries are lost again, Manav knows that his military career will be over.
At this moment, Marwan came, as if he had seen a savior.
"General, I came this time because I have a very embarrassing request for the general, and I hope the general can agree." Marwan said.
"Whatever I can do, just say it." Manav was very generous.
However, when the other party made a request, Manav regretted it a little.
"I'm here to ask the general to lend me a SAM-6 missile battery." Marwan said.
Manafu's mouth suddenly opened wide, brother, can this be borrowed?
"General," Marwan knew that it was very difficult, so he began to state it according to what His Excellency Qusay had taught him: "The Sam-6 missile is a field anti-aircraft missile that can be used off-road with a crawler site, but you have deployed so many anti-aircraft missiles, but they are all standing still, it is too wasteful, and besides, it is easy to become a target for Israeli aircraft, if you don't think about it, I am afraid that the last battle situation will still be repeated." ”
If someone else had said such a thing, Manav would have already taken the case, pointed his nose and scolded the other party, but for Marwan, Manav had no confidence, because the other party was completely right, and he was worried about it.
"So what do you mean?" Manav asked.
"The general's anti-aircraft missiles are staying here, waiting for the other side to fight, this is never the way, since this missile is equipped with an off-road chassis, then it is necessary to give full play to its off-road advantages, now, the Israeli troops have advanced to Beirut, for the rear, the defense must be relatively sparse, we can follow the border line between your country and Lebanon, all the way to the junction with Jordan, here, ambush Israeli planes!"
This is Zhang Feng's tactic, although the SAM-6 missile was defeated in the Bekaa Valley, it was not so indiscriminate, the key is that it did not find a suitable method. Even ten years later, in the Gulf War and the Kosovo War, the SAM-6 missile is still young.
This suitable method is to fight guerrillas!
Zhang Feng has been thinking about how to give the PLO the greatest support and make Israel retreat, and now, their defense ministers have died in battle, which is already a very serious blow to them, and the other way is to hit their main force: the Air Force!
Israel has always been able to stand from a very high plane to defy its opponents, and it is because their air force, no country in the Middle East, even the Iranian air force in its heyday, dares to say that it can completely defeat the Israeli air force.
And the two battles in the Bekaa Valley also illustrate the tenacious style of the Israeli Air Force.
They still have weaknesses, though! The magic weapon to defeat the enemy is to attack the opponent's weakness with your own strength!
Zhang Feng thought of the examples of later generations, in those local wars, the air force of a weak country could not take off at all, as long as they flew together, it would be a blow of extermination, because the other side had an advantage in information, but they ran around with anti-aircraft missiles, and when they picked up a suitable opportunity, they beat the opponent's plane, and even the F-15 was frequently hit.
As a result, the sky was full of planes with anti-radiation missiles, and as long as they found radar radiation, they did not hesitate to launch missiles, which also led to the tragedy that their own anti-radiation missiles hit their own radar.
As far as the current battlefield situation is concerned, the most ambushed place is the junction of Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Because the front has moved forward, and Jordan is not in the war, it is only sheltering the homeless Palestinian and Lebanese refugees, and here, Israel's defense is the weakest, because their main forces are already concentrated in Beirut.
And the Israeli fighter planes that bombed Beirut, when they returned to Israel after completing their mission, their spirits should be the most relaxed, the radar was quickly turned on, quickly locked, quickly killed a few of the other side, and then, quickly ran away!
The magic weapon of firing a shot, changing places, and engaging in asymmetrical warfare with the other side is guerrilla warfare!
Although Israel has early warning aircraft, although early warning aircraft can monitor targets such as cars on the ground, but now that one of Israel's early warning planes has been killed, and the E-2 has a short time to stay in space, it is simply impossible to achieve 24-hour all-weather warning, and moreover, the main warning direction of the other side is near Beirut, so Zhang Feng is completely sure.
The only problem is that Zhang Feng does not have missile troops under his command, and there are not many Iraqi ones, let alone transport them to the front line through Jordan, and Iraq's missiles have to be guarded against a sneak attack by Iranian planes.
Therefore, Zhang Feng's countermeasure to Marwan is to borrow from Syria!
If we hadn't fought side by side some time ago, then Marwan would have been bombed out immediately, and Syria and Iraq have very poor relations, because Syria is firmly on the side of Iran. However, it is different now, because the current Marwan is the straw that Manav saved his life.
(To be continued)