It is not surprising that the weak Iranian missile boat Yoshan was eventually sunk by the USS Simpson missile destroyer with an SM-1 anti-aircraft missile, although the Standard-1 is an anti-aircraft missile, it is often used by the U.S. military to hit small ships, and the effect is good.

If the McCormick had not been sunk, then perhaps the US military would have chosen to withdraw at this time, but a destroyer and hundreds of casualties made the Americans angry and chose to carry out a larger attack on Iran. It was also at this time that two British-made Awand-class corvettes of the Iranians were dispatched and attacked the Americans' oil facilities in the Persian Gulf with more than a dozen small boats of various types, and a larger conflict broke out.

When the Iranian naval fleet was waiting for an opportunity to attack the Skan Bay oil drilling platform, it was discovered by two A-6 of the United States, a light frigate Sabalan fired a Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile at the A-6, a portable Red Tassel-5 missile launched by the crew on the deck, A-6 with a certain electronic jamming capability evaded the attack of these two missiles, and the intruder two-plane formation launched a Harpoon missile and a laser-guided bomb to severely damage the Sabalan, two hours later the Sabalan sank, and more than ten Iranian sailors were killed, The rest abandoned the ship and escaped.

However, the luck of the two A-6s who had just won the battle was not too good, and the Iranians gradually figured out the way of air supremacy to guide sea supremacy in the continuous fighting, and their surface ships were too far behind the US military, so they sent their own fighter units to fight for superiority. The two A-6s did not fly far, but they were blocked by two FC-1 and two F-4 that caught up behind, and the A-6 is a full-time attack aircraft, and its own air combat capability is very weak.

These two A-6s were shot down by a Thunder and F-4 one after another, but the feng shui rotated again, and the U.S. F-14 came again.

This time it turned into four Iranian fighters against two Tomcats, and although the number was down, the momentum of the US Navy pilots was never inferior again. Before the two sides could make official contact, a Tomcat launched a Sparrow missile, a missile with a completely unsatisfactory hit rate, but today it did its best, shooting down an Iranian F-4 fighter at a distance of 30 kilometers.

When the Iranian Thunder pilots found the enemy approaching again, they panicked a little and did not take the initiative to meet the enemy, but tried to evacuate the airspace at high speed. It's just that the F-14 can't give them such a chance, and a chase battle begins.

As a light fighter, in this kind of bloody aerial battle, it will lose to the fierce and bloodthirsty Tomcat, and the pilot does not have a firm will to fight the enemy to the end, so it is naturally easier for the enemy to take advantage of it. In the course of the chase, the American Tomcat shot down another FC-1, leveling the two sides at least in numbers.

After trying to ask the US plane to bite its tail, the Thunder immediately made a maneuver, ready to quickly turn by virtue of its relatively light strength, but he still underestimated the agility of the Tomcat, and the cunning US pilot made a scissor move, copied it from the near angle, and just aimed the nose of the plane at the Thunder that was turning sideways to the fuselage. The cannon shot out one after another to hit the Thunder Dragon, and after more than ten seconds, the Thunder Dragon could not be controlled and fell into the sea.

After the air supremacy was acquired, the Americans' counterattack against Iran became even more violent, and another Awand-class corvette was sunk by a Harpoon missile launched from the missile cruiser Wainwright, in addition to several Iranian patrol boats were sunk, and almost all Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf were either completely destroyed by the United States or occupied by the Americans. After losing a number of warplanes and warships, the Iranians retreated to Abbas Naval Base in disgrace, hoisting a waiver card, and the Americans, feeling that the Iranians had been duly punished, suspended the military operation.

The entire conflict lasted less than a day, and the US military lost four attack planes, one helicopter, and one medium-sized destroyer, while the Iraqi army lost six fighters, two light frigates, and several patrol boats, and nearly 30 percent of its oil production capacity was destroyed.

Although the U.S. military won the victory, the victory was too disastrous, and the losses were somewhat disastrous, making it even more difficult for the Americans to accept. Some radical hawks in the country are clamoring to give Iran more color, but President Reagan is close to leaving office, and he does not want to take over this mess, so he has not authorized further military action.

However, not long after the end of the fighting, the United States contacted the Chinese side and demanded that China must stop continuing to supply weapons and equipment to Iran.

After Qi Yiming learned the news, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "Our weapons trade on the surface has actually been suspended, and we have done a little after-sales service at most after the transaction of the dragon for the tomcat." Now the Americans have been beaten by our weapons and come to us for trouble, just as they are looking for people who produce sticks instead of looking for murderers who beat people with sticks. The Iran-Iraq war is still going on, and we will not sell weapons to Iran, but the Iran-Iraq war is over, and we are no longer bound by international law, and it is absolutely impossible to agree to the United States' demand to unilaterally impose an arms embargo on Iran. ”

Not only will Qi Yiming not agree to such a request, but even the high-level people are not fake to the United States, why should you let us not make money if you are unhappy? This kind of hegemonic logic is suitable for the master-servant relationship, and it is obvious that although China and the United States cannot have an absolutely equal relationship, it is also impossible for China to lower its stature and do whatever the United States says. This is also a difference brought about by the heritage of a great power, if it is a godson country such as Japan, South Korea and the Philippines, it is more difficult for the United States to refuse orders, but it is easy for China to say no. If it doesn't follow the will of the United States, what can the United States do with China?

Sometimes giving too much will make others belittle you, just like in another timeline.

Naturally, the content of the reply to the United States will not be so explicit, and the voice in the diplomatic channel will become: "China abides by international law and the principle of neutrality, and will not provide weapons to belligerents, but normal arms trade and military cooperation, China will still have a positive attitude and will not be interfered with by other factors." "The implication is that you can't be my lord yet, America.

The United States has suffered a dark loss, but there is no good way, because not only China, but also the United States' Western European allies, such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries are Iran's arms suppliers, and now it does not make much sense to want China to impose an arms embargo on Iran just because of the greater threat of Chinese weapons.

Leaving aside the differences between China and the United States over arms sales, Operation Praying Mantis has also been a catalyst for an end to the war between Iran and Iraq. This inexplicable war has brought great scars to the people of this land, and millions of people have been killed in the eight years of conflict, during which there have been many events that are not tolerated by civilized society.

Chemical weapons attacks, missile raids on cities without distinction between military and civilians, ship raids that affected pond fish, and "mine clearance operations" in which a large number of unarmed Iranians shouted jihad and stepped on landmines - all of them made the world see the cruelty of human nature, and from the bottom of his heart, Qi Yiming did not want such a cruel war to continue, but at this time, China needs to use such an environment to profit from it and lay the foundation for its future development.

Although the Iran-Iraq war is nearing its end, China's Middle East strategy is only the beginning. Taking advantage of the participation of the minesweeping fleet, China sent the fleet to the Persian Gulf and established a certain military presence. At present, China does not have a stable foothold of its own, and the fleet is also borrowing US military bases in the Middle East, but with the development and construction of the Gwadar port, at the latest, in the 90s, the Chinese Navy will get a base stuck in the throat of the periphery of the Persian Gulf. At this time, the country did not import much oil from the Middle East, and because of the sufficient level of technology and the smooth removal of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and other countries in the South China Sea, large-scale oil development in the South China Sea was also arranged. Several large state-owned shipyards are working to build offshore rigs, and CNOOC has at least four offshore oil fields waiting to be developed in its blueprint. Combined with the South China Sea Oil Company controlled by Qi Yiming, which extracts crude oil off the coast of Malaya beyond the nine-dash line, oil from the South China Sea is likely to play a more important role than Middle Eastern oil.

Qi Yiming in the combat laboratory is struggling to climb the [shale gas revolution] on the scientific and technological tree of energy technology, and China's Sichuan and other places have amazing reserves of shale gas, which are not inferior to even the United States, and can become an important strategic resource for China in the future. In addition, the country is building a power system of nuclear power + magnetoelectricity, which will also help reduce the importance of petroleum energy.

It can be said that the Middle East oil on this plane will never become something that will be stuck in China's neck in the future. Even so, if you want to break through the regional power and become a global power, the Middle East is a part of the business that must be determined.

Since the recovery of Taiwan at the beginning of the year, China's overall strategy has changed to a westward strategy, and the lion's eyes have looked at the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. In May of that year, the Soviet Union was finally unable to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan, and the war that hastened the demise of the Soviet Union was a great trauma to the polar bear, and the Soviet Union's attempts to break the strategic equilibrium in Afghanistan and Pakistan were also shattered.

The war has left Afghanistan devastated and left behind a group of religious extremists. It turned a peaceful and wealthy country in the sixties and seventies into one of the most unstable and dangerous areas in the world of the future. In another world, and after that, the smoke of gunpowder in Afghanistan was not dispersed until Qi Yiming crossed.

"The Soviet Union is gone, then Afghanistan needs a new master, well, to bring peace and stability here, to become a staunch supporter of China in Central and West Asia, to be an important part of the economic corridor from Xinjiang to the west of the Pacific Ocean." Qi Yiming said lightly, and a broader picture of imagination was rolled out.