When the Multinational Force began its large-scale air campaign against Iraq, Iraq did not sit back and wait for death. Iraq also has its own killer weapon, which is naturally not biological and chemical weapons, but their theater surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the Hussein missile.

Many people tend to think that during the Gulf War, the Patriot air defense missiles that made a big show intercepted the Scud-B missiles launched by Iraq, but this is actually inaccurate. Iraq actually launched its own Hussein short-range ballistic missile, which was based on the Scud B missile.

The reason why this missile is considered by some to be Scud is that it is highly similar to Scud, except that the rocket engine burn time has been extended, and the explosives of the warhead have been reduced to a quarter of the original, so that its range has increased from less than 300 kilometers before the improvement to 600 kilometers, but it is much less powerful than the Scud B.

The reason why Iraq improved the Scud into Hussein is that only the range of Hussein's missiles is enough to deter neighboring countries such as Iran and Israel, and although the Scud is powerful, it cannot hit the enemy.

On the second day of the air raids, Iraq's missile forces fired six Hussein missiles at Tel Aviv and Haifa, an important Israeli city.

The report of the attack was presented to Qi Yiming's desk, although Qi Yiming was not in the war zone, but he was informed of every detail of the war, and if he had any ideas and requests, they would also be directly conveyed to the Chinese dispatch army in the war zone through special channels.

"Saddam Hussein wants to draw this fire from Israel and burn it on himself, and at the same time burn the Islamic Alliance in the multinational force." Qi Yiming said with a smile to Ye Yaozi beside him.

Ye Yaozi nodded and said: "Indeed, before the start of the war, Syria, Morocco, Egypt and other countries all mentioned that if there is an IDF in the coalition forces, they will withdraw from the multinational force, and the hatred between Muslim countries and Jewish countries has not been completely sorted out at this time." Saddam Hussein's hand is not very clever, not to mention whether Israel will enter the war under the pressure of the United States, and those who have participated in the war and left are just some miscellaneous minions, as long as we are still there and the United States is still there, Iraq's fate is already doomed, and Israel is also very combative, maybe an Israeli force will be on top of the sum of all the Islamic national troops that have been withdrawn. ”

Qi Yiming said: "Israel's decision, even if it is pressured by the United States, they have a lot of autonomy, and they are not the kind of country that can completely control it. If Shamir (Israeli Prime Minister) can't withstand domestic pressure and finally retaliates against Iraq, the Arab coalition will inevitably be unable to sustain itself, and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries with their own risks will continue to fight, but Egypt, Syria or something will definitely withdraw their troops. Perhaps the reduction in combat effectiveness is not large, but the reduction in morale, as well as organizational chaos, can also lead to serious consequences. ”

Ye Yaozi flicked another report with her slender fingers and chuckled: "So the Americans' Patriot missile is unreliable, and they pulled that thing away before the war, and as a result, not a single Hussein missile was intercepted after the fight." Look at this, after Iraq attacked Tel Aviv and Haifa, two missiles were also fired at Dhahran and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, the one we deployed in Saudi Arabia shot down the target Dhahran, and the Thorn-2 missile that Saudi Arabia bought from us also shot down the one that attacked their capital, with a 100% interception rate! ”

Qi Yiming was not surprised at all, and said confidently: "Whether it is Hongqi-9 or Thorn-2, the technical level is much stronger than that of the American Patriot-1, and it should not be surprising that it can complete the interception mission." However, we should not be too careless, the job of intercepting ballistic missiles in the theater is not easy to do, there is no real one hundred shots and one hundred hits, and accidents will always happen. Now we are only two shots and two hits, when will two hundred shots and two hundred hits, and then take it out to show off. ”

Ye Yaozi pursed her lips, put down the report and said, "Look at you, you look like an old pedant, it's boring." If you want me to say, it would be better for us to say hello to the Israeli side and deploy two or three Hongqi-9 missile battalions to Israeli territory to assist in their missile defense. ”

Qi Yiming wiped his cold sweat and said, "You are clearly going to slap the American in the face!" ”

Ye Yaozi smiled sinisterly and said: "At this time, we should let the strength speak, our products perform better than American products, and the pragmatist Jews will definitely invest a lot of money to buy our Thorn series missiles or Red Flag series missiles, and what they invest in this every year is not a small number!" ”

"Besides, what a good excuse for us to maintain the stability of the multinational force at this time." Ye Yaozi grinned.

Qi Yiming shook his head helplessly, and said: "Indeed, if the Americans refuse, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the Israelis, if the Israelis really like our air defense missiles, they will find a way sooner or later, but if the United States agrees, it is very likely that they will lose a big cake from now on, which is really a standard dilemma." ”

As Qi Yiming and Ye Yaozi expected, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Barak was on a visit to the United States at this time, and after learning that his country had suffered an Iraqi missile attack, which had injured hundreds of people and damaged a large number of houses, Barak urgently met with Powell, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. And while Barak was waiting for Powell's meeting, Iraq fired several Hussein missiles at Israel again, and this time the US Patriot successfully intercepted an Iraqi missile, and the whole image was filmed, and the excited Americans immediately grasped the propaganda effect and prepared to hype it up, and it was also the best advertisement for the Patriots.

However, only the Israelis themselves know that although the number of missiles launched by Iraq to attack Israeli residential areas is very small, it is actually caused by the poor circumferential probability error of Iraqi missiles (1,000 meters), and the real effect is only one missile, which seems to have a relatively high success rate of interception, but the real interception rate is miserable, and has caused a large number of Israeli injuries and the death of several civilians.

"Mr. President, the Iraqi missile attack has greatly dampened the self-esteem and morale of the Israelis, our soldiers are looking at the sky and gnash their teeth, and our people are weeping as they bandage the wounds of their loved ones and look at the ruined homes. This situation can no longer be sustained, and Israel cannot continue to endure it. I hope that Mr. President and the United States will be able to settle this matter, because if the United States is unable to do so, Israel will defend the security of its country and its people in its own way. Barak was furious and slapped a plan in front of Powell.

When Powell picked up the report and read it, his heart and liver were about to jump out, and this plan was drawn up by the Israel Defense Forces, which was to launch a joint land-air attack on the western desert region of Iraq and destroy the surface-to-surface missile launchers and launching positions threatened by the Iraqi team. Once this incident becomes a reality, then there is a possibility that this "broad alliance" that the US military has temporarily assembled will collapse, and this is what the Americans absolutely do not want to see.

"Please, Your Excellency Deputy Chief of Staff, as you can see, this afternoon, the Patriot missiles that we deployed in Israel have already done their job, successfully intercepting an Iraqi missile, so the situation is completely under our control, and as the war progresses, we will be better able to use this advanced weapon to defend our allies. Moreover, once Iraq attacks, our air strike forces will immediately detect them and destroy them, and as long as they survive this difficult period, the Iraqi attack will become weaker in the future. ”

Barak shook his head and said, "Are you still making us wait?" Waiting can only inflict more casualties and a blow to our confidence and honour, and it is intolerable for the Israelis to allow others to threaten their lives in our defensive zone. Moreover, it is clear that the performance of the Patriot is far from meeting our expectations, as far as we know, the Chinese Thorn-2 missile and Hongqi-9 missile, which are carrying out the same task in Saudi Arabia, the interception rate of one has reached 67%, and the other has not missed until now, if we trust, we should also trust such a missile, not the Patriot who only intercepts one shot in the face of a dozen missiles!

In addition, if we had not been involved in the elimination of the Scud missiles, Saddam Hussein would have used them to launch chemical warheads in the event of your ground offensive. They could fire nerve gas or biological weapon warheads at our cities. If this happens, you should know what we're going to do......"

Barack's gloom made Powell also feel a little chilled, of course he knew what Israel would do, if chemical weapons hit any Israeli city, then immediately Baghdad and other large Iraqi cities would face Israeli nuclear attack, and this kind of consequence was something that the Americans were unwilling to deal with.

"Israel's vanguard assault force is ready to attack Iraq's Scud missile launch sites; Israeli planes will fly over Jordanian airspace or through Saudi airspace to attack Iraqi installations, and the entire IDF will be on combat readiness. ”

Powell can't take care of it anymore, he must not watch himself lobby fail, and Israel launches a big retaliation against Iraq, saying that now China and the United States are working day and night to remove threats, even if Israel joins, can it be substantially helpful? Powell doesn't think so.