Chapter 738: Changes in Persia
Tehran. \/\/\/\
"Your Excellency, the Wrath of Allah plan has been completed and is now ready," said Mohammed, Persia's chief nuclear science research expert. Dr. Taki Faso excitedly reported to President Hashemi. "At the behest of the President, we can conduct the first nuclear explosion test at any time."
In order to achieve today's results, the Persians have been pursuing it for decades and have paid countless people's efforts. But in the face of this ultimate weapon of mankind, President Hashemi hesitated.
The timing of the success of this ultimate weapon research is too delicate, the US military has been carrying out air strikes in Persia for several months under the pretext of suspecting that it has weapons of mass destruction, and now because the Americans have no conclusive evidence, the Persians are still able to gain broad support in the Islamic world and the United Nations, and can receive a steady stream of aid from the Islamic world and weapons provided by the Chinese side.
Although the Persians are still at a disadvantage in the air competition with the American army, with a series of weapons provided by the Chinese, the Persians can at least try to maintain a relatively balanced military balance. Moreover, General Rajay recently reported that the Chinese have now developed two new powerful fighters for foreign sales, and the new generation of Thunder Dragon fighters and J-10P fighters originally agreed in the sales agreement will soon be supplied.
According to the detailed report of Major General Jarad, who participated in the on-site test flight, General Rajay believes that if these two new fighters are obtained, the history of the US military wreaking havoc in the skies over Persian territory will be gone forever, and as long as there are more than four squadrons, the Persian Air Force will make the US military pay a heavy price with these two new fighters.
Although General Rajay is still unclear when China will be able to actually supply this new type of fighter jet, the information from the Chinese General Staff Department says that this time will not be too long, and according to General Rajai's private inquiries, it is estimated that the Chinese side will take action in about three to five months.
Under such an international situation, President Hashemi certainly did not dare to rashly carry out a nuclear test, which would lead to a drastic change in international public opinion and lead to the impact of international aid, especially China's arms sales.
"Your Excellency," said Secretary of State Baghei, who has always opposed the current conduct of nuclear tests, seeing President Hashemi's hesitation, "the current international environment is very unfavorable for carrying out nuclear tests, and although we are somewhat passive now, we can win the support of broad international public opinion, and nuclear tests will not allow us to improve our military in the slightest, on the contrary, we may be attacked more violently by the US military because of nuclear tests." **”
"After all, the US military has not yet dispatched ground troops, and if we successfully carry out a nuclear test, the US military will have a very strong excuse to dispatch ground forces to carry out a new round of attacks against us, and with our military's current military strength, it will be difficult to face a joint attack by the US military in the air and on the ground at the same time. Although our personnel can be evacuated to the mountainous areas to conduct guerrilla warfare, large military facilities, especially those of the nuclear industry that we have built with great difficulty, cannot be moved, and it is difficult for them to escape the attack of the US military. ”
President Hashemi knew that what Bagheri said was very reasonable, but now he was also facing huge pressure from the people at home, and the air battle in Tabas had boosted the morale of the people for a while, but as Lieutenant General Walker changed his strategy, each new air attack concentrated a large-scale air group, covering the air pre-jǐng aircraft to act together, so that the Persians could no longer find a suitable opportunity to achieve greater results, and the main force of the Persian Air Force could only avoid the war, so that after a long time, the people naturally became war-weary.
Although the nuclear test will not achieve direct results, it can greatly stimulate the people's sense of pride and security, and for President Hashemi, it is the only choice to calm the hearts and minds of the people in the country.
"Doctor, we'll wait a little longer about the nuclear test," but after weighing the domestic and international situation for a long time, Hashemi said bitterly to Dr. Tachifaso, who had an expectant look in his eyes. "We will consider this matter when we have received the new fighters ordered from the Chinese and have gained a foothold."
However, President Hashemi did not expect that this top-secret plan leaked the news and made the CIA agents smell it.
Washington.
"Amy, according to credible information obtained by the CIA, the Persians have successfully developed at least one weapons-grade nuclear weapon and are on the eve of a nuclear test," said U.S. Security Adviser Brandt. Armed with the latest information from the CIA, Kata was the first to suggest at an emergency meeting that "we must take decisive action to destroy the Persians' nuclear facilities and halt the process of acquiring nuclear weapons for the Persians, otherwise the situation in the Persian Gulf may spiral out of control." ”
Even if the Persians possess real nuclear weapons, even the most primitive nuclear weapons, it will be a great trouble and threat to the US military, because the Persians have a missile development and production system and an air force that has not been completely destroyed, as long as they have perfected the technology of manufacturing and detonating nuclear weapons, it is not too difficult to add means of delivery to nuclear weapons.
Therefore, it is imperative for the US military now to destroy the Persians before they complete the final test of their nuclear weapons, and completely destroy their nuclear facilities.
Seeing the latest information on the progress of nuclear weapons from the Persians reported by the CIA, U.S. President Amy. Oleer's face was also unsightly, and it had been several months since Lieutenant General Walker's plan to divide the Persians with air strikes, and although there had been some welcome changes among the Persian population, the Persian military was still monolithic and showed no signs of division.
This means that it will take longer for Lieutenant General Walker's plan to fight and promote change to be effective, and if there is no sudden incident of nuclear weapons, Lieutenant General Walker is understandable, after all, it is only an air strike, which can greatly reduce the casualties of the US military and complete the change in the Persian political situation with minimal human losses.
"Amy, Brandt is right, we must send ground troops as soon as possible to deal with this Persian nuclear base in one fell swoop," said Defense Secretary Carter. Karen also agrees with Brandt. Kata's suggestion is that although the U.S. military will face heavy losses if the ground forces are dispatched at this time, Karen feels that the price is worth it compared to destroying the Persians' nuclear weapons.
"However, our ground forces are not ready, and the Persian air defense system has not been destroyed, and now a hasty ground attack is too great a threat to the ground forces," said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army. General Grant said with some concern, "And the forces we have now gathered around the Persians are not enough to form an overwhelming superiority, and the total strength of the ground forces at the bases in Iraq and Afghanistan is about 70,000 people, which is still relatively thin compared to the well-preserved army of the Persians." ”
"If the Persians are allowed to succeed in the nuclear test explosion, they will be an even greater threat to our ground forces," said Brandt. Kata unceremoniously interrupted General Grant, "And our goal now is not to destroy the Persians' ground forces, but to destroy their nuclear facilities." Since we ourselves think that we are not ready for ground combat, the Persians must think the same way, so if we send troops now and go straight to the Persian nuclear bases, the Persians must not have imagined that in such a surprise situation, our ground forces will be able to successfully complete the task. ”
"After all, the main force of the Persian ground forces is now concentrated near Tehran, and their western defensive forces are particularly weak, so we attract their attention with the western offensive, and put the main direction of attack in the east, while launching an attack on the eastern and western fronts, dispatch our jīng sharp airborne forces to directly destroy the Persian nuclear base, and then cooperate with the ground forces on the eastern front to break through the Persian defensive forces and retreat."
Judging from the current combat capability of the US military, it is possible to send troops from both directions in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time to attack the Persian nuclear base near Tabas, and this line is not an area where the Persians have a heavy army, and the US military is fully capable of opening a passage to the hinterland of the Persian plateau by surprise.
In this case, the 101st Assault Division, which has the ability to maneuver globally, can quickly dispatch airborne operations near the Persian nuclear base, occupy and destroy the Persian nuclear base with lightning speed, and then retreat along the channel opened by the US military in Iraq or Afghanistan.
"Sham, we cannot tolerate the Persians having nuclear weapons" Seeing that General Grant had no opinion on Kata's plan, President Olaire made up his mind, "Within 24 hours, I want to see the military's complete battle plan, and until then, I hope that our 101st Air Assault Division will be able to move to the front line of operations and be ready for battle." ”
The movements of the US military in the Persian Gulf were soon transmitted to the General Staff through reconnaissance satellites and shadow drones.
Just when the People's Liberation Army was about to inform the Persian military of the changes in the US military, the nails buried in the CIA of the US military sent back the top-secret information that the Persians had successfully researched nuclear weapons and were about to conduct nuclear tests.
After carefully studying the forces gathered by the US forces around Persia, especially after reconnaissance from military satellites and the movements of the 101st Air Assault Division of the US Army, the General Staff concluded that the US military was targeting the Persian nuclear bases and not to completely destroy the Persian ground forces.
For the PLA, it is in China's interest to eliminate the Persians' nuclear forces by the hands of the US military, which can make the Persians more dependent on the PLA.