Nearly eight years have passed since the outbreak of the last Yom Kippur War (the Fourth Middle East War). The result of this war was that the Arab countries caught up with Israel, reversed the past failures, and restored the strategic balance between the two sides.

After the mediation of the United Nations, Egyptian President Sadat took the initiative to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, ending the confrontation between the two sides. According to the land-for-peace agreement, Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt.

This Babylon operation was the last important operation of the Sinai Air Base. It was originally intended to end perfectly, but unexpectedly it was defeated.

Iraq does not border Israel, and did not declare war in advance. It sneaked to other people's land, threw a few bombs, and destroyed a nuclear reactor that poses a huge threat to it. If it succeeds, although it will be criticized by various countries in the future, everything has already happened. After that, Israel will still be Israel, which is the style of a great power.

However, now that it fails, it is completely different. The wreckage of the fighter plane has been discovered, and even the pilot has been arrested. Now, it is impossible to deny it.

Israel was suddenly pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

I wanted to raid thousands of miles and attack the nuclear reactor, but ended up returning in a defeat, and the Israeli Air Force became a laughing stock in the world.

Even technicians from General Motors (the manufacturer of F-16 fighter jets) have made public comments: F-16 fighter jets are an excellent fighter jet, but if you want to conduct such a long-range attack, it has exceeded the performance limit of the fighter jet.

At the same time, infringing on the airspace of a sovereign state is a naked act of aggression. This time, even the largest backstage boss, the United States, could not pretend to be ignorant. In order to cooperate with public opinion, the US Congress issued a strongly condemned report, ending all technical assistance to the Israeli Air Force, including the second batch of F-16 fighter jets ordered by Israel, and all delivered indefinitely.

Israel is not afraid of these, because the Jewish forces in the United States will soon be launched, and it will not take long before this sanction will become waste paper.

However, Israel still had to give the world an explanation, so Israeli Air Force Commander Avery took all the blame, voluntarily resigned, and took on all the responsibilities this time.

Within Israel, there are more and more voices opposing Prime Minister Begin. Begin is the commander behind this operation. In order to keep it a secret, only a few people know about this operation. This invisibly offended many people, especially the right-wing Likud Group.

Begin's life is very difficult, but Mossad Director Hofe's life is even harder.

The report of the only survivor of the Chisel Squad, the ace pilot Iftacchi, who came back from the return flight, used the formation to turn for the last time and set up an ambush on the small lake when checking the landmark. How could the other party know so clearly? There must be a traitor!

Hofey led Mossad to run at full speed, trying to find out who sold the intelligence of the Israeli Air Force's sneak attack to Iraq. This is a treason!

He would never find this traitor because there was no traitor at all.

Zhang Feng, who changed all this, was on the way to Basra at this moment.

The terrain of Iraq is like a trumpet, narrow in the west, bordering Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia in the northwest and southwest respectively, bordering Turkey in the north, and long borders in the east intersect Iran. At this moment, it is already crisscrossing, and Iraqi troops occupy part of Iran's territory in both north and south directions.

According to geographical relations, Iraq is mainly divided into two parts, north and south, with the southern military region, and the base is set in Basra, west of the border line, and is mainly responsible for the attack on Iran's southern part. This army has crossed the Arab River, captured Horamshahr, and is besieging Abadan.

The Battle of Abadan's defense can be said to be a turning point. Iraq's initial blitzkrieg strategy was completely failed. In Abadan, after more than a year of unsuccessful attack, all morale was wiped out. Iran's military adjustment has been declared over and is about to begin to enter the counterattack stage.

From then on, the Iraq-Iraq War continued and entered an eight-year battle.

History is rewritten from here! If Abadan and Iran's counterattack fail to succeed, the Iraqi army conquered Abadan and then captured the Port of Khomeini, the course of the war would be rewritten.

Abadan is an important oil refining center in Iran. The Port of Khomeini is Iran's most modern port. It is located in the southwest of a small island in the Musabar Bay in the northwest of the Persian Gulf. It has a railway in the north to cross the strait and connects to the mainland such as Tehran. It is about 80 kilometers away from Abadan Port in the west and about 62 kilometers away from Mashur Oil Port in the north. If you seize this place, Iraq's oil exports will no longer be restricted by the lack of ports. With Abadan's oil refining industry, Iraq's economy will enter a take-off stage.

There are probably reasons why Saddam sent troops to Iran. Compared with Iran's long coastline, it occupies almost half of the Persian Gulf, and Iraq only has one entrance to Fao.

The Fao Peninsula is located at the southern end of Iraq, the northern end of the Persian Gulf, and is close to the estuary of the Arab River. It covers an area of ​​only 850 square kilometers. It is simply the throat of Iraq to the Persian Gulf. Once an accident occurs in Fao, Iraq will lose more than half of its oil output capacity.

Fa'ao is also the center of Iraq's petrochemical industry, which has been frequently visited by the Iranian Air Force since the Iranian War.

When talking about the Air Force, Zhang Feng felt a little regretful. Most of Iraq's military equipment came from the Soviet Union, and the Air Force was the same. The main equipment of the Air Force, MiG21 and MiG23, were all products of the Soviet Union. This kind of aircraft fought with the Iranian Air Force's F-14 air force, which was simply a unilateral massacre.

The f-14 is the main equipment of the US Navy, and the ultimate sweep-wing fighter is the rank of the third-generation fighter. Although the MiG-23 is also a sweep-wing fighter, the wing can only be manually maintained at several angles, while the f-14 is controlled by a computer and can be at any position. This is also the air force equipment idea of ​​this era: low-speed hovering performance is required during air combat, and the sweep angle of the wing is small. When flying at high speed, the sweep angle of the wing should be as large as possible to reduce drag.

The disadvantage of variable swept wings is the increase in structural weight. In later generations, excellent aerodynamic layout can simplify the fuselage structure, so variable swept wings eventually faded out of the airplane designer's sight.

What's more powerful about the F-14 is its electronic device, the powerful awg-9 radar.

This radar can detect enemy fighter jets at a distance of 160 kilometers. Compared with the MiG-25's fire-controlled radar, the AWG-9 radar is even better in resolution and can even identify and track low-altitude flight targets from the ground or sea jamming background.

Coupled with the Immortal Missile with a range of more than 100 kilometers, this is simply an invincible existence.

Therefore, during the Iran-Iraq War, there was a scene where the ground was Iraqi and the sky was Iranian.

This situation was not until Iraq introduced the French-made Phantom F1 in 1982, which combined with the advanced Matra R-530f missile, which gave the Iraqi Air Force a fighter jet that could compete with the Iranian Air Force's US-made F-14.

The two air force tactics are also different. Under the training of dogmatic Soviet instructors, the Iraqi Air Force is accustomed to fighting under the guidance of ground radar, which is impossible to compare with the tough-style Iranian Air Force trained in the United States.

Therefore, after entering the Southern Military Region, we must first think about the issue of air defense in the troops.

Without air supremacy, you cannot win the modern high-tech war. This is a bloody lesson. In the Gulf War, Iraq's army was defeated in the face of air raids by multiple national forces.

Of course, all this is useless to be urgent. The most important thing at the moment is to allow field troops to have air defense capabilities.

Zhang Feng’s initial idea was to let this dogmatic and rigid army learn to fight a modern war.

With this feeling, Zhang Feng entered Basra through Highway No. 6.

Basra is the capital of Basra Province, located on the west bank of the Arab River, at the exit of Lake Hamar, 120 kilometers away from the Persian Gulf. For convenience, an artificial waterway was specially dug into the Persian Gulf, and several ocean-going ships can be parked.

Basra consists of three parts: Ashar, Basra and Miajile. Ashar is the government's location and the city's financial and commercial center; Basra is a collection of schools, hospitals and residences, as well as many mosques; Miajile is a transportation center and an external window, with airports, harbors and train stations.

In the past, the Basra had picturesque scenery and a long history. Now it has become an industrial city in Iraq.

Last year, Iraq's first steel factory was established in Basra, which is the second largest city in Iraq except Baghdad.

Basra is next to the Faa Peninsula, along with the military port Umgesr and the many oil wells and other oil facilities on the Faa Peninsula are covered by Iran's Abadan artillery fire. In the Iranian war, it was bombarded by Iran. In Basra City, there were many Shiite Muslims and Khomeini's export revolution, and these people were needed to win over. Therefore, there were no bombs in Basra City.

The ones who followed Zhang Feng to Basra were also Varih and Gasar. Zhang Feng did not bring the dazzling Ferrari sports car, but chose the inconspicuous Beijing Jeep.

Zhang Feng already knew that Iranian planes would come to bombard the sky now. If he drove a Ferrari, the pilots in the sky would know that he was a rich Iraqi man. Just by sweeping down a single round of air cannons, he would have to be beaten into two pieces.

Be low-key, it is better to be low-key.

Through the last battle, Zhang Feng knew that Varih was a loyal person and brave enough to fight. He himself needed loyal subordinates, so he chose to send Varih to the Southern Military Region to follow him and be his personal bodyguard.

When Varih learned that he wanted to be a guard for President Saddam's second son, he felt very proud. Through the last battle, he also learned that Lord Kusai was a completely different person from Udai. He was not arrogant and lewd, bullying others with power, and was also very good at fighting. It was a great honor to be able to be a guard for him.

Gasar was coming with him by life and death. He begged Zhang Feng forever. He had been taking care of Zhang Feng's diet and daily life. He had been entrusted by Zhang Feng's mother, Sajida Helala many times, to serve Zhang Feng well. He had to follow him wherever Zhang Feng was going.

Helplessly, Zhang Feng had to drag the nanny to Basra together, but there was a housekeeper, which was also the life he had longed for.

The yellow jeep in the desert entered Basra and headed towards the Southern Military Region Command in Ashar District.

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Chapter completed!