Chapter 651 Via Syria?
Syria is located in the eastern and western regions of the Mediterranean. It is located in the east of Turkey, Iraq in the southeast, Jordan in the southeast, Lebanon in the southwest, and Palestine in the southwest, and Cyprus across the sea in the west. It covers an area of about 185,000 square kilometers, and most of its territory is a plateau that slopes northwest to southeast. It is mainly divided into four zones: mountainous land and mountain valley in the west; Mediterranean coastal plains; inland plains; and Syrian desert in the southeast. The Sheikh Mountain in the southwest is the highest peak in the country. The Euphrates River flows through Iraq in the east and injects into the Persian Gulf, and the Asi River runs through Turkey in the west and injects into the Mediterranean Sea. The coastal and northern regions have subtropical Mediterranean climate, and the southern regions have tropical desert climate. The four seasons are distinct, with less rainfall in winter and dry and hot in summer.
Syria has the third largest Arab world military force except Egypt and Iraq. In previous Middle East wars, Syria has been on the forefront of the struggle, but the losses are also one of the worst. Syria's Golan Heights were firmly occupied by Israel and looked down on Damascus in Syria. Although Israel suffered great losses in the battle in the Beka Valley, it also severely damaged Syria's air force and air defense forces.
Syria's foreign policy is also very special. Although President Assad came to power in the coup in 1971 and was both the Arab Baath Party, the relationship between Syria and Iraq is the worst among the entire Arab country. In the Iraq-Iraq War, Syria has always been on the side of Iran.
Now, Iran has been defeated, and Iraq is gradually becoming a major power in the Middle East since Egypt faded out. All these have made Syria feel a little crisis. However, Syria's oil resources are not as rich as Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other countries. Therefore, although Syria suffered a heavy blow two years ago, the air force has not recovered. Moreover, Syria's air force equipment is all Soviet-style. When the Soviet Union did not release the MiG-29 exports, Syria could not get first-class fighter jets.
After receiving the Prime Minister's order to retaliate against Iraq, the Israeli Ministry of Defense began a series of planning. When the last attack on the Israeli nuclear reactor, they walked the southern border between Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Now, this route is not feasible because it is the daily patrol of Iraq and Saudi fighter jets.
Therefore, after careful planning, Israel finally formed a bolder proposal: from the north, through Syrian airspace, enter Iraq, and attack Iraq's most important target, Baghdad!
Since you have to fight back, it must be more fierce. What can boost the morale of all Israelis is to attack the capital of Iraq and let Iraq know the consequences of bombing its own nuclear base!
Attacking from the north is almost half as close to the southern route. In this way, Israel's existing F-15 and F-16 fighter jets almost do not need to be refueled in the air. After three large secondary fuel tanks are installed, the attack mission can be completed.
Therefore, after confirming this idea, Israel's early warning aircraft began to frequently detect air force activities in southern Syria and detect their radar distribution. At the same time, Mossad agents also began to dispatch to understand their situation on the attack route, which made them very satisfied: this route, from now on, is very safe. There are only two radars in Syria, but they do not turn on the plane frequently. They can fly at a very low altitude after entering Syrian airspace and release electromagnetic interference at the same time. As long as they fly into the Syrian desert, they will be safe.
As for Iraqi airspace, since the Iraqi air force is now being dispersed into more areas, the route they choose can completely avoid the other party's flight training.
After their careful planning, the preparations for the attack were finally completed, but they were still waiting for the opportunity.
Now, this opportunity has finally arrived!
Amos Rapidott, the new Israeli air force commander who came to power last year, solemnly reported to the top leaders of Israel: "Operation Hell's Rage is ready, and the request is started immediately."
Perez nodded: "Let's go, I'm here, waiting for our warriors to return triumphantly, and our people are waiting for this good news."
The Israeli Air Force is finally about to release its anger towards Iraq. Israel has not failed like this once. They need to use a successful air strike to prove that in the Middle East, it is its own sky!
"Prime Minister, if we have finished bombing this time, what should we do if Iraq wants to take revenge? What should we do if this time becomes the fuse of the new Middle East war? Now, on our border with Jordan, the armored forces of the Arab countries will set foot on our land at any time." Until the meeting was over, everyone left, the Foreign Minister stayed and said to Perez.
"What, are you scared?" Perez asked.
"No, I've never been afraid," said the Foreign Minister. "But now, we don't seem to have formulated such confrontation measures. At that time, if the war really starts, we will be caught off guard."
Iraq has defeated Iran and is now in its inflated confidence. If it attacks Iraq's capital at this moment, the impact will probably be great. How will Iraq react? Will it use this reason as an excuse to launch another Middle East war? This time it is different from before. The troops of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other countries will remain in Jordan in the future. Once the war begins, these will be participating countries.
Israel needs to fight back, but before counterattack, all consequences need to be considered clearly. Is it in Israel's interests to do so?
"From all perspectives, this time it was because Iraq attacked us first, so we had to fight back and have a more powerful fight back, so we must have this attack. At the same time, I am also sure that there will be no large-scale attacks in Iraq." Perez said.
Are you sure that Iraq's Kusai is not something to be with, the Foreign Minister thought.
Perez walked out the window and looked at the lawn outside, and several children were playing. He said, "Israel is the situation we have only after many wars. We fight bloodyly, just for the glory of this country, no one can be defiled. In order to defend our country, we will use all our strength. We will no longer be attacked by these Arab countries, because we have weapons that scare them."
The Foreign Minister was stunned. He knew what the Prime Minister was referring to.
Although the nuclear base was destroyed, the Dimona base had been operating for a long time, and the nuclear raw materials had been produced enough to produce two or three pieces. Moreover, before verification, they hid these raw materials elsewhere. They could at any time and manufacture new nuclear weapons according to the design of the last underground nuclear test. Although there were only two or three pieces, they were enough to deter surrounding countries!
But is this the best way? The Foreign Minister hesitated in his heart. In that case, the surrounding countries would definitely not dare to act rashly, but Israel's international reputation is even more... However, in this world, they are all the bosses who are hard to be the boss. No matter how hard their mouths are, they cannot resist the fists!
He didn't know that these methods were not used in the end, because they had no chance and their attacks were defeated.
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Underwater in the Caspian Sea.
There are still different risks here. After the location of the SR-71 Blackbird Reconnaissance Plane has been determined, the Soviet frogman troops were waiting nearby. They dispersed every few meters, protecting the Blackbird Reconnaissance Plane, guarding against the Americans to appear again.
But fortunately, it may be that the power of their underwater weapons made Americans afraid to get close. On the sea, there are more ships guarding the surroundings. If Americans want to dive over, they have to go a further underwater route.
On the sea, a slightly larger tugboat approached this sea area. This is not a professional salvage boat, but an ordinary tugboat.
But, underwater, everything is unusual.
Another group of frogmen went into the water. Unlike those fighting frogmen, they each dragged a large float.
Now, the float was filled with water. They dragged the float and slowly descended to the position where the Blackbird Reconnaissance Plane was located. Then, they tied the float to the key parts of the Blackbird Reconnaissance Plane, the front end, the wing root, the tail, and more than twenty floats were all securely fixed. Then, they stuffed another air pipe dragged onto the air inlet of the float.
After preparation, they sent a signal to the above.
After getting the signal, a high-powered air pump on the tugboat started working.
A bubble was under the water, and the original water in the float began to be discharged.
At the same time, they felt the slight vibration sound coming from around the black bird. The floating tubes tied around the black bird reconnaissance aircraft were originally filled with water, but now they have been replaced with air and the buoyancy has increased. Under the influence of this buoyancy, the black bird reconnaissance aircraft has begun to move. It does not want to wait for the dark seabed, it wants to surface!
The vibration became more and more intense, and finally, the black bird's body trembled and left the bottom of the water.
The black bird has been lifted from the bottom of the water!
This salvage method does not require the use of a salvage boat. It only requires the frogman to use a buoyer to increase the buoyancy of the black bird, so that the black bird can leave the seabed under the action of buoyancy. It seems that the plan proposed by Iraq is really feasible!
However, they did not let the black bird surface. When they rose to twenty meters from the sea, several floats were refilled, and the black bird stayed steadily in the water, like a submarine.
Then, the tugboat started, dragging a steel cable and pulling the blackbird's stressed part. This aircraft weighing dozens of tons was dragged forward by the tugboat under the sea. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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