Chapter 4

War clouds

In just a few hours, the situation in the Middle East was in a state of war, which really surprised global public opinion. [bsp;   When news media from all over the world began to report on the Middle East crisis, the US President's special envoy had arrived in Tel Aviv and urgently met with the Israeli Prime Minister.

In order to appease Israel, the United States played several aces.

In addition to ensuring that the security commitment will be fulfilled, the US President's special envoy also clearly mentioned that the United States will send six aircraft carrier combat groups to the East Mediterranean, deploy 1,200 combat aircraft to Europe, and enhance its military strength in the Indian Ocean, such as deploying long-range bombers in Digo Garcia, sending aircraft carrier combat groups into the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, deploying 800 combat aircraft in the Gulf, etc.

Simply put, it is to make the Israeli Prime Minister believe that the United States' military existence is enough to make Israel rest assured.

After two hours of intense consultations, the Israeli Prime Minister finally made concessions and agreed to lower the mobilization level, that is, suspend the assembly operation of the reserve forces. All reserve soldiers who received the mobilization order remained near their residence and only sent regular troops to strengthen the border defense line.

Unfortunately, at this time, Najaf had issued a military mobilization order.

Although Egypt's mobilization mechanism is not as perfect as Israel, Egypt has a stronger foundation, especially its population ten times more than Israel. In the next forty-eight hours, Egypt will be able to mobilize 1.2 million reserve soldiers and form 100 army divisions.

Before the Israeli authorities announced the news, Syrian Vice President Assad also issued a military mobilization order.

Compared with Egypt, Syria's mobilization ability is to be precise, the national foundation is much worse, but it can also mobilize 600,000 reserve soldiers and form fifty army divisions within 48 hours.

All of this is still the credit of China.

You should know that when Mu Haoyang helped Egypt carry out military reforms, in early 2037, a military advisory group with Qi Kaiwei also carried out similar work in Syria. Qi Kaiwei formulated a complete war plan for Syria, helping Syria improve its military mobilization capabilities.

At this time, Huang Hanlin was still flying to Cairo.

Influenced by the successive military mobilization of Egypt and Syria, the Israeli Prime Minister rebelled and not only did not announce the temporary suspension of military mobilization in his national televised speech, but also called on all citizens to take up weapons, defend King David's territory, and defend the right to survival of the Jewish nation.

The one who was most popular was not Li Pingko, but US President Robert Boyce.

You should know that if Israel lowers its stance and takes the initiative to make concessions, the situation is likely to improve. At least Egypt and Syrian authorities have no reason to start a war immediately.

The problem is that Bois also has no reason to accuse the Israeli Prime Minister.

When making the commitment, the Israeli Prime Minister mentioned a prerequisite that Egypt and Syria did not pose a fatal threat to Israel before the United States completed its military deployment.

Obviously, after Egypt and Syria announced military mobilization one after another, this condition was no longer valid.

Because things were too sudden, when the US presidential envoy made a guarantee, the deployment of the US military was still out of reach. At that time, only one U.S. aircraft carrier was active in the Mediterranean, and the other was in the Bay of Biscay. Only two aircraft carriers could reach the Eastern Mediterranean in two days, four fewer than the United States promised. In terms of the air force, the United States could send up to 400 combat aircraft to Europe within two days and complete the deployment of 1,200 combat aircraft, which would take at least one week. The situation in the Indian Ocean was even worse. At that time, only one aircraft carrier was active in the Persian Gulf, and there were no US warships in the Red Sea. It would take at least three days to deploy long-range bombers to Digo Garcia.

That is to say, it is impossible for the United States to complete military deployment before Egypt and Syria complete mobilization.

If Israel does not conduct military mobilization or even expands the scale of mobilization, Egypt and Syria will have enough ability to defeat Israel in two days. More importantly, Egypt and Syria are likely to believe that they can defeat Israel before the United States sends troops to intervene.

In this way, war is inevitable.

In either aspect, there is no reason for Israel to stop military mobilization.

In the words of the Prime Minister of Israel, if military mobilization is ordered to be stopped at this time, the Jewish nation will suffer the worst survival crisis since its founding. This decision will make him a sinner of the Jewish nation, and no leader can be responsible for it.

Affected by this, when Huang Hanlin arrived in Cairo, the two sides were already at a strife.

Will war be inevitable?

The war will not break out within at least two days. According to the first assessment report submitted by Mu Haoyang, when Israel conducts a comprehensive military mobilization and is far more efficient than its opponents, Egypt and Syria do not have enough confidence to win the war before completing the military mobilization. Therefore, Egypt and Syria will not provoke the war before completing the mobilization. As long as Israel can be stabilized, the next two days will be crucial.

The U.S. President's special envoy did not leave Tel Aviv, but held a second emergency meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister.

It can be said that at this time, China and the United States are trying their best to prevent the war from breaking out.

In the afternoon of the same day, Qi Kaiwei returned to Beijing.

According to Teng Yaohui's arrangement, the General Staff Department allocated a group of personnel to establish a temporary military decision-making analysis team directly led by Mu Haoyang.

With the help of Qi Kaiwei, Mu Haoyang submitted his second analysis report that afternoon.

Based on the military strength of Egypt and Syria and the preparations for war between the two countries, especially after 2036, the military reforms against possible wars, Mu Haoyang clearly mentioned in his report to Li Pingko that the possibility of Egypt and Syria taking military adventures is very high.

To put it bluntly, the military aid provided by China has greatly enhanced the confidence of Egypt and Syria.

At that time, Du Xiaolei was still flying to the United States and submitted an international situation analysis report to Li Pingko.

According to the Foreign Minister's analysis, in addition to having a military basis for adventure, Egypt and Syria also have the possibility of adventure in the international situation in the Middle East. The main reason is that China's expansion actions in the Middle East have greatly enhanced the diplomatic confidence of the two countries.

To put it bluntly, the leaders of Egypt and Syria are likely to believe that China will not let them lose.

Combining these two reports, it is easy to conclude that after completing military mobilization, Egypt and Syria are likely to start a war before China and the United States take action.

This conclusion is exactly consistent with the first report Huang Hanlin came back.

Although during his meeting with Huang Hanlin, Najaf highly praised China's measures to maintain peace and stability, saying that Egypt would handle the incident prudently and would not shoot the first shot, he did not make any commitments on whether to take military action or cause conflict due to unexpected factors.

To put it bluntly, Najaf is still advancing towards the war.

In Huang Hanlin's words, on the most critical issue, that is, Egypt temporarily stopped military mobilization, and Najaf did not make concessions. Instead, he insisted on conducting comprehensive military mobilization on the grounds that Israel had comprehensively increased its military mobilization and that Mossad had to be responsible for the assassination in Damascus.

At that time, the only concession Najaf made was to accept mediation by the Arab countries.

Affected by this, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman all expressed their willingness to mediate that afternoon.

That night, the King of Jordan personally called on Israel, Egypt and Syria to send senior government officials to Amman for consultation. Then the Saudi Crown Prince flew to Cairo and proposed a mediation plan to Najaf. The Emir of Dubai of the UAE flew to Damascus to meet with Assad. As for Israel, the Emir of Kuwait personally came forward to make peace proposals to the Israeli Prime Minister.

Of course, there are also dissonant sounds.

After the assassination, Iran promoted a war declaration and called on the entire Islamic world to mobilize and completely eliminate Zionism. The Iranian president said through a televised speech that Iran would unconditionally support Egypt and Syria in fighting against Israel.

Unfortunately, Iran's voice was not taken seriously at all.

Needless to say, Najaf is under the banner of "Greater Arabism", and Iran is not an Arab country, but a main threat to Arab countries. No matter when, Najaf did not pay much attention to Iran, and had never made an official visit to Iran. Politically speaking, if Najaf wants to unite all Arab countries, especially Arab countries in the Gulf region, he must draw a clear line with Iran.

Although Assad is more enthusiastic, he is also low-key on whether to accept Iranian aid.

Anyway, this is a regional crisis directed by Najaf. If Syria wants to regain the Golan Heights, it mainly depends on Egypt, not Iran. If Syria gets too close to Iran, it will definitely destroy Egypt-Syrian relations and will not benefit Syria.

However, the emergence of Iran has further worsened the situation.

You should know that Najaf and Assad can ignore Iran, but those Islamic extremist organizations will definitely regard Iran as their leaders. More importantly, these extremist organizations not only exist in Iran, but also in most Arab countries, including Egypt and Syria.

That night, when China and the United States were actively mediating, large-scale demonstrations and marches were born in Arab countries such as Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Thousands of people took to the streets and, under the agitation of extremist organizations, raised the banner of "eliminating Zionism", shouted various slogans, surrounding the embassies and consulates and government departments of Western countries.

Affected by this, these countries had to restart national regulatory regulations to put the state into a state of control.

It was just this night that the EU and Russia also stood up and claimed that they would use positive and effective actions to jointly maintain peace and stability in the Middle East.
Chapter completed!