Chapter 7 Sudden Attack

September 20th, at 1:30 a.m.

After more than two hours of silence, the Israeli Prime Minister personally held a press conference, claiming that the bombing in Damascus had nothing to do with Mossad, that Israel would not seek peace by assassinating other heads of state, and that Israel would not compromise with hostile countries on "false" charges.

Because I had received the news, Mu Haoyang rarely stayed next to the TV.

"I asked Lao Li that the matter in Damascus did have nothing to do with Mossad." Ma Mingtao said, while taking out a cigarette. "As the saying goes, if you want to be guilty, the news obtained by He Yaoluo has not been sorted out. As for the strategic reconnaissance aircraft that took off from the Pakistan Air Force Base, it will not be possible to reach the battlefield around 11:30 Beijing time.

Affected by this, Mu Haoyang decided to report to Yuan after receiving the exact information.

At this moment, Ma Mingtao rushed over.

"What's the matter?"

"I just received the news that Najaf and Assad are about to make a televised speech and formally declare war on Israel."

Seeing Ma Mingtao turn on the TV, Mu Haoyang frowned.

It is very natural for Egypt and Syria to declare war on Israel when they are suddenly attacked by Israel, and it is strange that Najaf and Assad do not do this.

"I read the news from the bureau and found it very strange."

"You find it strange, too?"

Ma Mingtao nodded and said, "What's even more strange is that Lao Li didn't explain, and half an hour ago, our contact with the military advisory group was completely interrupted. I have sent someone to check the communication equipment. There is no problem. Something must have happened to the military advisory group."

Mu Haoyang was stunned and said, "Are there any casualties?"

"Even if there are, it is impossible for hundreds of people to be killed or killed. Moreover, the communications department is separately located in the city, so it is impossible for the contact to be completely interrupted."

"this……"

"I think there must be something wrong."

“What’s the problem?”

Ma Mingtao lit a cigarette and said, "I don't know either, but there will be an answer soon."

Mu Haoyang nodded and did not ask any more questions.

Fifteen minutes later, Najaf appeared on the TV.

At about 5 a.m. on the 20th day of Cairo time, Najaf officially declared war on Israel through a national televised speech, and called on all Arab countries to jointly resist the barbaric invasion of Zionism and defend the interests of Arab countries in various military, non-military, direct and indirect ways.

Ten minutes later, Assad declared war on Israel as the acting president.

By this time, the Israeli authorities still did not declare war declarations.

After Najaf and Assad declared war on Israel, the Egyptian Air Force and the Syrian Air Force jointly dispatched to challenge the Israeli Air Force.

When the air battle started, the strategic reconnaissance plane dispatched by the Chinese Air Force happened to arrive over the northern Red Sea.

Immediately afterwards, a carrier-based early warning aircraft that took off from the Yangtze River also rushed over and recorded the air battles born on the Sinai Peninsula throughout the process.

If we say that in the "Six-Day War", that is, the Third Middle East War, Egypt and Syria were defeated by Israel in the air, which eventually led to a complete failure. Then in the fifth Middle East War, at least the performance of the Egyptian Air Force was far more than fifty years ago.

In this air battle, the Egyptian Air Force dispatched more than 70 fighter jets from six squadrons, twenty j-30i of the two squadrons were the absolute main force, and the support force was two strategic early warning aircraft, two tactical early warning aircraft and two strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft. In addition, the ground command center also played a great role. The other side was more than 40 fighter jets from the Israeli Air Force, and the main force was nearly twenty f-44a.

The air battle lasted for about half an hour, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

Although the Egyptian Air Force failed to seize air supremacy and drove Israeli fighter jets out of the Sinai Peninsula, it achieved a tactical victory. According to the combat situation detected by the Chinese naval early warning aircraft, Egypt lost twenty-three fighter jets and Israel lost twenty-seven. Although Egypt and Israel both claimed that they did not lose the fifth-generation fighter jets, according to the information released after the war, both the j-30i and the f-44a were damaged, and the number was not too small. The former had five, the latter had six, and several were seriously damaged.

The most direct result of this air battle was that the Israeli Air Force was forced to cancel the second round of air strikes in the early morning of the day.

It was not until around 11:00 am Cairo time that the Israeli Air Force dispatched more than 200 fighter jets to carry out a second round of air strikes on Egypt's air bases and air defense facilities.
Chapter completed!