Babylonian Empire

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"Captain, we don't go to fight the Soviets now, and we come here to transport these things. It's really inexplicable." A farmer started to complain.

They are not farmers at all, but an Afghan guerrilla, now only in disguise, performing a new mission.

Now, the battle with the Soviet Union has been fought for several years, and more and more troops led by the bearded Omar have moved to more and more areas, and the tasks performed have begun to diversify.

However, he doesn't like the current task very much.

In their donkey carts are weapons. These weapons were taken over from the United States by the Alliance for the Liberation of Afghanistan. However, these weapons did not fall into their hands, but were transported from the Afghan border to Iran!

In fact, Osama didn't like this task either, and he always felt that the task was carried out inexplicably.

They only need to transport the weapons to the Iranian border, and the task is considered complete, but who are these weapons shipped to?

Osama also knows that Iran is now torn apart. On the one hand, it is the current government of Tehran. This government, as everyone with a discerning eye knows, is supported by Iraq.And the other is other local forces that have not yet submitted to the current zhèngfǔ's jurisdiction, such as those areas in the north and south of Iran.

Who did they ship the weapons to?It must not be the army of the Tehran zhèngfǔ, and they don't have to make such troubles. It can only be other forces. If the United States wants to transport weapons to those forces, then it must want to be an enemy of Iraq!

Osama is from Saudi Arabia. Because he was dissatisfied with the brutal invasion of the Soviet Union, he came to Afghanistan to fight with the people here, and with the support of the United States, they used the weapons provided by the Americans to fight the Soviets.

However, it does not mean that Osama is grateful to the United States. The United States is just to check and balance the Soviet Union, and they are a pawn of the United States.

Does this chess piece have a say?

Although Osama has always been in Afghanistan, he knows a lot about the situation in the entire Middle East. He is very dissatisfied with the United States, especially now that the United States has always supported Israel, and Iraq has bombed Israel. The nuclear base of Israel is something that makes all the Arab countries very excited, but now, Israel bombed in reverse, killing the president of Iraq.

Without the support of the United States, Israel would not be so arrogant at all. If the Soviet Union retreats now, then Osama will change from an anti-Soviet person to a staunch anti-American person.

The United States is using the influence of Afghanistan to contain the Soviet Union, so why don't they use the funding of the United States to strengthen themselves?

Now, the United States is funding another force to become stronger?And this powerful force is not to contain the Soviet Union, but to contain Iraq, and to contain the current government of Iran!

"I heard that many people have been mobilized this time to participate in this transportation activity." Another farmer said.

"How many?" Osama asked.

"It is said that there are more than a dozen guerrillas."

Dozens?Well, these weapons are enough for an integrator to use, so the scale is a bit too big, right?The United States may only fund so much weapons for Afghanistan a year.

His mind moved.

"Go to the woods ahead, let's open it and have a look." Osama said.

Osama is their most trusted leader. Hearing what the boss said, they have long forgotten what the boss explained.

Walking into the woods, the donkey cart stopped, and the firewood on it was pushed away, revealing several boxes inside.

Osama drew a dagger from his body, pried open the box through the gap.

Inside is a Stinger anti-aircraft missile.

"Didn't the Yankees say that this kind of missile is out of stock? It won't be delivered to us until next year. Many of our brothers have already died under Soviet gunships." A farmer said.

"That is, now, they are transporting these things to Iran, and let us transport them. Simply, these weapons are ours to use." Another person said.

Osama did not speak, but opened another box.

There is a 12.7 mm caliber machine gun inside. This kind of machine gun can shoot through the thin armor of armored vehicles, and can also be used as a high-firing machine gun by raising the base. This kind of thing is generally not equipped with guerrillas. In general, because it is too heavy, it is mainly equipped in regular troops.

The weapons on several other vehicles were also turned on, and there were even anti-tank missiles inside. The focus of these equipment was to deal with advanced equipment than our own, such as regular armored forces and helicopters in the sky.

Looking at these things, almost everyone is drooling. If they get these things by themselves and use them to deal with the Soviet army in the mountains, they will have a greater advantage.

"Put these back." Osama made up his mind. "Let's walk slowly on the road, and at the same time, send the information back to Saudi Arabia and pass it on to Iraq."

Chapter 668 Missile Attack Plan

"Israel currently has six air force bases. Among them, there are two bases in Haifa and Ramat-David in the north, near the Mediterranean Sea, three in the center, Studdorf, Ekron and Khazor, and one in the south-central Hazelim. We have obtained detailed satellite map information of these air force bases." Defense Minister Adnan said.

Now, an important combat meeting is being held in Baghdad, which will decide the final action against Israel. All those attending the meeting are senior Iraqi commanders, Defense Minister Adnan, Air Force Commander Abed, Taha - Yassin, as well as Rashid, Watban, Barzan and others, in addition to these senior commanders, the special No. [-] unit, Colonel Warih also participated in this high-level meeting.

On the big screen, the general photo has already been played with a slide projector, and the distribution maps of the major air force bases are all marked with red circles. Then, more detailed satellite maps of the major bases are played one by one. , the long runway, and the fighter planes on the edge of the runway, which were shining in the sun, were all clearly visible.

Because the war is about to break out now, the fighter planes of the Israeli Air Force are ready at any time, especially the main F-15 and F-16 fighter planes, all of which are equipped with missiles, because in the last Iraqi attack. is a cruise missile.

Those missiles flying close to the ground caught Israel by surprise last time. Therefore, Israel is good at summing up experience and learning lessons. They found that it is very complicated and very simple to deal with this kind of weapon.The complexity is the difficulty in finding it. Even if they take off the pre-warning plane, they can only have very little pre-warning time. As long as they find this kind of cruise missile, they can easily shoot it down with fighter planes or ground anti-aircraft firepower, because , the flight path of this missile is very fixed most of the time.

Moreover, for a possible attack by the Iraqi Air Force, the current Iraqi Air Force already has advanced fighters, and they must go all out and be ready to fight at any time.

Looking at the fighter planes on the satellite pictures, everyone's eyes were full of desire. Destroying those fighter planes in Israel would make Israel feel distressed to death!

"In previous wars, we have not achieved a decisive victory in the battle with Israel, because the air force of Israel is very powerful, and they can occupy the air supremacy over the battlefield every time. In modern warfare In China, without air supremacy, there is no initiative on the battlefield.” After the slide show, Qusay, the new president of Iraq, said in a calm tone.

"The number of fighters we are currently equipped with is not enough. Even if we cooperate with the air forces of Saudi Arabia and other countries, we expect that at least half of the fighters will be lost on the battlefield, and we cannot fully guarantee air supremacy." Air Force Commander Abed Said: "The Israeli Air Force is equipped with a large number of third-generation fighters F-15 and F-16, which have very powerful air combat capabilities. The number of our advanced fighters is still very small. We can control the air dominance over Iran. That is because Iran There is no source of parts for fighter jets, but Israel is different. Israel will receive the full support of the United States. The advanced weapons of the United States will be the first to be exported. The missiles carried by the fighters of Israel are also It has an advantage over ours, so if we directly engage in air combat with the Israeli Air Force, it is very uneconomical."

Abid was very careful in his words. In this way, it is not because the air force is afraid of war, but because of the gap in strength. Iraq's victory made them feel satisfied with their own military strength. Last time, they also killed all the fighter planes of the invading Israeli Air Force. up.However, they have not lost their basic judgment, especially in the Air Force, which has often suffered defeats before.

After Abid finished speaking, the other people present also understood this meaning. The air force is the most important thing for President Qusay. President Qusay never minds bringing the most advanced weapons to the battlefield for combat. appropriate.In particular, President Qusay will not use it when it is not cost-effective.

In the previous wars, President Qusay always had all kinds of whimsical ideas and surprises to reduce his own losses. Now, President Qusay has come up with a new way.

"Our air force must be used in the most critical places." Qu Sai said: "However, we also need to eliminate the Israeli air force. Their air force must fly to the sky in order to be a fighting eagle. On the ground, that is a chicken that is slaughtered. We just need to kill the Israeli planes on the ground!"

On the ground, one way to kill the opponent's plane is to use plane bombing. However, Iraq does not have so many forces to attack so many places at the same time, and it cannot guarantee the effect of the air strike or interception, and the loss will still be huge.

Another way is to use unmanned aircraft, that is, missiles to attack.

One of Iraq's existing ground attack missiles is the Red Bird III ground attack missile, which has shown great power. However, this missile has been used up in the last attack, and the factory is still stepping up production. So far, there are only less than ten pieces.Red Bird No. [-] and No. [-] are too close to each other, and the aircraft needs to be close to the sky above the target, which is risky and will not be considered.

Moreover, this method can only be used once, the second time, the opponent will be prepared.

Therefore, what Iraq needs to use is the second type of missile that cannot be intercepted by the opponent, ballistic missiles!

Ballistic missiles have always been an effective means for poor countries to deal with rich countries, because the cost of ballistic missiles is much higher than the cost of intercepting ballistic missiles!

There are two types of missiles. One is to fly forward at a certain height above the ground like an airplane after take-off. This is a cruise missile. The other is to fly a parabola like a cannonball. This is called a ballistic missile. .

Intercepting cruise missiles is like intercepting aircraft, except that this aircraft is relatively small, the target is small, it is not easy to be detected by radar, and the flying altitude is low, but generally speaking, its speed will not be very high, except for the Soviet Union Some missiles using rocket engines or ramjet engines can reach more than a few Machs, and most cruise missiles are subsonic.

But ballistic missiles are different.

When launching a ballistic missile, it relies on the thrust of a powerful engine to push the missile out of the atmosphere. After the engine burns out, it is like a fired shell, flying according to the trajectory of ballistics, and finally enters the atmosphere again , and the speed will be quite large.If it is an intercontinental ballistic missile, the speed at the end will be as high as ten times the speed of sound. Even if it is a short-range missile, the landing stage will be above Mach [-]. In this era, no air defense missile can intercept ballistic missiles.

Even in later generations, during the Gulf War, the United States made a high-profile claim that the Patriots successfully intercepted the Scud, but the actual success rate of interception was very low. Until more than ten years later, when the United States vigorously developed the NMD and TMD systems, It's just a collision between two sides that know the trajectory of the opponent's missile, without any actual combat experience.

So, now, Iraq's attack on Israeli air bases starts with ballistic missiles!

"Varih, let me introduce you to everyone." Qu Sai said, nodding to Varih.