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After asking this sentence, the fiery atmosphere at the scene immediately calmed down, especially the Arabs around, whose eyes could already kill him.

However, the question he raised was of concern to all Western journalists, and everyone was waiting for Prince Sultan's speech.

Prince Sultan's face sank: "When did the land there belong to Israel? Which country in the world has recognized the land of Israel? It was during the third Middle East war. Israel forcibly seized it with its own military power, and Israel has always refused to return these lands to the Arab countries around us in disregard of UN Resolution 242. So, please don’t disregard the feelings of all our Arab countries, in any In public, publicize that those lands are all in Israel." Looking at the reporter who obviously favored Israel, Prince Sultan showed enough generosity for a qualified politician, and he continued: "Also, we Going there is not to have a military struggle with Israel. We are going to perform peacekeeping missions. Therefore, we believe that Israel will never destroy the peace agreement and attack our peacekeepers. We go there to help achieve Peace, not war. We believe that as long as we have enough sincerity, there will be no more wars in the Middle East.”

Prince Sultan spoke very seriously and sincerely, which was even more touching than the peace achieved between Sadat and Israel. The reporters at the scene applauded.

Chapter 725 Turning the Peak

Looking at the eloquent man playing the role of peace envoy on TV, Perez's eyes burst into anger. Now, his armored forces have reached the bottom of the Golan Heights. Originally, with the help of this With a lot of momentum, they will attack the Golan Heights and take Damascus at any time, but now, the situation has changed again, as if suddenly drilled out of the desert, the United Arab Army has entered the Golan Heights.

"This is the Arabs who broke our peace agreement first. They promised to return to their respective places, but now they have arrived in the Golan Heights. In doing so, they have not fulfilled the agreement at all. Therefore, we should also announce that we will not fulfill the agreement with them. Entering a state of war, we need to take the Golan Heights again!" said a general in the main battle.

Of course the Israelis are going to be angry. They have been suppressed and beaten for a long time, and now they have a chance to beat up the Syrians. However, at the last moment, they lost the opportunity and replaced them. !

The person has changed, do you want to continue the fight?It is a very serious problem before them.

"Now, the Arabs keep saying that they occupy the Golan Heights as a peacekeeper. They have not challenged us at all. If we attack like this, I am afraid there is no excuse." The foreign minister analyzed.

"Right now, excuses are secondary. The key is, is our current army capable of winning this battle?" Perez regained his composure and asked. This was the question he was most concerned about.

If it was the Syrian army on the other side, he could know the answer almost without asking. The Syrians were already frightened, and they would run back to Damascus in one breath just like they did in 73.But now, with the United Arab Army, the situation is different.

"We are facing the troops that were in the last exercise in Aqaba. The main ones are the No.60 Armored Division of Iraq and the First Armored Division of Saudi Arabia. We don't have much pressure on the Saudi army, because Although their military equipment is good, their training and combat courage are far behind ours. Our opponents are mainly the No.60 armored division in Iraq. This armored division is equipped with their own T-72 tanks. According to our analysis, the artillery, fire control, engine, and even armor protection of this tank are far superior to our latest Merkava MK2 tank in various aspects. Therefore, if we attack, there will be a greater impact. Casualties, and now they have patrolled fighter planes over northern Jordan and the Golan Heights, and their early warning planes are also flying surveillance in the rear safe airspace. Our air force cannot guarantee that it can seize air supremacy, and Syria Compared with MiGs, our fighters have great advantages. However, compared with Iraq's Mirage 4000 and Saudi Arabia's F-15, our now weakened air force may have to pay enough to lose air supremacy. said Rabin.

For Iraq, which may become a threat to itself, Israel has put in a lot of intelligence efforts. Although it is still people who decide the outcome of a war, the advancement of technology has allowed weapons to occupy more and more Advantages, the national defense of Israel is strong enough, but they found that they did not form an overwhelming advantage. On the main battle tanks, their tanks, from the artillery to the engine, except for their own weight far exceeding the opponent's , There is no advantage at all. Originally, the weakest part of the T-72 is the fire control, but it has been improved with the German fire control system.As for the fighters, the Israeli column can at most draw with the opponent, but it still can't compete with the opponent in terms of consumption.

After hearing this, Perez already understood, that is to say, if one's own side launched an attack, even if the Golan Heights could be captured in the end, it would have to pay a high price of casualties, and now, this price is based on The sè column is unbearable.

Is that the case, leaving Syria alone?In this way, lost the Golan Heights again?Perez is already thinking, should he step down on his own initiative, or be impeached by the congressmen to step down?With the color listed in his hands, he has suffered several times in a row.

"What does the United States mean, what does the European country mean?" Perez asked.

"Most European countries have expressed their approval for the actions of the United Arab Army, and praised the positive effect of these Saudi-led peacekeeping forces in maintaining peace in the Middle East." Nahum, who had just collected information, said.

European countries have also stood on the opposite side of their own?Perez suddenly woke up. The crisis in the Middle East has lasted for nearly two months. During such a long period of time, the international crude oil price has risen considerably. They are worried that the crisis will continue to affect oil prices. After Israel and the Arab countries signed the agreement, the international crude oil futures price fell by 5.00%. However, just after learning that the United Arab Army occupied the Golan Heights, the price rebounded violently and rose by 12.00%. Western countries are worried, This time, the Middle East countries will be officially involved in the ground war. You must know that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, the three countries combined, account for nearly half of the world's oil exports.

"The attitude of the United States is very ambiguous. They seem to be hesitating whether ending the war in this way is the most appropriate choice, because they still have to take into account the two countries of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait."

All kinds of situations came together, and Perez found in despair that the most suitable choice for Israel now is probably the truce?

Not reconciled, he is absolutely not reconciled, but, as a leader, when doing things, one should not be influenced by feelings, one has to weigh the whole situation.

There is no way to fight, so the rest is just a matter of lip service, negotiating with Saudi Arabia and other countries, they violated the original agreement by doing so, and the follow-up agreements listed in sè will no longer be implemented, for example, There is still a billion dollars behind, so no more payments.

The first row needs a temporary rest, the second row's air force needs to become stronger again, the second row needs to develop an anti-missile system that can defend against short-range ballistic missiles from surrounding countries, and the second row needs to develop its own ballistic Missiles need to continue to develop their own nuclear weapons secretly in South Africa. In a maximum of five years, Israel can double what was lost in this war!

The Israeli armored forces that have driven into the Golan Heights not far away, looking at their former territory, they are all waiting for the order from above to take back their own territory at any time, but they continue By the time the order above came, the war was over.

The war is over?Tears welled up in their eyes as they watched the flags flying over the Golan Heights.

This incident caused a great crisis for Perez. The right-wing forces in the country began to express great dissatisfaction with Perez's failure in this operation. Perez was completely dereliction of duty, especially However, Perez still has absolute prestige in the Labor Party and has resisted the dissatisfaction of the right wing.What made Perez dumbfounded was that he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize that year.

There was a lot of noise, and the series of crises triggered by the Israeli nuclear issue that followed the entire Western world finally came to an end with the entry of the United Arab Army in the Golan Heights.There are many aspects of this war that will be talked about by later generations. For example, in the first round of strikes, all of your own ballistic missiles were used to attack the opponent's air force base, completely making the opponent's air force lose the ability to defend its own airspace. ability.For another example, long-range and precise strikes against land-attack cruise missiles, the role of early warning aircraft in air combat, and the rapid and covert maneuvering of armored forces in the event of loss of air supremacy... No matter how you look at it, Iraq is absolute. The winner, Iraq made Israel give up its nuclear weapons, attacked Israel's nuclear bases and air bases, almost completely destroyed Israel's air force, and demanded compensation from Israel.Moreover, through this incident, Iraq consolidated its position in the entire Arab world and deepened its relationship with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan. Moreover, Iraq occupied the Golan Heights, which will have a very favorable position in future wars. geographical advantage.

In other respects, Qusay left Baghdad this time, and also uncovered the rebel forces in Baghdad. Those guys with ulterior motives have all been arrested, which will also be of great benefit to his future rule.

Of course, Qusay also knows that the current peace is only temporary, and when the Israeli Air Force regains its strength, they will definitely start another dispute over this matter. In this world, it seems that there has never been a time when the Jews have suffered.The attitude of the United States is also very strange. In order to continue to win over Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the United States did not vote against the United Nations proposal to maintain peace in the Golan Heights after they occupied the Golan Heights. , the United States and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait seem to have restored their original friendly relations.

In this incident, the Red Empire in the north also gave Iraq a lot of support. There are only eternal interests between countries. Qusay knows that although the United States has lifted the sanctions against Iraq, the current Iraq, It is also gradually drifting away from the United States, because the rise of Iraq is a real danger to the United States, and the relationship between Iraq and the Soviet Union is gradually getting closer. Now, Iraq also needs to start to deploy in the Soviet Union, so that Iraq can gain from the Soviet Union in the future. Get ready for big benefits.

It takes a lot of effort to import some OTP-23 missiles from the Soviet Union now, but in the future, the production line can be directly shipped back from the Soviet Union!

Chapter 726 Desert Leopard ([-])

October 1984, 10 AD.

For the big eastern country, this is a special day.Because, 35 years ago, a great figure announced on the tower that symbolized power: The Chinese people have stood up since then!This ancient nation has since turned a new page.

Now, in this special day of this year, and in this special place, a new climax is ushered in again.

At this time, the city towers and squares of Tiananmen Square are colorful and magnificent, and the viewing stands and squares are crowded with people.

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the People's Liberation Army in straight military uniforms have been waiting here for several hours.What they were waiting for was the most solemn moment: the National Day military parade.

Amidst the majestic national anthem, the National Day military parade officially began.As the review car slowly passed by, and with the friendly words of comrades who have worked hard, the military parade slowly kicked off.

After the infantry phalanx passed by in unison, the chariot phalanx came on stage.Military attaches from various countries on the Tiananmen Tower are also pointing, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored vehicles, howitzers, smoothbore guns, howitzers, rocket launchers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, command vehicles... "Flying fish, China's flying fish!" Suddenly, a military officer saw an incoming phalanx. The missile on it was no longer a big one like the silkworm baby, but a missile with the same shape as the French flying fish missile. He couldn't help but exclaimed. Let's get up, when did the great eastern countries equip this kind of weapon?

However, what the announcer said at this time made him lose face among his colleagues.

"What we see now is our country's first ground attack cruise missile successfully developed through the efforts of our country's scientific researchers. Its appearance has given our country an additional model that can be used outside the enemy's air defense area during air-to-ground strikes. A precision strike weapon that strikes the opponent's important land targets."

The military attachés of various countries immediately thought that this air-to-surface missile, in the strait, could attack the military installations on Treasure Island in the East China Sea outside the center line of the strait.In the war in the Middle East not long ago, the attack of cruise missiles showed great power.Now, does this missile have the same power?

They didn't know that this missile was a cruise missile jointly developed by Iraq and the eastern powers on the basis of the C801.The numbers in Iraq are Red Bird 286 and Red Bird [-], while those in the Eastern Powers are Blue Light [-] and Blue Light [-].The same corresponds to the models with solid rocket motors and with small turbojet engines.However, the eastern powers do not have the extra funds to import advanced western navigation systems. They are carrying out reverse imitation from the inertial navigation system provided by Iraq. They have achieved success, but the accuracy has been reduced.The terrain matching system still uses the same electronic equipment based on civilian [-] chips developed by Iraq.

Later, the huge surface-to-surface missiles, as the finale, finally appeared on the stage. This army supported the backbone of the eastern power. They were the strategic missile force!If you want to stand upright in this world, then you need to have enough confidence, that is, your own missile nuclear weapons!

When the huge Dongfeng-5 missile consigned in three sections came slowly, almost all the foreign military officers exclaimed. This is the first time that China has shown the long-range intercontinental missile to the world. Before that, China's strategic weapons have always been half-covered, and this kind of missile with a range of [-] kilometers is enough to hit any country in the world!

The military parade of the great eastern country was broadcast to many countries in the world.

"Only when we realize the independent production and research and development of advanced weapons, can we be called a real military power." Qusay said: "Advanced national defense cannot be bought. We in Iraq are now taking the A road full of thorns.” When inspecting the Iraqi military vehicle research third design bureau located next to the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck production base in Kazimein, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

After returning from Amman, Qusay began to deal with a large number of affairs that were not urgently accumulated in the Palace of the Republic. Although Adnan temporarily took over these affairs during his absence, Qusay still had to Check it out again for yourself.

When Qu Sai was dizzy, he opened the report of the newly established design bureau, and his eyes immediately lit up.The third design bureau designed and developed Iraq's first wheeled infantry fighting vehicle based on the Mercedes-Benz NG-80 series of off-road heavy trucks. Now a prototype has been produced, and the final test is being prepared, and subsequent funding is requested.

Seeing this report, Qusay immediately became interested. He made an impromptu decision to go to this design bureau to see how things were going.

When introducing the Mercedes-Benz NG-80 series heavy trucks and striving to achieve complete localization including the engine, gearbox and rear axle, Qusay intended to develop a wheeled infantry that is suitable for operations in the Middle East on this excellent chassis. Here comes the chariot.This was also a proposal that moved Qusay very much when Mercedes-Benz Motors lobbied the Iraqi government to purchase a second production line after the Steyr production line.

At present, Iraq has achieved the ability to produce its own main battle tanks, but the infantry fighting vehicles that accompany the main battle tanks are still blank.Iraq is mainly equipped with two types of infantry fighting vehicles. The Russian-made BMP-1 has advanced performance and is expensive. It is only equipped with an ace armored division. Not high, moreover, both of these are tracked.

According to the original agreement, after the introduction of the production line, the Iraqi government established a new third design bureau next to the vehicle factory, mainly from Italy's Otto?An Arab engineer who came back from Melara, Fedun Sindi, had participated in the development of the VCC-80 infantry fighting vehicle in Italy, and Iraq's own experts, more than a dozen from Mercedes-Benz Senior engineers, jointly research this infantry fighting vehicle.

Mercedes-Benz Motors has always wanted to intervene in the development of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles again, but because the German government did not approve the project, and the headquarters did not have research and development funds. When it first lobbied the Iraqi government to buy NG-80 heavy trucks, it promised that if the Iraqi government was willing to use this chassis They are willing to provide technical support for Iraq, and the salaries of the experts they send are all paid by Mercedes-Benz itself. Qusay must of course agree to their kindness. You know, they want to send their It is not an easy task to understand the chassis technology thoroughly. In the later generations, the Eastern powers introduced Steyr technology. It took more than ten years. It was not until the new century that those technologies were fully mastered.All kinds of heavy-duty trucks came out in droves, and even began to be exported overseas.

And those German experts mainly help to use existing civilian components to make improvements to meet the design requirements of the new chassis.

The development of infantry fighting vehicles is relatively less difficult, and there are mature off-road heavy trucks for reference. The difficulty is not very high, and the investment will not be particularly high. This is a research project in Iraq.However, it is definitely not on the chassis of an off-road heavy truck, and the protection made up of welding some steel plates is enough. That kind of truck is called an armored truck, not a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle.

For 6*6 or 8*8 off-road trucks, the front double or rear double axles are close together, and the wheelbase of the front steering (also driving wheel) and the rear driving wheel Place fuel tanks, batteries and other peripherals.However, this is not the case for wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. It needs the front and rear wheelbases to be equal in order to be able to give full play to its off-road advantages. In this case, the corresponding beams and suspensions need to be redesigned.In this regard, the experts from Mercedes-Benz will play a big role. They will use mature and common components as much as possible to realize the design of the new chassis.

The above vehicle body was mainly developed by Fedun, which is very similar to the VCC-80 infantry fighting vehicle he participated in. Although the latter's chassis is tracked, they have to take into account the versatility and To be reasonable, it needs to be convenient for a combat team member to ride and fight, be able to adapt to the weather in the Middle East, and based on this, can be converted into various other vehicles to develop a car family.

Now, what is displayed in front of Qusay is such a mighty-looking armored combat vehicle.