Chapter 1000: The Iran-Iraq Alliance
This reaction is understandable, really! It has been nearly 70 years since the United States maritime hegemony began with the five-nation naval treaty and Britain's recognition of the US navy as an equal to itself. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info This is the first time that there is a fearless challenger, and this challenger is known to be an army power, which makes the United States even more unbearable.
In a sense, the United States is also proving something. Therefore, in the face of the dispatch of the two major red flag fleets of the Soviet Union, they quickly made-for-tat deployments to reflect the superiority of the sea. Deep down, Reagan may not just win, but win beautifully, using America's most powerful navy to lift up the national spirit.
Using the ocean as a battlefield, the two largest maritime forces on Earth have engaged in a unique confrontation. Although the chances of a big war breaking out are unlikely, it is also very risky, and intellectually no one wants to fight, but who knows what will happen? Danger is always there, and nothing in the world is certain.
As soon as the sun appeared above the sea, the US aircraft carriers began to accelerate into the wind with the core of the fleet accompanied by several destroyers. Dozens of warplanes on the flight deck are ready to fly, and the pilots are all staying in the cabin, making final preparations before takeoff with the help of aviation crews. As a red flare rose into the sky, the F14 fighter jet in first place was ejected first. Then the fighters behind left the flight deck one after another.
The Fifth Fleet's accelerated catch-up with the Soviet Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet naturally included threats. F-14 fighters are no strangers to the Soviet Union, and the Iranian People's Air Force is equipped with F-14 fighters. Because of this, the Soviet Air Force specially tested the specific parameters of the F-14 fighter and also used a batch of F-14 fighters for modification.
Therefore, when the F-14 fighters taking off from the US aircraft carrier battle group approached the sky over the Soviet Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet, it did not cause panic in the Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet, the radar was turned on, all the anti-aircraft missiles were put on standby, and the Red Flag Mediterranean Fleet was still advancing at full speed and continued to march eastward.
This kind of dangerous and restrained contact is staged almost every hour, and both Americans and Soviets are in a state of high mental tension, and there is certainly a possibility that a nervous misfire. Whether it is the carrier-based aircraft in the sky or the missiles on the Soviet warships, they are all made for decoration, and their purpose is to use them in battle.
Of course, the Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet does not only have various types of missiles, but also the latest Soviet vertical take-off and landing fighter Yak-141 fighter on the Kyiv-class aircraft carrier. The development of carrier-based vertical take-off and landing fighters in the USSR began in the late sixties. And to carry out carrier-based flights on the aircraft carrier Marshal of the Soviet Navy in Gorshkov, after the completion of the design, it was prepared to carry Yak-141 fighters on aircraft carriers such as the Kuznetsov.
It is well known that all kinds of Soviet fighters were in line with the attack of the army's tank army, and almost all of them had a short combat radius. Due to the high accident rate of the Yak-38, the small bomb load and radius earned the nickname of the mast defender, and the Yak-141 fighter was much larger than the Yak-38. It is a new carrier-based fighter for the Soviet Kyiv-class aircraft carriers, and in order to be used all year round in the Indian, Pacific and Mediterranean Oceans, the Yak-141 is designed according to the international standard atmosphere plus 15 degrees Celsius, rather than completely suitable for the native climate of the Soviet Union.
"They're here again, and this harassment is disgusting." In the combat command room of the USS Kiev, a commander who was looking at the charts with a pencil said irritably that the harassment of American carrier-based aircraft had annoyed the entire Soviet Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet. Almost every once in a while, the Yak-141 VTOL fighter takes off to drive away the American F14 fighter.
The Yak-141 VTOL fighter is now considered the most advanced VTOL fighter in the world, but it is still a little powerless in the face of heavy carrier-based aircraft like the F14. Boxing is also divided into divisions, and heavyweight and lightweight fighters do not fight each other, and this kind of confrontation is a disadvantage for the Soviet Union.
Even in later generations, no one would think that the F35 fighter, which imitated the Yak-141 VTOL fighter, could compete with a heavy fighter like the F22, let alone now. Even if the Yak-141 is the most advanced VTOL fighter, it will not work.
The Yak-141 vertical take-off and landing fighter also has a problem caused by the technology of the times, that is, the general deck cannot withstand the high temperature baking of the Yak-141 engine.
"There's no way, keep moving forward and rush to Indonesia, we won't dwell on it." Admiral Gironopoulo, commander of the Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet, calmly ordered, "We must carry out the orders of the central authorities and not have much contact with the Americans." ”
"But!" The commander who had just spoken had to say more, but before he could speak, he was severely stopped.
"There is nothing but to carry out the orders of the central government." Admiral Hironopoulo said in an unquestioning tone, "We are responsible for the motherland, and we do not lack the courage to die together, but we must also measure whether it is worth it." ”
In this history, Admiral Gironopoulo did not order our ship to ram your ship, but instead restrained the anger in his heart, and made the opposite decision with himself in another time and space.
With Admiral Hironopoulo once again confirmed the order to maintain restraint and move forward at full speed. The Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet continued to rush with all its might, continuing to maintain a state of tension to deal with the harassment of the US Fifth Fleet.
"Follow the other side, and we can't get out of our attack. The Pentagon has stated that our base in Australia is ready for supplies! "In the flagship of the Fifth Fleet, such a voice came out.
This kind of harassment is sufficient, the strength of the Soviet Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet is not weak, and the Fifth Fleet cannot guarantee that it will retreat with all its strength, and forcing the Soviets into a hurry is not something that the Americans want to see. If you turn the display of strength and prestige into putting yourself in, you will become a fool if you can't pretend to be forced to do so.
The United States is the last reluctant to show its strength with an adversary like the Soviet Union, and if possible, how good it would be to replace the Soviet Union with Nicaragua. The Fifth Fleet, which was pursuing the Red Banner Mediterranean Fleet, also began to accelerate and continue this chase battle, and similarly, the Fifth Fleet was getting farther and farther away from the Persian Gulf.
Australia and Indonesia because of the dispute over the island of Timor, after the United States and the Soviet Union began to take sides, finally became the focus of the world, while the oceanic confrontation, Egypt first expressed support for Indonesia, the vast majority of peaceful countries sided with Indonesia. The reason is very simple, in the eyes of most people in pacific countries, Indonesia is a pacifist country.
This kind of misconception is widespread, just as Serov once thought for a long time that India was a Buddhist country because Buddhism originated in ancient India, but in fact, whether it is modern India or modern Nepal, the largest religion is Hinduism, and Buddhism has long been on the verge of extinction.
Ordinary people's understanding of the world has a certain lag, and the saying that all peaceful believers in the world are brothers is just talking.
When all the attention of all countries has been diverted, some of the places that really need attention are slowly moving. The Persian Gulf, the world's energy hub, is empty like nothing in decades. Baghdad and Tehran began their first serious assessment of the success rate of the operation.
When to act, under what name, the situation can be brought under control as soon as possible. Modern countries need to have a detailed battle plan, and the era of the emperor going to war at the first order is long gone.
The situation facing Baghdad is well understood: Kuwait's total strength is just 10,000, and Iraq's troops deployed in the southern part of the country are not large, only a quarter of the country's strength. This ratio is not in fact malicious towards Kuwait. Close to the border with Kuwait, there were only three divisions in strength. Baghdad has this confidence that as soon as the military operation begins, it will be able to take this southern neighbor in one day, which is consistent with the judgment of Serov in Moscow.
Iran's situation is much more complicated, as everyone knows that Bahrain is a very important island in the Persian Gulf. But many people don't know that although Bahrain is a Shiite country, its geographical location is close to the Saudi side. It is 25 kilometers away from Saudi Arabia and is connected by a sea-crossing bridge between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, which has been open to traffic for three years.
If Bahrain had not been geographically important and difficult to divide, Britain would not have looked at it in the first place. Bahrain, which is twenty-five kilometers from Saudi Arabia, is more than 200 kilometers from this layer of Iran.
Iraq is facing a conventional land war, and Iran is facing a weaker enemy, but it is a real cross-sea operation. I don't know how much more difficult it is than in Iraq.
"To be honest, we must have the help of the Iraqi People's Air Force, otherwise we will not be able to cope with it on our own! We can't put all hope on amphibious tanks, although the surface warships left by the United States in Bahrain are not strong, but that is for the Soviet Union, and if we send landing ships, we may all be sunk in the process. The combination of airborne operations and amphibious tank raids, coupled with our lurking secret armaments, gave us the certainty of victory. "This is the result of discussions within Tehran.
Iran has a division of airborne troops that can be used to fight, and the combat effectiveness is decent. It was trained by the Soviet military advisory group, and the Iranian People's Air Force also had American and Soviet transport planes used to fight. When the Soviet Union attacked Turkey, it used to cross the Black Sea with amphibious tanks, a practice that was also absorbed by Iran.
The only option is a landing operation that everyone else chooses, and if Iran does this, it is likely to be sunk by the remnants of Bahrain's US anti-ship missiles and fighter jets. A sinking warship will kill many people, and whether an amphibious tank will attract a missile strike is a question.