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How to control the Strait of Hormuz is something that Qusay has always been thinking about, and at the throat of the Persian Gulf, Iran on one side and Oman's Mushandan Peninsula on the other. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo≦≧

The military location there is very important, and if you can get a military presence there, it can make a lot of sense, so Qusay is now cautiously putting forward this proposition, if not on the peninsula, even on a small island outside, to set up a radar to monitor the entire Strait of Hormuz to prevent the Iranians from laying mines again, this excuse should be weighty enough, right?

"We have to discuss this matter carefully with Oman." King Fahd said.

The king is still hesitating, and Qusay knows that he must not put pressure on the other party, because they are all Arab brothers, and they can't be like Saddam Hussein in later generations, and finally betray their relatives and leave.

Putting down the phone, Qusay was still a little worried that the current Iraqi Navy was simply unable to undertake the task of maintaining security in the Persian Gulf, so the Iraqi Navy could not play a decisive role on the big stage of escort, and his current means had almost drained the juice of Iraq's weak navy.

Now the war against Iran, as in history, has begun to shift to the sea. ≦≧ the battle for the sea is becoming more and more important when Iran is no longer able to counterattack on land, and Iran wants to use its geographical advantage to destroy the power of Iraq and other Gulf states.

Under Qusay's own rule, Iraq's army has become more and more powerful, and the army has its own tank production line. The new tank is already in Qusay's plan, and the Air Force is the most important branch of the army in Qusai, and the Air Force has two light and heavy models: F-20 and Mirage 4000. Moreover, it will be under the integration of the C3i system. Unleash a more powerful fighting force.

It's just that the Navy, until now, has not been invested. But Qusay knew. It's time to pay attention to the Navy.

Therefore, Qusay invested a huge amount of money to buy those two TR-1700 submarines from Argentina and will soon return home. However, with only a few modern submarines, it is far from enough.

And at this time, the two Artiglil-class frigates ordered by Daddy Saddam from Italy were already nearing completion, and in history. The Italians played a trick and, in the name of the United Nations, delayed the delivery until the creation of a new Iraq with the support of the United States.

These two frigates must find a way, and they must not let the Italians put themselves together!

However, due to the limited waters of the Persian Gulf, the use of missile boats with a slightly smaller displacement is sufficient here to deal with the mosquito-like Iranian speedboats. ≦≧ best thing to do, is to use the same tactics.

And what is more important is to train the talents needed by the navy, a strong navy is definitely not something that can form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and the Iraqi navy, which is dominated by only a few small boats, lacks the most talent that the navy needs!

All of this needs to be done from scratch, so Qusay is already planning to establish a professional naval academy in Basra, which will carry out a wide range of subjects including ships, submarines, naval aviation, equipment development and maintenance, and hire professionals from abroad to teach and start accumulating professional naval talents.

At the same time, in order to train the navy, it is necessary to purchase several large training ships as a cradle for cultivating naval talents, so that the Iraqi navy can truly embark on the path of systematic development.

And now in order to maintain security in the Persian Gulf, in addition to submarines, missile frigates and speedboats, it is more important to have professional naval aviation.

The current Navy is very weak, there is no aviation, and several Super Hornet helicopters are also used by the Army, which is very unscientific. ≦≧

If Iraq wants to be strong, then, a strong navy is indispensable, and a strong navy must have strong aviation!

Therefore, the naval aviation unit must also be established to protect the sea supremacy of the entire Persian Gulf, so a long-range sea attack aircraft is needed, and in the future, carrier-based aviation is also needed.

With regard to the sea attack aircraft, Qusai pondered repeatedly in his mind that at present, in the East, there is a fighter under development, which is very suitable for the equipment of the Iraqi naval aviation.

The J-7, a specialized fighter that can carry out ground-to-sea attacks, can free up expensive Mirage 4000 and F-20 fighters to deal with more air threats.

While Qusay was still worrying about Iraq's future in the middle of the night, Iraq's Super Hornet was faithfully carrying out his orders.

Six huge propellers swiped the air with a rumbling sound, and in the wide cockpit, two pilots sat side by side in the driver's seat, monitoring the reciprocating flight over the Strait of Hormuz. ≦≧

The Super Hornet has all-weather flight capabilities and has a variety of equipment to ensure night flights, and this special sea-facing type is equipped with radar, and in the wide crew compartment at the back, there are three people sitting at this time, one of whom is staring at the radar screen on the tactical console, searching the sea surface, and the other two are responsible for operating various equipment, including the two C801 missiles on board.

After successfully solving the problem of mounting the C801 missile on the Mirage F1, it is easier to mount it on other French aircraft.

It's just that it's too wasteful to hit those minelayers with C801 missiles, so the main purpose of their presence here is to intimidate, hoping that the Iranians will stop. However, if the Iranians do not know what to do and continue to do such things, they will definitely not be stingy with the use of C801 missiles!

Just an hour ago, Saudi Arabia had issued an announcement that any ship that appeared in the channel at night was considered illegal!

"We very solemnly warn certain countries that laying mines on the busiest international waterway is a very wrong practice, and we, the Gulf countries, have the right to maintain the safety of this waterway, so we propose that navigation is prohibited at night on this waterway, and any ship sailing will be considered to be laying mines and will be attacked by us!" The world was shocked when the Saudi spokesman, speaking on behalf of the Peninsula Defense Forces, made the remarks. ≦≧

Does this mean that the Gulf countries have begun to declare war on Iran? The conclusion is negative, otherwise, they would not have spent so much effort on escort operations, and only Iraq will strike at Iran. However, the more Iran tosses in this way, the more Iraq is justified in its actions.

Now, I am afraid that all the countries that need to rely on imported oil are hoping that Iraq will quickly eliminate Iran, hoping that those mad forces in Iran will step down.

But what will Iran think of this Saudi statement? Obviously, they will never be intimidated.

Ali, commander of the Islamic Guard Navy, was very satisfied with the mine-laying operation, and they had successfully stopped the ships from coming, but he was very unhappy with the mine-sweeping operations.

So, in the early hours of the morning, his two Catult-class missile boats finally went out again. This time, unlike last time, it was necessary to lay mines on a large scale, and it was only necessary to re-lay mines in the waters where the mines had been removed, so it was enough to dispatch only two ships.

Two missile boats of more than 200 tons, carrying dozens of mines, began another mine-laying operation.

Only this time, it wasn't as easy as last time.

On the Super Hornet helicopter, two relatively small echoes suddenly appeared.

There is a case! The radar operator in front of the main console immediately reported: "Report to the captain, two targets have been found, thirty nautical miles ahead of us. ”

"Target speed, location from the main channel?" The captain asked.

"The target speed is thirty knots, fifteen nautical miles from the main channel."

"Continued surveillance, missile preparation." After the captain finished speaking, the co-pilot began to raise the total moment, pressed the operating stick, and the helicopter lowered its head and began to fly forward.

"The target is still ten nautical miles from the main channel." The radar operator then reported.

Judging from the speed of the target, it should be a high-speed speedboat, and this kind of speedboat runs into the waters of the main channel of the high seas late at night, which is definitely uneasy and kind, and it must be that the Iranians have come over to lay mines.

"Five nautical miles from the main channel."

"Missiles lock onto targets." The captain no longer hesitated, and at this time, they were only fifteen nautical miles away from each other.

The co-pilot operated the lever in his hand and stabilized the helicopter.

The radar in the nose of the head aircraft has locked on to the target, and at the same time, the guidance data is constantly being entered into the C801.

"The lockdown has been completed."

"Launch now."

One operator pressed his hand on the launch button.

Suddenly, they felt a vibration from the fuselage, and the C801 missile on the left had already left the helicopter.

Then, the C801 missile engine began to ignite, spewing out fierce flames and began to accelerate forward.

A burst of fire pierced the black night sky and flew towards the sea in the distance.

The Catapult class did not have the slightest premonition of the coming crisis, although it had a spherical air-to-sea radar at the top of the mast in the middle, but it was not turned on, it was just taking advantage of the darkness to sneak to the main channel to lay mines.

At the tail of the Catapult, Iranian sailors are already preparing to push mines underwater, and tomorrow, the cargo ships will think that this place is clean, and when they come, they will blow their heads to the ground!

Because the night was dark, many Iranian sailors saw it when the fire flew.

That's an anti-ship missile! The Iranian sailors were dumbfounded, they did not expect that their small missile boat, which is more than 200 tons, would also be attacked by the other side with anti-ship missiles!

There was no time to dodge, and the missile slammed into one of the missile boats.