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≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧≦≧ what happened on the coast of the Persian Gulf, naturally, also alarmed another great power in the world: the Soviet Union

Andropov convened a high-level meeting focused on how to respond to the incident

"In the current Iran-Iraq war, the Iranians have actually begun to attack civilian ships," Gorinevsky, who is in charge of Middle East intelligence, said: "Iran used an anti-ship missile to hit the Kuwaiti-flagged cargo ship "um Qabashi" loaded with crude oil from Kuwait, which caused a sensation in the whole world, causing the crude oil of other countries to dare not go to sea through the Strait of Hormuz, which led to the tension of international crude oil, and now the price of crude oil has been soaring."

The high international crude oil prices are tantamount to a send-off for the current Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union, under the leadership of Andropov, is changing the country's focus to reform, grasping the economy, and curbing the economic recession, and in the process of curbing the economic recession, the Soviet Union's crude oil exports are an important economic income of the Soviet Union, and the rise in oil prices will increase the income of the Soviet Union

However, the USSR as a huge empire, only the economic benefits, obviously not work, but also political

"After the international crude oil supply is tight, the United States reacted most strongly, as far as we can see now, the United States aircraft carrier battle group, has approached the Arabian Sea, they are very likely, at some point, into the Persian Gulf" Defense Minister Ustinov said: "The Americans enter there, it is not just as simple as escorting, they are very likely, they will try to develop there, which will seriously affect the interests of our Soviet Union"

The Soviet Union, since the time of Tsarist Russia, has been trying to find a way to go south into the Indian Ocean, and the current war in Afghanistan is the same, but now, if the Americans are the first to take the lead, then it is absolutely not in the interests of the Soviet Union

"The Americans have already issued a statement that if they accept the invitation of the Gulf countries and are willing to escort them, it seems that the Americans can't wait" Foreign Minister Gromyko also said: "I think that we, the Soviet Union, must also show that we are a great power."

Something to say? Andropov asked: "Then what should we do?" ”

"We also trade with Middle Eastern countries, and those ships are now threatened by Iran and are not daring to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, so if the Americans want to escort them, we can also send our warships to escort them," Mr. Gromyko said

Although the navy of the Red Empire is not as powerful as the US Navy, it is still not a problem to deal with those few missiles of Iran, and the United States has coveted the Middle East for a long time, so why not the Soviet Union?

"Yes, we can send a couple of warships over," said the defense minister

Although Andropov attaches great importance to the economy, as an experienced old man, he naturally knows the problem, the Middle East is very important to the Soviet Union, and the United States must not be allowed to cover the sky with one hand

"Okay, then transfer a few warships from our Pacific Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet," Andropov agreed

The situation in the Persian Gulf became grave because of a missile, and within a few days, it became the focus of contention among the great powers

However, they still did not take concrete action, because, the division was unknown

After all, the Persian Gulf is an inland sea, and it is unjustifiable in the international community that they entered the Persian Gulf in a big way without the consent of several countries bordering the Persian Gulf

However, until now, those countries have not said anything, but only suspended sea transportation

This makes other countries very curious

They didn't know that at this time, in Dhahran in Saudi Arabia, a group of people were trying to get busy

The last time the MiG-23 electronic jammer discarded the valuable electronic jamming pod, it did annoy Joseph, but Joseph also knew that in an emergency at that time, it was a normal choice to throw away the pod, and, after analysis, he finally came to the conclusion: because the immortal bird missile, a special command was added: if it encounters a strong interference source and loses the target, then, it will attack the interference source instead, which is the same as the hundred-tongue encountered in the Bekaa Valley, and the Americans like to do so

Therefore, this time in the development of the jamming pod, Joseph added a function: if it is tracked by the opponent's missile, then, the interference source will immediately carry out output attenuation, so that it can avoid being attacked because this time it is unprecedentedly installed on a warship, so it will be corroded by the salt in the seawater at sea, and it is necessary to increase the sealing measures, which all increase the difficulty

The Badr class is just a small frigate with a displacement of less than a thousand tons, equipped only with anti-ship missiles, there is enough space for the installation of these electronic equipment, but the power generation of the frigate is insufficient, so a generator set is also installed

Let a ship undertake the task of jamming, I am afraid it is the first time in the history of all military equipment, this is a helpless choice in desperation

Looking at the sea in the distance, the oil tankers in Kuwait Harbor were already full of crude oil, but they could not be transported, and the captains' tempers became irritable

Although a delay of a day or two is nothing, the key thing now is that it seems that the riko is far away, and no one can say exactly when the voyage will be, and if it is delayed for a month, the climate at sea will change and a typhoon will come

"When will we be able to go to sea?" One of the crew members asked, "Maybe the last attack was a misunderstanding, so we might as well sail quietly through the strait in the dark."

"Misunderstanding? You go to the other side of the land and ask to see if they have misunderstood? "The Iranians have made a statement that all ships that transport goods to Kuwait are within their reach," the captain said.

If I could go, I would have said to you, I would have left a long time ago, and the captain said in his heart

"Captain" At this time, another crew member said: "Kuwait zhèngfu down the documents, let's get ready to sail"

zhèngfu agreed? The captain asked, "Can they protect us?" Iranians don't care what nationality we are."

"Yes, now it is said that a peninsular defense force has been formed, consisting of the navies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and several other countries, together to form an escort fleet to protect our voyage," the crew said

Combined, they are not as good as an aircraft carrier group of the US Navy, why not let the US Navy protect the captain secretly wondered in his heart, however, he still said: "Call the guys on the shore back, we are ready to set sail."

Their ship was a steamer with a steam turbine, boiled boilers, pressurized enough to sail, and required several hours of preparation time

At the same time, in the Saudi port of Dhahran, Prince Sultan personally attended the final departure ceremony of the escort ships

There are two frigates in this escort formation, namely, Saudi Arabia's Medina-class frigate Abu Ha and one Badr-class Badr-class missile boat, two Siddiq-class missile boats, one Sambouk-class missile boat of the Kuwaiti Navy, one Ahmed-class missile boat of the Bahrain Navy, and one Barzan-class missile patrol boat of the Qatari Navy

Of all the ships of these frigates, the only one with air defense capabilities is the Abuha, a frigate with a full load displacement of almost three thousand tons, more than a hundred meters long, and on top of the aft superstructure, there is a Sea Sidewinder missile firing device, eight missiles, which is the only thing capable of hard killing anti-ship missiles

And the Badr, which itself does not have anti-aircraft missiles, can rely on the high-power electronic jamming device on the aft deck

The rest of the missile boats, at most, have a small-caliber naval gun to fire at the sea

Relying on this naval vessel, they needed to escort the first batch of nearly 30 oil tankers out of the strait safely, and also pick up more than a dozen cargo ships outside the strait, which was their first attempt

Because some of the ships did not have a very long range, all of them were temporarily based in Saudi Arabia's Dhahran

At this time, the naval base was already waving flags, and all warships were ready to go

"Brave warriors" Sultan looked at the neatly lined up naval officers and sailors on the deck of the warships moored in the harbor, looked at the newly formed naval formation, and shouted in the loudspeaker: "Our sea routes have been disturbed by the shameful Persians, who want to block our oil exports and destroy our economy, and now, we need to use our navy and our force to protect the safety of our formation."

The soldiers applauded, they already knew that the last time the Iranians dared to openly attack a Kuwaiti oil tanker, they had already been very indignant about such an act, and now they were going to protect the safety of the sea route, which is the duty of a naval soldier

"Your task is very difficult, because we do not know where the Iranians will hide or when they will be attacked, but I firmly believe that we will be able to complete the task, because Allah is with us, let us crush this Iranian plot"

Prince Sultan's words were very contagious, and the hearts of the officers and men on the ship were stirring, and Allah is with us, and Allah will never bless the Persians who dare to attack the civilian ships

The "Woo" Abuha was the first to blow its whistle, black smoke billowed from the chimney, and the propeller began to turn, driving the hull and starting the voyage

Along with the Abuha, the Badr, and various small missile boats, they also began to sortie

They will be on the course east of Dhahran, converging with various tankers, preparing to pass in formation through the Strait of Hormuz, which terrifies them

The morning sun shines on the calm Persian Gulf, but it's not a quiet day (to be continued)

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