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Qusay can also understand this point. To put it bluntly, Iran's crazy retaliation this time is also related to the support of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries, and they are implicated by Iraq.Saudi Arabia and Kuwait also have their own difficulties. After all, it is Iran that has ruined their jobs.

Qusay, however, happily agreed to the Saudi proposal.Because, those small boats of my own are indeed not a suitable choice. With a frigate, it will be more secure. Moreover, my electronic equipment needs special personnel to maintain it, even if they wear it. The clothing of the Saudi Navy is also my own.

The Iraqi navy, the legs are too short, let them go out and see.

Since the self-made electronic jamming equipment is completely incompatible with the Medina-class electronic equipment, and the Medina-class also has Sidewinder surface-to-air missiles anyway, so the jamming equipment was installed on the Badr-class frigate.

In addition to anti-ship missiles, the Badr frigate is a naval gun. Even if this ship is escorted, it will not have any real interception effect. Therefore, it is a good choice to install jamming equipment on this ship.

The electronic jamming equipment was quietly shipped to the Saudi naval base, where it underwent a simple modification: freeing up the helicopter bay for the equipment.

4Chapter 16 Escort formation set off!

What happened along the coast of the Persian Gulf naturally alarmed another big country in the world: the Soviet Union.

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

"In the current Iran-Iraq war, a new situation has emerged. The Iranians have actually started attacking civilian ships." Gorinevsky, who is in charge of intelligence in the Middle East, said: "Iran used an anti-ship missile to hit a ship from Kuwait. The Kuwaiti cargo ship "Umm Kabashi" loaded with crude oil caused a sensation in the whole world, causing crude oil from other countries to dare not go out to sea through the Strait of Hormuz, which led to the tension in international crude oil. Now the price of crude oil All the way up."

The soaring international crude oil price, for the current Soviet Union, is tantamount to sending charcoal in a timely manner, because under the leadership of Andropov, the Soviet Union is shifting the focus of the country to reform, grasping the economy, and curbing economic recession. During the recession, the Soviet Union's crude oil export was an important economic income of the Soviet Union. Rising oil prices would increase the income of the Soviet Union.

However, as a huge empire, the Soviet Union can only benefit economically, which is obviously not enough, and there are also political benefits!

"After the international crude oil supply became tense, the U.S. reacted the most strongly. As far as we can see, the U.S. aircraft carrier battle group has approached the Arabian Sea. It is very likely that they will enter the Persian Gulf at some point." Minister of Defense Wu Stinov said: "Americans entering there are not just as simple as escorting them. They are likely to plan to develop there, which will seriously affect the interests of our Soviet Union."

The Soviet Union, since the era of Tsarist Russia, has always wanted to find a passage to the south into the Indian Ocean, and the current war in Afghanistan is also the same, but now, if the Americans take the lead, then it is definitely not in the interests of the Soviet Union.

"The Americans have already issued a statement. If they accept the invitation of the Gulf countries, they are willing to escort them. It seems that the Americans can't wait." Foreign Minister Gromyko also said: "I think we, the Soviet Union, must also do something Said that only in this way can we show the demeanor of our great country.”

Have something to say?Andropov asked: "Then what should we do?"

"We also have trade relations with Middle Eastern countries. Those ships are now threatened by Iran, and they dare not pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Therefore, if the Americans escort them, we can also send our warships to escort them. said Gromyko.

Although the Navy of the Red Empire is not as powerful as the US Navy, it is still not a problem to deal with the few Iranian missiles. The US has been coveting the Middle East for a long time, so why not the Soviet Union?

"Yes, we can send a few warships there," said the Minister of Defense.

Although Andropov attaches great importance to the economy, as an experienced old man, he naturally knows the problems. The Middle East is very important to the Soviet Union, and the United States must not let the United States block the sky!

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

The situation in the Persian Gulf became severe because of a missile, and within a few days, it became the focus of competition among major powers.

However, they still did not take specific actions, because the teacher came out of nowhere.

After all, the Persian Gulf is an inland sea. Without the consent of several countries along the Persian Gulf, they entered the Persian Gulf in a big way. This is unjustifiable in the international community.

However, until now, those countries have not said anything, just suspended shipping.

This made other countries very curious.

They didn't know that at this time, in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, a group of people were working hard.

After the MiG-23 electronic jammer discarded the valuable electronic jamming pod last time, Joseph was really annoyed. However, Joseph also knew that in the emergency situation at that time, throwing away the pod was a normal choice. Moreover, after analysis, he finally came to a conclusion: because the phoenix missile was added with a special instruction: if it encounters a strong interference source and loses its target, then attack the interference source instead. The same thing happened to the morasses in the Bekaa Valley, and that's what Americans like to do.

Therefore, when developing a new type of jamming pod this time, Joseph added a new function: if it is tracked by the opponent's missile, the jamming source will immediately attenuate its output, so that it can avoid being attacked.Because it is installed on a warship for the first time this time, it will be corroded by salt in seawater at sea, and sealing measures must be added, which increases the difficulty.

The Badr class is just a small frigate with a displacement of less than [-] tons. It is only equipped with anti-ship missiles and has enough space to install these electronic devices. However, the power generation of the frigate is insufficient, so an additional generator set was installed.

It is probably the first time in the history of all military equipment to let a ship undertake the interference task. This is a helpless choice in desperation.

Looking at the sea in the distance, the tankers in the Kuwait port were already full of crude oil, but they could not start the shipment, and the tempers of the captains became irritable.

Although a delay of one or two days is nothing, but the most important thing now is that the day seems to be far away, and no one can say when the sailing will be completed. If it is delayed for a month, the climate on the sea will change. will come too.

"When will we be able to go to sea?" A crew member asked: "Maybe, the attack last time was a misunderstanding. We might as well sail quietly through the strait in the dark."

"Misunderstanding? You go to the opposite land and ask to see if they have misunderstood?" The captain said: "The Iranians have issued a statement that all ships transporting goods to Kuwait are within the scope of their attack."

If I could go, you don't need to say, I would have left long ago!Said the captain in his heart.

"Captain." At this time, another crew member said: "The Kuwait government has sent down the documents, let us prepare to sail."

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

"Yes, now it is said that a peninsula defense force has been established, and the navies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and other countries jointly formed an escort fleet to protect us from sailing." Said the crew.

The sum of several of their countries is not worth an aircraft carrier formation of the U.S. Navy. Why not let the U.S. Navy protect it!The captain thought secretly in his heart, but he still said: "Call the guys on the shore back, we are ready to sail.

Their ship is a steam turbine ship. It takes several hours to prepare the boiler and pressurize it to sail.

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

This time the escort formation consisted of two frigates, namely the Saudi Arabian Medina-class frigate Ai Buha and the Badr-class Badr, two "Sidik"-class missile boats, and the Kuwaiti Navy's " Sambuk-class missile boats, an "Ahmed"-class missile boat of the Bahrain Navy, and a "Balzan"-class missile patrol boat of the Qatar Navy.

Among all the ships of these escorts, the only one with air defense capability is Aibuha, a frigate with a full load displacement of nearly 100 tons. Launching device, eight missiles, this is the only thing that can hard kill anti-ship missiles.

As for the Badr, it has no anti-aircraft missiles of its own, and what it can rely on is the set of high-power electronic jamming devices on the rear deck.

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

Relying on this naval vessel, they need to escort the first batch of nearly [-] oil tankers out of the strait safely, and also bring in more than a dozen cargo ships outside the strait. This is their first attempt.

Because the range of some ships is not very far, all of them are temporarily based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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

"Brave warriors." Sultan looked at the naval officers and soldiers neatly lined up on the deck of the warships moored in the port, looked at the newly formed naval formation, and shouted in the loudspeaker: "Our maritime The route has been harassed by the shameful Persians, they want to stop us from exporting oil and destroy our economy, 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 the Kuwaiti oil tanker, they were already very indignant about this behavior. Now, they are going to protect the safety of the sea route. Duty of Marines!

"Your task is difficult because we don't know where the Iranians will be hiding or when they will be attacked, but I firmly believe that we will be able to accomplish the task because, Allah be with us, let us crush Iran This conspiracy of man!"

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

"Woo!" Aibuha blew its whistle first, billowing black smoke billowed from the chimney, the propeller started to rotate, driving the hull, and started the voyage.

Along with Aibuha, Badr, and various small missile boats, they also started to dispatch.

They will meet with various oil tankers on the route east of Dhahran, preparing to form a formation to pass through the Strait of Hormuz that scares them.

The morning sun shines on the calm Persian Gulf, but this is not a peaceful day!

4Chapter 17 Escort Officially Begins

In the port of Abadan in Iraq, several oil tankers have also set sail. An anti-ship missile launched by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz prevented the oil tankers in the port of Abadan from setting sail easily. The captains waited for a few days. Today, I finally received a notice that there will be a fleet escorting them. They need to reach the Dhahran waters in western Saudi Arabia, join the formation waiting there, and sail out of the Persian Gulf together. When sailing, try to sail as close to the coastline of Saudi Arabia , Try not to get close to the Iranian coastline within [-] kilometers.