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"Yes, the biggest threat at present is the Iranian anti-ship missiles." Qusay said: "However, the Iranians have only twenty anti-ship missiles in total, with five launchers, so instead of intercepting them at sea The missiles they fired, we might as well destroy them directly."

Destroy directly?Prince Sultan asked: "You mean, we attack the coast of Iran and eliminate those missile launchers of the Iranians?"

After asking, Prince Sultan glanced at the king, who was also looking at Qusay with concern, because this is related to the basic strategy of Saudi Arabia!

Saudi Arabia pursues a neutral strategy. Although they are all facing Iraq and have been providing Iraq with various aids, they have not declared war with Iran. Although Iran has attacked their oil tankers very sinisterly, Saudi Arabia has never There is no thought of attacking Iran's land, because, in this case, it means that Saudi Arabia has participated in a formal war against Iran.

This escort operation did not allow the Iraqi navy to participate. Although it is said that even if the Iraqi navy actually participates, it will not be effective, but this can be regarded as a step back to avoid angering the Iranians.

Who knows, they still attacked, and they attacked very hard.

When the Iraqi side proposed that His Excellency Qusay would come to Saudi Arabia, the king immediately agreed. He wanted to hear the idea of ​​the Middle Eastern God of War. When it comes to fighting, no one can compare to him.

But is Saudi Arabia really going to war?

"Yes, but your country's air force is not suitable for participating in the war. Our air force has drawn up a careful combat plan." Qusay's voice became passionate: "The behavior of the Iranians this time has seriously violated human morality. The bottom line is that they dare to attack merchant ships, so in order to maintain peace in the Gulf region, we in Iraq are willing to completely destroy these Iranian anti-ship missiles that pose a serious threat to merchant ships!"

Fahd looked at Qusay's face. This person has increasingly revealed the unique aura of being a leader of a powerful country. They have already known that Qusay is the one who actually holds power in Iraq. Now Qusay is like It's a desert cheetah!

However, it turned out that the Iraqi Air Force wanted to attack the Iranian land by itself. After hearing that they did not need to use their own force to attack the Iranian land, Saudi Arabia had no doubts. King Fahd said: "If the Iranian anti-ship missiles can be completely destroyed , then our escort will be much easier."

"It's just that most of the fighter planes in our air force don't have enough range, so after our fighter planes complete their bombing missions, they don't have enough fuel to return. Therefore, we need to borrow the Saudi air force base to land, refuel, and then return to Iraq. ’” Qusay said.

This reason was impeccable, and King Fahd had no reason to refuse, saying: "No problem, we will open an air base to refuel Iraqi fighter planes."

Prince Sultan knew that, and there was absolutely no reason to refuse. In fact, he wanted to send the air force to accompany the Iraqi fighter planes to bomb the Iranians. Iran is too bullying!Actually attack the merchant ship!This is the naked betrayal of the great prophet!

If you want to smash the Iranian conspiracy, you need to completely eliminate those Silkworm missiles. However, special forces can also be sent to kill them. The reason why Qusay dispatched a large fleet was not just to bomb a few anti-ship missile launchers. Simple, in addition to bombing the missile launcher, he also bombed the ships of the Iranian Navy in Bandar Abbas, bombed the equipment in Bandar Abbas, and made the port useless.Because many of the weapons Iran purchases from outside are transported through Bandar Abbas, which is relatively far away from Iraq and is not easily attacked. Iran's dependence on this port is becoming more and more important.

In addition to these, there are three islands located near the waterway: Big Tunb Island, Little Tunb Island and Abu Musa Island!These three islands are very close to the route. They were originally owned by the United Arab Emirates, but they were taken by Iran during the Bavillian Dynasty, because they are of great strategic value!Recently, for the continuation of the attack on ships, and for those speedboats to play a more important role, the Iranians began to build bases on the island. Therefore, all these wishful thinking of the Iranians must be smashed!

Bombing so many places is definitely a powerful long-range raid by the Iraqi Air Force, and it is a severe test for the Air Force.

After repeated consideration, especially after last night's naval battle, Qusay finally made up his mind: completely clean up the channel of the Strait of Hormuz!

It's a pity that Iraq's navy is not strong enough, otherwise, Qusay would definitely order the Iraqi army to take those three islands directly and firmly guard this route.

"Your Excellency Qusay, during the battle last night, on an Iraqi oil tanker, armed men were found confronting the Iranians. Their combat skills are very skilled. I don't know if the Iraqi government knows about this?" Sur Prince Tan asked.

Although Sultan did not question the soldiers who were quietly loaded on the tanker without letting the formation know, he still complained in his tone that Iraq did not do it properly.

This Qusay naturally knows, because the whole incident was reported by Marwan through the radio. Under the circumstances at that time, protecting the safety of the ship was more important. It is completely possible for the Sidewinder Special Forces to temporarily change the battle plan. understand.Qusay couldn't deny that either.

"So, what does the Prince think of them doing?" Qusay asked.

"Great job," Sultan said.Although Iraq did not behave authentically this time, it played a very important role in the battle against the Iranian speedboats.

"This is my second proposal." Qu Sai said: "In addition to continuing to use ships to escort, we also need to deploy a few special forces on each ship that needs to be escorted to deal with the approaching speedboats and escort them." There is no particularly good solution for the ships, and it is not possible to add weapons to merchant ships, and use well-trained soldiers to protect the ships, which is similar to the later generations when escorting in the Somali waters.

"In order to better protect merchant ships, we need to select elite troops from various countries to participate. If the number is not enough, we in Iraq are willing to send a small team of 50 people to join this task of escorting merchant ships." Qusay Said.

It is naturally a good proposal to add a few armed personnel to protect the merchant ship. Among all countries, the soldiers with the most combat experience are the Iraqi soldiers.King Fahd nodded in agreement.

Saudi Arabia has never wanted Iraq to get involved, for fear of making the situation more complicated, but now it seems that Iran is simply trying to completely cut off this route, so Saudi Arabia can't be too rigid.

Chapter 453 TR-1700 Submarine

When Qusay went to Saudi Arabia in person to discuss countermeasures, a negotiation was underway on the other side of the world.

Inside a hotel in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

"Mr. Lombardo, it's a great pleasure to see you again," Hikmat said.

Lombardo's spirit was not very good. He said: "I am very happy to meet my friends from afar. You are good friends of our Argentine people. In the last war, your country extended a helping hand in time."

The last war refers to the war in the Malvinas Islands a year ago. The great President Galtieri launched a war to retake the Falklands by force. A large number of senior military personnel participated in this plan. Anaya, the commander of the navy, Lieutenant General Osvaldo Garcia, the commander of the theater, and others, and after the defeat of the war, these people all fell down.

General Galtieri was thrown into a cell, and other military personnel were also exchanged in large numbers.Because of the fear of another military coup in the military, one of the key points of the newly appointed zhèngfǔ is to govern the military.

This is also the saddest thing for Lombardo. He did not expect that for the benefit of Argentina, they fought against the British and almost the entire Western camp, and fought bloody battles. In the end, they got such a result!

The Falklands War was wrong!Those who command the battle are all war criminals!

Lombardo still remembers that when the Falklands were taken, countless citizens cheered, and the whole of Argentina was erupted. Could it be that the people were also wrong?The only thing wrong is that the war was lost!

After the Alfredo-Oscar-Santa?Let the interim president, the new president Reynaldo Binnone, come to power. After he came to power, he will vigorously promote Argentina's mínzhǔ politics and elect a new president through elections instead of a military coup!

At the same time, after the war, Argentina's already bad economy was made worse by the war, coupled with the president's distrust of the military.Therefore, Argentina began to greatly reduce its investment in the military. With an aircraft carrier, the most powerful country in South America, Argentina's military strength is extremely shrinking.

Compared with those high-level military officials who were imprisoned and deposed, Lombardo was lucky. Because he expressed his opinions before the war and did not support the military’s Falklands War, Lombardo was approved by the new president. Trust, let him succeed the post of Minister of Defense.

However, Lombardo's power has been greatly restricted. The actions of the military require the full approval of the parliament, and all expenditures of the military must be approved by the parliament.

The warships that were ordered before the war and have not yet been delivered cannot receive follow-up funds, and those that have already entered service cannot receive sufficient funds to maintain normal operations.

The pride of Argentina, the aircraft carrier on May 25th, was originally planned to carry out modernization and improvement, but was delayed indefinitely. In many cases, this aircraft carrier just stayed quietly in the port, and did not even have funds for outbound activities.

In addition to eliminating old-fashioned ships, the Argentine Navy has been unable to maintain the largest fleet in South America.

Therefore, as a last resort, the Argentine Navy, with the approval of the parliament, is going to sell two German-made submarines, TR-1700, which have just completed production and have not yet been delivered to the Argentine Navy!

During World War II, German submarines were famous all over the world, and the famous wolf pack tactics caused countless Allied freighters to suffer.After the war, Germany's mechanical processing and manufacturing industry was still at the top level in the world. Since it was a defeated country, Germany could not have nuclear submarines. However, in terms of conventional submarines, Germany must definitely rank first.The German submarine 209 is its successful masterpiece, sold to many countries in the world.

The TR-1700 ordered by the Argentine Navy is a conventional diesel-electric submarine built for the Argentine Navy by ThyssenKrupp North Sea Shipyard of Germany.This type of submarine is the largest submarine built by Germany since the war and one of the fastest diesel-electric submarines in the world.

Argentina signed an order for six TR-1977s in 1700, of which the first two were built in Germany and the remaining four were expected to be built in Argentina.The first two TR-1700s were just completed this year.

If it entered service a year earlier, it is very likely that the outcome of the Falklands War would have been rewritten. This type of submarine can completely drill under the belly of an invincible aircraft carrier.

TR-1700, constructed of HY-80 steel, has a water displacement of 2160 tons and an underwater displacement of 2264 tons. The maximum submerged depth exceeds 300m. The power system is four MTU diesel engines with a total power of 6720 horsepower and a Siemens propulsion engine with 8850 shaft horsepower. The electric motor and eight batteries each consist of 120 units, and the water and underwater speeds are 15 knots and 25 knots respectively. It can continuously perform combat patrol duties at sea for 20 days, or continuously sail for 70 days.

What made Kusai even more fancy was the combat system of TR-1700, which is an improved product of the Walrus-class combat system of the Netherlands, the SINBADS type, which has a high degree of automation. The German CSU-29 search/attack sonar, the ranging/intercept sonar is the DUUX-3 type from Thomson Sintra, France.

The total stock of spare torpedoes of the TR-1700 is 22 pieces. With the automatic torpedo reloading system, although there are only 6 launching tubes in the bow, the TR1700 torpedo tubes can launch the next torpedo within 50 seconds after firing. So the level of firepower is very strong.

Such a modern submarine was born at an untimely time. As soon as these two submarines were built, they became motherless children. The Argentine Navy wanted it, but they couldn't pay the final payment. For the big country Argentina, it is simply a naked irony.

A total of six submarines of this type were ordered, and the third and fourth ships were built in Argentina's own stillerodomecqgarcia shipyard, and only 30.00% of the work was started, and then the work was completely stopped.

Just after the news that Argentina wanted to sell the submarine was released, the Iraqis came to the door.

This time it was Hikmat, because in the last transaction, Iraq and Argentina successfully reached a deal to sell Exocet missiles to Argentina. Although Iraq made a lot of money from it, it still became one of Argentina's Friendly partners, and the two parties in the last transaction were Hikmat and Lombardo.

So, this is the second time to discuss business, Hikmat is very confident.

"It's a pity what happened last time. If your country's air force can destroy an aircraft carrier of the British guy on the sea, then the outcome of the whole war will be different. It's a pity." Hikmat said, how can you deal with this kind of thing? It is inappropriate to say that it depends on how the other party understands it.

Fortunately, Lombardo did not object, and he regretted it very much. If the president followed his advice and delayed the attack for a few months, it would be a completely different result.