Babylonian Empire

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"Yes, we can start after we have obtained your approval for our report and reported it to Qiuxin Shipyard for review," Cheng Yu said.

"Then please start as soon as possible." Qu Sai said: "I hope that by the end of the year, our shipyard will be able to start building our own ships."

end of the year?Cheng Yu raised his head and glanced at Qu Sai: "Your Excellency Qu Sai, shipbuilding is not a car or an airplane. Shipbuilding is different from theirs in that they are much larger in size. Such a large ship cannot achieve flowing water. The equipment in the shipyard is also in the form of a giant. Even if we can rush to build the shipyard by the end of the year, you will not be able to start manufacturing ships immediately, because shipbuilding is often done by hand. In nature, those welds are all manually welded by workers, so if you want to have shipbuilding capabilities as soon as possible, skilled shipbuilders are even more important."

After speaking, Qu Sai suddenly realized that he would make such a big omission: he forgot to start training boatmen at the same time!

Cheng Yu is right, many parts of shipbuilding are pure manual labor, a good shipyard and skilled boatmen are even more important!

"We will organize a group of people immediately and ask the new shipyard to study." Qu Sai said: "We will pay the tuition fee to you."

"Then it's free. You provided us with free labor, as long as we don't let us pay wages." After saying this, Cheng Yu smiled.

"I thought, the sun in the Middle East is too violent, and the wind is a bit strong, so you can't laugh anymore." Qusay said: "When I went to France last time, I brought back a few bottles of sunscreen. My secretary will bring it to you."

"I don't need those corrupt bourgeois things," Cheng Yu said.

This cold sentence made Qu Sai regret what he said just now, and thought that this woman's temperament had changed, but the result was still the same, she couldn't speak, even if she refused people!

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When Qusay began his inspection, the Iraqi armored forces participating in the exercise had already crossed the Hijara Desert in western Iraq and entered Saudi Arabia.

At this time, some changes have taken place. On the road from Khuzestan Province to the Hijara Desert, Iraqi main battle tanks are all carried on trailers, and the trailers are all Steyr. The 6*4 tractor, pulling the main battle tank on the trailer behind, is also a spectacular sight.

However, when they arrived in Saudi Arabia, the tanks drove off the trailer and drove directly into Saudi territory.

The T-60 tanks of an armored regiment of the No.72 Armored Division and the Type 69 tanks of two regiments advanced into the territory of Saudi Arabia in a battle sequence. They have been in Khuzestan Province for a while and have not fought. Now, although it is an exercise this time, they will also conduct a long-range assault training on the way of the exercise. Therefore, they started training while driving in. This scene, it seems that they will drive to Israel at any time.

Only the Saudi logistics supply vehicles following behind them are a bit overwhelmed. Brother, step on the accelerator lightly. Although Saudi Arabia is a big oil-producing country, it can't stand your fuel consumption, right?

After entering the territory of Saudi Arabia, in addition to the need to bring their own ammunition, the supply of food and fuel is provided by the host Saudi Arabia. In Iraq, they use trailers, which can save [-]/[-] of the fuel. Those tanks start , are definitely oil tigers!

Now, provided by Saudi Arabia, they are naturally not afraid, because there has been no battle to fight recently, and they are already a little bit suffocated. A brave army needs to vent once in a while, such as now!

So, on the American reconnaissance satellite, such a scene was discovered, the smoke and dust were billowing, and in the yellow sand stirred up all over the sky, it could be seen that it was not a sandstorm, but an army attacking!Judging from the course of action of the other party, it is either Iraq or Kuwait.

The Kuwaiti army is not so excited yet. It's the end of June, and it's the hot weather. Now, driving a tank and racing wildly in the desert with a temperature of [-] degrees is stupid.

When the Iraqi army was racing in the desert, Kuwait's armored battalion, which was preparing for the exercise, was also heading towards the exercise area. Their tanks were all loaded on trailers, while their personnel sat in luxury air-conditioned buses and headed northwest. advance.

When it’s time for the exercise, it’s not too late to get into the tank. There is only a fan in the tank. No matter how wind blows, it’s not as cool as in the bus.

"Now, this exercise in the Arab countries is entering the final stage of preparation." CIA Director Casey said: "This is the picture we took. The Iraqi armored forces are advancing to the exercise area. They have already entered the battle sequence. They advanced [-] kilometers in one day and night, which is an unimaginable speed. Before the exercise started, they wanted to use this kind of action to demonstrate their power and their combat effectiveness."

Show combat effectiveness?Just this kind of desert racing?Weinberg said: "In a real war, their dense formation attack is simply courting death. Our air force can kill them all."

"In any case, this is a very bad signal." Bush said: "We must now put pressure on the Arab countries to let them know that exercises are fine, but if in the name of exercises, something special For example, if Trek's fighter jets entered Israel's airspace, then they will be punished."

This exercise by the Arab countries is full of gunpowder. If it were not for the influence of the Soviets, the United States would have already threatened various Arab countries with sanctions. However, even the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Union has come out. The biggest threat to the United States is The Soviet Union, therefore, needs to make a careful choice regarding the attitude of the Arab countries.

By doing this, Iraq is showing its strength to the outside world and is a threat to Israel.Although the current situation in the Middle East is largely based on color, if they hadn't conducted nuclear tests and hadn't leaked the damn Vanunu's secrets, there wouldn't be these things now.However, the United States grasps an important principle.Although at the beginning, the United States exerted strong pressure on Israel in an attempt to force Israel to give up its nuclear program, and now it is preparing for a second inspection.However, this is a matter between them and has nothing to do with the outside world.

If there are other external forces threatening Israel, then the United States will definitely protect the interests of Israel, because Israel is always an ally of the United States.At this moment, the interests of Israel are the interests of the United States, and what the United States values ​​most is interests.

Therefore, the attitude of the United States has now begun to change. To help Israel survive this crisis, the United States will still force Israel to give up its nuclear program. However, before that, it must ensure that Israel will not be affected by the Arab countries or It was the blow of the Soviet Union!

"Report, our ambassador to Saudi Arabia has been received by the Saudi Minister of Defense. We hope that our country can send a military attache to observe their exercise." While they were discussing, the chief of staff of the White House urgently sent this news.

They want us to watch the exercise?President Reagan was a little surprised.

To observe a country's exercise, this must be a friendly country. At this time, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Arab country's exercise is aimed at Israel, and the Arabs actually want to invite the military attache of the United States to observe them this time exercise?

"Have they invited people from other countries?" Bush asked.

"It is said that there are military attaches from Britain, France, and China, but the Soviet Union was not invited." George said.

This time, the actions of the Arab countries are very unusual, and everyone thinks in their hearts.

The five permanent members, except the Soviet Union, have invited all the others. I am afraid they have more of them. It is an attitude. Their exercise this time is just a bluff. The Arab countries dare not challenge Israel at all, nor do they dare To anger the United States, they held exercises in order to put pressure on Israel, but they were afraid of angering the United States, so they invited personnel from various countries to observe.

"I think we're going to send a heavyweight team to observe it," Bush said.

Reagan's eyes brightened: "Yes, we will send our General William Taft to visit Saudi Arabia once to observe this exercise."

William Taft, Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States.

Chapter 629 The Exercise Begins

The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate one's combat effectiveness, to represent one's confidence and ability to use force to resolve certain disputes.

Blind forbearance, occasionally need to explode!

For Qusay, this time he invited Western countries to observe, and there is another purpose, which is to divert attention!

Soldiers who, deception also!

The Mediterranean region has become very unstable at this time.

After entering the Mediterranean Sea, the Soviet Navy graciously announced its exercise area. Then, on the large rear deck of the Moskva, helicopters took off and landed non-stop. They began an "extraordinary" anti-submarine drill. The helicopter Carrying sonobuoys, they have been approaching east, picking up signs of submarines they may find.

Getting closer and closer to Israel.

The U.S. Air Force stationed in Turkey dispatched fighter planes a few times in an attempt to get close to the Soviet naval formation. However, they would soon be photographed by the guided radar of the SA-N-4 air defense missiles in charge of the Soviet navy's air defense, and even be shot Locked, in order to avoid misfire, the U.S. Air Force can only monitor from a distance, watching them getting closer to the coastline of Israel.

Israel, who had always been tough, was a little forbearing at this time. They cruised very carefully in the sky above their own side, and did not fly away from their own airspace.

For Israel, it has now reached the most critical juncture, and the worst possibility they face is the Soviet Union's attack on Israel.

The Arab countries are not terrible. Their military strength, no matter how powerful they are, is definitely not comparable to Israel. If they want to attack the Dimona region of Israel, the Arab countries do not have this ability, even if they think they are already strong The Iraqi Air Force is also unlikely.However, the Soviet Union is different. This time, if the Soviet Union really wants to be ruthless, it will definitely provoke disputes during naval exercises, and then find an excuse to air strike Israel's nuclear reactors!

At such a critical moment, they became more cautious. They guarded their own airspace and were ready to launch a desperate counterattack against the invading enemy at any time!

When the clouds of battle were over the Mediterranean Sea, in the Haql area of ​​Saudi Arabia on the Gulf of Aqaba side, the armies of the Arab countries organized by Saudi Arabia and the two armored divisions of Saudi Arabia and Iraq as the main military forces began the historical war. first military exercise.

This exercise, with Prince Sultan as the commander-in-chief, is divided into two aspects: the ground and the air. Prince Fahd of Kuwait, who came to cooperate with the command of the pre-warning machine, served as the commander-in-chief on the pre-warning machine.

In this exercise, in addition to the main forces of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, there are also troops sent by Kuwait, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and other countries to appear on the stage together.

In addition to the military, Saudi Arabia also invited observers from the United States, France, the United Kingdom and China to observe the exercise on the spot.

France and the United Kingdom each sent their own ambassadors and military attaches to the Middle East symbolically to participate, while China sent an observation group composed of more than a dozen soldiers. They came to learn.The United States, on the other hand, sent a team headed by Deputy Secretary of Defense William, who was a little bit arrogant at the same time.

On June 1984, 6, Babylon's Rage officially began in the Gulf of Aqaba in northwestern Saudi Arabia.

The first part of the exercise was the fight for air supremacy. A brigade of F-15s that took off from Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia and two squadrons of Mirage 4000s that took off from Basra Air Force Base had a unique aerial confrontation.

Neither side has the support of the pre-warning machine. The pre-warning machine is only responsible for judging the tactics and use of the two sides. This exercise has no plan, and it is completely the same as the actual combat. Whoever can lock the opponent in advance will mean victory.