Chapter 1458 – The Open Card to Fight

With a national population of three million, Israel could send 200,000 soldiers into battle within a few days by virtue of efficient mobilization. 200,000 troops was certainly not a small number, but it would be far from enough to take an offensive posture in three directions at once.

With a total population base of only three million, even if Bulgaria were to follow the World War I mobilization paradigm, it would still be possible to draw out at most three hundred thousand troops to fight.

Compared to the Arab states, which now had eight hundred and seventy thousand standing armies, it was at a distinct disadvantage. In fact, the figure of eight hundred and seventy thousand standing armies was the number of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and the Kingdom of Iraq, which was a family member of Jordan, and it did not even count Yemen, because Allen Wilson believed that even if Yemen wanted to participate in the war, it would be difficult to convince Egypt and Saudi Arabia that they could participate in the war through their own territories.

If you count all the countries that participated in the Arab League meeting, then the military comparison will become very exaggerated, especially the Soviet Union’s allies to build a military thinking are similar, each account is the framework of the regional small bully, Sudan’s military strength in the Middle East is not big, but if you put in Africa, simply strong exaggerated.

The world is unfair, some people because of the threat of war exhaustion, there are some people do not take it seriously, “not allowed to carry a crocodile around, although that kind of crocodile to beat a dog is a lot of effort. But it’s still a threat to small children! Pamela ……”

While educating his daughter, Alan Wilson had already made a stance to turn around, if any bystander might misunderstand, this stance seemed to be to concede, but the supreme authority really didn’t think so, he was preparing to call out for reinforcements, letting Pamela’s best-connected brother, Arnold, come down to have a good talk with his good sister.

“Father!” Pamela sweetly pulled in a long voice, a voice that made Supreme Authority’s cheeks start to twitch before he said, “Don’t you call him, I really can’t stand this good brother. I can see that he’ll certainly be fit for Whitehall in the future, having inherited all of your virtues and beyond at a young age.”

“With your present posture, I find it hard to believe in your sincerity.” Alan Wilson, with a face to beware of the Greek’s sugar-coated words, was about to say something more, when Arnold’s head appeared from the window, and with the father and daughter who were at the manor cried out, “Father, the Foreign Office is on the telephone, it’s the Permanent Under-Secretary.”

“Dear Permanent Undersecretary, father is outside, it’s okay, just wait a minute.” Arnold spoke as he waited for his father to return, “Understand the work of the foreign ministry very well, father also often says that the work of the foreign ministry is very important yet not understood, yes, those ignorant little citizens, how can they possibly understand the existence of the rules, but it’s better this way, if they don’t understand it, they won’t be interested, and if they’re not interested, at least they won’t come out to make trouble.”

A few words later, Arnold eyed his father as he came in, taking the phone and handing it over, “It’s about the results of this Foreign Ministry’s diplomats sent to the Arab countries. Since you said, father, that you could call at any time on this matter, the call is coming now.”

“Wick!” Alan Wilson nodded, listening to the number two man in the Foreign Office report on this situation, “Washington is quite vocal about our moves for peace? What the hell does America know about peace. Not only does it not know peace, it doesn’t know much about war, after losing Korea and Vietnam, who will we lose to next? Never mind, how do you reply.”

“As per the Secretary General, we have relayed the American side’s desire for Arab restraint and an end to the diversion of the Jordan River to each of the five countries, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, and Iraq, though Iraq has expressed its love for the idea, and as for the other four, they all refused to be pressured by us.” Wick replied directly, “This attitude we have conveyed to Washington.”

“War is bad, how precious peace is.” Alan Wilson said with an expressionless face not surprised at all, “What a surprise, they ignored the US’s pressure.”

Huh? Arnold listened to his father’s words, ignoring America is pressure? Wasn’t it Britain’s pressure? What does this have to do with America?

“We are determined not to give up our efforts to save the peace until the last moment.” Alan Wilson tilted his head not letting his youngest son see his expression, “But if the Arab countries reject the American offer, then there is nothing we can do about it, Britain has done its best.”

Although I, Great Britain, took a loudspeaker to the Middle Eastern countries and kept screaming that war was imminent, wasn’t that in order to use the war so that the Arab League side would be deterred and ultimately not act rashly.

The starting point is good, no one can deny that, the mouth is full of war is coming, is hoping that both sides understand that the consequences of the outbreak of war is tragic. But if both sides feel that the advantage is in me, then there is no way.

In fact, this dark psychology can be hidden from anyone, can not hide almost in the India-Pakistan war in the middle of the car, is now the Secretary of State Kissinger, but so what?

But so what? You’re a Jew, and your reputation in the Arab world needs no comment. The Jews alone do not deserve the trust of the Arab countries.

As early as Kissinger is not the Secretary of State, his name has been Alan Wilson spread throughout the Arab world, Zionism parasitism in the United States is another example, so that Kissinger experienced a little bit, not out of the cottage is known to the world of the treatment of the three points.

Today’s times are different, a Vietnam War was fought, the United States is no longer the United States, of course, the United States is still very strong this Alan Wilson does not deny.

But it is no longer the kind of powerful mountains, now the aspiring middle powers, can bargain with the United States.

Like the United States from Afghanistan staged after the Kabul trapeze, everyone knows that you can not do anything, the face of Russia can only use all means except war, that also with you polite what, the original you create chips out of thin air can force other countries have to give in, now do not take a little bit of real money how to do?

“Father, I think we are on the side of the United States, right?” Seeing his father put down the phone, Arnold couldn’t help but ask.

“Good son, we are on the side of the victor, first of all, we need to make sure that side is more of a victor.” Allen Wilson raised an eyebrow and stood with his hands on his back in a pretentious manner of turning his back on the crowd and said, “One must not be interfered with by unnecessary personal emotions to normal judgment.”

On August 21st, the Kingdom of Egypt officially announced to the public that it was going to blockade the Straits of Tim, this announcement was supported by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Egyptian army on Tim Island entered a state of critical combat. On the same day the Kingdom of Jordan officially announced the opening of the Jordan River Diversion Project, which will join Syria in keeping the Jordan River out of Israel’s hands.

Learning of this news, Foreign Secretary Patrick immediately issued a note to Egypt, Jordan and Syria, “This will plunge the Middle East into war, and it is hoped that the leaders of the three countries will consider the hard-won peace and replace it with a program that is more accommodating to the interests of all parties.”

Britain, at the last minute, still would not give up its efforts at peace and hoped that the Arab states would not use such a clearly hostile program, and the British ambassador to the Arab states even stated in extremely strong terms that Israel was not on its own, and that there was still the U.S. behind Israel, and that the U.S. would not allow Israel to fail.

The Israeli military also made its own war judgment. They believe that if they passively counterattack at the border, then Israel will be besieged from three directions, with Egypt and Jordan possibly meeting in the center of Israel to cut Israel in two. If this happens, Israel will perish.

“The Arab states still haven’t agreed to our proposal.” Wicker approached the Cabinet Office to express his shame that Britain had not prevented the war from coming.

“It doesn’t matter, we’ve done all we can.” Alan Wilson didn’t blame in the slightest; the British Foreign Office had done well enough. At least it had served to let the world know that war was going to break out in the Middle East, letting this war open up with a clear license, even if they wanted to sneak in, they didn’t have the environment to do so.

Britain’s warnings of war were certainly useful, at least the Arab League side was warned by Britain every now and then, and really began to prepare for war, not putting their hopes on Israel not daring to act rashly.

Late on the night of August 28, after a week in which the Israeli government appeared to be just talking tough and not ready to commit itself to military action.

But on this day, the ground crews of the major airports in Israel, after a busy night, will be ready for all the work, signaling that the war is finally coming, the sun rises, the runways of the major air bases in Israel, one after another Israeli air force fighter jets rose up, toward the air bases of the Arab countries.

The Israeli air force does not use formation flying, the pilots practiced their skills, driving fighter planes in the Mediterranean Sea at ultra-low altitude, the lowest place is less than ten meters from the sea surface. Half an hour after the three hundred IAF fighters had just flown out of the country, they plunged from the sea in the Nile Delta straight into the airspace over Egypt and began air raids on the Kingdom of Egypt.

Half an hour after the Israeli Air Force was deployed, five divisions of Israeli ground forces on the Egyptian-Israeli border burst into the Sinai Peninsula, with Israel ultimately choosing to put down Egypt, the strongest in the Arab world, before addressing threats in other directions.

At the same time, Israel’s Prime Minister, Mrs. Meir, summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and opened her mouth to explain Israel’s predicament, “There is no alternative to war in order to guarantee Israel’s existence.”

Inside Egypt, the air rattled as Israeli planes thundered in, and in order to maximize efficiency, all fighter planes were armed with air-to-ground missiles and bombs, destroying the runways first, then the missiles and artillery bombed the planes on the ground.

On the Egyptian side, countless anti-aircraft missiles received early warning and shot straight into the sky, hoping to eliminate the Israeli air force on the way to attack.

Egypt’s King Fouad II was stunned by the news of the outbreak of war, “We must let the other Arab countries know about this.”

Dishes have their advantages, at least Fouad II doesn’t really think the advantage is mine like Nasser did, and at the critical moment His Majesty did listen and immediately informed the rest of the Arab League of the news that Israel had started the war.