Chapter 1461: Mixed Feelings
The f4 Ghost Fighter, a second generation fighter that can be considered a success, has been considered a versatile fighter, at least compared to other second generation fighters.
Entanglement is not the real situation of the Ghost and the Iraqi Long Arrow, whether it is the Ghost piloted by the Israeli Air Force, or the Iraqi pilots piloted by the U.S. Men, in this regard are weak, the Ghost fighters relatively in the dogfighting is still so much stronger than the U.S. Men, but only just a few.
So over Gaza, the pattern of engagement between the two air forces is one of kite-fighting, spotting targets to launch missiles, or spotting incoming enemy air-to-air missiles and using speed to shake off the threat.
Expect to fly high altitude and high speed fighters, a fierce chase, all kinds of fancy entanglement and then both high and low also decided to life and death, that is unlikely to happen, the second generation of fighters do not know a turn to fly out of how far, really can not do this.
But we can not say that this point of the air war is not intense, even in the agricultural era of two stone throwers against the bombardment is also very intense, who do not dare to really let the flying over the boulders really hit.
But the consequence of this air battle is that Israel lost more than twenty fighters in exchange for more than thirty battle results, but fired out nearly four hundred air-to-air missiles.
The Iraqi Air Force came to support the fighters also put the loaded weapons all empty, directly back to the country to replace the next batch of fighters to come back.
With this kind of intensity, not more than a week, the war pattern of the two sides will demonstrate in front of the world, what is called civilization retreat. Even if the United States is as rich and powerful as the United States, in the Vietnam War, but also honestly carpet bombing with the B52, the United States of course has more advanced strategic bombers, but with the B52 the most cost-effective.
Faced with the toughness of the Arish air defense towers and downtown, the Israeli Defense Ministry opened a discussion and concluded that it could not continue to delay in front of this difficult bone.
While the prospect of capturing Arish and leaving Egyptian forces in the Sinai without supplies was beautiful, it would be a loss if precious offensive time was wasted as a result.
Israel itself was at a military disadvantage, with more than twice as many defenders in the Sinai as the attacking Israeli army, Israel was not going to have time to waste here, and the capture of Arish, a key supply base and railroad hub, was clearly not going to be possible anytime soon, and soon Israel made adjustments to annihilate Egyptian vital forces as a central objective.
The setback at Arish, as well as the Iraqi Air Force’s entry into the war, caused the Israeli Air Force to experience tremendous attrition, especially with so many air-to-air missiles being sent out in a single day. Let including Mrs. Meir, including the Israeli senior heart rose a trace of gloom, progress is not smooth, if the fight goes on, the final result may not be what Israel wants.
At this exact moment, Tel Aviv violently sounded the air defense siren, which surprised everyone, could it be that the air force of the Arab countries had penetrated deep into the Israeli capital?
Of course not, the Scud missile with a parabola unique to ballistic missiles told the Israelis that the world can fly anything but airplanes.
Syria, behind the Golan Heights, did not hesitate to use Soviet-aided Scud missiles to wash its face in Israel’s major cities and transportation hubs.
Attacking the cities of hostile countries with ballistic missiles would have been something that occurred in large numbers only during the Iran-Iraq war, and would not have appeared in the successive Middle East wars until the fourth one was fought, when the Soviet Union, taking into account the strategic balance, provided Scud missiles to the Arab countries.
Perhaps after this war, Israel will think long and hard about how to deal with the threat of tactical missiles, and the Iron Dome system may come to the stage of history early.
Half of the twenty-four Scud missile launchers that Syria received were fired directly at key Israeli targets, and reserve level staging locations after mobilization was initiated.
The effect of the Scud missiles fired by Syria was still quite remarkable, remarkable not in how high the flames of the hit targets rose or how big the craters were created, but in letting the Israelis know that nowhere in the whole of Israel was safe right now.
“Egypt has two giant anti-aircraft towers, one at each end of the Suez Canal, of which the one at El Arish is blocking the advance of our attacking forces. There are similar giant air defense towers not only in the direction of Egypt, but also behind the Jordanian-controlled Gaza Strip, where it is known that the British are exchanging with the two countries over the administration of the Suez Canal, and the Jordanian currency.”
As Defense Minister Moshe Dayan spoke, the eyepatch worn over his face moved, and signaled that the one-eyed general was not at peace in his mind.
This kind of giant air defense towers at the time of construction, of course, Israel knows, otherwise it is also too look down on the Mossad, but these air defense towers are established in the territory of the two countries, Israel at that time could not oppose people to establish defense facilities in their own country, of course, Israel has also protested to the United Kingdom, but it is clear that in the issue of the right to manage the Suez Canal, Israel’s protest is still slightly thin.
It did not occur to me that this kind of motionless giant air defense towers, but became the root cause of the current Israeli struggles, Israel surprisingly in the seventies to face the difficulties of the First World War.
Twenty-four hours into the war, Israel faced a mixed situation, happy is the Egyptian air force has existed in name only, although Israel also paid a certain price, there are forty fighters by the counterattack of the Egyptian air force and anti-aircraft missiles down, but in exchange for the destruction of Egypt’s strongest opponents of air power, in addition to the Egyptian air force, Syria and Jordan also lost not a small amount of power.
But it was still unexpected that the Iraqi air force, equally powerful among the Arab world, would enter the war so soon.
And the offense in the Sinai Peninsula did not go well, and had to choose a more risky way of fighting, and has just been attacked by tactical missiles. The fact that Egypt and Syria, one south and one north, have just announced their intention to mobilize in general, with a statement that they want to perpetuate the war, is even more worrying.
After only one day of fighting, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq, and a little later, Yemen, have already entered the war or expressed their intention to do so, and many more Arab countries have expressed their willingness to provide financial and military support, with more than a dozen Arab countries stating their positions in unison, and even with the solidarity of countries that are not Arabs but are Religion of Peace countries, which is putting unprecedented pressure on Israel.
By no coincidence, Alan Wilson is also talking about the direction of the war on the first day, to be honest because it is only one day, the war is still in the fog, he is not good to distinguish the truth of the news, but it looks like the Arab side should not be another first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the second day.
“There are five Arab countries that are clearly participating in the war, Britain and Jordan and Iraq are on good terms. As for Syria and Yemen, that’s the Soviet side.” Alan Wilson gushed at his wife in a narrative tone, “There are also a lot of Arab countries that have expressed their intention to donate money and goods to help the warring countries buy armaments. Libya and Kuwait have both taken a stand.”
“So many countries?” Pamela Mountbatten asked after a moment’s thought, “What about Oman, wasn’t it just talked about earlier, Oman has not taken a stand.”
“No, Oman, a country that is not a stakeholder, but also expressed support on a diplomatic level.” Alan Wilson nodded as he said, “If it wasn’t for Kemal abolishing the caliphate, there are people who would believe it when they say that the caliphate declared jihad against Israel.”
Regarding the matter of Kemal’s abolition of the caliphate, although it was the Ottoman sultan and caliph, the Arabs viewed this matter in later times as clearly polarized.
One part of the Arabs believed that Kemal abolished the caliphate, the spiritual co-owner of the religion of peace, and that it was a great weakening of the cohesion of the religion of peace, but if it was not abolished, the caliph would be a Turk, so? ……
The last person who still wants to restore the caliphate, and who also has something to do with this Middle East war, is Farouk I, the father of the king of Egypt, the king of the previous generation. But if Farouk I had been caliph?
It was always a bit of an undermining of the authority of the caliphate, whose second profession was thievery?
“My dear, who do you think will win and will Israel lose?” Pamela Mountbatten inquired, the richest woman in the world does not feel that the supreme authority is omniscient, but this is her husband not to ask her husband to ask who?
“Israel will not fail, as to who can achieve a more favorable posture and negotiations, in the final analysis is still to fight the ground war.” Alan Wilson shook his head, he never thought Israel would fail, Israel has the Equality for All bomb, it really feels like extinction is just around the corner, Israel will light up.
In addition to the choice of Israel’s defeat, Allen Wilson laid down the defense of the iron tortoise, is to let Israel do not pass too smoothly, not very arrogant Israel, more offshore balance value.
Night fell, the countries involved in the war but not idle, are using diplomatic means to pull in supporters, not to mention, the King of Egypt has been through the Paris Embassy, elaborated on the Egyptian air force because of Israel’s shameless sneak attack suffered serious losses, but also through the London Embassy to the British government appealed to, Israel in the Sinai Peninsula
military operations in the Sinai Peninsula posed a great threat to the security of the Suez Canal.
Egyptian diplomacy is certainly fruitful, especially among the Arab countries, King Idris I of Libya, has announced that Libya is going to fund the reconstruction of the Egyptian air force, and has ordered air force pilots Libyan air force fighters to fly to Egypt, to replenish the Kingdom of Egypt because of the losses suffered by the Israeli air raids.
Idris I’s move, let this Arab world in awe, Vivien Leigh established Al Jazeera, has been in the news among the expression of admiration for Idris I.
While this is not as uplifting as a great victory on the battlefield, it is enough to make the Arabs sing praises for the act of unity.
So far, the battlefield on the ground and in the skies had been fought fiercely, but the sea was calm for the time being. Fouad II prepares to meet with Saudi King Faisal in hopes of gaining greater support.