Chapter 1462 Naval Battle

According to Egypt’s official words, this war was caused by Israel’s shameless sneak attack, although the cause was the diversion of the Jordan River, but the Israeli side is not responsible at all?

What’s more, the countries involved in the diversion of the Jordan River were mainly Syria and Jordan, and Egypt only supported the two Arab brothers as an Arab ally, so is this wrong?

But for this very reason, Israel launched a war against the Arab world by stealing and cheating, and the Kingdom of Egypt was still Israel’s main center of attack.

From the beginning of the war, the orders issued by Fouad II and his uncompromising stance were recognized by the majority of Egyptian citizens, and his visit to Saudi Arabia on the second day of the war to better establish a united front in the war against Israel was likewise recognized by Egyptian citizens.

Just before Fouad II’s departure, an official Egyptian announcement was made over the radio that Morocco had announced that it was sending a combat brigade to the war, which would arrive in Egypt by sea. Morocco became the sixth country to go to war.

By the time it arrived in Riyadh, the news that the Iraqi Army had been assembled and was marching toward Jordan and Syria had also spread throughout the Arab world, and less than forty-eight hours after the war began, the Kingdom of Kuwait declared a declaration of war on Israel, and Fouad II met with King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.

Fouad II made no secret of his desire for Saudi Arabia to support this war in the Arab world, and King Faisal expressed his understanding, but not at the expense of damaging relations with the United States.

The negative impact would be too great if diplomatic relations were broken, but King Faisal said that he would unite all the calendars that could be united to give support to Egypt, and that the Saudis could unite with the oil-producing countries to launch an oil embargo against the United States.

“We had done this to support Pakistan when the Indo-Pakistani war started and it still worked well. But to be honest we could have refrained from doing that for a while because there was no indication yet that the US would come to Israel’s aid once the war started. One could start by putting the word out that the US will choose between Israel and the Arab world.”

After Fuad II heard this, he hesitated and King Faisal saw this reaction and spoke directly, “Your Majesty, the Saudis are willing to call on all their Arab brothers to join them in rebuilding the Egyptian Air Force. Although it may be because of the problems in military strength, Saudi Arabia may not be able to provide much help on the battlefield, but in terms of diplomatic and economic help, Saudi Arabia will definitely not shy away.”

“Alright!” Fuad II finally nodded his head, although Egypt had recovered the Suez Canal and also built the Aswan Dam, because of its own population problems, it wasn’t very rich financially, especially not comparable to an oil producing country like Saudi Arabia.

The Egyptian Air Force had taken out over forty invading Israeli fighters, but at a cost of several times that amount, it was almost dead in name only, and rebuilding it would be another big expense.

King Faisal breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and after reaching a consensus he and Fouad II, hand in hand, appeared jointly in front of the waiting people and announced, “Saudi Arabia stands by all the Arab countries, adopts the same support for the brotherly countries that are participating in the war, and is willing to help Egypt rebuild its air force.”

The Egyptian and Saudi kings stood shoulder-to-shoulder, highlighting the unity of the Arab world and bringing a follow-up influence that cannot be underestimated. A few hours after the meeting between the two kings, Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, and Uganda took a stand, slamming Israel for starting the war and saying that their nationals would not be interfered with if they went to war on their own.

Various news in the Middle East, naturally, by the embassies around the world to London, Alan Wilson is holding a meeting in Whitehall, smilingly said, “It seems that I can hear the name of the peace teachings of the country, have come forward, but like Iran? The statement is also so far, just not willing to stand on the opposite side of the Arab world. The Pahlavi and the U.S. are pretty well connected, and Iran is one of the two punching bags for U.S. interests in the Middle East.”

“The Saudi stance was surprising, we thought the Saudis would stay out of it.” Wick spoke up and replied, “As for Iran, my colleagues in the Foreign Ministry agree with what the Secretary General said.”

“Saudi Arabia is a country with its own ambitions. This country is crippled with empty oil revenues but worthless military power. If you want to exert your influence, you have to work harder. The fact that non-Arab pacifist countries like Pakistan and Uganda have taken a stand can be interpreted as King Faisal’s influence after meeting with Fouad II to achieve consensus.”

In any case, almost every pacifist state that can be heard from regularly has expressed its opposition to Israel, except for Algeria, which is occupied by France.

France is not currently taking a position, but Allen Wilson reckons that it will be on the side of the Arab states to some extent.

If you count Algeria as part of France, there are still quite a few Algerians left, despite the ravages of years of war. There is a possibility that France will side with Israel, but it is equally likely that it will side with the Arab states in order to maintain stability.

It is important to realize that the countries involved in the war are not only purely Arab countries, there is also a country that is not very big, but the first time has been involved in the war, this country is still the Christians have a relative advantage it.

This country was Lebanon, which joined the war on the first day of the war, and which was inextricably linked to France. More than fifty percent of Lebanon’s population is Christian, belonging to the Maronite sect of Christians, and both Lebanon and Syria are former French colonies.

In the nineteenth century, France sent troops to Lebanon in the name of Europe to pacify the conflict, and also sent missionaries to the area, established French schools, and administered Lebanon as a liberator, during which time a large number of French people emigrated to Lebanon, and French became the official language of the area.

After World War I, the whole of Greater Syria became a French colony, and the establishment of Lebanon was naturally linked to France.

There was also a sizable number of pacifists in Lebanon, which was similar to France’s situation, and both have now joined the war, and it’s likely that France was somehow on the side of the Arab countries, as was this former colony, or else the pacifists in North Africa might have made a scene.

It may be a bit of appeasement to think so, but appeasement is never an unforgivable offense, who wants to start a fire, and if the country is being held hostage then of course it can’t be helped.

If France is on the side of the Arabs, where does Britain stand? This is the core of this discussion, in the interests of consideration, the current British obviously and Arab countries closer.

If France also supports the Arab countries, the situation in the Middle East will be very interesting, the Soviet Union also has a grip in the Middle East, Yemen and Syria are.

“In fact, the most crucial thing is still, the Saudi side of the oil embargo statement. We certainly can’t sit back and watch this threat, so we absolutely can’t take Israel’s side.” What the supreme authority is not very good at saying, Wicker can completely take over and indicate that this is a unanimous opinion of the Foreign Office.

Believe that now not only London in the discussion of how to stand, Washington’s White House, Moscow’s Kremlin is also discussing the situation in the Middle East, how to stand also depends on the war toward the development.

The face of the Egyptian all out of dozens of missile boats, the Israeli Navy is more powerful ship is naturally not a sitting duck, although more than a year ago, the Indian Navy has been in the Pakistani Navy’s action, proved the power of the missile boats, can be far away from Asia on its own on the Israel is too far away from the small people.

And the Egyptian navy is actually not weak, with British-sold aircraft carriers in service, except that it stays permanently in Zanzibar, East Africa, much like the carriers of the Kingdom of Iraq, which has such a small coastline that it would be too conspicuous to have an aircraft carrier.

The Egyptian Navy’s aircraft carriers are also unable to operate in the Mediterranean Sea, both countries are completely by the British enthusiastic door-to-door sales pitch, only to receive the small 20,000 tons of the big guy.

The presence of carriers in the Egyptian navy made it necessary for Israel to face the hypothetical enemy with the standards of a great navy, and to think about how to counter the Egyptian carriers, so how could it have time to study the missile boats?

But the Egyptian Navy’s aircraft carriers basically do not return to their home ports, posing as Arab leaders in the Zanzibar Sultanate every day, and when war breaks out, the mainstay of the Egyptian Navy becomes the missile boats.

In the Gulf of Mana off Port Said, Egypt, the Israeli destroyer Eilat is on routine patrol. This type of full-loaded displacement of 3,000 tons, with five 127-mm guns, as well as five 40-mm machine guns of the destroyer, in the Middle East is definitely a powerful firepower “giant ship”.

The destroyer “Eilat” was originally a British-built destroyer “Ardent”, which was sold to Israel after the Suez Canal War.

But apparently in this world Britain and Israel are not so familiar with each other, and the Suez Canal War did not break out, so Britain did not sell its warships to Israel.

In this world, the Israeli destroyer Eilat became the American Fletcher class

The Fletcher-class destroyer was the largest destroyer in the U.S. Navy’s fleet during World War II. Currently in the decommissioning cycle, the U.S. Navy hundreds of thousands of tons a year decline, but also part of the credit Fletcher-class destroyers.

Because the Egyptian aircraft carriers were far away in East Africa, the Israeli Navy, disdainful of the outgoing missile boats, sent its navy to break through the so-called blockade on the Egyptian side.

At that moment, a spotter on board the Eilat suddenly noticed a bright flash of light in the direction of Port Said, recognized it as the trailing flame of an anti-ship missile’s solid booster, and quickly raised the alarm. The ship’s gunners on duty aimed their five 40-millimeter machine guns at the oncoming missile, but did not have time to fire ……

The French as missile suddenly pulled up, and then swooped down towards the Eilat, blowing a big hole in the center of the hull and hitting the boiler compartment. About a minute later, a second missile came in and hit the main engine room of the Eilat. “The entire power system of the Eilat was completely paralyzed, and the communication system was also damaged, literally floating in the Mediterranean Sea like a dead fish.

While the sailors on board the Eilat were still in shock, a third missile came in and hit the stern of the ship. At this point, the “Eilat” broken hull can no longer support, and quickly tilted over, sinking to a depth of 60 meters to the bottom of the sea. The ship’s sailors scrambled to jump into the sea to escape. The Egyptian Navy, still in a state of remorse, followed up with a fourth missile, which exploded just as the Eilat’s lifeboats were being launched.