How important is the Middle East? Selov believes that the Soviet Union knows, and the United States will definitely know. This is based on the fact that the United States and the Soviet Union are the same level of rivals. The Suez Canal is controlled by the Soviet Union, and the United States' route of mobilizing military power is inconvenient. Will this unfavorable condition make the United States finally compromise and not interfere? This is definitely impossible.

As long as Iraq and Iran choose to transfer conflicts to push up oil prices, no matter how inconvenient the transportation or how bad the geography is, the United States will gather troops to fight from the Americas. This cannot be stopped by the Soviet protests. No one can stop the United States with his mouth. North Korea and Vietnam have no major interests, and they can attract the United States to fight across the Pacific. What's more, the Middle East?

It is a naive view to think that the United States dare not fight and is afraid of death. The United States has today not because of the war money of the two wars, but because of the waste money, it was piled up with human lives. In order to aid China, there were so many planes crashing on the Hump Route that the aluminum wreckage on the Himalayas looked like a galaxy in the sun; the famous Memphis beauty was brought to the screen just because it completed 25 bombing missions, which shows that the number of crews sent to bomb Germany could survive twenty-four missions.

It is a wishful thinking that the United States will not stand out for some small countries. Some things seem small, but they are related to the credibility and hegemony of the United States. As long as Selov verbally supports the Iranian army, the Soviet Union will have to fight face-to-face with the United States when the United States comes.

When it comes to real decisions, the Soviet Union cannot expect the United States to dare not make up his mind. Of course, this determination is mutual. After the United States makes up his mind, can the Soviet Union make up his mind? This is Serov's question, and his choice is to challenge.

"Either it is a world war or a Middle East war, I believe it is much more likely to be the latter." Selov still kept his calm mind thinking. At this time, he must refer to Reagan's thinking. What is the Cold War? We win, they lose, this is the Cold War...

According to this simplified thinking, which one is more likely, the World War or the Middle East War? It should be the Middle East War. So, while dealing with the Middle East War in detail, the best and worst preparation is the World War.

"Because the Iraq-Iran War did not break out, the military strength of Iraq and Iran in this era is not as strong as history, but there is still no problem!" Serov made a gesture on paper, listing the strength of both sides in the Middle East camp.

As a direct responsible country, Iraq currently has 500,000 soldiers, more than 6,000 tanks, and more than 2,000 armored vehicles. Not only does Kuwait's military power have no, but it is completely incomparable to Iraq. It can be said that even if Iraq's military power is half weak, it can kill Kuwait in one day at night.

Kuwait is currently one of the richest countries in the world, with foreign exchange reserves of about 80 billion, overseas assets of 100 billion, and annual oil revenue of more than 10 billion. Kuwait is one of the few countries in the Middle East and good at investing. It has long expected that oil will not make itself safe and safe. Its overseas revenue has exceeded its own oil revenue. In this case, Kuwait is certainly unwilling to merge with Iraq. This is Kuwait's view of the problem from the perspective of Kuwait.

Iraq is an oil exporter, so the coastline is crucial. Iraq's coastline is only more than 50 kilometers, and its only seaport is threatened by the two islands of Kuwait. The Soviet Union has the most say in the issue of seaport. Think about the history of the Soviet Union and even Russia. For the issue of seaport, it has fought wars with many countries.

Iran's population and area are still above Iraq. Currently, it has 650,000 soldiers, the strongest air force in the Middle East, and the strongest navy in the Middle East to the Soviet Union. The reason for giving it to the Soviet Union was that the large warships of the Iranian navy were incorporated into the Soviet Mediterranean Fleet due to the mutual aid treaty signed by the Soviet Union and Iran.

If the Iranian navy was still at its own port, the US Fifth Fleet would never leave Bahrain, and Iran's goal would not be achieved. From the comparison between Iran and Bahrain, Iraq and Kuwait, the Soviet Union had an absolute advantage.

On the periphery, the United States has Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Soviet Union has South Yemen, Syria, the United States has Turkey, the Soviet Union has Kurdish. If you count the pro-British Oman, there is Egypt. However, whether the British influential Oman and Jordan is considered to be the United States is a question.

Considering that Mrs. Thatcher was still insisting on being in the position of court, Selov still counted Oman and Jordan. It seemed to be one-on-one, but in fact, there were the Middle Eastern countries' own alliances and connections below the surface, which could not be clearly stated in one sentence or two sentences.

If we compare foreign aids, the Warsaw Pact is geographically closer to the Middle East. After defeating Turkey and establishing Soviet Gerber, the Soviet Union also had an advantage in the Mediterranean transportation line. How to see, if the war begins, the Soviet Union's allies will have an advantage.

All the advantages are based on the situation where the United States does not take action by itself. If the United States takes action, all these advantages are basically equivalent to the United States. Going around and going to war can cost the United States a little more transportation fee, but it cannot change the fact that the United States has a much higher military strength than all countries except the Soviet Union.

Only the Soviet Union can withstand the US military, and only the US military is the opponent of the Soviet Red Army. Forces like the US military cannot be defeated by accumulating quantities. Perhaps Iran can use its territory to drag the US military in depth. The remaining Middle Eastern countries are almost the same as Libya, and the United States will not be more difficult to beat them than Libya.

"The key point is in Egypt. It will take five days for the Mediterranean fleet to travel through the Suez Canal to the Persian Gulf. If the Suez Canal is open to the United States, it will be almost this time!" Selov deduced the war plan and slapped himself on the table and said, "That's what I did. If you really dare to come, let me try the US military's ability to fight 6."

A few days later, Marshal Akhromeyev sent another plan again, to attack Iraq and Iran in the name of US troops in Kuwait and Bahrain, including the problem of taking sides in the entire Middle Eastern countries, how many military bases the United States can use, how much military power the United States can bring as fast as possible, and even the role of Australia, etc.

"Australia?" Selov refused to argue with this country. The conditions for the Middle East War were to start with Indonesia. Australia was in danger, transferred from the Fifth Fleet of the United States and the Seventh Fleet in Japan to protect and threaten Indonesia. Of course, there was also the role of the Soviet Pacific Fleet here.

Once the US Fifth Fleet leaves the Persian Gulf, this is when the Middle East blitz began. Selov approved the Ministry of Defense's plan this time, and the Soviet Mediterranean Fleet had blocked the US Sixth Fleet. Although the Soviet Red Navy's strength was slightly worse. However, Greece and Syria in Yan'an, Egypt in Egypt that guard the Suez Canal, blocking the Sixth Fleet was not a problem.

With such a large sea area as the Mediterranean, the US Navy cannot exert its advantages. The Soviet Union had many six ground countries that could use, such as Libya, Egypt, Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece, etc. These six-based fighter jets along the coast could make up for the air power of the Soviet Red Navy.

Blocking the Sixth Fleet's assistance is just a temporary measure. As long as the United States makes up its mind, it will be as Serov thinks, and the inconvenience will not cause the US decision-maker to give up.

"Our Red Navy is not suitable for decisive battles in the ocean, but with the situation around the Arabian Sea, we can confront the US Navy!" In the entire office, there were only Marshal Akhromeyev and Selov. Comrade Minister of Defense introduced in detail the Soviet side's response plan if a war broke out from the Arabian Sea.

The Soviet Union had the greatest momentum in the 1970s, and the strongest military was not the 1970s. The 6th Army had already reached its absolute advantage over NATO in the early 1980s. As for the Red Navy? It depends on the time. If the war starts this year, the Red Navy will be the most powerful this year. If the war starts next year, it will be next year.

Because the Soviet Red Navy is still continuously building new warships, the same is true for the US Navy. Compared with the current navies of the two countries, the Soviet Red Navy is still weak.

"You mean to threaten the US Navy with a nuclear submarine?" Selov felt that this seemed unreliable.

"The forty-two submarine divisions of the Mediterranean Fleet cannot operate alone. The lesson we learned from the Cuban missile crisis is that surface forces must cooperate with submarine divisions!" Marshal Akhromeyev said that he did not mean this. The term submarine division is literally meaning. A kind of organization of the Soviet Red Navy, a combat group composed of nuclear submarines, and an anti-submarine division specializing in anti-submarine divisions. From this we can learn about the Soviet Union's strong tradition of the 6th Army.

"The general fruit transferred eight counterfire bomber squadrons to cooperate with our geographical advantages in the Persian Gulf and our own naval forces to deal with the Basuo Hens at the same time." Marshal Akhromeyev assured.

"There are fifteen aircraft carrier battle groups in the United States. No, there must be many sealed ones. With the Mediterranean fleet, 6-based fighter jets and a backfire bomber group, can we deal with eight aircraft carriers?" Serov thought for a moment. During the Gulf War, it seemed that the United States, Britain and France combined and used nine aircraft carriers.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cartel, Oman, UAE, Turkey and Digo Garcia have US air bases. Iran, Egypt, South Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Kurdish have Soviet air bases.
Chapter completed!