() On the same day that the reporters went to Basra, Baghdad held an emergency meeting, and also summoned journalists from various countries to hold a press conference, severely condemning the Basra governor’s auction of oil field service rights, and announced to oil companies around the world
The notice was acknowledged by the government of Basra Province. At the same time, the new Minister of Defense also held a press conference. Defense Minister Laham issued a statement condemning the occupation of Basra Province by the Prophet's Army. The government of Basra Province was illegal.
Fu is the puppet government of the Prophet Army. Its purpose is only to blackmail Zhong Yang and occupy Basra, the oil hub of Iraq, mainly for oil. Fu has the strength to defeat the remnants of the Baath Party and the Prophet Army, and Laham also used his weapon
As an example, the Mahdi Army said that under the joint operations of the US military and security forces, the Mahdi Army only had guerrillas that have not yet been wiped out. With further offensives, peace will soon be restored in the north, while the remnants of the Baath Party and
The Prophet Army are all rebels, an unpopular army. The security forces of various countries are beyond the reach of Basra on the other side. The only ones that can check and balance the Prophet Army in Basra are the two air force bases of the US military in Iraq. The air force of fu has reached
So far, there is only one F16C fighter jet, and the pilot is still training. It is said that another one has been shot down by the Prophet Army in Basra. Fu's rhetoric is fierce, and other countries will not take it seriously, but when the US military in Iraq
The Supreme Commander and US Ambassador John Kerry issued statements at the same time, condemning the Basra Prophet's Army and supporting the government. When it comes to taking action against the Basra Prophet's Army in the near future, governments in various countries have begun to wait and see.
In fact, whoever has the bigger fist will listen to whoever listens. If the Americans take action against Basra, that is to say, the bidding issued by the government of Basra Province will be invalid. If they do not take action, although the bidding is not said to be valid, it can at least prove that now
The Americans are also unable to deal with the government of Basra Province, so other countries can benefit from it.
Natasha was personally at the Basra International Airport and the headquarters of the U.S. Air Force in Iraq. Almost all senior air force generals were present, including senior generals of the Iraqi Air Force.
"After research and decision by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the US military headquarters in Iraq, a three-day air strike will be carried out on Basra. The first batch of bombings will be carried out tonight. The Chinese Air Force will dispatch two detachments of eight Predator drones to attack Basra.
The Prophet Army will carry out focused bombing, and at the same time, the US military base in Basra will dispatch armed helicopters for cover." Natasha showed no expression.
After saying that, she looked at the top commander of the Iraqi Air Force. This air force commander seemed to know his status very well. After all, he now has some jet reconnaissance aircraft under his command. The only F16C is still in training, but
With such strong support from the US military, he certainly knew how to answer: "In the first batch of bombings, the Iraqi Air Force will dispatch F16C fighters to coordinate operations to attack the city and airport in Basra Province."
Natasha was very satisfied with his answer, and then took out a piece of intelligence: "These are the coordinates of all the military factories in Basra and the camps of the Prophet Army. Within three days, we will uproot all the camps of the Prophet Army and blow them up."
Their base, understand."
"Yes, sir." Everyone at the air force base replied.
Only the top commander of the Iraqi Air Force had a bad look on his face. Although there were eight Predator drones accompanying him, generally fighter jets would be dispatched with wingmen, and drones could not be used as wingmen, so they An F16C was actually sent to test the waters. To put it bluntly, it was to die. After all, the Basra Prophet Army had two J-7Ms and successfully shot down an F16C.
But even if they understand, what can they do? The Americans gave them the F16 to do this kind of dirty work.
"Operation begins." Natasha gave the order, and then the entire Baghdad Air Force Base began to mobilize. First, the F16C of the Iraqi Air Force took off, and then the Predator drone fleets of the two detachments formed one after another.
Not long after they took off, the radar vehicle of the missile force that was training at the Prophet's Army Base in Basra detected the movement of the Baghdad Air Force Base. Supreme Commander Xiami came to the command position immediately.
"What's going on?" Xiami asked.
"Our system has detected the movement of the Baghdad Air Force. About nine aircraft have taken off, and it seems they are coming towards us," said a technician from China's Second Artillery Group.
The arrival of Li Ruomo provided the Basra Missile Force with about hundreds of elite missile force technicians. Xiami put these technicians in batches on ten missile radar vehicles and deployed them at various air defense points in Basra. One was for training; The second is to better prepare for war.
"Nine planes." Xiami's expression changed, "Americans really think highly of us. Can you detect what kind of plane it is?"
"It's not clear yet, but the technical data will appear when they get closer, about a few minutes," the technician said.
Xiami nodded: "Do you think we can shoot them all down with our current strength?"
"This" the technician said with a confused face, "it depends on what kind of aircraft they are. If all they dispatch are models like F16e, then we may not be able to do anything. They may even dispatch stealth bombers. This is all possible, although s The -300 missile defense system is very advanced, but with our current operational level, it is difficult to deal with stealth bombers."
Hearing this, Xiami frowned: "Deploy missile positions and pull all the missiles over. If your skills are not good, how can you fight for quantity? I don't believe he can't shoot down eight aircraft with a hundred missiles."
"One hundred missiles" the technician looked disgusted, "One hundred missiles is 120 million U.S. dollars. This is too extravagant."
"It's not extravagant, don't you want to be bombed by them?" Xiami asked, "I have already given the order to use live ammunition for training. I haven't found an excuse to deal with the US military, but who knew they would come here? Well, isn’t this a good opportunity to practice your skills?”
The technician swallowed his saliva. Even if they trained on the second artillery, they rarely used live ammunition for firing. After all, live ammunition was too expensive and caused great damage to the environment, especially intercontinental missiles. Basically, except for those developed, live ammunition was used. In addition, most of the other training uses training bombs, and sometimes even training bombs are not used, just simulated actual combat.
But they didn't expect that there would be such a wealthy owner in Basra, Iraq. As for who this owner was, the technicians didn't want to know, but they knew very well that they could enjoy it, and they were also interested in US military aircraft. Actual combat.
Xiami quickly reported the news to Canglong, and at the same time, the radar system on the S-300 missile radar vehicle also identified their models through their flight data.
"Eight Predator drones and one F16C, it should be the one belonging to the Iraqis." The technician looked surprised, "Sent the drones here, are they trying to die?"
"No, in the eyes of the Americans, this is enough. After all, we only exposed two fighter jets, and the air defense force cannot hit them at all." Xiami shrugged, "So, we are called pretending to be pigs and eating tigers."
After Soryu learned that the US military dispatched aircraft to take action against Basra, he was not surprised. However, he was surprised that most of the aircraft sent by the US military were drones, so he was a little disappointed. However, thinking that the missile force was not yet mature, Soryu had another Secretly rejoicing: "Natasha, Natasha, you are still so cautious, but this time I will make you suffer a nosebleed."
At the same time, Canglong notified Vivian, and the air-raid sirens were sounded throughout Basra. As a precaution, most people returned to their homes, and shops in the city were temporarily closed under the organization of the militia. Now, almost no one can be seen on the street for the first time.
Canglong rushed to the provincial government to do it for our own good. In this case, we will launch a counterattack."
The reporters saw Cang Long suddenly appear with a look on his face. Seeing this, Vivian explained: "This is the prophet you want to see."
"So young..." In the reporters' imagination, this prophet, who has been manipulating the overall situation behind the scenes, should be an old man with a beard and gray hair. Since fu's air force has come to bomb, it will save Zheng fu It must be their first target. If everyone is afraid, you can evacuate, but I must stay here." With that, Canglong walked out of the rooftop of the provincial government building, and the reporters followed.
At the same time, the officials in the provincial government also followed Cang Long up. Although they were afraid, the prophets had already gone up, so how could they not go up.
At some point, the people in the city heard that the prophet went to the building of the provincial government to wait for the bombing, and they walked out of their homes involuntarily. Within a moment, the square of the entire provincial government was crowded with people, and they said He muttered something, as if he was praying for something.
The reporters were stunned when they saw this scene. Some were taking pictures and some were interviewing. Only Musharraf asked Canglong with a calm face: "Excuse me, Prophet, what makes you so calm? Do you have the confidence to deal with it?" Bombing?"
"Allah will protect us." Cang Long shouted from the top of the building with a stern look.
When the people heard this, they responded simultaneously: "Allah's blessing is on the Prophet."
After hearing these words, the reporters were a little disgusted, some were even speechless, and some persuaded Canglong to leave quickly, in case the province was really bombed and there would be no confrontation.
But Canglong refused: "Even if I die here, I will not leave here for a step."
Reporters thought the prophet was crazy, but Musharraf did not think so. Although Canglong changed his appearance, he always felt that he had seen him somewhere, so he asked again: "Aren't you afraid that you will fight against the fu in this way?" Will it cause a stronger backlash?"
Upon hearing this, Canglong smiled sarcastically, glanced at all the reporters, and said, "Don't you see the difference between the capital Baghdad and the provincial capital Basra?"
The reporters' faces changed. The current situation in Baghdad was indeed very different from Basra, and even incomparable. This was all true, but they felt that even so, there was no need to risk their lives.
"But confrontation will cause war and put Basra into trouble again." A reporter worried, "There will be a first air strike, and there will be a second one. We will not give up." Canglong asked coldly. He said, "We are just asking for autonomy. Even if fu sends its air force to invade our airspace, we will defend it to the death."
"If you fight back, Basra, which has just recovered now, will be destroyed." Musharraf said coldly.
If you think we are weak and can be bullied, it will only get worse in the future, not to mention that the airspace of Basra is like your own wife. If your wife is violated at will, can you bear it?"