The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 284 War rages
June 6, Middle East.

"Woo~~"

Jet fighters took off and flew towards Lebanon and Syria.

The first goal was to bomb the PLO bases in Beirut and southern Lebanon.

In the sky, an Israeli F-16 fighter jet is ready to launch.

A US-made GBU-17/B bomb, also known as a laser-guided bomb, was dropped under the pilot's aim and hit the office building where Arafat was.

Eliminating Arafat is Israel's unwavering goal.

Therefore, when launching a military operation code-named "Peace for Galilee", bombing the office building where he was located was the first target of the operation.

It is not clear whether Arafat is inside the office building.

He didn't notice that at this moment, on the rooftop next to the office building, a guerrilla member was already ready.

On his shoulder, he carried a Vanguard anti-aircraft missile.

As soon as the Israeli Air Force took off, it was captured by the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

In fact, the land area is very small, and the lateral width in many places is less than 15 kilometers.

Although the PLO did not purchase Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns from Panshan Machinery Factory, it still obtained two Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns through other channels.

After all, there are a large number of supporters behind it.

Not only the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, but also hundreds of sets of "Vanguard" air defense missiles, a total of "Vanguard" air defense missiles.

After sensing the movement, these 'Vanguard' air defense missiles dispersed and were distributed in major cities.

He heard a beep in the earphones, and he knew that the missile had aimed at the target.

Then he pressed the button and launched the missile without hesitation.

A Vanguard anti-aircraft missile, trailing a tongue of fire, flew out from the launch tube on his shoulder and headed straight for the F-16 fighter jet in the sky.

"Boom~~"

A few seconds later, a fireball was seen flashing across the sky. The missile accurately hit the opponent's fuselage, causing the fighter plane to explode and turn into a fireball.

At the same time, the bomb that the plane had just dropped accurately hit the building below.

This was a bomb specifically designed to destroy solid buildings. After accurately hitting the building, it directly destroyed the eight-story building.

But in the sky, one fighter plane after another was shot down by the "Vanguard" air defense missiles.

Even though some pilots had already pulled up their fighter jets, five fighter jets were still shot down by the Vanguard air defense missiles.

With the start of the Israeli Air Force's air strikes, the world-shocking Fifth Middle East War finally began.

This news spread all over the world immediately.

Just now the whole world was still in shock at the news that the British Expeditionary Force was defeated and Argentina had achieved an unprecedented and glorious victory, and now the Fifth Middle East War broke out at this time.

All of a sudden, the news spread all over the world.

It attracted the attention of the whole world, and no one paid attention to the Falklands War anymore.

Because the Falkland Islands are just a deserted island in South America, Argentina has not received much attention from the world. In addition, Britain has made efforts and deliberately united its allies to cool down the news while repairing the expeditionary force.

The fifth Middle East war is different. It took place in the Middle East, which is now the world's energy center. Every move is related to oil prices.

In the Middle East, there was already the Iran-Iraq War, and now the fifth Middle East war has broken out, turning the Middle East into a mess.

This can be said to have attracted worldwide attention. It was the previous Middle East war that caused a sharp rise in oil prices, causing Europe and the United States to suffer a lot.

Sure enough, when the fifth Middle East war broke out, the first thing to soar was the price of oil.

The outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War caused the oil price to soar to $40 per barrel. Even developed countries in Europe and America could not afford such a high price. The United States used all its means to suppress the oil price and finally pushed it down to $35 per barrel. Now the fifth Middle East war has broken out, and the oil price has once again broken through the $40 per barrel mark, reaching a record high of $44 per barrel.

Such is the importance of the Middle East now, the undisputed energy center of the world.

Any slight movement will immediately cause oil prices to fluctuate.

The Israeli Air Force suffered heavy losses, losing more than fifteen fighter planes.

However, the Israeli army did not stop the 'Peace in Galilee' military operation, but carried it out as planned.

The fifth Middle East war broke out.

At 6:6 on June 11, on the border between Lebanon and Israel, the Israeli army, which had been ready for action, dispatched four brigades of about 4 people. After five hours of artillery and air force fire preparation, with the support of armed helicopters and naval, air force and artillery fire, it launched a surprise attack on the PLO guerrillas on a front as wide as 2 kilometers.

In this ground force offensive, the western route was the main attack direction of the Israeli army, and more than five brigades of troops were deployed successively. The first echelon consisted of two armored brigades, with 5 tanks and armored vehicles each. They set out from Nahariya and Rushhanikra areas, and passed through the areas controlled by Haddad militia and UN forces in Naqoura and Bint Jubail.

On the afternoon of the 6th, they surrounded Sur and launched a siege with the coordination of airborne troops, landing troops and the Lebanese Haddad militia. Street fighting took place that night, and they encountered stubborn resistance from the PLO guerrillas.

Two brigades of the second echelon (one armored brigade and one mechanized brigade) entered the battle at 18:. One of the brigades advanced eastward to cooperate with the central operation; one brigade advanced northward to encircle and suppress the PLO guerrillas south of the Litani River.

The PLO guerrillas are fighting desperately.

The Israeli army discovered that the battle was completely different from what they had previously imagined. It should have been a devastating offensive.

However, when the ground forces launched the attack, there were astonishing losses of helicopters and fighter jets.

The guerrillas were equipped with a terrifying number of anti-aircraft missiles, which destroyed many helicopters and fighter jets.

Even the tanks and armored vehicles suffered staggering damage.

Anti-tank mines, anti-tank guns, anti-tank missiles
These destroyed one Israeli tank and armored vehicle after another.

If the Israeli army had not been well-trained and had not experienced many wars and was considered elite, it would probably have stopped its actions after suffering such a heavy loss.

The guerrillas' defensive positions and the various firearms they were holding were blocking the Israeli army.

Some of the weapons here are from World War II or even World War I.

This kind of interception war often appears to be horrific and will soon be crushed by the Israeli army.

Because the Israeli army's firepower advantage is so obvious, a single artillery barrage can often kill a large number of guerrillas.

Instead, it was in the street fighting that the Israeli army suffered heavy casualties.

Street fighting has always been the most troublesome thing for the attacking side in war, because the defending side has an absolute geographical advantage, uses buildings as cover, and constantly launches sneak attacks.

This was also the case until the end of the 6th, when the Israeli army had not been able to completely control Sur. Instead, the losses were extremely heavy, so heavy that the Israeli commanders' faces turned pale and their hearts bled.

(End of this chapter)