The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 285 Bekaa Valley
6 month 8 day.

The third echelon of the Israeli army in the west entered the battle and continued to attack northwards to encircle Damour, but encountered stubborn resistance from the PLO guerrillas in the Saadia area south of the city, only 19 kilometers away from Beirut, and its advance to the north was blocked.

On the 9th, the Israeli army in the west, while attacking Sidon and Damur, sent a battalion of troops to retreat to Harda.

In order to slow down the Israeli attack, the guerrillas blew up the bridge.

On the 10th, the Israeli army, consisting of 6 brigades, 3.5 people and more than 300 tanks, with the cooperation of Christian militias from the north, launched a large siege of Beirut, and bombed the western district of Beirut and the international airport in the southern suburbs in turn. Israeli warships blockaded Beirut from the sea.

The Israeli army's central route was the assisting direction. The first echelon of the Israeli army, a brigade, set out from the Shemora area on the morning of the 6th, crossed Haldali, surrounded the Shagif Fort, and attacked Nabatiya with its main force. In the afternoon of the same day, the Israeli army began to attack the Shagif Fort and captured it at dawn on the 7th. The second echelon, an armored brigade, entered the battle and besieged Nabatiya with the support of paratroopers. It entered the city at 7:9 on the th. A small group of troops engaged in street fighting with the PLO guerrillas. The main force continued to advance northward and reached the Jezzin area on the same day.

With the cooperation of the Israeli army in the east, after capturing the city of Jezzin, the troops were divided into two groups. One group went west to participate in the siege of Zahrani and Sayida; the other group went north to attack the Syrian armored forces in the Shuf area and launched a tank battle with the Syrian army there.

In this tank battle, the Syrian army lost 150 tanks and the enemy lost 68 tanks.

On the 9th, the Israeli army airdropped near Ain Dara. With the cooperation of the paratroopers, the ground forces captured Ain Dara and then controlled the Beirut-Damascus highway.

The eastern route was used as a containment direction. The first echelon of the Israeli army, an armored brigade, launched an attack on Sheba, and then developed an attack on the Bekaa Valley to contain and monitor this direction and cut off the connection between the PLO guerrillas and the Syrian army. On the 7th, after the first echelon captured Sheba, the second echelon entered the battle and launched an attack on Hasyaba. After succeeding, it launched an attack on the Syrian defense positions in Rasiya and Khokaba. On the 8th, after capturing the towns of Rasiya and Khokaba, it advanced northward along the west side of the Bekaa Valley, heading straight for the end of the Beirut-Damascus Highway, attempting to cut off the Syrian army's retreat and block reinforcements.

June 6th, Bekaa Valley!

The Bekaa Valley is located in eastern Lebanon, close to the Syrian border. With its fertile land and mild climate, it is the largest agricultural area in Lebanon.

There are still many historical relics on this land, so the Bekaa Valley is also called the 'corridor to civilization'.

Here, Syria deployed a SAM-6 missile base, and Syria spent more than one billion dollars to build this missile base.

Speaking of the SAM-6 air defense missile, one cannot help but think of the Fourth Middle East War that broke out in the 20s. It was in this war that the SAM-70 became famous. Most of the missiles shot down were shot down by the SAM-6 missile, thus making it famous all over the world.

Since then, the SAM-6 has become a popular air defense weapon in the world arms market.

Syria highly respects the SAM-6 air defense missile and has spent more than one billion dollars to build a SAM-6 missile air defense position in the Bekaa Valley.

The Syrians had long foreseen that Israel was eyeing the Bekaa Valley. The Syrian military knew that sooner or later, a fierce battle would break out in the Bekaa Valley.

Therefore, since the outbreak of the fifth Middle East war, the Syrian army deployed in the Bekaa Valley has entered a state of high alert, and all personnel are on high alert at their posts, waiting for the Israeli army to attack.

At noon, the weather in the Bekaa Valley was very good. Tracked vehicles carrying missiles lay quietly. The SAM-6 missiles shining in the sun stared at the sky, quietly and majestically facing the direction where Israeli aircraft might attack.

A Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, the onboard radar is running, and inside the vehicle, the commander is staring at the screen.

At the same time, at the Etzion Air Force Base, planes were neatly lined up on the shells, and the pilots were already in position in the cockpits, ready to attack at any time.

There was determination and hatred in every pilot's eyes!

In just a few days since the start of the war, the Israeli Air Force has lost more than 40 helicopters and 28 fighter jets, a loss that has made the Israeli Air Force feel the pain. As a result, helicopters no longer appear on the battlefield easily, and fighter jets dare not fly too low easily.

But this time it was different. They had a mission to destroy the SAM-6 air defense missile positions deployed by the Syrian army in the Bekaa Valley.

At 2:14 p.m., the battle alarm suddenly sounded throughout the base.

Following the command from the headquarters, F-15 and F-16 fighter jets roared into the sky one after another. Their mission was to provide air cover, so their wings and bellies were all loaded with medium-range and short-range air-to-air missiles.

Subsequently, F-4 and A-4 aircraft carrying heavy laser-guided bombs also slowly flew into the sky. Their mission was to carry out low-altitude bombing.

At the same time, over the Mediterranean Sea, E-2 Hawkeye early warning aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft were hovering in the sky, monitoring the situation on the entire battlefield at any time.

Everything is under their control.

However, what they didn't know was that a butterfly's wings were flapping and rewriting history.

"Enemy aircraft spotted, 15 kilometers away from here!" The onboard radar of the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun has detected the target and reported it immediately.

At the same time, the commander here issued orders.

At the same time, a shrill emergency combat alarm was sounded in the Bekaa Valley. Syrian commanders and soldiers quickly reached their combat posts and kept a close eye on the sky.

The commander gave the combat order to turn on the radar. Radar is the eyes of the SAM-6 missile. Once the target is targeted by it, no matter how powerful the missile is, it will be difficult to escape disaster.

However, this time the Israeli army came prepared, and what the Syrian army saw was actually a drone released by the Israeli army as bait to lure Syria to launch missiles.

The Syrians fell into the trap and launched SAM-6 missiles one after another, with red lights flashing in the valley.

Israeli drones were hit and crashed one after another.

Just when the Syrian officers and soldiers were cheering for what they thought was their "victory", several Syrian soldiers who were collecting the "trophies" discovered that the crashed plane was actually made of plastic, and no body of the Israeli pilot was found.

At the same time, the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun also discovered the aerial target and reported it.

The commander immediately realized that he had fallen into a trap set by the Israeli army.

The commander quickly issued an order to shut down the radar.

However, as soon as the guidance radar was turned on, it was immediately discovered. After receiving the information, the F4 Phantom fighter launched the Shrike anti-radiation missile, which accurately destroyed the guidance radar of the SAM-6, turning the SAM-6 instantly into a "blind man".

This is the Israeli army's plan, to first destroy the guidance radar of the SAM-6, making it "blind". Without the guidance radar, the threat of the SAM-6 will be greatly weakened, and then it will be like a little girl taking off her clothes and facing a fierce uncle.

(End of this chapter)