The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 286: The Fierce Battle in the Bekaa Valley
After blinding the "eyes" of the SAM-6 missiles, dozens of F-16 fighter jets pounced on the missile positions like vicious wolves.

But they miscalculated.

The SAM-6 actually launched a missile!
All the fighter planes that were hit by the SAM-6 turned into fireballs without exception.

"Boom boom boom~~"

The two gun barrels of the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun kept roaring and firing shells.

"Damn, we fell into a trap!" the Israeli pilot roared.

He didn't understand how the enemy could lock onto the fighter plane when the SAM-6's guidance radar had been destroyed.

Not only that, the Syrian Air Force has also taken off to provide assistance here.

The brutal air battle in the Bekaa Valley began.

By the end of the battle, there were various aircraft wreckages on the ground.

The Israeli army lost more than 60 aircraft, which was already a very heavy casualty because along with the planes shot down, a large number of experienced pilots were also killed.

Syria's SAM-6 guidance radar was destroyed, its SAM-6 missiles were exhausted, and its self-propelled anti-aircraft guns fired two base shells. In addition, Syria lost more than aircraft, some of which were shot down by the Israeli Air Force and some by its own side.

In the subsequent tank battle in the Bekaa Valley, the anti-tank teams of the Syrian special forces, the armed helicopters and attack aircraft of the Syrian Air Force, and the latest T-72 main battle tanks dealt a heavy blow to the Israeli army, which lost more than 200 tanks and armored vehicles.

Although the Syrian army suffered heavy losses, this did not prevent Syria from facing this war as a winner.

No one expected that the Israeli army would suffer such heavy losses.

Since the outbreak of the fifth Middle East war, Israel has lost more than 40 helicopters, more than 90 fighter jets, and more than 400 tanks and armored vehicles.

This loss is absolutely huge!

In the early stage, the offensive was fierce, with more than 10 troops deployed to launch a large-scale offensive, occupying half of Lebanon in a few days. Everyone thought that this time, like the previous four Middle East wars, the Israeli army would win again.

There is indeed a huge gap. The Israeli army is a modern army, while the others are still at the level of World War II, or are guerrillas.

But no one would have thought that the Israeli army would suffer such huge losses.

The situation has become very unfavorable for the Israeli army.

The Israeli army took a particularly tough stance. Instead of withdrawing, it quickly mobilized its reserve forces, increasing its total strength to 40, despite suffering heavy losses and being in an extremely passive situation.

Faced with the favoritism of the United States, some pilots even flew advanced aircraft to Israeli air force bases to make up for the losses of the Israeli Air Force, which undoubtedly angered the entire Arab world.

Just a few days later, Fahd held a press conference and publicly stated that the current oil price was too low. In order to maintain the interests of OPEC member countries, oil production should be reduced by 50% to protect the interests of each member country. Saudi Arabia will also urge all countries to complete this plan.

And all member states have also responded by reducing oil production!

Even Iraq, which was in the midst of the Iran-Iraq War, came out to support the decision to cut oil production.

As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked.

Everyone knows that the oil crisis that shocked the Western world has happened again!

Soon, the international oil price broke through the $50/barrel mark, setting a new record for the international oil price. Panshan Machinery Factory.

Liu Tao watched the news in amazement.

He had never imagined that his unintentional flapping of wings would cause such a huge chain reaction.

The Bekaa Valley airstrike, which should have been a textbook example, turned out to be so tragic that the Israeli army lost more than 60 aircraft.

This loss has exceeded the point where even destroying the SAM-6 missile base in the Bekaa Valley would not be worth the cost.

After all, Syria has invested a total of more than one billion US dollars in the SAM-6 missile base in the Bekaa Valley.

The loss of 60 aircraft, as well as the loss of pilots and weapons, exceeded this number.

"Damn, the Americans are still the same as always. It's true that when a son reaches the critical moment, he will never abandon his father." Liu Tao sighed to himself.

Now that oil prices have skyrocketed, who will suffer the most?

It’s definitely the European and American world!
Because European and American countries are all oil importing countries and need to consume a large amount of oil every day.

"This is a problem. Wouldn't the Soviet Union be able to make a lot of money by exporting oil?" Liu Tao raised his eyebrows and thought of a tricky thing.

The pressure brought by polar bears is absolutely enormous.

But the Americans are going crazy at this time, completely disregarding the overall situation.

"It seems we need to produce more 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles!" Liu Tao thought to himself.

回到盘山机械厂后，他便开始升级‘鹰击’反舰导弹，搞了‘鹰击-4’反舰导弹、‘鹰击-5’反舰导弹、‘鹰击-6’反舰导弹、‘鹰击-7’反舰导弹、‘鹰击-8’反舰导弹、‘鹰击-9’反舰导弹。

‘鹰击-4’、‘鹰击-5’、‘鹰击-6’属于同一类型的，只不过分别是空射型、舰射型、潜射型。这一类型反舰导弹，而‘鹰击-1’、‘鹰击-2’、‘鹰击-3’反舰导弹看起来差不多，要说区别那就是长度更长、重量更重。

This self-use version of the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile has a total length of 5 meters, a diameter of 0.35 meters, a wingspan of 1.1 meters, a total launch weight of 700 kilograms, a main engine is a solid rocket engine, a flight speed of 1.5 Mach, and a range of 100 kilometers to 200 kilometers.

'Eagle Strike-7', 'Eagle Strike-8' and 'Eagle Strike-9' belong to the same type, corresponding to air-launched, ship-launched and submarine-launched types respectively, and look longer and thicker.

弹长达到7米，重量2吨~2.5，飞行速度2-4马赫，射程100公里-300公里，战斗头部为800公斤的超高爆炸药。

The self-use version of the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile has a characteristic, that is, it has greater explosive power, faster speed, longer range, stronger guidance capability, and stronger anti-interference ability.

The increase in range is mainly due to the fact that its fuel unit adjusts its launch range through the built-in fuel regulator before launch. Therefore, the built-in fuel regulator has a good regulating and coordinating effect, which makes the missile have great variables in flight speed and range.

最大的射程，‘鹰击-4’、‘鹰击-5’、‘鹰击-6’可以达到350公里；而‘鹰击-7’、‘鹰击-8’、‘鹰击-9’则是可以达到600公里！

Missiles like the Eagle Strike-4, Eagle Strike-5 and Eagle Strike-6 are mainly aimed at light aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates. If they hit them with one shot, they can basically destroy a light aircraft carrier, destroyer or frigate.

而‘鹰击-7’、‘鹰击-8’、‘鹰击-9’则是针对排水量3-6万吨的中型航母以及排水量6万吨以上的大型航母。

What Liu Tao had not yet had time to deal with was the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile, which had a combat head weight of 1200 to 1500 kilograms and was specifically designed to target aircraft carriers with a displacement of 8 to 9 tons, ensuring that a single hit would cause a devastating blow to such a large aircraft carrier.

I believe that with such anti-ship missiles, those aircraft carriers will not wander around randomly.

(End of this chapter)