The cloud of war that shrouded the world has finally dissipated a little. Eleven years ago, Serov deceived again, prepared in advance, and fired artillery at the United Nations General Assembly. Finally, the US military was withdrawn from the Guantanamo base. The Soviet Union took out all the big Ivans at the bottom of the press box, restarted the nuclear test during the Cuban missile crisis, and carried out first-level combat readiness to fool the United States. Eleven years later, the Soviet Union had just launched the second-level combat readiness, and made corresponding arrangements to solve the confrontation in the Mediterranean. Again, the Soviet Union is stronger.

   Shelov has no special feeling. The confrontation in the Mediterranean in history is itself a result of the retreat of the United States. The second sea confrontation between the two sides was a one-to-one draw. The place that is different from history is the land. In the original confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean Sea, the Arabs on the land were completely defeated. Putting the Soviet Union in a very embarrassing situation in the confrontation with the United States.

   This time is different. In fact, many places are different. The Arab side has greatly improved its preparations, training, and methods of warfare. The Soviet Union finally does not have to take action this time, and has no scruples against the United States.

The news of the US Navy's retreat quickly spread to the Warsaw Pact countries and the Arab countries supported by the Soviet Union. On the contrary, it had an inevitable impact on the Israeli soldiers who relied on the defense line to kill and wound the Arab coalition. Although the airlift is still in progress, there are enemies in all directions. Israel, unable to take the initiative. All directions are like iron barrels.

   As long as the US airlift does not stop, of course Israel can continue to persevere, and at the same time cause losses to the Arab coalition. But this kind of war is meaningless, just bloodshed. So far, Israel, except for Jerusalem, has lost all the results of its previous wars, and Syria and Egypt have regained their lost ground.

   Considering this situation, Mrs. Meir could not continue even if she felt unwilling. To Nixon in the United States, he expressed his desire to stop the war. On the front lines of contact between the two sides, Israel has killed more than 5,000 people. Although the death toll is low compared to the Arab death toll of more than 20,000 people, it is still unbearable for Israel. Both sides have consumed more than half of their tanks, more than half of their aircraft, and even the Republican Guards in Egypt, Syria and Iraq have also suffered heavy losses.

   This is mainly because Israel has established a solid line of defense before the war. Once the active attack is ineffective, the backup line of defense will work, so it has withstood the Arab coalition with nearly three times its own number. The 400,000 Israeli soldiers firmly held the line of defense, so that the Arab army, which had grown to more than 900,000, never made further progress.

"The Arab coalition can't fight anymore, but is there any information on this, which side of the Syrian, Iraqi and Egyptian armies has achieved more results? Or is the combat effectiveness higher?" Both are leaders in the Arab world, at least so far. Syria is also gaining momentum under Assad, not to mention a discoloured Iraq. According to the usual experience, it seems that the countries led by the Communist Party are relatively strong in combat. There are too many examples, China, Vietnam and Yemen, and the civil war in the early stage of the Korean War.

On the Arab side this time, the three main countries that sent troops, Egypt, sent 300,000 troops, Syria sent 200,000 troops, Iraq sent 150,000 troops, Jordan sent 100,000 troops, plus Libya, Syria, Sudan, and South Yemen. , Palestine gathered the military power of almost all Arab countries, except for Algeria, which did not succeed in independence.

   Having said that, Algeria seems to be dissatisfied with France's lack of support for Arabs, and an independent trend of thought has emerged. I don’t know if it will be successful this time, and how long can France keep this overseas province.

   "From the point of view of regaining lost ground, the Egyptian army is the strongest in combat, but the tough battles are mainly concentrated near the Golan Heights." Morigin, director of the First General Administration, stated in detail the situation.

   At the beginning of the war, the Israeli army was completely beaten. Through the interrogation of the Israeli prisoners, the Syrian Army Command learned that the commanders of the Israeli army tanks stationed on the front line of the Golan Heights were completely at a loss in the face of the sudden war. They even complained that they did not know where the artillery fire came from, while the Israeli Air Force It also suffered heavy losses due to being intercepted by Syrian anti-aircraft missiles and self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery, so that the pilots had to be prohibited from approaching the battlefield for 20 kilometers.

In the northern section of the most intense battle, the 7th Infantry Division of the Syrian Army took the lead with two platoons of tanks advancing slowly and parallel. It is a large number of tank destroyers and self-propelled artillery. Brigade Commander Shaham of the 188th Brigade of the Israeli Army issued an order to the 74th Tank Battalion stationed there. Backlash. The experienced tanker keenly discovered that in order to launch an assault, the Syrian armored column had to cross a mountain ridge to the south of Mount Hermon, so he personally led more than 20 tanks to the commanding heights of Mount Buster. . Nafsh observed there that the minesweeping tanks and bridge tanks of the 7th Division of the Syrian Army were passing through a small saucer-shaped canyon, so he ordered his tanks to focus fire and attack. Here it caused huge losses to Syrian tanks.

   The entire Golan Heights battle was a complete mess. Due to the chaos on the battlefield, it was often the commanders at the battalion commander level of both sides who could decide the fate of the war. For Syria, as long as the troops can reach the Arik Bridge, the chokepoint between Israel, Syria and Jordan, victory is at hand. After receiving the Iraqi army's supplement, the Arab coalition forces rushed forward regardless of casualties, and only then did the main Israeli troops who attacked Egypt return to help, turning the war into a war of attrition.

  From Morigin's mouth, the battle for the Golan Heights caused Israel to abandon its original plan to attack Egypt, smashing the war that Israel took the initiative to start, at the cost of the loss of 800 tanks provided by the Soviet Union to Syria and Iraq.

"Then what can we do? Our allies are at this level!" Shelov forced himself not to think about the question of how the 800 tanks disappeared. Because Iraq was fighting with Syria, he didn't know the Iraqi combat effectiveness after the discoloration. How, but even if it is stronger, it is limited.

This war, which lasted less than a month, turned into a war of attrition. It successfully wiped out the wealth accumulated by the two sides in the past few years. Now the front lines between the two sides are covered with wreckage of weapons. The Arab coalition lost two of its tanks alone. Thousands of seven hundred vehicles, and Israel lost more than 900 vehicles. In the end, it can be said that it is still a dead end.

   Of course, Israel changed its defense strategy after this, and the current belligerent countries don’t know it yet. After being dragged into a war of attrition by Arab countries with a large number of people in a row, Israel, which has a small number of people, began to carefully build a defensive zone to protect itself.

  The large-scale war has stopped, the skirmishes are still going on, and both sides are still on high alert. But Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger have already set off for Middle Eastern countries for diplomatic mediation. As for President Nixon, he is very busy. The U.S. House of Representatives has decided that the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives will be responsible for investigating and collecting evidence of Nixon and preparing for the impeachment of Nixon. At this time, he has no time to go abroad, but to appear in court.

The Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko visited Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Libya and TNS Morocco in a row, and the people of these countries were unanimously welcomed by the people of these countries. The courage shown in this Middle East war and the actions in the confrontation in the Mediterranean won the hearts and minds of the Arab countries, and the newspapers of all countries expressed their heartfelt thanks for the role of the Soviet Union.

   This is the advantage of having a large number of people. With the increase in oil prices, many European countries have also adopted policy adjustments to Arab countries.

   Contrary to the warm welcome received by Gromyko, the welcome received by US Secretary of State Kissinger was much smaller. In addition to visiting Israel, Kissinger also visited several countries in Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Except for a simple welcome in Israel, there were no welcome ceremonies in Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

Apart from Iran, these countries are all Arab countries, and Iran is also a member of the pacifist countries. Although the King of Pahlavi is not interested in religion, he has to be concerned about public opinion. It is not enough for him to accept Kissinger's visit. easy. Now Kissinger may be killed by extremists if he shows his identity and walks on the streets of these countries.

Andropov, Ustinov and Serov were discussing the changes after the war. After all, the Middle East was very important to the Soviet Union. What will the rise in oil prices look like now? Which country will benefit and benefit? Whether or not the country will impact the current order must be assessed.

"Saudi Arabia and Iran will benefit, but it is actually detrimental to our allies, except for Iraq. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran are countries with a strong religious atmosphere. Be careful that the United States uses this to support them to attack the current order." The pros and cons of Bove analysts, any event has positive and negative consequences.

   Shelov nodded, this is a factor that cannot be ignored. None of the Soviet Union's allies were countries with particularly high oil reserves. The Soviet Union supported them because they were relatively progressive, while Saudi Arabia and Iran were both kingdoms and had strong civil religious power. How can the Arab countries get rid of the shackles of the Middle Ages? Actually, it is too simple to say. As long as the European and American countries do one thing and do not destroy the Arab secular regime, it will do. But they are not willing. Europe and the United States are the biggest supporters of the Arab religious power. (To be continued~^~)