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At this time, the streets of Damascus have been occupied by rebels, and it is impossible to mobilize troops urgently. Moreover, the rebels have cut off the telephone lines of the hospital.

In Manav's hand, there was still something, a wireless phone.

Although all radio stations are used when commanding troops, especially the air force, Manav was summoned by the president. After returning, the president had an accident before all the reports were completed. Therefore, Manav The husband didn't carry a radio at all, not even a hand-held radio, but luckily he also had a cordless phone.

As a product of scientific and technological progress, Syria is also gradually trialling new wireless telephone equipment. However, the network has just been built and there are very few wireless telephone equipment. Manav knows that a special force under his command, its The captain owns one such radiotelephone.

Thus, for the first time in the world's military history, civilian wireless telephones were used to issue military combat orders, and thus began. (In later generations, during the Hanguang military exercise, the Taiwanese army did not like to use FM radio stations, but used mobile phones to make calls. The call quality was high, convenient and quick, and the only disadvantage was that it did not meet the requirements of the exercise at all!) Mana The husband commanded the air force, and in the air force, there was a special unit called the Mediterranean Condor.

Even in later generations, whether this army exists and how large it is is still a mystery.

But now, this army has just been established for about half a year, and there are only three small teams with a scale of 50 people.And their equipment is even more special, using the legally made Gazelle helicopter.

Since Iraq's special forces have shown their strength, Manaf, who is jealous, also hopes that Syria will have such a force. After consulting with the president, such a special force is not established in the army, but First established in the Air Force.

Since President Assad was originally an Air Force pilot, he is very concerned about the construction of the Air Force.

Following the example of Iraq, this special force also used helicopters as the main means of transportation. However, they did not choose the bulky Mi-24, but used the small Gazelle helicopter.

Almost all of Syria's military equipment is Soviet-style, with the exception of this batch of helicopters.

After Israel purchased the Bell AH-1 Cobra armed helicopter, Syria began to seek an armed helicopter that could counter it. However, at that time, the Soviet Union was unable to provide the Mi-24 armed helicopter with the same performance required by Syria, and they needed to give priority to guarantee Their bases in East Germany, and as a result, at the promotion of Saudi Arabia, Syria, which has not bought Western-made fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters since the late 50s, bought SA.342L Gazelle helicopters made by Aerospace, In 1977, the first batch of 18 were delivered.This incident took Western countries by surprise.

The Soviet Union was even more surprised, and then exported a simplified version of the Mi-24 gunship to Syria.

However, after the comparison of the Syrian Air Force, the performance of the Gazelle helicopter is even better, which is why it was selected by the Mediterranean Condor.

The only flaw is that this helicopter is too small.The single engine and the panoramic glass cockpit in front all show the compactness of this helicopter. It adopts a side-by-side two-seater driving mechanism, and the cockpit has two rows of five seats.The first two, however, only have one control system, that is to say, this kind of helicopter is completely piloted by one person.However, the size of the Mediterranean Condor Force is relatively small now. It is still possible to use this kind of helicopter, and the introduction plan of a new helicopter is also in the pipeline.

This time a total of two helicopters came, including the pilot, there were only ten people, but it was enough.After Manav and the president's body sat in the back seat, two special forces soldiers sat on the steel tube skid-type landing gear outside.

Large and medium-sized helicopters generally use wheeled landing gear. Only light and light helicopters have relatively small impact force when landing, so they use fixed steel pipe welding landing gear.However, this also provides new uses for this kind of helicopter. When there are not enough people to ride, there can be several extra people sitting on the skis outside to increase the carrying capacity.

(This method is also available in modern times. It is the American MD530 "Little Bird" light helicopter. This kind of helicopter is smaller than the small antelope. The Americans have a row of long Chair, two people can sit on one side, tied to the chair by seat belts, holding a rifle, looks very cool.) It is precisely because of this small helicopter, so, in this operation tonight, instead more smoothly.

The compact helicopter, combined with the advanced French avionics, allows this helicopter to travel leisurely over the dark Damascus.

Moreover, during the several hours of firefights below, the firefights stopped for a while, and the Gazelle helicopter saw the opportunity and flew through the building behind the hospital and onto the roof of that building.

Although the exchange of fire stopped, the engines of dozens of T-55 tanks around were still rumbling, and no one noticed that when their peripheral attack was blocked, an unexpected guest came in the sky.

The main reason was that all the energy of the attacking troops was concentrated in the battle on the ground, and no one noticed that there was an unexpected guest in the sky.

However, when Major General Manav, who took advantage of the chaos, led people into the operating room through the vent at the top, he realized that what the doctor was still rescuing was just a corpse!

Due to time constraints, Major General Manaf had to leave the hospital with the body of President Hafiz.

Manav knows that it is a lucky thing to be able to take the president's body away to prevent it from falling into the hands of the rebels. Moreover, as long as he returns to the air force base, he can organize the air force and carry out peace. Rebel.

And now, before it's too late, although he can call in armed helicopters and air force fixed-wing aircraft to bomb the rebels, it's dark now, and it's impossible to tell the enemy from himself.

Chapter 792 Sixty Armored Division Deployed

North of Damascus, al-Mezzeh air base.

The sleds of the two Gazelle helicopters touched the ground softly. When one of them landed, it hovered at a height of one meter. The two team members on both sides unfastened their seat belts and jumped off. .

Major General Manaf breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't go to the air force headquarters inside Damascus, but he could use this air force base as a base to counterattack Damascus!In addition to the [-]th Armored Division and the Republican Guard, there are more than a dozen armored divisions in Syria, all of which can come to suppress the rebels, and there is also his air force!

A coup d'état requires a price!Manav gathered all his courage and stepped out of the helicopter.

Now, the news that the president has died must not be leaked out, because he needs to use the president's name to announce Rifat's rebellion!

April 1985, 4, two o'clock in the morning.

In the air base in the north of Damascus, Syria, Major General Manaf, the commander of the Syrian Air Force, announced an alarming news to the whole country. In Damascus, the capital of Syria, a rebellion occurred. The Fourth Armored Division of Syria entered Damascus. The Republican Guard was caught off guard and captured by the Fourth Armored Division. Rifaat wanted to further murder the president, but was rescued by Major General Manaf. Now, Major General Manav and his team The Air Force is willing to shed the last drop of blood in order to suppress the rebellion. Rifat's rebellion will never succeed!The Minister of Defense and others were all captured by Rifat, so now Manav hopes that the rest of the armed forces can gather with him and work together to suppress Rifat's rebellion!

This news was released at this time, and Syria, which was still sleeping, suddenly woke up.

After receiving this news, Qusay was very depressed, and scolded Major General Manav. His military command ability is not bad, but his political consciousness is too poor!

There was a rebellion in Rifat, and all the high-level officials were captured by Rifat. Only Major General Manaf escaped, and then organized an army to suppress the rebellion.Then, following Rifaat, he will definitely announce that it was actually Manaf who rebelled. He hijacked the president, and then, in a vain attempt to ascend to the peak of power, Rifaat will announce Manaf’s crimes. In this way, the Syrian armed forces , there will definitely be civil strife.

Manav should have secretly contacted other nearby garrisons, such as the [-]st Armored Division and other troops that were disabled in the battle on the Golan Heights. Since he rescued the president, that is the biggest proof that he can transfer these The troops gathered and then counterattacked Damascus.

Moreover, he announced Rifat's rebellion in this way, and the whole world knows, how did the Soviet Union react, and how did the United States react?How did other armed forces react?Perhaps, Syria will fall into greater civil strife, just like Syria in later generations.

After receiving the news, Qusay immediately ordered the No. 60 Armored Division stationed in the Golan Heights and the [-]st Armored Division that had arrived at the border from Mosul to quickly enter Syria and begin to counter the rebellion.

Iraq needs to resolve Rifaat's rebellion before external forces react!An agreement has been reached with the Saudi side, so Iraq's actions are just.

Of course, for more reason, he also needs to contact Manav.

At 4:25 am on April 02th, Quneitra City, Golan Heights.

The No.60 Armored Division stationed in the Golan Heights had already started combat preparations two days ago, because they were responsible for the garrison mission in the Golan Heights, so this armored force has always maintained the highest alert level.

Stationed in the east of Quneitra City is the 72st tank regiment of the [-]th Armored Division. This regiment has all been replaced with Iraqi-made T-[-] tanks.

Commander Tuckers got into the tank from the hatch on the top of the turret. Around the turret, there was a circle of 125mm shells that had been placed. Nearly forty rounds of shells had been stored inside the tank.

The 1000-liter main fuel tank inside the car body and the two 700-liter additional fuel tanks outside the car body are enough for them to complete the [-]-kilometer "long-distance" trek.

It is only [-] kilometers away from Quneitra City to Damascus, and it can be driven quickly along Highway No. [-].

"The whole regiment is ready to march towards Damascus in battle order!" Tuckers shouted in the radio.

After receiving the order to set off, Tuckers was very excited. He is also a person who likes to fight. Only in the flames of war can he feel his own existence. This kind of personality is very similar to Armored Ali, and he started to fight. He is very brave. In the previous few battles, his tank regiment made the most meritorious service. Therefore, when changing equipment, his tank regiment gave priority to the most advanced tank produced by Iraq.

With the advanced equipment, Tariq hoped to use the battle to test and prove that his armor strength was comparable to the most elite [-]st Armored Division!

This time the two armored units marched together. They were dispatched from the Golan Heights, while the [-]st Armored Division was dispatched from western Syria. When the [-]st Armored Division was still walking through the desert, I am afraid they had already solved the battle in Damascus. .

Following the order of Tuckers, all the T-72 tanks of the First Tank Regiment started to launch. The rumbling sound immediately echoed in the garrison. Then, the tracks of nearly a hundred tanks began to move, and the car body moved forward. Drive in.

From the outside, the Tanks tank is no different from other tanks, except that a data link of a C3I device is added inside, which is used to receive tasks from the superior and transmit the tasks to the tank battalion, while in the tank battalion In the communication with the platoon, voice communication is still used.

Tuckers remembered what the German instructor said when he was studying at the Armored Forces Academy. In the early tanks, there was no communication equipment.On deafening tanks, the communication between the occupants in the vehicle depends on "body language": the commander orders the driver to turn right, and then pushes the driver's right shoulder with his big leather boot; turns left and pushes on the left shoulder; pushes his head to stop Pushing his head hard, he stopped abruptly...Takes observed the surrounding situation from the night vision device, and soon, they were about to enter the territory of Syria.

As a strategic location, Syria has arranged five checkpoints in a short distance of [-] kilometers.

If they drove over like this in normal times, they would definitely encounter tenacious resistance from the Syrian army, but now, they are friendly forces, and they are going to rescue Syria!

In fact, after the United Arab Army entered the Golan Heights, the defense here was not so important. At first, they were afraid that the Israeli army in the Golan Heights would be condescending, and the torrent would come, but now, the ones above are their friendly troops .

Because Syria suffered heavy losses in the last war, the original second-line troops deployed here, a mechanized infantry division, was disabled and the armored troops have retreated to the rear to rest.

Their defenses were very lax.