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"After talking for a long time, you are still a coward!" Prince Abdullah II said.

"No!" Ahmed yanked off the Arab robe he was wearing, exposing his chest, and there was a scar the size of a bowl inside: "I was also a soldier once, and I once walked on the battlefield. The color column was fighting, and together we charged towards a position of the color column. I saw the people around me fall down, but I rushed up resolutely. I was more than ten meters away from the opponent's position. In the machine gun shooting, this scar was left by the machine gun bullets of the Israelites."

Although the prime minister is a civil servant, Ahmed also crawled over the battlefield, "Because of this, I know the value of life better. If I use the reputation of a coward in exchange for that mushroom cloud, then I believe , This is the right choice for me and the right choice for our country," Ahmed said.

King Hussein understood that because of the geographical relationship, Jordan was the first to bear the brunt, because now the Israeli air force has basically disappeared, and the Israeli army only has short-range ballistic missiles with a range of several hundred kilometers. It hits other countries, but it can cover the main western part of Jordan, including big cities such as Amman. The eastern part of Jordan is sparsely populated, and most of them are distributed in the western part of Israel.

For the benefit of the entire Arab brothers, is it worth Jordan's efforts?King Hussein knew it was a tough choice.

He remembered Qusay's domineering words, he hit his atomic bomb, I hit mine.The final victory must belong to us Iraq!Must belong to our Arab world!Dare Kusai knows that the Israeli nuclear bombs cannot be thrown on top of their heads!

The power of nuclear deterrence lies in this. If it is an ordinary battle, even if it is a tragic battle, and loses a battalion, a brigade, or even a division, they can still grit their teeth and persist because they are soldiers. Soldiers have to bleed and die.However, if the loss is not the army, but the civilians, but the entire capital of their country, then not everyone can make that firm choice. If it is a civilian, they can say Saying those words, but, as the leader of a country, he must consider the people of the whole country, because civilians are innocent.

"Report." At this moment, the secretary hurried in with a telegram.

The king took the telegram, glanced at it, and was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and even raised his eyebrows on his forehead.

In order to better deal with Israel and command our current army, it is proposed to establish a joint Arab army command organization, commander in chief: Qusay-Abdullah, deputy commander in chief: Prince Sultan, Prince Fahd, Abdullah Prince Dura II, whose joint army command is based in Amman, wants King Hussein to agree.

Surprised, a warm current flowed through King Hussein's heart. King Hussein was one of the few people who knew Qusay's plan completely, so he knew that all the actions now were not really intended To enter Israel on a large scale, Qusay let them understand through careful analysis that the time has not yet come. Therefore, the key goal this time is to completely defeat the Israeli air force, so that they can, within a few years, Unable to restore combat power, severely hitting the morale of Israel, and forcing Israel to admit that it possesses nuclear weapons, the goal has been achieved. Therefore, from this perspective, the current war is coming to an end, although there have been these The situation may deteriorate due to accidents, but now that Israel has lost its air force, it also loses its ability to attack. The Israeli army has been defending until now.

Therefore, there is no urgent need to establish this joint command. These people have a far-reaching purpose. They are to stabilize Jordan's mood. Israel may launch a nuclear attack, and Jordan will bear the brunt. At this time, a It is the president of Iraq, and the two are the princes of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. They came to Amman to stand together with the Jordanian people against the Israeli nuclear attack. How much courage is needed!

For a moment, all unpleasant thoughts about the allies were forgotten by King Hussein, who were true Arab brothers!

Qusay wants to go to Jordan. This is a big move after he has thought deeply about the situation in the Middle East. Israel has issued a nuclear deterrent. Jordan is the most likely to be hit by a nuclear attack. As the leader of the Arab world A big country, Iraq must not be left alone. A phone call and a few words of reassurance will not eliminate the fear of nuclear weapons. Only by doing it personally will it be appealing. Therefore, he contacted heavyweights from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and went there in person. It can completely stabilize the hearts of Jordan's high-level officials, especially King Hussein.Because of Qusay’s current situation, he must be the commander-in-chief without any surprises. In this way, after this series of actions, it can be said that the countries in the Middle East have acquiesced in Iraq’s leading role in the Arab joint struggle against Israel, and Iraq will gradually Become the leader of the Arab world.

Moreover, although not fighting now, it does not mean that they will not fight in the future. Jordan will be the main battlefield for attacking Israel in the future. Qusay can take this opportunity to conduct a practical investigation and determine the actions of future attacks.Therefore, although his subordinates tried their best to dissuade him, it was very dangerous to go to Amman, and even Adnan himself stood up and hoped to go instead of Qusay, but Qusay insisted.

Will Israel really use nuclear weapons?Qusay is [-]% sure that it will never happen, because now the military cards are all played, and the rest is diplomatic.Besides, if Israel wants to fight, it's just so intimidating. Will he attack the capital of the enemy country?What a joke, there are not only Arabs in Amman, but also diplomats from various countries, including the United States. If Israel really does something, needless to say, it will become the world's mortal enemy.

Based on these considerations, Qusay needed to come to Jordan, and at the same time, he did so with another purpose: to lure the snake out of the hole.

What enemy is the scariest?What is scary is not the current enemy of the Arab world, Israel with nuclear weapons, because Israel has always been an enemy on the surface, and they know that they are deadly enemies with each other.However, all kinds of hidden enemies who are full of smiles on their faces but secretly stab themselves with knives behind their backs are the most terrifying.

Qusay is now the president of Iraq, and he is probably the youngest national leader in the world.Despite his illustrious military exploits and reputation as the God of War in the Middle East, no matter what, Qusay still couldn't hide one of his shortcomings: too young and too inexperienced.

Old man politics like the one in the Soviet Union is a bit of a hero's twilight. Such people lead the country without reform and enterprising spirit. However, if they are too young, then they lack experience in dealing with various problems. Your life experience is a valuable asset.Therefore, generally speaking, national leaders are not too young. Four to 50 years old is the golden age to be a national leader.

Chapter 684 Israel Wants Peace Talks

If it hadn't been for Qusay's absolute control of the military power, his lofty prestige in the army, and the absolute loyalty of the army, and the absolute support of Taha and others in the Baath Party, I am afraid that Qusay's road to power would still be It will be full of ups and downs.

Even so, there are still conspirators in Baghdad. As Saddam's son, Qusay knows how Saddam came to power, countless coups, assassinations, cooperation and betrayal, and finally Saddam He has firmly grasped the political power and ruled the country. In later generations, Lao Mei also spent a lot of effort to get rid of him.

Qusay doesn't want to make everything bloody like his father's. He wants to build this country into a rich, strong, mínzhǔ and free country, and become a powerful country in the world, so that it will no longer be bullied like the future generations. However, if someone dares to When challenging his authority and attempting to subvert his regime, he will never be soft, even if this person is his relative, such as his two brothers-in-law.

When Qusay left Baghdad, he had already made careful arrangements and deployments, and he was absolutely loyal to his power. He would pay attention to those conspirators and wait for the characters who were usually hidden in the government to slowly surface. , is when he consolidates his position.

... When Qusay made the decision to travel to Amman, Arslan was still following the highway in the sky, looking for the traces of the Israeli planes that landed, and the time passed by Every second, there will be more danger. Their whereabouts will soon be exposed to the Israeli column, and the Israeli column will definitely deploy killer weapons on their way back. At that time, their most suitable choice, It is to fly westward into the open sea, and then return through Lebanon and Syrian airspace.

After the F-15 fighter plane landed on the expressway in a thrilling manner, all the conditions were very simple, there was no gangway, and the pilot had to jump from the cabin to the top of the air inlet, and then jumped from above to the asphalt road.

The refueling truck rushed over to refuel the plane. Now, there are only a few planes left in Israel, and they must cruise in the sky to deal with the departure situation at any time.

Normally, they can complete the preparations for starting again in a few minutes, but now, the situation is much more complicated.

Fighter planes take off again, not like F1 racing cars, just enter the protection area to refuel.In addition to consuming fuel, fighter jets also need oxygen to breathe at high altitudes. Before molecular sieve oxygen production technology has achieved breakthrough results and reached the practical stage, the oxygen in the oxygen mask of pilots flying at high altitudes still passes through the high-pressure air in the aircraft. Therefore, oxygen needs to be supplemented. The seeker of the Sidewinder missile needs to be refrigerated before launch, which requires low-temperature nitrogen. The electronic equipment in the nose also needs to be opened for quick inspection.

In the air force base, in the hands of skilled ground crews, this is done very quickly, but now, the progress is slowed down.

Now, it has been more than 20 minutes, and the pilot has finished eating all the lunch boxes delivered, and is still waiting to check the electronic equipment.

Arslan has been paying attention to the situation on the monitor, hoping to see the needed planes, but the highway has been empty, not even a car can be seen.

Suddenly, he saw a car, it was a military vehicle.

Then, I saw those familiar things, several cars surrounded a silver plane.

You are the one!Arslan pressed the launch button, and the distance is still fifteen kilometers away, which is already within reach of the calf.

At this time, the anti-aircraft missile troops of the sè column are coming from Haifa, and they are not moving fast, because the anti-aircraft missiles of the sè column are basically towed, and do not use tracks like the Soviet-made ones Chassis, they travel relatively slowly.

The calf passed by, and the ground was full of flames.

This flame completely shattered Israel's dream.

Because Israel has been trying to use nuclear weapons in vain to deter the surrounding Arab countries, so that they dare not move, so that Israel can slow down, wait until the US fighter planes arrive, and wait until their own pilots support their own sky again .

But now, the situation is very bad, because just after Israel announced that it would carry out nuclear retaliation, Iraq dispatched fighter planes to strike again on the surviving Israeli aircraft.

Being attacked this time further illustrates the huge flaws of Israel's air defense system, because it has always focused on offensive air defense. The core idea of ​​Israel's air force is to take down the opponent's fighter plane before the opponent launches missiles. It was blown up on the opponent's gun path, and, in their air defense system, early warning aircraft accounted for a large proportion.Now, the only pre-warning plane has landed, and of the remaining fighter jets, only two F-4s are patrolling the sky. There are big loopholes in defending such a large airspace, and our own ground air defense system has not found those invading ones. As a result, the only early warning plane was destroyed, and the air base in the southern desert where there was hope was also destroyed. One F-15, one F-16 and two F-4s survived, Can you take on the task?

Could it be that Israel is going to be like this, willing to accept failure?Now, they have installed a nuclear warhead on their own Jericho-1 ballistic missile. The target of this ballistic missile is aimed at the United Arab Army in Jordan.

Another nuclear warhead, they plan to use the plane, throw it to Iraq at the most critical time, but now, this plan can no longer be established.

"The Soviet Union will actually carry out nuclear deterrence against us, and we must not compromise!" General Weizmann said in an arrogant voice: "Now, the Arab countries dare to ignore our nuclear deterrence. After we made the voice to retaliate against them, they How dare we send out fighter planes to attack our local targets? This is absolutely intolerable to us. We must let these natives in the desert know that we have nuclear weapons, and we absolutely dare to use them. Prime Minister, please issue an order. Let our missiles kill those coalition Arab troops."

General Weizmann belongs to the right-wing forces and has always advocated the use of force, which is also in line with Israel's consistent position.But now, his statement is not accepted by these people.

"It's easy for us to launch missiles, but how do we face a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union?" Rabin asked.

"The Soviet Union is just intimidating. If the Soviet Union really dares to launch missiles at us, then the United States will also launch missiles at the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union will not dare!" General Weizmann said.

The Soviets dare not?How can there be things that the Soviets dare not!Even Perez thought this way in his heart. Right now, everyone is just testing each other's bottom line. Israel wants to use nuclear deterrence to suppress the surrounding Arab countries, but now it seems that it is a failure Well, if there are no external forces, from the perspective of the tough Israel, it is very likely that nuclear weapons will be used to fight back. But now, the international situation has changed. This war is not only about Israel and the Middle East Instead, it has expanded to the Soviet Union, the United States, and the confrontation between the two major military blocs.Both sides are deterring and exerting pressure.If the Israelis use nuclear weapons, then deterrence has become a reality. Nuclear weapons are weapons to destroy mankind. After 40 years, will the Jews release this evil monster in Pandora's box?

If Israel dares, then the Soviet Union must also dare. At that time, it will be the end of their entire Jewish nation. However, the United States may not dare, because now the international community is almost unanimously opposing Israel. The voice of Israel's secret development of nuclear weapons has been condemned by the whole world. Israel may not care about it, but Israel must also consider the consequences. They develop nuclear weapons and use nuclear weapons as a deterrent. Will the US use nuclear weapons to retaliate against the Soviet Union at the risk of an all-out nuclear war and the destruction of all mankind amid the opposition of the whole world and the Western world?

Moreover, Perez has always suspected that Iraq dared to carry out continued military operations despite the huge deterrence of nuclear weapons. So, does it prove that Iraq already has something that can fight back against Israel?It doesn't have to be nuclear weapons, even weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical weapons and biological weapons, are absolutely acceptable in color. At that time, it will be a full-scale confrontation between the two nations. With a small area and a small population, such a fight is the least cost-effective for Israel.

"We should think of other ways." At this time, the director of Mossad finally spoke.

"In what way?" asked the Foreign Minister.

"Our agents in the CIA have sent information that the United States is now planning an operation to overthrow Qusay's regime and install a new agent in power," Nahum said.

The key departments listed above in the United States have always had secret agents in ambushes. Now, they have received such exciting news.

However, for various purposes, the United States did not notify Israel of this news.

"Now, their operation will be carried out very quickly. Taking advantage of this crisis, they will stage a coup in Baghdad and push Qusay out of power." Nahum said.

"Can they succeed?" Rabin asked. "Although Qusay has just come to power in Iraq, he has great support in the military."

"We don't know the specific people, but we can be sure that these people who tried to launch a coup d'etat are also very powerful in Iraq, and they also have supporters in the military. After Qusay came to power, they became losers and wanted to gain Their power, so, they want to throw Qusay out and take over themselves." That's all Nahum knew.

"So, we still have to procrastinate. When the chaos in Iraq breaks down, our crisis will be resolved." Rabin reacted.