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Text 285 Praying for the end of Mantis

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    The weak Iranian missile boat USS Yoshan was eventually sunk by the USS Simpson guided missile destroyer using -L anti-aircraft missiles. This is not surprising. Although the standard -L is an anti-aircraft missile, it is often used by the US military to attack small ships.  ships, and the effect is good.

    If the McCormick had not been sunk, then perhaps the U.S. military would have chosen to withdraw its troops at this time, but the casualties of a destroyer and hundreds of people made the Americans furious and chose to launch a larger-scale attack on Iran.  It was also at this time that the Iranians dispatched two British-made Avand-class light frigates and brought more than a dozen various small boats to attack American oil facilities in the Persian Gulf, and a larger-scale conflict broke out.

    When the Iranian naval fleet was waiting for an opportunity to attack the Skan Bay oil drilling platform, it was discovered by two American A6s. A light frigate Sabalan launched a Seacat anti-aircraft missile at the A6, and a missile launched by the crew on the deck  The portable Hongying-6 missile, the A6 with certain electronic jamming capabilities, avoided the attacks of these two missiles, and the intruder two-plane formation launched a Harpoon missile and a laser-guided bomb, severely damaging the Sabalan.  The Sabalan sank an hour later, killing more than a dozen Iranian sailors, and the rest abandoned the ship and escaped.

    However, the luck of the two A6s that had just won the victory was not very good. In the continuous fighting, the Iranians gradually figured out a way to control the air and guide the control of the sea. Their surface ships were far behind the US military, so they sent their own fighter force to fight for it.  Advantage.  The two A6s had not flown very far when they were blocked by two F and two B4s catching up from behind. The A6s were full-time attack aircraft, and their own air combat capabilities were very weak. When they saw the Iranian interceptors, they immediately panicked.  Risk.

    The two AUf Chenji were shot down by a Xiaolong and a B4, but the situation turned again, and the US military's B14 came again.

    This time it became four Iranian fighter jets against two Tomcats. Although the numbers were at a disadvantage, the momentum of the U.S. Navy pilots was no longer at a disadvantage.  Before formal contact between the two sides, a Tomcat launched a Sparrow missile. This missile, with a completely unsatisfactory hit rate, achieved success today, shooting down an Iranian B4 fighter jet at a distance of 30 kilometers.

    When the Iranian Xiaolong fighter pilots discovered that the enemy was approaching again, they panicked and did not take the initiative to meet the enemy. Instead, they tried to evacuate the airspace at high speed.  It's just that B14 couldn't give them such an opportunity, and a chase began.

    As a light fighter, it would lose to the fierce and bloodthirsty Tomcat in such a bloody aerial battle. However, the pilot does not have the firm will to fight the enemy to the end, which naturally makes it easier for the enemy to take advantage of it.  .  During the chase, the American Tomcat shot down an FI again, making the two sides at least equal in number.

    Xiaolong, who tried to ask the US aircraft to bite its tail, immediately made maneuvers after the emergency landing, preparing to turn quickly with his relatively light strength, but he still underestimated the Tomcat's flexibility. The cunning US pilot made a scissor  The action was taken from a near angle, and the nose of the aircraft was aimed at Xiaolong, which was turning sideways to the fuselage.  The cannons fired continuously and hit the Xiaolong one after another. After more than ten seconds, the Xiaolong lost control and fell into the sea.

    After gaining air supremacy, the Americans counterattacked Iran even more violently. Another Avand-class corvette was discovered and sunk by a Harpoon missile launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Wainwright. In addition, there were several Iranian warships.  Patrol boats were sunk, and almost every Iranian oil platform in the Persian Gulf was either completely destroyed by the United States or occupied by the Americans.  After losing many fighter planes and warships, the Iranians withdrew to the Abbas Naval Base in dejection and hung up their no-war card. The Americans also felt that the Iranians had been punished as they deserved and suspended the military operation.

    The entire conflict lasted less than a day. The US military lost 4 attack aircraft, a helicopter, and a medium destroyer, and the Iraqi army lost 6 fighter jets, frigates, and multiple patrol boats. Nearly 30 percent of the total conflict.  Oil production capacity was destroyed.

    Although the U.S. military won a victory, the victory was too tragic and the losses were somewhat shocking, making it even more difficult for Americans to accept.  Some radical hawks in the country clamored to give Iran more color, but President Reagan was close to leaving office and he did not want to take over this mess, so he did not authorize further military actions.

    However, not long after the fighting ended, the United States contacted China and demanded that China stop supplying weapons and equipment to Iran.

    After Qi Yiming learned the news, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "Our arms trade on the surface has actually been suspended. After the Xiaolong to Tomcat transaction, we only did some after-sales service. Now the Americans are us  The Iran-Iraq war is still going on and we will not sell weapons to Iran, but the Iran-Iraq war is the same.  It¡¯s over, we are no longer bound by international law, and we will never agree to the United States¡¯ request to unilaterally impose an arms embargo on Iran.¡±

    Not only would Qi Yiming not agree to such a request, but even the senior officials have no disdain for the United States. Why do you want us not to make money if you are unhappy?  This kind of overbearing logicIt is suitable for a master-servant relationship. Obviously, although China and the United States cannot have an absolutely equal relationship, China cannot lower its status and do whatever the United States says.  This is also a difference brought about by the background of a big country. If it is a godson country like Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, it is more difficult to refuse orders from the United States, but China can easily say its refusal.  If the United States does not follow its wishes, what can the United States do to China?

    Sometimes giving in too much will make others look down on you, just like in another timeline

    Naturally, the content of the reply to the United States would not be so explicit. The voice in the diplomatic channels became: "Our country abides by international law and the principle of neutrality and will not provide weapons to belligerent countries. However, our country still holds the view to normal arms trade and military cooperation."  We should proceed with a positive attitude and not be disturbed by other factors. "The implication is that the United States cannot be my master.

    The United States has suffered a hidden loss, but there is no good solution, because not only China, but also the United States' Western European allies, such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and other countries are weapons suppliers to Iran. Now it is just because the threat of Chinese weapons is more  It doesn't make much sense to ask China to impose an arms embargo on Iran.

    Not to mention the differences between China and the United States over the sale of weapons, Operation Praying Mantis also became a catalyst for the end of the war between Iran and Iraq.  This inexplicable war brought huge scars to the people on this land. Millions of people died during the eight-year conflict. During this period, there were scenes of incidents that would not be tolerated by civilized society.

    Chemical weapons attacks, missile attacks on cities without distinction between military and civilians, ship attacks that harmed pond fish, and "minesweeping operations" in which large numbers of unarmed Iranians shouted jihad and stepped on landmines - all these have allowed the world to see the cruelty of human nature.  From the bottom of his heart, Qi Yiming does not want such a cruel war to continue, but at this time, China needs to use such an environment to profit from it and lay the foundation for its future development.

    Although the Iran-Iraq war is coming to an end, China's Middle East strategy is only the beginning.  Taking advantage of the opportunity of the participation of the minesweeping fleet, China sent its fleet to the Persian Gulf and established a certain military presence.  At present, China does not have a stable foothold of its own. The fleet is also borrowing the bases of the US military in the Middle East. However, with the development and construction of Gwadar Port, the Chinese navy will be stuck in the periphery of the Persian Gulf by 1990 at the latest.  The base of the throat.  At this time, the country did not import much oil from the Middle East, and because the technology level was sufficient and the South China Sea had successfully driven away countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia, large-scale oil development in the South China Sea was also being planned.  Several large state-owned shipyards that have received technology transplants are working hard to build offshore drilling platforms, and CNOOC has at least four offshore oil fields waiting to be developed in its blueprint.  Coupled with the fact that Nanhai Petroleum Company of Nanyang Kingdom, controlled by Qi Yiming, exploits crude oil off the coast of Malaya beyond the nine-dash line, oil from the South China Sea is likely to play a more important role than oil from the Middle East.

    In the combat laboratory, Qi Yiming is struggling to climb up the technology tree of energy technology [Shale Gas Revolution]. Sichuan and other places in China have amazing reserves of shale gas, which is not inferior to that of the United States. They can all become China's future  important strategic resources.  In addition, the country is building a nuclear electromagnetic power power system, which will also help reduce the importance of petroleum energy.

    It can be said that the Middle East oil in this dimension will never become a bottleneck for China in the future.  Even so, if you want to break through the regional power and become a global power, the Middle East is a part of the business that must be determined.

    Since the recovery of Taiwan at the beginning of the year, China's overall strategy has become a westward strategy, with the lion's eyes looking towards the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.  In May of that year, the Soviet Union was finally unable to maintain its military presence in Afghanistan. This war, which accelerated the demise of the Soviet Union, caused great trauma to the polar bear. The Soviet Union's attempt to break the strategic balance in Afghanistan and Pakistan was thus shattered.

    The war left Afghanistan devastated and left behind a group of religious extremists.  It turned a relatively peaceful and wealthy country in the 1960s and 1970s into the most unstable and dangerous region in the world in later generations.  In another world, and in the future, the smoke of Afghanistan has not dissipated until Qi Yiming crossed over.

    "The Soviet Union has left, so Afghanistan needs a new owner, well, who can bring peace and stability here, who can become a staunch supporter of China in Central Asia and West Asia, and who can become an economic corridor from Xinjiang to the west out of the Pacific.  An important part of it." Qi Yiming said lightly, and a broader picture of imagination unfolded.
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