Chapter 486: Attack in Groups! (Second Update!)

Suez Canal.

Opened in 1869, this canal is a sea-level waterway that does not require locks to maintain water flow, compared to the Panama Canal of the same name.

This canal connects the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, providing the shortest route from Europe to the land near the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean.

This is the most frequently used artificial canal in the world.

Every year, every month, and even every day, countless ships pass through here, heading to Europe or Asia.

If this river is blocked, all ships will have to go around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.

Going around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, the transportation time of goods will be extended, from half a month to one or two months.

Many goods are time-sensitive and need to be delivered within the specified time. If the time is half a month longer, or one or two months longer, the price of the goods will be very different.

Even whether this item can continue to be sold has to be questioned.

Of course, these are not problems. The biggest problem is that Egypt needs this canal to give itself a blood transfusion.

As the owner of this canal, Egypt has been working hard since its founding to regain control of the Suez Canal, and countless people have died.

For this reason, the Second Middle East War was also triggered.

Egypt is now poor and if it takes the initiative to cut off this bloodline, it will definitely cause a lot of unnecessary troubles.

However, these unnecessary troubles are not troubles compared to the acute problem of not having enough food.

After a brief thought, the Air Force Commander nodded to the Army Commander in front of him and agreed to this idea, and then a group of people turned their eyes to the Navy Commander next to him.

This kind of maritime plan will eventually be handed over to the Navy for execution. As for how to execute it, it depends on the Navy Commander's idea.

Being stared at by a group of people, the Navy Commander shrugged his shoulders indifferently:

"To block this canal, the plan is actually very simple. You only need to get a 300,000-ton tanker, and then let this tanker lie sideways in the canal. If you turn the entire ship sideways, you can completely block the Suez Canal."

"Then it's a slow cleanup. As for whether the cleaning personnel go to work, whether they work 8 hours or 4 hours a day, or whether they are active at work, that's another question."

"Finally, when this ship can get out of the Suez Canal is another question. It has nothing to do with us, understand?"

The Navy Commander said these words as if no one was around, as if the plans just now had nothing to do with him.

After listening to his plan, after a brief thought, several people present gave thumbs up: "Great, really great!"

This is a rescue issue, and it has nothing to do with Egypt.

This is a natural disaster!

The plan was finalized, and the Army Commander looked at the Navy Commander and said, "In that case, I'll trouble you to find ways to implement this plan, the sooner the better, and it's best to block the road today."

"Since you don't give us a way to live, then no one will live."

Faced with the Army Commander's request, the Navy Commander didn't say much, but turned and left silently.

Half an hour later, a message was sent from his hand and landed at Port Said in the north of the Suez Canal.

Two hours after receiving this message, a cargo ship full of containers set off from Port Said and headed south along the Suez Canal. When it arrived at Kantara, the ship suddenly hit the shore uncontrollably.

After the bow hit the shore, the entire ship slowly turned sideways under the action of inertia, and then completely blocked the river surface.

After receiving this unfortunate news, the ships that had just entered the Suez Canal from the Asian direction reported the news to their shipowners, and then prepared to turn around, exit the Suez Canal, and detour around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.

Maybe it was because they were eager to make money, or maybe it was because they were too technical. A ship full of oil, ready to go to Europe, suddenly ran aground on the riverside while leaving the Suez Canal.

The butt of the ship also slowly moved forward under the action of inertia, forcibly pushing the ship and blocking the entire canal.

So, the canal was blocked from both ends by two ships.

The entire canal is more than 150 kilometers long, and there are hundreds of ships waiting for passage in the entire canal.

Once these two ends are blocked, these hundreds of ships can only cry out to the sky and the earth, but no one will respond, and they can only wait in the river.

Soon, the news of the blockage of the Suez Canal spread all over the world.

Those countries that were anxious because of the blockage of the Black Sea food channel, after hearing that the Suez Canal was also blocked, all of them were black in front of their eyes and fainted directly.

This is not as simple as 1+1=2.

This is 1+1>2!

Iran is such a country with a black face.

Due to geographical climate and national governance, Iran's food self-sufficiency rate has always been low. In addition to its own domestically produced food, most of the remaining food needs to be imported.

At first, when it was pro-American, it was purchased from America, and later, when it was pro-Soviet, it was purchased from the Soviet Union.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it mainly purchased from Russia.

Although the closest place to Iran's land is only more than 200 kilometers away from Russia, and on the Caspian Sea, it is a de facto neighbor.

But the most convenient way to purchase food from Russia and bring it back to Iran is still from the Black Sea.

Starting from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, passing through Turkey, crossing the Aegean Sea, then entering the Red Sea from the Suez Canal, crossing the Gulf of Aden into the Indian Ocean, and finally detouring to the port of Abbas.

Choose such a route.

The reason is nothing more than the insufficient carrying capacity of other routes.

The Caspian Sea between the two is a closed ocean, there are no large ships, and the carrying capacity is insufficient.

On land, there is Azerbaijan between Russia and Iran.

The president of Azerbaijan is a very sober person. He knows very well that if Azerbaijan wants to develop, it can leave Europe, but it cannot leave Russia, otherwise Azerbaijan will be in big trouble.

So Azerbaijan's overall attitude towards Russia is close, but not so close.

Russia is naturally happy to see their attitude. As long as they don't cause trouble for themselves, they are good brothers.

Therefore, they have not paid too much attention to Azerbaijan.

In the distance from Russia to Azerbaijan and Iran, although there are land roads connecting, the carrying capacity is very worrying.

At this moment in Tehran, a group of tightly wrapped Iranians looked at each other, suppressing the anger on their faces.

Right in front of them was a man who looked to be in his 50s.

This man was Tari, the chairman of the Iranian National Livestock Affairs Logistics Company.

Being stared at by a group of people, Tari felt like a sheep on the chopping board, waiting to be cut by others.

After a long time, a voice finally came from the crowd in front of him, asking:

"Tari, you mean that we have about 300,000 tons of barley for feed and about 700,000 tons of wheat, all blocked in the Black Sea, right?"

"Yes!" Tari nodded heavily and said to the people present:

"Those ships had already departed from the Russian port of Novorossiysk before the accident in Turkey."

"When queuing for customs clearance in Turkey, it was delayed for two days due to some related document issues, and this delay caused the blockage."

"We have already paid the funds for purchasing this batch of grain, and we no longer have the relevant funds."

"Now, the problem our company faces is that the breeding industry needs feed, and our people also need A lot of wheat. "

"But we don't have money and we don't have goods. "

"Because no one knows what kind of agreement Russia and America will reach, and when they will jointly resolve the dispute with Turkey. "

"If it is not resolved, the international market will always lack food from Russia, and the price of other food that can be sold will skyrocket. "

"It will skyrocket to a point that we can't afford. "

"Now we need to find a source of goods before the price rises, order a batch of food, and then send it to the country as soon as possible. "

"My suggestion is to go to East Asia and purchase rice there, and at the same time forcibly change the eating habits of our population and reduce dependence on wheat. "

For Tari's words, the people present deeply agreed, but also felt that his words were fart.

Because reducing Iran's dependence on wheat is nothing but a fantasy. If Iran is full of water, they will choose to grow rice instead of choosing to grow more drought-resistant wheat.

After a long time, a sigh came from the crowd. After the sigh, the voice spoke again:

"We must do something now to let the whole world see our attitude and let the whole world know that a hungry person will really go crazy."

"Otherwise, the whole world will think we are easy to bully."

As this person spoke, the people present turned their eyes and cast their eyes on the few people in the corner.

These people were all wearing military uniforms, sitting on chairs in the corner, and looking at the venue silently.

The person on the far left is the Iranian Minister of Defense, the one in the middle is the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense, and the one on the far right is the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Being watched by a group of people, the Minister of Defense spoke first and explained in a low voice:

"Based on the current situation, I do not recommend taking action, because there are Kurds in Mahabad and Tabriz, and the Kurds in these places are also ready to move."

"Our national defense forces are already overwhelmed just to control these areas."

"We have already given full authority to the Revolutionary Guard to fight against those terrorists in Turkey. If another battlefield is added, it will be very disadvantageous for us, and the logistical pressure on national defense will be very great."

After he finished speaking, he cast his eyes on the chief of staff next to him, wanting the chief of staff to help speak, but before the chief of staff could speak, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard sitting on the far right, that is, Suniya, spoke.

With a fierce light flashing in his eyes, he said coldly: "It's not that troublesome. We just need to block the Persian Gulf and prevent the oil from leaving the Gulf, and then all the troubles will come to us."

"Just like Egypt!"

"If we still don't speak out this time, it will give everyone an illusion that Iran, as a country, dares not make a choice and hesitates when facing a life-and-death crisis."

"Once these people form a cognition, they will form the same path dependence, and then, next time, they will attack us in the same way."

"Then what will greet us at that time is the surrender of the pro-American faction and the misunderstanding of the people."

"But this time is also an opportunity, an opportunity for us to gather national awareness at home."

"If we manage it properly, we will get a brand new Iran, an Iran that dares to start self-construction and self-development."

"Relying on the infrastructure we are building, Iran in the future will definitely be better than it is now."

While telling these words, Sonia's voice became louder and louder, and her whole face became more and more fanatical.

Seeing his appearance, everyone present fell into deep thought.

In the past two years, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has received instructions from the president to carry out infrastructure construction across the country. Several hydropower stations have been under construction at the same time. In parallel with these hydropower station projects, there are also several roads and railways.

If we take advantage of this opportunity to clear out some eyesores and wait until the construction of these infrastructures is completed, Iran's national identity will indeed be further enhanced.

but……

Who will block the Persian Gulf?

Just when everyone was wondering who to send, the Minister of Defense stood up, walked around in a circle, walked back to Sunia, opened his arms, patted Sunia hard on the shoulder, and said loudly:

"Then, this task will be left to you, our dearest Commander Sunia."

"You must block the Persian Gulf and let America's oil hegemony suffer a blow."

The Defense Minister spoke, and others echoed him, but no one noticed that after letting go of Sunia's shoulder, a cold look flashed on the Defense Minister's face.

Suniya was not a good person either. He could vaguely hear the implication of the Defense Minister's words, but he did not respond in any way.

Because the current Revolutionary Guards still need to rely on the Ministry of National Defense.

Taking a deep breath, he stood up, saluted everyone present, and said loudly: "Promise to complete the mission!"

After leaving a few words, he turned around and walked out of the room, leaving the scene to the remaining people.

That afternoon, a video of a speech from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards was posted online by relevant personnel.

The core of the video is to support Türkiye and block the Persian Gulf.

…………

Saudi Arabia.

Seeing the news from next door, Said didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

If the Persian Gulf is blocked, oil prices will definitely rise, and Saudi Arabia will be able to reap more money.

Of course you should laugh.

But the problem is that if the price of oil rises and your oil is blocked in the Persian Gulf, you can only watch the price of oil rise.

My balls hurt and I have to cry.

After some dumbfounding, Said called Awad:

"Contact that Sunya and tell him to let our ship go out, and then I will give him a surprise."

"Also, tell Acoma to squeeze America's balls quickly."