Chapter 1804: Sinai War (Asking for Monthly Votes!!!)

The Sinai Peninsula is a triangular peninsula connecting Africa and Asia, with an area of ​​60,000 square kilometers. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea to the south, the Suez Canal to the west, and the Gulf of Aqaba and the Negev Desert to the east. →It is part of Egypt and is divided into North Sinai Province and South Sinai Province, with a total population of about 600,000. It has a long history and culture. According to the Book of Exodus, Jehovah established the Covenant of Law in Sinai.

The Sinai Peninsula is located east of Egypt, bordering Asia to the east, Africa to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Arabian Peninsula across the Red Sea to the south. This geopolitical crossroads is a strategic barrier for Egypt. At the same time, the Sinai Peninsula is located on the main sea route between Asia and Africa, and the adjacent sea channels such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea make it Egypt's maritime gateway. In addition, the Sinai Peninsula is rich in oil and natural gas resources, especially natural gas reserves. These make the Sinai Peninsula not only vital to Egypt's national defense and security, but also of great economic value.

The Sinai Peninsula is located on the east bank of the Suez Canal, bordering the Little Overlord in the east. It is the dividing line between the Eurasian continent and has an important geopolitical and military strategic position. In particular, the west side of the Sinai Peninsula is home to the world's busiest Suez Canal. The Suez Canal shortens the voyage between Europe and Asia and is also a key thoroughfare for global trade flows.

However, the conflict between the Little Overlord and Egypt again... or simply a war... In fact, most countries have characterized it as a war, but what's interesting is that the two countries have never issued a war declaration from beginning to end... So in reality, the two countries have gone to war, but in legal terms, the two countries have not gone to war.

I don't know what the two countries are doing.

In short, one of the key points of the war between the two countries is the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt's idea is very simple. Fighting in the territory of the Little Overlord may bring some pressure to logistics, but it is better than going to war on the Sinai Peninsula.

The reason is simple. Once there is a problem on the Egyptian army's front line, the Sinai Peninsula will be undefended! From the Little Overlord to the Suez Canal, it's a smooth journey!

In fact, the Sinai Peninsula is still very attractive to the little overlord. Although most of the Sinai Peninsula is a barren desert, it is an extremely attractive place for the little overlord. Because it not only has land resources that can be developed, but also the strategically important Suez Canal. It can also form an oppressive trend against Egypt.

If possible, the Egyptian army does not want the little overlord to enter the Sinai Peninsula. After all, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Half of it is sea water and half of it is fire. This is the most appropriate description of the Sinai Peninsula. The desolation tells people the vicissitudes of time. It is said that the Sinai Peninsula was inhabited in 5000 BC. Some of the stones used by the ancient Egyptians to build temples came from here. No wonder the color looks familiar. Due to the special geographical location, Sinai has always been a communication channel between Africa and the Middle East. Ramses II conquered Palestine and Lebanon from the banks of the Nile. Conversely, Arab Islam also conquered North Africa through the Sinai Peninsula and brought religion to Africa. According to legend, Moses left Egypt through the Sinai Peninsula. The Bible records that Mount Sinai is also the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.

Little Overlord is very interested in this place.

Today, Egypt and Little Overlord are once again going to decide the ownership of the peninsula.

But in terms of the situation, the Egyptian army seems to be on its knees!

There is no way, they have retreated to the reserved positions on the border.

If you want to say what the Egyptian army did best, it is that before the war, the Egyptian army began to build positions on the border between Sinai and Little Overlord... a little scared. So before thinking about victory, think about defeat first. As early as the last war, the military was long... Well, it's not that long, just over 200 kilometers... This is really not long.

You will know by comparison, the German Siegfried Line is 630 kilometers long, and the Maginot Line used to defend France is 390 kilometers long.

So as long as the permanent and semi-permanent fortifications are repaired, this line of defense is really not that long. In this way, the lethality of Little Overlord's armored forces is greatly reduced. More importantly, the little bully has no way to bypass this line of defense.

After all, there is no other Ardennes Forest here, and there is no Belgium or any other country for the little bully to bypass. After all, there are seas on both sides of the Sinai Peninsula... and the little bully's navy... is gone!

The Atlanteans did it. The little bully has not had a navy for a long time. This is why Apocalypse dared to go all out and push his troops to the front line, because there is no need for heavy troops along the coast... There is no navy around the Mediterranean.

The little bully has no way to rebuild.

First, the little bully does not have a qualified shipyard, and secondly... the little bully's navy... is actually quite lame. Even at its peak, it is still very small.

The navy is not something that can be built casually. This thing is too much of a test for the national defense industry, and even the entire industrial system. As we all know, the little bully is indeed a small country, and they have no possibility of building a complete industrial system. The navy is too dependent on the industry, and it is useless if it is slightly worse.

So ever since the Little Overlord's navy was taken away by Atlantis, their reconstruction has been a long way off... Their ships need to be ordered from abroad, but the problem is that now the capable shipyards in various countries cannot even complete their own country's orders, and have no production capacity to build ships for the Little Overlord.

So, the current navy of the Little Overlord is basically the same as that of Mongolia. It is already great to have a few broken ships and do some coastal security, not to mention conducting sea strikes and landing operations.

Therefore, the Little Overlord has only one way, to bite the Egyptian army's border defense line!

Although this is not a good choice for the Little Overlord, it is also uncomfortable for the Egyptian army. After all, their logistics have reached a critical point. Offense requires artillery, and defense cannot be without artillery.

And in modern warfare, offensive weapons are always stronger than fortifications!

There is basically no solution to this, no steel, concrete, or soil. What's more, this line of defense is not a permanent underground fortification like the Maginot Line! When many people hear about the Maginot Line, their first reaction is various methods of defense. In fact, this line of defense is very strong, at least the German army has no intention of attacking it. It took 16 years to build the defense line, consuming 1.5 million cubic meters of concrete. The turrets were distributed in a maze of tunnels. The tunnels were built from the Swiss border to Luxembourg, with a total length of about 390 kilometers and accommodating 200,000 soldiers.

Don't think that the Maginot Line is just a fortification, a bunker, and a trench. The 5,800 fortifications are not a joke. There are 15 fortifications per kilometer on the front alone. The walls and fortification roofs with a thickness of 5 meters, as well as armored bunkers with a thickness of 300 mm, can withstand the frontal attack of 420 mm mortar shells. There are various anti-tank obstacles in the defense line, including anti-tank trenches, cliffs, cliffs, and metal and concrete piles. At the same time, mines are used to strengthen defense. Anti-infantry obstacles are generally metal piles or wooden piles and barbed wire. Some sections are also equipped with electrified barbed wire.

The rock-hardness of the ground fortifications is nothing. What is surprising is the interior of the Maginot Line. It has all kinds of cannons, trenches, and fortresses. What's more surprising is that there are hospitals, factories, ammunition depots, command posts, rest rooms, filter ventilation rooms, food storage rooms, and even trams to connect the fortifications.

It can be said that if the Egyptian army has such a line of defense on the border, the little overlord will live in fear every day. There is no way it is too powerful.

Unfortunately, the Egyptian army does not have the resources and time to build such a line of defense.

So, it seems that the Egyptian army has the upper hand, but in fact, there is not much difference from the previous one. The only advantage is that the Egyptian army's border defense line has been built for a longer time. It has been under construction since the last war until now, so the solidity and density of the positions are stronger than the previous Egyptian army's positions in the territory of the little overlord.

But that's it.

This kind of semi-permanent fortification can be collapsed by a large-caliber artillery shell.

The only thing that makes the little overlord uncomfortable is that they have to nibble bit by bit.

Today is still the same drama.

Both sides bombarded with various weapons... The only difference is that no soldiers attacked the fortifications with guns... This style of fighting was eliminated during World War II.

Then, the various aircraft of the Little Overlord began to clean up the ground.

The Egyptian army really had no way to deal with this, after all, they had no air superiority at all. The only thing that could comfort themselves was the anti-aircraft gun.

The only function of this thing might be to prevent the Little Overlord's armed helicopters from directly killing the Egyptian army. The rest... depends on fate. After all, the probability of various anti-aircraft firepower hitting the Little Overlord's advanced bombers and fighters is really low.

To be honest, it is already great that the Egyptian army can fight and retreat to this point.

"Hide!!! The bombardment is coming!!!"

Although Mohammed has only been in the army for half a year, he is already a veteran. He was originally from an ordinary family. According to the original promotion rules of the Egyptian army, he could only serve as a lieutenant at most in his life, but now he is already a major officer.

He has only been in the army for half a year!

This promotion speed is impossible even in the old military. Family businesses can't play like this.

But this is war.

The reason why he was promoted so quickly was simple.

His superior died, so he took over the position of the superior. Then, within half a year, he sacrificed eight superiors, and then he was promoted like a rocket.

His situation, although extreme, is not an isolated case on the front line.

A new soldier learned about his rapid rise and asked him admiringly, what is the trick to get promoted on the battlefield?

He was silent for a while, and then told him that you must live longer than your superior.

He never thought that he had strong abilities. His only ability was to be luckier than others.

But in fact, he was unconscious. The war had actually taught him a lot of things.

For example, he could always find the best position to hide when the enemy's shells fell. He was not very active on the battlefield, although he did not slack off, but he summed up a little skill to survive, that is, never stand in front of your comrades!

So he was always the slowest one to charge and the fastest one to retreat.

He seemed to have gotten used to many things on the battlefield... On the battlefield, the biggest reliance was not to panic!

Because panicking was useless.

For example, he would choose a single pit to dodge, because the probability of a shell landing in the same single pit is very low... He had heard this before, but he forgot where he heard it from.

But this little bit of knowledge actually allowed him to miraculously dodge N bombardments.

After a round of bombardment, Muhammad miraculously survived again. He turned his head and saw that the fortification he was in had collapsed. His comrades... He saw three of them lying on the ground, and he didn't know whether they were dead or alive. As for the others, they were either broken into pieces or buried.

This is a common thing... Sometimes he wondered if he had been blessed by the prophet... Why, he was always unscathed.

Should he test it himself?

Well, in Egypt, mutants are not called mutants, but blessed people.

Propaganda.

Just when Muhammad began to dig out his comrades... Sometimes the buried people were actually fine, they were simply buried, and they might even be able to escape because they were buried. After all, the shells not only exploded and fragmented, but also killed people with shock waves. Being buried underneath, the shock waves can be absorbed by soil and debris.

But if the people underneath were not dug out, they would definitely die... because of suffocation.

But at this moment, his ears suddenly moved.

The sound of bombardment.

He could hear it. The sound was far away, and most people would not take it seriously, but he had practiced it and could feel it.

But...is the interval too short?

Just when he was about to dodge...he could not save his comrades at the cost of himself...he saw a blue light suddenly flashing in the sky.

A huge giant appeared above his head.

It was the Prophet!!!

That's right, Muhammad had really seen the Prophet. After the last victory in the battle, he and some people were lucky enough to be selected to return to the capital to be received by the Supreme Leader.

He had seen the Prophet up close.

After all, the Prophet was so conspicuous...no one would mistake him!

A giant of more than ten meters suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Not only Muhammad, but everyone else saw it.

Then he saw the Prophet raise his hand!

A light visible to the naked eye appeared hundreds of meters in front of the Prophet. After countless shells hit the light, they exploded instantly.

Countless shells exploded in the air like fireworks.

The scene was very spectacular.

Muhammad had the best angle because he was close.

Countless flames were blocked and burned in the air hundreds of meters away from the prophet. The loud noise and light of the explosion almost made Muhammad think that he saw the end of the world!

But Muhammad felt very clearly... he was still alive!

He was saved!!!

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