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The United States will not allow the little overlord to be destroyed. It must stay in the Middle East as a thorn. After all, even if it does not care about the oil and other resources in that place, the geographical location alone is enough for the United States to pay attention to. To understand U.S. intervention in the Middle East, we must first review the history of the West in the Middle East. The Middle East is the cradle of human civilization and the birthplace of three major religions. Since ancient times, the Middle East has been a stage for competition and conflict among various forces. Western intervention in the Middle East can be traced back to the Crusades, when Europe's Christian nations fought a war with the Islamic world that lasted more than two centuries as they tried to retake the Holy Land of Jerusalem. These wars caused countless deaths and destruction, and also sowed deep hostility and hatred between the West and the Middle East.

Since modern times, Western intervention in the Middle East has been mainly driven by colonization and interests. At the end of the 19th century, with the decline of the Ottoman Empire, European powers such as Britain and France began to divide their spheres of influence in the Middle East and control the politics and economy of Middle Eastern countries. At the beginning of the 20th century, as oil became increasingly important in the industrialization process, the Middle East became a focus of competition among Western powers. After World War I, Britain, France and other countries divided the Ottoman Empire's territories in the Middle East into their own spheres of influence in accordance with the Sydney-Picot Agreement, and established protectorates or mandated areas within them.

These divisions did not take into account the wishes and interests of the local people, but were designed to satisfy the interests and balance of the Western powers. These divisions have also caused contradictions and conflicts among many ethnic groups, religions, and tribes in the Middle East. As an emerging Western power, the United States also began to become interested in the Middle East at the beginning of the 20th century. The United States initially intervened in Middle East affairs mainly through commercial and cultural exchanges, such as signing an oil exploration agreement with Saudi Arabia and establishing friendly relations with Egypt. However, as the United States became the world's superpower after World War II, its interference in the Middle East became more direct and frequent. The United States inherited the Western tradition of intervention in the Middle East, combined it with its confrontation with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and regarded the Middle East as its strategic interest. The United States' intervention in the Middle East is not only to maintain its global hegemony, but also to prevent the expansion of the Soviet Union or other forces in the Middle East.

From a geopolitical perspective, the United States' intervention in the Middle East is mainly to control the oil and geographical location of the Middle East. The Middle East is the world's largest oil production and export region, with approximately 60% of the world's oil reserves. Petroleum is an important energy source in modern industrial society and an important guarantee for U.S. economic development and military security. Although the United States is itself an oil producer, its consumption far exceeds its production, so it needs to import a large amount of oil from outside. The Middle East is one of the most important sources of oil supply for the United States and an important means for the United States to influence oil prices and supply in the global market. By establishing political, economic, and military cooperation or confrontation with Middle Eastern countries, the United States attempts to control the extraction, transportation, and sales of oil in the Middle East to protect its own energy security and economic interests.

But now the world has changed, and the importance of oil has become less important. However, it is undeniable that oil is still an important part of the world economy. Even with the emergence of new energy sources, dependence on oil will not be so important in the next hundred years. It will not be eliminated. Petroleum is a key energy and raw material. Petroleum is not only an important transportation and power generation fuel, but also the basic raw material for many chemical products and synthetic materials. A country's industrial development and people's lives depend on oil, and its supply is related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

Therefore, although the importance of oil has decreased, you cannot say that it is completely unimportant. Many things are not that easy to replace. Even if they can be replaced, the replacement speed cannot be fast. After all, this thing really affects all aspects.

But even if oil is not mentioned, the United States in the Middle East is unlikely to give up. The Middle East is not only rich in oil resources, but also has an important geographical location. The Middle East is located at the intersection of the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and is an important passage connecting Europe, Asia and Africa. There are many important straits and canals in the Middle East, such as the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Bab al-Mandeb, the Suez Canal, etc. These channels are of great significance to world trade and maritime transportation. As a global power, the United States needs to safeguard its interests and influence on a global scale. Therefore, the United States needs to maintain its own military presence and deployment in the Middle East to ensure the smoothness and security of these channels, and at the same time, it can exert pressure and influence on other regions.

The key is that if the United States does not maintain its presence in this place, others will come in.

The first is Europe and Maozi.

You know, these two have actually been old players! When Europe and the United States were one family in the past, Europe had always had thoughts about the Middle East. Now that the separation of Europe and the United States has become a foregone conclusion, they naturally want to get rid of the United States and deepen their presence in this region.

Not to mention Mao Zi, he has always been a veteran player and an important force in this area.

European countries, even to fight against Maozi, need to increase their investment in this area. There is no way. If Maozi controls this area, it means that Maozi can attack Europe from both sides. And in terms of geographical conditions, the importance of this area is even more important to Europe!

In addition to these two, other players may also join. For example, a mysterious big country in the East... yes, it is the third brother!

In short, the United States must maintain its presence in this area. Although it cannot prevent other players from entering the field, it cannot withdraw itself, so it is impossible for the Little Overlord to lose this bridgehead.

But it is unlikely that the Americans will spend a huge price to protect the Little Overlord.

The father-son country is just a joke. Even if it is true... there is no morality between countries.

So it is impossible to personally go out, but the United States does not need to do it personally.

It is true that Egypt is now in high spirits, but in fact, the government think tank can see the weakness of this country at a glance. The current Egypt is purely relying on personal prestige to persist, and in fact, it has reached its limit.

In fact, after Egypt and the Little Overlord exchanged fire, Western countries have already imposed an embargo on Egypt.

In this regard, the West has always been very double-standard.

On the surface, it is an embargo, but in fact, for the Little Overlord, this embargo has basically no binding force. Although countries are hesitant, they have actually never stopped providing aid. The reason has been explained before, so I won’t continue to water it here.

It's just keeping a low profile to avoid further angering domestic voters.

But the embargo is a pity for Egypt.

Originally, the national strength between the two countries is very different. It's like two people fighting, one is very strong and the other is a little skinny monkey. At this time, the onlookers suddenly shouted: We must maintain the principle of fairness and we won't help each other!

That's fine.

They also secretly handed bricks to the strong man...

Typical Western fairness and justice.

Therefore, the situation in Egypt is already very bad. The food has reached the red line. If it weren't for the support of a group of Islamic brothers behind it, it would have collapsed long ago.

In this case, the Americans don't have to go out at all to make Egypt make concessions.

Of course, the little bully must learn some lessons, otherwise Egypt will not agree. After all, others have spent such a huge price, and no matter how strong the Americans are, they can't let others pat their butts and go home without getting anything, right?

After all, even if it succeeds this time, what about the next time?

Can the United States use the same method again?

So the holy city... must be returned to the Islamic world.

The Little Overlord government was furious about this proposal!

If they really did this, they would have to resign on the spot! After all, no Little Overlord could accept such conditions.

The United States was not in a hurry either. The conditions were just that. If you don't agree, I can't do anything!

Just as the two countries were pulling each other.

The Egyptian army also began to attack officially.

These people were really impatient. The vanguard had just arrived and launched the attack on the same day. The follow-up troops didn't even have time to deploy... a group of infantry began to attack the city.

The biggest difference between modern urban siege warfare and ancient siege warfare is that modern cities don't have so-called city walls... This thing is basically useless in front of modern weapons. So modern cities don't have city walls at all.

But the terrain of the holy city is very strange. It is located on hills, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea. The city's terrain is mainly low rocky hills, surrounded by different mountain ranges. There is the Mount of Olives in the east, Mount Nabi Samville in the west, Mount Mesharif in the north, and Mount Mukabar in the south. The terrain of Jerusalem is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. Except for the relatively flat north, the other three sides are quite steep.

Under this terrain, there are high grounds everywhere, which are very suitable for defense. As long as the defensive positions are well built, the enemy can be attacked from a high position.

But the problem is that everything happened too fast.

Before the war, the Little Overlord side never thought that the Egyptian army would progress so quickly. The entire city only strengthened supervision and implemented a state of emergency. Although martial law was implemented, it did not really enter a wartime state. No defensive positions were built outside the city, and no preparations were made for street fighting inside the city...

It can be said that it was completely undefended.

When the Egyptian vanguard arrived, the interior of the holy city was actually still in a state of chaos. On the one hand, the military had to guard against the rebellion of non-Little Overlord residents in the city, and on the other hand, it was afraid of provoking their rebellion, and was in a dilemma!

Although there was defense on the periphery, in a hurry, the effect of that thing was almost the same as not having it.

It actually allowed the Egyptian vanguard to enter the city and capture an area!

This is over. This is basically giving up the terrain advantage and directly entering the rhythm of street fighting.

In modern warfare, this situation is really rare. The enemy is already in front of them, but they don’t want to use the advantageous terrain to block the enemy, but let the enemy enter the city... Even if they can’t stop the enemy from entering the city, it’s good to consume the enemy’s wave!

For the little tyrant, street fighting is not a good thing for them.

After all, they have an advantage in weapons and equipment. If they are outside the city, they are always advantageous, but in the city street fighting, it will reduce their equipment advantage. You are in the city, and many armored forces are useless.

In the past, street fighting was beneficial to the defending side and had many restrictions on the attacking side.

But here, it’s all the opposite.

In street fighting, the attacker's advantage in numbers and weapons is often difficult to exert. In street fighting, because of the restrictions of many houses and streets, it is difficult to deploy superior forces, and they are often deployed in small teams as combat units. In this way, it is difficult for the attacker to form a numerical advantage on local positions. Street fighting is also due to the relationship between houses, which makes the distance between the two warring parties relatively close, and the positions on the battlefield are even more intertwined. This makes it difficult to use long-range and powerful strikes. Because of this kind of long-range and powerful strike, it is easy to hurt your own people if you are not careful.

What tanks and armored vehicles, especially the performance of the tanks and armored vehicles of the Little Overlord, have been proved in the battle of the big prison. Their performance is not good!

As a heavy armored vehicle, the tank has strong armor and firepower, and is a killer on the land battlefield. However, in the special environment of street fighting, tanks face many challenges. In urban areas, tanks can destroy the defenders' solid fire support points with their own powerful firepower and carry out close strikes. In addition, tanks also have good communication configuration and mobility, and can perform mobile fire support tasks at any time. In the prison, the little bully hopes to clear out the remaining enemies in the street fighting by charging ahead with tanks, cooperating with armored engineering vehicles and heavy armored personnel carriers. However, the tactical thinking of the little bully is different from that of other countries. It relies on armored combat vehicles and firepower as much as possible, rather than relying on infantry to fight for house by house. This tactical guiding ideology seems brilliant, but in fact there are problems. If the infantry is not allowed to get off the car for cover, the tank's defense capability will be greatly reduced, and it is easy to become the target of enemy attack. In street fighting, the presence of infantry is very important. It can provide cover for tanks, expand the situational awareness range of tanks, and reduce tank casualties.

The more critical point is... This is the little bully's city... At least it is a city controlled by the little bully, and most of the residents in the city are also little bully residents. Their tanks fired at will here... It is the little bully's own people who suffered the most.

In short, once those powerful heavy artillery and tanks and armored vehicles cannot gallop freely in the city, it is the Egyptian army that gains the advantage.

The Egyptian army didn't have any heavy artillery or tanks. They only had infantry now, and even if they used heavy artillery, the pressure on the Egyptian army would be much smaller. After all, this is not their city! If they really made up their minds, they would blow it up!

In fact, the Egyptian army created this situation unintentionally.

The vanguard army didn't get any orders from the rear headquarters at all... The rear headquarters didn't expect that this city was actually undefended. Logically speaking, even if there were no permanent fortifications, even if you used heavy firepower and sandbags to build a few firepower positions, you wouldn't let people rush in at once, right?

However, the fact is that it's really so nonsensical.

The little bully didn't prepare at all, and the Egyptian vanguard was also too excited. When they saw the holy city, they didn't think much about it and rushed in with a roar.

When they calmed down, they had already entered the city, so they occupied the residential area in a hurry to build positions and frantically called the rear troops...