American Strategic Deception Bureau

　Just as Firi and Kissinger were holding a map of Europe, repeatedly discussing and pondering the possibility of the Soviet troops stationed in Germany taking advantage of the time window of the American civil unrest to launch a westward expedition and unify the two Germanys, they heard exclamations and shouting coming from not far away, vaguely mentioning words such as the Soviet Union, Egypt, and Israel.

　The two looked at each other, stood up and walked over, and found that there was a group of people gathered in front of the TV. The TV was broadcasting an international news. The background was a red flag fluttering in the desert and parachutes falling in the sky, and the content of the news was... The Soviet Union sent troops to support Egypt!

　Upon hearing the news, Dr. Kissinger was stunned at first. Then his brows relaxed and he smiled happily: "Great! Now Europe is safe!"

　"Yes, if the Soviets go to the Middle East, they will have no energy left to conquer Europe!" Firi nodded with emotion.

　——The Soviets are indeed the same old Russians who bully the weak and fear the strong by nature. They only want to bully the weak but are unwilling to take on tough tasks!

　The author's words:

　The last person to do this seemed to be Empress Dowager Cixi, who was building the Summer Palace while fighting the First Sino-Japanese War.

　Another similar example is Gorbachev, who spent a huge amount of money to build a vacation villa while the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was happening.

　Israel also advocates that Hamas leaders live in luxury houses. Isn't this the same as the Kuomintang's nonsense that the Communists dug super-luxurious palace-level caves in Yan'an?

　Chapter 486: Go and kill Wall Street!

　In the early morning of July 4, 1970, Port Said, located at the exit of the Suez Canal, was suddenly bombed by the Soviet Air Force.

　Immediately afterwards, a Soviet airborne commando force of about 1500 people parachuted over Port Said and engaged in a firefight with an Israeli army brigade deployed in Port Said. The fighting between the two sides was very fierce and difficult to resolve.

　At the same time, the Soviet Red Navy's Mediterranean Fleet stationed in Syria also sailed out of the port of Tartus and bombarded several port cities on the Israeli coastline. At the same time, the Soviet Air Force stationed in Syria also bombed several Israeli towns and settlements.

　Next, the more than 10,000 Soviet troops who had been dispersed and stationed in Egypt according to the treaty signed with Nasser changed their previous neutral stance and began to move towards the front line of the firefight near the Suez Canal, launching attacks on Israeli troops entering the canal area.

　It was not until this time that the Kremlin issued a statement announcing that the Soviet Union responded to the request of Egypt and Syria to send troops to intervene in the Middle East war, and demanded that the Israeli army withdraw to the border before the third Middle East War in 1967 within 24 hours and leave the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights!

　If Israel refuses, the Soviet Union will launch a military strike against Israel - even a nuclear strike!

　Prior to this, due to the outbreak of civil unrest in the United States and the sudden withdrawal of US troops in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's grand strategy of swallowing up Jordan and invading Egypt had become a half-baked rice - Israel's existing remaining military forces could not accomplish such an exaggerated task!

　After all, the crazy nuclear attacks launched by the Arab coalition against Israel at the beginning of the war were still very lethal.

　At that time, Israel, with a population of only 300 million, was killed by the nuclear bombs of the Arab coalition and the suicide nuclear explosions of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and about 100 million people were wiped out within a month. The central government was directly paralyzed by the atomic bomb, the logistics system was basically destroyed, and the strategic reserves were wiped out.

　The Jewish militias on the kibbutz farms everywhere had no time to mobilize and were wiped out in large numbers in the mushroom cloud of the nuclear explosion.

　Thanks to the United States' frantic blood transfusions and its participation in the war, Israel's President and wife, Meir, who had trembled and emerged from her underground shelter, was able to regroup. With the United States taking care of all the logistics, they assembled another 10 troops and followed the US military in a brutal massacre.

　The US military was responsible for killing, the Israeli army was responsible for croaking, and then they took all the spoils! Everything was so perfect!

　Of course, the US military didn't actually kill people indiscriminately. They mainly relied on nuclear bombs to defeat and scare off the Arab coalition forces...

　By the time President Nixon sent troops to Washington and bombarded the White House, the Israeli army had already controlled both sides of the Suez Canal in the west and had entered Nixon.

　In the east, they recaptured Jerusalem and crossed the Jordan River in large numbers, reaching the Jordanian capital of Amman.

　Moreover, the Syrian government has already knelt down and begged for peace, and the Egyptian government has even raised its hands in surrender.

　Nasser, who had been making a lot of noise for several years, proclaimed himself the leader of the Arabs, and seemed very powerful, is now dead!

　It seems like the situation is very good, right?

　But the problem is that with a single shot from the White House and the withdrawal of US troops from the Middle East, the Israeli army immediately fell back to its original form!

　After all, Israel had been devastated by nuclear bombs, leaving the land scorched and covered in corpses. Numerous armed Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas roamed the country, constantly inciting Arab attacks on Israeli settlements. Due to their disorganization and lax discipline, the Arab guerrillas killed nearly every man, woman, and child in Israeli settlements wherever they passed, even setting their homes on fire.

　Moreover, these Palestinian guerrillas also hold more than a hundred miniature atomic bombs...

　Therefore, among the remaining 200 million Israeli citizens, more than one million became war refugees. They did not care about radiation or not, and all abandoned their settlements and fled in panic to the capital Tel Aviv or Haifa Port, which had just survived a nuclear explosion, to ask for relief from the Israeli government.

　This forced Mrs. Meir to allocate a large portion of the US aid food she had just received to provide relief to these refugees.

　Israel’s domestic industrial and agricultural production completely collapsed, and the government was left with nothing.

　If it weren't for the fact that she had already become hostile to the United Nations in order to swallow up Jordan, Mrs. Meir would have wanted to apply for relief from the United Nations!

　With such a shabby rear, how can the Israeli army have any self-support? These days, it is relying entirely on the support of the US military to hold on.

　The Israeli army on the Egyptian front was still able to maintain a supply line by means of sea shipping; and the Israeli army that invaded Jordan, because it was deep inland, had to "rely on the weather for food" all the way. Thanks to the generous airdrops of the US Air Force at all costs, they did not run out of food in enemy territory.

　Now, without the support of the wealthy US military, the Israeli army that invaded Jordan immediately fell into a dilemma. Not only was there a shortage of ammunition, but they could hardly even get enough food. The Jewish soldiers had to rob houses and steal food from Arabs' homes to avoid starving to death.

　What? Israel's own air force? Where in the wasteland of Israel is there an air force now? There's hardly any complete airfield left, right?

　What’s even more terrible is that the war situation has always been “one side gains while the other loses”: since Israel is no longer viable, the Arab coalition will naturally make a comeback!

　For example, after learning of the outbreak of the American Civil War, Saudi Arabia immediately joined forces with OPEC member countries to collectively reduce oil production to push up oil prices and impose an oil embargo on any Western country that dared to support Israel.

　According to the Saudi Arabian government, this is for the national interest of all Arabs, forcing Western countries that have long supported Israel to change their patronage of Israel. But in reality, it is more to push up oil prices and make more money.

　——During the years of low oil prices in the 1950s and 1960s, Saudi princes were far from being as extravagant and wealthy as they are today.

　At this point, the first oil crisis erupted, sending oil prices soaring fivefold. Without cheap energy supplies, the economies of European nations were plunged into chaos. However, neither Britain nor France was willing to launch another warning nuclear strike against Saudi Arabia, and instead angrily declared their absolute non-support for Israel.

　Only Portugal initially tried to hold its ground, as under Salazar's (regressive) environmentalist rule, Portugal still looked medieval. There was no real industry, few cars, and even in the capital, Lisbon, 70% of the Portuguese population lacked electricity.

　In this situation, even if there was an oil embargo, Salazar felt that it would not be a big deal given Portugal's backward social and economic situation.

　As long as I was still riding in a carriage, using candles, drawing water from a well, and cooking with wood, what did it matter if I had no fuel?

　But the problem is that even if Portugal paid out of its own pocket to aid Israel, the United States would not reimburse it, so Salazar finally gave in.

　In this way, Israel was not only abandoned by the United States, but also collectively abandoned by all countries in Europe, and was completely trapped in a desperate diplomatic situation.

　Then, after the US military withdrew from the Middle East, Syria's old President Assad immediately tore up the peace treaty and refused to cede the Golan Heights. Although it is indeed impossible to launch a ground counterattack for the time being, it is absolutely no problem to launch a few rockets from time to time to cause trouble for the Israeli army!

　- Don’t think that being bombarded with rockets is not a big deal. Some of the rockets launched by the Syrians are equipped with nuclear warheads!

　Egypt was in utter chaos, with half of its capital, Cairo, still engulfed in floodwaters and mud, and several catastrophic craters left by nuclear bombs. But after learning of the good news of civil unrest in the United States, President Sadat tore up the surrender agreement and ordered his army to fight the Jews again!

　In fact, the Egyptian army had basically collapsed at this time. The command system completely collapsed and the logistics collapsed. The most elite troops were slaughtered by the Israeli army in the prisoner-of-war camp on the east bank of the Suez Canal, and their bodies were thrown into the river to feed the fish.

　But when the Suez Canal massacre of prisoners broke out, they learned that even if they surrendered, they would be killed by the Jews.

　After killing the prisoners, the remaining Egyptian troops in desperate situation still mustered up some courage. They refused to surrender and even refused to lay down their arms. They were scattered in the villages, towns and cities of the Nile Delta in squads and platoons, and relied on their advantage of being familiar with the terrain to constantly ambush the Jewish invaders.

　After losing the logistical support provided by the US military, the Israeli army that invaded Egypt quickly became an armed beggar without logistics, and its combat effectiveness was greatly weakened. In addition, because they were unfamiliar with the place, they ended up in a 50-50 fight with these Egyptian guerrillas.

　The Israeli army had ruthlessly used nuclear bombs and poison gas to carry out the mop-up. But the Egyptians also had nuclear bombs and poison gas...

　So, just over a week later, the Israeli army had to retreat back to the canal area and dared not go deep into the Nile Delta.

　Such a victory seems to be cause for celebration. The only problem is that in this spontaneous guerrilla war initiated by the entire nation, the Muslim Brotherhood, relying on its extremely deep social base among the Egyptian people, took advantage of the chaos to gain control of a considerable number of civilian armed forces, which may become a major concern for the Egyptian government in the future.

　How should I put it? It feels like a déjà vu of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression: on one side, the loss of troops and humiliation of the nation, while on the other, the lack of fighting...

　However, neither the Muslim Brotherhood nor the Sadat government will be bothered by this dispute in the short term.

　Because the Soviet Union officially sent troops to the Middle East to participate in this war!

　This is equivalent to putting the last straw that breaks the camel's back for Israel, which has long been on the verge of collapse.

　By the way, they also snatched away the greatest glory of victory in the Fourth Middle East War...

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　In fact, upon receiving the news that the American Civil War had broken out and that the Congressional Army and the Presidential Army were fighting in the capital, Washington, the Soviet high-ranking officials in Moscow were celebrating and toasting. Some young Soviet generals were even eager to propose taking advantage of the opportunity to attack West Germany.

　Of course, the Kremlin's bureaucrats do not have such decisiveness and ruthlessness, and they lack the courage to do big things. Rashly launching a European war, going all in at once, and gambling on the fate of the country would really test the Russian bears' seemingly tough but actually soft hearts.

　It’s better not to make such a big play until you are truly sure that the United States is no longer viable.

　However, the Soviet officers' excitement and energy also needed to be vented.

　The new generation of Soviet soldiers who grew up after World War II are eager to gain military merits and medals like their predecessors in the Soviet-German War!

　Therefore, Brezhnev, who emphasized "harmony", changed the direction of the Soviet army's offensive and prepared to send the young men in the army to the desert of the Middle East to fight Israel, the seemingly ferocious dead tiger, and reap the fruits of victory in the Fourth Middle East War.

　In this way, the Kremlin won the victory, the Soviet soldiers won medals, the Arabs won revenge, and Europe won peace.

　Isn’t it wonderful that everyone is having fun?

　Brezhnev's consistent style was to strike hard and take advantage of small countries, and to bluff against big countries. Because this was safer!

　Thus, the Soviet troops already stationed in Syria and Egypt began to move and launched attacks on the Israeli army. Soviet troops deployed in Ukraine and the Caucasus also sailed south, and some Soviet rapid reaction forces were directly flown or airdropped to Egypt.

　Faced with Soviet transport planes flying overhead and the Soviet Black Sea Fleet sailing through the Dardanelles, Turkey did not dare to stop them. At that time, Turkey was still a secular, pro-US and pro-British regime, not the religious one that would later renovate mosques. Therefore, when Israel was founded, Turkey was the first Islamic nation to recognize it. Since both countries were part of the Western bloc, relations between Türkiye and Israel were naturally good.

　By the end of the 20th century, the Turkish government realized that no matter what it did, it could not integrate into Western society. Therefore, it had to look east again and become the leader of the Islamic world. In order to win the support of the Arabs, Türkiye's relationship with Israel had to deteriorate.

　In short, compared with its unsophisticated Arab brothers, the Turkish government, which has long since "stopped being a caliph", is more supportive of Israel.

　But even so, no Turk was willing to bear the iron fist of the Soviet Union in order to save Israel.

　Especially when the United States has already been involved in a civil war because of its aid to Israel, Turkey does not want to get involved in this matter: if a new anti-Semitic regime comes to power in the United States, wouldn’t Turkey be regarded as a traitor if it supports Israel at this time?

　Not only will this not win the approval of the new US government, but it will also lead to criticism from domestic religious scholars - so it's better to just lie down!

　In this way, taking advantage of the American bald eagle's madness and paralysis, the Soviet bear stretched its paw across the Mediterranean and slapped Israel.

　Although the Soviet army's action had just begun, any discerning person could see that Israel was definitely not going to be able to hold on this time.

　——Today, Israel’s survival and security in the Middle East are highly dependent on parasitism and infiltration of the United States.

　But now the host, the United States, has been parasitized by Israel and is collapsing. How can the Israeli parasite survive?

　As a Jew, although Kissinger does not have much identification with Israel, blood is thicker than water after all.

　So, after a few seconds of rejoicing over peace in Europe,

　After that, Dr. Kissinger became worried about the possible fate of Israel being destroyed.

　"Don't worry, Doctor. Israel will not be destroyed. At most, it will just learn a lesson."

　Firi comforted him carelessly, saying, "Of course, the United States needs Israel as a wedge to penetrate the Middle East and as a handle to control the Arabs. The current Russian bear also has this need. The Kremlin does not want to see the unification of the Arab world.

　However, in order to calm the Arabs, the Kremlin will probably make the Israeli wedge smaller - for example, as the Kremlin announced, it will make Israel give up the fruits of victory in the Third Middle East War, hand over Gaza and Jerusalem, and return to its 1967 territory.

　Of course, if Mrs. Meir was ignorant of the current situation and wanted to continue to resist, the Soviet Union might increase the punishment and force Israel to return to the territory when it was just founded in 1947, or even cut off some areas, leaving only a small half of Palestine for the Jews.

　But no matter what, the city of Tel Aviv will definitely continue to belong to the Jews, and there should be no problem with that.

　Anyway, in this war, about one million Israelis will die, and a large number will probably flee after the war. In the end, it would be a very optimistic number if one million Jews could remain in Palestine. It seems that not much land would be needed to accommodate them.

　So, even if Israel's territory is reduced to only 10,000 square kilometers, that should be enough, right?"

　Dr. Kissinger was almost amused by Firi's "comfort."

　"You are so inconsolable, brother Ferry! You make the death of a million Jews sound like a happy event!"

　"If what I said is unpleasant to hear, I hope you will forgive me, Doctor. But it is indeed the truth."

　Firi patted Kissinger's shoulder with a playful smile. "What's more, Israel has undoubtedly suffered heavy losses in this war. But even if the Arabs have recaptured some of the devastated land, their self-confidence and independent spirit have been completely shattered!"

　As soon as the Soviet Union is gone, it means that Nasserism, or the Pan-Arabism proposed by Nasser, has completely collapsed!

　The Jews lost only their land and their bodies, but the Arabs lost their souls!"

　In later history, Nasser was only the leader of Egypt. But during his lifetime, he was regarded as a hero by the entire Arab nation.

　Because, in the mid-twentieth century, before the Cold War, the idea of ​​"Pan-Arabism" was popular in the Middle East.

　Its core idea is to seek the unity of the Arab nation and the political unification of the Arab world. It wants all Arabs from the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf to unite and establish a united and powerful Arab state, or just a political alliance.

　Generally speaking, it is similar to the German national unification movement and the Italian unification movement in the 19th century.

　Nasser of Egypt was one of the most outstanding advocates of "Pan-Arabism", so much so that in later generations, "Pan-Arabism" was even called "Nasserism" - by regaining the Suez Canal in the Second Middle East War and defeating the prestige of British and French imperialism, Nasser became a great hero of the entire Arab world and enjoyed the lofty status of "half caliph" among the long-suffering Arab people.

　Nasser was also very proud of this during those years and published many articles calling on the Arabs to end their differences and move towards peaceful unification.

　However, the biggest problem of Egyptian leader Nasser was that his military strength was completely incommensurate with his reputation in the Arab world.

　——How can you become the leader of the martial arts world with a combat power of only five?

　With Egypt's puny army, you want to be the leader of all Arabs? Do you, Nasser, have the courage to do that?

　After all, fists are the biggest in this world!

　Since Nasser committed the taboo of "unworthy of the position" from the very beginning, it was naturally his own responsibility that he became a laughing stock in the future.

　Who prevented Nasser from fulfilling the mission entrusted to him by history and the nation?

　In fact, as early as the Third Middle East War, or the "Six-Day War", when Egypt was defeated by Israel, Nasser's reputation had already been largely destroyed, and the dream of Arab unity, which was already illusory, was almost shattered.

　The ongoing Fourth Middle East War is actually the last dying struggle of "Pan-Arabism" - Nasser attempted to rely on the Arabs' own strength to defeat Israel at all costs, thereby proving that as long as the Arabs unite, they will be able to be independent and live on an equal footing with superpowers such as the United States and the Soviet Union, rather than being willing to be humiliated and become vassals and protectorates as in the past.

　Unfortunately, he failed, and failed miserably.

　Even if the Soviet Union sent troops to help Egypt regain its lost territory, it would only be a victory for the Soviet Union, not a victory for the Arabs.

　——Just like after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, the Qing Dynasty took the opportunity to recover many areas in the Northeast, but which Chinese person thought this was glorious?

　A war won by relying on foreign troops to fight on our behalf cannot boost national confidence or inspire national honor!

　From now on, Arabs will probably completely lose their confidence in independence and feel that they can no longer stand up. The mentality of "it's the same no matter how hard I try" and "I don't want to work hard anymore" will prevail in Arab society.