The shelling operation started at 11:00 noon. At 11:00, the fighter jets began to bomb, and lasted until 11:30, when the airborne troops and the Marines began to attack.

The main battlefield of the airborne troops is Gershm Island, which is the largest island in the Strait of Holmz. The airborne troops and some Marine Corps members took two hours to clear out all the remaining enemies on this island, and the Iraqi flag was flying here.

By 2:00 pm, the battle had all ended. At the command of Baghdad, Kusai was listening to good news coming one by one.

This time, Iraq quickly resolved the battle with the thunder, took down these islands, representing Iraq's combat effectiveness, and reached a new level. They not only can carry out land operations, but also a loud fist in the attack from sea to land!

The biggest problem exposed in this battle is the serious lack of Iraq's landing ships. Kusai will find ways to overcome these. The initial idea is to introduce design drawings from major Eastern powers and start construction in Iraq's shipyards.

The 10,000-ton training ship ordered by Iraq has begun construction at this time and is expected to be delivered and used by the end of this year at the latest, and the construction period may be shortened to this summer.

It is not that easy to build up this navy stall.

"Report, the Marine Captain wants to report to you in person." At this time, Kusai received a message.

"Just let him report to the commander-in-chief." Kusai said.

This time it was just an exercise. So, the Marine Corps did not have many tasks. Hades must be very dissatisfied. If he wanted to ask for more tasks, he wanted to take people to fight Abbas Port. Can he agree? This is determined by his own strategic considerations.

"We have reported to the commander-in-chief, but Captain Hades said that he can only report to you beyond the level. Because it is of great importance."

Is it even to hide the Minister of Defense? Hades is becoming more and more distorted! Kusai said: "Then take it." If he said it was a request for a task or something, then he must criticize him. Hades relied on his relationship and his vision was getting higher and higher. How could this be done?

"Hey, I'm Abdullah." Kusai's voice was indifferent, but, next, his tone completely changed: "Really?"

Of course it is true. My gain this time was so great! Hades isolated the guy named Zad and had a very sincere exchange. The other party finally revealed that now, in the capital of Holmzgan, there were still five tons of gold, which was transported here by the former government before the fall of the country.

Five tons of gold is a crazy number. In the Kurdistan province now occupied by Iraq, there is a gold mine, but the current production capacity is seriously insufficient, with only about half a ton of production per year, and five tons of gold is equivalent to ten years of production. When Rajavi entered Tehran, the government's vault was empty. In order to raise funds in the war, the former government repeatedly sold gold reserves. However, they also knew that there must be still left, but they were moved away.

Without hard currency like gold, there would be no way to issue paper money. In addition, Iraq's dinar is now very strong, so now in the liberated areas, the paper money of the former government is gradually being eliminated, using Iraq's dinar, Kusai also promised to help the Rajavi government issue their own currency in due time.

Unexpectedly, part of them was transported to Abbas, which shows that they were ready to withdraw funds at any time.

Five tons of gold, equivalent to US dollars, is nearly 100 million US dollars. Therefore, Hades is particularly confidential about the whereabouts of this huge sum of money and must be reported to the president in person so that this mission can be brought over!

What mission? Of course, it is to go to Port Abbas and transport the batch of gold back!

So, when Hades' loud voice reached Kusai's ears through the radio waves, Kusai learned that there were actually five tons of gold in Port Abbas, and he immediately ordered to find a way to grab the gold!

At the same time, in order to protect their safety, when necessary, they can call air support at any time through the handheld C3i terminal to help them cut off the back.

Regarding this, Hades said that they didn't need to. They just need to use a few helicopters to sneak in, and then go back secretly after a small-scale battle.

Because at this time, because of Iraq's sudden attack, Holmzgan Province was unable to defend, they were all ready to deal with it and were ready at any time. Iraqi troops may attack the entire Holmzgan Province from Geshm Island, and they were waiting for Iraq's attack tremblingly.

As for the purchase of weapons, they have been temporarily put behind their minds. Now, even if the transaction is conducted, the ship that transports weapons cannot be relied on the shore. What's the use? So, they don't know that 300 kilograms of gold have been stolen, and they don't know that someone is thinking about more of their gold.

Hades' tactics are also very simple, so of course it is still better to use the old method: enter at night.

The opponent's defense on the strait is very strict, but there is no warning about his back. Therefore, they only need to take a helicopter, land from the north of Abbas, then take some local vehicles and enter the city, and then quickly resolve the battle, kill the guardians of the vault, and move the gold away. If they encounter the opponent's blockade and cannot cope with it, they will call for helicopter support. If it doesn't work, they can only call for fighter support.

The best ending is that before the other party can react, he has already resolved the battle.

Before Iraq made a formal statement, the superpower had learned that Iraq had used force to control the throat of the Persian Gulf.

Getting the news, at the White House, an emergency meeting was underway, but the atmosphere of the meeting was not very harmonious.

"Now, Iraq is becoming more and more presumptuous. It has simply attacked and occupied Geshm Island, where it will directly threaten the safety of ships entering and leaving the Persian Gulf." Weinberg said, using the word threat directly.

"If Iraq occupied these islands, it would be even more powerful to control the entire Persian Gulf, especially if they built airports on the island, then the Arabian Sea would be their sky, which would suppress our strategic space. It would be very dangerous for us to drive the aircraft carrier to the Gulf of Oman as before." said John, assistant to National Security Affairs.

Everyone was jealous of those islands and wanted to start. It was a piece of fat. Now, it fell into Iraq's hands and they were very unwilling to accept it.

"So, what should we do?" Reagan asked, and he was hesitating now.

Seeing that Iraq is gradually becoming stronger and controlling the entire Persian Gulf is absolutely not in the interests of the United States. Only when a split Middle East is easily controlled, and the United States will be in great danger.

"Everyone, I just want to say one thing. Now, our economy is deteriorating very seriously. Our dollar depreciates too quickly, but instead, it has allowed island countries to gradually seize our market. Now, island countries' capital has entered our market and acquired our companies. Our economic situation is not optimistic." Finance Minister James said with a serious face: "If it weren't for our dollar and oil links, then, it can be said that now, the biggest economic crisis that swept us has arrived."

After the US dollar derailed from the rails, it immediately entered a dangerous period. If it were not for the US dollar to be used as the only settlement currency for oil later, the US dollar would have changed greatly in the world and would no longer be able to assume the function of an international currency.

Now, the depreciation of the US dollar against the yen has caused disastrous consequences. If we tease Iraq at this time, this behemoth will definitely do something that will hinder the United States. For example, if we are as determined as last time and use other currencies to settle, the US dollar will completely lose its status as an international currency.

Now, dealing with economic problems is the top priority for the United States, and they are cutting various expenses, including negotiations on nuclear disarmament with the Soviet Union, including cutting many plans for Star Wars, and even preparing to print a portion of the currency.

"Maybe, we can use this incident to provoke conflicts between Iraq and the UAE." At this time, Bush said.

You should know that the three islands Abu Musa, Matsubu and Little Tungbu Island, located at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz, have always been controversial because the UAE has always claimed to have sovereignty over them.

Historically, when they were occupied by the government in the north, the UAE has been protesting, but due to the limited military strength of the UAE, no force has been taken.

Therefore, Bush proposed this plan, and the United States would not participate. However, if these islands were occupied by Iraq, they should be negotiated between the UAE and Iraq, so as to provoke conflicts between them.

However, Bush always feels something is wrong. Can this provocation be successful?

"Yes, we need to disintegrate the unity of the Arabs. As long as they have a barrier, it will be easier for us to insert it. We increase the export of weapons to the UAE. Don't they want to order F16, and we export it to them." President Reagan said.
Chapter completed!