237: Chapter 337 Are the Gulf states no longer afraid of the United States?

With Harem Air Force Base captured by the Anti-Judea Coalition, the armies of the Golan Heights Front Command and the Lebanon Front Command completely occupied the northern territories of Israel and formed a line to begin pushing from north to south, forcing Israel to dispatch more troops to the northern region.

The Aqaba Front Command's offensive in the area south of the Dead Sea was equally smooth. After receiving a large supply of missiles and artillery shells, the Afghan and Pakistani armies crossed the desert and headed straight for Tel Nof Airbase.

As Tel Nof Airbase was an important airbase for Israel, Colonel Yoni realized that Tel Nof Airbase would be a primary target for the Anti-Judea Coalition after seeing the defensive positions on Israel's southern border breached.

To hold Tel Nof Airbase, Colonel Yoni not only temporarily reinforced various defensive positions but also used both arrests and threats to demand that Israeli civilians from surrounding cities participate in the defense of the airbase.

Consequently, Colonel Yoni amassed 20,000 regular troops at Tel Nof Airbase, along with 10,000 civilians armed on a temporary basis, all to ensure the base had sufficient personnel for resistance.

Major General Arif led the Pakistani army, and after eliminating various Israeli military outposts along the way, they directly surrounded the eastern side of Tel Nof Airbase. Together with the Afghan army led by Lieutenant Colonel Hujinia, they completely encircled Tel Nof Airbase.

Since the Israeli army had no intention of surrendering, Major General Arif decisively ordered the bombardment of Tel Nof Airbase. Over 400 artillery pieces from twelve Mechanized Infantry Brigades repeatedly shelled the various defensive positions of Tel Nof Airbase.

After this bombardment continued for half a day, Major General Arif ordered two Mechanized Infantry Brigades to launch an assault. However, because the Israeli defenses had not been completely destroyed, they suffered some casualties and had to retreat after advancing a certain distance.

Seeing this, Major General Arif could only continue ordering the artillery of each brigade to shell the area, while simultaneously using UAVs to scout the enemy's fortifications and provide more accurate targets for the bombardment.

After several rounds of large-scale bombardment, the Israeli army completely lost its ability to counterattack. At this point, eight Mechanized Infantry Brigades attacked Tel Nof Airbase simultaneously, leaving the Israeli troops trapped in various positions and unable to support one another.

Colonel Yoni saw that the Anti-Judea Coalition had launched its general offensive and knew that Tel Nof Airbase could not be held. However, with no external support available, he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

But such persistence was entirely meaningless. As more and more buildings were controlled by the Anti-Judea Coalition, Colonel Yoni saw that defeat was inevitable. To avoid being captured, he chose to shoot himself.

Major General Arif looked at the successfully captured Tel Nof Airbase; it was now not far from Israel's core territory.

The Saudi Arabian army pushed northward from the west. After clearing Israeli settlements along the way, they merged with the Sinai Front Command's forces, finally forming a front line pushing north alongside the Gaza Region.

In the ongoing battles with the Israeli army in the Gaza Region, the Sinai Front Command's advantage grew increasingly dominant. Furthermore, the resistance fighters in the Gaza Region, after receiving aid in the form of weapons and ammunition, actively launched surprise attacks on the Israeli army through excavated tunnels, leaving them exhausted.

In a new round of offensive, the Sinai Front Command completely broke through the Separation Wall Israel had built around the Gaza Region and advanced into Israeli-controlled territory.

Israel had originally thought that the various military facilities built into the Separation Wall could stall the Anti-Judea Coalition's advance. However, they hadn't expected that while these walls were an insurmountable chasm for the Gaza Region's resistance fighters, for the Anti-Judea Coalition, it was simply a matter of consuming more artillery shells.

After breaking through the Separation Wall, Major General Al-Sisi ordered the Egyptian army to feign an attack directly on Israel's Tel Aviv to draw the Israeli army's concentration of force, while dispatching other troops to advance steadily with the Saudi Arabian army, clearing the various settlements established by Israel one by one.

Under the combined offensive of the Aqaba Front Command and the Sinai Front Command, the territory lost by Israel in the southern region grew more and more extensive. The area under Israeli control gradually shrank, falling into a complete encirclement by the Anti-Judea Coalition.

Although the Iraqi army north of the Dead Sea could only maintain the front line and had not broken through Israel's defensive positions, this no longer affected the overall situation.

During this time, the Israeli army also attempted to counterattack. General Gadi dispatched many fighter jets to contest air superiority with the Anti-Judea Coalition. However, after such a long period of attrition, very few Israeli fighter jets remained.

Furthermore, the Anti-Judea Coalition dispatched Tianlong Series UAVs daily to bomb various airfields, leaving the Israeli Air Force with very few opportunities to take off and engage in combat.

Under General Gadi's orders, the Israeli Air Force organized a group of F-16 Fighter Jets and the remaining F-4E fighters, intending to launch an airstrike on the location of the Aqaba Front Command.

However, before this group of Israeli aircraft could get close to Aqaba, the low-flying enemy planes were detected by the Tianlei Missile Defense System. Subsequently, a large number of anti-aircraft missiles were launched, shooting down the Israeli jets one by one.

Ultimately, the Israeli Air Force was forced to cancel the operation. Only five or six F-16 Fighter Jets returned; all others had crashed.

With the destruction of this group of aircraft, Israel completely lost its capacity for air combat. Unless the USA could immediately dispatch a batch of fighter jets as aid, Israel could only watch as the Anti-Judea Coalition bombed them.

This result was far beyond General Gadi's expectations. The Air Force had no combat capability left, the Navy was essentially useless, and the Army was repeatedly defeated in battle, losing a large number of towns. Israel was already in a precarious position.

The Anti-Judea Coalition did not shrink back because of the USA's sanctions; instead, they deployed even larger armies for the offensive. This left General Gadi baffled. Did the countries in the Persian Gulf region no longer fear the USA?

Now, the only way for Israel to be saved was to drag the USA into the fray. As long as the USA joined the battlefield in Israel, the Anti-Judea Coalition would be wary of acting recklessly.

Even if the Anti-Judea Coalition dared to attack the US military, if the USA suffered casualties among its officers and soldiers, it would very likely dispatch more troops to the Israeli theater.

By then, it would not be something the Anti-Judea Coalition could resist. That would also be the time when Israel was saved.