238: Chapter 338 suddenly enveloped the entire transport fleet of the United States.

The USA was fully aware of the current plight of Israel, but having previously had a large number of satellites destroyed, the government, military, and enterprises involved in using satellites had fallen into stagnation, forcing them to spend huge sums of money to urgently relaunch various satellites.

At the same time, they spent a large amount of money to lease satellite navigation systems from European countries to coordinate with the USA's remaining satellites, only then barely managing to restore operations to prevent a total collapse.

The Intelligence Investigation Bureau agents dispatched to Egypt to investigate had turned the Sinai Peninsula upside down, yet they could not find the culprit behind the attack on the USA's satellites; they wanted to frame Egypt, but could not produce any evidence.

In the end, they could only expand the scope of the investigation to see if they could find which country was responsible. After all, destroying thousands of satellites at once was not something any organization or enterprise could achieve.

Moreover, such a country would not be one without satellite technology. But to take measures against such a country, they could not just launch a war based on a tube of laundry detergent.

This consumed a significant amount of the USA's energy. Furthermore, after the Anti-Judea Coalition issued a navigation warning, the USA lost quite a few fighter jets while provoking the Anti-Judea Coalition. Even after imposing large-scale sanctions on countries in the Persian Gulf region, they failed to force these countries to back down.

This left the USA at a loss as to what to do next. Continuing to aid Israel was difficult, as transport planes could not land in Israel, and transport ships could not approach Israeli ports. There was simply no way to provide large-scale aid, so it could only be done surreptitiously via submarines or small vessels.

If they did not continue to aid Israel, the Jewish capital within the USA would not sit idly by; they would inevitably stir up trouble, which would be detrimental to the USA's politicians.

Therefore, the USA could only watch as the territory occupied by Israel gradually shrank amidst constant internal debate.

When General Gadi requested that the United States Department of Defense send troops to assist, the USA did not respond immediately. They had previously sent a portion of personnel to Israel to handle training or logistics, but if the USA military were to directly participate in the war, the consequences would be severe.

Now, no one knew how great the losses would be if the USA military clashed head-on with the Anti-Judea Coalition. If the losses were significant, the future of the commanders who agreed to send troops would be affected, and it was even possible they would be ordered to retire immediately.

Of course, if the USA dared to provoke a war by fully utilizing its military bases in the Persian Gulf region, that would be a different matter. This could significantly tie up the deployment of the Anti-Judea Coalition's forces and reduce operations in the Israeli-occupied territories.

But the consequence of this would be that these military bases of the USA would likely cease to exist, and it would be basically impossible to continue stationing troops there in the future. The question was whether it was worth paying such a price for Israel. After all, these military bases had been built successively over decades of constant pressure on various countries.

The United States Department of Defense did not want to send troops to fight in Israel without authorization from the government. At least, that was the case in name.

To appease General Gadi, the United States Department of Defense ordered the Central Theater Command and the European Theater Command to do their best to communicate with various military contractors, providing funds to support them in going to Israel to fight alongside the Israeli army.

There were many military contractors currently cooperating with the United States Department of Defense, and it was always possible to find more military personnel willing to risk their lives in Israel for money.

Although the financial cost was higher, it was more in line with the interests of all parties than the United States Department of Defense committing its own troops.

The United States Department of Defense also ordered that mercenaries fighting in Little Ross's area be allowed to go to Israel. If the troop strength there was insufficient, they would continue to forcibly conscript the local population, providing simple training before sending them to various battlefields. As for the issue of the recruits having weak combat effectiveness and suffering high casualties, it could be solved simply by committing more recruits.

Little Ross was very dissatisfied with this, but thinking about how he lacked sufficient weaponry and equipment and needed aid from the USA and European countries, and even needed economic assistance, he could only agree in the end. At worst, he would shrink his positions, forcibly press-gang civilians into the battlefield, and use more civilian lives to hold the lines.

General Gadi was furious when he learned that the United States Department of Defense had not sent troops to the Israeli battlefield. Israel had sacrificed so much, yet the USA remained indifferent; how could this be tolerated?

Israel immediately mobilized the Jewish capital in the USA, lobbying various politicians to support Israel and urging the United States Department of Defense to send troops to participate in the war. At the same time, the USA needed to withstand the pressure from the Anti-Judea Coalition, increase military aid to Israel, and prepare for battle against the Anti-Judea Coalition's obstruction forces.

The United States Department of Defense ultimately could not withstand the strong demands of the politicians and had to order the commanders of the "USS Gerald R. Ford" and the "USS David" aircraft carriers to dispatch two destroyers to escort ships transporting military supplies to Israel, approaching Israeli ports to unload the cargo.

Seeing that ships were still approaching the territorial waters of Israel after the navigation warning order had been issued, the Anti-Judea Coalition immediately launched anti-aircraft missiles as a warning.

However, the two USA destroyers ignored this entirely, shooting down the incoming anti-aircraft missiles and continuing to escort the transport fleet toward the Israeli ports.

This made the Anti-Israel Coalition Joint Command unable to sit still; the USA had actually ignored the warning, so it seemed they had to be taught a lesson. Subsequently, the Tianlei Missile Defense System immediately activated the Tianlei Type VII Anti-Aircraft Missile and the Tianlei Type VIII Anti-Aircraft Missile, launching more than thirty anti-aircraft missiles to intercept.

Because both of these anti-aircraft missiles had anti-ship combat capabilities, the saturation attack of more than thirty anti-aircraft missiles instantly enveloped the entire USA transport fleet.

The two USA destroyers also launched missiles to intercept, but their interception capability was not particularly outstanding. Given the high-speed flight of the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile, they were only able to intercept a dozen or so, while the rest surged toward their respective targets.

Very quickly, seven or eight transport ships were struck by over a dozen anti-aircraft missiles. Some that were hit by two missiles broke directly into several segments and sank to the seabed. Others that were hit by missiles but not in vital areas still lost their ability to navigate.

One destroyer was simultaneously struck by six or seven Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile units, sustaining heavy damage in many areas. After emergency rescue efforts proved ineffective, the order was given to abandon ship and escape. The other ship was also hit by one anti-aircraft missile, but the damage caused was not significant and did not affect its navigation.