253: Chapter 353 This way, the goal was achieved.

The Anti-Judea Coalition was very satisfied with the results of having the Israel army besieged in only five cities; now that the Israel army's counterattack capability was getting weaker and weaker, victory was already within reach.

As long as two or three more Israel cities were breached, Israel would completely collapse and be unable to hold out any longer, and then the Israelis could be driven out of the Persian Gulf region.

Just as the Anti-Judea Coalition was preparing to determine which front command would launch the attack first, news came from the Tianlei Missile Defense System and intelligence from various sources that the USA actually dared to send troops directly to intervene in the Israel battlefield.

This change surprised the Anti-Judea Coalition. After all, although the USA had been aiding Israel, this was the first time it had sent large-scale troops into the Israel battlefield to assist the Israel army in carrying out military operations.

In previous wars, the USA had always supported Israel and sent some training instructors to Israel, but it had never dispatched troops exceeding tens of thousands to deeply intervene in the war in the Palestine region. This time, it was indeed somewhat unusual.

Even if it were unusual, the Anti-Judea Coalition could not retreat. No matter how many troops the USA sent, the countries in the Persian Gulf region were determined to resolve the matter of Israel once and for all.

The Anti-Judea Coalition immediately ordered all front commands to closely monitor the airspace and waters around Israel; anyone violating the navigation warning orders was to be expelled or annihilated, and no troops or weapons and equipment were to be allowed to enter the besieged cities of Israel.

The Golan Heights Front Command and the Aqaba Front Command, which had deployed a relatively large number of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile troops, were to invest even more energy into completing the strike against the USA troops sent to intervene in the Israel battlefield.

On the other side, the US Central Command mobilized 30,000 troops from Iraq, routed them through Turkey, and after completing the assembly, prepared to board troop transports to sail toward the city of Tel Aviv in Israel under the cover of aircraft carriers and fighter jets.

The European Theater Command mobilized 20,000 troops from Italy and Germany, and after assembling in Italy, used amphibious assault ships to land in Haifa to join the war against the Anti-Judea Coalition.

To support this military operation, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and the USS David aircraft carrier strike groups would utilize all carrier-based aircraft to escort the troop transport ships.

At the same time, the USA would launch 300 sorties of combat aircraft from airbases in Turkey, Italy, and the City-State Country to provide full-course escort and attack the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile positions, destroying their ability to attack the USA transport ships.

As soon as the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missiles were exposed, they were to be destroyed immediately, without giving them any opportunity to launch anti-aircraft missiles.

Of course, General Maitang of the US Central Command also ordered the heads of military bases stationed in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan to mobilize troops for exercises, forcing the host countries to be unable to focus their energy on the Anti-Judea Coalition.

These military bases were the first to act; after receiving the order, they immediately began to request military exercises from the host countries' armies, demarcating exercise areas to avoid unnecessary friendly fire.

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and others, seeing that the USA was actually proposing military exercises at such a time, rejected the USA's exercise request without even considering it, strictly ordering that no troops be mobilized to step out of military bases without approval.

The USA naturally ignored this and, according to the pre-arranged plan, officers and soldiers from the various military bases boarded armored vehicles and headed toward the scheduled exercise areas.

Regarding the unreasonable behavior of the USA military bases, Saudi Arabia and Iraq directly adopted a confrontational attitude, blocking the roads for the USA armored vehicles and sending troops to stand off against the USA troops.

Other countries also sent a number of military police personnel to block them, just not as directly as Saudi Arabia. Smaller countries like Jordan and Oman did not want to have a major conflict with the USA army.

Upon learning of this situation, Iran spoke out strongly, stating it could send troops to assist countries in need to stop the unauthorized, illegal military exercises. Commander-in-Chief Qasim had even begun to mobilize troops, gathering forces at various naval ports and airbases, ready at any time to intervene in the conflict with the USA.

Under these circumstances, General Maitang was in a bit of a dilemma. If he continued the military exercises, conflict with the host countries' military police would be unavoidable; if the conflict escalated, whether these military bases would be attacked was hard to say.

If he did not continue the military exercises, would the military operations to assist Israel be affected? General Maitang did not want to bear that responsibility.

In the end, out of helplessness, General Maitang did not order a stop to the military exercises, nor did he retreat to the military bases; instead, he chose to stand off against the host countries' military police, maintaining a state of restraint and not taking the initiative to clash with the opposing military police.

At the very least, during the standoff, countries in the Persian Gulf region such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq had to keep a close eye on the movements of these USA troops to avoid being caught off guard by them.

This could also achieve the goal. It would not let General Maitang be overly criticized by the United States Department of Defense.

The Persian Gulf Regional Cooperation Organization was naturally very unhappy about the USA's brazen conduct of military exercises. The member states began to adopt more radical countermeasures.

In response to this military action by the USA, Egypt ordered a further 50% increase in Suez Canal tolls for countries that had previously participated in sanctions, and restricted any ships still transporting supplies to Israel from using the Suez Canal.

Countries in the Persian Gulf region, such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq, again increased their quotes for oil and natural gas imports to European countries, raising them by another 20% on top of the already increased quotes, further increasing their cost of purchasing oil and natural gas, and forcing them to pressure the USA not to interfere in the affairs of the Israel battlefield.

Regarding this situation, European countries were naturally very unhappy and simply stopped all exports of industrial equipment and spare parts to the Persian Gulf region countries, leaving their oil and natural gas wells without any equipment or spare parts for maintenance.

At the same time, they also raised the prices of many industrial products, forcing the Persian Gulf region countries to bear high prices for purchasing products, compelling them to make concessions.

Both sides began to engage in various trade wars, back and forth, trying to force the other side to retreat first from an economic perspective.

Fortunately, the Persian Gulf Regional Cooperation Organization had previously purchased many alternative industrial products from countries like Russia, China, and India; although it had a significant impact on the countries in the Persian Gulf region, the impact was still controllable and would not completely affect the economic order of each country.