258: Chapter 358 The defenses of the Judah army were, in his eyes, completely transparent.

General Gadi was aware of the escort operation organized by the USA. He had assumed that the USA would deploy two aircraft carriers and a large number of fighter jets to launch an attack against the Anti-Judea Coalition, which should have been able to destroy all of the Anti-Judea Coalition's Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile sites.

At the very least, it should have made the navigation warning order issued by the Anti-Judea Coalition a joke.

However, what he did not expect was that in the end, only about 20,000 troops from the USA successfully landed at the ports of Tel Aviv and Haifa; other units, in order to avoid risk, simply did not dock or disembark at the ports.

Furthermore, the USA's fighter jets did not gain the upper hand in their engagements with the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missiles.

Not only did the USA fail to destroy all of the Anti-Judea Coalition's anti-aircraft missile sites, but they also lost many of their own fighter jets.

Even worse, one of the USA's aircraft carriers was struck and lost its combat capability, and several escort warships were sunk or destroyed, forcing them to withdraw from the Israel battlefield and return to the shipyard for repairs.

General Gadi was furious about this. How could the USA act like this? They retreated after encountering only minor losses; did they even care about Israel anymore?

However, the reality was already set, and even if General Gadi was angry, it was of no use.

He could only order the USA officers and soldiers who had already landed to immediately enter the battlefield and assist the Israel military in establishing their defenses.

The current situation was already very unfavorable for Israel, with only five cities left struggling to hold out.

If they lost a few more cities, Israel would completely lose its chance, and the destruction of the nation would be right before their eyes.

The Anti-Judea Coalition was somewhat displeased with this military operation by the USA.

Although they achieved victory, the number of Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile and Tianlong Series UAV lost was not insignificant.

The destruction of anti-aircraft missile sites deployed in Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, and other places caused gaps to appear in the Anti-Judea Coalition's air defense network, forcing Saudi Arabia and Syria to utilize their Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile, which prevented greater losses.

The Anti-Judea Coalition felt that they could not continue to drag out the engagement with Israel; otherwise, if the USA deployed more troops to the Israel battlefield, the Anti-Judea Coalition would end up in a passive position.

The Aqaba Front Command and the Golan Heights Front Command soon received orders to annihilate the Israel military in Beersheba and Netanya and capture these two cities within the shortest possible time.

After receiving the order, Major General Faye immediately commanded the Afghanistan military and the North African nations' forces to prepare for the siege, with the Saudi Arabia military to be deployed as a reserve force, providing artillery support and UAV airstrike support.

The Afghanistan military launched the attack first, with five Mechanized Infantry Brigade units concentrating all their Fierce Lion series Artillery to bombard the various defensive positions of the Israel military within the city, while simultaneously launching Tianlong Series UAV to scout and destroy the enemy's defensive strongholds.

After sufficient artillery preparation, nearly 400 armored vehicles broke through Israel's outer positions and charged straight into Beersheba, fighting for every street against the Israel military one by one.

The North African nations' forces also launched an attack; after tearing open Israel's defense line, they split up, surrounded, and annihilated the Israel military.

The support from the Saudi Arabia military also arrived in time, leaving the Israel military with no way to organize effective resistance.

As more and more troops were committed by both sides, the intensity of the battle increased, with fierce fighting in every street and every building.

The Israel military officers and soldiers knew that their doom was approaching; some wanted to surrender, but they were quickly shot and killed by Israel officers, forcing all personnel not to harbor any thoughts of surrender.

Under such high pressure, the Israel officers and soldiers could only resist desperately; even if they were on the verge of collapse, they dared not make any unusual moves.

But how much longer could the Israel military, already lacking supplies of weapons and ammunition, hold out?

After a week of repeated struggles, the Israel military in Beersheba finally chose to surrender.

After all, having already lost over 60% of their officers and soldiers without collapsing, their fighting spirit was quite commendable.

Surrendering now was simply because they were truly out of ammunition; would they have to use fire pokers for hand-to-hand combat if they continued to hold out?

Major General Faye had no affection for these Israel officers and soldiers and wished he could just execute them all.

However, this would have a negative impact on Saudi Arabia, so he had to abandon the idea.

The Saudi Arabia military had to be deployed into the engagement in the final stage, but their combat effectiveness was truly too weak, nearly giving the Israel military a chance to counterattack; fortunately, the Afghanistan military arrived in time to rescue them.

This battle caused the Saudi Arabia military to lose quite a few officers and soldiers, and Major General Faye had a headache over how to replenish these lost troops.

They could have been living comfortably, so who would be willing to go and risk their lives?

On the other side, the offensive against Netanya by the Golan Heights Front Command was led by the Syria military and the Iran military.

Major General Zaha was full of confidence in this offensive; after a period of shelling, combined with UAV reconnaissance, the Israel military's defenses were already transparent in his view.

After the offensive began, the Syria military, as the main assault force, directly utilized the artillery and tanks of 6 Mechanized Infantry Brigade units to repeatedly carpet-bomb the Israel positions.

The sustained, long-duration shelling was like plowing through the city's terrain.

In the subsequent offensive, the Syria military also acted as the spearhead, thrusting directly toward several key defensive points of the Israel military within the city.

As long as the key defensive positions of the Israel military were completely destroyed, the entire city of Netanya falling into the hands of the Anti-Judea Coalition would be just around the corner.

The intensity of the battle was somewhat lower than in Beersheba, mainly because the Israel military did not concentrate its main forces here, but rather gathered more troops in Tel Aviv, causing the forces in Netanya not to be very sufficient.

As one Israel fortification after another was destroyed, the Israel military's confidence in resisting to the end was shaken, and officers and soldiers began to surrender, which to a certain extent alleviated the operational pressure on Syria.

The Iran military's offensive was equally fierce; combining artillery and tanks, they tore open the Israel military's defense line, charged into Netanya, and continuously used their superior firepower to capture the Israel military's strongholds.

Lasting less than four days, the Israel military in Netanya either surrendered or was annihilated, and in the end, the Golan Heights Front Command completely controlled Netanya.

Although the Syria military and the Iran military suffered some losses in this offensive, it was still within a controllable range and did not substantially affect subsequent operations.

The Golan Heights Front Command was very pleased with the occupation of Netanya.

It was hard to say whether the remaining cities of Israel could hold out.