Chapter 289: The Palestinians Betting Everything! Commander Zhang

To this end, he had the system set up a notification function.

Hamas can contact him at any time.

For this, he had the system set up the Notification Skill.

After receiving the official response from the DWS platform.

At this moment, Hamas members engaged in fierce fighting in Hebron all showed expressions of joy.

They knew that their shortfall in air power had also been compensated.

Don't look at how DWS platform last time only provided Syria with one J-20,

but its combat record was real—literally grinding the face of the U. S. into the ground.

It left the U. S. still trembling with fear, unwilling to dispatch large-scale air forces to fight Syria,

lest they fall under the strike of J-20s capable of beyond-visual-range combat.

"Perfect! With the help of the DWS platform, we can finally fight without any rear worries!"

"By Allah, the DWS platform is clearly your messenger sent to earth!"

"Damn Jewish scum, you will learn what true fear is!!"

Hamas members shouted excitedly.

Their subsequent assault was like they'd been injected with adrenaline.

Although the Israeli Guofang Army was equipped with extremely advanced weaponry,

Arab ferocity was world-famous—they could throw themselves into battle for their beliefs without hesitation.

Especially the Palestinians, who had been oppressed for decades like livestock confined in the Gaza Strip.

Many among them harbored hatred toward Jews that could not be described.

In their eyes, they would not rest until every Jew was slaughtered and driven out of Palestine.

Old Soviet 2S5 152mm howitzers,

Soviet 2S19 152mm howitzers,

Soviet 2S7 203mm howitzers,

Old Soviet 7.62mm SG43 heavy machine guns, 12.7mm DShK38 heavy machine guns,

Czech 7.62mm VZ59 general-purpose machine guns, and more.

Although these weapons were all outdated, many dating back to World War II,

surprisingly, they were perfectly suited for Hamas.

Because their prices on the DWS platform were truly cheap.

They were the kind you wouldn't mind losing even if damaged.

But don't underestimate these old-timers—take the Soviet 2S7 203mm howitzer,

it was the most powerful 203mm artillery in the world and a critical support fire for Soviet ground forces.

In the 1960s, both the U. S. and the USSR were developing nuclear shells; by the late 1960s, both simultaneously fielded new artillery systems

designed to kill enemies by firing nuclear shells with kiloton-range TNT yields.

On December 16, 1967, the Soviet Ministry of Defense Industry issued Order No. 801 to begin developing a long-range self-propelled artillery system, with key requirements including the ability to fire nuclear shells and a range exceeding 25 kilometers when firing high-explosive fragmentation shells.

This new self-propelled artillery was intended to replace the Soviet Army's then-active S-72 210mm howitzers, S-23 180mm howitzers, and MU-1 180mm coastal defense guns.

After research, it was determined that the ballistic performance of the S-72 210mm howitzer could meet the needs of the new self-propelled artillery.

However, considering the production equipment at the Soviet "Barricades" factory used to manufacture the B-4 "Stalin's Hammer" howitzer,

they decided to change the caliber from 210mm to 203mm. This modification plan was approved by the Soviet Ministry of Defense's Rocket Artillery Equipment Bureau.

Thus, in 1973–1974, two 2S7 prototype vehicles were produced.

And this giant artillery provided Hamas with unimaginable heavy firepower on the Israeli battlefield.

One shot left no possibility of survival within a radius of dozens of meters.

In the early stages of the war, the Israeli army suffered heavy casualties from these artillery strikes.

The Israeli army wasn't unwilling to destroy these guns.

But these guns almost always fired one shot and then moved to a new location, followed by camouflage.

Hamas had even pre-ordered from Long Guo some identical inflatable artillery pieces that looked incredibly realistic.

This caused the Israeli army to waste considerable ammunition.

Overall, Hamas, relying on these old-timer weapons and their fearless ferocity,

managed to make the Israeli army struggle to hold their ground.

It was somewhat like Long Guo's War to Resist U. S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

Again, outdated weapons confronting the most advanced weapons,

again, under air superiority and enemy bombardment.

Yet the Palestinians, driven by their inner conviction,

repeatedly defeated Israeli aircraft-and-tank combinations with "rice and rifles."

This cannot be denied—even in modern warfare,

conviction can sometimes be stronger than aircraft and tanks.

Hatred and oppression had led the Palestinians to decide: either die completely, or carve out a new world.

To be honest, Israeli commanders at this point found it unbelievable.

They simply could not understand how the Palestinians could unleash such ferocious combat power.

In fact, the Israeli army was not lacking in courage on the battlefield;

with Jerusalem, the Shengcheng, just thirty kilometers behind them, they too unleashed their maximum combat power.

Yet, facing the Batans who fought with reckless disregard for their lives, the Israeli forces kept retreating.

And this was with air support backing them.

Many Israeli soldiers saw that, trapped with ammunition and supplies exhausted,

a severely wounded, dying Batani finally pulled out his last grenade, desperately embracing an Israeli soldier,

shouting:

"Damn Jewish bastards, come with me to meet Allah!"

The two were then blown apart into a cloud of blood mist.

Limbs and chunks of flesh scattered across the ground.

To be honest, perhaps having grown accustomed to a life of ease in the Batani region,

the current Israeli soldiers simply did not match the combat performance of previous Middle East wars.

Hamas, with blood and flesh, taught them the terror of war.

And because of the continuous failures on the front lines,

the Prime Minister was furious, having already replaced several commanders in succession.

At the same time, they were requesting aid from the United States.

Hoping the United States would provide support.

Unfortunately, the Guolian Army was currently too busy with its own affairs; they still had to deal with the war against Syria,

so where could they spare any extra support for the Israeli forces?