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Compared with the skinny Hafiz, Rifaat looked fatter. Although he looked more kind, none of the people who knew him well thought he was a kind old man.

This person is much more sinister than Hafiz's methods.

Rifat is the younger brother of Hafez. At the beginning, the two brothers launched a coup together and seized the regime in Syria. In order to consolidate the rule of the Assad family, in 1976, Hafez decided to set up the Syrian Republican Guard to defend Damascus. Security, this is the only Syrian military force allowed to operate in the capital.

At first, this was an armored force consisting of 1 people. Rifat was appointed as the commander of the guard. Rifat built the Republican Guard into the Janissaries with the strongest combat effectiveness, the most sophisticated weapons and equipment, and the most loyal to the president in Syria. .It is also a trump card in Rifat's hand.

In 1982, a rebellion broke out in the Syrian city of Hama.The rebels captured the provincial government building and killed more than 200 Ba'ath officials including the governor. Ten days later, Rifat led the Republican Guard and the 10rd Armored Division to launch a house-to-house campaign in the rebel city. The entire city was almost destroyed and the rebels were uprooted. Rifat as the commander, his famous words That is: "I don't want to see a house that isn't burning".

It can be said that Rifaat believes that he has done his best to Syria and the Assad family, but the president is unwilling to regard him as his successor, but wants to cultivate Basil.Rifaat wants to take control of the army and stage a coup to oust Hafiz, who is seriously ill.

However, he hadn't started to act yet, dragging his sick body, Hafiz came to the camp of the Republican Guard, and angrily shouted at Rifat: "Are you going to overthrow the country? I stand in front of you, I am the country! Ah THAAD is Syria!"

Rifat was stunned by his brother, and Basil took over the command of the Republican Guard and replaced Rifat's confidant.Since then, Rifaat has completely lost power in Syria.

In name, Rifaat became the vice president of Syria, aloof, but he does not have any real power, like now, to inspect the British journalism industry, will it be used for half a year?This is simply exile yourself.

Rifat was patient and waiting for the opportunity. Hafiz's words echoed in his ears all the time, I am the country!

As long as Hafiz is around, he will not dare to do anything, but now Hafiz is sick again.

The loss of her beloved son caused a heart attack, how long can my brother last?Maybe the situation in Syria is getting out of control now.

At this time, it's time to show your strength!My elder brother didn't know that for so many years in Syria, my influence was not only in the Republican Guard, but also in the Fourth Armored Division outside Damascus, there were still people loyal to him.

Hafiz was a little merciful, so he only dismissed the senior commanders who had fallen to Rifaat, but did not take any action on the lower-level commanders. He thought that Rifaat would be kept away from the core of power. , this is enough.However, he didn't know that to cut the weeds was to get rid of the roots, and what he did in Hama City was the most correct.

Rifat actually didn't know, it was because his elder brother still had affection for him.However, he no longer has the slightest affection for Hafiz.

In this world, only power is the most important thing, and the struggle for power is bloody.

In the last battle between Syria and Israel, Syria's main Second Armored Division and the No.40 Sixth Armored Brigade and other troops have been disabled and have not recovered yet. The armored division was not affected much. Although the armored division was equipped with old T-55 tanks, at this time, the iron bumps could play a sufficient role!

As for the Republican Guard, although the weapons are still the same T-72, but their current commander, Bazier, is dead, and it is the time when the dragons are leaderless. Taking advantage of this time, they rushed back to Syria by themselves and secretly controlled the first army. The Fourth Armored Division then secretly entered Damascus. With this force, it is enough to control the situation in Damascus. By then, he will be the president of Syria.

Brother, since you don't want to keep this presidential seat for me, then I have to rely on my own ability to take it back!

Rifat made up his mind.

He looked at the people around him. That person was the deputy commander of the Republican Guard who was dismissed by Hafiz after Rifaat failed, Moniga. After Rifaat came to London, Moniga also Then he came to London, but he continued to inquire about Syria's intelligence through several people who remained at the top of Syria.

Syria's intelligence work has been done very poorly, and many intelligences have been spied on.

For example, now, the president had another heart attack and was admitted to the hospital. This news is secret, and if the public finds out, the consequences will be serious.However, those who pay attention to Syria, such as Qusay and Rifat, got the news within a short period of time.

"Everything in the country has been arranged, we need to return to the country immediately." Rifat said.

"In London, you still have a relative." At this time, Moniga reminded "kindly".

relative?Rifaat remembered that, indeed, his nephew, Basil's younger brother Bashar, was still studying for a master's degree in ophthalmology at the London School of Medicine.Although this little man has no chance at all, Rifaat doesn't want to meet a new challenger, even the young Bashar!

"Send two people to kill Bashar," Rifat said.

Although this is England, Rifat doesn't take it seriously.Bashar is not an important person, and it is still possible to pretend to be an accident, such as a traffic accident.Because Rifat doesn't want anyone blocking his way!

……"We will fly for half an hour at most, and we will face a shortage of fuel and make an emergency landing." The pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter said.

Depending on the load, the Black Hawk has an endurance of two to three hours. Now, they have flown for more than two hours.

Although they received the approximate location of the target, when they flew there, they found that they lost the trace of the Jews again.

In such a large area, searching for a few Jewish soldiers is almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. If there is a search force of tens of thousands of people, it is better to say that now, there are only two helicopters and more than [-] people, and they have to Fly very low to avoid the radar of the Syrians.

Therefore, they are very inefficient.

Marwan's face was a little tense, he was still thinking about how to find the enemy beautifully, kill the Jews, and let Aziz, who was definitely suitable to be a soldier, join his army even though he had never been in the army.However, the Jews do not cooperate!

The machine gunners on both sides kept their eyes open, searching the ground carefully.

"There is a car on the road ahead!" After searching for a long time, they finally found some living creatures besides them.

"Follow!" said Marwan.

"Oops, the damn helicopter is coming after us again," said a member of the Special Forces.

Golani glanced at the rearview mirror. In the distant sky, the two helicopters were getting closer and closer. They were still Black Hawks, and they belonged to the Iraqis!

"Carry on as usual," Golani said.

Although Gorani wondered how the Iraqis had come after him, he didn't know, their only radio contact had given away their location.Galani knew that now was not the time to think about these things. Moreover, the rest of them were simply incapable of fighting the victory. They did not carry portable anti-aircraft missiles.

So, they can only be in disguise, pretending to be ordinary Syrians!

Maybe, the opponent will fly away soon.Galani thought.

The helicopter was getting closer and closer. They had already seen that it was an ordinary Syrian truck, a Soviet-style GAZ truck. In the rear compartment were several bags of food with several people sitting on it. They saw the plane overhead. Still waving.

"That's just an ordinary civilian truck." Said the machine gunner on one side.They are now, in fact, secretly continuing to fly over Syrian airspace, so there is no need to go down and check the truck of the Syrian people.

"Our current fuel can only be supported until we return to the base, and we must return." The captain in front said again.

Marwan was very depressed, and when he was about to talk about returning to the voyage, suddenly a flash of inspiration came to his mind, there is a problem!

There are no villages within dozens of kilometers nearby, and there is no farmland here. Where did the food on that car come from?When flying past them just now, the people in the carriage waved to them. Although they were too far away to see the appearance of the specific people, their waving postures were so uniform that only soldiers were so blunt!

"Machine guns are ready, where the car is moving forward, a short three-shot shot." Marwan said.

Whether they are Jewish or not, they will know by trying.

Chapter 785 Rifat, not suitable to take over power in Syria

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry to disturb you." The familiar voice came from the dedicated line.

King Fahd smiled. Qusay, a young man, is still so polite even though he has become the president.Remembering that I was still soaking in the comfortable bathtub just now, but was called by Qusay, who came out naked, wrapped in a white Arabian robe, and came to answer the phone, which was indeed enough to bother me.

"It's okay, you must have something very important to talk to me in such a hurry." King Fahd said.

"Your Majesty, there is a very important matter this time," Qusay said, "Do you know about Assad?"

Assad?Thinking of the thin but wise Syrian president, Fahad never imagined that under his rule, what would happen to Syria.

The Saudi economy is very strong and fragile, because they have abundant oil resources, because they only have oil resources; the Saudi regime is also very stable, the royal family firmly controls the power of Saudi Arabia, and their power transfer is very difficult. very smooth.

The Saudi military is also "powerful". There are advanced first-class fighters made in the United States, the F-15 comparable to Israel, and the E-3 early warning aircraft that are not available in Israel, all of which are equipped in the Saudi army , but, this strength is equipment, and it is people who decide the outcome of a war.However, among these, Saudi Arabia still has a weakness, that is, its backwardness in intelligence!

The Saudi side does not have any excellent intelligence personnel at all, and it is simply blank in terms of intelligence collection. Therefore, Fahd heard Qusay's words and immediately asked: "What happened to Assad?"

"This afternoon, our country's oil pipeline in Syria was attacked by unidentified armed men. After we arrived quickly, it was confirmed that it was done by people from Israel," Qusai said.