Although the Northeast Army led by Hei Wuchang disrupted the plan and deployment, Simon's strategy of luring the enemy did not fail, but the three ace joint forces of the US army were more cautious, and they could have advanced to Ramadi within three days, but it took them a week.

And this week's time is enough for Simon to turn the entire Ramadi perimeter into a super position and minefield, although they only have 150,000 people on the entire battlefield, while the other side has 300,000 people and more than 1,000 tanks, but the morale of the Prophet Army is not comparable to the coalition army.

Compared to the last advance on Lutbay, the battlefield commander of the coalition forces this time has been replaced by McCain, which is obviously requested by the multinational force.

George, the commander-in-chief, only serves as a link for a multinational force, commanding at a large level, while McCain is not in a hurry to attack, sitting in the command headquarters, he carefully reads through every piece of information provided by the intelligence department, the victory or defeat of the war is often decided only in a moment, ignoring a small detail, may ignore the biggest factor in victory.

"Only 150,000 people. McCain wondered that the Prophet's army seemed to have more troops at its disposal, and it seemed a bit too far-fetched to hold the whole of Ramadi with just 150,000 men.

"The Prophet's Southwestern Army has crossed the Iran-Saudi border and is fighting against the Royal Saudi Army's Second Army in Saudi Arabia. The staff officer said suddenly.

"No, the Second Army of the Royal Saudi Army only has an establishment of 20,000 men, and it has been disabled twice, so it needs 100,000 troops to deal with it. McCain said.

The staff officers of many countries also reacted, and the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Erickson, said: "Maybe their target is not the Second Army of the Royal Army, but the First Army, and the Central Garrison Division of the Prophet Army has already entered Kuwait, I don't think they want to defend Kuwait!"

"I think Simon's real target should be the Saudi capital, as long as the Saudi capital is captured, it can basically make Saudi Arabia unable to support this war, and most of our supplies are shipped from Saudi Arabia, obviously this is to cut off our logistics. Claude, the commander of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division, also said.

"What about airplanes, why don't we use airplanes, the U.S. military has concentrated seven major aircraft carrier battle groups, and the coalition forces also have three major aircraft carrier battle groups in the Mediterranean, why don't we use planes to deal with the Prophet Army. At this moment, the staff officer of the Japanese dispatch army, Ogasawara, said, "Why should we fight a tough battle with them!"

Of course, they know the importance of air supremacy in modern warfare, but the NATO air force fighting in enemy territory must face the Iraqi territorial air defense force, and the Iraqi air force is not vegetarian, it is equipped with advanced Russian-made fighters, and since Afghanistan was opened, even Chinese fighters have been equipped.

They really want to take advantage of the air force and seize air supremacy first, but in this way, the NATO air force must pay a heavy price, and even a air war, in the end there may be less than dozens of planes left, but there may still be no way to complete the strategic purpose, you must know that the current Iraq is not the previous Iraq, itself is a big oil country, the establishment of economic zones, and the successful cultivation of Oriental international grain in Iraq have greatly enhanced Iraq's national strength, and the most important point is that the Iraqis are all oriented towards the Prophet Army.

So McCain and the others didn't explain that Ogasawara was sent, it was also because his predecessor was killed by the Prophet's Northeast Army in Turkey, and the Japanese Dispatch Army and the Philippine Dispatch Army in Turkey at that time were given special care by the Prophet's Northeast Army, and the two commanders were directly killed, and later after Turkey withdrew from NATO, there were only a few hundred people who could come to the battlefield in Iraq, and most of them were very timid.

The Japanese prime minister also had no choice but to send another 5,000-strong force to Iraq, and this was because China was pressing on Japan step by step in the East China Sea, and the continuous patrols of the Russian Pacific Fleet greatly reduced Japan's strategic space, and the United States transferred almost seventy percent of its warships to the Mediterranean, thus creating an emptiness in the Pacific Ocean.

As a last resort, the Japanese wanted to put pressure on China in Iraq, and Ogasawara came for this reason.

It's a pity that McCain directly ignored his opinion, and he summed it up and said: "I think that the real purpose of the Prophet Army is not Saudi Arabia, on the contrary, the purpose of the Prophet Army is us!"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and Erickson said: "Isn't this clearly going to cut off our transportation supplies!"

"Wrong, the real purpose of the Prophet's Army is to create a false impression of attacking Saudi Arabia, so that the Southwest Army will make a detour, attack our rear Jordan, and completely block our logistical supply when it reaches Lutbay, and form a flanking attack with the 150,000 men of Ramadi. McCain said.

The crowd didn't think he was alarmist at all, in fact, if the supply was cut off, their army would not be able to support for long, no one would expect their subordinates to take bulletless guns to fight the Prophet army hand-to-hand, once the bullets were gone, voluntarily surrendering was their first choice, which was the biggest weakness of the coalition army.

"But now that we've reached the periphery, can't we retreat? "Claude is not reconciled, even without the support of the air force, they are all ace troops.

"Nope. McCain shook his head, "The U.S. troops in Baghdad don't have to count on it, if they could help, they would have helped a long time ago, so we changed our strategic goals!"

"What do you mean. "Everyone was surprised.

"Bypass Baghdad, approach Basra, and strike at the heart of the Prophet's army. McCain pointed to the map.

Everyone looked at it and found that it was really possible to try, the Southwestern Army went to Saudi Arabia, the garrison division was in Kuwait, and now Basra is extremely empty, although there is also a Southeast Army, but everyone knows that the Southeastern Army is mainly to defend Iran's Khuzstan, as long as they take Basra with lightning speed, the power of the Prophet's Army will be over.

When the time comes, they can also open the outlet to the sea in the Persian Gulf and expel the Russian fleet, so that the situation will be ***.

But there are still some people who object, this person is Ogasawara, after being ignored once, he is very unwilling to say: "Isn't this following Taylor's old path, in case we can't defeat Basra, when the time comes, the Prophet Army will turn back, and it will form a flank attack on us from all sides!"

The entire pre-war headquarters was quiet, Ogasawara was right, if it couldn't be defeated, 300,000 people would have to be wiped out, but McCain had already considered this, and just said calmly: "We are not sending all the troops over, on the contrary, we are sending two trump cards to Basra!"

As he spoke, he looked at Erickson and Claude: "Your troops are the most mobile, bring enough supplies, and it will only take about two days to raid Basra, especially when the Prophet's army is empty, which can not only disrupt the entire battlefield, but even help us seize control of the north!"

Eriksen understood that even if they couldn't hit Basra, the Prophet Army in Ramadi would quickly come to Basra's aid, unless they didn't want Basra, but this was almost impossible, Basra was the capital, and if it was captured, the new Iraq would be destroyed, and the Prophet Army would definitely not give up, and all the troops would rush to their aid.

"At that point, we will counterattack Baghdad in one fell swoop, disrupt the reinforcements, completely cut off the connection between northern and southern Iraq, and if they don't come back, we will take Basra. Claude said.

McCain nodded, this is exactly his strategy, this time Simon is in the old way, it is impossible to think that he will do this, and when he thinks about it, it is too late, when the air force of the Prophet Army is dispatched, then their air force can also be dispatched, and the Prophet Army that is disrupted is not so terrible.

Soon McCain gave the order to attack, this time the attack was the 75th Ranger Regiment of the U.S. Army as the main force, this team composed of special forces, will be the vanguard of the first round, and the hundreds of thousands of NATO coalition forces followed, McCain is very smart, this time he did not have a hasty attack, on the contrary, he was clearing mines, while rushing, with the help of army helicopters, step by step, once the other side used anti-helicopter rockets, he sent tanks to suppress.

And because most of the Prophet Army is a minefield and there are only a few important passages, their tanks naturally can't come out, only with the help of the Army Aviation, obviously they have a headache for the rogue fighting style of the NATO coalition forces, and the vanguard of the other side are special forces, so in one day, the troops on the periphery of the Prophet Army had to retreat to the city.

In the command headquarters, Simon also frowned, now that the major generals are there, the other party has a numerical advantage, and the weapons and equipment are almost the same, they have no way to launch a counterattack attack, they can only rely on the favorable terrain to encroach on them.

But when encountering McCain, a seasoned opponent, the Prophet Army can't take much advantage at all, even if it is black impermanence, it is helpless, according to his method, that is, directly drive the tank out, fight guerrilla warfare, and it is not his specialty to fight street battles in the city, which also greatly limits the aggressiveness of the Northeast Army.

But Simon can't do anything, they only have 150,000 people, if Hei Wuchang goes out, at most he will tickle the guarded opponent, and it is even possible to be surrounded and annihilated, although he believes that Hei Wuchang can take advantage of the situation, but the war has been fought so far, he can't just build the hope of victory on a miracle, and now if it continues, wait for the southwest army to detour, their chance of victory will reach more than sixty percent.

But Simon really misjudged this time, he didn't know that McCain was going to make a dangerous move, no wonder, McCain was not an adventurer in the first place, his personality was the same as Simon, he was of a safe nature, but this time the Prophet Army forced McCain to do so.

However, Simon did not discover this strategy, but another person did: Abdul-Jabbar, who had just been withdrawn from Afghanistan.....