() All the intelligence told Canglong that Iran was preparing to invade Fao, and a few days later, the top brass of the Prophet's Army and even the senior administrative officials smelled the smell of war, and half a month later, even the people felt the threat of Iran's imminent invasion, first of all, Iran closed all border trade with Basra

At the same time, businessmen in Basra in Iran have been arrested in large numbers, and those who have fled say that Iran has amassed more than 100,000 troops along the border

And this is not an exaggeration, Su Su's intelligence is more detailed: two armored divisions, three infantry divisions, a special operations division, and two artillery groups

Iran looked down on the Prophet Army in Basra so much that it had gathered almost a third of its army on the border

For the people of Basra, the Iranian threat makes them feel not fear but anger, and Basra has been the main battlefield in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, so Basra and Iranians have a bitter hatred, and if you roughly calculate, almost nine out of ten Basra people have relatives who have died in the shelling of the Iran-Iraq war

The Americans had not yet settled the old enemy of the Iranians, and a wave of revenge was brewing throughout Basra, with five or six daily marches asking the Prophet to declare war on Iran

But they didn't know that they had overestimated the strength of the Prophet Army, and although they had won almost every battle since the Prophet Army had taken control of the land, it was no different from a child in the face of the powerful Iranian Prophet Army, and they seemed to have no other way than to endure the threat of Iran

Until a sudden incident at sea made this revenge more and more intense, and even children on the street would shout and curse when they heard the word Iran

This was the Iranian Navy's maneuver in the Persian Gulf, where they blocked the only 20 kilometers of Basra's coastline and captured a large number of fishermen who had gone out to sea to fish, and the weak Jǐng reserve on the coast of Basra was powerless under the threat of Iran's huge navy

But this is not the main reason, the fishermen were captured, at least not killed, so zhèng fǔ immediately took measures to demand that Iran release the fishermen, and at the same time blocked the port and forbade the fishermen to go out fishing, of course, for safety reasons, but there is also no way to do it, but there are always people who take the risk to go to sea

On the ninth day of the Iranian Navy's exercises, several Basra fishing boats broke into the exercise area to fish, and were sunk by the Iranian Navy's warships without hesitation

It stands to reason that if the fishermen break into the exercise area and shell the projection, it is also a matter of course, and even if they really want to shell, they have to take action with Iraq or Basra, but the Iranian Navy did not take a note at all, and directly sank it, which has exposed their ferocity, Lao Tzu will beat you, what do you do with me

At this time, the US aircraft carrier, which often wanders around the Persian Gulf, suddenly left the Persian Gulf to go to the Indian Ocean to carry out joint anti-terrorist exercises with the Indian Navy

The fishing boat was sunk and eight fishermen were killed, which aroused the revenge of the entire Basra, if in the past, the Basra people only wanted revenge because of the hatred of the past, then now it is the new hatred and the old hatred together, but the province can not do anything, because there are more than a dozen broken ships on the coast, how can they compete with Iran

The most important thing is that after Iran killed the fishermen in Basra, it also sent a high-sounding note, and the object of this note was not the Basra province zhèng fǔ, but the Iraqi zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ, but the angry Baghdad zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ actually remained silent, so that it felt like saying that you guys should start fighting, I have no opinion

What happened here did not attract international attention, except for a few small newspapers that reported on Iran's atrocities in a few lines, and it was the most inconspicuous of those places

It stands to reason that the citizens of Basra should have demonstrated and demanded that the Prophet's Army send troops to Iran for revenge, but that night there was a collective silence throughout Basra, and everyone went out of their homes to the nearest mosque to pay respects to the dead

The foreigners in Basra were stunned by this scene and sympathized with the Basra people, but they did not expect that the citizens who had demanded revenge a few days ago would be silent after the Iranian navy shelled the fishing boats

If you are careful to investigate, you will find that before this, the Girl Scouts released a message to all members, and the content of this message was simple: "Allah has signaled that now is not the time to fight back against foreign enemies."

If it was just the Woft Army that released the news, of course, it would not be enough to convince the public, but adding the signature of "Prophet" at the end of the message would be completely different, no matter how dissatisfied they were, the Prophet did not act, but they all believed that the Prophet could solve all this and bring them a victory

So they chose to be silent, and since the Prophet said that it was not the time to go to war, then they honestly did not make trouble

But everyone felt that silence was more terrible than the march, and the news reached Baghdad, and when it reached Natasha's ears, she had only one feeling of horror

"Now you know how terrible it would be if the war against the bus was opened," the sea eagle stood aside and smoked a cigarette, "he has tied up two million people in Basra in his chariot, this is not Saddam's Republican Guard and crushed with one blow, but a truly terrible force, even if we kill him, this force will continue, and the attack on Basra will not only face tens of thousands of prophets, but also two million Basra, he is a good leader and an enlightener."

Natasha did not refute, because she knew that this was the truth, and the most terrible thing was not anger, but surprisingly unanimous silence, because this silence would explode sooner or later

"Then let the Iranians test the waters for us to see if Basra is invulnerable on the surface," Natasha said calmly

The reason why the Iranians were so eager to attack Basra was because the Prophet Army burned all the oil fields in Missan Province, and even after the fire was extinguished, it was even more difficult to exploit it, and it was not a year and a half to recover

Iran's support for the Baath Party is because it needs money, and the Baath Party can't provide them with oil, of course, they won't do this loss-making deal, so the plan to attack Basra has been put on the agenda of the Iranian military, in fact, they are always thinking about getting some cheap from Iraq, and Fau is their main goal

"Don't fight, the Iranians have already lost," the sea eagle said bluntly

"Why does Iran have the most powerful navy in the region, the most powerful army in the region, and the most powerful air force in the region, and we don't interfere, can't they defeat little Basra," Natasha wondered, and according to Iran's military strength, even the United States would not dare to go to war easily

In fact, as long as the Americans pull in their younger brothers, they will definitely be able to win, and the main reason is that they have no money to fight a war, and it costs money, not to mention the majesty of the American GIs, there are traces of them all over the world, but there is a huge economic support behind this

From the 20th century to the 21st century, even the United States, a superpower, cannot afford to wage a series of wars, and once the domestic economy collapses, the status of the United States, a superpower, will inevitably disappear like the former Soviet Union, and then the iron-clad allies of the United States will certainly not stand idly by, and will certainly pull up their sleeves and beat the reservoir dogs as a matter of course

Don't believe that any major war in the world can only be launched with an absolute economic foundation backed by it, and the two world wars from World War I to World War II, as well as the major countries that are at war, are the most economically powerful countries in the world at that time, and the United States, a superpower, is no exception

"Although Iran is very rich, its people are too conservative in their thinking, and on the surface it faces a weak enemy, and it can't be in a weak enemy, but in fact, this weak enemy has an Iran that has no advantage and cohesion," the sea eagle said calmly. In addition, the Basra people have been bullied by Iran for many years, and there must be hatred, when hatred and cohesion are combined, it becomes one of the main reasons for invincibility, and Russia and China are secretly supporting Basra, Basra will only fight stronger and stronger, just like the original sè column, in the face of the joint invasion of many Middle Eastern countries, it is still as steady as a rock in the Middle East, and the Jews have no way out, and the Basra people have no way out, unless they are willing to be driven into the sea to feed the fish."

"With so many innate conditions, why didn't he go to war," Natasha wondered

"Maybe he's waiting for an opportunity," said the eagle with a smile, "I think the main reason why Basra can win the war is that they have a calm and rational commander, and this commander has absolute authority in Basra, which the Iranian commander can't do."

"What chance is so important" Natasha wondered

"I don't know," the sea eagle shook his head, "but the Chinese have a characteristic, either endure to the point that they can't bear it anymore and then fight back, or they can't bear to rush up directly and beat them up, but they will always have a moral advantage"

At the same time, the General Headquarters of the Prophet Army in Basra is holding an emergency military meeting, and they are ready for this looming war

With Russian military support and a month of military training, the Basra Air Force has taken shape, and the armored brigades and artillery brigades have begun to take shape

And Basra's secret weapon is still the airborne troops of the special operations brigade, and the two Hercules transport planes were directly assigned to the special operations brigade

Although Iran's military strength cannot be ignored, now everyone in the Prophet Army has a strong desire to go to war, the enemy has bullied them to the doorstep, killed them as soldiers, and they must defend the dignity of this land

But there is one other person who does not agree to go to war, and this person is Vivian Basra, who does not have the economic base to fight against Iraq

So at the meeting, she was the only one who opposed the war, but she couldn't do it, because now all the military leaders were actively preparing for the war, and she could see the fanaticism in the eyes of these people, although they all had a very valid reason, but Vivien still insisted on her opinion, she couldn't go to war, she had to do whatever it took to convince Canglong