Chapter 150, Air Raid on Tehran

() Unlike the Kuwaiti soldiers, the Iranian army has a strong fighting capacity and willpower, which is mainly reflected in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards

This detachment from the military system was established to defend the Islamic revolutionary regime in Iran, and after the Iranian revolution in the late 70s, Iranian leaders such as Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic gods, and Ayatollah Khomeini, in order to consolidate the "fruits of victory", wanted to establish an armed force of their own in addition to the army

The main reason is because it was this army that overthrew the Mossatay zhèng fǔ that came to power through elections in the fifties of the last century, with the support of the CIA, and ten years later it was still this army that shot at the parade and suppressed it, and if it relied on this "old army" established by the king, the same tragedy might have happened to itself

Therefore, the Islamic Revolutionary Council of Iran decided to create a security force on the basis of various paramilitary forces opposed to the former king's regime, and the Revolutionary Guards were born

It directly obeyed the supreme jīng god leader, and at the same time carried out a great purge of the old army, and established a political and ideological department in the army, sent "mullahs" (Iranian clergy) to the army, and reformed the old army with Islamic ideas to become commanders on the "jīng gods" of army personnel

In Iran, the difference between the traditional army and the Revolutionary Guards can be divided by blood, the Revolutionary Guards are the "new", the traditional army is the "old", and the Revolutionary Guards are the traditional armies established by the leaders of the Islamic Revolution, which were established by the former kings

Due to the difference in "blood", from the beginning of the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the two "armies" have been far and close to the state power, that is, the Revolutionary Guards belong to the "lineage" in the usual sense, while the army is "sideline"

To put it simply, one is that there is a grandmother who hurts, an uncle who loves his parents, and the other is that his grandmother does not hurt, his uncle does not love his parents, and he often beats and scolds

Therefore, whether it is in terms of staffing or budgeting, the Revolutionary Guards always receive more "care", which undoubtedly causes the relationship between the two to be unharmonious, and the joint command has become a loose consortium, which has little binding force on the Revolutionary Guards

In the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, the Revolutionary Guards also lived up to expectations, and said that it had laid a solid foundation for its post-war rise

As the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Musayed, he had a natural sense of superiority, and in the face of several defeats of the Prophet Army, he put the blame on the regular army, which had nothing to do with the Revolutionary Guards, in fact, the Revolutionary Guards' combat effectiveness could not be ignored even by the Prophet Army

But after the war, they didn't analyze the reasons for the defeat, but put the blame on the regular army, which of course made the regular army dissatisfied, but what's the use of being dissatisfied, they are grandmothers don't love uncles, they don't like to reason, anyway, they have enough black pots, and it's not bad this time

However, this caused the morale of the entire regular army to be discouraged, which was also the main reason why the 100,000 troops stationed in Ramholmz, of which 30,000 Revolutionary Guards could not resist the attack of the Prophet's army

Therefore, they were not prepared to resist at all, and the combat orders of the joint command headquarters were not uniform, and the regular army was attacked and was not ready to flee directly, but when they asked the Revolutionary Guards for help, the Revolutionary Guards did not make much movement, which caused the whole army to retreat, since you are determined to use us as cannon fodder, then we might as well run away and go home to farm

In this way, the regular army fought and retreated, and the Revolutionary Guards were attacked by force, but without the help of the regular army, they were also outnumbered, and finally they were defeated, so everyone was driven by the Prophet's army like ducks, and before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the Prophet's army launched a powerful offensive against Isfahan

If the Revolutionary Guards had organized the Basij (militia) to block the attack in time, I am afraid that the next day they would have lost Isfahan and lost this important town connecting the north and the south

Only then did they slightly block the attack of the Prophet's Army, which was also the most serious defeat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the 100,000 people retreated and lost enough face

As soon as the Prophet Army had stopped a little, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards quarreled with the commander of the regular army, one saying that yesterday you did not support us and we could not stop it, but the other said that you were passive and slack, and that we had lost Ramholmz and the opportunity to counterattack

The two parties quarreled like this, but fortunately, the Basij recruited by the surrounding provinces arrived one after another, otherwise they would have to be chased and quarreled

In the end, the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, Musayed, spoke about the main reason for the defeat of the regular army, and informed the supreme leader, while the new president of the hardliners also removed the commander of the regular army

When Saeed ordered the militia from around him to gather in Isfahan, there were 300,000 men in the area, along with the retreating army and the Basij

This is almost twice as much as the Prophet's army, and you must know that the regular army of the Prophet's army is only 70,000 men, most of them are recruits selected from the militia, and the rest are militia, but Musayd, who came to Isfahan and commanded in person, actually chose to fight a defensive battle

His reasoning was that the Prophet's missile brigade followed the Prophet's into Isfahan's perimeter, which meant that the Air Defense Force and Air Force would have a hard time bargaining against the powerful Prophet's air defenses, and the opposing artillery and armored forces were clearly farther and more advanced than the Prophet's armament

According to Said's vision, as long as the Prophet army was introduced into the city of Isfahan, he could use the absolute superiority in numbers and the advantage of the terrain to completely annihilate the Prophet's army and fight guerrilla warfare, street warfare, and attrition with them in the city

In fact, Musayed is right to think so, because Isfahan is an important transportation hub, connecting the north and the south, once lost, it will definitely shake the whole country, and they will not be able to bear it at that time, so Musayd is a commander who does not like to take risks, but he is facing a very adventurous and completely incomprehensible black general

Black Impermanence and Akram cooperated to attack the city, except for the last few days, they launched some artillery bombardment and bombardment, almost no decent attack, in fact, one of the biggest drawbacks of the blitzkrieg is the logistics supply, and now they are waiting for the logistics supply to launch the attack

They were even ready for the Iranian army to counterattack, but they did not expect the Iranians to be so forceless, holding on to the city and waiting for their attack

A week later, their supplies had finally arrived, which was enough to support them in another war, and they were not inferior to the opposing troops in terms of morale and equipment

However, in Isfahan, someone discovered that something was wrong with the Prophet's army, and this person was Ali Daei, who was in charge of logistics and supplies, and although he was unwilling to fight the Prophet's army, there was no reconciliation when it came to this one, and there must be a loser

But looking at the whole situation, although the Prophet army has been on the offensive, there has not been much movement for a week, which is too unusual, at that time he and Musayd put forward his own proposal, let a part of the Basij and the regular army spare the rear of the Prophet's army, and then launch a full-scale siege and annihilation

This plan, if implemented, would create a two-sided situation for the Prophet army, and their lone army would go deep into the logistics and supply for hundreds of kilometers, and if their supply lines were interrupted, the Prophet army would be wiped out sooner or later, so that they could achieve a great victory

Musayd did not think about it, but compared to the importance of Isfahan, he rejected this suggestion, feeling that it was very unfavorable for them to disperse their forces now, and who would be responsible if Isfahan was lost

Well, now Ali Daei understands why there is a saying in China: A thousand troops are easy to get, a general is hard to find, a good general's insight on the battlefield often determines the outcome of a war, and he will also seize all the fighters to make a gamble, in fact, war is gambling

Not only depends on luck, but also on skill, luck is in the sky, and skill is in people, if the commander of this war is replaced by Simon, I am afraid it will be different, even if the black impermanence is difficult to figure out, it will inevitably be besieged, even if it can escape back, it may suffer heavy losses, resulting in a situation where it is unable to fight again

But Musayd is not Simon, but there is another person who assists him: Akram

After receiving supplies, everyone thought that they would storm Isfahan, and if they took the city and destroyed all the facilities here, Iran would be completely subjugated by the huge losses

Even Musayed thought that the other party, the black general who would fight hard, would attack strongly, because there was a bloody battle of Ahvaz in front of him, but Musayed was disappointed

He was even terrified

A message reached his high command, Tehran was attacked by an air raid, and the fiercest air battle in Iranian history took place in Tehran, and the warplanes of the Prophet Army suddenly appeared in the sky over Tehran, and the most terrifying thing was the four bombers

Although the fighters of Tehran's No. 1 Air Base fought desperately, they were powerless in the face of the Prophet's fleet of planes, which numbered 80 sorties

The air battle cost Tehran's No. 1 Air Base with almost total annihilation, and the Prophet's air raid also paid the price, with more than two dozen fighters destroyed over Tehran

This is an air war that shook Iran and even the entire Middle East, and shook the whole world, because of the number of planes of the Prophet Army and the appearance of bombers, and finally I have to say that the training speed of the Prophet Army Air Force and their excellent performance

But this is not the main reason for the earthquake, and the decision to run 350 kilometers to attack Tehran is the main reason for the shaking of the world