Chapter 018, Lightning Raid

() Back at the embassy in Iran, Natasha didn't have time to rejoice, and another thing happened, which made her face completely change

The 1st Armored Division had all entered Baghdad and quickly moved to the front line in Qadisiyah Province, Taylor had completely taken over the command of the entire U.S. forces in Iraq, and she didn't even give the order to attack directly, when she arrived at the General Staff, the butcher was discussing the plan of attack with the Minister of Defense in the north, and when he saw her coming, Taylor did not say anything that it was the Minister of Defense in the north who nodded at her and his face was in awe

"We've trained so many troops for you, and we've provided you with a decent amount of weapons, but you've let us down so much that we can't even pack up the little Prophet Army, I really don't know what we want you to do," Taylor said unceremoniously

He looked at the map with eyes as sharp as an eagle, when Kuwait attacked Basra, he returned to the country, otherwise there would be no miracle general, and Taylor, who was in the country, was furious when he got the news, and went to the Pentagon at that time, and asked to return to Kuwait to command the American troops in Kuwait

But his request was directly rejected by Johnson, who was then Secretary of Defense, for the simple reason that he feared that he would massacre civilians

Now that there is no Johnson's constraints, the troops have been pulled to North Iraq, and of course Taylor has to make a good play, but Khalid, the defense minister of North Iraq who was scolded on the side, is not upset at all, because he knows how powerful Taylor is, when Saddam Hussein was still there, Taylor led his First Armored Division to sweep across the whole of Iraq

Taylor's 1st Armored Division was also in charge of attacking Baghdad as the main force, and Khalid knew his butcher's name, but now they were friends, not enemies, so no matter what Taylor said, Khalid would not be angry

"If the U.S. military is willing to help us, we will do our best," Khalid said with a laugh

"Go all out," Taylor was stunned for a moment, then looked at the map, "That's what you said, if I see any Iraqi deserters on the battlefield, don't blame me for being unkind."

"Soldiers should have sacrificed their lives for their country," Khalid said coldly

Taylor suddenly laughed, directly ignored Natasha next to him and said: "Okay, tonight, we will give the Prophet Army a raid, I heard that there is a person called General Black on the other side, who is also good at using armored forces to raid, our goal is to kill this guy, and all the artillery and missile units of the US Army in Iraq are all pulled to the front line for me, I want to destroy their main force while directly shelling Basra"

"Are you crazy," Natasha couldn't help but say, "Shelling Basra, do you know how many civilians there are in Basra right now, the guy on the other side is good at using the media offensive, if you bombard Basra, tomorrow your name will be on the front page of the whole world"

"Hehe, little girl, I don't need you to teach me," Taylor looked at Natasha contemptuously, "When I hit Basra tomorrow, the front page headlines around the world will only say: With the assistance of the US military, northern Iraq will be leveled overnight in southern Iraq, understand, in their Chinese words, this is called the winner is king, the loser is Kou, learn better"

Natasha was stunned for a moment, because Taylor said a lot, if he could hit Basra tonight, no matter how many civilians he slaughtered, it would be covered up, just as he did when he attacked Saddam's zhèng fǔ, and his exploits covered up his bad deeds

But the man on the other side was not Saddam, in Natasha's eyes, Saddam Hussein was the difference between an ant and an elephant, and was the Prophet Army really as vulnerable as Taylor imagined

Natasha still didn't believe it, but the butcher and war madman in front of her was gambling with the lives of all the American troops in Iraq

Although the raid may have an unexpected effect, the Prophet Army is definitely not a vegetarian, once Canglong reacts, he will be a butcher more than Taylor, not to mention that she has reached an agreement with Canglong, and now their common enemy is the Senate, using the situation in Iraq to lure the Senate out, so she must stop Taylor

"Don't forget, we are co-commanding, no one is allowed to move without my permission," Natasha said coldly to everyone in the staff, "Otherwise, I will submit a report to the Pentagon, and none of you will want to stay in office."

The faces of the staff officers changed, and Khalid was very embarrassed, one was the former commander and the other was the current commander, although the current commander looked more awesome, but the former commander still had the right to co-command, and Yu Wei was still there, so the staff officers didn't know what to do

But at this moment, Taylor was angry, and he said loudly: "What is an order, the order is to let you sons of bitches carry it out, if you can't do it, I'll give me dozens of seconds, get out of here, and kick you out."

The faces of the staff officers changed completely, and they almost did not hesitate to carry out the order, and when they were all busy, Natasha's already angry face was sè Tieqing, and I had to say that Taylor did have his set, but Natasha was not a vegetarian, but just as she was about to say something, Taylor suddenly stared at her viciously and sneered: "If it weren't for the fact that you were a woman, if it weren't for the fact that you were only a few dozen years old, Lao Tzu would have slapped you out now, and now which son of a son of a girl raised her for me and locked her up."

"Who of you dare" Natasha's face changed

But Taylor glared at the people of the Jǐng Guard, who rushed in and tied Natasha up, but the people around him had no helper

"You bastard, you old thing, let go of me, you're dú cái, it's a full-time job, let the Ministry of Defense know, I can't spare you," Natasha couldn't help but curse

But Taylor didn't care at all, just smiled and said: "Son of a bitch, don't drag her out for me quickly, by the way, little girl, your teacher as the Minister of Defense has resigned by himself, and now no one is protecting you."

Natasha's face was blue, but she didn't resist because it was in vain, and after the people from the Jǐng Guard Camp dragged her out, Taylor stared at the staff officers and said coldly: "What do you want me to kick your ass?"

The staff officers quickly retracted their gaze, Taylor continued: "Now I take over everything here, when I defeat those bitches on the other side, you all have to listen to me, even if the president comes, you have to listen to me, understand?"

Though the crowd was amazed by Taylor's arrogant words, now they seemed to have no other way but to follow the madman mad

Subsequently, under Taylor's personal command, almost all the artillery of the Zhèng Fǔ Army and the US Army in Iraq were pulled to the front line, but no one expected that after Khalid left the US military command, he went to meet with Amat, the oil minister in the north, and immediately passed the news to the intelligence officers of the South Iraqi Intelligence Agency in Baghdad

But the speed of the delivery of information could not keep up with Taylor's artillery orders, and at his command, all artillery and missile units opened fire almost simultaneously, regardless of distance

For a time, the border areas of the south and the north were like a meteor shower, and under the powerful artillery fire, the Prophet Army was caught off guard, and the Prophet Army Command in Dikar Province was caught off guard, and Simon's face was blue: "Order all front-line troops to quickly retreat, and the First and Second Armies report casualties."

Simon, who had experienced many years of war, knew very well that this was definitely not the firepower of the zhèng fǔ army, but the Americans attacking them, of course he would not be stupid enough to fight hard with the Americans, after all, the other party was the 1st Armored Division under the command of that madman Taylor

But when the casualty report came up, Simon's face changed completely, this is probably the largest casualty since the formation of the Prophet Army, and the casualties reached tens of thousands, if it wasn't for the information they received and his order was fast enough, I am afraid that the entire front line would have become a meat grinder under the fire of the American army

But casualties were not the biggest crisis, what he feared most happened, Taylor, the madman, ordered the 1st Panzer Division to attack without warning

This was simply worse for the Prophet Army who were caught off guard, they were powerless to fight back under the powerful artillery fire, especially the lightning raid of the 1st Armored Division, which was clearly aimed at his headquarters, and he also instantly figured out Taylor's intentions

Attacked his headquarters directly with a surprise attack and swept through Basra to collapse, and the entire Prophet Army would be better to say if it was just an American attack, but the huge number of the Zhèng Fǔ Army followed the American Army, Simon never thought that Taylor would be so crazy and let his 1st Panzer Division rush to the front

"Damn," Simon slapped the table hard, although he knew Taylor, but he didn't expect that the 1st Armored Division had just entered Iraq and launched an attack on them without even resting, and now the artillery fire is getting closer and closer, if he does not retreat, the casualties of the Prophet Army will be more and more heavy, but if he retreats, Basra will be completely exposed under the noses of the American army and the Zhèng Fǔ Army, and it will be Basra that will be shelled at that time

But Simon wasn't a vegetarian either, and he quickly thought of a solution: Taylor's attack, while ferocious, wasn't invulnerable, and the Prophet Army wasn't vegetarian

He immediately ordered the troops in the provinces of Missan and Muthanna to quickly assemble in this direction, and as long as the 1st Panzer Division was stopped in Dikar province, Simon could bury this ace unit of the American army here completely

The situation was as he thought, and the US-Iraqi forces were at first overwhelmed, but when they were about to advance to the border of Dikar province and Basra, their attack was stopped

However, it was not the troops from the other two provinces that stopped Taylor's attack, but the 1st Heavy Division of the Second Army, which was stationed in Dikar Province

As for the heavily armored divisions of the First Army, which had been crippled almost under the first round of shelling, it is no wonder that the American troops concentrated almost all their firepower to destroy this force that they considered the most threatening

Fortunately, Black Impermanence was not in the First Army or in the command, and at that time he happened to be inspecting the Heavy Armored Division of the Second Army

As soon as the war began, Black Impermanence was the first to react, but he did not order an attack or blockade, but obeyed Simon's order, and withdrew directly with the heavy armored division of the Second Army, which saved this force

When Taylor's 1st Panzer Division reached the Basra border, Black Impermanence was there, and the hidden Heavy Panzer Division was furious

However, in the face of the U.S. Army's Black Impermanence, it was also a little powerless, not to mention that the equipment and quality of the U.S. Army's First Armored Division were poor, but it was not just a grade, so Black Impermanence only successfully blocked the First Armored Division at the border

But just as the fighting was in full swing, another thing that Simon didn't expect happened, that is, the missile units of the U.S. military, they carried out covering strikes on the main targets in Basra in the half hour after the war

Despite all the best efforts of the Territorial Defense Force led by Xiami, Basra was attacked by more than 30 missiles

Taylor almost didn't want to kill the missiles sent to Basra, even the shrimp would be difficult to intercept them all, and thirty missiles fell into Basra, which may not be much for Taylor, but for the little Basra, it is a lot

PS: "Tomorrow to resume the update"