Chapter 030, You're Ruthless, I'm Even Harder!
() The front line is in full swing, and the Prophet Army is pressing on Baghdad, having captured most of the area, and the Prophet Army and American troops are shaking in one-third of the provinces of northern Iraq
From Basra to Babylon, the nine provinces occupied by the Prophet Army successively recognized the southern zhèng fǔ regime and swore to join the southern zhèng fǔ Compared to the northern zhèng fǔ's rule, the southern zhèng fǔ was more cohesive, and in fact the Prophet army did not spend much force to control the five provinces that had just been occupied
The plan worked to establish a stronghold in the provinces behind enemy lines, and the people of the five provinces, who were suffering from hunger and poverty, wept bitterly and threw themselves into the arms of the Prophet's army, and Prime Minister Vivien promised that both the newly captured provinces and the provinces to be conquered in the future would be treated in the same way as the citizens of Basra
However, Iraq is still in an eventful situation, swallowing five provinces in an instant, making it difficult for the administrative system of Basra to digest, and even the three provinces it occupied at the beginning have only restored basic water and electricity
But Vivien knew very well that no matter how difficult the road ahead was, they had to move forward, and the Prophet Army would have to manage a province and coordinate everything with the next province
Fortunately, Canglong stopped Simon's Prophet Army at a critical moment, and he was also a little tired from the counterattack in Dikar Province, and the Iranian troops who surrendered the Prophet's Army in Iran played the greatest role, and Canglong's trust in them made this army the main force of this counterattack
When the war was stopped, the members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps even came to the front line to negotiate with Simon, hoping that this force could return to Iran after the reunification of Iraq, but Simon's answer was very simple: they should be the citizens of Iraq in the future, or return to Iran, and the choice was in their hands, and the Prophet Army would not interfere
This answer was very disappointing to the commissioner, for he was well aware that the forces that had made great achievements would inevitably become an indispensable part of the nascent Iraqi defence forces, and that their leader was not a narrow-minded man, and that the leader would not distrust them in any way
Even Simon said that the current Simon is the chief of staff of the Prophet Army, and it can be said that one person is under ten thousand people, and Simon in the past will not even answer such a question, because he has no rights, but now that Simon has answered, it means that the current Simon has enough power and control over the Prophet Army, which is also the prophet's trust in Simon
At this time, in Basra, Vivian was very troubled, because the new Iraq was understaffed, although it had to respect the beliefs of the people, it was also necessary to eliminate some bad habits, she did not want Iraq to become the same Iraq again, and the Iraq that was reborn after the war was once again warlordized, and the first thing she had to deal with was the tribal chieftains
And to solve the power propaganda of these new provinces, it is tantamount to the best way, as the main force of propaganda, the Red Sè Women's Army is a very good choice, but without Amira, Vivian has to go to Cāo herself, which makes Vivian a little physically and mentally exhausted
Especially as the prime minister, she also has to deal with pressure from the United States and Russia, and now Vivien wants to kill all the American prisoners in the desert, otherwise she will not be annoyed by the United States every day
Since that war, the Americans have used both soft and hard measures against southern Iraq, first sending two additional aircraft carrier battle groups, and then withdrawing so that US Ambassador to Iraq John Kerry and the Supreme Commander of US Forces in Iraq have joined forces to negotiate without success, and then the Americans have begun to clamore at the United Nations to use force to wage an all-out war with southern Iraq
No, just now a civilian plane that took off from Basra blew up the US Fifth Fleet, and Vivian was furious, and the Americans' explanation was very simple, it was a mistake
Who would believe that this civilian plane was bombed by mistake, but it was on time, and the air defense identification circle of the US Fifth Fleet did not know the signals of the civilian planes
What made her speechless the most was that the Russians did not react at all, as an ally, the commander of the United Fleet, Alexander, actually just sent a message of condolences and hoped that Vivian could consider the previous Russian Defense Minister Ivanovich's opinion and negotiate peace with the US military
But for southern Iraq, the situation is very good, and if a newly established country is weak, it will definitely make the people lose hope
Therefore, Vivian has recently been in a hurry, and the people have held a large-scale demonstration to condemn the actions of the United States, and even gathered in front of the Capitol to demand a counterattack
When Simon received the news of the destruction of the civilian aircraft, Simon immediately ordered the entire Prophet Army to enter the highest state of combat readiness, and launched no less than dozens of raids on the American stronghold in Baghdad
Yes, the United States, led by Theodore, not only did not issue any apology statement, but President Theodore even publicly said that they did not know what South Iraqi civil aviation was in their eyes, and that the barbaric terrorist organization The Prophetic Army was destroying a mín zhǔ, and they would never apologize, let alone have any weakness, and would fully support Baghdad in this war for justice and zì yóu
Vivien immediately summoned Alexander, the Iranian military envoy and commander of the Combined Fleet, to discuss how to deal with the American forces
However, except for the Iranian military envoy Ali Daei, Alexander and his party did not agree to continue the war at all, and they hoped that the southern zhèng fǔ and the American army would negotiate the release of American prisoners in exchange for the unification of the whole of Iraq
The meeting repeatedly entered a stalemate, and in the end, Vivien could only leave angrily, and when Canglong returned to Basra, Vivien's face was tired, but she did not blame him, because now she finally knew how much pressure Canglong was under at that time, from military to administrative, almost he was alone in Cāo
Moreover, Basra was not a country at that time, at least the administrative system was not as perfect as it is now, and the first thing Vivian said when he saw the dragon was: "What should I do?"
Canglong's answer is very simple: "How to deal with it before, how to deal with it now, we have to give full play to our greatest advantages"
So, on the fifth day after the end of the meeting, the commander of the 1st Armored Division of the US Army, Taylor, was pulled in front of the southern Iraqi Capitol on the fifth day after the American cruiser destroyed the civil aviation in southern Iraq
On this day, Prime Minister Vivien released a national broadcast to put war criminal Taylor on trial for the simple crime of massacring civilians and launching a war of aggression
She invited journalists from around the world in Basra, from the Iranian military envoy to the commander of the Russian-Basra Combined Fleet, Alexander, to attend the trial
At that time, everyone thought that Vivien was being tough, and she was just trying Taylor to show it to the United States, but no one expected that after the Basra Supreme Court announced the crime, Taylor, the butcher, was dragged to the gallows, just like the execution of those war criminals at the founding ceremony, Taylor's execution was recorded by all the reporters present and broadcast to the world
For a time, the whole world was shocked by this execution, the United States and his friends were stunned, no one in the world dared to execute them, the American soldier was still a general, the former Soviet Union did not dare to do the current Russia, but southern Iraq did this thing in the mouth of the tiger
The U.S. Secretary of State immediately issued a strong protest that almost shook the whole country, and it was a great shame that an American general was executed on a gallows in southern Iraq
The clarion call for war seems to have sounded again, and the four aircraft carrier battle groups have been left for the Persian Gulf one after another, and NATO countries have also expressed their support one after another, and if the United States launches an all-out war against southern Iraq, NATO will give full support
But when all the Western countries were in full swing, Basra zhèng fǔ announced the news that the Prophet would personally inspect the American prisoners of war held in the Zubayr desert area
As soon as this news appeared, the Americans instigated NATO countries and were dumbfounded, this has two layers, one is to tell everyone that it was the prophet who ordered Taylor's execution, and the second layer means to tell the United States and his friends, you still have more than 10,000 hostages in our hands, and if you dare to mess around, I will slaughter these 10,000 people, and then you will be in the south, see how you explain to the people at home, not to mention that the prophet army is not Saddam's Republican Guard, and if you want to fight, you have to look at your strength
When asked how many people died in the prisoner of war camp every day, as a prophet, Canglong did not hesitate to tell reporters that about dozens of people go to see Allah every day, hoping that they can be forgiven by Allah
The reporter was dumbfounded and asked: "Why did the Prophet Army only provide water and not food to the prisoners of war, and why did they expose them to the sun and abuse them in the desert?"
Canglong also replied without hesitation: "Because our country is poor and in the desert area, the water provided to them has been squeezed out of the people's water sources, as for food, we really can't do anything, because there are still millions of Iraqis in hunger, as for why the sun is exposed to the desert and abusing them, it is very simple, we are not a party to the Rì Neiva Convention, and in the face of the invaders who slaughtered Allah's people, do you expect us to give them the treatment of prisoners of war, no, they are all war criminals, and they will shoot in the face of unarmed people." ”
Canglong's categorical answer stirred up the entire southern Iraqi people, and this was their leader, a leader who was fearless in the face of the enemy
However, his answer caused an uproar in the Western countries led by the United States, and although they condemned Canglong for barbarism and inhumanity, they heard Canglong's meaning: All the invaders caught on Iraqi soil do not apply to any international law or the laws of their sovereign countries
The implicit subtext is that you are going to wage war against us, but you must bear the consequences of the war, and we will not give your soldiers any humane treatment