Chapter 079, The Eagle on the Plateau

() Khuzestan Province.General Headquarters of the Prophet Occupation Army.

Received a reply call from Simon.Canglong didn't care.According to the intelligence agency's intelligence officers in Jordan.Natasha has been investigated.As for the outcome.Canglong knows very well.Unless this war ends.Natasha will definitely not be able to come out.

The reason why Simon let him go, Canglong naturally expected this result, although Natasha came to the right conclusion, but sometimes the correct conclusion is not very pleasing to some people, for example, Natasha went to tell the commander of the coalition army when the coalition army had gathered 310,000 men, and said, "You are doing this wrong."

It is estimated that everyone will be very unhappy with this basin of cold water. NATO has spent so much time, and it has cost so much, and the troops have been transferred.

If it is really withdrawn, the people in NATO countries will certainly be very dissatisfied, and even complain, thinking that NATO is afraid of the new Iraq.

So, whether this war is won or lost, it must be fought, and Natasha put forward the opinion that it cannot be fought at the wrong time, and even if it is correct, no one will consider it. The Americans are the kind of people who would rather suffer the consequences of defeat.

"Prophet." Abdul-Jabbar walked in suddenly.

Canglong nodded and asked, "Have all the troops been transferred?"

"The last armored battalion has all been loaded onto the train, and in ten hours, it will be at the intended location." Abdul-Jabbar said with some excitement.

"Let's go to Zabol." The dragon got up and left, and Abdul-Jabbar followed.

A military transport plane then took off from Dizful Airport and landed in Zabol, a city on the Iranian-Afghan border, three hours later.

It is only a few tens of kilometers from Afghanistan, and it is also the terminus of the tri-border railway.

For many countries, the border city should be very developed, but it is not the same in Zabol, although this small city with a population of only 130,000 is on the border, but it is next to very poor Afghanistan, so the border trade between the two countries is not much, and naturally it is impossible to promote this city to development.

For the citizens of Zabol, since the railway was built six months ago, the city has become a transportation station, but the railway has not brought much economy to Zabol, and some citizens of Zabol have wondered why the railway terminal is in their city.

But a few months ago, Zabol stationed a special unit from the 9th Division of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps to replace the original Border Guards.

Then the whole city was blockaded, a large number of weapons and equipment were transported to Zabol under cover, a small makeshift airfield was set up, and it was rapidly expanding.

The official announcement to the citizens of Zabol is that in view of the frequent activities of US troops in the Iranian border area, Iran will strengthen its control over the Afghan border, and the weapons and equipment delivered this time are the advanced weapons for the 9th Division, and a large-scale military exercise will be held here.

In their eyes, the U.S. military in Afghanistan is very annoying, and drones often invade their airspace, and when the Iranian air force reacts, the drones immediately withdraw from the border.

Naturally, they do not have a good impression of the U.S. military, and the long-term U.S. sanctions against Iran have deepened the hatred of the citizens of Zabol against the U.S. military.

Zabol Provisional General Command of the Front.

When Canglong and Abdul-Jabbar arrived, it was already busy, the airfield had been expanded to a certain size, the helicopters of the Army Aviation Regiment were already being assembled in the hangar, and all the technicians were in place.

"Hello, Honorable Prophet." A bearded general walked by, and this was none other than the commander of the 9th Division of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Alawit.

According to the agreement, Iran will not participate in the attack on Iraq, but the logistics this time are all provided by the Iranian military. Of course, the technical support is still from the scientific researchers from Basra.

Canglong nodded, stretched out his hand to shake it, and then asked, "How is the secrecy work?"

Alawit nodded confidently: "Viwak is in charge of secrecy and intelligence, and there is absolutely no problem."

Viwak is Iran's main intelligence agency, equivalent to the CIA of the United States and the general intelligence agency of China, and is also the direct intelligence agency of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

"Go to the General Staff." Canglong took Susan and Jabbar and walked straight away, and Alawit hurriedly led the way in front, his expression was very respectful.

The main reason is that the establishment of the new Iraq, the influence on Iran, and the two wars of the Prophet against Iran, are both fearful and adored by the Iranians, among whom the Revolutionary Guard generals are the most profound.

After arriving at the staff headquarters and taking their seats, Canglong glanced at everyone and asked, "Abdul-Jabbar."

"To." Abdul-Jabbar stood up.

"Tomorrow morning, the Garrison Armored Division will carry out the mission of attacking Afghanistan, and your purpose is to expel the US troops stationed in Afghanistan and open the border between Afghanistan and China." Canglong said calmly. I'm only going to give you a week. One week you have to achieve your strategic goals."

The entire staff was shocked, and although Alawit knew about the Prophet's operation, he didn't know that the commander appointed by Canglong was actually this boy who was only seventeen or eighteen years old.

However, he was even more surprised that this young man, as the commander, did not have any strange expressions on the faces of the generals of the Prophetic Army, and they were surprised that they were going to attack Afghanistan.

Both Clark and Abdul-Jabbar both knew about this strategic purpose just now, and they began to bring in equipment and troops. They all thought that this was something from the Prophet's Army to aid Iran. At first, they were distressed for a while, after all, the equipment of the American army is indeed very good, at least better than that of the Russians.

"What are you going to do, tell me, how are you going to use these seven days to take the whole of Afghanistan." Canglong said in a deep voice.

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They also collected a lot of intelligence about Afghanistan, and at the Basra Military Academy, Jabbar also learned about the geography of Afghanistan, especially about the two wars that took place in Afghanistan, one was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the other was the American invasion of Afghanistan.

The Americans seem to have won, but in fact they are no different from the Soviets, they are all consumed in Iraq, leaving the country empty.

But there are great benefits to the occupation of Afghanistan. A famous British military scientist once said that the occupation of Afghanistan is equivalent to controlling the entire Middle East, controlling the entire Middle East is equivalent to controlling the world's energy, and controlling the world's energy can control the whole world.

So both the United States and the Soviet Union wanted to get Afghanistan, as a soldier of the new Iraq, and Abdul-Jabbar also wanted Afghanistan, but he knew very well that the American troops in Afghanistan had 100,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan, and there were more than 10,000 British troops.

And it is very difficult to resupply on the plateau, Afghanistan is on the Pamir Plateau, and it looks down on Iran almost condescendingly, just as the Prophet army can look down on the whole of Iran after the Prophet army conquered Khuzestan Province.

After a long silence, Jabbar shook his head: "Unless Iran's army helps, the more than 20,000 people of the Zhōng Yāng Garrison Armored Division alone will not be able to defeat Afghanistan."

After saying that, Abdul-Jabbar sat down with his head down, but at this time Alawit was surprised.According to Abdul-Jabbar's grade, it was impossible to be so calm.After all, it was ordered by the Prophet.Replaced by other generals of the Prophet's army.It's just a bone that can't be gnawed.It will be gnawed down hard.

"What do you think?" Canglong looked at Clark again.

"Prophet, this won't work at all, not to mention that we have to go up to the plateau of Afghanistan to fight, even if we only take important cities, we can't defend those cities like we fought in the previous wars, and once we drive out the American troops and hit the border between Afghanistan and China, all supplies will be cut off." Clark was very worried." Moreover, our troops are not suited to high-altitude operations, and their combat effectiveness will be reduced by several percent once they go up, not to mention that the maintenance of weapons and equipment is also a problem........

Canglong nodded.The geographical conditions of Afghanistan are mountainous, cold, high-altitude, and lack of vegetation.It is not conducive to the mobile combat of the mechanized troops of the large corps.,It is also not conducive to the survival and concealment of the special forces.The Afghans have already defeated the British and the former Soviet Union, which are much stronger than themselves, on this high ground.Although the United States has captured Afghanistan, it has been harassed by the Afghan Taliban for a long time.

The high altitude terrain has reduced the combat ability of the soldiers who grew up on the plains, while the Afghans who have lived on the plateau for generations are running like flying in battle, the lack of oxygen can make people uncomfortable and slow to move, and the most terrible thing is the fanatical Taliban fighters. Tens of thousands of fanatical outlaws who will not surrender are a terrifying force of terror more than any weapon.

So, the Afghans have another nickname, the eagle on the plateau.

Although the Prophet Army is also very combative, even if they expel the American troops in Afghanistan, they will still have to face those terrible Taliban forces, take a city, and once they leave, the Taliban forces will immediately occupy the city and cut off the logistics of the Prophet Army.

This is Clarke's concern, and if you go in, you will be sent to death, and even if the Prophet Army is not afraid of these fanatics, there is no need to die so in vain.

Just when the general staff was silent, Canglong suddenly said: "This battle must be fought, and if you can't win the war, the new Iraq will be over. Do you want the new Iraq to be finished, or should you fight Afghanistan, complete the final strategic layout, and win the final war?"

Clark and the others were silent, and even Jabbar looked solemn, of course they wanted to win the war, but it was really a tough battle to win.......