The Leah base is a U.S. military base in the Saudi capital and the command center of the U.S. military and the United Nations multinational force in the Gulf region.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of February 13, which is also eight o'clock in the morning of American time, the commander-in-chief of the 700,000 multinational forces in the Gulf region, the commander-in-chief of the American four-star general of the Central Army, Normandy, came to the operations conference room.

Normandy sat down in the prepared chair and muttered to himself, and he tugged at his collar, and his adjutant saw this, and asked him with a smile: "Is the general still not used to this desert climate in the Gulf?"

Normandy nodded and said, "yes, it's too dry and hot here, if it's in New Jersey, I think it's the early spring when the snow melts, and you still need to wear a fur coat, not like here, as long as I don't drink water for a minute, I feel like my throat is going to crack." ”

"But you don't need to worry, General, I think with your ability, I'm afraid you should be able to go back in a week at most, right?" said the secretary.

"It's impossible to say anything on the battlefield, and we as soldiers can't say that. Normandy criticized.

Although he was criticized, the secretary still said: "That's the general, you are too modest, and now who in the whole army does not know that we have gained the upper hand? In the air raids of nearly a month before, the Iraqi air force and army have suffered a devastating blow, but they have not yet touched us even once, I am afraid they have already despaired under such a blow, how can this kind of army, which has no fighting spirit, stop our attack?"

This time, Normandy did not criticize his lieutenant again, because the situation in front of him was so clear, and it was good to maintain the high morale of the troops and the confidence that they would win.

No matter how much battlefield advantage he has achieved through two large-scale air raids before, the enemy still has more than a million troops, no matter what the quality of these armies is, and how much air defense they have, but in the end it will bring huge trouble to themselves, and in 1991, when weapons of mass destruction were not allowed, it was impossible for him to kill one million troops through air raids.

Therefore, Normandy finally said: "So we all hope that the final general offensive will come soon, and give Iraq the final blow!"

After some preparation, his adjutant dialed the phone, and as the phone was dialed, the big screen in front of Normandy immediately appeared: it was in the White House, and it was President Walsh, Vice President Aldrich, and other important members of the president's cabinet.

"I'm sorry to disturb your lunch break, General Normandy, but I think the snow and ice in New Jersey will be more nostalgic for you than the sun in the desert, so now I need to know what the battle is going on across the bay. Walsh said first.

"Mr. President, I think you should really come here to see, the dry climate and the violent temperature difference between morning and evening all announce to us how unfriendly they are. ”

Normandy spread his hands and said easily: "Well, now it's time to get down to business, this morning we carried out a targeted bombing of a military camp in the southern suburbs of Bardina, which is the most important reason why I interrupted your breakfast and asked to connect with you, because according to the information we received, Iraqi President Salm was there to comfort the soldiers. ”

Walsh was surprised: "This is really an accident, but what about the result?"

"According to comprehensive intelligence, our airstrikes did hit the target, but whether Iraqi President Salm died in the airstrike still needs to be further confirmed. Normandy said.

"Pray, may their Allah bless the President of Iraq from death, so that we can end the war sooner." Walsh said.

Normandy didn't comment on this, but as a four-star general, he certainly knew very well how much negative impact a commander who was attacked but did not die would have on the entire campaign, especially in the case of such a comprehensive disadvantage, he would feel extremely afraid of war, and this fear would shake his confidence in the war, and the final result would be voluntary surrender.

Of course, this may also provoke rebellion and make people fight to the death of their enemies, but that is usually for the madman who has been driven to the edge of the cliff, and Salm, as a dictator, obviously prefers to keep his position and continue to rule the country, as long as he promises to retain his power, then the war can easily end.

"So let's get back to this war, General Normandy, what's your next battle plan?" asked Walsh.

"Propaganda offensive, breaking the enemy's will to resist. "Then our planes would drop bombs and drop leaflets, telling Iraqi soldiers that surrendering would be a better investment than holding on." When the enemy's will to resist is completely broken, I will immediately launch a ground offensive to end this war. ”

"That's a good plan, but I have one more question, my general, how do you conclude that the enemy's will to resist has been broken?" asked Walsh again.

Normandy replied: "I have a very simple way to judge this, and that is to desert, because as soon as the soldiers lose their fighting spirit, they will want to run away, especially the kind of independent detachments that have no faith." ”

"I see, I hope the White House banquet for the generals will start soon, and I will definitely toast you myself!" Walsh said.

With these words, the video call ended, but Normandy did not immediately get up from his seat, but put his hand in his pocket, there was a telegram, Normandy crumpled this telegram fiercely, and scolded with hatred in his heart: The Addams family, these damned capitalists, why can't they make the war a little purer?

Suddenly, the adjutant's voice came to his ears: "General, this call has ended, do you need to give a combat order?"

Normandy opened his eyes and saw that his lieutenant was looking at him with concern, Normandy let out a long breath and said, "Let's begin, the battle plan of the code name Faith." ”

When Normandy gave the order to fight, more than 30 transport planes took off from six US air bases in the Gulf region and flew in the direction of Iraq.

Hiran is a front-line Iraqi stronghold in Kuwait, with an armored army of 50,000 troops stationed here, and it is also Iraq's first line of defense against a possible attack by the multinational force.

In the afternoon, all the Iraqi soldiers hid in the underground fortifications to rest, only the people who were assigned to be on duty chattered and cursed the partiality of the officers in the outpost, after all, there is no air defense force on several sides now, and in the face of the enemy's air attack that may come at any time, they have no second way but to pray, how can this kind of life and death on duty not let them not curse and scold?

Suddenly, the familiar roar of engines came from the air, and all the soldiers on duty screamed and ran away and hid in the air defense fortifications.

However, several huge black shadows swept across the sky, but the explosion in the impression did not come, and they secretly peeked out to look, only to see pieces of paper slowly falling from the sky like snowflakes.

Driven by curiosity, the Iraqi soldiers cautiously stepped out of the bunker, picked up the papers, and found that they were all leaflets, with a propaganda poster on them, depicting the demon Salm munching on chicken legs and wielding whips to enslave the scrawny Iraqi people, and some Iraqi soldiers surrendered to the multinational force and received lamb chops and beef.

In addition to the comics, there is also a line of text on it: How long will you have to fight for the devil? For you and your family, please obey the call of Allah!

Although Iraqi officers began to confiscate these cartoons as soon as they discovered them, and strictly ordered no one to hide them privately, and those who violated military law dealt with them, many Iraqi soldiers still saw them, and the contents of these cartoons began to circulate in the Iraqi army.

Is Salm enslaving our brothers and sisters? Is it right for us to go to this war? Are we going to continue to die for that hateful dictator, or are we going to quit this war and run away to civilization?

These questions came to the minds of all Iraqi soldiers with these cartoons, and more than 40 people escaped from Iraqi barracks that night.

On the second and third days, the number of Iraqi soldiers who fled became more and more numerous, especially on the fourth day, was an exaggerated number of thousands, which undoubtedly showed that the fighting spirit of the Iraqi army had fallen to the bottom, and it was under such circumstances that the US ground offensive finally began.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of 18 February, the 1st Armored Marine Division of the US Expeditionary Force launched an all-out attack on the Hiran stronghold under the cover of aerial firepower.

"Sheeran is under heavy attack from the enemy, and we need support, a lot of support!"

The Iraqi commander in Hiran's stronghold was frantically yelling into the phone, and because Iraq had suffered heavy losses in the air strikes of the multinational forces before, in order to resist the US ground offensive, Majid could only mobilize troops on the front line of Basra to replenish Hiram.

However, what Majid never expected was that when his troops left Basra, American planes and missiles roared in, and it was a crazy blow to the Iraqi army on the road, and at the same time, the 3rd and 4th Marine Divisions of the US Army were also dispatched, and their target was Basra, which had lost its defensive forces, and after occupying the stronghold of Basra, they detoured back to Kuwait and hit the Iraqi army stationed in Kuwait with a beautiful left hook.

The battle report from the front line flew back to Bardina as soon as possible, and Majid walked quickly into the presidential palace with the report: "The president is not good, our front line is completely lost!"

Hearing Majid's words, Salm jumped up from the bed, he took Majid's report, looked at it twice, and immediately crumpled it into a ball and smashed it on the ground, saying: "Who told you to transfer Basra's troops? If there were still troops stationed in Basra, those Americans would definitely not be able to gain such a great strategic advantage so easily, and you would have buried the entire battle!"

Majid lowered his head, although he knew very well in his heart that if he didn't transfer the reinforcements from Basra, then he was afraid that it would be a matter of time before Hiran's line was broken through, but he didn't explain it, after all, the result had become like this, and no matter how he explained it, it would be very pale.

Seeing that Majid did not speak, Salm sat back on the bed in a dejected manner, and said bitterly: "Surrender." ”

Hearing Salm say this, Majid's eyes immediately widened: "Surrender? Cousin President, we can't surrender, if we surrender, we may lose our power!"

"But now we are almost out of control of our power!" said Salm, "my cousin, have you not read the battle report from the front? Our troops have all surrendered to the Americans, and that is our 200,000 troops stationed in Kuwait, and they have all surrendered, and you tell me, who else can help us in this situation? Where is the slightest hope for us?"

"Zhou Ming, a Chinese man. "He'll be back today, he's our last hope." ”