"Here's how our exercise is set up—"

Officer Zhang, who had previously served as an interpreter for the Sino-Iranian negotiations, hung a pair of establishment sheets on the wall, pointed at them with a whip and said: "The Iraqi heavy tank regiment is composed of two T-72 tank battalions and one motorized infantry battalion. The tank battalion has 450 people, with 36 T-72 tanks and 2 command vehicles, and several logistics refueling, power generation, ambulance, and communication support. THE MOTORIZED RIFLE BATTALION HAS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION A MORTAR PLATOON WITH 6 120MM MORTARS, THREE MOTORIZED INFANTRY COMPANIES WITH 321 PERSONNEL, EQUIPPED WITH A NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC RIFLES, 29 RPG-7 ROCKET LAUNCHERS, 9 ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES, AND 30 INFANTRY COMBAT VEHICLES. In addition to this, the regimental headquarters strengthened an artillery company, armed with 8 long-range self-propelled guns and 8 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, a reconnaissance company ......"

"Tsk, this Iraqi is crazy, right?" Hu Wenhai pursed his lips and snorted: "Saddam's Republican Guard has this formation, and it has already been fought to Tehran, and it is really shameless to open up." ”

"Ahem, the Iraqi army doesn't even have a regimental level to be precise. Zhang explained: "The establishment of the Iraqi Republican Guard Division is a brigade under its jurisdiction, and the brigade is under the jurisdiction of a battalion. However, this time the regimental scale was chosen, and the intentions were obvious. Because of the principle of equal forces between the two sides, if the Iraqis pull out a brigade, we are also a brigade, and we cannot restrict the brigade level from having armored units. ”

"Hehe, this Iraqi is really ......" In the venue, a general couldn't help but shake his head: "With this thought, why does the war with Iran stink so much?"

Speaking of which, the regimental-level team pulled out by the Iraqis definitely exceeds the normal establishment of the tank regiment. The standard is obviously directly to the Soviet army, no, the tank battalion of the Soviet army is not as extravagant as 36 T-72s.

Visible. This time, the Iraqis are not good. The intention to find fault is very obvious.

But I want to gnaw on the $7 billion order. How is it possible without a little difficulty?

Hu Wenhai was thinking, and the pen in his hand did not stop.

"What about the scope of the exercise?" Hu Wenhai suddenly raised his head and asked: "If it is a plain area with a flat river, then there is no need to fight, just surrender directly." ”

"On this point, we have negotiated with the Iranian side and finally obtained relatively good conditions, and we can delineate the scope of the exercise, but it must be approved by the military commander of the Iranian side for the exercise. ”

"The goal of the exercise?"

"The attitude of the Iraqi side is very tough, and the demand is to prevent the armored troops from reaching a certain point to attack. Take down the light infantry defense points. ”

"Positional warfare?" Hu Wenhai sneered: "The Iraqis are really a good calculation, this is to simulate the battlefield situation of taking Abadan in the future." ”

Abadan was a key point in the Iran-Iraq war, and was home to an important outlet and oil refining plant in the Persian Gulf. It can be said that when Saddam Hussein launched the Iran-Iraq war, more than half of his goals were aimed at Aladan.

However, Abadan was only in the hands of the Iraqis at the beginning of the campaign, and now it is under the control of the Iranians, and the war has spread to Iraq itself.

Saddam Hussein may be dreaming about how to get Abadan back.

Thinking of this, Hu Wenhai suddenly frowned, knocked his fingers on the table and said, "I have an idea, and the leaders don't know what they think." Let's set up the exercise venue in the Liaoning West Corridor. ”

"Liaoning West Corridor?" The leaders of the General Staff who came to participate in the battle plan organization meeting frowned one by one and began to recall the terrain of the Liaoning West Corridor.

The so-called Liaoning West Corridor. It is a coastal plain connecting the central plain in the western part of Bohai Province. Its north is the mountains of western Liaoning, and the south is the northern coast of the Bohai Sea, where the Jin Dynasty and the western Liaoxi generals tuged for decades, and millions of taels of Pingliao silver were spent here every year in the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that this is the most critical choke point in the Northeast.

Not to mention, this location can really scratch Saddam's itch, because the terrain here is very similar to Aladan. Abadan on the shore of the Persian Gulf is also bordered by the sea in the south and mountains in the north, and a coastal plain has become the place where Abadan stands.

Abadan itself is the estuary of the Shatt al-Arab, and there are many rivers nearby, and it happens that Liaoxi is also full of rivers, which can well simulate the terrain near Abadan.

On this basis alone, Saddam Hussein would absolutely agree to hold the exercises in the Liaoning West Corridor.

"However, we have to convince the military commander of the Iraqi side to lead the team this time. The northern part of the Liaoning West Corridor is mountainous and the terrain is long and narrow, so I am afraid that it will ......"

Hu Wenhai laughed and said: "Contact Ahmad directly and ask him to tell Saddam Hussein about the benefits of choosing the Liaoning West Corridor, and Saddam will 'persuade' the head of the Iraqi regiment for us." ”

Under the pretext that the terrain in the Liaoning West Corridor and near Abadan is similar, Saddam Hussein will help China to settle the regimental commander on the other side. After all, there is no more tempting and politically correct reason for him than to take down Abadan.

Moreover, from Saddam's point of view, it is impossible for him to sit idly by and allow the opposition in the military to really mess up this procurement. Agreeing to the exercise is only a practice of sealing the mouth of the opposition, but it is impossible to really expand the advantage to the point where it is impossible to win.

Hu Wenhai's reason, everyone present was an old fox, and after thinking about it, he figured it out, and couldn't help nodding his head one after another.

"Then the next thing we want to discuss is the establishment plan of our light infantry regiment. The Iranian side's demand is that there must be no armored units in our establishment, no self-propelled artillery, and only 10 aircraft equipped with our army's standard equipment will be supported by the air force. Iran's air power on paper includes MiG-25, Su-24, French Mirage F1 and Super Flag attack aircraft, and the total number of air fighters has reached 50. ”

It is said that it is a force on paper, of course, because it is impossible for China to allow Iraqi weapons and equipment to enter the country. In fact, not only the Air Force is on paper, but also the equipment of the Iraqi Army. The T-72 tank it is equipped with is a Chinese Type 69 tank that will be delivered to the Iraqi army, the Soviet-made infantry tank is actually a Chinese-style 63 infantry fight, and the AK47 is actually a 56-punch or 81 automatic rifle.

While Iraqis cannot fight with equipment they are familiar with, the weapons they simulate from the Iraqi army are not in any way any less effective.

This is the same as the famous Zhu Rihe exercise in later generations, the 59 of the Blue Army is not inseparable from the 99A of the Red Army, because the combat effectiveness of 59 in the exercise is equal to Abrams.

"Our troop formation has been limited to death, and at least two of the three battalions of a regiment must be light infantry. The remaining battalion, although it can be played a little freely, cannot set up armored units either. ”

"What about helicopters?" asked Hu Wenhai.

"Helicopter, um-" Zhang Yi flipped through the record in his hand, shook his head and said: "This is not declared, we can equip it." ”

"Okay, the third battalion, let's go to the helicopter assault battalion. Hu Wenhai immediately made a decision: "Equip this battalion with all the Black Hawk helicopters we currently have in our hands." The regimental command, which also followed the helicopter command. ”

"So how should the equipment of these two light infantry battalions be configured?"

"Two battalions, six companies. Hu Wenhai knocked on the table with his hand and pondered: "There is a company that I want the best reconnaissance company selected by the whole army, an electronic countermeasures company, a drone company, a mortar company, and two light infantry companies with the strongest combat effectiveness! In this way, we are still one company and one platoon richer than the Iraqis, give me a heavy artillery company and a communications platoon." ”

Hearing his formation, the soldiers present expressed their doubts one after another: "This is unreasonable, the other side has air supremacy, how can it not arrange anti-aircraft fire!"

"Two infantry battalions actually only have two regular combat companies, this offensive force is too weak, right?"

"What is a drone company? What is an electronic countermeasures company, and is there a previous company for communication jamming?"

"The other side has a large number of armored units, and one mortar battery is of limited effectiveness, so why not set up two heavy artillery batteries? At least you can try to hit the tank with artillery fire?"

"I said everyone, if you have a way, then you come!" Hu Wenhai's eyes were straightened, at this time, the real leaders were thinking about the mystery of his establishment in front, and those who couldn't wait to speak out were all young staff officers who wanted to be in the limelight.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, all the people who had just expressed their opinions shut up.

"Comrade Xiaohu, if there is no air defense force, is it really not suitable?" At this time, an old general still stood up and asked the question that everyone wanted to know the answer to the most.

The greatest advantage of the Iraqis was, in their opinion, not the use of armored regiments against light infantry regiments. From the beginning of World War II to the subsequent wars in the world, it has been surfaced, and the lack of air supremacy is an absolute disaster for the ground forces. Even the volunteer army at the peak level of light infantry, if it did not have the limited air cover provided by the MiG corridor, I am afraid that it would have hated North Korea a long time ago.

The Vietnam War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and several Arab-Israeli wars all showed that the Air Force had a tremendous advantage over the ground forces without cover.

In any case, the weakness of the absence of air defense forces is simply too big for this exercise. The Iraqis could have put on a stubborn posture and let the air force bomb indiscriminately and wait for the tanks to take over the positions.

Hu Wenhai turned his head and looked at the old general who asked questions. He does not think that his understanding of modern warfare is poor when he is old, and in fact, it is not uncommon for our army to have a long-term vision, such as Admiral Liu of the Navy.

And the leader of the Air Force, who seems to have obvious Russian roots, is obviously not the kind of person who eats the past.

"That's right, the absence of air supremacy is really a disaster for the ground forces. Hu Wenhai nodded in agreement: "But there is a problem, first of all, the air force must be able to detect the ground forces, and then the ground forces can be eliminated." ”

"Next ......" (to be continued......