On the night of the 12th, the city of Baghdad was completely plunged into darkness. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The power supply to the city has been cut off, important institutions and people have been moved to bomb shelters in the city, and there is nothing left in the wide streets.

Republican Guard soldiers with guns quietly watched the movements in the city vigilantly in the corners. Anyone suspected of orienting the U.S. military will be shot without trial.

If the Air Force was bombing during World War II, it would be very troublesome to find a city with light control in the face of such a dark night.

However, it is now the late nineties of the twentieth century, and there are many more ways for humans to find a city on the ground.

For example, the accuracy of GPS, thermal imaging, low-light night vision, and even inertial navigation is very sufficient for a city.

A Saddam Hussein defender with a combination of bullets and artillery slowly stopped in Victory Square in the center of the city, and then stretched out its hoe to gradually raise the hull of the car until the tires left the ground, completing the preparations for the start of the battle.

Saddam Hussein's Defender uses the Wanshan 580 Type 8×8 off-road vehicle as the chassis, and is equipped with a Dutch goalkeeper close defense system, as well as a missile area interception system upgraded by the original Phoenix missile imported from the United States with a booster stage, which constitutes its combat part.

It is controlled by a network of JY-8 and JY-9 radars, which were originally designed to intercept Iranian strikes. The use of dispersed artillery combined with the air defense mode of the key place can intercept incoming targets at a distance of up to 80 kilometers. As for the real probability of interception on the battlefield in the face of the US military, it is still unknown......

Before this set of Saddam Hussein's guards could finish their work, a signal corpsman had already picked up the telephone line. In view of the powerful electromagnetic warfare capability of the US military, the vast majority of the combat command system in Baghdad uses wired communications.

"Colonel, we have arrived at our intended position, ready to attack, waiting for your instructions. ”

The commander of the crew stood by the door of the launch vehicle, stepped on the threshold with one foot, grabbed the phone in one hand, and reported to Jamal, who was far away in the underground command center.

At the same time, on the large projection screen of the command center, the icon of an air defense unit in the position of Victory Square in downtown Baghdad has also been changed to a ready state.

War is a continuation of politics, and there is nothing more meaningful than blowing up Saddam's political prestige than blowing up the victory gate in Victory Square.

Even if Hu Wenhai did not leak the topic, Saddam Hussein knew it. If the Victory Gate, which was built to celebrate the victory in the war against Iran, were blown up by the coalition forces, how passive it would be and what a huge blow the morale of the Iraqi military and civilians would be.

In China, it's almost like someone dropped a bomb on the Tiananmen Tower.

Will the Americans really use that legendary stealth fighter? If it does appear, is there any chance that Iraq's armed forces will defeat them?

In order to ensure that his political prestige is not shaken, Saddam Hussein has laid a wide net around Baghdad, and he has great ambitions to try his edge.

In the same way that the Victory Gate was bombed, if he can shoot down the most advanced fighter of the US military, it will undoubtedly be a great encouragement for the Iraqis.

If Schwarzkopf could see the large projection screen in the command center at this time, he would definitely break out in a cold sweat in surprise.

He deliberately launched the offensive on the third day of authorization, in addition to gathering enough intelligence, in order to paralyze the mental state of the Iraqi army.

Schwarzkopf, who thought he had a plan, did not know that at midnight on the 12th, Iraq had already opened its pockets and was just waiting for the US troops to enter the urn.

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When the last second of the 12th passed, two hours later on the 13th. Just when common sense is the most lax and tired time for human beings, suddenly the two early warning radar stations in Iraq near the Saudi border on the big screen instantly changed to a state of war!

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The Black Hawk helicopter flew low through the desert, and the desert scenery was so uniform that it sometimes gave the illusion that it was not moving at all.

Flying the M134 Minigan machine gun across the cabin door, Imad is a second-generation Syrian immigrant who speaks not fluent Arabic. However, in the special forces, his level is already considered a high-level talent.

After all, an ordinary translator can't carry Minigang to follow the team to charge.

The loud noise of the helicopter propeller echoed in the ears, which made everyone have little desire to talk. His comrades-in-arms rarely bothered Imad, worried that he would be a psychological burden for attacking the Iraqis. For Imad, however, there was only excitement in his heart. He needed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove himself and that he was an American, not some primitive in the desert.

At least in this era, the Arabs will not have the illusion that "the US imperialists, I am your father".

Just when everyone was thinking about it, suddenly an orange-red spark lit up on the dark desert land.

The experienced driver instantly realized what it was, and hurriedly stepped on the pedal to increase the horsepower output, then tightly held the joystick in his arms, and began to perform an evasive maneuver, and shouted at the same time.

“rpg！”

No, that was actually an individual anti-aircraft weapon that the USSR was equipped with in the seventies, the Arrow-2 anti-aircraft missile, and not an RPG without guidance.

Fortunately, the target of this individual anti-aircraft missile was not the helicopter that Imad was in. The reason is simple, the Arrow-2 missile can only attack the rear hemisphere of the helicopter, so the real unlucky ghost will not see it......

Of course, there was nothing wrong with the pilot's maneuver, and it could even be said that it just saved the lives of the entire crew -- because it was not just an Arrow 2 missile that was fired at the same time.

The Iraqis set up a defensive line two kilometers from the target. With individual bunkers and simple anti-infrared camouflage, a large number of soldiers armed with Arrow 2 missiles emerged from the individual bunkers after the helicopter group flew by, and then began to attack the unsuspecting American troops in the sky.

Although the Arrow-2 missile is an ultra-short-range individual air defense missile, the Soviet Union has been equipped with it for a long time, and its technology is not advanced. However, its battlefield performance is quite remarkable, and although it does not have a strong anti-jamming ability, its average record is that it can shoot down one enemy aircraft every three shots.

In just one wave of attacks, the US helicopter group was like a moth to a flame, and countless fire meteors fell.

Even by the most conservative estimates, the first battle of the Gulf War in history has easily set a new record for the number of casualties in history.

The U.S. military's communication channels have long been in chaos. Imad clung to the Minigan machine gun in his hand, and after the helicopter had calmed down, he didn't even have time to take a closer aim before he spilled the scorching bullets to the ground.

Although the US helicopter group was hit in the face, the commander did not panic, but became furious like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed.

The helicopter group of the US army suffered heavy losses, but still had a strong combat capability. In particular, none of the Apache gunships, with their advanced stealth and infrared processing technology, were destroyed by the Arrow 2 missile, which greatly increased the confidence of the commander.

Imad's helicopter was ordered to land, plunging the special forces to the ground, and then hurried into the sky.

There are still two kilometers left, and the commander of the special forces believes that his soldiers are quite capable of capturing the stated targets with a ground offensive.

The quiet night had already turned into a boiling oil pot, and the tail flames of tracer bullets and missiles pierced the sky, sometimes illuminating the dark night as if it were day.

"Gogogo, attack! Get past this Iraqi line, we're going to capture the radar station behind them!"

An officer unknown to Imad ran past him and dragged him forward. The landing in the dark of night completely disrupted the U.S. military formation, but thanks to the excellent communication system, the battle still seemed to be under the control of the U.S. commander.

But this is nothing more than an illusion.

Special forces are special forces because they are capable of performing tasks that ordinary soldiers cannot, but that does not mean that they are more useful in the frontal battlefield than ordinary infantry.

By this time, the commander of the US special forces still believed that he had only encountered an undetected air defense position, and had not fallen into the enemy's trap.

Unless Saddam Hussein had spies at the headquarters of the coalition forces, how could he possibly know where they chose to launch an attack from? The border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia is so long and there are so many early warning radar stations that it is impossible for Saddam to lay a trap at every radar station.

However, just as the special forces were preparing to launch an attack on the Iraqi infantry line, Imad suddenly heard a howling sound from far and near in the sky.

The experienced officer's face changed, and he quickly threw himself on the ground, still shouting in his mouth.

"Lie down! Lie down! Mortar shelling!"

The mortar attack from the direction of the radar station easily covered the American infantry offensive formation.

A mortar shell exploded right next to Imad, but fortunately he fell to his stomach just in time, only to be a little dizzy from the shock wave.

Although he was not really injured, Imad suddenly had a feeling that this war should not have developed this way. There is still a chance to turn the tables, we have the Apache! the world's most advanced gunship!

The Apaches, who were pouring fire on the infantry line, lived up to the expectations of the special forces infantry. Like spinning tops that have been whipped, after the infantry is attacked, they hurriedly pull up the nose and fly towards the artillery positions in the distance.

Just as the Apache was about to reach the artillery position, countless "rivers of flames" paved with 23-mm anti-aircraft shells suddenly churned up from below, piercing the ground covered in darkness and swooping down on every helicopter in the sky. And the source of this "river of flames" has also revealed its true body in the firelight.

The Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery is an anti-aircraft weapon of the Soviet army! This name is even higher than the T-72 in the attack sequence of the US army.

It was not until the appearance of the Shilka River that the commander of the special forces suddenly realized that he had fallen into the trap of the Iraqis in the first place!

However, from the time of receiving the enemy to this time, only a little more than ten minutes had passed. There was too little time left for him to see through the trap of the Iraqis. The form of the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is simply a wrong step, a wrong step.

Although the Apache is the most advanced helicopter gunship in the world, its protection is only capable of withstanding the fire of a small number of direct hits from 23mm anti-aircraft guns.

But now the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns of the Shilka River that appear here, the intensive shooting even gives the pilots the illusion that they are walking through a tunnel composed of barrages!

The stealthy Apache was finally able to be locked by the RPK-2 radar at such a distance.

The entire night here is lit up by tracer bullets fired from the Shilka River, and the Iraqis can even rely on the light of tracer bullets to shoot directly at the Apache!

The beginning of Desert Storm was undoubtedly a tragedy for Americans.

The Chinese, on the other hand, have an old saying, called "Happiness is unequaled, and disaster is not a single line."