Destroying the withered and decaying, earth-shattering, windswept and remnant clouds, invincible

When the Iraqi Republican Guard armored cluster under the command of Major General Petrov slashed the long knife in his hand at the Iranian's neck in a lightning strike, the Iranians could do nothing but watch the bright light of the knife cut through the throat

Of course, there are the clumsy tactics of the Iranian soldiers, the rigid and dogmatic command of the front-line commanders, and the pale inability to counterattack the attack, but compared with these tactical or operational mistakes, the strategic misjudgment of the Iranian top brass is the most fatal

Since the start of the Iran-Iraq war, Iran has lost a large part of its territory under the sudden attack of Iraq, and although after more than two years of arduous fighting, Iran has regained all the land it has lost, but the entanglement between the interests of the two countries, the hatred between ethnic groups, and the contradictions between sects contained in this have been endlessly raised to a new height that is difficult to reconcile.

In addition, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, is an extremely tough leader who will take revenge, so naturally he cannot let go of Iraq, which is gradually gaining disadvantage on the battlefield, so from the second half of 1982, Iran began to launch a tentative offensive against Iraq itself.

However, for various reasons, no substantial progress has been made, but just as the so-called iron shoes are nowhere to be found, it is no effort to get them, and just as Iran's decision-makers are looking for a good opportunity to attack Iraqi mainland, the Hollande armored battle group is defeated. It's like a pie falling from the sky, which makes the Iranian decision-makers fall into an absolute state of euphoria in an instant.

Because. With the collapse and retreat of the Hollande armored battle group, a gap of nearly 10 kilometers suddenly appeared in the originally complete Iraqi defense line, and the sharp-eyed Iranian decision-makers naturally could not let go of such a golden opportunity, so a large number of reserves were dispatched to strengthen the southern cluster. Form a campaign attack group and follow this breach to attack Iraq proper.

At the same time, it intends to seize Basra, an important city in southern Iraq, and completely block Iraq's access to the sea. It also takes possession of the oil-rich southern region of Iraq, and at the same time can also point north and coerce the Iraqi capital Baghdad, in order to complete this strategic concept. Iran is all it takes. The strategic reserve is insufficient, so the elite is drawn from the central and northern clusters in a defensive posture, with the intention of accomplishing the strategic goal of achieving a fait accompli in the shortest possible time.

However, what the Iranian top brass never expected was that their various measures were in the hands of Major General Petrov, because the Iranians transferred troops from other fronts, which objectively weakened the original defense capability. This gives Petrov more flexibility in the choice of breakthrough lots.

Adhering to the Soviet Union's theory of large-depth operations, which had been developed since World War II, Major General Petrov chose the final point of attack in the central Iranian cluster. and the southern cluster, and limit the final breakthrough to a narrow front of less than six kilometers

In this narrow breakthrough area, Major General Petrov concentrated more than 500 artillery pieces, mortars, rocket artillery, and other types of artillery, nearly 800 tanks and armored vehicles, including advanced T-72 tanks and BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, and more than 50,000 Iraqi Republican Guard soldiers!

And what blocked this Iraqi elite armored cluster was nothing more than a broken Iranian reserve division, because of this, when this iron fist that had accumulated huge strength hit out, the consequences can be imagined, and the Iranian reserve division responsible for defense was all annihilated before it could react,

Subsequently, the armored group of the Republican Guard, under the command of Major General Petrov, did not occupy the fortified fortifications and fortified cities, but handed them over to the infantry in the rear to complete, and he himself led the main force of the armored group, accompanied by the strong support of the Iraqi air force, in the vast desert, set off a terrifying storm, like a heavy fist, and like a sharp steel knife, piercing the already empty rear of the southern Iranian cluster with extremely sharp and fierce penetration

In less than twenty-four hours, with the "Adnan" mechanized infantry division as the right flank attack group, cleared the Iranian strongholds and supplies on the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab, completely closed the No. 4 and No. 9 roads between the east bank of Arabia and the interior of Iran, and thus besieged the heavy army group of more than 120,000 southern Iranian groups in a narrow area east of Basra and west of the Shatt al-Arab.

Six hours later, the "Baghdad" mechanized infantry division seized Abu Furos, an important transport hub at the confluence of the Shatt al-Arab and Karon, forming a second closed encirclement!

Under the command of Lieutenant General Jarad, the southern Iranian cluster that was attacking Basra, Iraq, reacted quickly, and organized elite forces to launch a breakthrough attack to the east of Arabia and the direction of Iran itself, taking advantage of the fact that the Iraqi encirclement was not completely closed and based on maintaining stability.

However, under the encirclement and blockade layer after layer, the Iranian attacks were offset layer by layer, and at this time, the southern Iraqi military district, which had eased up, also concentrated its elite armored forces to carry out a powerful counteroffensive against the southern Iranian cluster

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't bring anything that doesn't need to, try to take the important equipment away Hey, Xiao Li, why are you still holding a hot water kettle? That thing is everywhere and you, Xiao Chen, don't take the Persian scarf I bought for my girlfriend, I'll make it up for you when the time comes, anyway, in a word, travel lightly, and evacuate after forty minutes"

Zhou Hao's speed of speech was extremely fast, and there was an undisguised anxious look on his face, as a professional soldier and armored warfare expert, Zhou Hao did not expect Iraq to launch such a large-scale offensive, let alone that they would be so fast. The organization will be so tight, and the cooperation will be so perfect,

In a short period of time. Advancing to the city of Khoram Shahr, at this time, this strategic point with empty defenses suddenly fell into chaos, in this situation, in order to ensure his own safety, Lu Jiadong immediately decided to take advantage of the fact that the Iraqi armored cluster was not encircled. Quickly evacuate the city of Khoram Shahr, Zhou Hao came to convey Lu Jiadong's order.

But just as his voice fell, there was a hissing cry that cracked his lungs. The air broke into his ears, which made Zhou Hao can't help but look for prestige, only to see several soldiers of the Iranian mixed armored battalion crying bitterly on several stretchers. This made Zhou Hao's pupils shrink violently. Because he was shocked to see that the corpse lying flat on a stretcher was none other than Captain Khamenei, the deputy commander of the mixed armored battalion who led a company of 59 "Jaguar" tanks to block the Iraqi forward troops

"What's going on, what's going on?

Zhou Hao took three steps and two steps to Khamenei's body, looking at its delicate face and bloody chest. and the "Shanghai" brand watch he personally gave him, his eyes were full of disbelief. This is the good partner who is still giggling and joking in the morning, and his lips can't help twitching:

"How could he?"

"Instructor Zhou!" Before Zhou Hao finished speaking, the soldiers on one side cried and explained: "We were about to return to the flank of the Iraqis from the east, but we didn't expect that as soon as we arrived in Kabu Ahvaz Town, we were surrounded by Iraqi tanks and infantry several times our size, and they used tank guns and anti-tank missiles to launch wave after wave of attacks on us.

"What? What did you say?

Zhou Hao was indeed very sad about Khamenei's death, but when he heard "Kabu Ahwash Town", he couldn't help but turn this grief into a trace of cold sweat, and all of them flowed out, because he knew that it was the throat of Khoram Shahr City leading to the interior of Iran, and if Iraq's armored cluster controlled Khoram Ahwash Town, the entire Khoram Shahr City would be completely surrounded, and they

Zhou Hao didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he didn't care about the fearless pain, and ran directly towards Lu Jiadong's office not far away, but when he just pushed the office door open, he was greeted not by a heavy face like an ordinary person, but with a faint smile, but in a much firmer tone than before:

"You're here just in time, I'm about to look for you, you armored warfare expert, come and see, how can we break out of the encirclement"

"Chief Master Lu!" Looking at Lu Jiadong, Liao Shaoqing, Chen Zihao and others who were gathered in front of the map, Zhou Hao was a little dazed:

"Here we are"

"Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, what's the matter? Are you scared, or do you want to be a prisoner? That's a big international impact."

"Afraid? I want to be in the mountains of Vietnam back then, a few in and a few out, I didn't frown, why are I afraid of them Iraqis?" Listening to Lu Jiadong's words, Zhou Hao threw the last trace of concern out of the clouds, and the others are the same, now, in the case of not counting on the Iranian army, can only be as Lu Jiadong said, "do it yourself, have enough food and clothing", so a plan aimed at breaking through and retreating gradually took shape in this small room of less than 20 square meters

At the same time, the Iraqi armored clusters, like a surging cloud in the sky, came to the city, and the city of Khoram Shahr was already in danger (to be continued). )

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