529 The Soviets panicked
As the Iraqi Air Force did not dare to join the battlefield again, this skirmish of armored forces, which was supposed to be an encounter, ended with the Iraqi Tikrit Division retreating 10 kilometers.
The excellent performance of weapons and equipment from China was presented directly to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps command with the war report of the meritorious front-line commander Ansar. The entire border was defeated, and the victory on this side shook the entire Iranian high-level.
In particular, in less than five months since the formation of the Revolutionary Guards, although many elites were selected from the old army, they have shown more combat effectiveness than the old army. This is precious.
With the presence of this small force, the southern defense line was basically stabilized.
"Is it because of the equipment provided by the Chinese? Their tanks were much more powerful than the Soviet T72? Their anti-aircraft missiles are performing very well? Why can't anti-aircraft missiles supplied by the Chinese somewhere else show such high performance? "Khomeini didn't speak in the face of the report, he didn't understand military affairs. And as his handpicked defense minister, Samnila is a roar.
Many of the weapons and equipment provided by the Chinese did not perform well, especially the hundreds of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles they deployed in Ahvaz, which basically did not make any achievements.
For Canon, a high-ranking officer from the old army system, he had long wanted to purge it as he had purged three hundred high-ranking military officers.
However, Khomeini has a very high level of trust in Qanon.
The bad deeds of Qanun's trip to China are being investigated, especially the fact that many accounts are unknown, and as a result, such good news has come from the battlefield on the front line of the port of Maherschahr.
"For such a result. We can ask the front-line commanders, especially Khojateyi, whom the Supreme Leader personally named! Canon shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
Actions speak louder than words.
Samnila is small-minded. But he had a great deal of credit for the victory of the Religious Revolution. Canon didn't want to argue with him about anything, if it weren't for the start of the Iran-Iraq war. He will simply resign and leave the country!
"The Chinese's weapons and equipment have shown their performance, and I think there is no doubt about that. The biggest problem should be the use of weapons and equipment, especially the front-line commanders' understanding and use of weapons and equipment...... "Khomeini, as the commander-in-chief of the Iranian armed forces, must not allow Samnira to continue to purge the army at this time.
Although his actions are very beneficial to the entire religious security.
And now, after several months of purging, 300 senior military managers have been purged, and more than 12,000 officers at the grassroots level have been purged. As a result, the combat capability of the front line has been reduced too much, especially all kinds of advanced tanks and armored vehicles, and even artillery, which are very poor because of the lack of junior officers.
"The defensive line in the south has been solidified, let Khojatyi come to the capital to report!" When Samnyela saw that the Supreme Leader had spoken, he had no choice but to give up.
In the first few days, the offensive went very smoothly, and the powerful Iraqi army occupied a large number of Iranian territories, much to Saddam's delight.
But after he received information from above on the Southern Front. The whole person's face almost turned iron-blue.
The most powerful tanks purchased from the USSR were actually destroyed by the incapable Iranian army in the encounter, 13 were destroyed and 7 were captured, and more than that. Several warplanes were also lost.
This loss of battle was insignificant to the results achieved by the Tekrit Division.
The reason why Mr. President got angry was because I don't know what the other side had destroyed.
How many of these powerful tanks do the Iranian army have in their hands? How many anti-aircraft missiles have been able to make their advanced MiG-23 fighters have been shot down, and where do these missiles come from? What is the model and how is the performance. The Iraqi intelligence officers did not have the slightest information, and even the Americans did not know where this information came from!
"What do Americans say? They have been providing us with intelligence, why didn't it have before? Also, didn't the Soviets always boast that their T72 was the most powerful tank, and that no shells could destroy their frontal armor? Can you tell me, Kalam, why? "Saddam Hussein is not angry.
He gave all the right to purchase weapons to his trusted military adviser Kanlam, who is also a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Defense, mainly in charge of the procurement of weapons and equipment and intelligence agencies!
Now, after the outbreak of the war for so many days, the air force of the northern front line has Iran's most powerful and the world's most powerful fighter, the F-14, and their ground forces cannot speed up the offensive of the ground forces with the cooperation of air strikes.
The headquarters has been highlighted a lot, and the results are even more obvious.
In the south, the offensive was thwarted, capturing only a few small towns.
If they cannot occupy the port of Makhshahr, they will not be able to occupy Iran's rich oil resources, and it is simply impossible to establish their hegemony in the Persian Gulf!
"Mr. President, the Americans have denied that this is the military equipment they have provided, and the Western countries have shown the same importance. The results of this battle have attracted the attention of the Soviets, and they have sent a team of experts to evaluate it. Encountering such a thing, no one can accept it, especially the Soviets, unless these tanks are supplied by the Americans......" Cumlam sweated profusely.
He couldn't explain it.
The Soviets didn't know why their powerful tanks were so easy to blow up, how thick the main armor was, he had seen it, and even the president was full of praise for this powerful tank at first.
Now the myth of such a tank has been shattered.
For such things, the mood of the American intelligence services is mixed.
What is the situation with the armament of the Iranian army, the whole world, the CIA of the United States knows better than even the Iranians themselves.
The Pahlavi dynasty has always been supported by the United States, and the weapons and equipment were originally purchased from Britain, and then began to turn to the United States, and there was a trend of comprehensive Americanization, as a result, the Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown by Khomeini's son of a bitch.
"Jimmy. Any news? Such a tank cannot be of Iran's own production! Where exactly did they get it from? And the kind of missile capable of shooting down the MiG-23, the boss asked us to figure it out as soon as possible! "Basra. A significant number of American intelligence officers were gathered before the war.
These intelligence officers stayed here mainly to assist in the Iraqi war, and by the way, they also had to gather intelligence.
"Boss. These tanks seem to have appeared on the battlefield out of nowhere. The troops were all religious elements of the Revolutionary Guards, and our people could not reach them at all. However, according to the analysis, the most likely source of these tanks and missiles is from China! Jimmy reasoned that "this shape, especially the turret design, is very similar to the M1A1 tank that we have just started to produce in China, and there is information that some of the design solutions for this tank came from Chinese ......."
"It can't be!" The head of intelligence immediately jumped.
"China's backward technical equipment and technical personnel can only produce Soviet second-generation tanks. Now the backward technology and second-hand equipment of all countries in the world are very advanced for them......"
"Actually, our intelligence officers and some officials from the Ministry of Defense did get some of the technology from China. It's very secretive, and maybe that's why I've been brought here......" Jimmy said disappointed.
At the beginning, he was just drunk and said a few casual words, and he was investigated for a long time, and then thrown into the Middle East, where birds don't.
"If it's really Chinese, what should we do? We can't figure out the detailed performance of these tanks, and we can't get the specific parameters of that missile......" The person in charge suddenly became embarrassed.
"Actually. It doesn't make a difference to us. It was the USSR that should be alarmed. The Soviets have been stockpiling massive armor clusters on the Sino-Soviet border, threatening the Chinese. Chinese tanks couldn't resist, and their planes couldn't cope with the penetration of all sorts of advanced Soviet fighters......" Jimmy said disappreciatively.
Now there is very good cooperation between China and the United States.
The United States is courting China. It was to support China to share the pressure from the Soviet Union.
There is no conflict of interest between China and the United States.
At least, not at a time when the USSR did not fall. There is a covert cooperation. And not too many people know.
"Then let the Soviets have a headache. But we have to deliver our information to our superiors, and we have to take the initiative. Otherwise, don't think about getting any more money! "The person in charge had a headache.
If only these weapons came from China. Well, there's more they need to do.
Anyway, it is the Soviets who are panicking now. The most powerful weapons and equipment on the ground, in which they had the advantage, became a piece of rubbish, and even the MiG-23, which was the main equipment, was easily knocked down.
Those bastards in Moscow should be the most frightened!
The most advanced tanks of the Soviet Union, and the largest number of tanks exported, Iraq purchased the most, and if it could not find out why it would be destroyed so easily by those backward tanks of Iran, it would be a disaster for the Soviet Union.
T72, was the main weapon for the export of Soviet heavy equipment.
In November 1977, the Soviet Union made its debut at the military parade on Red Square to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, and now, only four years have appeared, and the first real combat has appeared with such a result, which country would dare to continue to buy such tanks in large quantities?
After learning the news, Khamram immediately contacted the Soviet personnel, which caused a huge panic in the Soviet Union.
The financial situation of the Soviet Union was not good, after the T34, a low-cost, good-performing tank, the T64 could not be exported at all because it had too much of the most advanced technology of the Soviet Union, and the cost of each vehicle was too high, and finally there was a T72, a tank that was almost the same as the T64B in appearance and very different internally.
Since its debut, this tank has attracted the attention of the whole world.
Even the Americans, having to continue to develop new tanks, were forced to counter the pressure from this Soviet steel monster.
The Soviet Union officially claimed that the T72 was an upgraded version of the T64, although it was simplified for the sake of cost, but it was more advanced, more ferocious firepower, more flexible movement speed, and more powerful defense.
Now, this myth has been shattered.
"Let's get our intelligence officers out in full force, I want to know where these tanks got in Iran's hands! If it were Americans, I would make them look good! Saddam Hussein also knew that this kind of thing could not really rely on the United States.
The Americans have a grudge against Iran, and the Tehran hostage incident has not been properly resolved until now.
And the double-faced swords of the Americans are known to the whole world.
They rose to prominence because they sold weapons to the Allies and the Allies during the First and Second World Wars.
Previously they supported Iran in its attack on Iraq, and now they have switched to Iraq after Iran's backlash, and Saddam Hussein did not trust the Americans. Even if the Americans now provide them with a lot of intelligence.
The T72 was destroyed in an encounter with more than a dozen vehicles, and more than half of the damage was a bad effect, not only to shake the Soviet high-level, but also to panic the lower Tajik group, which was determined to create a world classic to inherit the honor of the T34, and the huge order made their life better than other production and research groups.
Now in the Iran-Iraq war, the result of a small, high-intensity encounter can cost them their orders, and before they can do so, they must figure out what causes it.
"If it is a new tank supplied by the Americans to Iran, it will have the greatest impact on the defense of the entire Soviet Union! The greatest destruction, the pressure of the USSR on the Western countries, will be gone, and the Western countries will exert strong pressure on us! "Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Army Vasily. Ivanovich. After knowing this information, Chuikov said very seriously to General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
"Then let the KGB people figure out where these tanks come from and understand their performance! If it were the Americans, it would be necessary to work out tanks that could fight them in a targeted manner! "The old Brezhnev could not allow such a thing to happen.
It took more than a decade of his efforts that the Soviet Union developed a huge land advantage over the Western camp.
In the navy, the Americans have the upper hand.
If their land superiority is gone, the Americans will lead the Western camp to crush them!
"The head of Nizhny Tajikistan must also personally find out what is going on!" Chuikov said through gritted teeth.
Originally, the Military Planning Committee asked the Nizhny Tajik group to improve the T64, and they came up with the T72, but now the development of a new generation of tanks is not going well, and the Nizhny Tajik group must modify it after learning about the performance defects of the T72, and upgrade these tanks, otherwise tens of thousands of T72s will become targets on the battlefield.
Once the war starts, you can't bear it at all!
This was the reason for the most panic in the Soviet leadership.
In just five days after that encounter, the Soviet expert group flew from Moscow to Baghdad and from Baghdad to Basra. (To be continued......)
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