Chapter 092, Rutby's Meat Grinder
If George had known that he would not only not be able to take Lutbay for three days, but even that the 300,000 multinational troops had been defeated here, he would not have invested frantically at any cost in the early days of the war, and had even reached the point of irrationality.
But there is no regret in the world, since George was anxious to win, the balance of war has tipped in favor of the Prophet Army, the second round of attacks seems ferocious, but also achieved great results, in this air battle, the Iraqi Air Force also suffered heavy losses, but the losses of the coalition forces were even heavier.
More than 700 planes were put into operation and more than 2,100 sorties were taken, while the Prophet Army lost nearly 200 planes, while the US-led coalition lost more than 400 planes.
After all, Iraq has a very small land area, so there are not many fighters in the Air Force, there are only more than 500 in total, and this time it lost nearly half of it at once, and with NATO's industrial capacity, even if they lose so many aircraft, they can still build them in a very short time, but Iraq is different.
The manufacture of aircraft is still a weakness, although they already have most of the technology, but they do not have much productivity, which creates a huge disparity, once the NATO coalition forces attack again, Iraq can only defend against the territorial defense force, and the territorial defense force is not omnipotent.
They can play most of the role, but they don't play an absolute role.
In the face of huge losses, George ordered the army's attack without changing his face, but to his surprise, the army's attack was far greater than the air force's losses.
The hundreds of defensive lines of the Prophet's army were arranged very precisely, first by shelling, then by blocking, and after the blockade was over, they immediately withdrew to the next day's defensive line.
In one day, the US and Israeli armies advanced less than a kilometer in both directions.
As for the multinational forces led by Jordan on the other side, it was even worse, not only did they not advance, but they were forced by the Prophet's army hundreds of meters away, and if it were not for the Prophet's army to retreat into their positions, I am afraid they would have been defeated long ago.
What can George do? He could only give the order to continue the attack, and the more disadvantages he had, the more angry he became, and he fought until the evening, when they were worthy of the outskirts of Darutbai.
And in front of them, there are more than ten lines of defense of the Prophet Army, and at this time, both the American army and the Israeli army have suffered heavy losses, if nothing else, because the Prophet Army is too chicken thief.
Forget about defending in the position, and when they retreat, they still bury a lot of various mines in the position, and it is very difficult for the troops of the two countries to advance any step, and the tanks will not be able to exert their strength at all, because there are anti-tank mines, and they will be paralyzed on the position if they are not careful.
However, the real nightmare is not these mines, but the arrival of late night, most of the US military has night vision equipment, but not every US military has it.
But despite the night vision equipment, they still did not have daytime vision, so as soon as the night came, the Prophet Army immediately launched a counterattack, at this time although the American army was also attacking, but most of them were very sleepy, but they ushered in the armored troops of the Prophet Army.
Their tanks have not dared to be sent, the planes have almost been lost in the air battle, and now in the face of the armored forces of the Prophet's army, they have almost become a target, although they also have anti-tank infantry, but the infantry comes out with the tanks, and it is at night, can you easily launch anti-tank rockets?
The answer is naturally no, so the U.S. military also learned from the Prophet Army to fight positional warfare, but when the Prophet Army built fortifications, it obviously turned the position outward, so the U.S. Army couldn't defend it if it wanted to, because most of the positions were facing inward, and there was basically no cover.
So, during the day, they managed to take the position, and at night they were recaptured, although George has been giving orders to attack, and the American and Israeli armies have also defended, but they can't hold it, what can they do?
Finally, in the early hours of the morning, George had no choice but to give the order to stop the offensive and regain his position during the day.
So a new round of positional warfare began, and both the Americans and the Israelis doubted whether the Prophet's army was all immortals, and they were almost the same mines they lined up during the day, and at night they were all deployed again, and as soon as their armored troops rushed forward, Nima suffered heavy losses.
They finally withdrew, and they could only attack step by step, but this time it was clear that their attack was much smoother than yesterday's, and the Prophet's defense was much looser, so they finally reached the outskirts of the city, but the evening came again
In this way, the US military and the Israeli army have no way to deal with the Prophet's army, and it is the first time that they have discovered that modern warfare can also be fought in this way.
In fact, this is not to blame the US military and the Israeli army, if you want to blame the opponent they have encountered before is too weak, they only need to send planes to bomb, missiles are cooperating with the strike, and finally go up to clean up the mess, basically the other side will completely retreat, but the prophetic army is different.
The equipment is almost the same, and the two sides cannot form much advantage in the air, so in the end they can only form an advantage on the ground, and the US army, which is accustomed to fighting scientific and technological warfare, is suddenly forced to fight the positional warfare of the last century, and needs to adapt to the battlefield environment again, and of course they cannot defeat the prophetic army.
The snow leopard almost exerted the 100,000 men under his command to the limit, divided into day and night troops, the day was defended by the daytime troops, and the night troops attacked, positional warfare is also the snow leopard's forte, what he needs to do is to minimize the casualties, and at the same time exert the maximum combat effectiveness.
This has to make use of some small objects, like the former Iraq War, the US military fought Iraq, and the ground troops almost all drove straight in, and the Iraqis never knew what was mine-laying, and even if the mines were laid, most of them were directly thrown on the road, so the US military happily fought all the way to the capital Baghdad.
At that time, after watching these videos, the snow leopard thought that why are the Iraqis so stupid? If the mines had been laid, perhaps Saddam's regime would have lasted for a while.
It's a pity that the Iraqis only learned how to lay mines after the end of the war, and although they could inflict some casualties on the U.S. military at that time, the trend was gone.
Therefore, when Snow Leopard was the commander of the Northwest Army, he deliberately set up a mine regiment, which was specifically responsible for burying mines, and most of the mines were brought from the research center, Shen Wansan This guy is studying bombs and mines every day, and these used on the battlefield are basically invented by Shen Wansan.
Many of them are not available on the market, so even if the US military has deminers, it is difficult to eliminate them.
Therefore, it took George nearly five days to break through the outer defensive line, and the Prophet's army fought with them day and night, and finally it was the Israeli army that broke through to the city of Lutbay first, but by this time their casualties had reached five figures.
Most of them are the US army and the Israeli army, and only a small part is the Jordanian army, of course, this is not to blame Jordan for absolutely not giving strength, it is really that they have not fought this kind of battle, so in many attacks, they basically stayed in place, occasionally firing a few shots into the position, or for the US army and the Israelis to see.
On the seventh day, the U.S. troops finally broke through to the city, but by this time they found that the casualties were the worst in the 21st century, and although they did not know what the casualties of the Prophet Army were, they were certainly much smaller than them.
George didn't expect that he would finally crush the Prophet Army with the advantage of numbers, which was a bit embarrassing.
But soon he adjusted his strategy, and when attacking the city, he mixed the Israeli army, the American army, the British army, and the Jordanian and multinational forces, especially the Jordanian army, which was the largest number, George felt that this could put pressure on the Prophet's army, otherwise the Jordanian side would always release empty artillery, and in the end of the war, thousands of people died, but the number of people who died in his door could be counted on two fingers.
But who George did not expect that the beginning of the real war was not a positional battle on the periphery, but a street battle in the city, and the Prophet Army was far more ferocious than they imagined.
Over the next month, the coalition and the Prophet fought some of the worst street battles of the 21st century in Rutbay, taking place in almost every building.
Sometimes the soldiers on both sides are only separated by a wall, and they can even hear each other's breathing, but the war is tragic, when they face each other, there is no handshake and peace, only bullets pass through the chamber, either you die or I die.
The battle for the water source was the most fierce, and some soldiers even had to drink a few sips of water because they were so thirsty that they ignored the shots of the opponent's bullets, and finally drank the water, but lost their lives.
The soldiers dyed the water red, but in the end, no one cared whether the drinking place was blood or water, and no one cared what was in their kettle, they only knew whether to attack or defend.
The coalition army took a building during the day, the Prophet army recaptured it at night, and launched a ferocious attack, after the arrival of the Northeast Army, the coalition army was driven out of the city of Lutbay several times, but soon the coalition army took it back in a frenzy.
In many cases, they have forgotten their identity, like the walking dead, executing an order, and in the end it is the will, whoever can persevere, who is the winner of this war, will get the city.
A month later, George finally ordered to stop the offensive and switch to strategic defense, because in this city, he had buried nearly 100,000 people, most of them American and Israeli soldiers, and the largest number of Jordanian troops was the most intact.
He really regretted the order given in the first place, otherwise he would not have been dragged to death by the Jordanian army, you must know that this always happens on the battlefield, two soldiers rushed in front, and a group of people followed, but in front of them were Israelis and Americans, followed by Jordanians.
However, they rushed very fiercely, and when they faced the counterattack of the Prophet Army, these guys, who had just shouted that they would die with the Prophet Army, immediately turned around and ran, while the Americans and Israelis stupidly bumped into the muzzle of the human gun.
The Americans and Israelis almost turned against the Jordanian army after being betrayed more than once, but they found that the Jordanian army now seemed to be completely overpowering them