Chapter 013, Ruthless Domination

The unanimous judgment of the US Congress on the situation in Iraq has brought hope to the government in the north and the US troops in Iraq, who are still struggling to survive, and the US president has issued an order to increase the number of troops in Iraq again, but this time the troops are not directly sent from the country, but the US troops in Kuwait will be transferred to Iraq to support the government in the north, except for the basic garrison personnel.

The first batch of reinforcement plans include the 332nd Expeditionary Group, the 332nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, the 4406th Combat Group, the 4406th Air Support Operations Squadron and the 9th Intelligence Squadron, with about 1,500 personnel.

In that war, the United States announced that the south of Iraq's 32nd parallel was designated as a no-fly zone, and carried out a surveillance operation called "Southern Watch" to prohibit Iraqi troops from entering the area. Later, after the start of the US military attack on Iraq, this batch of US troops stationed in Kuwait became the forward force in the attack on Iraq.

But this time the Americans obviously can't play anymore, because without the support of other allies, it is almost impossible for the United States to once again designate southern Iraq as a no-fly zone, not to mention that this troop increase plan has not been approved by the United Nations, and the air force of the Prophet Army is not the former Iraqi Air Force, and they are not much worse than the Americans with a full set of Russian-made weapons and training methods.

What's more, the aircraft carrier strike group that the Americans rely on is now limited by the Russians, and the combined fleet in Basra Port has formed a complete aircraft carrier battle group under the dumpling-like launching ships of the Black Sea shipyard, and the Americans have also found that many of the equipment of this series of aircraft carrier battle groups are as advanced as theirs, and even more weapons than their current weapons.

However, no one expected that the countries thought that the United States had increased its troops, but it was just an attempt to intimidate the southern government as it had done to intimidate Saddam Hussein before, but this time it was different, because the US Congress quickly issued a second batch of troop increase plans.

The second batch of reinforcements was also transferred from the US military base in Kuwait, namely the 9th Expeditionary Group of the US Air Force, the 386th Expeditionary Group, and one "Patriot" missile company, with about 20,000 US troops, including 10,000 permanent Army.

In the operations of the United States and its allies against Iraq, this unit has carried out air, ground and other forces to provide combat rescue, theater airlift, aerial reconnaissance, theater missile defense, and other support. During the Iraq War, when AWACS aircraft were not on patrol, the unit's radar positions became the only means of monitoring Iraq's airspace. During the Iraq War, this unit served as an important logistics and support base for the U.S. military.

Combined with the original 20,000 US troops in Iraq and the first and second batches of troops, the number of US troops supporting the northern government reached as many as 40,000 in an instant, not including logistics personnel.

However, countries still believe that the United States cannot desperately fall into the whirlpool of the Iraq war, because after the second batch of troop increases, panic and anti-war sentiment in the United States are high, and 50 percent of the people condemn the government's indiscriminate use of force, and intervening in the Iraqi civil war will pull the US military into the abyss.

Unexpectedly, Congress soon passed the draft of the third troop increase on the grounds of the importance of Iraq's strategic location, and this third batch of troop increases refers to the transfer of US troops stationed in the famous Doha barracks in Kuwait to Iraq.

The Doha Barracks is the core base and large logistics base of the U.S. Army in the Middle East, and the U.S. 8th Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division are being transferred to Iraq.

Among them, the 1st Armored Division is the ace unit of the US army, once stationed in Germany, after the US invasion of Iraq, it was transferred to Kuwait and participated in the invasion, in the world, this force is definitely the trump card of the trump card.

The total number of this force was 16,933. It has jurisdiction over 1 division headquarters and division headquarters company, 2 armored brigade headquarters and brigade headquarters companies (6 heavy tank battalions), 1 infantry brigade headquarters and brigade headquarters company (4 infantry battalions), 1 engineer brigade, 1 air defense artillery battalion, 1 military intelligence battalion, 1 communications battalion, 1 division artillery headquarters (under the jurisdiction of 3 155 mm self-propelled howitzer battalions, 1 227 mm multiple rocket launch artillery company), 1 division support headquarters, 1 division aviation brigade (under the jurisdiction of 2 attack helicopter battalions, 1 air assault company, 1 aviation command company, 1 cavalry squadron), 1 chemical company, 1 gendarmerie company and 1 divisional band.

The division is mainly equipped with 348 MIA1/A2 full-track main battle tanks, 216 M2 infantry fighting vehicles, 100 M3 cavalry combat vehicles, 308 full-track armored personnel carriers, 167 tracked command post carriers, 36 AH-64 attack helicopters, 8 AH-1 attack helicopters, 24 UH-60A multi-purpose helicopters, 6 UH-l multi-purpose helicopters, 44 OH-58D observation helicopters, 3 EH-60 electronic warfare helicopters, and "Javelins" 144 anti-tank missile launchers, 72 155-mm self-propelled howitzers, 24 90-mm recoilless guns, 66 107-mm mortars, 36 "Avenger" anti-aircraft missile systems and 24 improved "Vulcan" anti-aircraft guns, 5,281 radio stations of various types, and 4,983 night vision devices of various types.

This kind of firepower is absolutely unique among the armored divisions of any country in the world, and when this unit was sent to Iraq and rushed to the aid of the Iraqi government, the faces of all countries in the world changed, and even Russia and China, which voted against the United Nations sanctions against the government in southern Iraq, were a little dumbfounded.

Are Americans crazy? Do you really want to fight World War III in the Middle East? However, the Russian government did not show weakness, and when the US military fully supported the northern government, Russia announced that if the US military was involved in the war, then Russia would provide all possible support to the southern government, including the most advanced S-400 missile system.

The world has once again turned all its attention to the two governments of Iraq, the north and the south, and for the kidney-deficient northern Iraq, the support of the US military is undoubtedly a large dose of spring for him. medicine, made him instantly fierce and fierce, and the government army launched a fierce surprise attack on the positions of the three provinces just controlled by the Prophet Army on the same day.

However, the head of government in the north was not pessimistic about the raid, saying in his speech that although the raid failed, it proved that they were determined to defend their territorial integrity, and that they would never allow the Divisor to appear.

Compared with the high excitement of the government in the north, there is not much movement in the south, the three newly occupied provinces are in the process of administrative planning, Vivian fulfilled her promise, whether she chose to go to the north or choose to stay, she was not embarrassed, and within half a month, the problem of food and clothing for almost everyone in the three provinces was solved.

Next, Vivian will overhaul water conservancy and power facilities in the three provinces, ensuring that all civil power supply will be completed in the three provinces within half a year, and actively publicizing the hope that Basra and the people who had fled will go to the three provinces to support the construction.

With the vigorous advocacy and support of the entire administrative system, more and more people are rushing to the three governorates, including hundreds of thousands of people of Basra origin.

In the words of Qatar's Al Jazeera, the government in the north has never taken care of the feelings of the people when they say they are defending national and territorial integrity, and 80 percent of the population in Iraq was semi-starved before the Prophet Army appeared.

And after the appearance of the Prophet's Army, which solved the hunger of two million people in Basra and led them to the standard of living of the people of the developing world, and after the Prophet's Army conquered these three provinces, it solved the problem of the survival of nearly one-sixth of Iraqis, and in the south, the faces of the people were full of smiles and hope, and in the north, the faces of the people were salallow and hopeless, and it was the same government that was still talking about territorial integrity and national sovereignty, and it was this kind of government that brazenly launched a war and invaded the hope of the south, And the United States, a country that prides itself on democracy and freedom, brazenly supports the ruthless rule of the northern government....

The report was immediately published by major mainstream media around the world, and although many of them were only small, it also caused a sensation, especially the phrase "ruthless rule" that made countless people applaud.

But immediately some people questioned Al Jazeera, saying that they were building momentum for the southern government, but the spokesman of Al Jazeera only refuted all the doubts in one sentence: if you don't believe me, you can go to southern Iraq, where only terrorists and US troops are restricted.

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone's doubts disappeared, and the facts are obvious to all.

"Ruthless rule?" Canglong sat in the mosque and watched the report, there was no way, as a prophet, his current office location could only be the mosque.

"This journalist is very talented." Su Su, who was standing on the side, said with a smile, "Do you want to invite him here and meet him?" ”

"What are you doing with him? Isn't that tongue-inducing? Canglong shook his head, "Do you smell a conspiracy?" ”

"Conspiracy? What conspiracy? Su Su looked strange, although the situation was tense now, the increase of American troops made the Prophet Army about to face a cruel test of war, and it would also put the people of the four provinces under their rule to the test.

"This conspiracy is not directed against us, but against Natasha." Canglong said with a smile.

Su Su was even more strange, he was about to speak, but Canglong said, "Where is Simon?" I'm going to talk to him alone. ”

"The Chief of the General Staff is drawing up a battle plan at the front line, and he may not be able to come back for a while." Su Su shook his head, "If you talk on the phone, it is likely to be intercepted by the US military, and it is not safe." ”

"Well, let's go to the front line in person." Canglong said he would go.

"Head, what do you mean by conspiracy, why haven't I figured it out for a long time?" Su Su followed up and asked.

"The secret, you'll know later." Canglong turned around and said mysteriously, "However, Natasha is really a poor woman. ”

Su Su was most annoyed by this sentence, but when Canglong mentioned Natasha, his face was even more puzzled......

PS: Coming home, a good buddy got married, came back to attend his wedding, looking back on those years, there is really a feeling that things are wrong