In the Korean War, the equipment of the Chinese army was extremely inferior, and the fight was morale, and Basra can be said to occupy the right time, place and people, and the most basic advantages of these three wars are complete, and it is impossible not to win.

Now they will face the most difficult fortress in this war, Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province, as long as it is occupied, then the Iranian army in the entire province of Khuzestan will be driven out like ducks.

And Khuzestan Province is a major oil and gas province in the southwest of Iran, which can be said to have choked Iran's neck, so that it is possible to retreat from the whole body.

Canglong does not intend to occupy this place for a long time, but the capture of the entire province of Khuzestan will provide a strategic buffer for Basra, at least the war will not take place on the territory of Basra, and it will not have much impact on the economy.

With the geographical location of Khuzestan Province, it can be attacked and retreated, and it is also the gateway to the southwest border of Iran, once it occupies this high position, it is equivalent to condescending, because several other Iranian provinces close to Khuzestan are plain landforms, which can be described as open all the way.

Now there is only one step away from Canglong's strategic goal, as long as it crosses the barrier in front of it, Iran will be choked by the throat of the southwest, and if it wants to pull its mind on the bus, it can only start from the sea, or from the side of the Baath Party in Iraq, according to intelligence, it is difficult for the Baath Party to maintain itself.

With the entry of heavy equipment from the US army into Baghdad, an absolute superiority over the Baath Party army has been formed, although Simon is a famous general, but in the case of a huge disparity in strength, he can only retreat again and again, and the six or seven provinces that were originally controlled are now only four provinces under his control, and the other provinces are all guerrillas.

In this case, the fall of the southwestern province of Iran to the Prophet Army is a worse situation for Iran, because in the middle of the Persian Gulf they have to face the aircraft carrier battle group of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet and the US military presence in the Arabian Sea in the southeast.

If the Baath Party is cut off, Iran will once again face the threat of the U.S. military to the northwest, and even directly to the capital, Tehran.

In this case, it is naturally impossible for the southwest to send too many troops to defend, and the presence of Basra is particularly important, so as long as the Prophet's army captures Ahvaz and controls the entire territory of Khuzestan Province, Iran will inevitably take the initiative to negotiate and sue for peace.

But if it can't be attacked for a long time, Iran's reinforcements arrive, it will be very unfavorable to Basra, of course, even if it is driven back to the country, at most it will maintain the original situation, no matter how Iran loses a lot of money, and in the end it will definitely be Iran that takes the initiative to negotiate.

Therefore, from any point of view, Basra has an advantage in this battle, not only training the soldiers, but also regaining dignity, and on the basis of the original bullying, the anti-bullying back, this is simply a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

What's more, Canglong didn't think that he couldn't attack Ahvaz, which was also the purpose of his coming to the front, and the field division was the most suitable for fighting a tough battle.

"Where is the Special Operations Brigade?" Canglong walked to the front of the map.

In the temporary headquarters, there are two maps, one is the map of Ahvaz city defense, and the other is the map of the entire province of Khuzestan, if you are careful, you will find that these two maps are standard for some strategic points of the Iranian army, and even the area of military deployment is clearly placed in front of them.

This is mainly because they have a strong intelligence system, before the war, Su Su collected a lot of intelligence on Huzestan Province, including these, so the field division actually rehearsed many plans to attack Huzestan Province, but none of them were in line with the current war situation.

The staff officer of the field division came over and said: "Half an hour ago, we received a signal from the special operations brigade that they had infiltrated the city of Ahvaz and marked several military points, and we had ordered the artillery group to carry out the strike. ”

"What is the name of the enemy commander?" Canglong asked.

"Amer." The staff officer said, "The Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the supreme commander in Khuzestan Province, with the rank of major general, are the most loyal generals of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, with a sophisticated and cunning personality. ”

Canglong turned his head and looked at this staff officer, and found that his questions were neither humble nor arrogant, and he was clearly organized, obviously doing a lot of work in this regard: "What is your name?" ”

The staff officer was a little surprised, but quickly calmed down: "Staff Officer of the Field Division Headquarters of the Prophet Army of Akram Baha, Staff Officer of the Former Badr Brigade Staff, Former Saddam Republican Guard, Third Tank Brigade of the Ninth Armored Infantry Division, Captain of the Main Battle Tank. ”

Hearing this, Canglong looked at Hei Wuchang: "Didn't you never have a staff officer?" What's going on with Akram? ”

Hei Wuchang just smiled, but didn't answer, but he patted Akram's thin body, as if to say, I'm very happy with him, so I made him a staff officer.

Canglong didn't say anything, just looked at the map and asked: "Ask the special operations brigade to see if they can carry out a decapitation operation, it is best to kill Amer, we must end this battle tomorrow morning, once the Iranian reinforcements arrive, we can only retreat at that time." ”

"Prophet, I think the decapitation operation is too risky, among Ahvaz's army, the most difficult thing is the 10,000 Revolutionary Guards, and the remaining tens of thousands of regular troops do not pose any threat, Amer is very cunning, he may have discovered the infiltration of the special operations brigade, and he must be strictly guarded against his own safety." Akram said.

Canglong didn't look at him, but just asked, "If we don't risk the decapitation operation, how long do you think it will take for us to capture Ahvaz with the cooperation of the air force and artillery group?" ”

"If there is no threat from the Iranian Air Force, I don't think it will work to capture Ahvaz in one night." After the outbreak of the Iraq War, Iran was worried that the US-British coalition would attack Iran from the southwest, so in the important gateway of Ahvaz, a lot of underground facilities were built, in fact, we have tried to attack Ahvaz during the day, and in the case that they are not too prepared, our infantry brigade still suffered heavy losses with the cooperation of armored forces, Although the artillery group and the air force can exert their power, once our armored units enter the city, if the air force cannot carry out precision strikes, it may cause great trouble to our attack. ”

Everyone was silent, they had already carried out an attack during the day, which they thought could be easily captured, but the Revolutionary Guards showed unimaginable combat effectiveness, so that they suffered heavy losses and had to wait for the artillery group and other troops to take position, if it were not for this, I am afraid they would have been sitting in Ahvaz drinking coffee. "The most important thing is that the Revolutionary Guards are not like ordinary troops, they have loyal beliefs, even if the commander is killed, the other troops will not be scattered, but will provoke their anger, and in the face of an angry army, we will have to bear the price of several times the usual damage, and go to a bloody battle." Akram said, "With the current strength of the Prophet Army, it is not suitable to fight such a battle with the Revolutionary Guards. ”

"And what do you suggest?" Canglong looked at him, "Retreat is impossible, this battle must be fought, and the losses must not be too heavy." ”

Hearing this, everyone focused their attention on this staff officer, no one expected that the prophet would actually care about the opinion of a staff officer, and even Su Su was a little surprised.

It stands to reason that anyone should be nervous under the gaze of so many big people, and although Akram was also nervous, they all discovered a detail, and when he looked at the map, he found that all Akram was gone, and at this moment it seemed that a framework of war had been formed in his mind, and he was in it.

He didn't even care about Canglong waiting for his answer, but fell into deep thought, and finally he said: "No matter what, we will face the desperate resistance of the Revolutionary Guards, this is their southwest gateway, and losing this place is equivalent to exposing the whole country to our eyes, so if we insist on fighting this battle, we will pay a great price." ”

Hearing this, the officers of the field division didn't care, doesn't this mean that they didn't say it? Everyone knows how powerful the Revolutionary Guards are, but the Prophet asked you how you should fight this battle, not persuade the Prophet not to fight it.

However, Canglong didn't feel that what he said was wrong, on the contrary, Canglong was absolutely right, the role that a staff officer should play is not to instigate the commander to fight a bloody battle, but to let the commander avoid it as much as possible, but if this battle must be fought, then he must also formulate the best plan so that the commander can adopt it.

So Canglong didn't speak, still looking at him, as if waiting for his next answer, if he didn't answer, Canglong would be disappointed.

However, apparently Akram was not disappointed, he just sighed, and then said: "Strategically, we will face a strong army, then we can only gain a tactical advantage, I propose, learn from the US army, implement integrated air and ground operations, divide tanks and infantry into hundreds of squads, and attack from various gaps at the same time." ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces are not good, the other party has a lot of people, occupying a geographical advantage, if the number of people is scattered, it is easy to be broken by each person, this is simply a bad idea.

Su Su frowned and said, "How can you guarantee that the enemy won't break each of us?" You must know that the other side has a large number of people, although most of the heavy weapons have been knocked out by us, but there are a lot of light weapons and light rocket artillery, and they can be reinforced everywhere at any time, and the most important thing is that we do not have the positioning advantage of the US army, and the air force and artillery groups do not have the ability to strike at fixed points, and once the battle begins, it may accidentally injure friendly troops. ”

Akram didn't care: "There will inevitably be casualties in the war, and I think that it is better to be injured by mistake than to be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, I have calculated that the probability of accidental injury is smaller than the loss caused by concentrating troops into the city, and we need to equip each squad with radios, and be able to ensure that each squad can be connected to the air force and artillery group, and in cooperation with the information transmitted by the special operations brigade in the city, it will forcibly break in, shell, air strike, attack, shelling, air attack, and eat, inch by inch." ”

This time, even Su Su had no reason to object, but Canglong smiled: "With this plan, we have the support of the Beidou satellite system, although it is worse than the US military, but at least it can keep the radio operation of each squad, and immediately send this plan to the air force and artillery group." ”

As he spoke, Canglong looked at his watch: "How long do you need to prepare?" ”

"Five hours!" Akram said as he counted the time.

"Five o'clock in the morning is the most exhausting time for people, I will give you six hours, and when the time comes, immediately attack." Canglong said.

"Allah is great, Prophet blessed!" Everyone saluted and left