On the same day that the reporters left for Basra, the central government in Baghdad convened an emergency meeting and convened a press conference to severely condemn the Basra provincial government's auction of oil field service rights, and issued a notice to the world's oil companies that the Basra provincial government's auction was illegal and that any national oil company participating in the bidding to obtain a contract would not be recognized by the central government. At the same time, the new government's defense minister also held a press conference, and Defense Minister Raham issued a statement condemning the occupation of Basra province by the Prophet Army, which is an illegitimate government and a puppet government of the Prophet's army, with the sole purpose of blackmailing the central government, and occupying Basra, an oily country in Iraq, mainly for the sake of oil.

He also used the Mahdi Army as an example, saying that under the joint operation of the US military and the security forces, only the guerrillas of the Mahdi Army remained, and that peace would soon be restored in the north with further offensives, and that the remnants of the Baath Party and the Prophet's Army were rebels and unpopular armies, and hoped that the governments would be cautious in dealing with them.

Although both the Ministry of Defense and the central government held press conferences and the rhetoric was very vehement, it was clear to everyone that the security forces of the central government were beyond the reach of Basra on the other side, and the only counterweight to the Basra Prophet Army was the two air bases of the US military in Iraq.

As for the central government's air force, so far there is only one F16C fighter jet, and the pilots are still being trained, and the other is said to have been shot down by the Prophet Army in Basra.

However, when the Supreme Commander of the U.S. Forces in Iraq and U.S. Ambassador John Kerry issued a statement condemning the Basra Prophet Army and supporting the central government's recent action against the Basra Prophet Army, governments began to wait and see.

If the Americans take action against Basra, that is to say, the Basra provincial government will issue a bid, and if they do not take action, although it is not said that the bid is effective, it can at least prove that the Americans are now powerless against the Basra provincial government, and the countries can benefit from it.

Basra International Airport, the headquarters of the US Air Force in Iraq, Natasha was personally in charge, and almost all the senior generals of the Air Force were present, including the senior generals of the Iraqi Air Force.

"After the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the US Command in Iraq have studied and decided to take a three-day air raid on Basra, the first batch of bombing will be carried out tonight, and our air force will dispatch two detachments of eight Predator drones to carry out a key bombing of the Basra Prophet Army, and at the same time, the US military base in Basra will dispatch helicopter gunships to cover it." Natasha was expressionless.

After speaking, she looked at the supreme commander of the Iraqi Air Force, the commander of the Air Force seemed to know very well what his status was, after all, he now has some jet reconnaissance planes under his command, and the only F16C is still in training, but the US military is so supportive, of course he knows how to answer: "In the first batch of bombing, the Iraqi Air Force will dispatch F16C fighters to coordinate operations and strike at the Basra provincial government and airport." ”

Natasha was satisfied with his answer, and then took out a piece of information: "This is the coordinates of all the military factories and the Prophet's camp in Basra, and within three days, we will uproot all the Prophet's camp and blow up their base, understand?" ”

"Yes, sir." Everyone at the airbase replied.

Only the supreme commander of the Iraqi Air Force had a very bad face, although there were eight Predator drones accompanying him, but the average fighter jet will have a wingman, and the drone cannot be used as a wingman, so their F16C is actually going to test the waters, to put it bluntly, it is to send them to death, after all, the Basra Prophet Army has two J-7M, and successfully shot down one F16C.

But even if you understand, what can you do? The Americans gave them the F16 to do this kind of dirty work.

"The battle begins!" Natasha gave the order, and then the entire Baghdad airbase began to mobilize, first with the take-off of the F16Cs of the Iraqi Air Force, followed by the successive formations of two detachments of Predator UAVs.

Not long after they took off, the radar vehicles of the missile units that were training at the Basra Prophet Army Base monitored the movement of the Baghdad Air Base, and the Supreme Commander Xiami came to the command position at the first time.

"What's going on?" Shrimp asked.

"Our system has detected movement of the Baghdad Air Force, and about nine planes have taken off, apparently coming towards us." A technician from China's Second Artillery said.

Li Ruomo's arrival provided the Basra missile unit with about several hundred capable missile unit technicians, and Xiami put these technicians on 10 missile radar vehicles in batches and deployed them at various key air defense points in Basra, first, for training and second, for better wartime preparations.

"Nine planes?" Shrimp's face changed, "The Americans really look up to us, can they detect what kind of plane it is?" ”

"It's not clear yet, but when they get closer, the technical data will appear, in a few minutes." The technician said.

Shrimp nodded: "You said that with our current strength, can we shoot them all down?" ”

"This" technician's face was embarrassed, "It depends on what kind of aircraft it is, if all of them are dispatched by models like F16E, then we may not be able to do anything, and even they may dispatch stealth bombers, which is possible, although the S-300 missile defense system is very advanced, but with our current level of operation, it is difficult to deal with stealth bombers." ”

Hearing this, Shrimp frowned: "Deploy the missile position, pull all the missiles over, how to fight the number if the technology is not good, I don't believe him I use a hundred missiles for eight planes, and I can't shoot it down." ”

"One hundred" the technician looked cold, "100 missiles are 120 million US dollars, this is too extravagant." ”

"No, no, don't you want to be bombed by them?" Shrimp asked rhetorically, "I'm saying, the head has given an order, and the training is all with live ammunition, I haven't found an excuse to deal with the U.S. military, who knows that they actually came to the door, isn't this a good training opportunity?" ”

The technician swallowed his saliva, even if they trained in the second artillery battery, they rarely used live ammunition to shoot, after all, live ammunition is too expensive, and the damage to the environment is also very great, especially intercontinental missiles, basically except for the development of live ammunition, most of the other training uses training bombs, and sometimes even training bombs are not used, but only to simulate actual combat.

But they didn't expect that in Basra, Iraq, there was such a rich master, as for who this master was, it was not for the technicians to know, but they knew very well that they could have a good time, and it was also a real combat against the US military's aircraft.

Xiami quickly reported the news to Canglong, and at the same time, the radar system on the S-300 missile radar vehicle also identified their model through their flight data.

"Eight Predator drones and one F16C, which should be the one of the Iraqis." The technician looked surprised, "Send drones over, are they sending them to death?" ”

"No, in the eyes of the Americans, this is enough, after all, we only exposed two fighters, and the air defense forces can't hit them at all." Shrimp shrugged, "So, we're calling it a pig and eating a tiger." ”

Canglong was not surprised when he learned that the U.S. military dispatched planes to take action against Basra, but he was surprised that most of the planes sent by the U.S. military were drones, so he was a little disappointed, but thinking that the missile force was still immature now, Canglong secretly rejoiced: "Natasha, Natasha, you are still so cautious, but this time I let you lose a nosebleed." ”

At the same time, Canglong informed Vivien, the whole Basra sounded the air raid siren, just in case, most of the people returned to their homes, the shops in the city were temporarily closed under the organization of the militia, and the streets were almost invisible to anyone for the first time.

Canglong rushed to the provincial government, and saw that Vivian was explaining to those reporters, Canglong walked over and said, "Don't worry, the central government can't see us, since that's the case, we have to launch a counterattack." ”

When the reporters saw Canglong suddenly appear, they looked like you? Seeing this, Vivien explained, "This is the prophet you would love to see. ”

"So young!!" In the imagination of reporters, this prophet who has been manipulating the overall situation behind the scenes should be an old man with a long beard and gray hair.

"The air force of the central government, since it has come to bomb, the provincial government must be their first target, if everyone is afraid, they can evacuate, but I must stay here." With that, Canglong walked out of the roof of the provincial government, and the reporters followed.

At the same time, the officials of the provincial government also followed Canglong up, although they were afraid, but the prophets all went up, how could they not go?

At some point, when the people of the city heard that the Prophet had walked to the building of the provincial government to wait for the bombing, they also walked out of their homes, and in less than a moment the whole square of the provincial government was crowded with people, who were chanting words and seemed to be praying for something.

The reporters were stunned when they saw this scene, some were taking pictures, some were interviewing, only Musharraf asked Canglong with a calm face: "May I ask the prophet, what makes you so calm?" Do you have the confidence to deal with the bombing? ”

"Allah will protect us." Canglong shouted on the roof of the building with a look of genius.

When the people heard this, they responded: "Allah's blessing is on the Prophet." ”

Hearing these words, the reporters were a little disgusted, some were even speechless, and some persuaded Canglong to leave quickly, in case of a real bombing of the provincial government, I am afraid that it will cause unnecessary casualties, and there is no need to confront the central government like this.

But Canglong refused: "Even if I die here, I won't leave here for a single step." ”

The reporters thought the prophet was crazy, but Musharraf didn't, and although Canglong had changed his appearance, he always felt that he had seen him somewhere, so he asked: "Aren't you afraid that your confrontation with the central government will cause a stronger backlash?" ”

Hearing this, Canglong smiled sarcastically, glanced at all the reporters, and said, "Don't you see the difference between the capital Baghdad and the provincial capital Basra?" ”

The reporters' faces changed, and the current situation in Baghdad was indeed very different from that of Basra, and even said that it was incomparable, which was a fact, but they felt that even so, there was no need to risk their lives.

"But confrontation will lead to war, and it will put Basra in a difficult situation again." A reporter worried, "If there is a first air raid, there will be a second, and the central government will not give up." ”

"Why should we be afraid of a central government that can't even feed the people?" Canglong asked coldly, "We just ask for autonomy, even if the central government cuts off financial support to us, we have nothing to say, but today the central government sends the air force to violate our airspace, and we will defend it to the death." ”

"If you fight back, you'll bring to the end of Basra, which has just been restored." Musharraf said coldly.

"No, Basra will be reborn in the heat of lust." Canglong was very confident, "If we don't fight back, it will only make the central government think that we are weak and can be bullied, and it will only get worse in the future, not to mention the airspace of Basra, just like your own wife, if your wife is violated at will, can you stand it?" ”