All the intelligence told Canglong that Iran was preparing to invade Fao, and a few days later the top brass of the Prophet Army and even the senior administrative officials smelled the smell of war, and half a month passed, and even the people felt the threat of an imminent invasion of Iran, first of all, Iran closed all border trade with Basra.

At the same time, in Iran, businessmen in Basra have been arrested in large numbers, and those who have fled say that Iran has gathered more than 100,000 troops on the border.

And this is not an exaggeration, Su Su's intelligence is more detailed, two armored divisions, three infantry divisions, one special operations division, and two artillery groups.

Iran looked up to the Prophet Army in Basra so much that it had gathered almost a third of its army on the border.

For the people of Basra, the threat of Iran makes them feel not fear, but anger, Basra has been the main battlefield in the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, so the Basra people and Iranians have a bitter hatred, roughly calculated, almost ten Basra people, nine have relatives died in the Iran-Iraq war.

Before the Americans could settle it, the old enemy of the Iranians had returned, and a wave of revenge was brewing throughout Basra, with up to five or six marches a day asking the Prophet to declare war on Iran.

But they didn't know that they had overestimated the strength of the Prophet Army, and although they had won almost every battle since the Prophet Army took control of the land, in the face of the powerful Iran, the Prophet Army was not much different from a child, and in the face of the threat of Iran, they seemed to have no other way than to endure it.

Until a sudden incident happened at sea, which made this revenge more and more intense, even children on the street would shout and curse when they heard the word Iran.

This is the Iranian Navy's exercise in the Persian Gulf, where they blockaded the only 20 kilometers of Basra's coastline and captured a large number of fishermen who went out to sea to fish.

But this is not the main reason, the fishermen were caught, at least not dead, so the government immediately took measures to demand that Iran release the fishermen, and at the same time, blocked the port and banned the fishermen from going out to fish, which is of course for safety reasons, and it is also a helpless move, but there are always people who take the risk to go to sea.

As a result, they became targets for the Iranian Navy, and on the ninth day of the Iranian Navy's exercises, several Basra fishing boats broke into the area of the exercises and were sunk by the Iranian Navy's warships without hesitation.

It stands to reason that if the fishermen break into the exercise area, the shelling warning is also a matter of course, and even if they really want to shell, they have to note the Iraqi government, or Basra, before they can take action, but the Iranian Navy did not note at all and sank it directly, which has exposed their ferocity, Lao Tzu will beat you, what do you do with me?

At this time, the sudden departure of a US aircraft carrier that usually roams around the Persian Gulf to conduct a joint anti-terrorist exercise with the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean is of obvious significance and convincing.

The fishing boat was sunk and eight fishermen were killed, which aroused the revenge of the whole Basra, if in the past the Basra people only wanted revenge because of the hatred of the past, then now it is the new hatred and the old hatred together, but the provincial government can not do anything, because the coast guard has more than a dozen broken boats, how to compete with Iran?

The most important thing is that after Iran killed the fishermen in Basra, it also sent a high-sounding note, which was not addressed to the Basra provincial government, but to the central government of Iraq.

And what happened here did not attract the attention of the international community, except for a few small newspapers with a few lines of coverage of Iran's atrocities, and it was the most inconspicuous of those kinds.

It stands to reason that the citizens of Basra should have marched and demanded that the Prophet's Army send troops to Iran for revenge, but that night there was a collective silence throughout Basra, and everyone walked out of their homes to the nearest mosque to pay their respects to the dead.

The foreigners in Basra were stunned by this scene, and they sympathized with the Basra people, but they could not have imagined that the citizens who had been demanding revenge a few days ago would be silent after the Iranian Navy shelled the fishing boats.

If you are interested in investigating, you will find that before this, the Lady Scouts issued a message to all members, and the content of this message is simple: "Allah signals, now is not the time to fight back against foreign enemies." ”

If it was just the Women's Army that released the news, of course, it would not be enough to convince the public, but at the end of the message, adding the signature of the "Prophet" would be completely different, no matter how dissatisfied they were with the Prophet's inaction, they all believed that the Prophet could solve all this and bring them a victory.

So they chose to be silent, and since the Prophet said that it was not time to go to war, then they honestly did not make trouble.

But everyone felt that silence was more terrible than a march, and the news reached the central government in Baghdad and reached the ears of Natasha, who at that time had only one feeling, horror.

"Now you know how terrible it would be if you started a war on the bus." The sea eagle stood aside and smoked a cigarette, "He has already tied up two million people in Basra to his chariot, this is not Saddam's Republican Guard, which will be crushed with one blow, but a truly terrible force, even if we kill him, this power will continue, and the attack on Basra will not only face tens of thousands of prophetic troops, but also two million Basra, he is an excellent leader and an enlightener." ”

Natasha did not refute, because she knew that this was true, and that the most terrible thing was not anger, but surprisingly unanimous silence, because this silence was bound to erupt sooner or later.

"Then let the Iranians test the waters for us to see if Basra is as invulnerable as it seems." Natasha said calmly.

The reason why the Iranians are so eager to attack Basra is because the Prophet Army has burned all the oil fields in Missan Province, and even after extinguishing the fire, it is even more difficult to exploit it.

And Iran's support for the Baath Party needs money, and the Baath Party cannot provide them with oil, of course they will not do this loss-making business, so the plan to attack Basra is put on the agenda of the Iranian military, in fact, they are thinking all the time, to get some cheap from Iraq, and Fao is their main goal.

"No need to fight, the Iranians have already lost." The sea eagle said bluntly.

"Why? Iran has the most powerful navy in the region, the most powerful army in the region, and the most powerful air force in the region. Natasha wondered that according to Iran's military strength, even the United States would not dare to start a war easily.

In fact, as long as the Americans pull in their younger brothers, they will definitely be able to win, the main reason is that they have no money to fight, and the war costs money.

From the 20th century to the 21st century, even the United States, a superpower, cannot afford to wage a number of wars launched in succession, and once the domestic economy collapses, within a few years, the status of the United States, a superpower, will inevitably disappear like the former Soviet Union. Because the Americans believe in interests, and so do its allies.

From World War I to World War II, these two world wars and the major warring countries were the most economically powerful countries in the world at that time, and the United States, a superpower, was no exception.

"Although Iran is very rich, its people's thinking is too conservative, and on the surface it faces a weak enemy who cannot be weak, but in fact, this weak enemy has an Iran that has no advantage and cohesion." The sea eagle said calmly, "In addition to the fact that the Basra people have been bullied by Iran for many years, there must be hatred, when hatred and cohesion are combined, it has become one of the main reasons for invincibility, plus Russia and China are secretly supporting Basra, Basra will only fight stronger and stronger, just like Israel at the beginning, in the face of the joint invasion of many Middle Eastern countries, it is still as solid as a rock nailed to the Middle East, the Jews have no way out, and neither do the Basra people, unless they are willing to be driven to the sea to feed the fish." ”

"With so many innate conditions, why didn't he go to war?" Natasha wondered.

"Maybe he's waiting for an opportunity." "I think the main reason why Basra was able to win the war was that they had a calm and rational commander, and this commander had absolute authority in Basra, which Iranian commanders could not do. ”

"What opportunity is so important?" Natasha is weird.

"I don't know." The sea eagle shook his head, "However, the Chinese have a characteristic, either endure, endure until they can't bear it and then fight back, or they can't bear it, and directly rush up and beat it, but they will always have a moral advantage." ”

At the same time, the General Headquarters of the Prophet Army in Basra is holding an emergency military meeting, and they are ready for this looming war.

With the military support of Russia, plus a month of military training, the Basra Air Force has taken shape, and the armored brigade and artillery brigade have also begun to take shape.

And Basra's secret weapon is still the airborne troops of the special operations brigade, two Hercules transport planes, which were directly assigned to the special operations brigade.

Although Iran's military strength cannot be ignored, everyone in the Prophet Army now has a strong desire to go to war, and the enemy has bullied them to their doorstep and killed their people, as soldiers, they must defend the dignity of this land.

But there is one more person who does not agree to go to war, and this person is Vivian, Basra does not have enough economic base to fight against Iraq.

So at the meeting, she was the only one who opposed the war, but she couldn't do it, because now all the military leaders are actively preparing for war, she can see the fanaticism in the eyes of these people, although they all have a very valid reason, but Vivian still insists on her opinion, she can't go to war, she wants to do everything to convince Canglong