As soon as Taylor gave the order, another news reached his headquarters, the remnants of the Second Army and the First Army of the Prophet Army, which were already behind them, and Taylor's first reaction was surprise when he heard the news.

But as further battles came, Taylor understood one thing, the Prophet Army had concentrated almost all of its main forces to attack the government forces behind them, and the government forces had repeatedly sent signals for help, hoping that the 1st Panzer Division would be quickly reinforced, and the American troops that Taylor left behind were a regular expeditionary division, about 10,000 men, including the missile brigade that raided Basra.

In terms of numbers, the expeditionary division and the government army were gathered to exceed the disabled prophet army, but in terms of the will to fight, these troops were far inferior to the prophet army, after all, the expeditionary division was only a regular force in the US military establishment, compared with the 20,000 ace troops of the first armored division, it was simply the difference between a tiger and a cat.

Taylor didn't understand what the Prophet Army was trying to do, did they send the main force out to attack Baghdad? Even the staff officers were a little incredulous, knowing that even if they hit Baghdad, as long as the 1st Panzer Division reached Basra, the war would be over.

Moreover, in the current situation, the armored division is only a little more than a hundred kilometers from Basra, and the Prophet Army is still a few hundred kilometers from Baghdad.

In the end, the staff officers unanimously agreed that the Prophet's Army was encircling Wei to save Zhao, and the purpose was to hope that the 1st Armored Division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, would retreat in order to alleviate the crisis in Basra.

Taylor smiled: "Playing this kind of scheming with me, you are still a little stunned, let the troops move at full speed, hit Basra, and everything will be over." ”

"What about the government forces and the expeditionary division?" One of the staff officers asked.

"Let them block it, if they can't stop it, they will retreat, I will give the Prophet's army a day and a night, they will not be able to hit Baghdad, and we only need a few hours to kill Basra now." Taylor said calmly.

At the same time, in the base of the general headquarters in Basra, Su Su was reporting the battle situation to Canglong: "General Simon has already advanced with two army groups according to the strategic plan, in fact, we have not spent much time opening the gap, because the US and government forces stationed in the rear are already retreating!" ”

"Retreat?" Canglong's face was solemn, "It seems that this butcher general is ready to fight Basra with all his heart!" ”

Everyone's face was not good, if Taylor retreated, he could still relieve their pressure, but if he didn't retreat, with Basra's current strength, it would be difficult to block the attack of the 1st Armored Division, you must know that this force is the most elite army armored division in the US army.

"Are we going to transfer too?" Su Su suddenly said, "It's too dangerous here!" ”

"Nope." Canglong shook his head, "How many people can we use now?" ”

Su Su was stunned for a moment and said: "The Territorial Defense Force, the Air Force, and the garrison force, the Territorial Defense Force did not attack, and there are still many ground-to-ground missiles in stock, but if they are used in Basra, it will make our losses even greater, and it will also cause huge civilian casualties, the Air Force can be used, and there are only 10,000 garrison troops left, but they are only equipped with a small number of armored anti-riot vehicles!" ”

"Hmm!" Canglong's face was solemn, "Where is Lao Hei?" ”

"According to the plan, he is harassing the 1st Armored Division, just now came the battle report, he eliminated a formation of the 1st Armored Division's Army Aviation Brigade Black Hawk helicopters and several armored companies in the border city, but this is just a drop in the bucket for the 1st Armored Division, if we don't retreat, in less than two hours, Taylor will be able to hit the city of Basra, this butcher is not Kuwaiti, he will not spare anyone in the city!"

"I know!" Canglong's face turned cold, and at this moment he suddenly thought of Amira, the woman buried under the Red Women's Army building, and he thought of Emir, the child who had just recognized him, but immediately lost his mother.

But as a leader, he did not have time to comfort his son in this situation, because there were thousands of families in Basra who needed him to protect.

"I'll make him pay, the price of blood!" Canglong's face was cold, and the murderous aura on his body made the people around him shiver.

"Head, do you want to transfer the occupying forces? If the order is given now, it will be too late, when the time will be at least numerically superior, and now that all the population of Basra is in a state of anger, I advise the whole army to fight with the Americans! Snow Leopard said suddenly.

"No!" Canglong shook his head, "Fighting a war is a soldier's business, not a people's business, and the occupying army can't be adjusted, once the occupation army is transferred, there will definitely be problems on the Iranian side, and it will also make the whole world think that we are empty, and we may face more enemies at that time, such as Kuwait, and for example, Saudi Arabia nearby!" ”

"Prophet, this is to protect Basra, to protect our common home, and each and every one of us can make sacrifices!" Aziz said suddenly.

"Don't talk about it!" Canglong said coldly, "I will never let unarmed and untrained people go to war, never!" ”

Several people looked bad, and at this moment, Shrimp suddenly said: "I think there is still a force that can be used!" ”

"Which one?" And all the people looked at him.

"The Young Student Army, and the militia, there are at least hundreds of thousands of militias in Basra that can be organized, they are all militarily trained, although there are not many, but when it comes to weapons, they are the best fighters!" Shrimp said.

"Student Army?" Canglong frowned, "They are the hope of the future, and if they are wasted, it will not have much effect." ”

"What about the militia!" Bai Wuchang also spoke, "If there is a sufficient number of militiamen, I think with the support of our air force, we can risk fighting to the death!" ”

"No, the militia has only received basic training, and you all know very well that we are not facing Iranians or Kuwaitis, but the most elite armored divisions of the United States, and letting them go up is tantamount to blocking the car with a mantis arm." Canglong directly vetoed.

In the end, the people in the entire command were pale, because they couldn't convince Canglong, so they couldn't give orders to recruit troops, and they couldn't organize defenses.

"Yes, Prophet, we are not afraid of sacrifice." Abulahi suddenly said, "You can go outside and see, now the whole Basra is fighting, if we lose here, we may not even have the last home, we follow you because you can bring hope, we also know that you are not a prophet of the faith at all, but if you give any order, we will obey you as if we were a prophet, because we believe in you!" ”

"Yes, Prophet, we believe in you!" Aziz also said, "War will inevitably bring sacrifices, if Basra is handed over to Taylor, we may be a herd of lambs to the slaughter, if there is a war, maybe we still have hope and can complete our business." ”

"Head, we don't have time to hesitate!" Several people also said at the same time.

But Canglong shook his head as always, because he has a bottom line and principles, if he sacrifices the people, everything he does is meaningless, even if he really loses, he is willing to lose.

Just when everyone was helpless, suddenly a person pushed the door and walked in, she was Vivian, but she didn't speak, just sat opposite Canglong and stared at him with strange eyes.

"If you're here to persuade me, you don't have to!" Canglong directly blocked her opportunity to speak.

"Humph!" Vivien just snorted, then took out a dagger, and when they saw it, everyone's faces changed.

Because this is the dagger that Amira carried with her, and it is also the dagger that Amira once gave to Canglong, but later Canglong returned it to her.

Vivien threw the dagger in front of Canglong, and everyone saw that Canglong's eyes suddenly darkened, and his face was extremely heavy when he stared at the dagger.

"What do you want to say?" Canglong lowered his head and picked up the dagger with trembling hands.

"Give her an explanation!" Vivien said, "She has sacrificed, but she is willing, just like all of us follow you, we are willing, we can see hope in you, and all Basra people can see hope, and you say that you will not sacrifice the lives of civilians, because your duty is to protect them, but they are willing to sacrifice for you, not for the hope in their hearts, and you can't stop them, and that's why they trust you so much and put the last hope in your hands. So you owe not only an account to Amira, but also to all the Basra, now, give the order! ”

"Give the order!" Everyone said in unison.

"And you don't want the emir to grow up and leave her homeland, do you?" Vivien said again.

Canglong held the dagger tightly, lowered his head and trembled, and when Amira's persistent face suddenly appeared in his mind, he finally relented: "All the people evacuate Basra, if the militia and student army volunteer to stay and guard here, then stay!" ”

Hearing this, a few people breathed a sigh of relief, and then Su Su immediately went to do it, although not all the people were soldiers, but they knew that this was already Canglong's biggest bottom line, if they could, they were not willing to let the militia and the student army fight, but war is like this, as long as they are under the war, no one can escape.

Half an hour later, Su Su rushed back, in fact, there was no need to organize at all, because the militia and student army had already volunteered, and the people were even more disappointed when they heard the order to evacuate, but in the end they obeyed the order and prepared to move to the occupied area of Khuzestan Province.

"There are 100,000 militiamen, only light weapons, 7,000 student troops, 15,000 garrison troops, plus the police, we can use about 150,000 people." Su Su said again.

"One hundred and fifty thousand!" Canglong thought of those young faces, his fists clenched, "Let Lao Hei attack the First Armored Division at any cost, I don't care what method he uses, I will contain the First Armored Division in place, and after Lao Hei completes the task, the garrison troops rush to reinforce, half an hour after the garrison troops arrive at the battlefield, let the 50,000 militia bypass the rear road, and after these 50,000 people are spared to the rear, they will attack directly, and the other 50,000 militiamen are rushing to reinforce, and after they arrive for half an hour, the police and student army will continue to reinforce." ”

Hearing the order, everyone was stunned, they thought that Canglong had withdrawn the people from the city in order to fight street battles in the city, but the current plan was completely unreasonable.

What the hell is he trying to do? This is a question for all