Chapter 102, Armageddon (II)
At the age of eighteen, he was young and graceful, but at this time his face was clouded, revealing a sophistication and majesty that did not belong to his age.
The garrison armored division has won victory in Afghanistan, and although the situation there has not yet stabilized, China and Iran have stated that if something happens in Afghanistan, they will send troops into Afghanistan to help the newly reorganized Afghan Prophet Army, and Jabbar also knows very well that the people trained by his men will definitely not be bad.
So as soon as he returned, his troops did not have time to recuperate, and they prepared to leave for Baghdad, as a force under the direct leadership of the Prophet, Simon was unaware of their existence, or Simon had no right to consider them in this war.
After being transferred back, Jabbar judged the current situation, and finally he came to the conclusion that the NATO coalition forces were preparing a surprise attack on Basra.
Although this is only an inference, if it were Jabbar, he would do the same, after all, this is the only hope of victory, although it is very risky, but now that all the forces of the Prophet's army are out of the country, and the Basra is empty, there is a great certainty of success.
"What should I do, do you want to inform General Simon?" Clark asked.
"Nope." Abdul-Jabbar shook his head, "If General Simon is notified, it will make the coalition aware that we have discovered their intentions, so"
"But without the help of General Simon, how can we face the unknown American army?" Clark said cautiously, after all, this is just speculation, even he doesn't think that the coalition forces will come so risky, even if they do, do they know which force it is?
"It's the strongest force in the coalition army, when the First Armored Division attacked Basra, didn't General Black stop it?" There was an unquestionable momentum in Abdul-Jabbar's tone, "And now that we have such good equipment and such good soldiers, can't we stop the surprise attack of the NATO coalition forces?" Even if we take a step back and say that they just don't go that way, we have to go to war! ”
"Even if you go to war, you have to consider the whole situation." Clark said that his meaning was simple, if their troops were not integrated into the entire Prophet Army system, what if General Simon's deployment was disrupted? This is no joke, the battlefield changes in an instant, and if they lose this war because of their troubles, they will be the sinners of the whole of Iraq.
Jabbar had no such concerns: "I'm just the opposite of what you think, the prophet transferred us back, but only gave us an order to respond to all changes, which is to tell us, whatever we want, as long as we win, we can fight, if we are integrated into the system to fight, it will expose the concealment, although the work of the intelligence agency is in place, but in case it is exposed, the coalition forces withdraw from Iraq, what will happen when the time comes?" ”
Clark stopped talking, worried, but Abdul-Jabbar had a point.
As a result, a few hours after entering the Iranian-occupied zone, the troops of the garrison armored division left for Basra and entered the Dikar province north of Basra, which was also the battlefield of the decisive battle between the Prophet Army and the US 1st Armored Division.
This is the gateway to Basra, and once it is captured, Basra is in danger of being wiped out, so Jabbar is in Dikar province and directly orders the troops to be ready for time.
As the two most mobile aces of the coalition forces, Erickson and Claude know that time is the first thing in this war, especially in this kind of surprise mission, time is of the essence.
So, seven days after the start of Ramadi's assault, they symbolically helped the coalition forces to attack and confuse the Prophet's army, and then quickly camouflaged southward, as McCain expected, they were almost flat along the way, and in less than half a day, they advanced nearly 400 kilometers, which is already the distance of one or two provinces in Afghanistan.
Although along the way, they also met a lot of Iraqis, but they were not harmed at all, and even many Iraqis thought they were prophetic troops, far away from the road, and greeted them, although some people found out that something was wrong, but Erikson and Claude both ordered that no shots were allowed at the people, not only because they were not butchers like Taylor, but also because they did not want to entangle with the people, and delayed their surprise attack.
So when they reached the border of Dikar province, it was just dawning, and the sun was rising in the east as if they had seen the dawn of victory, which was too smooth.
At the same time, the Basra Intelligence Agency also got the news, which was collected by the intelligence officers, because most of the intelligence agents were sent to various countries and major battlefields, so the central provinces also began to be empty, but the people of the Red Women's Army reported intelligence one by one, but Su Su had to pay attention to it.
"How can there be troops in the middle?" Su Su was very strange, "Could it be the garrison armored division?" ”
At that time, Su Su also thought that there was this possibility, after all, Abdul-Jabbar was also a strange guy, such a big war, he actually did not join the military system, but went to fight alone, plus Abdul-Jabbar's troops were all American-made equipment, so most of the intelligence for a few days was ignored by Su Su, and he thought that Jabbar was going north.
But he soon found out that he was wrong, because the source of intelligence was constantly moving south, Su Su immediately became vigilant, directly transferred this important information to the General Staff of the Prophet Army, and asked the Air Force to send reconnaissance planes to investigate and verify.
I was shocked by the fact that a large force of the coalition forces had actually reached the province of Qadisiyah, and its vanguard was even closer to the gateway to Basra, Dikar province.
Su Su's face changed completely, and he didn't need him to tell Simon the information, and Simon's face became gloomy when he received this abnormal information.
For an extremely sensitive military strategist like Simon, no change can escape his eyes, and these days he is still wondering why the coalition offensive seems to be getting weaker and weaker, of course, he doesn't suspect anything, after all, McCain is very old, this Israeli general is not the kind of George who only relies on weapons and equipment and thinks he is invincible in the world.
So Simon thought that McCain was preserving his strength and waiting for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow at him, and he expected it to be right, except that the fatal blow was not in Ramadi, but in Basra.
"What, the coalition forces have reached Dikar Province?" The snow leopard's face changed drastically, and even the smile on the black and impermanence face disappeared.
"It was my negligence!" Simon blamed himself, but he quickly adjusted, "I have urgently dispatched the Southwest Army and the garrison division back to Basra. ”
"Let me go." Hei Wuchang said suddenly.
"Yes, reinforcements must be sent, it will take time for the Southwestern Army to rush back, and the garrison division may not be able to hold Basra." Snow Leopard also said.
"Nope." Simon shook his head firmly, "Even if you can't hold it, you have to defend it, if Lao Hei leads the Northeast Army south, Ramadi won't be able to hold it!" ”
Both were silent, the pressure on Ramadi was high enough, but now the coalition forces had sent troops to raid their lair, which was similar to their tactics, but they were faced with a major choice, once the coalition attacked Basra, it would cause devastating damage.
"I'd rather lose the north than lose the capital!" Snow Leopard said, "Even if the Southwest Army comes back to help, it will be followed by the Saudi army!" ”
Seeing the momentum of a strong man like the snow leopard with a broken wrist, Simon was also a little helpless, the war situation was changing rapidly, and he just made a small mistake and disrupted the overall situation.
"Since you want to withdraw, then withdraw them all, so that you may be able to annihilate the troops attacking Basra." Simon is also very simple, the capital really can't be without, in case it is breached, the whole of Iraq will be equivalent to the loss of the country, which will be a huge blow to the morale of the Prophet Army.
"I'll cut it off!" Snow leopard said.
"Old Black, your troops will immediately rush to the aid of Basra, only with the armored division!" Simon then gave the order.
But just as they were about to leave, Su Su sent another piece of information, which made them all breathe a sigh of relief, the Central Garrison Armored Division had already exchanged fire with the 1st Cavalry Division and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army in Dikar Province.
While breathing a sigh of relief, they also wondered, when did the garrison armored division return? And how did he know that the coalition forces would raid Basra again?
None of the three thought it was a coincidence, and if it was, the General Staff should have been notified first when the garrison armored division returned.
"Damn, they're all bastards who don't listen to commands!" Simon was silent for a moment, then suddenly scolded, but a smile appeared on his face.
And Black Impermanence had that innocent smile on his face again, obviously he knew that Simon was not only scolding Abdul-Jabbar but also scolding him, but Black Impermanence liked Abdul-Jabbar very much.
And the snow leopard was speechless, he didn't even know the formation of the Central Garrison Armored Division, and he was wondering where this came from.
In Dikar Province, Jabbar was a little anxious after waiting for seven days, but they finally looked forward to the US army, and they were looking forward to the two aces of the US army, a force of 60,000 people.
At that time, Clark was excited, this was the second time he had blocked the American army here, the last time it was the 1st Armored Division, and now it is the two aces of the American Army on the same level as the 1st Armored Division, twice the number at that time.
But now they are also shotguns for guns, and they are no longer the prophet army of the past, and their special nickname represents a supreme honor.
Abdul-Jabbar calmly gave the order for the artillery group to open fire, they occupied an absolutely favorable terrain, and as soon as the enemy appeared within their radar range, they were locked on, and the vanguard of the two aces of the American army was caught off guard by repeated artillery fire, and the sound of the explosion was still somewhat familiar, how similar it was to the explosion of the shells of their artillery equipment.
Before Claude and Erikson knew what was going on, the vanguard was attacked, and reports came from earlier that they had been wiped out.
At that time, the two of them had a bad premonition, and the nightmare followed, and after the artillery fire stopped, hundreds of MA1 tanks identical to them drove out of the mountains and forests.
And the other party rushed into the core of their troops like wolves and tigers, this force was even fiercer and faster than the Northeast Army they had ever seen, and the most speechless thing was that they were actually equipped with exactly the same weapons as them, except for their uniforms and skin color, there was almost no other difference.
How did Erikson and Claude know that most of the officers in Abdul-Jabbar's troops had graduated from the Basra Military Academy, and ninety percent of them had been drawn from Black Impermanence's men, so the Northeast Army they were facing was not actually the remnants of the soldiers who had previously experienced the Battle of Basra.
Moreover, this unit also fought on the plateau of Afghanistan, and its quality was definitely the best of the Prophet Army, coupled with their surprise weapons and equipment that were comparable to those of the American army, it would naturally make ace troops like Claude and Erickson feel tremendous pressure.
This is still because of their sophistication, and if they were replaced by commanders with slightly less psychological tolerance, they might have ordered a retreat.
But the two did not retreat, because they knew very well that no matter what they encountered now, they would have to break through the line of defense in front of them and go straight to Basra, which was the hope of victory for the coalition forces.
Therefore, the two immediately adjusted and prepared to deal with this sudden appearance of the force, firstly, they sent the Army Aviation Brigade to rescue the ambushed tank division, and secondly, they let the artillery group retreat, so as not to encounter the situation of being ravaged by the black impermanence last time.
The orders they gave were indeed in place, but they ignored the fact that it was Abdul-Jabbar who was attacking, and Jabbar was waiting for them here for seven days.
If Abdul-Jabbar waited here for seven days and he didn't do anything, it is estimated that Erickson and Claude still have a chance to counterattack, but Abdul-Jabbar belongs to the kind of person who is meticulous to the extreme, and he is very hardworking, he is not like black impermanence, fighting in no order, on the contrary, he, a high-achieving student who graduated from the Army Academy, has calculated all possibilities in everything, including the enemy's counterattack.
When Claude ordered the Army Aviation to attack, they were faced with the Army Aviation Brigade of the Panzer Division, which had been waiting for a long time in the mountains and forests on both flanks.
The Americans' iconic longbow Apache suddenly emerged from the flanks of the US army like locusts, and the US Army and Air Force, which had just emerged, suffered a devastating blow.
In less than an hour, only a few of the army aviation of the two ace units were ambushed, and they never expected that on the way to retreat, Jabbar also ambushed the tunnel troops, which were the anti-aircraft missile units of the armored division, so the US army aviation helicopters were attacked from the ground and on both flanks and three sides, and there was no decent attack at all, and they completely collapsed.
Immediately after that, the helicopters of the garrison armored division became a sharp weapon for harvesting American tanks, and the American soldiers would never have imagined that Apache, known as the tank killer, would actually fire at them.
Erickson and Claude of the Temporary Command were completely dumbfounded, their radio was full of shouts and curses from subordinate officers, and they had basically not stopped since they were attacked, and their subordinate tank crews thought that they had been mistakenly attacked by their own people, after all, their radars showed green targets, and there was not a single enemy force at all.
In addition, this is the first cooperation between the two divisions, so they all thought it was each other's tanks and planes, and they did not dare to press the button of counterattack when they were dying.
This directly caused the two aces to fall apart, and Eriksen and Claude had to order a retreat, and it would be good to be able to preserve the living forces now, let alone fight back.
But the retreat was not so easy, and the industrious and attentive Jabbar was in their rear, and had already prepared a feast for them on the way of their retreat, which was an attack from the Basra Air Force.
And the valley bridge from Dikal Province to Kadisiyah Province was blown up with a bang, completely blocking the way back of the coalition forces, and everyone looked at the blown up bridge with pale faces, and the whistling of air fighters, followed by a one-sided massacre