Chapter 018, Lightning Raid
Back at the embassy in Iraq, Natasha didn't have time to be happy, and another thing happened that made her face completely change.
The 1st Armored Division has all entered Baghdad and quickly moved to the front line of Qadisiyah Province, Taylor has completely taken over the command of the entire US forces in Iraq, and without even discussing with her, she directly gave the order to attack, when she rushed to the general staff, the butcher was discussing the attack plan with the defense minister of the northern government, seeing her arrival, Taylor did not say anything, until the defense minister of the northern government nodded at her, his face was in awe.
"We've trained so many troops for you, and we've provided you with a considerable amount of weapons, but you've disappointed us so much that you can't even pack up the little Prophet Army, I really don't know what use we want from you." Taylor spoke unceremoniously.
He looked at the map, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, when Kuwait attacked Basra, he returned to the country, otherwise there would be no miracle general, and when Taylor in the country got the news, he was furious, and went to the Pentagon at that time, and asked to return to Kuwait to command the US troops in Kuwait.
But his request was directly rejected by Johnson, who was then Secretary of Defense, for the simple reason that he feared that he would massacre civilians.
Now that there is no Johnson's constraint, the troops have been pulled to Northern Iraq again, of course Taylor has to give full play, but Khalid, the North Iraqi Defense Minister who was scolded on the side, is not unhappy at all, because he knows Taylor's awesomeness, when Saddam Hussein was still there, Taylor led his First Armored Division and swept through the entire Iraq.
Taylor's 1st Panzer Division was also responsible for attacking Baghdad as the main force, and Khalid knew the name of his butcher, but now they were friends, not enemies, so no matter what Taylor said, Khalid would not be angry.
"If the U.S. military is willing to help us, we will do our best." Khalid said with a smile.
"All out?" Taylor was stunned for a moment, then looked at the map, "That's what you said, if I see any Iraqi deserters on the battlefield, don't blame me for being unkind when the time comes." ”
"Soldiers should have sacrificed their lives for the country!" Khalid said coldly.
Taylor suddenly laughed, directly ignored Natasha next to him, and said: "Okay, tonight, we will give the Prophet Army a surprise attack, I heard that there is a person called General Black on the other side, who is also good at using armored forces to conduct raids, our goal is to kill this guy, as well as all the artillery units and missile units of the US Army in Iraq, all of them are pulled to the front line for me, and I want to destroy their main force at the same time, directly shell Basra." ”
"Are you crazy?" Natasha couldn't help but say, "Shelling Basra, do you know how many civilians there are in Basra now?" The guy on the other side is good at using the media offensive, and if you bombard Basra, tomorrow your name will make headlines all over the world. ”
"Hehe, little girl, I don't need you to teach me." Taylor looked at Natasha contemptuously, "When I hit Basra tomorrow, the headlines around the world will only say, with the assistance of the US military, northern Iraq will wipe out southern Iraq overnight, understand?" In their Chinese words, this is called the winner is king, the loser is coward, learn well. ”
Natasha was stunned, because Taylor said a lot, if he could hit Basra tonight, no matter how many civilians he slaughtered, it would be covered up, just as he did when he attacked Saddam's government, and his exploits covered up his bad deeds.
However, the person opposite is not Saddam, in Natasha's eyes, Saddam Hussein is the difference between ants and elephants, and is the prophetic army really as fragile as Taylor imagined?
Natasha still doesn't believe it, but this butcher and war maniac in front of her is gambling with the lives of all the US troops in Iraq.
Although the raid may have an unexpected effect, the Prophet Army is definitely not a vegetarian, once Canglong reacts, he will be a butcher more than Taylor, not to mention that she has reached an agreement with Canglong, and now their common enemy is the Senate, taking advantage of the situation in Iraq to lure the Senate out, so she must stop Taylor.
"Don't forget that we are co-commanders, and no one is allowed to move without my permission!" Natasha said coldly to everyone in the staff, "Otherwise, I will submit a report to the Pentagon, and none of you will want to stay in office." ”
The faces of the staff officers have changed, and Khalid is very embarrassed, one is the former commander, the other is the current commander, although the current commander looks more awesome, but the former commander still has the right to co-command, and Yu Wei is still there, so the staff officers don't know what to do.
But at this moment, Taylor was furious, and he said loudly, "What is an order? The order is to let you sons of bitches carry it out, if you can't do it, I'll give me dozens of seconds, all of them will get out of here, and if you don't get out, I'll kick you out! ”
The faces of the staff officers changed completely, and they almost did not hesitate to carry out the order, and when they were all busy, Natasha's face was already blue with anger, I have to say that Taylor does have his set, but Natasha is not a vegetarian, but just as she was about to say something, Taylor suddenly stared at her viciously and sneered: "If it weren't for the fact that you were a woman, if it weren't for the fact that you were only a few dozen years old, Lao Tzu would slap you out now, and now which son of a son of a son will lock her up for me?" ”
"Who of you dares!" Natasha's face changed dramatically.
But as soon as Taylor stared, the men from the guard battalion rushed in and tied Natasha up, but none of the people around her helped.
"You bastard, you old thing let me go, you are a dictatorship, a full-time, let the Ministry of Defense know, I can't spare you!" Natasha couldn't help but curse as well.
But Taylor didn't care at all, just smiled and said: "Son of a bitch, don't drag her out for me quickly, by the way, little girl, your teacher of the Minister of Defense has resigned by himself, and now no one is protecting you." ”
Natasha's face turned pale, but she didn't resist, because it was in vain, and after the people from the guard battalion dragged her out, Taylor stared at the staff officers and said coldly: "Sons of bitches, what do you see, do you need me to kick your ass?" ”
The staff officers quickly withdrew their gaze, and Taylor continued: "Now that I take over everything here, when I defeat those bitches on the other side, you all have to listen to me, even if the president comes, you have to listen to me, do you?" ”
Although the crowd was amazed by Taylor's arrogant words, now they seemed to have no other way but to follow the madman insanely.
Subsequently, under Taylor's personal command, almost all the artillery of the government army and the US army in Iraq was pulled to the front line, but what no one expected was that after Khalid left the US military command, he went to meet with Amat, and the oil minister of the northern government immediately passed the news to the intelligence officers of the South Iraqi Intelligence Service in Baghdad.
However, the speed of the delivery of information could not keep up with Taylor's artillery order, and at his command, all artillery and missile units opened fire almost simultaneously, regardless of distance.
For a while, the border areas of the south and north were like a meteor shower, under the powerful artillery fire, the Prophet Army was caught off guard, and in the headquarters of the Prophet Army in Dikar Province, Simon's face was pale: "Order all front-line troops to retreat quickly, and the First and Second Armies report casualties!" ”
Simon, who has experienced many years of war, knows very well that this is definitely not the firepower of the government army, but the Americans are attacking them, and of course he will not be stupid enough to fight hard with the Americans, after all, the other party is the 1st Armored Division under the command of that madman Taylor.
However, when the casualty report came up, Simon's face changed completely, this is probably the largest casualty since the formation of the Prophet Army, with tens of thousands of casualties, if it weren't for the information they received, plus he ordered quickly enough, I'm afraid that the entire front line would have become a meat grinder under the fire of the American army.
But casualties were not the biggest crisis, what he feared most happened, Taylor, a madman, ordered the 1st Panzer Division to attack without warning.
This was simply worse for the Prophet Army who were caught off guard, under the powerful artillery fire, they were powerless to fight back, especially the lightning raid of the 1st Armored Division, which was clearly aimed at his headquarters, and he also instantly figured out Taylor's intentions.
Attack his headquarters directly with a surprise attack, and sweep into Basra, collapse the entire Prophet Army, if it is just an American attack, it would be fine, but the huge number of government forces is behind the American army, Simon never expected that Taylor would be so crazy that his 1st Armored Division would rush to the front.
"Damn it!" Simon slapped the table hard, although he knew Taylor, but he didn't expect that the First Armored Division had just entered Iraq, and it launched an attack on them without even resting, and now the artillery fire is getting closer and closer, if he doesn't retreat, the casualties of the Prophet Army will be more and more heavy, but if he retreats, Basra will be completely exposed to the noses of the US and government forces, and it will be Basra that will be shelled at that time.
But Simon wasn't a vegetarian either, and he quickly figured out a way, Taylor's attack, though ferocious, wasn't invulnerable, and the Prophet Army wasn't vegetarian.
He immediately ordered that the troops in the provinces of Missan and Muthanna quickly assemble in this direction, and as long as the 1st Panzer Division was stopped in Dikar Province, then Simon could let this ace unit of the American army be completely buried here.
The situation was as he had imagined, and the US-Iraqi forces were initially overwhelmed, but when they were about to advance to the border between Dikar province and Basra, their attack was stopped.
However, it was not the troops from the other two provinces that stopped Taylor's attack, but the 1st Heavy Panzer Division of the Second Army, which was stationed in Dikar Province.
As for the heavily armored divisions of the First Army, they were already crippled almost under the first round of shelling, and it is no wonder that the American forces concentrated almost all their firepower to destroy this force that they considered the most threatening.
Fortunately, Black Impermanence was not in the First Army, nor was he in the headquarters, at that time he happened to be inspecting the Heavy Armored Division of the Second Army.
As soon as the war began, Hei Wuchang was the first to react, but he did not order an attack or blockade, but obeyed Simon's order and retreated directly with the heavy armored division of the Second Army, which saved this force.
When Taylor's 1st Panzer Division reached the Basra border, Black Impermanence was still there, and the hidden Heavy Panzer Division was furious.
However, in the face of the U.S. Army, Black Impermanence is also a little powerless, not to mention that it is the First Armored Division of the U.S. Army, the equipment and quality are not just a grade, so Black Impermanence only successfully blocked the First Armored Division at the border.
But just when the fighting was in full swing here, another unexpected thing happened to Simon, that is, the US missile unit, which carried out a covering strike on the main target in Basra in the half hour after the war.
Despite the best efforts of the Territorial Defense Force led by Xiami, Basra was attacked by more than 30 missiles.
Taylor almost desperately sent missiles to Basra, even the shrimp is difficult to intercept all of them, thirty missiles fell into Basra, which may not be much for Taylor, but for the little Basra, it is a lot
PS: "Tomorrow to resume the update"