Chapter 030, You're Ruthless, I'm Even Harder!
Fighting is raging on the front lines, with the Prophet's Army closing on Baghdad and having captured most of the area, and government and U.S. forces teetering on one-third of Iraq's northern provinces.
From Basra to Babylon, the nine provinces occupied by the Prophet Army have successively recognized the southern government and sworn to join the southern government, which is more cohesive than the northern government, and in fact the Prophet army did not spend much effort to control the five provinces that had just been occupied.
The encroachment plan worked, and the armed forces established strongholds in all the provinces behind enemy lines, and carried out vigorous propaganda, and under the sugar-coated shells, the hungry and impoverished people of the five provinces wept bitterly into the arms of the Prophet's army, and Prime Minister Vivien promised that the five provinces that had just been captured and those that were to be conquered in the future would be treated the same as the citizens of Basra.
But Iraq is still in an eventful situation, swallowing five provinces in an instant, making Basra's administrative system difficult to digest, and even the three provinces it occupied at the beginning have only restored basic water and electricity.
But Vivien knew very well that no matter how difficult the road ahead, they had to move forward, and that when the Prophet Army conquered a province, they had to manage a province and coordinate everything.
Fortunately, Canglong stopped at a critical moment, Simon's Prophet Army was also a little tired, and counterattacked from Dikar Province, the Iranian troops who surrendered the Prophet's Army in Iran played the greatest role, and Canglong's trust in them made this army the main force of this counterattack.
When the war was stopped, the members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps even came to the front line to negotiate with Simon, hoping that after the reunification of Iraq in the future, this force could return to Iran, but Simon's answer was very simple, whether they wanted to be the future Iraqi nationals or return to Iran, the choice was in their hands, and the Prophet Army would never interfere.
This answer was very disappointing to the commissioner, because he knew very well that this unit, which had made great achievements, would inevitably become an indispensable part of the nascent Iraqi defence forces in the future, and that their leader was not a narrow-minded man, and that this leader would not have any distrust in them.
Even Simon, the current Simon is the chief of staff of the Prophet Army, it can be said that under one person, above ten thousand, Simon in the past would not even answer such a question, because he had no rights, but now Simon answered, it means that the current Simon has enough power and control over the Prophet Army, which is also the prophet's trust in Simon.
At this time, in Basra, Vivien had a headache, because there was not enough manpower, although the new Iraq had to respect the beliefs of the people, but also had to eliminate some bad habits, she didn't want Iraq to become the previous Iraq again, after the war, the reborn Iraq, once again warlords, she had to deal with the tribal chieftains.
And to solve the power of these new provinces, propaganda is tantamount to the best way, as the main force of propaganda The Red Women's Army is a very good choice, but without Amira, Vivien has to do it herself, which makes Vivian a little physically and mentally exhausted.
Especially as the prime minister, she also has to deal with pressure from the United States and Russia, and now Vivien can't wait to kill all the American prisoners in the desert, otherwise she won't be annoyed by the United States every day.
After that war, the Americans used both soft and hard measures against southern Iraq, first sending two additional aircraft carrier battle groups, and then withdrawing them, allowing US Ambassador to Iraq Kerry and the Supreme Commander of US Forces in Iraq to come together to negotiate.
No, a civilian plane that took off from Basra just now blew up the US Fifth Fleet, and Vivien, who was angry, was furious, and the explanation of the Americans was very simple, it was a mistake.
Bombed by mistake? Who would believe that this civil aircraft was on time, and the air defense identification circle of the US Fifth Fleet did not know the signals of the civilian aircraft?
What made her speechless the most was that the Russians did not react at all, and Alexander, the commander of the Combined Fleet, as an ally, only sent a message of condolences, and hoped that Vivian could consider the opinion of the former Russian Defense Minister Ivanovich and negotiate peace with the US military.
But for southern Iraq, the situation is very good, and if a newly established country is weak, it will definitely make the people lose hope.
So Vivien has been in a state of panic lately, with people holding mass demonstrations to condemn the actions of the United States, and even gathering in front of the Capitol to demand that the government fight back.
After receiving the news of the destruction of the civilian aircraft, Simon immediately ordered the entire Prophet Army to enter the highest state of combat readiness, and launched no less than dozens of surprise attacks on the US military stronghold in Baghdad.
However, the US government headed by Theodore not only did not issue any apology statement, President Theodore even openly said that they did not know what South Iraqi civil aviation was, and in their eyes there was only one Iraq, and the barbaric terrorist organization Army of the Prophet was destroying a democratic government, and they would never apologize, let alone have any weakness, and would fully support the Baghdad government in this war for justice and freedom.
Vivien immediately summoned the Iranian military envoy and the commander of the Combined Fleet, Alexander, to discuss how to deal with the American forces.
However, except for the Iranian military envoy Ali Daei, Alexander and his party did not agree to continue the war at all, and they hoped that the southern government would negotiate with the US military to release the US military prisoners in exchange for the unification of the whole of Iraq.
The meeting repeatedly entered a stalemate, and finally Vivien could only leave angrily, and when Canglong returned to Basra, Vivian looked tired, but she did not blame him, because now she finally knew how much pressure Canglong was under at that time, from military to administrative, almost he was running it alone.
And Basra was not a country at that time, at least the administrative system was not as perfect as it is now, and the first thing Vivian said when he saw the dragon was: "What should I do?" ”
Canglong's answer was very simple: "How to deal with it before, how to deal with it now, we have to give full play to our greatest advantages!" ”
So, on the second day after the meeting, the fifth day after the American cruiser destroyed the civil aviation of southern Iraq, Taylor, the commander of the 1st Armored Division of the US Army, was pulled in front of the Capitol in southern Iraq.
On this day, Prime Minister Vivien released a national broadcast that he would try war criminal Taylor on the simple charge of massacring civilians and starting a war of aggression.
She invited journalists from around the world in Basra, from the Iranian military envoy to Alexander, commander of the Russian-Basra Combined Fleet, to attend the trial.
At that time, everyone thought that Vivian was tough, and she was just trying Taylor and showing it to the U.S. government, but what no one expected was that after the Basra Supreme Court announced the crime, Taylor, the butcher, was dragged to the gallows, just like the war criminals at the founding ceremony, Taylor was executed, and the picture of his struggle was recorded by all the reporters present and broadcast to the world.
For a time, the whole world was shocked by this execution, the United States and his friends were stunned, no one in this world has dared to execute their American soldiers, and they are also a general, the former Soviet Union did not dare, and now Russia does not dare, but southern Iraq has done this thing to pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth.
The US Secretary of State immediately issued a strong protest, almost shaking the whole country, and an American general was executed on the gallows in southern Iraq, which was a great shame.
The clarion call for war seems to be sounding again, four aircraft carrier battle groups have left for the Persian Gulf one after another, and NATO countries have also expressed their support one after another, and if the United States launches an all-out war against southern Iraq, NATO will give full support.
However, while all the Western countries were in full swing, the Basra government announced that the Prophet would personally inspect the American prisoners of war held in the Zubayr desert area.
As soon as this news appeared, the Americans were instigated, and the NATO countries were dumbfounded, which has two layers at a time, the first means to tell everyone that it was the prophet who ordered the execution of Taylor, and the second layer means to tell the United States and his friends that you still have more than 10,000 hostages in our hands, and if you dare to move, I will slaughter these tens of thousands of people, and then you will defeat the southern government, and see how you explain to the people at home, not to mention that the prophet's army is not Saddam's Republican Guard, and if you want to fight, you have to look at your strength.
Moreover, the Basra government also announced the tragic situation of the US military in the prisoner of war camp, and when the reporter asked how many people died in the prisoner of war camp every day, as a prophet, Canglong did not hesitate to tell the reporter that about dozens of people go to see Allah every day, hoping that they can be forgiven by Allah.
The reporter was dumbfounded and asked, "Why did the Prophet Army only provide water and not food to the prisoners of war, and why did they let them abuse them in the desert?" ”
Canglong also replied without hesitation: "Because our country is poor, and we are in a desert area, and water sources are scarce, and the water provided to them has been squeezed out of the people's water sources, and as for food, we really can't do anything, because there are still millions of Iraqis who are starving, as for why they are abused in the desert by the sun?" Quite simply, we are not a party to the Geneva Conventions, and do you expect us to treat them as prisoners of war in the face of aggressors who slaughter Allah's people? No, they are all war criminals, war criminals who will shoot in the face of an unarmed population! ”
Canglong's categorical answer stirred up the entire southern Iraqi people, who was their leader, a leader who was fearless in the face of the enemy.
However, his answer caused an uproar in the Western countries led by the United States, and although they condemned Canglong for being barbaric and inhumane, they heard Canglong's meaning, and that any international law or the law of its sovereign state did not apply to any invader caught on Iraqi soil.
The implicit subtext is that you can wage war against us, but you must bear the consequences of the war, and we will not give your soldiers any humane treatment