Chapter 079, The Eagle on the Plateau
Khuzestan Province, General Headquarters of the Prophet's Occupation Army.
received Simon's reply call, but Canglong didn't care, according to the intelligence agency's intelligence officers in Jordan, Natasha has been investigated, as for the result? Canglong knew very well that unless this war ended, Natasha would definitely not be able to come out.
The reason why Simon let him go, Canglong naturally expected this result, although Natasha came to the right conclusion, but sometimes the correct conclusion is not very pleasing in the eyes of some people, for example, Natasha went to tell the commander of the coalition army when the coalition army had gathered 310,000 people, and said, you are wrong to do this.
It is estimated that everyone will be very unhappy with this basin of cold water, NATO has spent so much time, spent so much money, and the troops have been transferred, how can it not fight?
If it is really withdrawn, the people in NATO countries will definitely be very dissatisfied, and even complain, thinking that NATO is afraid of the new Iraq.
Therefore, whether this war is won or lost, it must be fought, and Natasha put forward the opinion that it cannot be fought at an untimely time, even if it is correct, no one will consider it, the Americans belong to the kind of people who would rather bear the result of defeat, and will definitely not transfer troops, but they will withdraw in a hurry.
"Prophet!" Abdul-Jabbar walked in suddenly.
Canglong nodded and asked, "Have all the troops been transferred?" ”
"The last armored battalion has all been loaded onto the train, and in ten hours, it will arrive at the intended location." Abdul-Jabbar said with some excitement.
"Let's go, go to Zabol." The dragon got up and left, followed by Jabbar.
A military transport plane then took off from Dizful airport and landed in Zabol, a city on the Iranian-Afghan border, three hours later.
It is only a few dozen kilometers from Afghanistan, which is also the terminus of the tri-national railway.
For many countries, the border city should be very developed, but in Zabol is different, although this small city with a population of only 130,000 is on the border, it is next to the very poor Afghanistan, so the border trade between the two countries is not much, and naturally it is impossible to push this city to development.
For the citizens of Zabol, since the railway was built half a year ago, the city has become a transportation station, but the railway has not brought much economy to Zabol, and some citizens of Zabol even wonder why the railway terminal is built in their city.
A few months ago, however, Zabol moved in a special unit, the Ninth Division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, to replace the original Border Guard.
Then the entire city was blocked, large quantities of weapons and equipment were transported to Zabol under cover, and a small makeshift airfield was set up and rapidly expanded.
The official announcement to the citizens of Zabol is that Iran will strengthen its control of the Afghan border in view of the frequent activities of US troops in Afghanistan in the Iranian border area, and the weapons and equipment delivered this time are advanced weapons for the Ninth Division, and a large-scale military exercise will be held here.
In their eyes, the U.S. military in Afghanistan is very annoying, and there are often drones that invade their airspace, and when the Iranian Air Force reacts, these drones immediately withdraw from the border,
Therefore, they naturally do not have a good impression of the US military, and the long-term US sanctions against Iran have deepened the hatred of Zabol citizens towards the US military.
Zabol, Provisional General Command of the Front.
When Canglong and Jabbar arrived, it was already busy, the airport had been expanded to a certain size, the helicopters of the Army Aviation Regiment had been assembled in the hangar, and all the technicians were in place.
"Hello, Venerable Prophet!" A bearded general walked over, and this was none other than the commander of the 9th Division of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Aaveit.
It is also the supreme commander of Iran in this military operation, according to the agreement, Iran will not participate in the attack on Iraq, but this time the logistics support is all provided by the Iranian military, of course, the technical support is still from the scientific researchers from Basra.
Canglong nodded, stretched out his hand to shake it, and then asked, "How is the secrecy work?" ”
Alawit nodded confidently: "Viwak is in charge of secrecy and intelligence work, there is absolutely no problem!" ”
Viwak is Iran's main intelligence agency, equivalent to the CIA of the United States and China's General Intelligence Agency, and it is also the direct intelligence agency of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
"Go to the General Staff!" Canglong walked straight with Susan and Jabbar, and Alawit hurriedly led the way in front with a very respectful expression.
There is no way, the name of the Prophet is now higher in Iran than the Supreme Leader of the Revolutionary Guard Corps Ayatollah Khomeini, mainly because of the establishment of the new Iraq, its influence on Iran, and the two wars of the Prophet's army against Iran, so the Iranians are both afraid and worship of this prophet, among which the generals of the Revolutionary Guards are the most profound.
After arriving at the staff headquarters and taking their seats, Canglong glanced at everyone, and then asked, "Jabbar!" ”
"Here." Abdul-Jabbar stood up.
"In the early hours of tomorrow morning, the Central Garrison Armored Division will carry out the mission of attacking Afghanistan, and your purpose is to expel the US troops stationed in Afghanistan and open the border between Afghanistan and China." Canglong said calmly, "I can only give you a week, and you must achieve your strategic goals in a week. ”
Hearing this, the entire staff department was shocked, although Alawit knew about the operation of the Prophet Army, he didn't know that the commander appointed by Canglong was actually this boy who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, this seems to be too child's play, right? Anyone present was much more senior than this teenager.
However, what he was even more surprised was that this young man, as the commander, did not have any strange expressions on the generals of the Prophet Army around him, they were surprised that they were actually going to attack Afghanistan, and they really wanted to attack Afghanistan.
Clark and Abdul-Jabbar are the same, they both knew about this strategic purpose just now, and began to transport equipment and troops, they all thought that this was something that the Prophet Army aided Iran, and at first they were distressed for a while, after all, the equipment of the American army is indeed very powerful, at least better than that of the Russians.
"What are you doing? Tell me how you plan to use these seven days to take all of Afghanistan! Canglong said in a deep voice.
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They have also collected a lot of intelligence on Afghanistan, and at the Basra Military Academy, Jabbar also learned about the geographical location of Afghanistan, especially about the two wars that took place in Afghanistan, one was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the other was the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States.
The Americans seemed to have won, but in fact, they were no different from the Soviets, they were all consumed in Iraq, leaving the country empty.
However, the occupation of Afghanistan has great advantages, and a famous British military scientist once said that the occupation of Afghanistan is equivalent to controlling the entire Middle East, and controlling the entire Middle East is equivalent to controlling the world's energy, and controlling the world's energy can control the whole world.
Therefore, both the United States and the Soviet Union want to get Afghanistan, and as a soldier of the new Iraq, Abdul-Jabbar also wants to get Afghanistan, but he knows very well that the US military in Afghanistan has 100,000 troops stationed in Afghanistan, and there are more than 10,000 British troops, plus government troops, even if they are better equipped, it is difficult for them to fight the whole of Afghanistan.
Moreover, it is very difficult to supply on the plateau, Afghanistan is located on the Pamir Plateau, and it is almost condescending to look down on Iran, just as the Prophet's army can overlook the whole of Iran after conquering Khuzestan Province, which is completely a terrain that can be attacked, retreated, and defended.
After being silent for a long time, Jabbar shook his head: "Unless Iran's army helps, more than 20,000 people of the Central Garrison Armored Division alone will not be able to defeat Afghanistan at all!" ”
After speaking, Abdul-Jabbar sat down with his head down, but at this time Alawit was surprised, according to Abdul-Jabbar's grade, it was impossible to be so calm, after all, it was ordered by the prophet, and if it was replaced by other generals of the prophet's army, it would be a bone that could not be gnawed, and it would be gnawed down vigorously.
"What do you think?" The dragon looked at Clark again.
"Prophet, this won't work at all, not to mention that we have to go to the plateau of Afghanistan to fight, even if we only capture important cities, we can't defend those cities like the wars we fought before, once we expel the American army and hit the border between Afghanistan and China, all supplies will be cut off." Clark was very worried, "Besides, our troops are not suitable for high-altitude operations, and once they go up, their combat effectiveness will be reduced by several percent, not to mention the maintenance of weapons and equipment is also a problem."
Canglong nodded, the geographical conditions of Afghanistan are mountainous, cold, high altitude, and little vegetation, which is not conducive to the mobile operation of the mechanized troops of the large corps, nor is it conducive to the survival and concealment of special forces. The Afghans have already defeated Britain and the former Soviet Union, which are much stronger than themselves, on this high ground, and although the United States has captured Afghanistan, it has been harassed by the Afghan armed forces for a long time.
The high altitude of the terrain reduced the combat ability of soldiers who grew up on the plains. And the Afghans who have lived in the plateau for generations are running like flying in the war, the lack of oxygen will make people uncomfortable and slow to move, and the most terrible thing is those fanatical *** armed forces, tens of thousands of fanatical outlaws who will never surrender are a terrorist force more terrible than any weapon.
Therefore, the Afghans have another nickname, the eagle on the plateau.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Prophet Army is also very strong, even if they expel the US troops stationed in Afghanistan, they still have to face those terrible *** forces and capture a city, once they leave, the *** forces will immediately occupy the city and cut off the logistics support of the Prophet Army.
This is Clark's concern, to enter is equivalent to death, even if the Prophet Army is not afraid of these fanatics, but there is no need to sacrifice in vain.
Just when the staff was silent, Canglong suddenly said: "This battle must be fought, if you can't win the new Iraq, it will be over, do you want the new Iraq to be finished, or do you want Afghanistan to be defeated, complete the final strategic layout, and win the final war victory?" ”
Clark and the others were silent, even Abdul-Jabbar had a solemn face, of course they wanted to win the final victory in the war, but this was really a tough battle that was difficult to win