Chapter 515: Head of the Military Advisory Group (Page 1/1)

In another time and space, the last two months of 1982 were marked by a large-scale counterattack by the Iranian army. After the launch of the Basra Campaign, he once again gathered heavy forces to attack the Mandali area, which threatened the Iraqi capital Baghdad, and fiercely vented the vicious anger of being beaten in the first stage.

However, when Li Lu read the battle briefing provided by Shapur, he was shocked in his heart - the Iranian army was still under beating, and the second phase of the battle that should have been entered was still nowhere to be seen.

In other words, the Iranian army has not been able to turn the tide until the start of the war, and not only that, but after receiving heavy ground equipment from Red Star, they have only made a small counterattack - the fighting is still taking place inside Iran.

It was very unexpected.

No wonder Shapur is like this, no wonder the Iranians are in a hurry.

"As you can see, once the Iraqis occupy Ahvaz, they can directly threaten the Irku oil area. Once that happens, there is simply no way for your exploration work to proceed. Although Shapur was extremely anxious, when he persuaded Li Lu, he still did not forget to put the exploration and development of the oil field on the line, and he knew that this was very important to Li Lu.

A team of thousands of people came over, and no matter how dull people were, they knew that Li Lu was going to make a big move, and he was in a hurry to find out the oil and extract it. Don't forget, there's a war going on here. If it weren't for the rush, there was no need to risk war to do this at all. There are ninety-nine years, and there is no need to rush this year or two.

The map is very clear, it is a military map, and the situation marked in it is yesterday's battlefield situation, with the combat effectiveness of the two armies, only one day apart, the battlefield situation will not change much. Shapur also checked the situation, and there was no doubt about it.

Li Lu could see that the blue arrows representing the Iraqi army pointed at Ahvaz were fierce, and on the left and right sides of it, there were two slightly smaller arrows, pointing at the two wings. The commander of the Iraqi army was very thoughtful, and this was a typical tactic of breaking through the two flanks in the center, which was very effective in urban offensive and defensive battles.

The distance was only 50 kilometers, and the Iraqi army opened up a formation to intercept it, apparently unable to stop the momentum of the Iraqi attack.

Shapur's anxiety can be imagined!

Ahvaz is a large city in southern Iran and is the southern gate of Iran. The capture of Ahvaz would be equivalent to controlling the entire southern plains, as the central mountain range would become a barrier to the northern region, including the capital, Tehran, and would also be the main obstacle to Iran's counteroffensive.

What's worse is that after taking Ahvaz, the port of Khomeini, an important port in the southwest, and the vast surrounding area, it became Iraqi territory. This is by no means something that the Iranians can endure.

"Where's your armor? There was only one armored battalion on Ahvaz's side, and the tanks were no longer able to withstand the heavy forces of the Iraqis. Intelligence shows that the Iraqis are equipped with more than 2,000 tanks, and you have less than 1,000 tanks, so why do you have to disperse them? Li Lu asked a few questions in a row.

Shapur's expression was strange, and he said, "That's right, the Iraqis are equipped with twice as many tanks as we do." However, if it is not decentralized, is it centralized? Scattered on various key defensive lines, Iraqi tanks that can hold off part of it are partial. We already have few tanks, and we can barely deploy a battalion on the defense line of an important city. ”

Li Lu was suddenly choked speechless, and he immediately understood that whether it was the Iranians or the Iraqis, their tactics would be so simple and naïve that the Chinese people, the ancestors of the war, would be stunned, and they would usually have such an illusion - did these people jump out of the stones?

And there are no brains!

Regardless of other complex tactics, I am afraid that not many Middle Easterners can grasp the essence of "concentrating superior forces" alone.

"Is there a more detailed map of the deployment of troops? To be up-to-date, current, specific to the position of each company. Li Lu finally smoothed the tone in his heart and asked helplessly.

Shapur said decisively, "Yes, every day I get the latest information. ”

He said as he searched through his briefcase.

Li Lu asked, "Where did you send it from?" How long is the delay? ”

"Delay?" Shapur reacted for a while before he understood, and said, "It won't take more than twelve hours, and the information update on my side is directly provided by the General Staff, which is very timely." ”

Li Lu took a thicker map, got up, walked to the dining table and opened it, and said in a deep voice, "Twelve hours is not a short time, if the Iraqis move fast enough, I am afraid that there will be less than twelve hours left for you to prepare." ”

He took the telescopic baton handed by Shapur and quickly glanced at the entire battlefield, paying special attention to the deployment of troops on both sides. He found that the deployment of Iraqi troops was less detailed, indicating that the Iranian army had partially lost reconnaissance rights on the battlefield.

The battle lines of the two sides are not complicated, and they are basically in a state of intertwined stalemate in other directions, except for Ahvaz, where the Iraqi army has formed a powerful offensive, and the powerful assault force composed of two infantry divisions is directed at Ahvaz.

It can even be judged that this is a superior offensive that the Iraqi army has worked very hard to fight after a long period of fighting. The heavy force directed at Ahvaz was like a sharp knife to the heart of Iran. Under such circumstances, the commander of the Iraqi army, if he has some common sense, will choose to launch an offensive war against Ahvaz as soon as possible, without leaving more time for the Iranians to react.

After carefully studying the deployment map, Li Lu shook his head and said, "You have no hope of winning, and with this situation, it will be difficult for Ahvaz to hold." ”

It stands to reason that he should not have said such categorical things, but the fact is that if he were the commander of the Iraqi army, he would have told Shapur directly that there was no second option but to surrender. In Li Lu's eyes, the deployment of the Iranian army in Ahvaz City is simply funny, there is no superiority in troops, there is no situational advantage, scattered and shrunken, and scattered sand.

If you can hold a big city in this way, it can definitely be called a miracle of war.

Hearing Li Lu's words, Shapur's whole person was cold from beginning to end. It is precisely because he has done a lot of knowledge about Li Lu that he knows that this person is a combat hero of Huaxia, and the performance of the Chinese army in the southwest battlefield can be understood very comprehensively through some channels. Even the last time he went to Huaxia, he had talked about this with the active duty officers in Huaxia. As a result, he trusts in the capabilities of the Chinese military, though he has little hope that the military advisory group will be able to help the Iranian army turn things around.

"Is there a way? Mr. Lee, you are already the head of the Military Advisory Group, and you have just promised that it is your responsibility to provide us with any guidance we need. Shapur's lips trembled.

He couldn't imagine what would happen after the fall of Ahvaz.

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