As night fell, the fierce battle, which had lasted all day, finally came to an end.

In the desert southwest of Nasiriyah, four operatives also woke up from their sleep.

After burrowing out of the sand hole, the first thing Zhang Kaka did was to turn off the motion sensors buried nearby to avoid being killed by the mines he had planted.

These motion sensors are connected to several remote-controlled mines that detonate whenever an enemy approaches.

Later, Zhang Kaka went to dig up the mines.

The mines were not planted to kill many enemies, but to sleep and recuperate so that they could act at night, after all, there were only four of them.

By the time Zhang Kaka returned, the accompanying operatives had already prepared dinner.

From the northeast, there was gunfire, anti-aircraft guns, to be precise, the rebels were firing at the drones, but they were wasting shells.

While it was time for dinner, Zhang Kaka spread out the map.

On the military map, the southwestern suburbs of Nasiriyah are divided into dozens of grids, a third of which have been marked to indicate that they have been there.

It was the fifth day they had left Nasiriyah.

On the afternoon of five days ago, after following Tiehu back to the command center, Zhang Kaka was called by Wang Dong and received a new task.

As arranged, he led a reconnaissance team to find high-value targets for the rebels.

The range of activity is 30 km, which is exactly the maximum range of the M109A6 to launch a bottom-row extended-range projectile.

After finding a high-value target, they reported to the command center, guided the artillery under the command of Shamkh to carry out the shelling, and confirmed the results of the shelling.

As for what constitutes a "high-value target", it is up to Zhang Kaka to decide.

Simply put, artillery can be called as long as he considers it a high-value target.

It was not only Zhang Kaka who carried out the task, but there were also four other reconnaissance teams, but in the southwest direction, they were the only ones.

On the night of the first day, Zhang Kaka found a convoy of transports hidden deep in the desert.

At that time, Zhang Kaka almost put himself in.

Quite simply, there were five 5,000-gallon tankers in the convoy, and by the time Kaka found it, the shells had already flown over.

If he had been any closer, even if it was only fifty meters, he would have been burned to charcoal.

Later, Zhang Kaka realized that he had made a great contribution.

The convoy was part of the "Holy Land Heroes" brigade, and the five tankers were loaded with enough fuel to fill the tanks of 30 main battle tanks and 40 infantry fighting vehicles, and the "Holy Land Heroes" brigade had to wait at least four more days to get the necessary fuel because of the shelling.

In fact, Zhang Kaka has not been idle.

In order to avoid being discovered by the rebels, after all, they are only a four-person reconnaissance team, so they all go out day and night, and only come out after dark.

Over the next few nights, Zhang Kaka had a reward.

There is no doubt that they have become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the rebels.

It's just that it is obviously not easy to find four deliberately hidden scouts in the desert, or scouts from special forces.

In fact, the rebels never found Zhang Kaka and them.

There is nothing strange about it, Zhang Kaka and they are just carrying out reconnaissance missions, often finding targets from a few hundred meters away, and then using encrypted radio stations to send back the target's coordinate information, and the next thing to do is to wait in place until the artillery shells from a distance destroy the target.

That is, there is no absolute necessity, and they will not use the firearms they carry.

For a few days, none of the four scouts had used their rifles, and they had not even been given a chance to shoot.

Although they did not directly engage the rebels, their contribution was enormous.

During these days, the rebels' attack on Nasiriyah was significantly reduced, as supplies could not keep up, and the rebels who had entered the city were never able to make a critical breakthrough.

To the west, rebels have been engaged in fierce battles with government forces near Victory Square.

To the south, after several setbacks, the rebels who had invaded the city changed their offensive tactics and began to organize their forces to advance along the main road, but it did not go well.

The only exception is the northern bank of the Tigris.

The afternoon before yesterday, under the onslaught of the rebels, the government forces abandoned the bridgehead positions on the north bank and subsequently blew up the bridge over the Tigris.

In order to avoid being outflanked by the rebels, Major General Nanigel had Sugshuyukh's defenders blow up the bridge as well.

Just, it doesn't make much sense.

Just a few hours earlier, the rebels on the north bank of the Tigris had erected a pontoon bridge about ten kilometres east of Nasiriyah, and the vanguard had crossed the river and headed south.

Government forces organized a counterattack, but were unable to drive the rebels back.

Although only infantry crossed the Tigris, within a few days the rebels would have bridged their boats and sent tanks and fighting vehicles to the south bank.

When the time comes, Nasiriyah will be fully surrounded by the rebels.

How long can it last?

Do you want to break through?

Should we retreat to Sugshuyukh before being surrounded by rebels?

None of these are issues that need to be considered by a card.

After researching the map, Zhang Kaka called the three operatives over.

Over the course of a few nights, the rebels had clearly learned that the convoys were traveling farther south and rarely stopped at night.

Obviously, it was to avoid shelling.

Explaining the situation, Zhang Kaka asked everyone to get ready for battle.

If artillery could not be counted, it was necessary to destroy the rebels to the best of their ability, especially the transport convoys.

In Zhang Kaka's view, the highest value is the transport fleet.

Five minutes later, the four scouts left the depression where they were hiding and began to march south.

At this time, Nasiriyah commanded the center.

Wang Dong was on the phone with Yunlong, asking him to arrange for the Royal Saudi Air Force to carry out a long-range bombardment of the rebels crossing the river east of Nasiriyah.

The main target was not the rebels who had crossed the Tigris, but the boat bridges that were being erected.

It only takes a few hours to erect a boat bridge.

Wang Dong also just received information, to be precise, Wang Haotian's small drone found the abnormality, and the rebels began to build a boat bridge over the Tigris River.

As long as the bridge is built, the rebel armored forces can quickly reach the south bank.

Previously, Wang Dong had endured not calling for air support.

Now, obviously, there can be no delay.

If Nasiriyah is completely surrounded by the rebels, if nothing else, the morale of the government army will be ruined, and the vast majority of officers and soldiers will lose the courage to fight.

Blowing up the bridge and preventing the rebel armoured forces from crossing the river became a priority.

In addition, it is necessary to take the opportunity to launch a counterattack and destroy the rebels who have already crossed the Tigris.

After talking to Yunlong on the phone, Wang Dong called Wang Haotian over and asked him to organize the rest of the operatives and prepare for a counterattack.

It's been a week, and whether it can hold on for another week depends on tonight's counterattack!