The order to attack was given by Razak, and Wang Dong only learned of it from Nanigel after arriving in Nasiriyah.

The counterattack force was the two infantry brigades, and the commander was Izhar.

This guy is Razak's cronies.

Before the outbreak of the civil war, Izhar was only a major officer, serving in the General Staff of the Iraqi Defense Forces, and his ability was not outstanding, but he knew how to be a person.

Immediately after Saeed's murder, he smelled the danger and found an excuse to go to Basra.

After the coup d'état, Karim stormed the headquarters of the Basra garrison with dozens of officers and soldiers and seized command of the garrison.

At that time, one of the most important things he did was to contact the commander of the Air Force and ask the Air Force to send dozens of fighter jets to Basra.

In order to bring the commander of the air force into compliance, he took people to the hometown of the commander of the air force and controlled all the clans of the commander of the air force.

The method is ruthless enough, but the effect is also very significant, otherwise dozens of F-16C/D fighters of the Iraqi Air Force will fall into the hands of the rebels.

After that, Razak fled to Basra, and it was he who led his troops to meet him, thus gaining Razak's trust and becoming Razak's confidant.

Because of his great achievements, Yitzal was promoted two levels in a row and became a colonel officer.

During the defense of Nasiriyah, Izhar was the de facto commander of the government forces, and the new forces were under his direct control and under his orders.

In fact, it was under his influence that Razak refused to send more troops to Nasiriyah.

It's just that this guy is too arrogant.

After the Battle of Nasiriyah, he offered to launch an immediate counterattack to take advantage of the defeat of the rebels and recapture the rebel-controlled Samawa in one fell swoop.

According to him, the rebels must have been vulnerable after suffering a crushing defeat.

As long as the troops are sent immediately, Semavo can be recaptured.

Razak was convinced, or rather moved, by him.

Semavo is so important that if he can recapture him, he will open the door to Baghdad and hope for a quick victory over Karim.

Fortunately, the other generals were adamantly opposed.

In addition, there are no forces that can be used for counterattacks.

For this matter, Izhar offended almost all the generals, and even forced some generals to force the palace on Lazak, so that Lazak could not step down.

Razak was a politician and knew that it was impossible to achieve great things with a colonel.

As a result, in the name of organizing and planning a counterattack, Razak sent Yitzal to Nasiriyah to replace Nanijel, and promoted him to major general by the way.

It can be seen that Izsar has not shown himself shrewdly.

Why, then, did he advocate a counterattack when the other generals were against it, and even made it impossible for Razak to step down?

In the case of the situation, people with a modicum of sanity knew that the government forces did not have the strength to launch a counterattack at all.

Why did Itzal make such a low-level mistake when he had behaved so smart before?

What could he do without Razak's support?

The question may seem complicated, but it's actually quite simple.

Izhar was one of the few officers in the Iraqi Defense Forces who went to Britain and the United States to receive systematic study, and was promoted to major only after returning from England.

It was this experience that earned him the trust of Razak.

In the same way, he also became the spokesman of Britain and the United States.

There is enough reason to believe that Yitzhak's legendary performances before this, especially the control of the commander of the air force and the capture of the fighters of the air force, must have been supported by the British and American intelligence agencies, at least to obtain key intelligence in advance, and perhaps his rush back to Basra in advance was arranged by the British and American intelligence agencies.

Let's not forget that only F-16C/D fighters were transferred to Basra.

If these fighters fall into Karim's hands, I am afraid that it will not be long before a few of them fly to Iran, and then to Russia and China.

Otherwise, why did the Su-25 attack aircraft of the Iraqi Air Force not fly to Basra?

The Battle of Nasiriyah was a turning point in the Iraqi civil war, and it took time and a little patience for government forces to hold the front.

Obviously, for Britain and the United States, it is certainly not desirable for Razak to achieve a quick victory with the support of the Arab League.

After dragging on for more than ten days, Yitzal finally waited for Razak's counterattack order.

As is customary, Razak gave him two generals and gave him command of two infantry brigades as lieutenant general, as the commander-in-chief of offensive operations.

In addition, Razak sent some armored vehicles.

After all, those were two infantry brigades without heavy equipment.

Because air support was involved, Wang Dong asked Xie Chuyue to lead a group of personnel to follow the counterattack force in accordance with the assurances made to Razak.

Instead of going to the front line to fight, but acting as a scout, providing ground guidance to fighters.

The order is very clear, and the relationship is also very clear, Xie Chuyue is Wang Dong's subordinate, only obeys Wang Dong's orders, and is only responsible for the guidance task of air support.

As for the rest, it has nothing to do with Xie Chuyue.

For Wang Dong, there are more important things.

The first step is to repair the infrastructure at Nasiriyah airport so that it can be operational as soon as possible so that the attack aircraft deployed in Basra can be transferred.

Secondly, it is necessary to take control of the road leading to Basra and deploy alert forces along the way to ensure that the road from Nasiriyah to Basra is unimpeded.

The construction of military camps must also be stepped up, and there are more than 100,000 refugees who need to be settled.

All in all, there are troubles everywhere.

Fortunately, the 1,000 heavy trucks brought by Wang Dong were all fully loaded, and a large amount of engineering equipment and tens of thousands of tons of daily necessities were delivered.

Just grain, there are almost 5,000 tons.

In addition, Xie Chuyue only took a few dozen operatives, so Wang Dong had hundreds of officers and soldiers in his hands.

Before he arrived, Nanijal had sent for a recruitment station in the camp and recruited more than 1,000 recruits, although there was a serious lack of training and equipment.

All work has to be carried out, and it takes a lot of manpower.

Fortunately, with Nani Gyer in charge, many of the problems that Wang Dong thinks are not problems.

Quite simply, Nanijel has long been famous.

After the defense of Nasiriyah, Nanijal had long since become the savior of the Sunnis, a prophet sent by Allah to save them.

In fact, refugees come to Nasiriyah in the belief that they can get the protection of Nanijal here.

In addition, the daily necessities brought by Wang Dong are also crucial.

Being able to fill your belly and not starve anymore is more important than anything else.

However, the situation in Nasiriyah is extremely dire, especially in the refugee camps, where robberies, thefts, fights and other criminal acts occur all the time.

In response to this situation, Wang Dong made a suggestion.

That is, only refugees, especially women, children and the elderly who are unable to work, are provided with a minimum subsistence guarantee, and others have to work to obtain their daily needs.

Of course, there are certainly more than enough labor opportunities.

In addition, a security force has been set up to strictly enforce the law on control in time of war and to severely punish illegal and criminal acts that disrupt order and undermine stability.

In troubled times, it is natural to use heavy punishment!