With the basic information provided by Nanijel, it didn't take much effort for Nicholas to figure out Giannini's background.

More than 30 years ago, in 1984, at the age of 16, Giannini put on a military uniform and went to war with thousands of his peers.

Four years later, when the Iran-Iraq war ended, Giannini was already a warrant officer and had been awarded four medals.

It's just that his career under Saddam's regime has also come to an end.

Quite simply, he is a Shia.

At the outbreak of the Gulf War, Janini's unit was stationed in Kirkuk, a major oil town in the north, and did not participate in the invasion of Kuwait.

In fact, throughout the war, Giannini's unit did not move.

Although after the Allied ground offensive, Saddam Hussein issued an order for several forces in the north to move south to defend the capital, Baghdad, including Giannini's unit, but before these forces could be mobilized, the Gulf War ended with the defeat of Iraq.

After dozens of days of bombing, the Allied ground forces annihilated the Iraqi heavy army group in a hundred hours!

For more than a decade, Mr. Giannini's unit operated in northern Iraq, with the main task of suppressing the growing independence sentiment of the Kurds.

It was not until 2003 that the Second Gulf War, that is, the Iraq War, broke out.

In less than a month, the once invincible Saddam regime was overthrown by the US-British coalition forces, and the entire territory of Iraq fell, and Saddam Hussein could not escape.

When the war broke out, Giannini left his unit and returned to his hometown.

In fact, this is also the choice of the vast majority of Iraqi soldiers.

Saddam Hussein's regime has been overthrown, why stay?

However, just a few months later, Janini put on the uniform again and became a junior officer in the newly formed Iraqi security forces.

This time, Shia identity helped a lot.

In the battle against Fallujah, Giannini stood out and was lucky, saving two wounded American soldiers in a single battle.

Since then, Giannini's official fortunes have prospered, and his military rank has risen all the way.

By the time the Iraqi Defense Forces launched the operation to retake Mosul, Janini was already a colonel and brigade commander of the "Holy Land Hung Division" brigade.

During the battle to recapture Mosul, the Brigade of the "Holy Land Heroes" did not receive the opportunity to demonstrate its strength.

However, in the ensuing clean-up operation, the "Holy Land Heroes" brigade took on the heavy responsibility, not only taking the lead in killing Taylor Afei, but also eliminating thousands of extremists in the battle.

According to unofficial information, the "Holy Land Heroes" brigade even fought a battle with the Turkish army crossing the border in Sumal.

It can be seen that the 52-year-old Major General Giannini is a tough soldier who is not only good at fighting tough battles, but also has a keen political vision.

In terms of his ability to command his army in battle, Giannini has a good fight with Karim.

In a sense, among the many senior officers under Karim, Giannini is the one who is the most capable and daring to fight a tough battle.

Obviously, this was the key to Karim's letting him lead his army against Nasiriyah.

Semavo is just a warm-up, and Nasiriyah is the decisive place.

Because Nasiriyah could not be bypassed in any case, even if the rebels had an absolute superiority in strength, they could only storm Nasiriyah.

If you change to someone else, you may not have the determination to attack.

The so-called "assault" is not to let the officers and soldiers launch a charge one after another, and Giannini is not the kind of commander who does not care about the life and death of the officers and soldiers.

At the time of the attack on Taylor Afil, Giannini had been shelling and bombing the extremists in the city for a month before launching the attack, and by the time the ground troops of the "Holy Land Heroes" brigade entered the city, the extremists had lost their fighting spirit.

It's just that Nasiriyah is not Taylor Afil.

No matter how powerful Giannini is, it will not take a month to shell Nasiriyah.

So, in what way will he launch a strong attack?

"If you attack from the front, even if you break through the defense line on the outskirts of the city, it will be difficult to make a key breakthrough, at least you will not be able to annihilate our main force. Once we've retreated into the city, we're going to spend a lot of time sweeping through the city. In order to avoid this, he will think of annihilating our main forces outside the city. ”

"If we keep the city and don't go out, what can he do?" Wang Haotian asked.

"Well, we'll have to find a way to get us out." Nanijel let out a long sigh and said, "If it were me, I would first consider outflanking from both wings. The first step was to capture the north bank of the Tigris River and ensure that the road to Amara and Kut was unimpeded, even if reinforcements from those two directions were almost negligible. Next, it was necessary to move south, bypass our defense zone and advance towards Sugshuyukh. ”

"Wait, you're starting to say Amara vs. Kut?"

Nanijal glanced at Wang Dong, then nodded, and said, "That is the territory of the Shiites, and it must have been controlled by the rebels for a long time. ”

Without waiting for Wang Dong's instructions, Wang Haotian called up a map of the entire territory of Iraq, which was a road traffic map to be precise.

The situation is clear at a glance.

The key city was not Amarah, but Kut, because the road that connected to Iran in central Iraq would necessarily pass through Kut, and it would branch off at Kut, west to Baghdad, east to Ama, and south through the cities of Wasit and Rifai, before reaching Nasiriyah.

At this time, Nanijel also understood.

"You mean, Iran will send troops to war?"

Wang Dong glanced at Nanijal and said: "In the short term, Iran will not officially send troops, but it is very likely to send the Revolutionary Guards to support the rebels." ”

"This ......"

"Obviously, reinforcements from Iran must go south from Kut."

Nanijel nodded, indicating that he understood what Wang Dong meant.

There are a total of five international highways between Iraq and Iran, only one in central Iraq, and the other four in the north and south.

It was clearly too far to move troops from the north.

The two international highways to the south are still in the hands of government forces for the time being.

"What would you do if you were Giannini and found out that you couldn't take down Nasiriyah as planned?"

Nanijal was stunned again, but then said: "Janini did not use the trump card troops, indicating that his mission is to march to Basra, and Nasiriyah is just a necessary place. If we can't defeat Nasiriyah, we can only bypass it, provided we don't attack him from behind. ”

"That is, we need to be held back."

"Are you saying that Giannini will let the rushing Revolutionary Guards besiege Nasiriyah, and he will lead the main rebel army to Sugshuyukh?"

"Is there a better way to do it?"

Nanijel frowned, pondered for a while, and then said: "If this is the case, we will have to defend the north bank, at least the bridgehead. ”