Iraq, air base outside Basra.

In fact, it was a civilian airfield, but it was requisitioned by government forces after the outbreak of the civil war and became the largest base of the Iraqi Air Force.

The C-17 transport plane taxied until it reached the hangar before slowly coming to a stop.

Not far away, an F-16C fighter with bombs hung on it soared into the air with a deafening roar, and disappeared after a short time.

In order to combat terrorist groups, the Iraqi authorities spent $6.7 billion to purchase 36 F-16C/D from the United States.

Prior to the outbreak of the civil war, these fighters were deployed at the Baled Air Force Base north of Baghdad, where they performed well in the assault on Mosul and the subsequent elimination of terrorists.

On the day of the outbreak of the civil war, a squadron of 12 F-16Cs was transferred to Basra.

In the days that followed, 18 F-16C/Ds from two other squadrons were transferred, while four of the rebel-controlled ones had been destroyed by coalition forces a few days earlier.

When Wang Dong and the others stepped off the transport plane, several "Humvee" military vehicles drove over.

It was the operatives led by Churkin who drove the car.

After the retreat from Baghdad, Churkin's brigade did not return to Saudi Arabia, but came to Basra and became instructors of the Iraqi government army.

Now, this area, centered on the hangar, has been handed over to the company "Angu" and serves as a temporary station.

Following Wang Dong's arrival, there were also Xie Chuyue, Zhang Zilan, Lei Dong, Tiehu, Wang Haotian, and the elite detachment directly commanded by Xie Chuyue.

According to Wang Dong's arrangement, Luo Qing stayed in Saudi Arabia to organize other personnel and would follow the last group of personnel.

Wang Dong didn't talk to Churkin at length, and when the operatives started to unload the weapons sent by the transport plane, they were in the car.

Without Churkin explaining, what he saw and heard after entering the city could make Wang Dong recognize the current situation.

Not optimistic at all!

After the fall of Samawah, the highway south from Basra to Kuwait was blocked by fleeing vehicles, and thousands of Iraqis flocked to neighbouring countries.

According to data released by the Kuwaiti authorities, more than half a million Iraqi refugees have been received.

In order to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control, Iraqi government forces then blocked the highway and the border, and Razak also called on people to stay at home through television.

People are staying, just how many are willing to take up arms and fight?

It is important to remember that it is not only civilians who have fled Iraq, but also many government officials and party leaders, including local celebrities in Basra.

If even the upper echelons do not have the confidence to win, what can they expect civilians to muster up the courage to fight the rebels?

In addition, the scarcity of goods and the resulting inflation have had a greater impact.

Although the Iraqi government army has begun to impose military control, and Razak has signed a special executive order to stabilize prices through rationing, the effect has been minimal, and the dinar has depreciated thousands of times, basically becoming waste paper, and the vast majority of traders are willing to accept only dollars and euros.

If this trend continues, in a few months, even if the rebels do not fight, the Razak government will be doomed.

Now, everyone is pinning their hopes on the Arab coalition forces, and it seems that when the Arab coalition forces arrive, all problems will be solved.

In fact, this is precisely the focus of the propaganda work of the Razak authorities.

Saudi Arabia has gathered a number of countries to form an Arab coalition army, and has also dispatched fighter jets to bomb the rebels, and the ground forces of the Arab alliance will definitely arrive in time.

Along the way, I passed through several recruiting stations, but there were not many young people who enlisted.

On the contrary, there was a long queue outside the distribution station where food and other supplies were distributed.

The situation is not optimistic, but it has not yet gotten out of control, after all, there is hope, at least most of the officers and soldiers of the government army are still at their posts.

Wang Dong's destination was not Nasiriyah, but Razak's residence, the Provisional Chancellery.

How long has it been?

Just looking at his appearance, Razak is more than ten years old, and the aristocratic style that impressed Wang Dong is gone, replaced by haggard.

Wang Dong didn't feel strange, it would be strange if Razak was still in high spirits.

The meeting was not pleasant, and Razak promised to give Wang Dong his full support, and called the commander of the Nasiriyah garrison in the presence of Wang Dong.

As for the specifics, it is clear that it is not Razak's turn to arrange them personally.

Wang Dong did not give any guarantees, but only promised to take the operatives of the "Angu" company to Nasiriyah to assist the Iraqi government forces as military instructors and advisers.

Subsequently, Wang Dong and others set off for Nasiriyah.

Prior to this, Churkin had already sent the brigade under his command to Nasiriyah, leaving only thirty operatives to guard the temporary station of the airport.

On the way to Nasiriyah, Wang Dong had a more intuitive understanding of the situation at the front.

Although Government forces have taken control of the highway and several checkpoints have been set up to pass only to persons with passes opened by the authorities of the Nasiriyah garrison, the highway is jammed with dilapidated vehicles and at least 100,000 Nasiriyah residents are trying to flee to Basra.

How many people are there in Nasiriyah?

Also, what's the use of blocking civilians on the highway?

Could it be that the Iraqi government forces are trying to stop the rebels in this way?

Fortunately, it was only the side from Nasiriyah to Basra that was blocked, and there were no vehicles at all from Basra to the side of the series.

That's not a good thing.

This means that the Iraqi government forces are left with no troops to send and are unable to provide ammunition and other supplies to the troops defending Nasiriyah.

Perhaps all Iraqi government forces can do is send fighter jets to bomb the rebels who are advancing towards Nasiriyah.

It is a pity that the Iraqi Air Force has only a few dozen fighters.

In the evening, Wang Dong and the others came to Nasiriyah.

Under the arrangement of the accompanying government officers, Wang Dong met the commander of the Nasiriyah garrison, Major General Nanijer, at dinner.

Not so long ago, Nanigal was only a colonel brigade commander of the "Tigris" brigade.

After the fall of Semavo, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Razak quickly promoted a group of front-line officers, and Nanijal was promoted to major general.

It's just that the military rank does not matter, whether it is a major general or a colonel, he is the supreme commander of Nasiriyah.

Very young, not yet forty years old.

In addition, Nanigal is one of the few high-ranking Sunni military officers with combat experience.

A few years ago, Nanijal led an infantry battalion in street fighting in Mosul, commanded by the now rebel commander Karim.

It can be seen that Nanigal is the most ideal front-line commander that Razak can find.

At the very least, Nanijel knows his opponent.