Fierce fighting continued throughout the night, until dawn, when the rebel offensive came to an end with the arrival of fighter jets from the coalition forces of the government and the Arab coalition.

The situation on the battlefield was extremely chaotic, and in order to avoid accidental injury, the fighter jets of the government and the Allied Arab coalition could only bomb the rebels on the outskirts of the city.

Within half an hour, hundreds of fighter jets dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on the outskirts of Semavo.

In order to curb the momentum of the rebels' offensive, the Royal Saudi Air Force dispatched 36 F-15SAs at a time to carpet bomb the rebels west of Semawah with 300 tons of bombs, while the Royal UAE Air Force, which participated in the war for the first time, dispatched F-16Es to bomb the rebels on the north bank of the Tigris River.

It was here that the UAE suffered its first losses since entering the war.

An F-16E that had dropped a bomb was hit by a surface-to-air missile about 30 kilometers north of Semavo, and crashed more than 10 minutes later in the desert more than 70 kilometers south of Semavo.

After the incident, the Royal UAE Air Force claimed that it was an Iranian-made anti-aircraft missile that shot down the F-16E.

This may well be true.

At the time of the missile attack, the F-16E flew at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, exceeding the altitude of all light anti-aircraft missiles.

Before the outbreak of the civil war, the Iraqi Defense Forces had only one anti-aircraft missile with a height of more than 6,000 meters, that is, the FD2000 imported from China.

It's just that this air defense system was destroyed during the offensive and defensive battles of Nasiriyah.

The problem is that there is no way to prove that the F-16E was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.

Later, the government army found the wreckage of the fighter jet, found some missile fragments, and basically determined that the fighter was shot down by a long-range anti-aircraft missile similar to the S300, and Iran introduced this air defense system from Russia many years ago, the problem is that the prototype of the FD2000 sold by Huaxia to Iraq, that is, the HQ-9, was developed from the S300, and the two have a high degree of similarity in many aspects.

That is, it is also possible that the FD16 of the rebels shot down that F-2000E.

Let's not forget that only the FD2000 search radar and command vehicle and up to one company of anti-aircraft missile launchers were destroyed in Nasiriyah.

Long-range anti-aircraft missile systems generally have battalions as the basic units, and a battalion has at least three missile batteries.

The rebels also have some FD2000 anti-aircraft missiles, and with the help of Iran, it is not impossible to restore these anti-aircraft missiles to combat capability.

What's more, the F-16E was flying in a straight line at the front of being hit by a missile, and it had long been discovered.

Although the division was not good, the Royal UAE Air Force showed amazing combat effectiveness in the following battles in order to save face.

More combat aircraft were put into operation, to be precise.

In the end, the UAE invested more troops than Saudi Arabia among the Arab League countries participating in the war, surpassing Kuwait.

After the UAE spoke, Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries came forward to accuse Iran, and then announced that they would impose an air blockade on the Iran-Iraq border.

Iran has shown no weakness and has said that if Iranians in Iraq are bombed, it will retaliate by taking necessary actions, including military means.

Of course, that's all for later.

The bombardment was fierce, but the effect was difficult to say.

In fact, after the bombardment, the rebels attacked again, albeit on a much smaller scale and more reliant on long-range artillery strikes.

The interdiction bombardment only weakened the offensive of the rebels and failed to turn the situation on the battlefield.

The point is that before dawn, the rebels had already stormed the city, and in order to avoid accidental damage to the government forces, not a single fighter jet dropped bombs over the city.

At this time, Xie Chuyue had already received the retreat order from Wang Dong.

Because the government forces were rapidly routed and the defensive lines in all directions were in disarray, Xie Chuyue concentrated his personnel before receiving the order.

There are only two squads, a total of twenty operatives, all of whom are elite.

When they received the order, Xie Chuyue and the others were preparing for the retreat, mainly to bring weapons and equipment to replenish fuel for ten small all-terrain vehicles.

Of course, you have to plan a breakout route.

Relying on the battlefield information provided by the rear, Xie Chuyue found a breakthrough.

To the east of Semavo, on the south bank of the Tigris, there was a gap in the rebel encirclement less than a kilometre wide.

Because the government forces were confined to the city and the north bank of the Tigris River was under control, the rebels who detoured from the east did not dare to break through along the south bank of the Tigris River and deployed an encirclement line, so they did not extend their positions to the river beach.

On this nearly one-kilometre-wide defensive line, there were only two defensive positions in the nature of sentry posts, with a maximum of one company.

Perhaps only two infantry platoons.

The gap was too narrow for a large force to pass through, and as soon as government forces moved in that direction, the rebels from the south would immediately rush over to plug the gap.

Fortunately, Xie Chuyue and they are not a big army.

If you act quickly, you can rush out before the rebels close the gap.

After figuring out the situation, Xie Chuyue first contacted Wang Haotian and asked him to send a drone over to monitor the rebels near the gap in the defensive line.

Subsequently, Xie Chuyue set off with the team.

The city is full of government officers and soldiers.

The command system of the government army has been completely paralyzed, more than 10 brigade-level headquarters have become useless, and tens of thousands of government officers and soldiers have become headless flies.

In fact, the rebels who attacked the city were only two brigades at most, and their strength would not exceed 10,000, which was much less than the government army, but its combat effectiveness was much stronger.

Without unified command, a large number of people is not a good thing.

Under the current circumstances, even if the rebels besiege but not attack, because of the limited reserves, the government troops in the city can only hold out for a few days at most.

The water is okay, the key is the food.

Before the fighting, only six brigades were stationed in the city, and the other brigades were camped outside the city and brought supplies on the outskirts.

In addition, these troops, who were pulled from the bus, carried only a week's worth of provisions.

Obviously, in a few days, government forces will be killing each other for food.

Fortunately, no government officers and soldiers dared to go to Xie Chuyue for trouble.

Soon, Xie Chuyue and the others came to the south bank of the Tigris River.

The river beach is littered with abandoned vehicles by government forces, as well as countless corpses and crows flying in from all directions.

In fact, only a small number of vehicles were destroyed by the rebels, and most of them were abandoned on the river beach by government forces.

There are also some engineering vehicles used to erect the bridges, which were brought by the government army and were originally planned to be used in a few days to erect several bridges here.

Now it seems that I am afraid that it will not be used.

"Brother Chu!"

After being reminded by an operative, Xie Chuyue saw the military vehicles heading east.

Interesting!

There were still people who knew that there was a gap over there, and they rushed to Xie Chuyue and them, and the guys sitting on those military vehicles were probably not simple. 89