Chapter 102: Inspection
September 27, 1981 is destined to be a date that will forever be recorded in the annals of Iraqi history.
On this day, the soldiers of the heroic Southern Iraqi Military Region, under the calm command of the commander of the military region, Fat, the chief of staff, and Qusay, the special staff officer, completely annihilated tens of thousands of Iranian troops, smashed their vain attempt to destroy the Iraqi army encircling Aladan, captured the supreme commander of the Iranian army, Lieutenant General Hassan, and liberated Abadan under the rule of Khomeini Yucai, and achieved a major victory, which became a turning point in the Iran-Iraq war.
And historically, this was the beginning of Iraq's decline.
At the headquarters of the Southern Military District, when the staff officers were racking their brains about how to write a war report to the Ministry of Defense and the president, Zhang Feng had already taken a helicopter in advance and flew to Abadan.
Although Izzat and others tried their best to dissuade him, Zhang Feng insisted on going, and the president had ordered that Zhang Feng would never be allowed to be on the front line of the battle, but he did not say that he would not be allowed to go to the land "liberated" by the army after the war, right? Zhang Feng couldn't wait to stand on the land of Abbadam.
There is no other reason, Abadan has the largest oil refinery in Iran, although he has sent special forces to control the refinery in advance, but he still wants to see for himself whether the refinery can run again as he wishes.
War is only a process, not an end, and the soldiers fought bloodily, and in addition to the glory of the leader, only tangible interests can make war meaningful.
In addition to firmly controlling the Shatt al-Arab and gaining more coastline, the more important thing is the oil refinery in Abadan.
The modern economy is absolutely inseparable from oil.
The reason why the Middle East has been in turmoil is because the oil in the ground has caused all forces to salivate, and all major powers are trying in vain to control it, even if they can't control it, they have to cultivate a proxy.
Iraq's rise will certainly be affected by various forces, but Zhang Feng is confident that the land here belongs to the people of the Middle East, and direct resistance to other forces is the most unwise.
The practical significance of taking Abadan for Iraq is that the Abadan refinery can refine low-value-added crude oil into high-value-added refined oil and sell it to all parts of the world.
You know, the profit of refined oil is more than five times that of crude oil.
Knowing that Zhang Feng was going to Abadan, the 35th Division, after clearing out the remnants of the enemy, was even more vigilant everywhere, for fear that Zhang Feng would have an accident in Aladan, and in the oil refinery, they searched carefully over and over again, not even letting go of a mouse on the ground.
The Air Force sent several fighter jets to escort Zhang Feng, and the surrounding airspace has been cleared.
In this way, Zhang Feng flew to Abadan in a Mi-8 helicopter under heavy protection.
From the sky, you can see the huge chimneys of the refinery, and these equipment are now intact, Zhang Feng feels extremely comforted.
Racking his brains and planning such a big operation, isn't it just to take over the refinery equipment here? In Zhang Feng's eyes, he seemed to have seen the smoke coming out of the tall chimney, and saw all kinds of machines spinning wildly, and then, a lot of dollars flowed into his pocket, no, it should be the people's pockets.
The helicopter circled in the sky, and finally landed slowly in the open space of the refinery.
"Welcome to the inspection!" The commander of the 35th Division, Mohammed, the commanders of the Sidewinder special forces, Marwan and Warih, and a number of others, came to the front of the helicopter and watched Zhang Feng get out of the helicopter.
In the surroundings, the sentries were vigilantly guarded, the anti-aircraft fire was ready to fire at any time, and several tanks and engines were also running.
"You've done a great job." At a glance, Zhang Feng swept to the big fat man standing on the side of the team, armored Ali. At this time, he was looking at Zhang Feng with a smile on his face.
After Zhang Feng shook hands with everyone in turn, he came to Ali.
"The capture of Iran's lieutenant general this time is all your credit!"
"Where, where, it's just lucky, now, in the troops have spread, follow His Excellency Qusay, it is simply Allah by your side to guide the way, and the battle will be won." Ali patted the ass just right.
As an armored regiment commander who climbed up without any background on his own ability, Ali knows the importance of interpersonal relationships, and in addition to his own ability, these compliments are absolutely indispensable.
"Okay, let's go check it out." Zhang Feng said.
With tall fractionation towers and huge pipelines, like steel behemoths, here is the Abadan refinery with a refining capacity of 30 million tons.
Before the war, many Iraqi soldiers were workers in oil refineries or oil fields, and they had a natural affinity for these equipment, and these steel products seemed to have a kind of life.
Zhang Feng looked around as he walked, although after a year of idleness, in some places, rust appeared, but as long as it was treated, this refinery would definitely be rejuvenated!
"This is the most important place for us, and we must be careful to prevent the Iranians from doing sabotage." Zhang Feng said.
"Yes, don't worry, we've secured this place." Muhammad said.
"Not only on the ground, but all the anti-aircraft fire in our division is transferred here to prevent the Iranian air force from sabotage." Zhang Feng said: "In addition, I will let the Air Force cruise regularly over here." ”
Now that everything here has been taken by himself, Khomeini is expected to vomit blood in anger, and if he is ruthless, send a few planes and drop a few bombs, he will be in big trouble.
"Yes, we will pay attention to air defense, all the SAM-7 missiles have been transferred here." Muhammad said.
Zhang Feng saw that at some commanding heights, in addition to arranging machine gun positions, there were indeed armed men carrying portable missiles.
After inspecting the refinery, Zhang Feng came to the port again.
The port is a bit messier than the refinery, and there was clearly a skirmish here last night, and on the outskirts of the port, the flattened building, made the fighting even more fierce.
Zhang Feng had already received a report that when attacking the port defenders, his troops were in a bitter battle, but fortunately, two Hind helicopters took off in the dark of night and attacked stubbornly, completely destroying the opponent.
Fortunately, the casualties of the special forces were not large, and most of the casualties were from that infantry company, and their combat qualities were somewhat poor.
Now, these important areas are all under his control, Zhang Feng has a relatively clear idea in his mind, through the pipeline from the port to the refinery, the oil will be transported from Basra to here, through the port, to the refinery, and then the refined oil will be transported to the oil tankers in the port and exported to other countries.
However, these strategies have to be reported to my father.
"Report, the military region sent an urgent call, asking you to return to the military region immediately, there is an emergency." Suddenly, the signal corps came up and reported.
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