Chapter 80: The Pursuit

A company of T-62 tanks opened the road at the front, followed by a large area of Type 63 armored vehicles and off-road vehicles in the middle, followed by a dense group of T-62 tanks, which were breaking behind, and if you look at it from the air, it will be a magnificent sight, as if ants were moving before the heavy rain.

The sight of the hasty escape made any commander think that this was definitely a crippled army, and as long as they rushed up, they could be beaten to the ground.

"It is reported that our army has routed the enemy, and at the moment the Iraqi army is retreating."

Hearing this news, Hassan finally let go of the big thing in his heart, and a great battle feat had fallen on him.

Since the start of the war, the Iraqi army has been driving straight in, and finally stopped in front of Abadan, the siege has been more than a year, the Iraqi army has lost its sharpness, and now, the Iraqi army has been crushed by its own fierce offensive, especially in the case of the defeat in the Susangil marsh, this victory, the defeat of the Iraqi army, will give its shoulders, one more red star!

Khomeini is also very happy, he came here because, this battle, Iran can no longer afford to lose, for this victory, he concentrated all the elite troops, everything that can be drawn, has been transferred, if this battle is lost, the consequences are unbearable.

The heroic Iranian army, relying on a fearless spirit and a firm faith, finally won the victory in the Abadan counterattack!

"Order, let the troops intensify the pursuit, and be sure to annihilate these Iraqi troops!" Hassan said.

Now that the entire Iraqi army has been defeated, I am sorry for my victory if I don't take advantage of this time to destroy more enemies.

"Let the air force come out and block the way for the Iraqis to retreat." Khomeini said.

"Yes, the Air Force is dispatched." Hassan said. In the current situation, as long as the vanguard of the retreating Iraqi army is blocked, these forces can be encircled and annihilated, and the best place is on the banks of the Karen River.

On the battlefield, the Chieftain tanks were the happiest, and they kept clung to the end of the Iraqi army, having destroyed more than a dozen tanks that had retreated.

In order to prevent greater losses, several tank companies in charge of the rear of the hall were driving backwards, so that the front armor with the greatest armor thickness could be placed behind them, so that the tank driver was given a great test: it was necessary to reverse at high speed without seeing the rear!

Unless it is a show off, in normal times, high-speed reversing is definitely a thrilling performance, but now, this performance is staged in these tank companies of the 10th Armored Division.

At this time, the periscope of the commander and the commander of the gun were doing one thing: observing the road ahead and giving the driver directions.

There is only one thing the driver needs to do: step on the accelerator and follow the commander's command.

The T-62's rudimentary fire control system must be parked to shoot, so in the case of such a high-speed retreat, there is no need to think about how to fight back at the pursuing Chieftain tank, what they think about is how to widen the distance between the two sides as much as possible.

"Pull the left steering stick, quick, it's going to collide!" The commander shouted suddenly.

The driver pulled the left steering stick suddenly, and he heard the sound of metal scraping, which was already with a tank next to him, and they did not pause at all, just like that, they went backwards together, and after more than ten seconds, they separated.

It's dangerous! The side skirts of the tracks, I'm afraid they have been hung up and crooked.

"Bastard, don't get in my way!" The driver of one of the Chieftain tanks scolded.

Iran's tank forces are also catching up quickly.

Originally, the Chieftain tanks were in the front, but the M48 tanks, which drove from the side behind, overtook them.

The Chieftain has a 720-horsepower engine that drives a body of more than 50 tons, which obviously cannot be compared with the mobile surname of the M48, which is also the criticism of the Chieftain tank.

The drivers of the M48 tanks ignored the insults of the other side, they had been holding back in the city of Abadan for more than a year, and now it was time for revenge, they had only one thought: to catch up and crush the Iraqi army!

When he was on the ground, Hassan knew that the key to victory was in the air, and as long as the air force came to support him, knocking out the vanguard of the Iraqi army and hindering the enemy's movements, he could create an opportunity for the pursuing troops in the rear to completely annihilate the other side.

"Report to the commander, the commander of the Kalmar division has begun to plan a retreat, and the Iranians are chasing after him." A staff officer said.

As soon as we received the report from the reconnaissance plane, the situation on the battlefield was already clear at a glance.

Now that Zhang Feng is here, the battle must not be like their original style of play, and the various branches of the military must be closely united.

In the morning, Zhang Feng had a MiG-21 reconnaissance plane take off from the Basra air base, which was a reconnaissance model modified from a MiG-21 fighter, and reconnaissance and photographic equipment was installed in the protrusion of the nose.

According to the reconnaissance aircraft and the report of the return from the scene, the Iranian army did not give up after paying a heavy price in casualties and driving out the 10th Armored Division, but followed the 10th Armored Division, preparing to completely send this army to a dead end.

Not only a few troops on the periphery, but even the defenders in the city of Abadan have also swarmed out, at least the size of a division, so that even if there are inside, there will not be many, at most only the strength of a battalion.

Abadan has become an empty city.

All the generals smiled knowingly, and the price paid for attacking a heavily defended city and capturing an empty city would be worlds apart.

This strategy of Counselor Qusay is really good!

"Your Excellency, it's time for us to carry out the second phase of the plan," Zhang Feng said, "and ask the Northern Military District to take off an attack wave to attack Tehran." ”

"Yes, it's time to strike at the West." Izzat uttered the idiom in Arabic.

In the second stage, the air force will play the leading role, and part of the air force will attack Tehran, so that the Iranian Tomcat fighters will rarely have a chance to run to Abadan and contain the main air force of the other side.

Then, the important task is to use the Air Force, with the cooperation of the ground forces, to take out these main forces of the Iranians!

Although Arslan shot down a Tomcat last time, however, this was just a very lucky action, Zhang Feng decided after careful study, it is still not hard-hitting, and it is not appropriate to let the Air Force take too many risks before he is sure.

Then, a new problem arises, if you want to attack Iran's ground forces, you have to take away air supremacy, but if the Iranian Tomcat comes, then air supremacy will immediately change hands, how to fight?

So, there can only be one way to contain their fighters!

After more than a year of attrition, there are not many Tomcats in a combat-ready state without a source of spare parts, and these valuable fighters need to be used in many places, for example, to guard the airspace of their capital!

Send an air force unit to attack Tehran, then, the Tomcat will not have a chance to support the fighting on this side at all.

It's just that there are not many planes in the Southern Military Region, and the focus is on the battle of Abadan, and when submitting the battle plan, Zhang Feng added a point: Request the air force in the north to take off a wave and bomb Tehran!

President Saddam Hussein agreed to the request.

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