Chapter Seventy-Three: Mastering Military Power is the Most Important Thing

The tracer shells of the anti-aircraft guns, even in bright daylight, were clearly visible, and the anti-aircraft missiles sometimes flew into the sky and fired at the invading enemy planes, which were clumsily dodging.

What Iran lacks the most is anti-radiation missiles, otherwise, during the fourth Middle East war, several anti-aircraft missile brigades in Syria were almost wiped out, and they were all done by anti-radiation missiles.

The air defense forces shot down a plane, but the opposing group broke through the defensive line, and suddenly, bombs fell from time to time over Baghdad, and one bomb hit the power plant, and suddenly thick smoke billowed and half of the city fell into a state of blackout.

In the underground air defense command and operation center, the telephone rang incessantly, and information from various localities was being reported at a rapid pace.

The staff officers gathered the information and marked it on a large map in the center.

For a moment, Zhang Feng had an illusion, as if he had returned to the Anti-Japanese War era, at that time, he had only used the backward method of map marking, and he had long been accustomed to transmitting the battle situation to the headquarters in real time through the data link and vividly displaying it on the big screen, which was what modern warfare needed most.

Information, what modern warfare fights, is information warfare!

Zhang Feng is very confident, because he stands at a height that people can't see in this era, in this era, the Internet has not yet appeared, and the way to quickly and centrally analyze data and then process it in a centralized manner has not yet come out, Zhang Feng is definitely standing at the top.

Saddam Hussein has been calmly listening to reports from all sides, pondering in front of the map.

Suddenly, a piece of news came: an Iranian plane cruising at high altitude, most likely a Tomcat fighter, was shot down, and according to various data analysis, it was most likely shot down by Ensign Arslan, who took off in disobedience.

When the news came, everyone in the command was shocked, the MiG-23 met the Tomcat, there was almost no room for resistance, Arslan, how did it happen?

Especially the commander of the Air Force, Major General Abid, when he heard Arslan's disobedience and take-off, his heart was almost in his throat, this guy, at such a critical time, it is very likely that when the president is angry, he will be unlucky, the president does not trust the Air Force very much, and dares to disobey, this is to be dangerous.

Now, I heard that he is coming to the next Tomcat, then, if the merits are offset, at least it will be easier for him.

Then, the news of Arslan's downing came, and everyone was a little sorry, especially the high-ranking officials who had a relationship with Arslan's father, and they all felt sorry for him being shot down.

Saddam Hussein, on the other hand, did not have any expression, he was always listening to the war situation and pondering all the time.

Eventually, the Iranian planes left, calm returned to Baghdad, and fire trucks were dispatched to extinguish the fires that had been ignited by the bombing.

A good grand welcome ceremony, but it was disturbed by a few uninteresting Iranian planes.

"Qusay, even the Persian planes have come to celebrate for you." Saddam Hussein finally returned to normalcy.

Abid hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, this time the Air Force was negligent in its duty and let the opposing planes drop bombs on our capital, and we..."

Saddam waved his hand, and his expression was like chasing a fly.

Abid immediately stopped.

"Father, this time our air force is indeed not performing well, relying on the air defense force, we can never guarantee the absolute security of our side, only the courage to attack, outside the border, to destroy the other side, is our most correct choice." Zhang Feng said: "Although our current equipment is not enough to deal with the Persian Panda fighters, Ensign Arslan may provide us with an opportunity, we should bring Arslan back and let him explain how he did it." ”

Saddam Hussein listened to his son admiring Arslan so much, but he was unmoved: "This Arslan, it's not a one-time protest, right?" ”

"Well, it's been a few times, but this time Arslan shot down the tomcat..."Abid heard the president say this, and he hurriedly said with a sense of guilt.

"No matter what great achievements he has made this time, in short, he has repeatedly disobeyed orders, and he must be dealt with seriously, and our military discipline regulations are not placed there for people to see, but for all soldiers to abide by." Saddam said coldly.

"Yes, our Air Force will definitely deal with this matter seriously." Abid said.

Saddam Hussein looked at Qusay, full of his father's kindness. Qusay, although you have made a few great achievements, after all, you are still young, and there are some things that you will not understand now. As a president, firmly controlling the army and holding military power is the most important thing, Arslan is capable and loyal, but if he does not strictly implement orders, such a person, in the army, is definitely not a good sign and must be stopped.

Iraq has been in turmoil for decades, with the military at the vanguard of almost every rebellion.

In 1932, Iraq was freed from British colonial rule and ruled by the pro-Western Faisal dynasty, but since then, there have been civil wars, mutinies, uprisings, and an average of twice a year cabinet changes.

In the spring of 1957, Brigadier General Karim Kassim, commander of the 20th Brigade, led the "Free Officers' Organization", formed a Supreme Council, formulated a program for the uprising, and at 5 a.m. on July 14, 1958, the troops launched a simultaneous attack on the palace, the Prime Minister's Palace, and the radio station in three directions. King Faisal II, Crown Prince Abdul Ilah, and other members of the royal family, as well as Prime Minister Said, were all shot, and the Faisal dynasty came to an end and the Republic of Iraq was born.

However, after the successful coup d'état, the pre-revolutionary "Revolutionary Steering Committee" was never formed, and after Qassem came to power, he continued to rule politically, and the Baath Party was sidelined and withdrawn from the political axe, and the political forces began to split. 10 years of turmoil began.

It was at this time that Saddam Hussein joined the Baath Socialist Party and carried out the assassination of Qassem, but the operation failed and he was forced to flee to Cairo.

Baath Socialist Ahmad Hassan al-Becker, a revolutionary leader in the 1958 coup d'état and then a barracks commander who was embedded in the political axe, staged a coup d'état on February 8, 1963, overthrew the Kassem coaxe and executed Kasem. The Kassim regime fell.

However, less than half a year later, the Baath Socialist Party broke out again, and Arif, a non-Baath Socialist figure who held the presidency, took the opportunity to stage a coup d'état and take power. When Arif came to power, he suppressed his political opponents. The Ba'ath Party went underground again.

It was not until 3 a.m. on July 17, 1968, under the unified leadership of Hassan al-Bakr that Saddam Hussein and Razak Nayef organized a coup d'état to launch a tank attack on the presidential palace, ending the five-year rule of the Arif regime. Arif was ordered to retire.

After decades of hard work, the Baath Party's goal of mastering both the army and the political axe was finally achieved.

By this time, Hassan was already old, his health had deteriorated rapidly, and a few years later, power had fallen into the hands of Saddam.

Starting from the bottom and experiencing countless turmoil, Saddam Hussein certainly knew that in this world, strong armed forces are the most important, and the army that obeys orders is the most important, and only by firmly controlling the army can he sit firmly in his position.

Moreover, he also has lofty ideals.

Zhang Feng knew that directly confronting Saddam Hussein was the stupidest thing, and in his previous life, he knew too much about thick black learning.

"Father, this time the Iranian Air Force made a daytime sortie and directly bombed our capital, it must be to retaliate for us killing one of their armored divisions in the swamp, so we must be vigilant to prevent the Persians from counterattacking." Zhang Feng avoided the topic just now, and then mentioned the important purpose of his trip.

ps: First of all, correct a mistake, due to a clerical error when typing, all "pandas" should be "Tomcats", and this problem will definitely be paid attention to in the future.

Secondly, thanks to iloveyour for the tip and Fascis for the two update tickets.

Third, I'm very sorry, Hua Dongxiong is a "glorious" people's teacher, who has always skipped class these days, but was found by the leader yesterday, and the whole school was criticized, that shame! So, I have to be more restrained recently, and I can't always skip work, so sometimes, there may not be enough time to code words, but I try to keep two shifts a day.

The junior high school and elementary school teachers are very free, however, the high school teachers are the most tired, a little complaint, it has been a month, there has been no rest, and Saturdays are all normal classes.

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