Bush Sr. looked at this offensive plan, and the Seventh Army transferred from Germany and the 18th Airborne Army in the past were the most powerful military forces, and these military forces were mainly used to encircle and annihilate the Republican Guard in Iraq, while the combined armies of the Arab countries, that is, the armies of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, would go to recover Kuwait City.

The hard bones were solved by the American army, and the delicious meat was given to the coalition army, especially Pakistan!

The elder Bush was unacceptable to such a plan, he shook his head and said: "How about changing the 18th Airborne Army and the combined forces of the Eastern Front?" ”

Change? Listening to the elder Bush's suggestion, General Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor, couldn't help but shake his head: "Our troops, forming a pincer, want to kill the most elite Republican Guard in Iraq, the 18th Airborne Force has an arduous task, and the main task of controlling Highway 8 is to prevent the Iraqi army from retreating when the war is unfavorable. ”

"And what are our combat objectives?" Bush Sr. asked rhetorically.

"Liberate Kuwait."

"Yes, our battle plan is carried out with this goal in mind, to let everyone, especially the American people, know that it was our army that recovered Kuwait City!" Bush Sr. said: "This is the best account for those who died in the war." This kind of thing of encirclement in the back, let the Arab coalition do it, besides, don't we still have an air force? With the support of the Air Force, even if the Iraqi army retreated, the coalition forces did not stop, and the Air Force attacked along the way. ”

The most powerful in the United States. It is the air force, it is too easy to use the air force to attack the ground, and a few years ago, Pakistan also relied on its strong air force to wipe out India's armored divisions in the border area.

of Kuwait City. It has to be the American army! After all, the United States killed more than 1,000 people in the last attack on Dhaheran, and the United States must come up with some achievements to prove such heavy casualties.

What's best to boost morale? Of course, it was the American army that easily recovered all of Kuwait! And then end this war with dignity, prove the absolute strength of the American army, prove that the United States is capable of defending the security of its allies!

Bush is a politician, and he must consider issues from a political point of view. Even if some Iraqi troops are released, it will not leave any regrets for their side, and the recovery of Kuwait is the greatest success of the United States!

Hearing Bush Sr.'s words, all the people bowed their heads thoughtfully, because the impact of the last Zahelan incident on the United States was too great, and boosting the morale of the US military was the most important thing.

Liberate Kuwait. It has to be the American army! Otherwise, Pakistan will take advantage of the benefits.

High-level news. General Schwarzkopf, who has been advocating high-tech reform of the army since returning to the Joint Command in Saudi Arabia and commanding Grenada and other battles, is very unimpressed with this combat operation, and the combat effectiveness of the Combined Army cannot prevent the Iraqi army from escaping at all! But. The instructions of the top management could not be changed, so General Schwarzkopf had no choice but to retreat and attack the units of the 1st Armored Division of the British Army in the sequence. Act with the coalition forces.

The British 1st Armoured Division, one of the only two remaining divisional units in Britain that can be used at any time, is also the most effective armed force in the British Army, and has participated in World War II, the Persian War, the Afghan War and the Iraq War since its establishment.

This armored division mainly consisted of the 7th Armored Brigade, nicknamed the Desert Rat, the 20th Armored Brigade, nicknamed Iron Fist, the 1st Division's Directly Subordinate Signal Regiment, the 1st Division Army Air Corps, nicknamed the Lynx, and the 28th Royal Engineer Regiment.

The armament of this division, the main force is the Challenger tank, and it is also the most proud armored force of the British, with their ground forces, which can stop the retreat of Iraqi troops.

With the order of Bush Sr., after a month and a half of air raids, the ground war is finally about to begin.

On April 4, 93, the forty-sixth day of Operation Desert Storm, the huge ground forces of the United States finally began to operate, this operation, codenamed Desert Sabre!

At 22 p.m. local time in the United States, President Bush made a speech at the White House: "In view of the fact that the Iraqi Government still has not agreed to withdraw its troops from Kuwait, I have ordered Schwarzkopf, commander of the US Gulf Forces, to use US ground forces to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait together with other countries participating in the war." The final decisive battle of the Gulf War is about to begin, and we will devote ourselves to driving all the Iraqi troops out of Kuwaiti territory! ”

The elder Bush's words were full of pride, and on the other side of the world, hiding in an underground building of reinforced concrete, Saddam Hussein also spoke: "The Iraqi army will fight valiantly and crush the offensive attempts of the Americans, the great Arab world, foreign colonizers are not welcome!" ”

The declaration of war has ended, and the general offensive is about to begin.

The pride of the U.S. military, the pioneer of rapid response, known as the "U.S. Emergency Corps" The U.S. 18th Airborne Corps is a military-level unit of the U.S. Army that can quickly complete the deployment of rapid reaction forces in any region of the world, including the 101st Airborne Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. This army was commanded by Lieutenant General Luck of the United States.

At the same time as the president's speech, the army's ground forces, the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, and the French 6th Light Armored Division, had already moved to the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

At the same time, in the base in the rear, two airborne divisions are also on standby to capture Kuwait City!

Among them, the main force of the attack was naturally the US 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, which was a highly mobile mechanized unit. Founded in 1846, this army is one of the oldest units of the U.S. Army, having participated in seven major wars and 36 battles, including World War I and II.

Moreover, this armored unit is the best at desert warfare, and attaches great importance to desert combat training in peacetime, and is known as the "army desert combat expert".

Although the number is small, including only 3 tank battalions, 1 artillery battalion and support detachment, etc., the main force is the M1A1 tank, but in the historical Gulf War, such a force chased Iraq's three armored divisions back and forth.

Now, moving from the garrison here, this armored unit is waiting for the supply vehicles behind to be reloaded, and when the supply is completed, this force will drive straight into Kuwait City!

The M1 tank has many advantages, the depleted uranium armor is very strong, it can block the direct fire of the armor-piercing shells of all Iraqi tanks, the fire control system is advanced, the power system is high, and the driving tank can accelerate quickly.

However, the disadvantage of this tank is that it burns too much oil, and the need for logistics for gas turbine tanks is simply perverted, and only the supply capacity of the United States can ensure the needs of tanks.

Before the attack, right on the border, they needed to refuel again, and if it went well, they could rush to Kuwait City at dawn.

U.S. Army Captain Mike looked at these refueling trucks and couldn't help but feel anxious, although he had practiced many times, when it came to the battlefield, fuel was also an important reason for limiting himself.

In the distant sky, there was a rumbling sound, it was the AH-64 helicopter gunship of the 101st Air Assault Division, these guys started the helicopter, they could fly over quickly, thinking that other brother units, they could go by the Black Hawk helicopter, and they still had to advance on the ground, Mike felt a little unhappy.

However, in the end, it is still the ground war that determines the outcome of the war! Without the advance of these tank units, they would not have been able to achieve ground victory!

Just as the armored forces were refueling, on the outskirts of the city of Al-Jahra in central Kuwait.

"Quick, quick, quick!" The commander of the missile brigade shouted: "Stand up, launch immediately!" "More than two dozen launchers, almost at the same time, all of them were rapidly erected.

They had been transferred from the vicinity of Basra five days earlier, and had walked for two days to escape the air strikes of the Multinational Force, and had taken refuge in Jahra for a few days, just to wait for today.

If you don't fight, you will have to achieve amazing results!

In order to shorten the launch time, before the sortie, they filled the fuel in advance, and at the same time calculated the launch elements, as long as they entered the predetermined position, the missile could be launched by erecting it!

Their target is the American army 200 kilometers away!

200 kilometers, for a Scud missile, is about 200 seconds, less than three minutes, even if the missile is launched, it is discovered by the US military, the target does not have time to react, three minutes, how far will it go? Sprint at full speed with the M1A1 tank, it's only three kilometers! Moreover, the other party is still refueling!

At this time, their field troops, there is no Patriot missiles at all! Those missiles are all chassis supports, and they can only be ground air defense, and they cannot accompany the army to advance!

After the last attack on Dhahran, Iraq's missile forces have been silent, and they have not acted for these days, and now, it is finally time to fight back with all their might!

"Launch!" As the command sounded, one missile after another, dragging tongues of fire, left the launch vehicle.

Want to conquer Iraq with a powerful army? That's going to come at a huge cost! These flying swords are the weapons of Saddam's counterattack! (To be continued.) )