Chapter 558: Tehran Changes
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Abed's paratroopers took advantage of their night vision devices to shoot Iranian-backed troops in the dark, and although they were retreating, the Iranians were paving the way with their own blood. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info≦≧ Wahari knew that the casualties of his troops were heavy, but the victory encouraged them to step on the body of their brother and move on, they had already occupied most of the airfield, and victory beckoned to them.
Abed was about to withdraw from the airfield, and although they took the initiative to retreat this time, they were driven out in a gloomy manner, and the airborne troops still felt a little uncomfortable. They withdrew from the west, and the Iranians attacked from three places, but they did not block the mouth to the west, because the west was the farthest direction from them.
Just as the Airborne Forces were about to withdraw, they heard a rumble behind them, it was the sound of tanks coming up.
Could it be that this is a trap for the Iranians, who are blocking their way back? Hearing the sound of tanks, Abed's heart was shocked, intuitively, he felt that it was impossible, the Iranians were in a hurry, it would be good to be able to mobilize this army to support, where did their tanks come from?
Besides, the tanks are from the West.
At this moment, they received the latest information from the C3I system: the Iranian National Liberation Army has arrived at Tehran Air Base!
Abede looked at it with his night vision goggles and saw the bright infrared headlights, and a smile appeared on his face, "If a tank is coming, it will be easy to do!" Even such backward tanks. ≦≧
Tanks, for infantry, that's **naked slaughter.
Abed got in touch with Rajawi and got out of the way, they had been fighting fiercely for half the night, and the rest was left to this Iranian army to settle the rest.
The Iranians, who were pursuing the paratroopers, also heard a rumble from the front, and they had not yet reacted, in the dark. The steel behemoth has already pressed up.
Even if you don't use machine gun fire, don't use tank artillery bombardment, and only hit the hull, you can crush these infantry of the 138th Division.
When he learned that there were tanks in front of him, Wahari was more happy at first, because the Iraqi airborne troops did not have heavy weapons, and those tanks were probably their own reinforcements. ≦≧ and. I came from the west and just finished the encirclement, but. He hadn't rejoiced for a minute, those tanks, began to kill his army like crazy. It has always been a victory based on gradual progress. With the morale of Wahari, they were able to attack regardless of casualties, in fact, their energy had been squeezed out, and now, the arrival of those tanks was the last straw that crushed them.
The tank did not use artillery, but only strafed with machine guns, and with the help of infrared headlights, the tanker saw very clearly. The infantry of the 138th Division were falling in pieces, their psychological defense line was broken, after all, they were ordinary people who had only been trained for a few months, and tonight's battle had already made them feel as if they had walked through hell.
Ignoring military orders, they began to flee, and this was their only way out.
Fierce fighting lasted in the middle of the night. With the arrival of a few tanks, the situation was completely controlled, and the Iraqi Airborne Forces and the Iranian National Liberation Army regained control of the airport.
With the airfield firmly in hand, the transport plane in the rear finally began to take off again. The main transport aircraft of the Iraqi Air Force, the newly introduced Il-76, is in the cargo compartment. Two BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles were transported, and although they were the last mechanized unit of the 1st Panzer Division, they would arrive at the battlefield early because they were flying by plane. ≦≧
At this time, the battle in the building of the Iranian Ministry of Defense was still going on.
"Report, ** Guards and the 137th Division, surrounded by Iraqis." At this time, a piece of news surprised everyone in the underground command.
Surrounded by Iraqis? Where did the Iraqis come from?
Rafsanjani looked at the map hanging in front of him, looked at the road map of the attack, yesterday, the Iraqi mobile force set out to attack the southern city, and this rescue force of his own side also went to stop them, although they also lacked effective means to deal with tanks and armored vehicles, but they had to protect there.
At that time, Rafsanjani felt a little strange, since the Iraqis were going to attack, why were they so slow to move during the day, could it be that the logistics and supplies could not keep up? How could the Iraqis make that kind of mistake!
And now, the situation is finally clear, the Iraqi armored forces have no courage to attack there at all, but only mobilize their own defense forces to dispatch, so he eagerly ordered his army to return to defense, but what he didn't expect was that in addition to the task of mobilizing its own troops, the Iraqi army also had another task, which was to annihilate his own troops!
That force, especially the ** Guards, is the most important force in Iran, and now, that force is surrounded by the Iraqis!
The faces of the Iranians at the scene all became ugly, how can this war be fought?
"Chairman, it's time for us to retreat, we are in Yazd, there are still a few infantry divisions, we still have enough strength, it's too dangerous here, you should command the battle in the rear. ≦≧" At this point, a bold senior staff officer spoke to Rafsanjani, his voice mingled with the sound of gunfire overhead, and Rafsanjani only listened to it. "What do you say? You told me to discard the warriors we were fighting and let me leave our capital and be a deserter? Rafsanjani's face was very gloomy.
"Boom!" At this moment, a loud explosion sounded again overhead. The lights above your head swayed from side to side.
"We can still fight, we can still fight in the streets with the Iraqis, we can still ..." Rafsanjani looked like a gambler who had lost his entire fortune, and his eyes turned red as he spoke. ≦≧
However, before he could finish speaking, another shocking news came over: "Report, the 138th Division was defeated at the Tehran airport, and most of the 5,000 officers and men of the division, including the division commander Wahari, were killed. ”
In fact, the main casualties occurred during the attack on the airfield, and then the tanks arrived, although the tanks were more powerful, but after all, there were only a dozen of them, and after being attacked by the tanks, most of the remaining surviving soldiers fled, and if Wahari had run fast, he would not have died, but he was unlucky, lost his way in the dark, and as a result, he crashed into Rajavi's tank. The 138th Division was also defeated? Rafsanjani felt that it was dark in front of him, the 138th Division was his last reliance, and now, the ** Guards and the 137th Division were surrounded, the 138th Division was destroyed, and the defenders of Tehran were left with less than 1,500 second-line troops, including **, and it was probably impossible to fight street battles with the Iraqis.
At this time, all the senior Iranian officials, even the most military idiots, have sorted out their complete thoughts, and the entire cause and effect are all the conspiracy made up by the Iraqi Qusay.
The street fighting in Tehran, which was planned to cost the Iraqis heavy casualties, may no longer happen.
What to do? Is it really necessary to retreat? Rafsanjani was not reconciled.
The Il-76 is a forward-line transport aircraft that is perfectly adapted to the newly restored and somewhat undulating main runway of Tehran Air Base.
Taking off from the front-line airfield in Hamadan and transporting infantry fighting vehicles from the infantry battalion, it only took a few tens of minutes to reach Tehran.
After taking control of Tehran airbase and completely clearing the surrounding area of all remnants of Iranian servicemen, the runway lights were turned on, guiding the Il-76 transport plane, which landed here for the first time.
The hatch at the tail of the engine room opened, and the infantry fighting vehicles of the first infantry battalion of the 1st Armored Division stationed in Tehran drove down the tail hatch, although they were not main battle tanks, with the addition of these infantry fighting vehicles, it would also bring new strength to the Ministry of Defense building attacking Tehran.
Without much stop, they began to move towards the city of Tehran, together with the M48 tanks of the Iranian National Liberation Army, where they needed to support the Iraqi army, which was still fighting hard.
The infantry fighting vehicles were unloaded, and the transporters did just a simple check, took off again, ready to return to Hamadan for the transport of the second batch of infantry fighting vehicles again.
When the Il-76 transport aircraft was designed, it was a system with seven crew members, so that the aircraft could independently perform tasks in the field without relying on the maintenance support of the base, and had strong wartime use value.
Rajavi sat in an M48 tank, his heart was full of excitement, now, the Iraqi army has firmly controlled the situation of the war, Tehran will soon be taken, and the regime in Iran will change!
"Boom!" The M48 90mm tank gun of the M41 tank has long been outdated in the face of the current main battle tank, but in the face of the Iranian Ministry of Defense building, the tracer grenade is still very powerful.
With the bombardment of tank guns, all the firing points were dropped.
When he heard the roar of tank shells overhead, Rafsanjani finally stopped insisting, he knew that this place would be captured sooner or later, he could no longer contact all the troops, and the situation was not optimistic.
After the completion of the building in '79**, the Ministry of Defense building was renovated, and not only did it have an additional headquarters underground, but also a passage connecting it to the outside of Tehran.
Rafsanjani remembers a lot, there are too many memories left for the city of Tehran, he fought here, went to prison several times, and finally overthrew the Bavile dynasty, but now, he is going to leave from here again?
It was getting dark.
The citizens of Tehran, who did not dare to sleep all night, heard the fierce exchange of fire outside, but did not know what was happening, could it be that there was a coup d'état? They don't believe it.
Only Iranian citizens, who lived near the Ministry of Defense building, saw that the Ministry of Defense building was almost flattened, surrounded by armored vehicles they had never seen before, and the red, white and black Iraqi flag fluttered on the antenna on the roof.
Overnight, Tehran has changed dramatically, could it be that Tehran has changed?