CHAPTER XXVIII
Muhammad looked at the pouring rain outside, and his heart was filled with anxiety.
"Did you get in touch with them?" Muhammad turned back and asked the staff officer.
"No, there's a noise on the radio, and I can't get in touch." The staff officer said.
The Type 63 armored car is still equipped with an old-fashioned vehicle-mounted shortwave radio, and the maximum operating distance of the whip antenna, that is, 50 kilometers, plus there is always thunder outside, which causes strong interference, and it has been impossible to get in touch with His Excellency Qusay.
Muhammad could not have imagined what the commander of the military region would have reacted to if he had known that something had happened to His Excellency Qusay in his own defense zone, and that his military career would have come to an end.
In fact, the Iranians will attack from the swamp, until now, it is only their own speculation, and the military region did not agree, which is why they sent people to the swamp to investigate.
Now, with a sudden rainstorm, even the Type 63 armored vehicles with good off-road surnames may be difficult to deal with, and if they fail to come out before the rainstorm, the consequences will be very serious.
Muhammad did not dare to think about the consequences, O Almighty Allah, please bless His Excellency Qusay to be safe!
"Keep calling until you can get in touch." Muhammad said.
If the rain stops and he cannot be contacted, Mohammed can only report to the Military Region, which will send a helicopter to the swamp to reconnoiter and find His Excellency Qusayi as soon as possible.
Because of this heavy rain, many people have not been able to sleep all night.
Ahvaz.
Abel stood in front of the map, meditating.
Organizing this counterattack, and, moreover, choosing to attack from the swamps, was his established idea, but it was disputed in the military department for a long time.
Abel knows that many people have now begun to oppose him, especially the growing rift between himself and Khomeini, who is very unhappy that he does not support certain actions of him.
He chose to attack from this position as much as possible, so that he could drive the Iraqis back in the fastest possible time.
The situation in Iran is not stable, especially Khomeini's purge in the army, the combat effectiveness of the army has not yet recovered, and the country cannot support the huge war expenditures, so Abel chose to take a risky move.
However, God seemed to be playing a joke on himself, even if he was fully prepared, he still underestimated the difficulty of passing through the swamp, and it was almost over, but at this most critical time, it rained heavily.
Allah, Almighty, will surely favor the Iranian people who believe in Him.
"Chairman, we have to think about other methods, should we withdraw the armored division?" General Sharaf said.
"No, we can't withdraw, and even if we withdraw now, can we withdraw?" Abel asked.
"Chairman, General, I have a suggestion." A staff officer said boldly.
"What advice? Go ahead. Abel agreed.
"We are currently equipped with large CH-47 Chinook helicopters, which we can use to resupply armored divisions that have not yet come out of the swamp, plus the supplies we already have, enough for them to win a week's assault." The staff officer said.
Resupply with a helicopter? This is also a method, and the CH-47 Chinook helicopter is the largest helicopter in Iran's arsenal. It is a multi-functional, twin-engine, twin-propeller medium-sized transport helicopter developed and manufactured by Boeing in the United States. Unlike ordinary helicopters, it uses a twin-rotor tandem structure, with two propellers in front and behind the head, and no side propellers in the tail.
This helicopter has a cargo carrying capacity of up to 10 tons, and Iran is equipped with a total of 68 helicopters of this type, manufactured under license for the Italian company Agusta/Southern Helicopters, and due to the shortage of spare parts, half of them have been grounded, and even if 30 are transferred, 300 tons of supplies can be transported at a time, which is enough for use.
However, this did not solve the problem, and now the problem of the armored division was that due to heavy rains, the swamp was even more muddy, and the tanks could not pass.
"We can load the helicopter with cement, throw a lot of cement on the road that needs to be carried forward, and after the cement falls into the swamp, it will solidify in two or three hours, and then temporarily construct a road for tanks, although it may not be able to withstand the full weight of tanks, but it will be much stronger than a single swamp."
If Abel was bold enough to choose to attack in the swamp, the staff officer in front of him was even more whimsical, and he actually wanted to use cement to construct a road?
It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to build a passable highway, and can the road withstand the weight of more than 60 tons of tanks just by throwing cement in the sky and without other construction preparations?
"Sharaf, we need to do experiments to see if this method works." Abel said.
The sky is gradually clearing, and the weather in the Middle East is also changing.
Zhang Feng and Warikh's team, a team of nearly thirty people, was struggling on the muddy road, and the armored vehicles had been abandoned by them on the road.
Last night's thunder and lightning, probably Allah deliberately wanted to test the heroic Iraqi fighters, and the armored vehicle No. 01 was also unfortunately stuck in the mud, and the tracks paddled weakly in the muddy water, but it could not get out of danger.
After working hard in the rain and half disappeared, everyone was exhausted, but unexpectedly, when they were about to get out of danger, the engine finally stopped working because of too much ravage: continuous high-speed rotation, the engine hugged the tile. (The bearing between the crankshaft and the connecting rod is sintered, which is also a common problem of the original export Type 63 armored car, the engine is not up to par, if it is a German engine, then there is no problem).
Completely sad, Zhang Feng wanted to cry without tears, went around, even the direction was wrong, completely lost, now, even the chariot can't be driven, this training is really close to actual combat.
There was no other way, the radio was also broken, and it was impossible to report the situation to the 35th Brigade Headquarters, so Zhang Feng had to order to abandon the car and go back on foot, which was considered an armed off-road.
Zhang Feng took all the soldiers and began to embark on the feat of returning on foot from the swamp, if he could not return as soon as possible, at least the commander of the 35th Brigade, Muhammad, would be in big trouble, I don't know how the old man would be furious.
The sky is blue, and after the rain, the sun doesn't seem so vicious. The already wet military boots stepped on the slippery ground and walked silently.
Zhang Feng used the compass and chose to go all the way to the west, so that he could break away from the swamp from the nearest place, and after going out, he quickly contacted the 35th Brigade, so that they would not be able to go out on a large scale to find him. Even if you are in Halefaye, you can contact the local garrison.
As long as you leave this hateful swamp, you can make another plan, and after a heavy rain, the Persian attack will also be disrupted, and there will be no danger of a sneak attack for the time being.
A cobra with thick arms, gliding in the muddy water, already felt that there was a lot of prey around.
Zhang Feng led the team and walked in the front, and the current situation was very similar to his training in the nameless mountains, and he was used to it.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a nearly two-meter-long reptile that was winding its way: it was light gray all over, it was really not visible in the dirt, and it was almost deceived by it, with a thick, oval head, round pupils, a large nose and mouth cracks, and a well-developed telescopic muscle at the junction of the upper and lower jaws; The fangs are short, and there is a brown and yellow ring pattern on the neck, and it is estimated that when they stand up, they will show a pair of beautiful black and white spots on the part, with what looks like glasses.
It's a cobra!
As soon as Zhang Feng raised his hand, the team behind him stopped, and they all saw the cobra as they followed Zhang Feng's gaze.
In Iran, Iraq and other places, there will be frequent cobra haunts, more than 100 people die every year due to cobra bite poisoning, and at the same time, most of the fighters will catch cobras.
Zhang Feng is not to mention, catching snakes with his bare hands, that is what every special combat team member must do, not to mention, he is still fully armed.
I haven't eaten snake gall bladder for a long time, and I'm tired of eating field rations these days.
The skill of catching the cobra is very simple, because the cobra can only see what is in front of it, so as long as it is attracted by something in front of it, and a hand slowly passes from behind, you can catch the cobra in one fell swoop, the key is to be slow, otherwise, if the cobra is attracted by the hand, it will be troublesome, especially now, there is no antiviral serum, as long as it is bitten, it is completely hopeless.
Zhang Feng successfully attracted the attention of the cobra with a wooden stick, and flexibly grabbed the cobra's seven-inch position with his right hand, and stroking up left and right, pinching the cobra's head.
The cobra is shaking its body weakly, and its life has come to an end.
Zhang Feng took out the multi-functional saber, quickly cut open the snake's belly, and took out the snake gall bladder, which is a good thing, and put it directly into his mouth as soon as he raised his head.
The cold feeling is refreshing, and although it is a little fishy, it is also good.
Zhang Feng recalled the feeling just now, and chopped the snake meat into several pieces: "Come, each person eats a piece, and after eating, he has the strength to continue his journey." ”
A few soldiers took it, but many did not move.
Eating snake meat raw, that takes courage.
"One piece per person, it's an order." Zhang Feng said. That's it for eating raw snake meat, when I was training, scorpions, lizards, and other things were eaten raw, and if the field rations were all eaten up, and I hadn't gotten out of this damn swamp, this snake meat was a good thing.
The rest of the people had to take a piece each, put it in their mouths, closed their eyes, and chewed it.
Hades, who was five big and three thick, finally took the snake meat, and his painful expression was overflowing, which was even more terrifying than letting him charge in the rain of bullets.
"Eat, like me." Zhang Feng said, picked up a piece of snake meat, cut off a piece with a knife, put it in his mouth, and chewed it.
The snake meat was very chewy, and Zhang Feng chewed it laboriously with his teeth, holding his breath, so as not to make himself feel nauseous with too much fishy smell.
Eating these things raw is also one of the training subjects of the special forces, behind enemy lines, in order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, it is not allowed to make a fire at all, and eating some wild fruits and the like, it is always not as much energy as these proteins.
Hades took the snake meat, followed Zhang Feng's example, closed his eyes, and chewed it.
Zhang Feng was eating, while looking into the distance, suddenly, a strange phenomenon attracted his attention, although after the heavy rain washed, however, the traces of manifold are also very obvious, especially the deep ruts that were pressed, there is definitely a convoy from above recently!
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