Zhang Feng did expect that there was a discrepancy with history, and after the Iranian victory at Abadan, it was unable to launch another offensive, so the large-scale fighting stopped for a few months.

Because at that time, the initiative of the war had already entered the hands of the Iranians, and Iran accumulated strength, and finally suddenly exerted its strength and drove the Iraqi army out of its territory.

Now, the situation has been reversed, and the Iraqi army has taken not only Khorramshahr, but also the important city of Abadan, so that the major oil fields in southwest Iran, which are the most abundant, will be threatened by Iraqi forces coming out of Abadan, and most importantly, the port of Khomeini in the east, the largest port in Iran, will also be threatened by Iraq at all times.

In this case, Khomeini is already sleeping, how can he ignore it and remobilize the army slowly and methodically?

At this time, he finally accepted Hashmian. Lieutenant General Saeed suggested that a large number of soldiers from prisons who had not been active enough during the Islamic Revolution should be released.

The reason why these battles were so badly defeated was that Hashmian believed that there was a lack of a large number of experienced and trained middle and low-level commanders in the army.

Because of the purge of the army during the Islamic Revolution, a large number of commanders were arrested, so that the combat effectiveness of the army declined very quickly, and moreover, he was replaced by mullahs who did not know anything, and interfered with the command of the army without authorization, and he sharply objected to the behavior of young soldiers stepping on minefields, what is the future of the country? It's these teenagers! To send them to a dead end in this way is simply to consume the fundamentals of Iran!

Fanatical religious beliefs are absolutely unable to resist the overwhelming rain of bullets, war, what is needed is professional soldiers!

These words made Khomeini very disgusted, but he also knew that the defeat of these battles was related to the lack of grassroots command of the troops, and he still trusted Hashmian, so Hashmian was ordered to turn the tide.

Lieutenant General Hashmian, 45, is a former high-ranking officer in the political axe. He studied at Western higher military academies such as West Point at public expense during the political axe period of the Kingdom of Bavilie, and has deep attainments in strategic command. When it comes to the ability to command operations, I am afraid that he ranks second, and no one dares to call him first. At the same time, he has an extremely strong sense of state-orientedness, and the army is the people's army, not a certain person. No matter how the regime changes, the people will always need the protection of the army, and the guns of the army must not be inward.

Therefore, in the Islamic Revolution that broke out the year before last, he refused to follow the advice of the kingdom's political axe to mobilize his troops to suppress the demonstrators, and for this reason, Khomeini regarded it as a sign of understanding of the times, and the emerging political axe retained his military rank, but deprived him of the right to command the battle.

Until now, after several consecutive defeats, especially the capture of the port of Abadan, Khomeini finally remembered this tiger general and used him again.

When Hashmian accepted the task, he also made a request to the great religious leader, and a large number of grassroots commanders were released to fill the ranks.

In front of him, it is still a very difficult task, Khomeini has put together a chieftain tank armored brigade for him, an M60 armored brigade, a total of only more than 60 chiefs and more than 70 M60, more than 50 M113 armored vehicles, just these assault forces, if you want to assault Abadan, it is simply an impossible task.

In addition to the armored forces, there were two infantry divisions, neither of which were fully manned, less than 20,000 men.

At the beginning, twice as many people were gathered, and they were defeated by Iraq, and now, only half of them are able to achieve the predetermined strategic goals?

But Hashmian knew he had no choice. However, he has another killer feature: the Air Force.

Ashmian, who studied at the West Point Military Academy, was very dissatisfied with the Iranian army's original style of play, but he was very appreciative of Iraq's style of play.

The fighting in Iraq was unusual, and the air force began to play the leading role, especially on the banks of the Karen River, although the armored forces were surrounded by the other side, but the excellent chieftain tanks, if they fought with the Iraqis, although they were eventually exhausted, but they could also greatly damage the strength of the Iraqis.

However, this scene did not appear at all.

The Iraqi Air Force, repeatedly bombing, completely destroyed the armored forces, and the Army basically swept the tail.

Hashmian knew that the commander of the other side was a man who was well versed in modern military tactics, and if he wanted to command the troops to succeed, then he must be better at using all his forces than the other side to conduct a modern war.

The last defeat was due to the weakness of the air force, which led to the loss of air supremacy, and ultimately led to the fiasco of the army brothers.

And this time, be sure to gain an advantage in the air!

Hashmian is confident, because with the efforts of these months, the most powerful F-14 fighter of the Iranian Air Force has finally waited for spare parts.

Although there were 79 Tomcats at the beginning, with the embargo of the United States, the number of planes that could take off became smaller and smaller, and many planes had to look at the sky and sigh because they were missing a few parts. At the last time, it even fell to the lowest point, and there were only a dozen planes that could fight.

The Iranian military is also working hard, especially some time ago, to get in touch with an international arms trafficker, and with great difficulty, finally got a batch of spare parts.

Now the Iranian Air Force, the Tomcats capable of taking off normally for combat, have increased to more than two dozen aircraft.

In addition to the fighters left behind to defend important cities such as Tehran in the north, for fighting in the south, the Air Force could put two squadrons of F-14s into service.

With these two squadrons of F-14s, the Iranian Air Force can completely compete for air supremacy.

As long as the powerful F-14 fighter jets are put on cruise, even if there are no Immortal Bird missiles, just Sparrows and Sidewinders, they can completely withstand the Iraqi fighters.

In addition to the F-14, Hashmian received several squadrons of F-4 and F-5 fighters, which could carry bombs and take on the task of bombing local targets.

As for the ground, with the armored forces as the lead and the infantry divisions behind, advance towards Abadan, and after seizing air supremacy, the air force will bomb first, and the army will follow, even if it pays half the price of casualties, it will take Abadan back.

Especially after adding a large number of middle-level officers and soldiers to the command, Hashmian believed that this battle would be more beautiful than any previous one.

However, in the process of the transfer of troops, the 35th Armored Division, which had been guarding Abadan, keenly discovered the enemy's movements, and the division commander Mohammed immediately reported to the military region, which in turn reported to Zhang Feng.

The clouds of war once again hung over the Abadan front.

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