Saddam Hussein was in a good mood.

Since childhood, in Saddam's heart, there has been a dream of a big Babylonian empire, to restore the Middle East to a big empire!

And the first step in this dream is to annex Iran, which has a long-standing feud with Iraq.

Since the beginning of the war, Iraq has tried to invade Iran with a blitzkrieg, but it has been completely crushed by the Iranian Air Force.

Later, although Iraq occupied Khorramshahr, it paid a heavy price in casualties, and the Iranian army, which had thought that it had been ineffective before the war, left Iraq in a bloody situation.

At the beginning of the stalemate phase of the war, Qusay came out of nowhere, first crushing the Israeli Air Force's conspiracy, protecting the nuclear reactor on which Saddam Hussein depended, and then completely defeating the Iranian raid in the Susangil marshes. Even more pleasing was the successful introduction of the Iranian defenders of Abadanri, who captured this important city at a very small cost, and from then on, the southern front was already united, waiting for the army to continue eastward and occupy new land.

From a purely military point of view, Qusay is simply a genius, almost every battle is under his calculations, and even the recent desperate counterattack launched by the Iranians was defeated by Qusay.

And Qusay also has an economic mind, after taking Abadan, the oil refinery has started production with his efforts, and the war has been going on until now, Iraq's foreign exchange reserves have almost been exhausted, and Saddam Hussein is also very happy that the economy can improve and increase revenue.

Therefore, the balance in Saddam's heart has long been tilted in favor of his second son, although he has never cared too much for him, but now it has been proved that his second son has outstanding talent.

However, this son of his own, politically, is a bit of an idiot, Iraq's policy is to have good relations with the Soviet Union, and the red empire in the north also gives more support to Iraq, and even the MiG-25, an advanced fighter, has been brought by him. But his own son doesn't seem to be very interested in the Soviet Union.

Moreover, this son attaches great importance to the Air Force, however, Saddam Hussein does not believe in the Air Force very much. The Iraqi army has the lowest loyalty, the air force, and the situation in the Middle East is turbulent, and if the army is not well controlled, there is a danger of being overthrown by the rebels at any time. Due to the influence of the Soviet Union, Saddam Hussein was still accustomed to the Continental Army.

Therefore, Saddam Hussein felt that it was time to teach his son a good lesson.

Moreover, Saddam Hussein still has some worries in his heart, this son of his, whose wings are stiff, will he have other ideas?

A capable person, so that Saddam Hussein is still a little uneasy when he uses it, even if this person is his own son, especially recently the director of the intelligence bureau Barzan, who keenly observed that Qusay seemed to be carrying out some covert activities.

What is Cusay doing behind his back? This made Saddam a little unhappy.

"Report, Your Excellency Qusay is back." The guards came in and reported.

"Okay, who did he bring with him?" Saddam asked.

"Only one driver, and four soldiers." The guard said.

With only one driver, four soldiers? It seems that his son is still very humble, and Saddam Hussein is more satisfied, "Let him come to the office to see me." ”

Of course, Zhang Feng will not be so stupid, but he knows the truth of high merit, the more merits he has, the more jealous he will be, although Saddam Hussein is his father and will not doubt him, but it is very important to maintain a low-key attitude. Before coming, what Izzat and Zhang Feng said, he had thought about it many times in his heart.

Although Zhang Feng brought back a squad of Sidewinder special forces, before entering Baghdad, they had already separated, entered Baghdad separately, and finally converged, and Yured had already figured out the situation in Baghdad in advance, and those that might be dangerous to him were focused on the Uday side, which had already been monitored by him, so although Zhang Feng only brought a driver and four of the best special team members as bodyguards to the Palace of the Republic, the security work had already been done.

However, just by doing this, he has already won the favor of his father, and this son has no disagreement with himself.

"Your Excellency." Zhang Feng walked into Saddam's office and saw that he was the only one, but he still said respectfully.

"Well, Cusay, sit down." Saddam Hussein stood up and said: "Abadan has fought another big battle recently, why are you always disobedient and run to the front line?" ”

"At that time, the fog was very strong, our command structure had fallen into chaos, the enemy situation in front was unknown, and only by personally reconnoitring could we confirm the specific situation, otherwise, we would inevitably fail, and Abadan was too important to us, and we must not make mistakes." Zhang Feng said.

"Abadan is important, you are even more important, Qusay, you must not go to the front line in person in the future!" Saddam said.

"Yes, father." Qusai was moved, it seems that this father really likes himself, so he also changed his official tone and called his father. Then, the rest of the words will be easy to say.

"I'm back this time, it's some of the situation on the front line, the next strategy of the Southern Military Region, and I'll report to you." Zhang Feng said.

"Well, Cusay, tell me, what's your idea?" Saddam Hussein lit a cigar and began to listen to Zhang Feng's statement.

"Our army is currently firmly in control of Abadan, but the strategic depth of the front line in Abadan is too shallow, which is also the reason why it has been repeatedly attacked by Iran, so I want to launch a new campaign after the beginning of spring, Operation Spring Thunder."

Operation Spring Thunder? The name is interesting, and Saddam Hussein said: "Go on." ”

"At the beginning of the war, our goal was to take away the area of Khorramshahr and Abadan, and now we have initially achieved our goal, and the entire Arabian River valley has been included in our territory. So, it's time for us to keep our eyes on the moving forward. Zhang Feng said: "Then push eastward, in the northeast, take Ahvaz, obtain the oil fields in the northeast of Ahvaz, and our Abadan oil refinery will all be started, so that the profits will be more than ten times that of the current one, and the problem of military shortage can also be completely alleviated." ”

Saddam Hussein was happy in his heart, yes, and his own thinking is somewhat similar, Iran's oil is mainly distributed in the area of Abadan, and then move forward and occupy the oil fields, this is the right way.

"At the same time, we are in the southeast, and then march, preparing to take the largest port in Iran, the port of Khomeini!" Zhang Feng continued.

The port of Khomeini is of great strategic and symbolic significance to the Iranians, and taking it here will undoubtedly deal a heavy blow to Iran, and it is even possible that Iran will collapse.

"At the same time, in order to contain the Iranians, please launch a feint on the northern route and create several battles in the north of Iran, so that the Iranians cannot go all out against our attack in the south." Zhang Feng said all his recent ideas.

The main theme is two words: attack!

"Good!" Saddam Hussein slapped the table, "Yes, we are going to attack, take the port of Khomeini, and take Tehran!" ”

Dragon's face is happy! Zhang Feng knew that what he had to say next would be much easier to say.

"However, due to the recent battles, the consumption of the Southern Military District is very large, and it is temporarily unable to launch a new offensive, so it is necessary to obtain new supplements." Zhang Feng said.

"Tell me, what do you need?" Saddam asked.

"If we want to attack, then we must cooperate closely with the air and ground, and at present, we have consumed a lot of aircraft, and the introduction of production lines negotiated with the United States has not yet begun, so at present, we are simply not able to launch air strikes." Zhang Feng said.

There are still several squadrons of Mirage F1 in the north, and Zhang Feng knows that this is the best fighter he can get at the moment.

"Then transfer a few more squadrons of MiG-21 and MiG-23." Saddam said.

I don't want those rags, Zhang Feng said: "Father, if you want to fight head-on with the Iranian Tomcat, the Phantom F1 is a must, you can transfer another Phantom F1 squadron over, in the last air battle, the Phantom F1 of the two squadrons was shot down by five, and the number of even one squadron is not enough." ”

"Okay, no problem." Saddam Hussein said: "Then another squadron will be transferred." ”

What Saddam values is still the MiG-25, an interceptor with three times the speed of sound, which is his magic weapon, and this time Kusai personally asked for it, and a squadron of Mirage F1 is not too much.

"Also, even the Mirage F1 can't compete with the Tomcat at close range, so we have to introduce a main air superiority fighter." Zhang Feng explained: "So, the last time I visited Europe, I signed an intention with Dassault to buy a twin-engine heavy air superiority fighter. ”

Zhang Feng hasn't had time to report these things.

Saddam's brows tightened slightly: "What? Is this fighter more powerful than the MiG-25? ”

The MiG-25 is also a heavy fighter, and in order to obtain this fighter, Iraq even had to agree to certain requirements of the Soviet Union, such as asking their ground crew to maintain it.

"Father, the MiG-25 is outdated, the kind of high-altitude and high-speed fighter is not suitable for modern air combat, when the MiG-25 is above 2.5 times the speed of sound, it can only fly in a straight line, and it can't compete with the Tomcat at all, what we need is an aircraft with powerful maneuverability and advanced electronic equipment." Zhang Feng explained.

This kind of large-scale introduction must be approved by his father, otherwise, Zhang Feng is really too lazy to explain to him.

"Look at our finances." Saddam said.

Zhang Feng was very interested, and immediately stopped, saying that it would not work once, then he would say it a few more times, and slowly agreed, but now that he said too much, he would be disgusted, anyway, even if his father did not support it, he would have to do it at his own expense.

"There is also the main battle equipment of our army, due to several attritions, the tanks have suffered many losses and need to be replenished." Zhang Feng said.

"Well, I'm already preparing for these, and I've already sent someone abroad to order a batch of tanks, about two hundred, and I can replenish one hundred to the Southern Military Region first." Saddam said.

So cool? That's a hundred! It can be regarded as a solution to his urgent need.

"Was it a T-72 imported from the USSR?" Zhang Feng asked, although this kind of tank is not very famous in later generations, but now, it is still the most advanced tank that Iraq can buy.

"No, it's 69 tanks imported from China, and the price is very cheap, only 400,000 dollars each!" Saddam said.

(To be continued)