Historically, after the Cold War, the United States reduced a large number of troops, and finally maintained the total number of troops at about 1 million.

Now, the Cold War has just ended, and the huge military strength of the United States has not begun to be reduced, and the troops withdrawn from Europe are being sent to the Middle East in large numbers.

The number of US troops gathered in the Middle East exceeds one million! And other NATO countries have also sent troops to help overthrow the rogue Iranian government.

It's just that most of the countries entered the war in the form of air forces, and only the old imperialist Britain sent ground troops.

Gwadar Port, Pakistan.

As a major offensive direction, 300,000 U.S. troops and heavy M1A1 tanks have also gathered in Gwadar Port, and all U.S. troops are preparing for war.

On the port, there are a large number of American warships, and their goal is to take the main oil-producing area in the southeast of Iran and advance to Bandar Abbas!

Move together by land and water!

In September 94, it was still a hot season for the Middle East, and on the 3rd of this month, the long-prepared military operation of the US military began again!

Gwadar Port, only a few dozen kilometers from the Iranian border! Without informing the Pakistani government, the American troops, along the road, marched rapidly to the west.

The tank tracks stirred up countless dust, and the whole earth, followed by a violent vibration, like an earthquake.

"Boom, boom." The gas turbines roared, and the steel dragon swooped down towards the west.

An hour later. The American army has reached the border, and the Apache helicopter gunships have also arrived, destroying several posts on the border, and the whole army is crushed from the border line!

In preparation for the invasion of the American army, most of the troops of the Iranians. All were transferred to the Western Front, after all, the stationing of American troops in Iraq is the biggest threat to Iran.

Iran is a large country with a vast territory, but because of the large number of mountains and the inconvenience of transportation, the US military has repeatedly investigated the reconnaissance satellites before the operation. Identifying the southeastern regions of Iran, there is simply no main army.

And now, the American army is progressing smoothly, and the correctness of the previous reconnaissance has been determined, and at the same time, there are more mountainous areas in the southwest, and in order to speed up, the American army is running long distances along the coastline.

Along the coastline, it is possible to take full advantage of the advantages of the US Navy. The Navy's amphibious assault ships can undertake air cover and fuel replenishment tasks on land. In this way, the US Army, racing wildly on the flat land of the coastline, ran 800 kilometers in one day!

In front of the American troops, there is already Bandar Abbas in Iran!

Bandar Abbas, an important port in southeastern Iran. The capital of Primorsky Province. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Hormuz, choking the exit of the Persian Gulf and separated by the islands of Gersham and Hormuz. Due to the continuous siltation of silt, the water in the port is shallow, and large ships cannot be passed. But during the Iran-Iraq war. Due to its distance from the war zone, it has developed rapidly and is an important port in Iran.

At the same time, it is also an important port for the Iranian Navy, where a third of the ships of the Iranian Navy are located, in Abbas, and there is also an Iranian aviation base.

Along the way, the U.S. troops were almost marching in, and they were fully prepared for the fierce fighting they expected in Abbas.

Early in the morning on the 4th of September.

Before entering Bandar Abbas, the entire armored force was refueled again, and now, with enough fuel, the M1A1 tank is the most powerful armored force of the American army! Although the American GIs were physically and mentally exhausted after a bumpy day, they were fully prepared for the imminent outbreak of war.

Just as the Army was preparing to take Abbas in one fell swoop, the Air Force was already on the move.

Because of the possibility of being counterattacked by Iran's shore-to-ship missiles, the US Navy's warships did not dare to get too close to the coastline, and the warplanes that took off from the rear port of Gwadar, with heavy bombs, flew over the islands of Gershm and Hormuz, dropping a large number of bombs on the Iranian military bases here, and the Iranian warships in Bandar Abbas were also bombed indiscriminately.

The Air Force operation began! The army also has to go all at once!

Short, an ordinary sergeant major of the 17th Panzer Division, drove the M1A1 tank, rumbling forward, and there was only a dozen kilometers left from Bandar Abbas!

The tracks crushed the land of the port, leaving deep ruts.

In order to prevent the Iranians from planting anti-tank mines on the periphery of Bandar Abbas, the Air Force has already dropped detonated bombs on the roads in advance, and the mines buried on the ground will be detonated.

The scene was still filled with smoke that had just been detonated, and the bloody battlefield finally came.

In the rear turret, through the commander's perimeter, Commander James is vigilantly looking around, as he enters the city, the biggest threat to the tank is those guys with RPGs.

The tanks rumbled down the streets of Bandar Abbas, meeting not a single resistance and not seeing a single Iranian.

What's going on?

"Crunch." The tank stopped on Central Street, and when the cockpit canopy was opened, James showed his head.

No one, no one! All the inhabitants of Bandar Abbas have disappeared!

As for the snipers of the Iranians? If there were, they would have begun to resist a long time ago, not only James, but also the infantry fighting vehicles behind, the American troops rushed down, guns in hand, and quickly ran towards the buildings next to them.

Kick open the door of the building and you can see that it is empty!

The whole Bandar Abbas is an empty city!

What's going on?

This time the American troops advancing along the southeast direction, more than 200,000 men, were going to fight a battle in Bandar Abbas, but now, victory is within reach, what is going on?

The troops in the rear, constantly entering the city, searching along the streets of the city, and the final result surprised them very much, the Iranians all ran away! Leave the city, intact to them!

At the same time, several corvettes of the Navy have also landed on the islands of Qeshm and Hormuz from the waterway, and it can be seen that the Iranians have abandoned their warships, all of which have run away, and the patrol boats that have been blown up are staggered in the harbor, swaying with the waves.

The large warship, but I didn't see it, should have escaped in advance.

These days, satellites have monitored the movements of the Iranians and found nothing, they must have run away at night!

Bandar Abbas is the southern gate of Iran and the outpost of the Strait of Hormuz, and if you lose it, it is equivalent to the entire Persian Gulf being closed, and the Iranians have even given up here!

What does this mean? At a time when the American army, which was able to compete with the huge Soviet army, was trying its best to solve the Iranian problem, the Iranians were finally afraid! Some places that cannot be defended, the Iranians have already given up guarding! Especially now, the Iranians definitely did not expect that they would run from the direction of Gwadar Port in Pakistan, and they do not have many armed forces on this side of Bandar Abbas, so they will make their most correct choice and escape!

The northern part of Bandar Abbas is in the mountains, and they hid in the mountains, which is really not easy to clear, and most of them are ordinary Iranians!

Having taken Bandar Abbas easily and simply, the US Middle East Command sent an order to rest for a day in Bandar Abbas, and early tomorrow morning, continue to march westward and continue to take the coastal areas!

In later generations, some people analyzed that it was this order that caused heavy losses to the American army, and it was very dangerous for them to gather in Bandar Abbas. This is a serious mistake made by the US Middle East Command and a complete dereliction of duty!

But now, everyone welcomes this order.

Keep moving? Do you know what it's like to run more than 800 kilometers in one day after a long journey of more than 20 hours? It's not like sitting in a luxury car and driving on the highway! Coming from the southeast coastline, there are no roads at all, and it is completely hilly to walk!

Whether the tank is suspended by a torsion bar or a liquid gas suspension, and whether the members inside are sitting in the gondola or not, in short, driving the tank for a long distance is a hundred times more uncomfortable than squeezing a green car.

The constant bumps, the roar of the engine, will fill every part of the body with a feeling of soreness, the off-road of the tank, it is a kind of torture.

At that time, it was to rush to Abbas before the Iranians could react, to take this important city and close the gates of the Persian Gulf.

And now, this goal has been achieved, the Iranians have chosen to flee and regain the city without blood, and it is time for the American army to rest!

The tank turned off, kicked open the door of the building next to it, went inside to find a comfortable bed, and slept soundly! Wait until dawn tomorrow to regain your energy and move on!

The American GIs slept quite comfortably this night.

Although this is a port city, there is an oil industry, and the pollution is not serious, from here, you can see the clear sky, countless stars, blinking, looking at the land of the Middle East.

Because he was slow to start and did not find a bed, Sergeant Major 3rd Class Short only grabbed a Persian carpet, which he spread next to the tank and lay down, and even then, it was much more comfortable than in the tank.

In the midst of the exertion, he should have fallen asleep, but, for some reason, there was always a sense of uneasiness in his heart, and instead of falling asleep, he quietly touched the cross on his chest, which had been given to him by his mother before he joined the army.

Touching the cross with his hand, Short silently read in his heart, Mother, please bless me! (To be continued.) )