Chapter 343: Attacking the City of Ahvaz
"Scalpel." The nurse next to her immediately handed it over.
"Scissors."
"Gauze"
In the operating room, the atmosphere was extremely tense.
"Smack!" A warhead was clipped, and this is already the third bullet.
"Alright, stitch up the wound." The doctor has finally done his job.
Lying on the operating table, Hashmian had been operated on for more than three hours, and he had finally been pulled back from the call of death.
Under the effect of anesthetic, it took at least ten hours for Hashmian to wake up.
Suddenly, the roar of an airplane was heard in the distance, followed by an explosion.
Just after completing the task of supplying, the 10th Panzer Division began to advance towards Ahvaz, and they reached the outskirts of Ahvaz almost at the same time as the 60th Panzer Division.
And by this time, the Air Force brothers, had already begun to bomb.
There was no suspense in the bombing, the Iranian planes had already been killed on the ground, even if there were a few planes in the hangar that escaped, but the runway had not been repaired and it was impossible to take off to meet the enemy, as for the planes that took off from other bases, there were, however, they flew not towards Ahvaz, but towards Tehran.
Iraq did not know what kind of wind it was pumping, and once again put on a powerful offensive posture, not only in the south, but also in the north, and the Iraqi air force also made high-intensity sorties, bombing most of the cities in the north.
In the north, the Iranian Air Force conducted dozens of skirmishes with the Iraqi Air Force.
People's concepts will change slowly, and the Northern Military Region actually used fighters to play the protagonists.
Barracks, power stations, and street fortifications were the main targets of the warplanes.
In the bombardment, the recruits in Ahvash, who had no one to command, had already begun to mess up.
If there are veterans here, you will know that although the enemy's bombing looks violent, the accuracy of the bomb dropping is not high, and the advanced air-raid shelter is hidden, and when the opponent's air raid is over, it should be the attacking team rushing up, and it is not too late for them to go out and start fighting.
However, the veterans had all been wiped out in the previous night's battle, and Hashmian did his best for the port of Khomeini, although half of them were sent, but they were his best troops, and the rest, almost a rabble.
In the bombing, their morale has been disintegrated to the extreme.
However, at this time, Ahvaz still had a paramilitary force that was not afraid of death, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and that group of young soldiers.
Although this group of people has just picked up a gun, they have a strong belief in Khomeini and the spirit of not being afraid of death.
Because they are convinced that after sacrificing their lives for their country, they can go to the heaven where the god Allah lives. Since you can have a good home after death, who else is afraid of death?
The two forces are in stark contrast.
"The Iraqis are going on the offensive, and we must rely on our stubborn fighting to drive the Iraqis out! Because, we are the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, we are the most loyal force! Tahe encouraged his men.
The most tense moment has come, Hashmian is already unconscious, if Ahvaz, under his command, can calmly defeat the Iraqi attack, then, after this battle, he will be in the center of power!
Although Tahe was actually very afraid of death, he still chose to stay and command these troops who were the least afraid of death, and the other members of the investigation team were already frightened by the tragic situation after the attack by the headquarters, and they chose to flee here last night and return to Tehran.
After the bombing of the Air Force was completed, it was up to the Army to complete the task of capturing Ahvaz.
Kamal's 10th Panzer Division was already preparing to enter.
Entering the urban area to fight is different from fighting in the field outside, when fighting in the field, it is enough to rely on the charge of the armored group, and it is enough to engage at a long distance, almost all the tanks rush in front, and the armored vehicles are in the back.
But in urban areas it is different, tanks are easily injured by infantry in buildings without infantry protection due to their limited visibility.
Therefore, almost every tank is followed by an armored vehicle, and the infantry can follow the tank at any time to protect the tank, which is also the lesson of Khorramshahr's blood.
Elard's armored brigade rushed to the front.
Near the city, two fortifications appeared on the side of the road in front of them, which had been blown up by bombs dropped by planes and were still burning.
Blood and fire are the battlefield!
The tank held its head high and drove forward.
The tankers are cautious, entering the urban area for street fighting, which is a headache for every member of the armored force, so His Excellency Qusay tried to avoid street fighting, this time it was the same, and the Iranian defenders were drawn out in advance, but how many troops were left in it was still unknown, and it was not clear what the combat effectiveness was, and he had to try his best to prevent accidental injury to civilians, and it was very difficult to fight.
If the Iranians had a lot of experience, they could have greatly delayed their operations by planting some pressure-fire mines at junctions and other places.
In street fighting, the defending side occupies the right time and place, and every intersection and every street can make the attacker pay a heavy price.
If Hashmian had not been unconscious, if experienced veterans had not been sent out, then, at this very moment, the 10th and 60th Panzer Divisions would already have suffered casualties.
Ahvaz is not Abadan, after nearly a year of siege, Abadan has long been a dead city with no citizens, only soldiers, where you can bury mines, but Ahvaz is not good, Ahvad's traffic artery, there are still many citizens here, landmines are not buried casually, otherwise, it is not good to be triggered by unrelated people by mistake.
Experienced veterans were not there, the recruits couldn't even shoot accurately, and where did they know what mines were laid, so the offensive of the armored division went very smoothly.
It's so smooth, it's unimaginable!
Seeing the tanks coming in, some of the Iranian soldiers chose to retreat, and the other chose to resist.
Inside the fortifications, the heavy machine gun spat out tongues of fire and fired frantically at the approaching tank, hitting the armor of the tank, ping-pong, but unfortunately it was useless.
If even a heavy machine gun can penetrate a tank, it can only mean that it is indeed tofu dregs.
The tank crew calmly loaded the grenade, aimed, fired, and blasted the fortification into the sky.
Everything went smoothly as if it were an exercise, and not even the Iranian soldiers with bazookas that they feared most suddenly came out of the buildings on both sides, and they only made two movements, resisting in the fortifications, and then being shot or fleeing.
Where is this a war! The commander of the attacking troops, he could not believe his eyes, the combat skills of the Iranian soldiers, it was too bad! Like, like a bunch of recruits!
However, Kamal did not let his side speed up, and he also practiced a step-by-step strategy, leaving a number of soldiers and tanks to guard each street he controlled, and then steadily advancing.
And the 60th Panzer Division on the other side of the city, it was different.
In this battle, the 35th Armored Division was in the limelight, and the 10th Armored Division also made great contributions in last night's battle.
Seeing that this battle was going so smoothly, the commander of the 60th Armored Division, Battle, was moved, rushed, rushed to the city center, and his own armored division was not vegetarian!
Anyway, in the rear, the 11th Special Brigade and the 96th Infantry Brigade are coming, and they will help themselves to maintain the areas that have already been occupied.
The tank was in front, and when it encountered the fortifications, whether there was anyone or not, they would first fire two guns and blast the fortifications into the sky, and then the tanks and armored vehicles drove over, and even the infantry did not get out of the armored vehicles to cover both sides, and gradually distanced themselves from the tanks.
"Buzz, buzz," the tanker slammed the throttle, black smoke billowing from the back of the tank and driving into a block.
The young soldier Ace was standing in an abandoned house, looking at the approaching tank, his body was strapped with explosives.
Young soldiers are not afraid of death, because, when they enter the army, they have only one purpose, which is to resist the Iraqi attack by death.
Besides, they basically have no formal military training, stepping on mines, plugging guns, and bombing, that is their fate.
Askali's mission was to prevent the Iraqi army from approaching.
The tank is like a steel monster, with tracks on the ground, rolling out deep marks one after another, and the tail of the tracks brings up some dust.
And the turret above is constantly turning, to the left, to the right, scanning for all suspicious targets, as if it will fire shells at any time.
Although the order from above is to prevent accidental injury to civilians, it is simply impossible to carry out it in such a way.
What if there were Iranian soldiers hiding in civilian rooms, shooting, fighting, or not fighting? If you don't fight, it's suicide.
Ah Jiali was a little nervous in his heart, he looked behind him, and the other two young soldiers also began to look for their targets.
Their calm spirit infected Asjiali, and when the Iraqis came, let them have no return!
This is a lone tank, and there are no other personnel behind it, which is a rare opportunity!
Asjiali calmed down, touched the circle of explosives on his body, and prepared to start acting!
The tank is getting closer, closer and closer, and the two antennas in the tail compartment, glistening in the sun.
While the opponent's turret was searching in the other direction, Asjiali gritted his teeth and rushed forward.
The back of the turret's head looks so disgusting.
Asjiali ran to the side of the tank in a few steps, and at this time, the opponent's turret had just turned around.
"Die! Iraqi! Long live Allah! Ascari climbed onto the opponent's tank and pulled open the safety of the explosives on his body.
"Boom!" At the same time, the tank also ignited a fire, and the tankmen came out of it in a panic, but unfortunately, except for the driver in front, several people in the turret behind were surrounded by flames.
With this explosion, the desperate counterattack of the Iranians finally began.
(To be continued)