"Go around and strike from the opponent's flank!" In the Type 90 tank, Ali, the commander of the 8th Armored Brigade, who was a little bloated, shouted over the radio.

At night, the superiority of Pakistan's main battle tank in night vision was immediately apparent, although the performance of the T-80U tank purchased from the Soviet side was also relatively advanced, but at night, it was scum.

Infrared headlights are outdated, and only infrared imagers can dominate at night!

Brigadier Commander Ali hurriedly came out of Baghdad with his team, and found the American armored forces on this side, and a battle began.

After discovering that his own armor-piercing projectiles could not penetrate the opponent's main armor, Ali Brigade Commander did not order to break through, although the performance of armor-piercing projectiles has a lot to do with the range, he believed that at a distance of one thousand meters, the artillery missiles fired by his main guns would definitely be able to penetrate the opponent's tank, but that was a great risk, and if it was not a thousand meters away, his own side would be hit by the opponent!

Now, only going around the opponent's flank and striking at their weakly armored flank is the way to go! After all, only the main armor at the very front of the tank is the thickest, and the sides and back are thin, otherwise, the tank will turn into a monster of more than a hundred tons.

The 1500 horsepower engine in the tail is roaring, driving this tank forward quickly, Ali does not need to identify friend or foe, except for their tanks, the rest of the Iraqi armored forces are using infrared headlights, so as long as you see that there are no headlights, just beat them hard!

Relying on good mobility, they quickly advanced and crushed the rice fields on the outskirts of Baghdad with their tracks, and the test of blood and fire was just around the corner!

The fighting was fierce, and the fighters of the Republican Guard were all from Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, and they were the most loyal. The fighting quality is also the highest, and now they are faithfully carrying out President Saddam's orders to eliminate the Americans!

The Americans' front was in full collapse, and they were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the next armored forces.

Baghdad.

"We have crushed the Americans to the banks of the Euphrates, and we will drive them all into the water. End the battle before dawn! Rashid swore to the president.

"Come, Americans, this is where you are buried!" Saddam Hussein looked at the clock on the wall, it was already past five o'clock, and in another hour, the sky would be dawn, and he would broadcast the news of Iraq's victory to the whole country on television. People all over the world look!

"Mr. President, Line 1." Just then, an assistant quickly walked over and said.

Line 1! Now, the one who can become the No. 1 special line is the secret phone call from Mr. Xiao, the person Saddam Hussein's most trusted!

In order to counter the electromagnetic interference of the Americans, Iraq laid a fiber optic network that ran through the whole country, relying on this network. Saddam Hussein could give command orders to lower-level officers and soldiers, and at the same time, he could also receive confidential telephone calls.

"Hey." Pick up the phone. Saddam Hussein had a smile on his face: "Mr. Xiao, you really expected that the Americans appeared near Baghdad and had already been routed by us. ”

If it weren't for Mr. Xiao's reminder, Saddam would never have transferred the elite Hammurabi division back, and if there was no bloody battle of the Hammurabi division tonight. The Americans are afraid that they have already entered Baghdad, and Saddam Hussein already admires Mr. Xiao incomparably.

"Mr. President Saddam, the situation is urgent, and the Americans may come from the north. Entering through the Turkish border, please prepare in advance. Mr. Xiao's eager words came from the other side of the phone.

Coming in from the north, through Turkey? Saddam's face changed suddenly.

Iraq occupied Kuwait, so the most likely direction for the United States to attack was Kuwait, and now the Kuwaiti royal family is in the United States, crying every day to restore the country.

Therefore, Iraq has deployed heavy troops in the south, there are very few troops in the north, and as for those mountainous areas in the north, they are almost undefended, and now, the Americans are actually going to attack from the north?

What do you take to stop the Americans attacking from the north? Transferring troops from the south? I'm afraid it's too late, transfer the Medina division? Then who will defend Baghdad?

"We deduce that it is likely that the Americans' Third Army in Europe entered from Turkey, and they may have bought off the local Kurds, and we must be vigilant against this force, they may kill from the north in one night, and the first target may be Tikrit." Mr. Xiao continued to speak on the phone.

On this war-torn night, Mr. Xiao's phone call was very urgent, and there were explosions that could be heard on the phone, and it seemed that Mr. Xiao was also in Iraq, but he didn't have time to rush over.

"Mr. Xiao, what should we do then?" On the phone, Saddam Hussein asked anxiously, and at this moment, he relied more on Mr. Xiao, hoping to come up with a countermeasure that satisfied him.

"We must delegate command and wage a people's war..."

"Hey, hey." Saddam's voice became louder and louder, but nothing could be heard, and it was obvious that the Americans had sent countless special forces to sabotage Iraq this night, mainly including the fiber-optic communications network that Iraq hastily built.

What to do?

Tikrit is his hometown, and the Americans must not be allowed to fight even their own hometown! In Saddam's hands, the muscles were bruised, and this time, the Americans actually played their cards out of common sense, and every punch was firmly hit on Saddam's soft underbelly.

In the Iran-Iraq war, the Iraqis still held modern weapons and fought positional warfare during the First World War, and they had no understanding of military reform and new military reform at all.

"Report, Tikrit has sent an urgent telegram that a large army has been found in the north!" Saddam Hussein had just put down the phone when the sad news came.

Through imported advanced frequency-hopping radios, it is still possible to communicate in an environment of strong electromagnetic interference, and this news is like the last straw that crushes the camel's back, and Saddam suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and his eyes were dark.

In the north of Iraq, there are many mountainous areas, and thanks to Iraq's rich oil resources, roads have also been built in these mountainous areas to allow for the passage of heavy vehicles.

Just last night, after nightfall, the huge American Third Army began an expedition, starting from the Turkish border, and the spearhead soldiers took out the border checkpoints, and then surged into Iraq.

It was very difficult not to be detected, and the dispatch of the US Third Army was made thanks to Kurdish guides.

It has been several months since the terrorist attacks in Iraq and the destruction of the US homeland, and the Americans have been clamoring every day to kill Saddam Hussein and avenge the dead Americans, but they have not acted, and there is a reason for this.

Analyzing the failure of the last time, the Americans redeployed, especially the last strategic goal was to drive out the Iraqi army and restore Kuwait, and now, the combat goal has been to completely overthrow the Saddam government, the difference in strategic objectives has also made the Americans adjust the action plan, in the past few months, the CIA has been constantly operating in northern Iraq, reaching an agreement with the Kurds, and repeatedly surveying the route of the march.

Only rely on Pakistan's few ground-effect aircraft? That's definitely not going to work! After so many years of fighting, the United States, of course, will not put its eggs in one basket!

Just as the elite 1st Mechanized Infantry Division flew to the vicinity of Baghdad on a ground effect aircraft, the Third Army also began to march, and they needed to travel a long distance, hundreds of kilometers in this night!

Without a local guide and without careful pre-arrangement, it would have been a failed operation.

But now, when crossing through the mountains and speeding all the way along the highways of Iraq, Barak, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division of the Third Army, who was in the vanguard, knew that this surprise attack would definitely succeed!

Founded in 1929, the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, nicknamed the "First Squad," is one of two heavy divisions in the U.S. Army's Rapid Reaction Force. Since its founding, it has participated in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and now the Gulf War.

As a heavy cavalry division, this division does not have a single horse, and their mounts are already steel chariots.

It has 3 cavalry brigades and 348 M1 main battle tanks; 798 armored combat vehicles of various types, such as M2 infantry fighting vehicles and M3 cavalry fighting vehicles; These armored forces are a terrible existence, Iraq really can't fight a monster like the United States, and the main force of a division of the United States is enough to sweep the Iraqi Army.

In particular, the United States, which has always advocated air offensive, has organized a large number of helicopter units even in this cavalry division, which has a total of 127 helicopters of various types, including AH-64H attack helicopters, UH-60B multi-purpose helicopters, OH-6 reconnaissance helicopters, and EH-60 electronic warfare helicopters.

Thanks to a surprise attack, and the already empty northern part of Iraq, the army went straight to Tikrit, following the route led by the Kurds and avoiding the big cities along the way!

Finally, just as the day was about to dawn, this armored unit appeared on the outskirts of Tikrit after a long march, and after the accompanying tanker trucks had refueled once, their attack finally began!

Tikrit, the capital of Iraq's Saladin Province, a large city in northern Iraq, is the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, the home of Iraq's leading government officials, and Republican Guard fighters, as well as the birthplace of the Kurdish hero Saladin. The hero waged a holy war in 1187 AD, leading the Egyptian army to the crusade and regaining control of Jerusalem. (To be continued.) )