Chapter 734: Steep Turn
Sitting in a Mitsubishi SUV, his face was covered with blood, and his eyes were filled with incomparable anger.
"Evil Americans, this revenge must be avenged!" Saddam Hussein turned his head and said to the middle-aged man on the side: "Mr. Xiao, thank you for saving me." ”
"Mr. President, the most important thing for us now is to rush to Basra in the south, where there are still hundreds of thousands of Iraqi troops, well equipped, and as long as we control the troops there, we can fight back." Shostakovich said to Saddam.
Originally, when he arrived at the outskirts of Baghdad and saw that the fighting was already raging, Shostakovich knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to complete the task, and if Saddam Hussein died in it, Iraq's resistance would lose a soul and be easily broken by the United States.
Just after waiting outside for two hours, Shostakovich finally decided to retreat, and on the way back, he was met by a convoy of armored vehicles destroyed by air strikes, one of which was a Type 90 tank, and the top of the turret was hit by a Helfa anti-tank missile, but the fuse failed, and the missile did not explode! When Shostakovich climbed into the tank, he found Saddam Hussein, who had been stunned inside.
A comfortable life has made Saddam lose his former wisdom, at this time, is it safe to escape by tank? Tanks are the first targets to be hit by helicopter gunships in the air!
Having dragged Saddam Hussein out and into his own SUV, Shostakovich headed straight for the southern city of Basra.
After Saddam Hussein woke up, he found that Shostakovich had saved him, and he was immediately very grateful, this person is simply the protector given by Allah!
After discovering that Baghdad was about to be besieged, Saddam finally decided to flee. Mobilized an armored unit of Hammuraby's division to escort him and his family out of the city, and on the way, they encountered an American M1 tank, and after a fierce battle, his subordinates dispersed. Just a few armored vehicles, rushing south, only to be hit by another air strike.
If it weren't for Shostakovich, Saddam would be gone.
The car drove quickly south along the country road, and Shostakovich was anxious.
The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, just after the United States made a great breakthrough from the northern front and occupied Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and Tikrit, an important city in the north. The rest of the corps stationed in Saudi Arabia, divided into three routes, began to move towards the Iraqi border.
Scud missiles? The Scud missiles, which had been used in the last war, disappeared in this war, and the U.S. forces drove straight in, broke through the border, and then quickly interspersed, dividing Basra and Kuwait, among other places. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops have dealt a merciless blow to the Iraqi army.
When Shostakovich took Saddam Hussein. Before they arrived in Basra, they were shocked even more by the news that the American army had occupied Basra and that the two infantry divisions guarding there had surrendered!
The rapid deterioration of the situation made Saddam Hussein unable to believe his ears. The ground battle of the Americans, which took only four days, ended?
When divided and surrounded by the Americans, the Iraqi army lacked effective command and was in a state of fragmentation. The United States, with its strong forces, easily resolved the battle.
In particular, after learning that the capital Baghdad and the hometown of Tikrit had been occupied by the US military, Iraq's military morale was greatly damaged, and in Kuwait, a large number of Iraqi troops were gathered, and they lost the faith to continue fighting under the encirclement of the Americans and the continuous heavy artillery fire.
The battle went on without any suspense, and the Americans once again confirmed the great strength of their army in front of the whole world, and in just four days, the United States, which entered a state of war, occupied the entire territory of Iraq and Kuwait! And the gimmick of Iraq, the fourth world military power, was beaten to the ground, and the millions of troops seemed to disappear soon.
"No, we haven't failed yet!" Hiding in a private house outside Basra, Saddam's eyes were red, and he now had nothing.
"Of course, you haven't failed." Shostakovich said: "We will fully support you. ”
Yes, with the support of the Soviet Union, you will be able to make a comeback! Looking at Shostakovich, Saddam Hussein said: "Please tell the general secretary of your country that as long as your country can send troops, we in Iraq can contribute a lot of money!" ”
Shostakovich shook his head: "Mr. President, please use your brains!" There will not be a single force involved in the struggle between your country and the United States, especially the superpowers, which will risk a world war! ”
How could the USSR drive out the Americans if it did not send troops? Saddam's face was full of pain, and he still couldn't understand how so many of his troops could fail so quickly.
"Mr. President, I remember the people's war that I mentioned to you before, do you remember?" Shostakovich said.
People's war? Of course I do! Saddam Hussein said: "Only, how can we carry out a people's war? ”
"Mr. President, do you feel that the situation in Iraq today is very similar to the situation in Afghanistan more than a decade ago?" Shostakovich said.
Similar to Afghanistan! At the beginning, the Soviets dispatched 100,000 troops, and soon overthrew the Afghan government, set up a puppet government, and began to station troops in Afghanistan.
It is a pity that the people's uprisings one after another, the guerrillas everywhere, made the Soviets fight for more than ten years, and finally withdrew from Afghanistan, declaring their defeat in the Afghan war.
And now, the Americans, with their powerful army, quickly occupied Iraq, but will they be able to survive for a long time?
Of course not! The people of this land are full of antipathy to the West! The final result of the Americans will definitely be the same as the Soviets, leaving here in disgrace!
Thinking of this, Saddam's eyes finally began to have a longing.
Seeing that Saddam Hussein was agitated, Shostakovich sighed a little in his heart, in fact, the situation between the two countries is still different, Afghanistan is mountainous, and the Soviets are not so much defeated by the Afghan guerrillas as they are defeated in logistics and comprehensive national strength, and besides, Afghanistan has no real interests except for its geographical location.
And Iraq, so close to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, logistics supply is not a problem, and Iraq still has black gold, the Americans occupy Iraq, which can be converted into real benefits, and it will be difficult to drive out the Americans.
However, it is very easy to bleed the Americans, and this is also the instruction of President Hammad!
"Mr. President, although our army has failed, many of them have been scattered, as long as we raise your banner again, those failed armies will definitely reunite with you, we will launch a people's war against the United States, they will be caught in the vast sea of Iraq, and the final outcome of the Americans is defeat!" Shostakovich continued.
The Americans, in the end, will still be driven away! Saddam's gaze regained confidence: "What about us now? Where to go? ”
Where to go? This should be asked of you, Lao Sa, you have been operating in Iraq for so many years, and there are many places to do it!
"A safe place." "We first need to publish your footage to show that you are still alive and well, and that we are going to wage a great people's war against our people," Shostakovich said. ”
South of Baghdad, in the small city of Sarebadi.
The streets are under martial law, and American soldiers with M16 rifles, standing next to an M1 tank, checking on passers-by.
In the distance, in a house, a chubby middle-aged man, holding a telescope, looked at everything here, and shook his head helplessly.
"It seems that we can only take advantage of the darkness to escape, or we can lay down our weapons and go out pretending to be civilians." Ali Abdullah al-Shehri, the commander of the 8th Armored Brigade of the Hammurabi Division, was hiding in this small town in disarray.
In the battle that night, he commanded his subordinates and eliminated more than 30 American M1 tanks, but unfortunately he was still outnumbered in the end, and in the process of retreating, his tank pressed a mine, so he could only jump off the tank and transfer.
Now, with more than twenty people, hiding here, they are still waiting for orders from their superiors, the process is torturous, there are Americans everywhere, is it true that this place is going to be occupied by Americans?
Back in the basement where he was hiding, Ali, who had always been strategizing and invincible in the army, was now at a loss.
"Look, Al Jazeera!" A soldier suddenly shouted.
At this time, are you still in the mood to watch TV? Ali couldn't help but scoff, but his eyes widened when he turned his head away.
President! Great President Saddam!
On the TV screen, there is a man in military uniform, with his iconic mustache and piercing eyes, who is their great president!
Sitting in a chair with the Iraqi flag and the Baath Party flag hanging behind him, President Saddam Hussein spoke into the microphone and in his provocative words.
"My great warriors, this is a moment of shame for us, our country, invaded by the Americans!" The man inside, the words were so sad, for a moment, everyone wanted to cry, but then, they were full of high morale. (To be continued.) )