From taking over as the top military commander of the U.S. military in Iraq to the present, Punk has not slept well for a day, and it is the same today.

A large number of urgent messages woke him from his sleep.

In Iraq, dozens of US military positions were attacked by long-range rockets, and although the US military immediately dispatched air units to destroy them, the enemy quickly withdrew after launching the attack.

At the site of the shelling, only various rocket launchers remained, and this kind of thing was not worth anything at all.

On the other hand, the US military garrisons have suffered losses of varying degrees, many soldiers have died, a large amount of equipment has been damaged, and the garrisons are full of potholes.

After seeing all the reports, Punk slammed his desk and shouted angrily, "Damn Iraqis, if it weren't for the fact that my troops were all encircling the target mountains, I would have done a large-scale clean-up operation to find all the rats and pinch them to death." ”

After being angry and angry, the punk also realized more firmly that Saddam Hussein must not be able to sit still, otherwise he would not have launched such a large-scale attack.

The ultimate goal is nothing more than to allow oneself to transfer troops from the target mountainous area to various places to maintain stability.

Punk was determined that he would never be fooled, so he asked all the garrisons to raise the level of vigilance, and send elite troops to expand the defense range of the garrison and place secret posts around the garrison.

However, as time passed, the extermination work in the target mountainous area gradually came to an end, but after rounds of attacks and searches, the losses of the US troops in the target mountainous area became greater and greater, and because the main forces were transferred from various places, the actions of the Iraqi Republican Guard became more unscrupulous, and the US troops throughout Iraq were constantly attacked.

Such days lasted for a whole week, but the US troops in the target mountainous area never found Saddam, and it took a lot of casualties to clear the entire target mountainous area, but no matter how the US military searched, in the target mountainous area, Saddam Hussein's existence was not found.

A large number of advanced search and detection equipment turned over almost every hill in the target mountainous area three times, and finally came to a result that was unacceptable to everyone, that is, Saddam Hussein was not here at all.

When the report was presented to Punk, the general slumped in his chair.

In front of him was a detailed report of the losses for nearly half a month.

In order to encircle and suppress Saddam, the US military stationed in Iraq launched a large-scale military operation within half a month, and the weapons, ammunition, and materials consumed are not to mention another matter; in the course of the operation, an astonishing 40,000 US soldiers were killed and wounded, including hundreds of various pieces of flying equipment and a large number of vehicles.

At the same time, tens of thousands of U.S. troops were killed and wounded in the ongoing fighting and attacks that broke out in various cities in Iraq.

In other words, in the past six months, the US military has suffered 50,000 casualties, which is a very terrible number, and you must know that since the outbreak of the war, the total number of US casualties in Iraq has only been more than 50,000.

Before and after the Iraq War, the number of US casualties exceeded 100,000, and of these 100,000 people, more than 50 percent were killed in battle, and the proportion of serious injuries reached 32 percent, of which only about 15 percent were able to return to the front-line combat units.

In this half-month battle, the US military also lost a large amount of weapons and equipment, including more than 30 fighters shot down alone, and more than 100 helicopters were shot down in the fighting throughout Iraq outside the target mountainous area.

Ground armament, hundreds of Humvees were lost, dozens of Abrams main battle tanks were destroyed, and the loss of various armored vehicles and vehicles, adding up to thousands.

In the past six months, at least tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons and equipment and materials have been destroyed in the attack.

If we talk about losses, the biggest losses are the loss of control of the cities and towns by the American army.

Because of the order to shrink the defenses, the U.S. military abandoned towns one by one, and then came under the control of the Iraqi Republican Guard.

Even the Iraqi interim government, formed by the United States, was controlled by the Iraqi Republican Guard.

At the end of the half-month-long operation of the US military, the Iraqi Republican Guard actually controlled 80 percent of Iraq's cities, and even the national television station in Baghdad fell under the control of the Republican Guard.

On the same day, a video of Saddam Hussein was broadcast on Iraqi state television.

Saddam Hussein looked more energetic than he had been a while ago, and he looked much younger in a straight suit.

Facing the camera, Saddam Hussein said proudly: "All the Iraqi people, today I want to announce to you an exciting good news, in the past half a month, the guards of the republic have launched a comprehensive counteroffensive against the barbaric aggressors, and launched an active offensive against all the aggressors in Iraq, after the fearless struggle of countless Iraqi warriors, the evil aggressors have suffered heavy losses, according to statistics, in the course of half a month's operation, the aggressors have paid at least 50,000 casualties, We have also recaptured 80 per cent of the cities and towns in Iraq, which is a victory for the entire Iraqi people, and the day is not far off to defeat the aggressor......"

Not to mention Saddam's pride, when he saw the TV content, Punk was so angry that he smashed the TV set in front of him directly, and kept cursing: "Damn big liar, big liar......"

Obviously, from the very beginning, the US military was led by the nose by Saddam, and the so-called target mountainous area was nothing more than a decoy.

It is to attract the main force of the US military to go, and then contain and kill the living forces of the US military, and launch counterattacks throughout the country to inflict further heavy losses on the US military.

When Cyberpunk came back to his senses, everything was irreparable.

At the same time, Punk also knows very well that he will be greeted by a military tribunal, and the Pentagon needs someone to take responsibility, and he will definitely become a victim of stabilizing domestic sentiment, and Punk has no ability to resist this, because the responsibility for this matter is indeed mainly on him.

That night, Saddam's video was reprinted by the international media, and the whole United States was boiling, and such a huge number of casualties made it difficult for the whole American society to accept.

Some people even say that this is the other most erroneous war launched by the United States after the Vietnam War.

In response, the Pentagon also issued an order to the US military in Iraq: "Withdraw from Iraq." ”