Chapter 568: Doomed Iraq
The congestion on the highway was finally resolved in the evening, and all the U.S. Marines on the blocked road went to Nasiriyah for support.
Night fell quickly, Fan Yize did not let the convoy move forward, and the sound of gunfire in the distance lasted until the second half of the night.
Early the next morning, the gunfire in Nasiriyah gradually calmed down, and American personnel came to inform the convoy that it could pass through Nasiriyah.
Although Fan Yize did not need a notice from the US military, he also expressed his gratitude to the US military for its behavior.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the convoy hoisted the flag of the Future Military Resources Company and walked ahead of the US troops.
This area, which is still under the control of the Iraqi army, is surrounded by large Iraqi forces.
On the ground command vehicle where Fan Yize was located, the central map showed the movements of the Iraqi army and the US army in detail.
The Iraqi army has lost air supremacy, and communications have been greatly disrupted, making it difficult to confirm the surrounding situation in a timely manner.
In this regard, the Americans adopted a very simple method, which was to send a large number of small troops, numbering three or four hundred men, to advance along the dry canal path, and the majority of the American troops to take the main road.
The role of the small unit is to attract firepower and walk in front of the main force, which is commonly known as the bait.
Efforts were made to lure out the Iraqi army and to intimidate it into attacking with advances.
This method is very effective, because the Iraqi army cannot determine in time whether these hundreds of troops are the main force or bait, and once they launch an attack, they will immediately be surrounded and suppressed by the main force of the US army.
This is a time lag, Iraq has lost air support, communications are blocked, and it is really difficult to determine the nature of the troops encountered.
In order not to let go of the opportunity, often will not let go of the opportunity.
Only Fan Yize's convoy is very safe, and neither the US military nor the Iraqi army will attack the convoy.
Along the way, I also made special trips to many local cities, stopping in towns to treat the injured and provide necessary humanitarian assistance to the poor families.
The speed is naturally slow, but it basically maintains the same speed as the U.S. military.
This rhythm lasted for ten days, and when the US military was about to encircle Baghdad, the convoy was also winding. Dusty arrived in Baghdad.
Today is not destined to be a good day, Baghdad is blowing a sandstorm, yellow. The colored sand obscured the sky and the sun, and the heavens and the earth were darkened.
This is a typical Iraqi sandstorm, the dust can spread from the ground to the air, spread for more than ten kilometers, and according to the composition of the dust, the color is also divided into several types, including brown, red and yellow. Hue.
In Baghdad at this moment, the color of the sky is like bile, brown and yellow, and the wind is reaching eight per hour. Ninety kilometers away, the sound of thunder in the sky can be faintly heard.
The convoy winds its way through cornfields and palm groves on a remote trail, with Baghdad in sight.
In the command car in the convoy, Fan Yize lay quietly on the comfortable seat in the car, with the latest Iraq-related intelligence in front of him.
The information is all about names and positions, and there are detailed numbers at the back.
This is a list and amount of money that the United States has spent heavily on bribing the top brass of the Iraqi military.
In order to be able to resolve Iraq as soon as possible, the US intelligence services had already taken action before the war began.
The 300,000 Republican Guards boasted by the Iraqis are actually only about 140,000, and after the first Gulf War, the strength of this guard has long been damaged and has not yet really recovered.
The so-called 300,000 elite Republican Guards guarding Baghdad are just a propaganda ploy of the Iraqi government.
But I have to say that as the elite of the Iraqi army, the US military is indeed a headache for this opponent, and before the war, it bribed the commanders of the garrisons of the Republican Guard in major cities.
This kind of behavior is very effective, in fact, within the Iraqi army, not every soldier and officer is loyal to Saddam, and this involves Iraqi religion and culture, as well as Saddam's harsh military management methods.
Even within the Republican Guard, there were many who had opinions about Saddam's rule.
A large number of soldiers were unwilling to fight the Americans for Saddam, which was also a reason for the massive surrender of the Iraqi army.
During the 10 days of the US invasion of Iraq, the US military did not actually encounter much large-scale resistance from the Iraqi army, and the fighting took place on a small scale.
Instead, Iraqi soldiers surrendered, more and more, and the number of prisoners of war surged.
As for the Republican Guard, the US Air Force has been constantly taking military strikes, which naturally annoys the Republican Guard, and although it has launched a counterattack, it has not been able to form an effective resistance.
Among the Republican Guard, those who are truly loyal to the country and to Saddam, have already begun to disperse to every city in Iraq.
At this moment in Baghdad, although there are still 300,000 elite guards in Iraq's speakers who are ready to protect to the death, the soldiers in Baghdad have already dispersed.
The so-called Republican Guard, almost disbanded.
Even Saddam Hussein, after the start of the war, called on all Iraqis and invaders to fight to the end, fled to his hometown of Tikrit.
Now Baghdad has already begun to enter a state of anarchy, Saddam Hussein is gone, the army is gone, and ordinary government officials are naturally leaving one by one.
During the eight-year Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, Iraq's overall strength has seriously declined, and in addition to the international economic sanctions and arms embargo that have lasted for more than a decade since the war, as well as the control of the US, British, and French air forces in setting two no-fly zones in the north and south, Iraq's military strength has long since changed from what it used to be.
It has not yet recovered its vitality, and Saddam's dictatorship has naturally caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the people.
At this moment, there are a large number of Iraqis in Baghdad who welcome the arrival of US troops.
And this table of bribery also fully explains a lot of problems.
This is also one of the reasons why Fan Yize does not plan to help Saddam, Iraq has long been unable to support it, and what is needed is to break it and stand up.
The mission given by the base is to change the original fate of a country, Fan Yize chose Iraq, and the Red Guard Corps also needs to have a foothold in the Middle East, and Iraq will be the best choice.