The Supreme Command of the US forces stationed in Iraq immediately received news from the front line that all US troops blockading the target mountainous area were engaged in fierce battles with the enemy in the mountainous area.

The scale of the battle can be called the largest since the outbreak of the Iraq war.

This result made Punk quite excited, he never worried about the frontal battlefield, this time the battle to encircle the target mountain, he had long expected to be resisted, and once it was met with large-scale resistance, it means that the target Saddam Hussein is really in this mountainous area, otherwise the resistance of the Iraqi side cannot be so tenacious.

It was pleasant news, and when he first received the result, Cyberpunk relaxed, turned on the music, and prepared to enjoy the fruits of the harvest.

As for whether it will fail, Cyberpunk has never had an idea of this, because it is absolutely impossible.

Punk admits that under guerrilla warfare, because of the position and operational deployment of the US military, it is difficult to effectively confront those elusive ghost snipers, but this does not mean that the US military is really not the opponent of Saddam's elite men.

As long as the enemy can be found, no matter how powerful the opponent is, it will be destroyed under the strong combat power of the US army.

Cyberpunk is very confident in this.

The target mountain area is full of fighting enemies, which means that a large number of enemies are in the encirclement, and now, he only needs to wait quietly for the US military to end this war and eliminate the living forces under Saddam's command, it is best to capture Saddam Hussein directly, of course, it is also possible to kill Saddam Hussein directly.

In the high command of the US military in Iraq, everyone else thinks similarly, waiting for the news of the victory.

However, half an hour after the start of this kind of fighting, the news from the front still showed that a fierce battle with the enemy was underway, and the intensity of the battle had not diminished in any way.

Hearing the news, Punk still didn't worry about anything, in his opinion, it was because there were a lot of enemies, and they were still stubbornly resisting.

For this reason, Punk also issued an order to the front line, telling the troops on the front line, not to be in a hurry, step by step, to always maintain an encirclement posture against the enemy, and not to let go of an enemy.

In Punk's view, the main task at present is not to quickly destroy the enemy, but not to let the enemy leave the mountainous area.

And the war lasted for a whole day, and for this day, Punk kept an eye on the situation on the front line.

It's just that Punk began to frown that the battle lasted all day, and the U.S. military had already paid a lot of casualties for it, but the enemies in this area never seemed to have decreased.

"General, after a day of fighting, we have 2,000 soldiers killed and more than 3,000 wounded, and the number of casualties is still increasing." In the headquarters of the US military in Iraq, a staff officer came to Punk with the latest casualty statistics and reported.

"What about the enemy?" Punk rubbed his temples, the number of casualties made him feel incredible.

"We've found thousands of enemy bodies so far, but in that mountainous area, the enemy is very well hidden, and there is still a lot of resistance, and it is very difficult to clear them."

When Punk heard the enemy's casualty report, he suddenly jumped up from his seat and asked with an ugly face, "Could it be that the enemy's casualties are only half of ours?" ”

"Yes general, but this is only a rough statistic, not the most realistic data."

"Do you think I'll be able to submit this to the Pentagon?" Punk said with some annoyance.

In Punk's view, his troops completely occupied air supremacy and firepower superiority, how could the enemy only suffer a thousand casualties at such a huge cost of casualties.

"Your Excellency General, the enemy is very tenacious, and the combat quality is extremely strong, and has a lot of anti-aircraft firepower, it is difficult for our air force to easily get close to the battlefield, and the enemy has already prepared in this mountainous area, with a large number of permanent secret fortifications, although we have a firepower advantage, but in fact, our advantage is not obvious, coupled with the complex terrain in the mountainous area, it is difficult for our artillery to provide timely and effective fire support to our troops, and they have arranged a lot of traps in that mountainous area, This is the root cause of so many casualties. The staff officer said very seriously.

Hearing the explanation of his subordinates, Punk's face was a little better, as long as it was not a command problem, then he had a reason to explain it to the Pentagon.

It's just that the cost of such casualties is too heavy, but Punk doesn't know that most of the opponents who are so-called eliminated by the U.S. military are Iraqi resistance soldiers who are not Red Guard.

And for the U.S. military, it's all the same, and it has eliminated thousands of enemy living forces, which can at least make Punk feel a lot more relieved.

In fact, Punk himself knew very well that in such a large mountainous area, it was not possible to completely annihilate the enemy in a day or two.

In addition to losing air superiority and firepower superiority, Iraq's elite soldiers are still in the mountainous areas they are familiar with, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of US soldiers, or even more advantageous.

What's more, that place is a territory that has been secretly operated by others, and there are a large number of traps, and it is reasonable that the US military suffered a greater number of casualties at the beginning.

Punk kept convincing himself in his heart, and then he also compiled a complete report and submitted it to the Pentagon.

The Pentagon, which is far away in the United States, attaches great importance to the Pentagon's report, and although the number of casualties is unacceptable, in the report, Punk's explanation has also stabilized the mood of the Pentagon.

In the words of Punk, in the face of the all-round resistance of Saddam's elite troops, although the US military has paid a lot of price under various traps, it is further expanding its results and will soon be able to further annihilate the enemy in that mountainous area.

This is somewhat of a consolation for the Pentagon, but the main thing is that with such a fierce engagement, Saddam Hussein hates that mountain area now, and this is the enemy that the Pentagon attaches the most importance to.

For this reason, the Pentagon also gave instructions to Punk as soon as possible to kill Saddam as much as possible, even if it was to let go of some of Saddam's troops.

As long as Saddam Hussein is killed, the US troops can withdraw from Iraq.