Mosul, an important city in Iraq, is the main oil production base in Iraq and the most important town in the whole of northern Iraq.

After the invasion of Iraq by the US-British coalition, it was firmly under the control of the coalition forces.

At this time, Mosul was only defended by two battalions of the US army, and the US troops of thousands of people, plus air support that could be reached at any time, controlled a Mosul that was no longer much of a threat, and the strength was completely sufficient.

Today, as always, Lieutenant John with his own troops, patrolled the city of Mosul.

Eight Humvees drove slowly through the streets of Mosul, and Mosul looked quite close in the morning.

There are only a few shops open along the street, and the city looks desolate and depressed, and you can see the buildings on both sides of the city, many of which bear the wounds of war, and the occasional block that you can see collapsed buildings, and the roads are also potholed and riddled with bullet marks.

The daily routine patrol has long been numb to the scene in front of John and the American soldiers under his command.

Inside the Humvee, all the US soldiers were very excited, excitedly discussing the good news that they would be able to take turns to rest and return to China to reunite with their families in a few days.

From the early days of the war to the present, they have not been back since they entered Iraq, and they have not seen their families for more than half a year.

"I really hope that these ten days will pass quickly, but God, we still have ten days to patrol, when will this boring day pass." The Heavy behind John said with regret in anticipation.

"You're thinking about your love. Person...... Oh my God, what is that......" As soon as the driver next to John spoke, he suddenly exclaimed, because in front of the Humvee convoy, a T-72 tank with explosive reactive armor appeared, and this tank was driving towards them from the street in the distance.

Lieutenant John in the passenger cab also saw the T-72 tank on the street in the distance for the first time, and the moment he was stunned, he reacted immediately and shouted: "Prepare for battle, damn it, how can there be tanks here." ”

No one could answer John's question, the T-72 main battle tank on the street in the distance, the barrel had already been aimed at this Humvee convoy, and suddenly the main gun of the tank spewed out a dazzling fire, and the street next to the tank was suddenly dusty, and a huge vibration was transmitted to the ground, making the nearby streets tremble. Shake.

"Avoid!" Lieutenant John hurriedly shouted, and in fact, the shells had already grazed the side of the Humvee, because the driver of John's car was the first to avoid the tank when he saw it in the distance.

But the other Humvee behind them did not have such a chance, the shell directly hit the second Humvee behind them, and under a huge explosion, the solid body of the Humvee was instantly disintegrated, and several American soldiers inside, naturally none of them were spared.

"Get out of the car and get out of the way." John quickly commanded his men to avoid the tanks in front of him, but fortunately, the T-72 tank's main gun was not very efficient, giving them enough time to react.

"God, how can there be tanks here?"

Many American soldiers who got out of the car, hiding in the corner, looked at the tanks on the street in the distance, and exclaimed.

"Call headquarters, call headquarters, we were in the third block, junction eight, we encountered a T-72, there were soldiers dead, air support requested, air support requested." John also immediately asked the command for help, his troops only came out to patrol, so they only carried an anti-tank missile launcher, but unfortunately, the Humvee carrying the anti-tank missile was the second in line, the Humvee that had been destroyed.

In the face of the armor of the main battle tank, it is simply impossible to destroy it with their thirty or so infantry, without destructive heavy weapons.

The T72 on the street in the distance, after the attack, quickly approached them.

At this moment, John also got a response from the headquarters, air support arrived within three minutes, John was also relieved, and ordered the other soldiers: "Drag it and knock out its periscope." ”

The best way for an infantry without anti-armor weapons to make a tank ineffective is to knock out the periscope of the tank, so that the crew inside the tank will become blind.

However, it is not easy to break a small periscope with one shot, not to mention that the tank itself has a powerful heavy machine gun and coaxial machine gun and the main gun of the tank.

In terms of firepower, it is much more powerful than a rifle.

On the street, a fierce exchange of fire suddenly sounded, and a large number of bullets fell on the tank, and the commander's machine gun and coaxial machine gun on the tank also began to suppress these American troops.

It was a straight street, and seven Humvees had all turned into the open spaces and alleys on the side of the street, using the cover of buildings to avoid further destruction by tanks.

The American soldiers who got out of the car, with the help of buildings on both sides of the street, used as cover and fired at the tank.

It's just that this kind of attack, unless it's lucky, basically won't work, but it's still a little better than doing nothing.

And just as John and his men launched an attack on this tank, across the straight street, another T-72 main battle tank appeared, and a tank gun directly penetrated the corner of the wall where the two American soldiers were hiding, and the two American soldiers behind the corner were killed in the explosion.

The sudden shelling made John quickly turn around, saw another T-72 tank appearing on the street behind him, and instinctively cursed: "Damn, why is there a T-72 tank, what are those people in the intelligence department doing, why such important intelligence, I don't know." ”

For them, this kind of patrol has been going on for several months, and as long as the last ten days are over, they can go home for a month or two, and the comrades-in-arms who were still talking and laughing just now have fallen six, which makes their hearts all shrouded in haze.

The two tanks were flanked in front and back, and the scene was very troublesome.

And the real headache is the number of armed men who came out of the streets, armed with weapons, and followed the tanks, all of whom were wearing the camouflage uniforms of the Iraqi Republican Guard.

This made the two dozen or so remaining American soldiers on the street all nervous.

"Call headquarters, call headquarters, we were met by the Iraqi Republican Guard, they had two tanks, and a lot of armed men in Republican Guard uniforms."