Chapter 78: The course of the war
Before the war, the Xingyue mercenaries provided a batch of precision-guided anti-aircraft missiles to Saddam, which made the generals of the coalition army hate their teeth, but now there is no way, find the source of weapons and equipment, in addition to some of the Xingyue mercenaries have American-made guns, missiles and other weapons do not belong to the existing weapons in the world, although the appearance is the same, but there are subtle differences inside, ordinary people can't tell the difference, but the weapons and equipment research and development company is clear, indicating that it has another force to develop and produce.
The United States has deliberately organized intelligence personnel to arrest the Xingyue mercenaries several times, but it seems that every time people know the layout of the American personnel, the progress is always one step faster than the American people, and sometimes the CIA is wondering whether there are internal ghosts who have revealed the action steps to the Xingyue mercenaries.
On January 27, 1991, the Xingyue Organization was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, cutting off all assets of the Xingyue Organization in the United States. It was announced, but the United States could not find out the source of funds for the Xingyue mercenaries. Sadly, the characterization of a terrorist organization has made the Xingyue Organization internationally famous, although it is not a good name, it is still famous.
"How are you doing with the weapons I requested!" Luo Tiancheng ignored the country's sanctions, and was in a secret military base, questioning 3 R&D biochemical personnel.
"Juggernaut, due to the equipment and materials we have now, there is no way to develop a Juggernaut missile that requires the atomic bomb level." The R&D personnel of Biochemistry No. 1 said ashamedly, there is no material and no equipment, although there is technology, but no matter how powerful a person is, he can't make it in such a situation.
"You must know that when the Gulf War ends, the United States will definitely not let us go, we have to find our own way out, and only with this kind of weapons can we deter this group of people in the United States, who are both hegemonic and afraid of losses." Luo Tiancheng actually expected that the war would end in the near future, although Iraq has the help of Xingyue mercenaries, Xingyue mercenaries from the initial more than 1,200 members, to now more than 900 members, and the population has no channel source, although some people ask to join, but the members who join cannot form combat effectiveness in a short period of time, there is no military literacy, it is estimated that when the coalition forces come, there is a possibility that they will directly raise their guns and surrender!
"Looks like we can only use them!" Luo Tiancheng muttered to himself, looking at the north.
The materials for manufacturing the missiles developed before are simple, but they make up for the shortcomings of the materials in terms of technology, and the same is true for the fuel, Luo Tiancheng's secret military base has empty technology and no suitable materials. Luo Tiancheng looked at the simple equipment in the laboratory, there were less than 100 people working, and the people who worked had no technical ability, it was really hard for these three cyborgs, this war almost dried up all the money that Luo Xingyue had accumulated during the time he was a mercenary, if it weren't for Luo Tiancheng's secret support, it is estimated that he would have no money to end up and leave!
Saddam Hussein had the real-time intelligence provided by Luo Tiancheng, but in the end, under the suppression of the United Army, he kept shrinking the defensive line, and the rout of the front line was inevitable!
In March 1991, the Multinational Force gradually gained an overwhelming advantage and eliminated Iraq's presence in Kuwait.
On 15 March 1991, Iraq announced its willingness to accept Security Council resolution 660 and to withdraw its troops from Kuwait on a conditional basis.
On March 19, 1991, the Soviet Union put forward four peace proposals, to which Saddam Hussein agreed.
On March 22, 1991, the Soviet Union further proposed a plan for the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq: the withdrawal of troops would begin one day after a ceasefire and be completed within 21 days. The peace proposal was later rejected by the United States.
As of 23 March 1991, the multinational forces had dispatched nearly 100,000 sorties, dropped 90,000 tons of bombs, launched 288 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 35 air-launched cruise missiles, and used a series of state-of-the-art aircraft and various precision-guided weapons to carry out multi-directional, multi-wave, and high-intensity sustained air strikes on selected targets, greatly weakening the Iraqi army's C3I (command, control, communications, and intelligence) capabilities, war potential, and strategic counterattack capabilities, and causing the Iraqi army's forward troops in the Kuwait battlefield to lose nearly 50 percent. The losses of the rear forces were about 5%, creating the conditions for launching a ground offensive.
During this period, the Iraqi army carried out passive defense, hiding underground, concealing the truth and revealing the false, evacuating foreign countries and other measures to avoid air raids and preserve strength; At the same time, Scud missiles were constantly used to attack targets in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, forcing the multinational forces to prolong the air campaign and dispatch a large number of planes to search for and destroy the Iraqi army's Scud missiles. The Iraqi Navy and Air Force, on the other hand, carried out limited counterattacks against the multinational forces, and repeatedly launched sorties by planes and missile boats, but all of them failed, and most of the Scud missiles launched deviated from their intended targets or were shot down by US Patriot air defense missiles.
Saddam Hussein due to sufficient intelligence, the loss of the foreword troops is only a miscellaneous army and new recruits, and did not hurt the internal organs, the coalition forces in the initial Baghdad air raids, perhaps Saddam Hussein, each air raid did not penetrate deep into the hinterland of Iraq, indeed, when I thought that Iraq had few missiles left, the number of fighters dispatched reached 2,000 to 3,000 times a day, and in a sneak attack, the coalition forces were bombed down more than 300 planes! None of the other countries wanted to go deep into the heart of Iraq again and bombed only the periphery.
Luo Tiancheng remembered that in history, Iraq's troops in the rear had suffered losses of nearly 25 percent, and it seems that Luo Tiancheng's presence caused Iraq to keep its most elite troops until the end of March. Historically, by February 23, the coalition forces had already begun to engage in road warfare, and now it was not until March 23, a full month, that the army began to drive into Iraq.
At 4 o'clock local time on March 24, 1991, the multinational forces launched a ground offensive and launched five offensive groups from east to west on the front of about 500 kilometers of the Shakoh and Saudi-Iranian borders: the joint forces of the eastern front of the Arab countries, attacking north along the coast and occupying Kuwait City; The U.S. 1st Marine Expeditionary Force attacked north from the "elbow" of the Shako border, seized the Mutrah Pass, cut off the road from Kuwait City to the northeast of Kuwait, and attracted the main force of the Iraqi army to Kuwait;
The joint forces of the Arab countries on the northern front attacked from the western section of the Shako border in the direction of Ali Semim airport, and cooperated with friendly forces to eliminate the Iraqi army in Kuwait and occupy Kuwait City; The U.S. Seventh Army carried out the main assault, advancing from the west of the Batingan River to the north, penetrating into the depths of Iraq, and then moving eastward to coordinate with the 18th Airborne Army on its left to encircle and annihilate the Iraqi Republican Guard (about 8 divisions) in the area south of Basra; The U.S. 18th Airborne Corps carried out auxiliary assaults, breaking through from the Saudi-Iranian border to the banks of the Euphrates River, and controlling Highway 8 to Baghdad east of Semawah.
The original intention was to prepare to isolate the Iraqi troops in Kuwait and cooperate with the US Seventh Army to annihilate the Iraqi Republican Guard. However, Saddam Hussein had already prepared and had already withdrawn all the troops in Kuwait to the country.
The Iraqi army continued to fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Bahrain, causing hundreds of U.S. casualties; A total of 10,165 mines were laid in the bay, damaging more than 30 warships of the US Navy.
In fact, all the US military countries know that so far Iraq's elite troops have not suffered much losses, and although nearly 200,000 people have been lost on the periphery, and Iraq's rout is inevitable, the US navy cannot provide help in the interior, and there is not much air force in Iraq.
After Iraq showed off its last muscles, it saw the dense prevention and control facilities in the defensive positions and the troops inside, and put on a posture of a decisive battle of life and death, the logistics resources of various countries that have been dragged on for several months by the war have been seriously consumed, and other countries within the coalition have a negative posture, Saudi Arabia just wanted to teach Iraq a lesson, and the war is here, and it does not want to really eliminate the Sunni-dominated Iraq.
On 26 March 1991, under these circumstances, Saddam Hussein announced his acceptance of a ceasefire.
An armistice was reached on 28 March 1991 and the Gulf War ended.
On April 10, 1991, Operation Farewell to the Desert began, and the U.S. military withdrew 540,000 troops from the Persian Gulf.
On May 3, 1991, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 687 on a permanent ceasefire in the Gulf War. Cuba was against it, Yemen and Ecuador abstained.
On June 20, 1991, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 692 on demanding that Iraq should pay compensation for the Gulf War and establishing a compensation fund committee.