Chapter 281: Pre-War Preparations (Fifth Watch)

Fallujah, an important gateway to southwestern Iraq, has been a region of frequent fighting between Iraq and the Islamic State for several years.

U.S. warplanes are also around the city, focusing on cooperating with Iraqi government forces and ISIS soldiers.

But for a long time, the scale of such fighting was not large, and Fallujah remained under the tight control of Iraqi government forces.

And the armed forces of the Islamic State are also like stragglers, with a maximum of a dozen people at a time, and sometimes even a pickup truck and a few soldiers.

It's more of a harassment of the Iraqi government, where Fallujah is home to one of the Iraqi army's two ace armoured divisions.

With more than four hundred tanks and armored vehicles of various types, it is also the face of the Iraqi government army.

The Iraqi government army has never planned to transfer this armored division because it is close to Baghdad, and the Islamic State has been coveting the important town of Fallujah for a long time.

Without the deterrence of the ace division, I am afraid that the Islamic State will immediately attack Fallujah in a big way, instead of constantly carrying out tentative attacks as it is now.

It's just that Samarra's war is not going well, so the Islamic State has no choice.

Desert on both sides made it impossible to march on a large scale, and Samarra was the only way to Baghdad in the western direction.

The rest is to the southwest of Fallujah, the battle in Samarra is not going well, and the armed forces of the Islamic State can't help but focus on Fallujah.

Recently, this tentative offensive has intensified, and there have even been hundreds of armed men who suddenly attacked the station of an armored company on the outskirts of Fallujah.

Several Iraqi armoured divisions were destroyed, if it weren't for the rapid support of U.S. Air Force fighters. I am afraid that this armored company is in danger of being destroyed.

At the same time, this is also a very obvious signal, and the US intelligence department has also kindly notified its Iraqi government forces in Fallujah, hoping that the Iraqi government forces can respond quickly.

However, it is not known whether it is because nearly 20,000 troops are still being dragged in Samarra or for other reasons, and the Iraqi government forces have not made any plans to increase the number of troops in Fallujah.

Even the troops gathered in Samarra were withdrawn one after another.

For the Iraqi government. A huge army in Samarra is a waste of military spending.

The daily supply alone makes many people feel distressed.

And Samarra has already been given to the Future Technology Group, and they also believe that the Future Technology Group, which has put on an extremely strong posture, will definitely have a way to successfully occupy Samarra.

The retreating Iraqi government forces, instead of resting directly in Baghdad and preparing to support Fallujah, almost retreated to the back of Baghdad.

Some of the troops were withdrawn to their original positions.

Presently. In the battle on both sides, the situation was very strange, and the troops of Marintown, who were originally only cooperating with the battle, became the main force in the battle of Samarra.

The Islamic State forces, on the other hand, were completely forced out of Samarra by artillery fire.

In order to prevent the ISIS troops from returning to Samarra in a short time, the heavy artillery cluster of the 1st Brigade of the Red Police Corps also continued to shell Samarra every day.

Many international military observers have made various speculations. In short, anything can happen in the next battle.

But it's also clear to all. Now the Marin Town Armed Forces have become an important bellwether for this battle.

All changes in the situation of the battle almost all depend on the next move of the troops in Marin Town.

At the same time, it is not a secret to the countries about the strength of the forces of the town of Marin in Samarra.

This month's time, replenished with four battalions of troops, made in the Samarra direction. The armed forces of Marin Town have more than 5,000 direct combat troops.

If you add the strength of the artillery group, to supplement the artillery group of 500 heavy guns, it will take at least 5,000 troops to be able to operate, so far. There are already 10,000 troops on display in front of the whole world.

If you add the 2,000 security soldiers of the future security company, in the current world, the Red Police Corps has reached the scale of 12,000.

This is already a decisive armed force in Iraq. After all, except for the three-way competition, the rest of the armed forces are all small-scale.

However, Cai Ruichen did not rush to attack, in order to approach Wisamera with the strongest attitude, he kept accumulating strength.

That's why he wastes shells so much, and lets the artillery group volatilize a little bit of residual heat every day.

Originally, when the number of troops was 10,000, Cai Ruichen decided to start the operation, first deal with the present world, and then focus on the wasteland.

But with the advent of multifunctional infantry fighting vehicles, he changed his plans.

To deal with the Islamic State forces, since multifunctional infantry fighting vehicles have appeared, then equip as many as possible.

Almost eight multifunctional infantry fighting vehicles per day, in four or five days, can strengthen the combat capability of a battalion-sized unit.

In order to adapt to the main operational plans of the next stage, multifunctional infantry fighting vehicles were built with full consideration for battlefield applications.

The main focus is on the installation of assault gun modules, sniper modules, and gate cannon modules.

And around this batch of armored vehicles, a fence defense module will also be installed, which can directly offset the explosion power of the incoming rocket launcher in addition to the defense of the armored vehicle itself.

Increase the service life of multifunctional infantry fighting vehicles on the battlefield, after all, even if you can defend against bazookas, but if there are more bazookas, it is also a great threat to multifunctional infantry fighting vehicles.

Multifunctional infantry fighting vehicles were drawn in a draw seventeen days ago, and by now one hundred and twenty multipurpose infantry fighting vehicles have been produced at the base.

At the moment, there are already three battalions of troops, equipped with this combat vehicle.

There are only two months left before the time required by the base to reward Iraqi base vehicles.

The situation in Samarra was much better than expected, and the Iraqi government forces voluntarily withdrew because of the lack of food.

This also allows Samarra's battle to end early.

Cai Ruichen, who has been waiting for a month, is also preparing for the full occupation of Samarra.

However, if you want to fully strategic Samarra, you must first defeat the ISIS forces, which are still clinging to Samarra.

Otherwise, the more than 10,000 ISIS troops will not give up Samarra easily.

Now, although they dare not approach the threat of artillery, if their own troops enter, the power of artillery will not be brought into play, and it is believed that ISIS is also waiting for this opportunity. (To be continued.) )