This time, the Iraqi government army, which dispatched three main battle tanks in one go, and the cover of the air force, are finally expected to attack the inside of the railway station.

However, Cai Ruichen, Zhao Long and Natasha in the base hall are not optimistic about these three M1A1s.

Sure enough, when they saw that the three M1A1s had approached the gate of the railway station, the ISIS soldiers inside also took out their weapons at the bottom of the box.

The Dragon anti-tank missile, once the main ground-based anti-armor weapon of the U.S. Army, can break through homogeneous armor up to 500 millimeters thick in a vertical attack.

Such an attack is enough to threaten the defense of M1A1.

The Islamic State forces, which have a large number of Dragon anti-tank missiles, are the main equipment looted by the Islamic State after the United States withdrew its troops that year.

In fact, if it weren't for the air strikes of various countries, ISIS would still have the strength to dominate Iraq.

In the early days, many of the weapons and equipment left behind by the United States were acquired by the Islamic State.

Among them, there are also main weapons such as main battle tanks and attack helicopters, but fortunately, such equipment has long been destroyed by the air forces of various countries.

However, there are still a lot of small weapons and equipment left. According to data released by the U.S. military, ISIS has at least more than 500 individual missile launchers in its possession.

Among them, the Dragon anti-tank missiles account for the majority, and the rest are Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Russian Sam Pin anti-aircraft missiles.

The fall of these weapons into the hands of the Islamic State can only be blamed on the incompetence of the Iraqi government forces.

When the Islamic State launched an attack on Iraq from Syria, who caused the Iraqi government forces to collapse, not only gave a large part of the country to the Islamic State.

It also allowed the U.S. military to stay behind and prepare to sell to the Iraqi government army, many of which were seized by the Islamic State.

The Iraqi Defense Forces (IDF) have already tasted the pain of these weapons.

Just like these three M1A1s, it would be very difficult for a normal bazooka to destroy the M1A1. But the Dragon anti-tank missile, which has the ability to attack with empowerment, is completely different.

As the three M1A1s approached the railway station, several anti-tank missiles suddenly rose into the air through the rubble and went straight down 100 meters in the air, all heading towards one of the M1A1s.

The M1A1, which itself has ceramic armor, is capable of withstanding general anti-tank missiles. However, the fragile defense of the tank's roof could not withstand the vertical strike of multiple anti-tank missiles.

Fortunately, the Iraqi government forces use the M1A1, otherwise if they were replaced with an export version of the T-72 tank, then only one such anti-tank missile would have been resolved.

It's just that the result has not changed, and in the face of the anti-tank missiles that came down from the empowerment attack, the M1A1 stopped in several violent explosions in a row.

Immediately a dense burst of flames covered the body of the tank, the three people in the base hall. It can be clearly seen that the top behind the body of this M1A1 has been shot through a large hole, and directly through the fuel tank.

Fortunately, the M1A1 has a very advanced fire extinguishing system, which quickly extinguished the flames in the tank, and the explosion did not cause the shells in the tank to detonate twice. But not a single one of the tank crews inside survived.

Seeing this, the drivers of the other two M1A1s seemed to be in a hurry. The tanks that were staggering through the ruins were all speeding towards the train station.

However, there was no waiting for a second round of anti-tank missile attacks. The underbody of the first M1A1, which was about to storm the gate, was suddenly masked by a violent explosion.

The huge body of the tank, which shook violently a few times in the explosion.

The people inside the tank, although there was nothing to do, but the tracks that pressed the anti-tank mines, and the armored side skirts that protected the tracks. It was directly blown up.

The M1A1 was not only turned into a fixed battery, but also parked right in the center of the railway station gate.

And the ISIS soldiers inside did not give the third tank any chance to enter the railway station, and the second wave of anti-tank missiles directly destroyed the third M1A1. Only the tank with its broken tracks remained, alone in the face of the countless gun ports around it.

A minute later, this tank was also destroyed, and none of the Iraqi soldiers in the three tanks survived.

Seeing this, Zhao Long sighed with emotion: "The Iraqi Defense Force is really too weak, let alone the M1A1, even if they are given the most advanced equipment in the world, they can't beat the other side." ”

"There are many factors that determine the victory of the war, and the advanced weapons and equipment are naturally important, but they are not the most important, even tactics and strategy, in my opinion, are not more important than the fighting quality and will of the soldiers." Natasha on the side also said.

"The Islamic State is the biggest trouble left by the United States to the countries of the Middle East, and these armed forces, which evolved from the most powerful soldiers of Iraq's National Guard during the Saddam Hussein era, are indeed very strong in terms of individual combat capabilities." Cai Ruichen said with emotion.

The reason why the armed soldiers of the Islamic State are so powerful is not that extreme ideological education can really make a group of originally unarmed civilians quickly become excellent fighters.

Rather, it is because most of these ISIS fighters are from the Iraqi National Guard, and all of them are Saddam's elite troops who were scattered when the US military attacked Iraq.

When the US military invaded Iraq, it did not wipe out this force, but used advanced means of warfare to directly destroy the Iraqi government.

Many of Saddam's National Guards were only broken up, not eliminated. After all, the National Guard, which numbered hundreds of thousands, was the most warlike force in the Middle East back then.

If it weren't for the fact that the United States was superior to the Saddam Hussein government at that time, both tactically and strategically, it would have been really not easy for the US military to eliminate this force.

This is also the reason why the U.S. military continued to suffer casualties during the occupation of Iraq.

But at that time, most of the soldiers of the National Guard were not gathered, mainly because they lacked a strong person to lead.

But with the rise of the Islamic State, there is the covert support of a large number of extremist forces in the world.

began to gather a large number of stragglers who were once the National Guard, which allowed the Islamic State to have a strong military combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Therefore, even in the face of air strikes by various countries, the armed forces of the Islamic State still have a very strong fighting force.

In addition, the Islamic State has also recruited a large number of international soldiers to expand the combat effectiveness of the army, which has gradually become the country that can span Syria and Iraq today.

Even many organizations in Turkey are secretly supporting the development of the Islamic State.

The Iraqi Defense Forces, on the other hand, are a truly civilian army, and although they are large, they are a group of people who have not been on the battlefield and have no real military training.

Compared with the real soldiers of the Islamic State, the two are contrasted, and the gap is immediately apparent.

Don't expect a group of people with cannons to be able to defeat the same number of real soldiers. (To be continued.) )