Chapter 261: A Just War (Nine Watches)
For the Islamic State, the real nightmare also kicked off at the time of the shelling.
But the Islamic State, after several days of shelling, has not directly abandoned Samarra, but is still preparing to increase its troops.
Because ISIS not only wants to take the city of Samarra, but also uses it as a springboard, and the real target that can alleviate ISIS's current finances is Baghdad.
If Baghdad can be captured, or if it can be sent directly to Baghdad, it will raise a lot of money for ISIS in a short period of time.
What's inside Baghdad?
In the view of the Islamic State, Baghdad is not only home to Iraq's largest bank, but also has a large amount of foreign exchange reserves in US dollars.
There are also a large number of tycoons in Baghdad, all of whom are oil tycoons in Iraq, who can extort at least 10 billion dollars of property together.
There are also a large number of women in Baghdad, and these women can also become wealth, whether they are sold directly to their own soldiers or exported to other countries.
Therefore, as long as Baghdad is captured, then for the next few years, the Islamic State can be well supported, even if there is no oil revenue.
Moreover, as the political center of Iraq, the seizure of the interests of Baghdad can also be very effective in strengthening the momentum of the Islamic State.
Let those forces in the world who support the Islamic State support the development of the Islamic State on a larger scale.
In this way, we can continue to expand our global recruitment operations and strengthen our own capabilities.
At the same time, it can prove to the world that the Islamic State has taken the capital of Iraq. It did not gradually decline as expected by the outside world.
Cohesion of the military. Gain wealth. We will receive greater international support to completely reverse all the current unfavorable situation.
This is the most direct reason why ISIS wants to attack Baghdad.
It's just that what they didn't expect was that Samarra's battle finally took the initiative.
As a result, the Future Technology Group joined in, and with the Idris armed forces that the Future Technology Group thoroughly supported, its powerful side was completely revealed.
Even if it is the forces of the Islamic State, they can only be beaten passively for a while.
However, the Islamic State has not only been passive, but has also planned many attacks and sneak attacks on artillery positions.
A number of long-range means of striking were also organized. Take revenge on the artillery cluster armed by the Future Tech Group.
But every time they didn't wait for them to show up, they were killed.
Future Technology Group looks down on the earth like Allah, and can't hide any secrets from each other.
This has hurt the Islamic State side, which has repeatedly threatened to carry out terrorist attacks on Future Technology Group.
But in the face of the iron-walled Marin Town, they couldn't even get closer.
On the frontal battlefield, it was also fully suppressed by human artillery fire.
With no tanks, no air force, no long-range firepower, no more than a Russian army, the Islamic State can only hide in the rubble and survive in the face of endless artillery fire.
Fortunately. This shelling soon became sparse, as there were no more worthy targets left in Samarane.
The train station has been razed to the ground. A large number of warehouses and railroad tracks, as well as trains, were all destroyed.
The same is true of industrial zones, where oil refineries that the Iraqi government considers precious are all in ruins.
Even the oil wells were all destroyed, and there was not a single building still standing in the entire Samarra.
Even in the entire city, there is not a single wall that is more than two meters high, and as for those streets, they are all covered by the ruins.
It took decades to build the city, but it only took a few days to destroy it.
Still, many ISIS soldiers survived in the city.
They are still hiding in the city where artillery is not threatening, and their presence proves that the city is still in the hands of ISIS.
It's just that their days are not easy either, because the dense artillery, although it cannot threaten them hiding under the ruins of the building.
But there were no supplies to bring in, and the weapons and ammunition were a little better, after all, no one had entered the city to fight them.
But three meals a day was troublesome, and the dense artillery fire made it impossible to transport even a piece of bread in.
And the heavy artillery cluster seems to be crazy, even if it is already known that it will not be able to continue to kill the opponent as a living force.
Still did not stop shelling, every day, every hour, such fire strikes did not stop.
The duration of such a bombardment was also completely beyond everyone's expectations.
The Future Technology Group is like a person who doesn't need money every day, constantly replenishing ammunition, and this kind of shelling has lasted for half a month, and the number of shells dropped is probably no less than 10,000 tons.
Samarra, which was originally just ruins, is now more like the surface of the moon, all cratered.
I can't see the appearance of the former city, the ruins of Pingchuan, and the existence of the refugee camp remains.
Samarra General Hospital, the only tall building in the neighborhood that is still standing, has nothing left.
But even after half a month, there is still no sign of stopping such shelling.
And it has been almost fifty days since the base required four months.
Unwittingly, the armed forces of the town of Marin in the vicinity of Samarra increased by more than a thousand people.
The size of the artillery group also increased by more than a hundred guns, but the intensity of the daily shelling did not change at all.
Therefore, on the part of the Islamic State, there is no increase in the size of the artillery group.
And the intelligence services of various countries have also consciously and deliberately concealed this matter.
Whoever allowed the Islamic State to wreak havoc all over the world has long been a matter of failure, and even Turkey wants to completely dissociate itself from it.
Even Israel did not say anything about it, because the Israeli side did not want to go against the general trend of the world.
After all, the participation of the troops supported by the Future Technology Group in the war, at least in the eyes of the world, is a just thing.
Everyone in the Islamic State is shouting and fighting, and all countries can only carry out air strikes, and no one wants to send ground troops to fight the Islamic State.
Coupled with the criss-crossing of various interests in it, each country has its own calculations.
Therefore, the future technology group can be regarded as in line with the interests behind the current competition between countries.
Otherwise, it would be no one good for ISIS to occupy Samarra.
If it weren't for this, the Israelis would have secretly supported ISIS against the Future Tech Group.
Cai Ruichen also took advantage of the international momentum in this regard, combined with Lin Chongxian's cooperation with mainstream countries in the world, that he would be so smooth. (To be continued.) )