April 2004.

Due to the successive attacks on US military bases in Dhahran and Omelan, they concentrated their journalists at their headquarters in Riyadh for security reasons.

Immediately afterwards, on April Fool's Day, the multinational forces immediately launched the "Desert Fox Hunt" operation in an attempt to eliminate Saddam's forces in one fell swoop.

In the face of the big moves of the American army, Victor once again found Saddam Hussein and invited him to his room.

In the bomb shelter, Saddam Hussein met with Victor's computer, which kept in touch with the upline.

Victor showed him a copy of a recent e-mail that was described in Russian and contained a lengthy paragraph.

Iraq and Maoism have had a cooperative relationship for many years, and when there were many Russian translators, Saddam Hussein immediately asked someone to bring an interpreter over and turned out what the e-mail said.

The content above is very simple, saying that they relied on hacking technology to hack into the personal computer of a US military staff officer and intercept the other party's email.

Among them was an email mentioning the imminent large-scale bombing of Tikrit by the U.S. military, and asked him to remind the Iraqi army to prepare for the transfer of personnel.

After listening to the translator's words, Saddam Hussein couldn't believe his eyes.

He was so excited that he didn't know what to say, but he took Victor's hand and kept saying in Russian:

"Thank you! Thank you! ”

Victor was also very excited, he had begun to believe that he had come to Iraq and was indeed secretly arranged by the country, so he said very sincerely: "Your Excellency, how do you plan to deal with the upcoming large-scale bombing?" ”

Saddam Hussein didn't think about it, and immediately said domineeringly: "Of course, be prepared to give the US military a head-on blow!" ”

"No, no!" Victor said sincerely: "Your Excellency, I advise you to bear the pain for the time being, we will soon have a large number of new drones arriving, and when the time comes, we can implement new plans." ”

"At this critical moment, we must not let the US military perceive that their plan has been leaked, and this key channel for stealing the enemy's action plan must not be cut off."

"Only then will it be possible for you to deal a heavy blow to the US military and make them accept the fate of defeat."

Saddam's expression became extremely painful.

He himself was a native of Tikrit, and it was all his father's and his fellow villagers.

Moreover, it was these Tikritians who gave him great support in the early days that led to his current status.

If he didn't receive this information, of course he didn't have to feel guilty, but the news was already in front of him, making him pretend not to know, and for him, a strong man, he felt extremely unbearable.

However, he also knew that this was his only chance, and once it was squandered, it might never be available again.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth: "I will let the locals hide in the bomb shelter two hours in advance, this is no problem, right?" ”

"As long as it's a normal response, there should be no problem." Victor said with a smile.

Next, he took out another disc and handed it to Saddam.

Inside is a virtual reality game called "Blurred Time and Space".

To be precise, a drone training simulator.

Players will wear special VR goggles, control the drone from a first-person perspective, and perform various tasks randomly set by the system until they have completed all the levels.

Saddam Hussein immediately ordered all the pilots to be assembled.

It's been a long time since they've flown an airplane on a mission, but now that drones are here, they can still play their part.

Soon, on the Jordanian border, some people of all kinds brought hundreds of newly equipped Dimensity computers to Iraq in various secret ways.

Baghdad, inside a large bomb shelter.

Several Mao-Russian "technical experts" are giving guidance to more than 100 pilots on the plane.

They mainly explain the various control methods and skills of drones.

After all, this is not a toy, it is a real weapon of war.

It's easy to control a drone simply, but if you want to play tricks, you need to be proficient in how to operate it, as well as conduct a lot of simulation training.

If it is not done properly, the cost of loss is not ordinarily large.

Saddam Hussein also made a bloody investment this time, ordering more than 100 improved "Peregrine Falcon II" drones at the price of $10 million per unit.

According to Victor, the new batch will be more powerful than the previous Peregrine Falcon drones!

For this price, Saddam Hussein did not even hesitate.

On the same day, the money was transferred in batches to the secret account provided by Victor.

The US military's "Predator" costs $15 million for that kind of performance, while the improved model of the "Peregrine Falcon II" only costs $10 million, which is simply a conscience price!

He got up excitedly at that time, hugged Victor tightly, and sighed that this is the real brotherly state!

After several hours of instruction on the plane, all the pilots had a basic understanding of the control system of the drone.

They started sitting in front of the computer and doing simulation training.

Inside the bomb shelter, it was very hot.

More than 100 computers were neatly arranged, and seven or eight large ventilation fans were buzzing, and people who didn't know thought they had entered some kind of black Internet café.

This noisy environment, although difficult, did not affect the soldiers in front of the computer in the slightest, and carried out the subtle operations with full attention.

Saddam Hussein saw a soldier holding the controller tightly and controlling a drone to drop bombs.

In this level, he must accurately throw a small grenade into a narrow foxhole to be considered a successful blast.

There are some simple calculations involved, as well as factors such as wind direction deviation.

Since they were pilots, none of this bothered them.

However, in this game, the target is not static, and there will be simulated American soldiers in the pothole, picking up weapons to shoot at the drone.

If the blast is not completed before the drone runs out of power, or if it is hit three times, the mission is considered a failure.

Other than that, the game isn't as simple as it seems.

As long as the mission is started every time, the map scene is random, and the soldier will encounter different degrees of weather changes when controlling the drone.

For example, rainy, windy days, or sandstorms.

There are also some difficult levels that require you to control the drone to perform simple tasks in the case of electronic interference.

At the end, there are simulated encounters and dogfights with enemy drones.

This series of settings has increased the difficulty of operation for the soldiers.

But no one complained.

Because Saddam promised that after they were trained and the drones were installed, they would manipulate the drones to perform tasks, and they would also calculate their combat exploits as usual.

You don't have to risk your life as a fighter jet and being shot down by the enemy, you can make great achievements.

What a temptation!

However, just when the pilots of the Iraqi army stepped up their training of drones.

The multinational forces suddenly launched a large-scale counterattack, and in just one day, hundreds of BGM-109 (Tomahawk) cruise missiles were launched in succession.

The main barracks of the Iraqi army were attacked by a violent wave of missiles.

The Iraq war has reached its third and most critical stage.

(End of chapter)