Soviet Union 1991

First update

The F117 fighter jet accurately dropped the bomb on the Presidential Palace. With a loud noise and a rapid wave of air, the glass within two blocks was shattered by the powerful shock wave, leaving only a huge ball. The fireball illuminated half of the city of Baghdad, and people saw the entire presidential palace ablaze. The flames engulfed the entire building, turning the ornate building into a burning inferno. No one in the novel can escape from such a fire alive.

After completing the mission, the F117 evacuated the area, evaded Iraq's backward radar equipment and air defense network, and returned to the air force base safely. Woolsey and William, who were hiding behind the screen in the office, also breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and patted each other on the shoulders. William comforted each other, "I think everything is over. Soon Baghdad will establish a relationship close to the West." The era of Saddam's rule has passed."

"The era of Saddam's rule has not passed yet. As long as his body is not found, we cannot say that Saddam has been killed. We can only say that Saddam's life and death are now unknown. Now all CIA intelligence agents active in Baghdad are operating Get up, I must find out the news about Saddam, even if he is burned to black charcoal, I still want to see his charred body. "

However, just five hours after the bomb attack on the presidential palace in Baghdad, Al Jazeera broadcast a video in which Saddam, wearing a green military uniform, stood in front of soldiers and gave an impassioned war mobilization speech.

"Americans really think your attack can kill me? Iraq will never succumb to the threat of the American aggressors. All Iraqi people unite to defeat the American aggressors and defeat them like Vietnam and North Korea." The Iraqi people will never fall if they are expelled from our land, and I will stand faithfully on the side of the Iraqi people and lead them to victory as before."

This video is accompanied by the news that the United States successfully bombed the presidential palace in Baghdad, which has an indescribable irony. It wasn't just Americans who saw the news. Yanayev also saw the news. However, he did not show any expression of relief, but instead frowned.

"No. This Saddam is wrong." Yanayev pointed to Saddam's left hand on the TV and said, "A week ago, when Saddam appeared in front of the media, the wristband he wore was clearly white, but In this video, Saddam's watch is gold. Saddam does not have the habit of changing watches frequently. It can only be said that this video is suspected of being fake, as it seems to have been recorded a few months ago. "

"It seems that Saddam is indeed in some condition, and his health is still very bad. He can no longer personally command the troops." Yanayev rubbed his sore shoulders, stood up and walked to the window. When he encountered a bottleneck for the first time, he would look at Moscow's Red Square like this, hoping to bring some ideas to himself.

"If Saddam is really dead, the situation in Iraq will become increasingly chaotic. Although the US military has the ability to directly send troops to wipe out all the organized armed forces, how will the guerrillas loyal to Saddam deal with the rebellion next? What will happen to the Kurds? And the struggle between Shias and Sunnis will not end.”

Just a few hours after Saddam's declaration of war video was released, Iraq declared a state of war. At the same time, two mechanized infantry divisions announced that they would no longer accept the command of any of Saddam's close associates in Baghdad and would not participate in any A war. According to the agreement reached with the CIA, the territory was directly ceded to the king and his troops to respect themselves.

In this way, in just one day, Saddam lost the Kurdish autonomous region in the north. Some towns in the south, as well as some important ground troops, had lost nearly one-third of the territory before the US military began to attack. Saddam's son also moved out of Baghdad.

It can be said that the U.S. military encountered less resistance this time than the historical 2003 Iraq War. They placed a capital in front of them with almost no casualties, and it was at their fingertips.

However, the prudent commander, General Binford Peay III, did not directly involve the ground in the war. Instead, he waited for the situation to continue to ferment and continued to increase the number of air strikes every day. Without the cover of air fighters, the Hammurabi Armored Division and the Medina Armored Division were defeated by U.S. fighter jets with absolute air supremacy. The result was that the government armored forces, which had absolute ground superiority, were unable to defeat a group of stragglers. The advancing T72 tanks performed poorly in the face of the poor infant-tank coordination of the Iraqi government forces. There are not even a few people who are directly killed by RPGs. The T72 tank, which was separated from the Soviet combat system, once again showed its unflattering side in front of the world. No wonder Nicolas Cage said something like that in Lord of War, "One thing is for sure. No one wants to buy their tank."

After a small advantage in the previous week, the battle between the Iraqi government forces, the Kurds and the opposition has entered a stalemate stage. The opposition is not as strong as the United States imagined, and they directly pushed all the way to Baghdad to intervene in victory. flag, the Iraqi government forces, who were also panting in the air strikes, were unable to annihilate the opposition. In the third week, the two sides fell into a stalemate in the war.

Originally, General Binford was prepared to wait for both sides to exhaust their reserves before launching an attack, but Washington could not wait any longer. They believe that continuing to wait is a waste of time. When the opposition and military neutrals simultaneously turn their guns to Yanayev, there is no need to waste any more time.

So the "Operation to Liberate Baghdad" was officially launched. The leading troops of the US military encountered almost no decent resistance. Except for some small groups of troops secretly ambushed and some IED bombs on the roadside, almost only one battalion was used to defeat them. After taking control of Baghdad, Saddam Hussein's death squads and the Iraqi Republican Guard, which are said to be fierce in combat, encountered almost no one.

When Binford heard that the vanguard had taken control of Baghdad, he breathed a sigh of relief. This also meant that they had achieved a strategic victory over the Iraqi army, and it would be more than enough to deal with the participating Saddam troops. As long as the US military successfully controls Iraq, it can use this country as a stronghold, join forces with Turkey to threaten Syria, and also increase its influence in the Caucasus region.

But apparently General Binford guessed one thing wrong, and that was the will of Saddam's garrison to resist. Those troops did not evacuate the city they were sworn to protect, but were tasked with breaking up Saddam's guerrilla resistance. After that, he took off his military uniform and put on civilian clothes, hiding in Baghdad and nearby cities, waiting for the opportunity to resist.

Saddam, who was seriously injured, was hiding in his shelter. His second son, Qusay, the future successor of Saddam's regime, was standing beside him, waiting for his father's next instructions.

"My father, according to your plan, all the stupid Americans have entered Baghdad. They are now busy taking control of the entire city, and they have not even noticed that we have divided more than 3,000 soldiers into pieces and are lurking in the city. , They are now waiting for your order, father. As long as you give the order, we can attack the US troops entering the city head-on at any time. "

At this point, Qusay paused. He hesitated for a moment before continuing, "The commander of the garrison also betrayed us after the war began. Uncle Barzan is now in charge of the army."

This time Saddam's troops hidden in Baghdad are enough for the US military to try again what is called Grozny-style hell. Street fighting mixed with a large number of civilians. After the US military failed in Somalia, they did not want to try it easily again.

"Fight back, fight back immediately. We want the Americans to know what the consequences will be if they go against Saddam Hussein."

"I understand, father." Qusay held Saddam's hand and whispered. (To be continued.)

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