The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Kuwait.

A secret place.

This is the headquarters of the Iraqi army in Kuwait.

The multinational coalition has launched air strikes for 43 days.

Because of Rashid's arrangement of the Iraqi army, the casualties of the troops were not large.

It's just that the troops can only be bombed all the time, and I feel suffocated in my heart. It's really suffocating.

Every day, the multinational coalition does not launch ground troops to attack, but bombs.

It is not as intense as the large-scale strategic bombing at the beginning, but the air force will drop bombs every day.

Had it not been well concealed, this kind of air strike would have caused great losses to the Iraqi army in Kuwait.

Rashid's face was cold, and he was making battle arrangements.

"Commander-in-Chief, is it inappropriate to do this? His Excellency Saddam ordered us to blow up all the towns, infrastructure and oil well equipment in Kuwait before withdrawing from Kuwait." The chief of staff hesitated and said.

Rashid said: "I am the supreme commander of the army. Now we cannot contact the country. Everything is subject to my orders. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"

Rashid said this with murderous intent.

During this time, he also continued to receive intelligence from Iraq and knew how miserable the situation was in Iraq.

Iraq is not Kuwait. The air power in Kuwait mainly comes from the Arab coalition. They do not bomb randomly. They often just throw bombs and leave.

But Iraq is different. The US Air Force, led by the United States, and the air forces of European countries carried out horrific bombings on Iraq.

That was not just bombing military facilities, but also bombing civilian facilities.

Iraq was hit hard!

This made Rashid very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Facing the multinational coalition that has gained air supremacy, it is too difficult to conduct a ground battle.

So he decided to follow the deal and teach the US military a lesson before withdrawing from Kuwait.

Presumably as long as this battle goes well, he will still be treated like a hero when he returns to Iraq.

In order to severely damage or even annihilate that US military force in the shortest possible time, we must follow that combat plan.

Only in this way, by utilizing minefields and concentrating superior forces, can this be possible.

When the others heard Rashid's words, none of them said a word.

Rashid achieved great military success in the Iran-Iraq War, and military service is the hardest honor in the military.

Among the Iraqi troops currently in Kuwait, Rashid is the most prestigious among them.

Of the 530,000 Iraqi troops, Rashid's direct descendants numbered as many as 100,000, and they were all elite.

Subsequently, the entire Iraqi army in Kuwait began to move and retreated towards Iraq.

This movement was immediately detected by the US military.

Allied Forces General Headquarters.

Schwarzkopf immediately ordered the 50,000 US troops who had been prepared to attack the Kuwait border and completely cut off the passage. He wanted to annihilate the Iraqi troops in Kuwait.

Even after 43 days of air strikes, which bombed Iraq beyond recognition and caused huge damage to Iraq, it could not extinguish the anger in Schwarzkopf's heart. He wanted to annihilate this Iraqi army and wash away the shame on him.

The 50,000 US troops, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately began to take action.

As a mechanized force, these 50,000 US troops move very fast. Tanks, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, and transport vehicles are like a torrent of steel heading towards the Kuwait border.

These 50,000 US troops must not only cut off the Iraqi army's retreat, but also cooperate with the large forces to annihilate this Iraqi army.

As the second mechanized force in the world, the US military has very strong capabilities in this area.

But the Arab coalition forces on the other side seemed much slower.

The Arab coalition did not launch an attack immediately. They moved very slowly. They were more like taking over the territory. Even if they fired, they were shooting into the sky, just for fun.

When they set off, U.S. ground troops were already engaged in a firefight with the Iraqi army.

There are as many as 280,000 troops from the Western Attack Force, of which 270,000 are regular US troops and 10,000 are allies of the United States.

There are also 50,000 US troops responsible for cutting off the retreat. This time, in order to eliminate this Iraqi army, the US military itself invested a huge amount of 330,000!

At night, the two sides started a night battle.

During the fighting on the Western Front, Rashid only invested 200,000 Iraqi troops to resist the US military.

The mines deployed during this period only need to slow down the progress of the US military's attack.

Rashid's target is the 50,000 US troops on the border with Kuwait.

"fire!"

The Iraqi army directly used artillery to carry out a saturation strike.

"Boom boom boom~~~"

The heavy artillery began to roar, and the shells dragged a sharp whistling sound towards the US military.

Night is disadvantageous for the coalition forces, because not all coalition aircraft are capable of night combat.

In addition, at this time Rashid ordered the troops not to cherish bullets and artillery shells, and to pull up all anti-aircraft weapons.

For a time, artillery fire roared, and the two fronts were fighting together.

"Order the frontline troops to immediately launch a saturation strike against the Iraqi army! The air force immediately launches bombing of the Iraqi artillery positions!"

Schwarzkopf couldn't help but twitching on his face when he received the frontline battle report. He didn't expect that after 43 days of bombing, the Iraqi army in Kuwait still had such strong firepower.

Schwarzkopf couldn't figure it out, but the most important thing at the moment was to bomb the Iraqi army.

Otherwise, with the current intensity of the war, the body bags prepared by the US military would definitely not be enough.

The firepower of the Iraqi army is too fierce!

But what made Schwarzkopf's face change drastically was that a telegram came from the front that the troops responsible for cutting off and encircling were trapped in a minefield.

"Damn, how could there be an earthquake array there!" Schwarzkopf was furious.

He naturally knew the horror of the minefield.

It would not only cause great losses to the tank armored forces, but also have a very big blow to the morale of the troops.

What's more terrifying is that the Iraqi army launched a fierce attack on this unit.

He couldn't figure out why there was a minefield there!

"Air Force, immediately order the Air Force's aircraft that can take off to support the front line, and be sure to destroy the Iraqi army's artillery positions and attack the Iraqi army's armored forces!" Schwarzkopf roared.

Throughout the night, the front line was full of artillery fire, and the two sides fought together.

The US military's tactics were actually not that smart, because it was also the first time that the US military used large-scale mechanized troops to fight.

On the contrary, the Iraqi army had been tempered for ten years in the Iran-Iraq War. Although the quality of its soldiers was not high, it dared to fight hard battles on the battlefield.

In addition, they fought well without any intention.

The coalition aircraft that went to support were hit hard by the Iraqi air defense forces, and planes were constantly shot down.

Even the coalition aircraft had a situation of accidental bombing, and actually dropped bombs and missiles on the heads of the US military and allies.

After all, there is a huge difference between night fighting and daytime fighting.

The entire battlefield was in chaos, and even some coalition troops were defeated by the Iraqi army.