Chapter 663 Mr. Xiao's suggestion
Now, part of the deal is distributed to the Arab coalition? In the original agreement, their logistics were resolved by themselves!
However, if the Arab coalition cannot reach its designated position as planned, it will not be able to complete the goal of dividing and sieging Iraq's army and completely annihilation of Iraq's vital forces!
"Drop them air supply and order them to arrive at the designated location before dawn and cut off Highway 8!" General Schwartzkopf said.
Although Iraq has many armored vehicles, the main transportation of hundreds of thousands of troops is still wheeled vehicles. Highway 8 is a major transportation route connecting Iraq's Basra and Kuwait City. As long as this road is cut off, the Iraqi army can be completely surrounded in Kuwait.
The purpose of this battle is not only to drive away the Iraqi army, but to annihilate them! Only by completely eliminating Iraq's vital forces can the United States win a good Middle East situation!
I originally thought I would win easily, but now General Schwartzkopf knows that it must be the Soviets who are stumbled on it. Those Scud missiles, the sudden appearance of field air defense systems, a large number of portable surface-to-air missiles, and the leak of their own operation routes were all done by the Soviets!
It would have been great if it had been as planned as originally! Those who were killed should have been the Arab coalition!
General Schwartzkopf was also very unhappy with Bush's specific actions on the frontline, but now he has no other choice. Under the current circumstances, fighting this battle is the most important thing at the moment.
No matter what the coalition forces do, their armored forces must enter Kuwait City as soon as possible and use their powerful forces to completely crush the Iraqi army!
Western Kuwait, a desert area of 100 kilometers. The US Seventh Army armored forces.
The sudden sandstorm delayed their actions and was expected to arrive in the city of Kuwait at noon. But now, the armored troops in the desert have lost their direction in the sandstorm and are starting to move deep into the desert. The gps positioning system has failed!
After exhausting all the fuel, the M1 tank of the oil-drinking monster had to wait there honestly, waiting for the supply convoy in the rear to arrive. In the shadow of last night, they were all a little nervous. If the Iraqi Scud missiles attacked them again, they would definitely be miserable.
Fortunately, after learning about their situation, the rear urgently transported the C-130 transport aircraft to provide them with rapid logistics supply.
As an excellent tactical transport aircraft, the C-130 has excellent short-range take-off and landing capabilities and can even airdrop supplies on the battlefield. In order to deal with the attacks of Iraqis' elusive portable air defense missiles, this armored force has spread a very wide defense line to prevent Iraqis from sneak attacks.
With the roar, the C-130 transport plane flew over. After discovering the armored troops from afar, the pilot operated the plane and lowered the altitude.
The desert area is endless, which also facilitates the transport plane's ground flight. Gradually, the flight altitude is reduced to several meters. As long as there is a slight influence of airflow, it may cause the transport plane to have close contact with the earth.
The personnel in the cargo hold behind were also very nervous. At this time, the cabin door at the rear had slowly opened.
Unlike ordinary aircraft, as a military transport aircraft, it is necessary to have a wide tail hatch door. Now, when the hatch door is put down, it is closer to the ground.
"Let it go!" As the shouts, the personnel responsible for the operation of both sides pulled the handle, and the fuel tank in the cabin, slid out of the track, slid down from the incline formed by the tail cabin, and slid all the way to the ground.
"Let it!" One fuel tank after another was directly placed on the ground. This airdrop method is far better than parachutes. The airdrop supplies are very concentrated and faster.
When the transport plane was pulled up again, the US soldiers who had been waiting on the side had already begun to open the fuel tank, suck out oil from it with oil pipes, pour it into the small handheld fuel tank, and refuel the fuel-exhausted tank.
The tanks that could still be activated began to move towards this side. This batch of fuel arrived too in time.
As C-130s took the risk of transporting fuel, the armored force finally didn't have to worry about supply for the time being. At the same time, the commander was also wondering, after waiting for so long, what about those transport convoys?
Modern warfare is a battle of logistics support! If the modern American army loses logistics, it is a pile of scrap iron! The huge armored clusters and the armed helicopters all require astronomical fuel.
As if he knew the weaknesses of the US military, at this time, the elusive Iraqi squad drove wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and began a sneak attack on the transport convoy.
These infantry fighting vehicles are also imported from Pakistan. They have advanced off-road performance and can drive quickly in desert areas. They have high off-road speed and low fuel consumption. They are also equipped with Red Arrow-8 anti-tank missiles and 20mm caliber machine guns.
These infantry fighting vehicles emerge from time to time from time to time from time to time and open fire at the American transport convoy that was transporting fuel. The 20mm machine gun can easily tear open the iron sheets of those tankers, and the high-explosive warheads turn the tankers into fireballs.
The United States' transportation and supply team suffered heavy casualties, and on this day, more than 200 vehicles were lost!
When the m113 infantry fighting vehicle that was covering the side rushed out and was about to fight against the opponent, it would be destroyed by the opponent's Red Arrow-8 anti-tank missile. The m113's armor could only be bulletproof and could not prevent the attack of the Red Arrow-8 at all. At this time, they were very depressed, why did not mobilize several m1a1 tanks?
The only thing that can be called is air support. When Apache arrived with rage, except for the burning tank trucks, the Iraqi armored vehicles had already run out of sight.
Relying on this tactic, the Iraqis kept attacking the US military's supply convoy, seriously delaying the operations of the US troops attacking ahead. The huge heavy armored cluster did not advance to Kuwait within a day.
Baghdad, an underground building.
"Our army is very brave in combat. We are fully capable of turning Kuwait into the second Abadan!" said Rashid, commander of the Republic Guard. Today's day's battle was very effective. Various secret weapons were used together to have a good effect, especially killing an American armored regiment, which made them even more happy.
"It's more to Mr. Xie Xiao. If it weren't for the accurate American action route provided by Mr. Xiao, we would not have achieved such results." Saddam smiled and said to Shostakovic on the side. Because he followed Xiao's advice, they won the first victory since the war started, and Saddam was also very happy.
"We just gained a certain advantage when we started the war, but we should be able to clearly see that the Americans' advantage is still huge. Kuwait City will not become the second Abadan. When the heavy American troops enter Kuwait City, Kuwait City will be lost at most two days." Shostakovic said.
Back then, Abadan in the Iraq-Iraq War had a cruel street battle. Tens of thousands of people died on both sides and the battle lasted for more than half a year. But now, Mr. Xiao said that his side could not defend even two days?
No one believed it, but Mr. Xiao was their hero this time, so he must have considered it.
"The Americans' air power is too strong. As long as they free up their hands and cooperate with the strike from the air, they can easily win street battles. No matter where we hide snipers, they can call the planes above to throw bombs and kill the snipers within a few seconds." Shostakovic said calmly: "Unless they seize air supremacy, they can fight against the Americans. Now, we have no second choice except to withdraw from Kuwait."
"No, we will never retreat!" Hearing his words, Rashid said: "Our army can continue to fight!"
"When you can't fight, it's too late to retreat!" Shostakovic said: "You have seen the American action plan. Their main force is not to besiege Kuwait City, but to detour from Basra, just to surround our main force, divide and eat it! The Americans will use the air force to bombard the armored forces on the ground. The tank battle with the British armored forces that appeared today will not be possible again. Even if the Pakistani army is willing to let go of a gap, you may not be able to pass through other defense lines of the US military!"
Air superiority! When the United States controls the sky, the Iraqi army has no chance of winning. Shostakovic remembers his mission and must fool the Iraqi army and cannot easily be eliminated by the Americans.
"Then we will withdraw like this? All the sacrifices we have made in vain?" said Izart Ibrahim, the second-person of the Baath Party.
"Of course not." Shostakovic said: "We are just leaving Kuwait for the time being. As long as our army is still there, we can re-stop Kuwait at any time! I have a complete plan that will keep Americans surrounded by people."
When Shostakovic gave his plan, it was actually a plan made by Mhamad himself, and when he told the people on the scene, their eyes were straightened. I have to say that Mr. Xiao is a genius!
Chapter completed!