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    The early days of the Gulf War really echoed the words of a "great man" named San Pang - modern warfare is artillery warfare.

    After the United Nations Security Council passed an ultimatum resolution of one month and 10 days to use force against Iraq, Saddam first ordered the Iraqi troops on the border to launch artillery attacks on the Arab coalition and French troops stationed on the other side of the border.  The Iraqi army has deployed a certain scale of Soviet 2I2E self-propelled artillery, BM2l rocket launchers, Astros 2 rocket launchers from Brazil, and even old-fashioned 15m towed artillery from China in Kuwait, with a total scale of more than one hundred.

    ??Whether it was mental calculation or not, when the Iraqi artillery bombarded the multinational force's front, it still caused some panic, because the multinational force did not expect that Saddam would actually take action at this time, and did not wait until the ultimatum time expired.  Standing on the border are three Saudi armored brigades, which are basically a mix of American and Chinese equipment. They are equipped with a certain amount of Chinese tracked armored vehicles, and the tanks are mainly MBNU0 and the like.

    The armored troops were in a static state to engage the enemy, and they were still being bombarded, so they naturally suffered a serious blow.  In particular, the bombardment of some heavy artillery had a very good impact on main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Soon the Saudis lost dozens of armored vehicles, but these three armored brigades also played their own role as "early warning"  "As a result, if they were attacked, it meant that the Iraqis were about to attack.

    In addition to the Saudi "early warning force", those at the forefront are the Syrian 9th Armored Division and 1 Separate Battalion, the Kuwaiti 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division and 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, and the Egyptian 4th Armored Brigade. In the Saudi Armored Brigade  After being hit by fierce artillery fire from the Iraqi army, these troops actually had no intention of going up for reinforcements. Instead, they began to shrink their defense lines and slowly retreated back.

    According to the strategy set by the Joint Operations Command, after being attacked by Iraq, the Iraqi army should be held back as much as possible to allow time for the rear to evacuate the local population and implement regional defense.

    Although the multinational force has a large number of people, it still attaches great importance to Iraq. It is generally believed that the combat effectiveness of the Iraqi army is relatively strong. Unless it is the United States, other countries may also suffer losses if they join forces to fight Iraq.  This also led to the fact that at the beginning of the war, Iraq's large-scale shelling made some frontline commanders weak in the legs and quickly retreated from the front, and even called it the "established strategy."

    The French 6th Light Armored Division (Young Deer Force) defends on the west side of Haf Abatin, guarding the flanks of the entire multinational force's defense line. However, now that the Arab coalition has withdrawn, the French 6th Light Armored Division is tantamount to highlighting.  At the front, even if the French pride themselves on being stronger than the Iraqis, the Iraqi army in front of them has multiple divisions with more than 100,000 people. Even if the Gallic Rooster is arrogant, it does not think it has the ability to compete with an enemy several times its size.  Can only leave.

    As a result, such unreliable actions by the multinational forces resulted in the three Saudi armored brigades on the border that were originally used as early warning and delay being completely exposed to the Iraqi troops.  After being severely bombarded, the Saudi armored forces were attacked by the Iraqi tank forces. The battle did not go very well. A group of T2 and 6 tanks did not fight much against the ME 6 tanks.  The rules are basically to form a battle formation and fight each other.

    What is more sad is that because it was shelled before, the Saudi formation was relatively scattered. When it was adjacent to the enemy, it was besieged by the Iraqi tank troops and was eventually defeated.

    The defeat of the Saudi army and the withdrawal of multinational forces caused the important town of Haf al-Batin on the northern border of Saudi Arabia to be captured by the Iraqi army.  As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked. Several giants involved in the multinational force, including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France and other countries, were greatly shocked.

    Prince Sultan, who commanded the Arab coalition forces, was extremely angry. He called in several commanders from Arab countries who had fled the battle and scolded him: "The cowardice and cowardice of your soldiers caused us heavy losses. Hundreds of people died in the battle."  On the border, more people have been captured by the Iraqis. Our city has been captured by the Iraqis. Now the whole world is watching the jokes of our multinational forces, and all this is caused by you irresponsible guys.  of."

    Commanders from several other countries also felt that they were in the wrong and just hemmed and hawed a few words. Only the Syrian commander forced himself to defend himself: "Our earliest plan was to withdraw from this area in a planned way after being attacked."  , and carry out defense. Now that our main strength has been preserved, we can launch a counterattack immediately. This has nothing to do with whether we are timid and cowardly."

    Prince Sultan laughed angrily at this guy, and then said: "Okay, you said you can fight back now, so now I order you to send your troops to fight back and recapture Haf Abatin, can you do it?  ?¡±

    The Syrian commander was immediately tongue-tied and could not say anything for a while.

    Prince Sultan glanced at these people with disdain, and finally had to turn to the Americans on the second line for help.

    The United States and its majorThe defense line composed of friends was built in the area north of Juleba, which is actually not far from the border area.  When the war report came that Iraq took the initiative to attack and defeated the Saudi army, and even scared off the Arab coalition forces, the US military responded immediately in order to avoid the deterioration of the war.  The 10l Air Assault Division and the Mechanized Infantry Division immediately pushed forward and intercepted between King Khalid Military City and Haf al-Batin, blocking further movements of the Iraqi army.

    In addition, the US military immediately launched a large-scale air strike in an attempt to bring the war back to Iraq.

    Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the U.S. Central Command and theater commander, looked very unhappy in his command post. It was really embarrassing for a war he was in charge to start with such an absurd and ugly start.  .

    "It seems that those guys wearing white turbans are still untrustworthy." Schwarzkopf is of German origin and has a bit of discrimination in his bones. He picked up the phone on the table and ordered: "Get me the Chinese call."  Commander of the aviation unit, Liu."

    When the call was connected, Schwarzkov first said hello warmly, and then got down to the topic: "Liu, it's very frustrating that our allies messed up things, but now is the time for us to turn the tide.  I believe the American and Chinese guys can do it. Now I need your ground attack fleet to launch attacks on 68 targets in Iraq as we planned before. We can't let the Iraqis fight like that.  Okay, from here on, we have to grab the baton, and the war needs to proceed at our own pace."

    Liu Nian, who serves as the aviation commander of the China Gulf Theater, smiled cheerfully on the phone and said: "Okay, no problem, general, our fighter planes will take off in twenty minutes at the latest. Today will be a bad day for the Iraqis."

    "Haha, our air force will cooperate with you. Pay attention to smooth communication." Schwarzkov added. Before the war, in order to unify the joint operations of the Chinese and American armies, Chinese fighter planes were temporarily equipped with an additional set of  The Identifier Friend or Foe can connect with NATO-standard fighter aircraft, so that there will be no own accidents in which each other thinks they are enemies in the sky.

    Schwarzkopf still attaches great importance to the power provided by China in this war. Although the scale of the Chinese army participating in the war is only one-fifth of the US military, from the perspective of equipment level, training level and other aspects, the Chinese army is  They are all trustworthy and reliable forces.

    There are dozens of 9 fighter jets deployed in the Chinese aviation forces in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Schwarzkopf equated this fighter jet with the latest B15F fighter jet in the United States, which can flexibly switch between air combat and ground combat.  Very powerful air combat capabilities and ground attack capabilities. In Gwadar, Pakistan, the Chinese have not deployed nearly 6 B14 fighters. As an American general, Schwarzkopf knows very well how powerful the Tomcat is.

    In addition, the Chinese have already deployed two amphibious assault ships in the Persian Gulf, and also have a certain number of strong-lIs capable of conducting stealth penetration strikes against some targets in Iraq.  It can be said that the Qiang-7 is China's Bl17 stealth attack aircraft. The US military did not bring many Bl17s this time, so in terms of stealth strikes, it still needs to rely on China's Qiang.

    As the instructions were conveyed layer by layer, the units involved in this operation immediately entered the operation from a state of combat readiness. Liu Nian's orders were also received at the Kashgar Airport in China, and the bomber units stationed there would also join in later.  An air raid is coming.  According to the plan, this wave of attacks will have nearly a hundred sorties, and the main targets will be military facilities such as airports, oil depots, barracks, and equipment warehouses in Iraq.

    Through Chinese and American satellites, multinational forces have long mastered various valuable information in Iraq, which can be used when an attack is needed.  There is also an inhumane detail in this. In order to prevent being severely hit by multinational forces, the Iraqis not only built underground command posts and underground hangars, but also built a large number of false targets, such as fake aircraft, missiles, and tanks.  There are also models such as fake airports and fake positions.  In order to make it look realistic, methods such as burning debris are also used to release heat to deceive thermal imaging equipment.

    However, China has more sophisticated spy satellites and drone reconnaissance, so it has identified many false targets. However, the military used this information carefully and did not copy it to the Americans. It is probably for them to  When taking action, you will fight against fake targets, and your own system information will mark which ones are camouflage objects.

    Although the most you can do is dig a small hole to harm the Americans, why not do it.
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