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Text 412 Desert Saber (Part 1)

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    Operation Desert Saber was officially launched, and the large-scale ground battle that the multinational forces had painstakingly prepared for a long time officially began.  In Operation Desert Saber, the Chinese Army assigned different attack directions. The -10th Division, which was originally in the Second Eastern Theater, teamed up with the U.S. Marine Corps' First Expeditionary Force and the Arab Coalition Forces to take the east route, while the 2nd Infantry Division fought with the U.S. Army on the center line.  The Seventh Army and the British 1st Armored Division fought together, and on the west route, the 13th Infantry Division, the French 6th Light Armored Division and the US 18th Airborne Corps.

    The battle first broke out at 4 o'clock in the morning. The central line remained stationary, while the eastern and western fronts advanced almost at the same time.

    On the eastern battlefield, the First Division of the U.S. Marine Corps launched an assault on the Iraqi army in Kuwait from the "elbow" position west of the southern border of Kuwait.  The entire eastern front is actually an important part of Schwarzkov's plan that affects the attractiveness of the Iraqi army. The Iraqi army will take it for granted that the multinational forces hope to regain Kuwait's territory, so the nearest battlefield on the eastern front is the focus.  But in fact, Schwarzkov is quite knowledgeable in battlefield strategy. He uses a rather old-fashioned but effective strategy of attacking from the east and attacking in the west. Although there is indeed a breakthrough mission on the eastern front, he is actually more prepared on the western and central fronts.  Large-scale troops are the trump card that will kill the Iraqi army.

    According to the combat plan, the mission of the U.S. 18th Airborne Army is to penetrate about 20 kilometers into Iraq, reach the Euphrates River, cut off Iraq's communication line along Highway B to Baghdad, isolate Iraqi forces in the Kuwait theater, and coordinate with other forces to annihilate the Iraqi army.  Reserve, Republican Guard.  The US 7th Army is responsible for the main offensive mission in the theater, and its main goal is to annihilate the Iraqi Republican Guard, which is mainly armored forces.  According to the plan, the army's offensive direction is parallel to the 18th Airborne Corps and northward, penetrating deep into Iraq, and then marching eastward, cooperating with the 18th Airborne Corps to encircle and annihilate the Iraqi Republican Guard divisions.

    On the map, the Western Front and the Central Front are like two parallel and safe left hooks, hitting Iraq's relatively weak defense ribs directly, and then with a powerful recovery, the largest number of Kuwaiti garrison of the Iraqi Army was completely blocked.  die.

    On the eastern battlefield, after the First Division of the U.S. Marine Corps completed its assault from the west, it was the Chinese Army's -10 Blue Army Infantry Division that coordinated the operations of the First Expeditionary Force of the U.S. Marine Corps to attack the most difficult, concentrated and solid defense line.  .  Considering that the equipment of the -10th Division is much heavier than that of the First Expeditionary Force, and the previous battle in Khafji also confirmed that although the -10th Division was established not long ago, it is also a team that can fight tough battles.

    The Iraqi army has built a tight and complex defense front on the Kosha border, which is composed of various fortifications, trenches, barbed wire and minefields. It is a considerable trouble for the multinational forces, not to mention the Iraqi army in  The remaining troops that had not been completely defeated by the air strikes were still resisting the attacking multinational forces.

    Almost as soon as the -10th Division started its assault, it encountered stubborn resistance from the Iraqi army's first line of defense.  Of course, this kind of tenacity also depends on the situation. If it were placed during World War I, it would definitely be a nerve-wracking defensive battle against an offensive battle. But in the face of the heavily-armed -10th Division, this kind of stubborn resistance is actually not too difficult to resolve.

    Desert Storm's month-long air raids caused serious losses in the Iraqi army's heavy weapons. Even if they retained a few artillery pieces, it would be difficult to gather the ammunition and other supplies they needed. Therefore, when the -10th Division made a frontal attack, those fortifications  Although they are constantly counterattacking, the weapons used are basically light weapons. Occasionally there are some mortars and rocket launchers, and not even a medium- and large-caliber artillery.

    "Sword in the Stone 62, aim at the target and shoot" - The 10th Division rushed to the front with an armored line of tanks. Their muzzles were aimed at the flame-spitting defenses, and then they used their powerful direct firepower to  It destroys directly.

    These fortifications are actually in tatters. Earlier, the multinational air force had carried out many attacks on Iraqi defense facilities and troops in the theater. These obvious border fortifications, such as these, were all destroyed by fighter planes using ground-penetrating bombs.  Humanity has been baptized once, so when the -10th Division attacked, some soldiers discovered through observation that some Iraqi soldiers had their upper bodies exposed among the ruins, leaning on half of the wall that had not collapsed.  Fired at yourself.

    Such defense methods obviously could not meet the requirements. When the Rhino 11 tank's direct fire swept through, the Iraqi army was beaten to pieces.  When more and more fortifications are destroyed and the firepower in the defense line becomes thinner and thinner, the first line of defense on the border is considered broken.

    Immediately afterwards, the -10th Division mobilized artillery and bombarded another group of Iraqi troops at the front of the next line of defense in the depth direction. This time they not only used 15mR muzzle-cannons, but also used 20-barrel Dragon Tooth rocket launchers.  The artillery fire covering this group of Iraqi troops did not even last until the tanks of the -10th Division arrived, and they had to retreat from the defense line to minimize the terrible losses.

    The resistance of the Iraqi army cannot be regarded as resolute, but the gap in strength is too great. Often they cannot last more than 15 minutes in front of the -10 division, and they will inevitably collapse and surrender.  The 1st Division of the U.S. Marine Corps, which was also on the Eastern Front battlefield, was not ambiguous in fighting, but its performance was?It's worse than the -10th Division's demolition of the city.  Their assault mode is somewhat similar to leap-frog tactics, and they do not take the initiative to annihilate the enemy, nor can they attack firmly fortified targets such as Ahmed Jabal Airport. They will hand over the task of clearing buildings and fortifications to the Iraqi army.  to follow-up troops.  The multinational forces on the entire Eastern Front battlefield have invested more than 100,000 troops, so they don't have to worry at all that no one will do such a thing. The Second Marine Division will follow to help them wipe out this tail. The Army's Second Mechanized Division is also nearby.  rely on-

    During the advance, the main trouble encountered by the 10th Division was not the resistance of the Iraqi army, but the minefields full of mines. The -10th Division not only had the ability to advance deeply, but also occupied the Mutrah Pass and the passage from Kuwait City to NATO 70  kilometers of roads, and they also need to open up roads for follow-up troops to move forward, which means that they must carve out several roads in the minefield.

    Qi Yiming has provided pL with several very good demining technologies, which are among the best in the world in terms of accuracy and safety. However, the only problem that cannot be guaranteed is time.  For the multinational forces, with more than 100,000 Allied soldiers rushing through this area, they did not have a few months to allow the -10th Division to slowly clear mines.

    At this time, the staff of the -10th Division came up with a solution that was neither stupid nor smart.  First, drones were sent to guide some engineers to the weakest point of the Iraqi army's defense line. Then these engineers used in-line charges or ultra-long multi-section blasting tubes to open up a coherent and long enough path in the Iraqi army's minefield.  The subsequent armored units followed the mine-free path that had been blasted with explosives and passed through this area in radio silence.

    Naturally, Qi Yiming was not willing to just use this method to let the troops pass. He had already planned to pass the minefield, so he specially sent a bald man to enter the war zone under the protection of the Army's Dragon Breath Special Team.

    Li Ying is holding a Type 3 automatic rifle in his arms. This rifle is actually the 8ARL from another dimension. Norinco directly plagiarized it and officially released it this year, called the Type 3 automatic rifle.  The comprehensive evaluation of this automatic rifle is higher than that of Type 95-11 (Type 6611). However, the military believes that there is no need to make large-scale replacements because of some not-so-big advantages. After all, the 95 series has been equipped with millions of pL  , it is really not a smart thing to replace millions of 3-types.

    Li Ying turned to the white horse Ajia beside him and said: "The bald guy we escorted looked evil for a while. I made eye contact with him when we were on the plane, and I felt that my soul would be looked at by him.  Like coming out."

    "Baima Ajia said sarcastically: "I didn't expect you to be so lucky, so don't bring soap when you take a bath in the future."

    Li Ying said angrily: "You are the one who is gay. I didn't mean that. I just said that this guy definitely doesn't look simple."

    Baima Ajia sighed: "You think I haven't noticed that this guy definitely has abilities beyond ordinary people. When I was young, I practiced in a temple for a period of time. There was a very powerful Rinpoche there. I can feel it from him.  This bald man feels so coercive and indescribable to me that he is ten times more powerful than that Rinpoche.¡±

    Team leader Su Tian walked over wearing a pair of cool sunglasses and explained: "Send the protection target to the location shown on the GPB, and don't ask any more questions. It's just a short journey, don't cause any problems, oh and more  "Protecting the safety of the target is more important than anything else, including the mission and you, do you understand?"

    Li Ying rarely saw the captain say such serious words, and he felt the seriousness, so he straightened his face and said: "Promise to complete the mission."

    Even so, Li Ying and Baima Ajia were even more curious about the bald man behind them, but both of them were relatively disciplined. No one talked to the bald man, and the bald man sat here leisurely.  In the back seat of a Dongfeng Warrior, he was drinking something that looked like tea from a military kettle.

    After more than ten minutes of driving, Li Ying and Baima Ajia sent the bald man to a place where prisoners of war were detained. It was guarded by a company of the Red Police Rapid Reaction Brigade. One of the guys who looked like an agent lured the bald man away.  They went to a secret room. As for what they were going to do, Li Ying and Baima Ajia were not told, and they didn't bother to ask.

    Their work ends here, they get in the jeep and return to join the other members of the team.  Just ten minutes later, the Joint Operations Command received an intelligence map marking the locations of all minefields on the entire eastern front. This made the task of clearing roads for the multinational forces easier.
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