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    Don't be afraid, don't be discouraged, the color of the red flag will not fade.  This is the last fire burning for the motherland. We know it will never go out. This is the star of our motherland and it will shine forever.  Turkish national anthem "March of Independence". ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Mandei, Iraq.  The Fourth Mechanized Division of the Iraqi Army is stationed here. Although this unit is not the main force on the front line, it has considerable combat effectiveness.  \Its predecessor was the Fourth Mechanized Division of the Iraqi Republican Guard, which was later split by Liu Ming. One part was merged into the newly established 35th Infantry Division, and the other part was the 38th Machinery Infantry Brigade to form the new Fourth Machinery Infantry Division.  division.  In February 1988, the 35th Division was incorporated into the Baghdad Military District, participated in the central offensive of the Iran War, and coordinated the Northern Rapid Cluster's raids on Tehran and other areas.  The 4th Infantry Division was assigned to the 5th Army and moved north to the South Azerbaijan region to assume garrison duties.  \During the Northern Military District's attack on Turkey, the ministry was on guard in the border area, but did not exchange fire with the Turkish army.  After the war, the 4th Infantry Division returned to the Baghdad Military District and served as a garrison in the important military town of Mandali.  This is the eastern gateway to Baghdad and has always been a strategic military location.  However, as the Iraqi army occupied the frontline positions in the Zagros Mountains and the Iran-Iraq governments signed the "Mehran Treaty", this place has become a strategic rear area and is far less important than before.  "Everyone gathers," an officer suddenly shouted at the soldiers who were doing exercises, and the basketballs in the hands of the soldiers moved to the ground.  Before they could recover, the urgent emergency call sounded throughout the camp.  After a while, a large flow of people surged out, and the soldiers were fully armed and lined up in neat squares on the square.  The shiny steel helmet gleamed in the sun, like a forest of steel.  Wearing a steel helmet, the commander of the 4th Infantry Division, Mutari, looked at the troops entering the mobilization state with a serious face.  \He turned around and said to the staff officer beside him: "Immediately issue an order. All units will go to the ammunition depot to receive live ammunition. All tanks and tanks will be sealed. An actual combat pull drill will be conducted in two hours." The staff officer looked at the division commander in surprise.  , the pull exercise with real troops and live ammunition requires an order signed by the Baghdad Military District, but before that, the 4th Infantry Division did not receive the relevant documents.  \However, because this was a war period, the military situation was tense, and the troops often had to face emergencies, so the staff did not dare to ask more questions and immediately saluted and issued orders.  One after another, tanks and tanks drove out of the camp. Brigadier General Mutari jumped on a BMP tank and followed the troops forward.  He is quite satisfied with the response of his unit. Except for the aircraft of the 6th aviation unit that suddenly did not reach dispatch status due to an accident, the tanks and combat vehicles of other units have a full manpower rate of more than 100%.  Eighty, which gave him plenty of confidence.  \?The people of the Ninth Division went too far and even wanted to use force to deal with the conservative people.  Since General Kusai doesn't care, then we will attack the remaining guards ourselves!  ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ In the West Bank, after intense discussions, the Israeli Ministry of Defense approved General Avenig¡¯s counterattack plan, and the newly appointed Northern Military District Commander General Uzi Dayan personally inspected the front line.  All units were making preparations to stay. At the same time, in order to divert the attention of the Iraqi army and induce its reserve forces to leave areas prone to counterattack, the Israeli side took various confusing actions.  \ To this end, the Israeli army in the center conducted a series of tentative attacks in the hope of crossing the Jordan River, while a small force detoured from the west flank, hoping to pass through the Arabian Valley.  But this was in vain. General Xavier Diarra of the Central Military District accurately and simply gave Israel's temptation a powerful counterattack.  Between the overlapping rocky Arabian Hills, the Iraqi army paid homage to the heroic spirits of the officers and soldiers of the 29th Division who fought here with practical actions.  \They taught the Israeli armored forces another lesson, set up obstacle minefields, and then surrounded and annihilated the assaulting Israeli forces.  The battle was fierce and short, with more than 70 Israeli tanks and combat vehicles all turned into burning scrap metal, while the Iraqis only suffered less than fifty casualties.  This heavy-lost raid caused the Israeli army in the central region to stop all offensive operations and huddled in their positions and never moved.  However, all these actions had the desired effect on the Iraqi forward command, which caused it to pay no attention to the impending threat to the northern flank near Syria, and led General Bahir to decide to withdraw an elite armored force from the reserve force.  The division came to the center to support the Jordanian forces.  \The Iraqi Air Force temporarily concentrated its efforts on violent bombing of enemy aircraft, especially the Israeli air force bases in the central region, preventing Israeli fighter planes from taking off.  However, this also inadvertently weakened the air operations in the north and hindered the accumulation of Israeli troops.  The Israeli army¡¯s counterattack was code-named ¡°Sword of the North.¡± The official operation was launched on the night of the 21st of that month. Israel¡¯s special force, the First Paratrooper,?? took the lead in taking action and captured the Nunuo Highlands overlooking the entire area in a surprise attack, and then outflanked the Syrian army's positions in this area.  \The battle progressed smoothly, and Israeli armored forces quickly rushed into Lebanon, and then crossed the Lebanese-Syrian border and rushed into Jordan.  Under the cover of darkness, the main forces of the two brigades crossed the Jordan River in the north of Jordan, and they attacked southward from there.  The First Iraqi Army quickly discovered the Israeli army's intentions and sent reinforcements to resist resolutely in the north.  But General Bahir¡¯s frontline headquarters did not know that the Israelis¡¯ goal was not to attack Iraq¡¯s solid defense lines or to annihilate Iraq¡¯s effective forces.  Aveniger is a famous general, and famous generals are never interested in goals based on their own abilities.  What he wants is to destroy Iraq's logistics base and weaken Iraq's continuous combat capability, even if it only delays the opponent's attack for a month!  This goal is difficult for this attacking force, but it can be achieved!
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