Dominate South Asia

White House.

Such emergency meetings have been held countless times. The senior officials who decide the fate of the huge country of America were called from their homes and rushed to the White House. The atmosphere of this meeting was a bit solemn.

"We have received accurate information that some of the Iraqi defeated soldiers are entrenched in the mountainous areas in northwest Iran, including former Iraqi President Saddam, who we have not found so far." The words of CIA Director William made everyone suddenly calm down.

To capture the thief, the king must be captured first. Without catching Saddam, this battle cannot be considered a complete victory. Now, the resistance forces in Iraq are constantly under the command of Saddam. As long as Saddam is captured, it is expected to quell these riots and ease the situation in Iraq.

Of course, this is just their wishful thinking, but such a consensus has been reached at this time.

This news was an unexpected gain for the CIA. It was reported by an informant in the Kurdish armed forces ambushed in Iran. He saw with his own eyes that Saddam was among the defeated soldiers in Iraq, leading them in training and then returning to Iraq to fight.

So, the current issue is how to cross the border to encircle and suppress this gang of bandits!

"We have another news." After hearing William's words, Cheney on the side said: "Yesterday, Scud missiles were launched again from Iran. Our two F-15 fighters crossed the border to bomb, but were intercepted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. They fired missiles at us and shot down one of our planes."

The Iranians actually dared to really do it! Everyone present was immediately filled with anger on their faces. The new and old hatreds over the years were intertwined. The news they heard later made them even more angry.

"After our pilots parachuted, the search and rescue team immediately went to rescue them. As a result, they were ambushed by unknown armed personnel in the mountains. Except for a wounded Apache helicopter that returned, the Black Hawk helicopter and a small team of Delta Special Forces soldiers were all ambushed and killed." Cheney continued.

This group of unknown armed personnel is likely to be the Iraqi fleeing soldiers entrenched in the mountains, but it may also be done by the Iranians. After the pilots on the Apache returned. They only reported that they had seen armed personnel visually, and it was impossible to tell whether they were Iranians or Iraqis.

"We must show our powerful force!" The Assistant for National Security Affairs said: "If we don't eliminate the Iraqi fleeing soldiers, the situation in Iraq cannot be pacified. At the same time, we must cross the border to attack them! I think we should define the scope of the battle and include the northwestern mountainous areas of Iran as a target of attack. It is best if Iran does not intervene. If they want to intervene, we will beat the Iranians hard!"

Beat the Iranians! That area must be attacked, and there will definitely be a conflict with the Iranians. The Iranians are also stubborn. The United States and Iraq are enemies for generations. Now that the United States is attacking Iraq, it should be to help the Iranians get revenge. Why can't they figure it out?

"Yes, we must launch a large-scale attack!" Bush looked at his staff and said, "We must let the Iranians know that in the face of the powerful military force of the United States, they'd better do nothing. If they dare to resist, let them know the absolute strength of the United States! With the goal of destroying the Iraqi defeated soldiers, including Saddam and others, we will organize an army of about 50,000 people to enter the northern mountainous area of ​​Iran! We will organize more than 200 fighters to guard against the Iranians' counterattack and launch effective attacks at any time. The code name of the operation is Zagros Lion!"

Zagros is the main mountain range in the Iranian border area. This code name is also far-reaching.

"Mr. President, should we consider what we should do if the Iranians organize a large-scale force to engage in military confrontation with us?" Secretary of State Baker said.

Among these people. Only Baker's mind was still clear. He knew that Iran was different from Iraq and other countries. Iran had a vast territory and many mountains. Moreover, Iran had been blockaded by the Western world for many years. Its domestic industry was relatively complete and it was not afraid of accepting the Western blockade.

Moreover, more importantly, the people there were all stubborn!

"It is better for the Iranians to do nothing and watch us wipe out the Iraqis. Then we will withdraw from Iran. If the Iranians dare to challenge us, we will never retreat!" Bush said, his eyes full of brilliance, which exposed his fighting spirit at this moment.

Baker secretly cried out in his heart, it's bad, President Bush in front of him is addicted to fighting again! Obviously, he can also foresee the consequences of this action. The worst is to go to war with Iran, but Bush did not compromise. Obviously, he had been prepared in his heart.

Iran, the evil country in the eyes of Americans, if it can stay honestly this time, the United States will naturally leave Iran after defeating Iraq's defeated army and capturing Saddam. If Iran dares to stop it, it means war!

In addition to previous grievances, what is more important is that if Iran is controlled, then a country with more than 10% of the global production will be controlled. Together with Iraq and Kuwait, which are already controlled, and Saudi Arabia, which is already friendly to the United States, the United States will control the world's major crude oil producers, and can firmly protect the US dollar oil system and obtain continuous profits.

This is also one of the reasons why Bush Sr. has a tough attitude. The Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown by the current Iranian government. If the United States solves the Iranian problem, it can send the Pahlavi royal family back to Iran and continue to rule Iran.

Although war is risky, Bush Sr. has gained huge popularity through the current Iraq War. Domestic newspapers have praised Bush Sr. as a great man like Roosevelt. After all, in this century, the United States has only been attacked on its homeland twice. The first time was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As a result, the United States declared war on Japan, and the Japanese finally surrendered.

This time, Iraq launched a war of terror and its behavior was even worse, and the United States also invaded Iraq and overthrew the Iraqi government.

The U.S. military is an important force in protecting our country! The military supported by taxpayers' money must naturally serve the national interest!

Except for Baker, the rest of the people did not seem to see the crisis. At this time, they all had the same idea. Now there is a good reason to deal with the collapse of the Iraqi army first. If the Iranians dare to take action, it means war!

As the White House's order was issued, the huge American war machine continued to operate.

After the United States occupied Iraq, it withdrew some of its troops, but it still maintained a military strength of nearly 200,000 people in Iraq. Now, it is deploying 50,000 people to invade Iranian territory across the border and solve the rout there. For the United States, , it’s not a difficult thing.

Groups of military vehicles continued to transport supplies from the port of Kuwait to northern Iraq. They were ambushed by small groups of Iraqi resistance forces along the way. The two sides engaged in a firefight, and these scattered resistance forces were soon defeated.

The huge U.S. military mobilization was naturally not hidden from the eyes of the native Iraqis. Saddam received the news before the Americans even started taking action.

"The United States is expected to have several divisions of troops participating in the war, with the cooperation of tanks, helicopters and infantry fighting vehicles." In a tent set up, Saddam listened to the instructor sent by Shostakovich. According to the leader's analysis, the man in front of him quickly gained all his trust.

Mahmoud is a very common name in the Middle East, but everyone knows that it is just a code name.

The man in front of him is actually Massoud, the commander of the famous Afghan guerrillas known as the Lions of Panjshir. Now, he has been sent to Iran to train the Iraqi guerrillas. Massoud feels the heavy responsibility and is eager to try. .

If it were in Iraq and those desert areas, Masoud might be a little timid, but now in the mountains, Masoud is best at fighting! Back in the Panjshir Valley, Massoud played the Soviets around, and enough Soviets died in Massoud's hands for a battalion.

"The terrain here is complex and the mountain roads are difficult to walk. Therefore, we predict that the invading US troops will advance in three directions from the canyon area on the border." Massoud continued his analysis: "Their heavy equipment is inconvenient to move in the mountainous areas, and the M1 main There won’t be too many battle tanks, but the U.S. military’s air power is very strong. As long as they are attacked, their armed helicopters will arrive in a very short time. Our main threat will come from the sky.”

Saddam listened very carefully, nodding as he listened: "Then how should we arrange this battle?"

"Mild resistance, gradually retreat." Massoud said: "The further they go into the mountains, the more their teams will be dispersed. When they are dispersed into companies, we will concentrate our firepower and defeat them in companies." Kill them. At the same time, we will send enough shooters to establish air defense positions at high altitudes. If we encounter their armed helicopters, we will use shoulder-mounted missiles to destroy them!"

I have to thank Mr. Xiao for getting a lot of shoulder-fired missiles this time, all from the Soviet Union. The helicopter we killed last time was powered by such shoulder-fired missiles.

This tactic has been used a lot in the mountainous areas of Afghanistan. In order to avoid decline, the Soviets organized several large-scale encirclement and suppression campaigns of this kind, but they were all crushed by the Afghan guerrillas.

"What if they don't disperse?" Armored Ali, a once chubby Iraqi armored officer who finally lost weight after spending time in the mountains, asked Masoud.

"Then we will attract them here!" Massoud pointed to a point on the map. When everyone saw it, they were all stunned. (To be continued ~^~)