It was not until 10 o'clock that the general-purpose helicopter flew back.

On the helicopter, not only were there 8 Marine Special Forces, but also 1 prisoner of war with special identities.

Hussein's eldest son Kusa.

Ding Zhennan arranged for psychological warfare and sent bombers to launch a carpet bombing on Bus X. The fundamental purpose was to drive Kusa out.

To put it bluntly, Cusa felt that it was in trouble.

The result is, it is true.

Before the bombing began, the special forces deployed to the north of Bus X in advance intercepted the convoy from the city. After fierce battles, they captured Kusa, who disguised as civilians and tried to escape from Bus X as civilians, and also killed more than a dozen guards who protected him.

If you want to say it, it will be thanks to the help provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Last night, a large electronic reconnaissance aircraft belonging to the Air Force but was used by the Military Intelligence Bureau rushed over and kept wandering southeast of the Bus X.

The mission of this reconnaissance aircraft is to monitor the radio signals in the civil frequency band in the bus X urban area.

The reason is also very simple. If Kusa intends to escape from Bus X, she will definitely not use military radio to contact the rear. After all, all military radio stations in Iraq are under the surveillance of the coalition forces. As long as the signal is sent, they will be discovered and then bombarded or bombarded.

Kusa must use civilian communication equipment such as maritime satellite phones.

But the problem is that there are definitely not many high-end things like maritime satellite phones in Iraq.

Not to mention civilians, even in the Iraqi army, senior generals are qualified to use satellite phones, and the frequency of use is not high.

The reason is: the phone bill is too expensive.

This satellite communication system, jointly funded by the Republic of Newland and the Torman Empire, has always been famous for its high prices and has never been promoted. To this day, the wireless telephone communication network that occupies the main market is still implemented by the Liangxia Empire and relies on ground base stations.

In fact, only a few Iraqi families have telephone calls.

It was the reconnaissance aircraft that intercepted the radio signal from the international maritime satellite phone that determined the location of Kusa and then informed it to the special forces lying in the nearby area.

According to the report of the Special Forces, when he was arrested, Kusa tried to escape and insisted that he was a civilian.

After that, while trying to escape, he was hit by the butt several times and suffered a little injury.

It was busy until noon that the intelligence officials sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau confirmed Kusa's identity.

Afterwards, Ding Zhennan accompanied the intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau to escort Kusa back to the Khalid Military City.

As for the combat operations against Bus X, Ding Zhennan doesn't need to worry about it.

Although Cusa refused to issue a surrender order, the Iraqi army guarding Bus X was just a group of mobs when the commanders had already escaped.

In addition, by tomorrow afternoon, the psychological warfare will escalate again.

Photos of Cousa being captured will be posted this time.

As expected, the Marines will complete the combat operation to capture Bus X within 2 to 3 days, and may only need to accept the surrender of Iraqi troops.

After returning to King Harry's Military City, the intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Agency took Kusa onto a transport plane.

As for how to deal with Kusa, it’s not the turn of Ding Zhennan to say so.

However, Ding Zhennan did not stay in Khalid's military service for very long.

After signing several orders, he set out again.

Of course, this time I was riding a tactical transport aircraft, and the destination was Semawo.

In the previous few days, the 17th Armored Division of the Imperial Army had already reached Semavo through Selman and began to prepare for the attack on Bagh X.

As for logistics support, it is mainly air transport for the time being.

If you want to say, there is no way to do it.

In order to support the 17th Armored Division, Ding Zhennan obtained 20 heavy strategic transport aircraft and 60 large transport aircraft through Shi Suliang.

These transport aircraft are based on the Khalid Military City and several other large airports, and can transport about 2,500 tons of supplies to Semawo every day.

In fact, the capacity can be improved.

In theory, 20 Y-10 and 60 Y-11 can fly back and forth twice a day, and can transport up to tens of thousands of tons of materials to the front line. Even if the maximum capacity cannot be reached each time, 7,500 tons can be transported.

However, what limits transportation capacity is not only the carrying capacity of the transport aircraft, but also the throughput capacity of the airport.

In Semavo, there is only a 2,000-meter runway.

This means that the "Y-10A" cannot land at full load, and to be precise, it cannot land at the maximum designed weight, and the weight must be reduced.

Landing on the 2,000-kilometer runway, the "Yun-10A" not only reduces the oil load capacity, but also reduces the cargo capacity to 80 tons.

This capacity is not much stronger than the "Yun-11" with a load capacity of more than 60 tons.

The use of "Y-10A" is mainly because its cargo hold is larger and can transport main combat equipment such as ZT-99B and some large-sized cargo.

In addition, Semavo Airport has almost no infrastructure and cannot provide effective guarantees for transport aircraft.

This means that the transport aircraft will take off after unloading the cargo, so when planning the task, the return fuel must be calculated to further reduce the load capacity.

Not to mention anything else, because the runway turnover time is as high as 30 minutes, the airport theoretically can only accommodate 48 transport aircraft every day.

To achieve a daily transportation capacity of 7,500 tons, the first thing to do is to shorten the runway turnover time to within 10 minutes.

Fortunately, the Imperial Air Force has sent a special engineering force.

According to the report provided by the frontline, the air transport volume will definitely be more than doubled next month, when the attack on Bagh X, with an average of 5,000 tons per day.

In fact, this is also the most basic requirement.

Ding Zhen went to the front line in the south to understand the situation in this regard.

The 17th Armored Division, which supports the full combat state and has been strengthened, has a supply of 5,000 tons per day, which is actually not sufficient at all.

Now, the 17th Armored Division has a total of 5 combat brigades.

Among them, the 171st Brigade and the 172nd Brigade are genuine armored brigades, with similar equipment scales. They each have 330 main battle tanks and 300 infantry fighting vehicles, and in addition, they also have nearly a thousand combat vehicles of various natures, including dozens of self-propelled howitzers.

The 173rd Brigade and the 177th Brigade are both mechanics and infantry brigades, of which the 177th Brigade is a temporary reserve team, with an equipment level of 70% of that of the 173rd Brigade. In the 173rd Brigade, there are almost 240 main battle tanks, 380 infantry fighting vehicles, and nearly a thousand other combat vehicles.

The 174th Brigade is an artillery brigade, with 180 self-propelled howitzers and more than 80 long-range rocket launchers equipped with the main combat equipment.

In addition to these five combat brigades, the 17th Armored Division also has an aviation support brigade, with more than 300 helicopters, the main force is about 200 general-purpose helicopters of the "Zhi-8" series and about 80 "Zhi-X" series heavy helicopters. Because it is an aviation support force that does not undertake combat missions, the brigade is not equipped with armed helicopters, but it can be added during combat as needed.

In addition, there are a large number of direct division special combat battalions.

The total force of the entire division has exceeded 30,000.

As mentioned earlier, this large and comprehensive organizational system has always been the characteristic of the Imperial Army.

During peacetime, all A-type divisions of the Imperial Army built command organizations according to the size of the army, while Class A-class infantry divisions were constructing according to the size of the army.

The reason is also very simple, these combat troops can be rapidly expanded during wartime.

To be honest, the expansion of the 17th Armored Division is not very large. After all, it was previously deployed in the Western Theater Command, facing the Beixuan area and the Crescent area, and the combat pressure is not very large. Therefore, the scale of the 17th Armored Division is not outstanding among several Class A Armored Divisions.

In addition, there is no need to over-expand.

For a combat unit with 30,000 officers and soldiers, thousands of main combat equipment, and hundreds of helicopters, the consumption of 5,000 tons per day is not too much!

In the event of fierce battles, the 17th Armored Division only consumes ammunition and will reach over 10,000 tons every day.

In fact, this is also Ding Zhennan’s confidence.

In name, the Imperial Army only invested two divisions of troops, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of these two divisions after completion of expansion is equivalent to two armies.

The key is that they are all armored divisions, or armored troops.

Not to mention anything else, the 17th Armored Division has more than 1,000 ZT-99B main battle tanks!

Not to mention in the Posa Bay area, even if it is placed on the mainland battlefield, 1,000 ZT-99B main battle tanks can launch a large-scale ground attack.

Besides, there is also the 7th Armored Division with a stronger strength!

However, logistics support is still a big problem.

The key is that when the 17th Armored Division was expanded, it did not increase the scale of the support force, but instead placed its hopes on the coalition forces.

Simply put, the 17th Armored Division charged in the front, and the coalition forces transported ammunition and medicine supplies in the rear.

The problem now is that the coalition may not be able to keep up.

Then, we can only find ways to shorten the length of the logistics supply line, that is, the ground supply line.

In fact, this is also the main problem that Ding Zhennan came to the front line to solve.

In addition to Semavo's airport, can more airports be captured or built along the way, so as to deliver supplies as much as possible to the front line by air freight?

The commander of the 17th Armored Division gave a positive answer.

Not only did the Air Force send engineering troops over, but the 17th Armored Division also had an independent engineering battalion, which was also strengthened and had strong engineering operation capabilities.

If you want to say it, the Imperial Army has never lacked engineering capabilities.

Since the First Global War, the Imperial Army's engineering operation capabilities have been world-renowned, and have remained consistent for decades since then.

However, Major General Fu Weimin, the commander of the 17th Armored Division, also raised a question.

According to the new tactics proposed by Ding Zhenna, don’t expect to maintain sufficient propulsion speed, that is, the ground troops must wait for the construction of the project in the rear.

In addition, the 17th Armored Division will inevitably bear greater combat pressure.
To be continued...