The staff of the field army guarding Ahvaz received a special order. Facing the counterattack of the Iranian army, the Prophet's Army would never retreat a step.
It stands to reason that this order is in line with the psychology of the occupying army's prophetic troops throughout Khuzestan Province, because they are unwilling to withdraw. Why did the central government Mao Zedong not take any action, and just gave an ultimatum to let their achievements be wiped out? There is nothing like this in the world.
A good thing, but all decisions are in the hands of the prophet.
Akram is a general who has an overall view of the situation. Although they occupied Khuzestan Province and occupied a strong position, they are an occupying army after all, and the people do not have much goodwill towards them. Even though they have implemented many measures in the past month.
Many powerful measures have been taken. For example, Oriental International has begun to plant early rice No. 1 in Basra on a large scale in Khuzestan Province, except in China.
For another example, they improve people's livelihood. It turns out that although Khuzestan Province is an oil-rich province, it has been devastated by war like Basra, so businessmen from Basra began to enter here and solve the widespread hunger and poverty here. The main measures are here
Distribute relief food.
But none of this will change the hatred of the Iranians in Khuzestan Province towards the occupying forces. In a sense, they support the Iranian army to fight back.[
If the Prophet's Army is fully committed to defending Khuzestan Province, that's okay. However, neighboring Kuwait's frequent actions threaten Basra's rear posture, especially when the central government refuses to withdraw its troops from Basra for a long time and instead negotiates with Kuwait.
It is hoped that Kuwait will send troops to urge Basra to withdraw its troops.
It is said to be urging, but does urging require the use of the army? At this time, Basra has already fallen into a two-front battle.
What Akram is most worried about is not Kuwait. On the contrary, he is worried about the US military in Kuwait. The Prophet's Army cannot compete with the modern US military. Although they are already very good, they have invested most of their troops in the Prophet's Army in Khuzestan Province.
Since there are only new recruits in the province, the French use equipment to make up for the quality gap, and their equipment does not have much advantage compared to the US military.
Therefore, Akram hopes that the Prophet can consider the overall situation, withdraw his troops and negotiate peace with Iran first, and maintain his original position. For the Prophet's army, which requires the entire army to fight to the end, Akram's suggestion is impossible to put forward.
, because his boss Hei Chang would never agree, even though it was a rational consideration.
Akram could only hope that the wise prophet could think rationally, but he was disappointed because the second part of the order was to reinforce Khuzestan Province.
Two-thirds of the main force of the Air Force will be stationed at Dizful Airport in Khuzestan Province. The guidance brigade originally had 12 battalions, plus the newly expanded eight battalions, a total of 20 battalions, and there will be two
The new camp entered Khuzestan Province to maintain absolute air defense superiority.
In other words, 12 battalions were left in Basra and eight battalions were left in Khuzestan Province to form a triangular air defense strategy with Ahvaz, Dezful, and Khomeini Port.
The newly expanded army's heavy-armed brigade will be stationed in Khuzestan Province at the same time to respond to Iran's all-out attack. If the 100,000 militia troops are included, then they have already invested two-thirds of their troops in Khuzestan Province.
Strength, at least in the Army.
Akram was very strange. Instead of withdrawing his troops, he actually increased his troops. This really did not fit with his impression of the Prophet. Although in everyone's eyes, the Prophet was a hardliner, Akram felt that the Prophet was a complete rationalist.
Since the establishment of the Prophet Army, it has fought several wars, all of which seem to be irrational risky gambles, but if you look carefully, you will find that they have been fully prepared.
But this time, it is obvious that they cannot gain any major advantage in terms of strategy and tactics. To invest so many troops into the occupied area is to leave their rear defense empty.
So Akram quickly reported the matter to the supreme commander Hei Chang. Akram still admired this black general. His tough and lightning-like attacks always brought unexpected results, many of which
People think that General Black is a clumsy person, but in Akram's eyes, he is actually a wise and foolish person.
At least he was unambiguous when it came to hiring people, and he hired them when he was right, without any doubt, which made Akram completely devoted to him.
General Black still responded with a smile. Obviously he had no resistance to the prophet's orders. This made Akram feel very bad. A battlefield commander should not just obey orders from above, but also follow them.
The situation on the battlefield is used to judge the direction of the situation.
General Black is good at everything, but he listens to the prophet too much.
But Akram also knew that as long as General Black showed his signature smile, it meant that he would carry out the plan firmly and would not even explain anything to them.
"Do you doubt the boss's order?" Heichang put down the document in his hand and said with a tireless smile.
Akram was a little strange. In this case, General Black would not explain anything to him, but since he asked, he would naturally express his thoughts: "I doubt the correctness of this order."
As he spoke, he analyzed his thoughts on the battle situation and the surrounding situation. Finally, he had a chance to speak. Akram believed that even if Heichang would not change his determination, it would still play some role.
But General Hei confidently denied: "Although everyone makes mistakes, I think the mistakes made by the leader are the fewest among all the outstanding people I have ever seen." [
"How can you be sure that he is right? Once it fails, Basra will be knocked back to its original shape. He has given us hope. I don't want it to turn into despair. We cannot afford to lose." Akram said what he felt in his heart.
No matter whether facing subordinates or superiors on the battlefield, a smart commander would not say this.
But although Akram was very smart, his vision of that hope was far greater than his intelligence.
Heichang still smiled: "In terms of command and overall consideration, I am not as good as you, but you are not as good as me in understanding the enemy. If you think it is just you Basra people who can't afford to lose, then you are wrong. You have followed the enemy to come here.
, I knew he was already connected to this land, and he couldn’t afford to lose either, that’s why you trust him so much.”
This may be what Hei Chang has said the most. Akram was surprised and thought deeply at the same time. Looking at the smile on General Hei's face, Akram was a little less worried.
What they didn't expect was that Canglong not only gave them full support this time, but also transferred the deputy commander of the Air Force, Aziz, to take charge of this defensive battle.
Heichang immediately summoned all the senior generals to discuss combat arrangements. Since Canglong had no more orders, he only gave them a word to adapt accordingly.
Although this was to give them maximum power, such a vague order made them very entangled. Everyone discussed how to deploy their defenses. Akram even came up with a perfect plan that could almost make the Iranian army defeat and return.
But they were all rejected by Heichang. He said nothing and just wrote two words in Arabic on the blackboard, "attack".
So all the staff and officers shut up. They were surprised, but also excited. Maybe this plan is the most risky, but offense is the best defense. Now they are both in terms of troops and weapons and equipment.
If you have an absolute advantage, why not attack?
Only at this moment did Akram understand why Heichang trusted Canglong so much. The so-called adaptability was actually to let them attack and catch the enemy by surprise when they thought they would defend.
At the same time, in Basra, all Canglong can use now are the twelve battalions of the guide brigade, and on the border and coastline, most of Canglong's deployments are new troops and militiamen, which makes the top brass in Basra panic.
How can we deal with Kuwait's harassment or possible attack with a small amount of troops?
But Canglong rejected everyone's opinions and insisted that there was nothing they could do. After the central government's talks with Kuwait, Kuwait's reaction became more and more serious, and even later openly announced that it might help Iraq to eliminate the rebels in order to treat them as a threat.
Friendly attitude towards neighbors.
In the next half month, Kuwait began to send its navy to continuously harass Basra and block the border. Kuwaiti soldiers sometimes crossed the border. There was not much movement in Khuzestan Province. The Iranian army and the Prophet
The army fought dozens of times, but they were all small-scale battles, and the two sides were at a stalemate.
Basra's logistics support does not have many problems. The Kuwaiti Navy blocked the ports of Basra and Fa'o, but did not block the Khomeini Port. Therefore, most of Basra's trade goes out through the two occupied Iranian ports.
UAE flag.
Although this is a headache for both the Iranians and the Americans, the UAE is indeed conducting normal port trade, does not support Basra weapons and equipment, and has not violated any terms.
However, when the U.S. Fifth Fleet decided to withdraw from the Persian Gulf again and go to the Mediterranean for exercises, the Iranians were excited. They finally no longer had to face the threat of the American Fifth Fleet and could freely use other naval bases.
, dispatched the navy to further threaten Basra, and even recaptured Khomeini Port and Mahshahr Port.
The Americans acted differently and told the Iranian Navy, you can fight with confidence, I will not participate in the war. The Iranian Navy immediately responded with a fleet consisting of two destroyers, three frigates, four frigates, and twenty guided speed boats.
, carelessly sailed out of the base of Bushehr Port and headed towards Khomeini Port and Basra. This mighty fleet shocked the Basra Province.
They have no navy and can only be beaten, and two-thirds of the Air Force's aircraft are now dispatched to the Dizful Air Force Base in Khuzestan. It is already very difficult to confront the Iranian Air Force, let alone support the port. If this force
If the fleet is positioned directly at the outlet of Shatt al-Arab, Basra will be severely damaged, leading to a complete collapse of the rear.
Coupled with Kuwait's harassment and the strength of the new army, the crisis became increasingly serious.
Senior officials in Basra persuaded the Prophet to engage in peace talks and make preparations as early as possible. In other words, the pressure was too great, so Canglong actually compromised. He sent a special envoy to Kuwait, hoping to reach some kind of agreement with Kuwait.
Although in the eyes of senior officials, this special envoy was sent to Kuwait and not to Iran, which made them a little disappointed, they were finally relieved. At least they knew about the compromise and sent the special envoy to negotiate.
But how did they know that before dispatching the special envoy, the Russian aircraft carrier Peter the Great, supported by two frigates and a supply ship, had already sailed into the Arabian Sea and would soon enter the Persian Gulf, conducting military operations on various countries along the way?
access.
In one of Nikolaev's words: "Russia will fully support Basra in fighting any war."[
So why did Canglong send a special envoy to Kuwait?