Unlike those young soldiers in Kuwait, the Iranian army has strong combat effectiveness and willpower, which is mainly reflected in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
This force, which is independent of the military system, was established to defend Iran's Islamic revolutionary regime. After the revolution in Iran in the late 1970s, Iranian Islamic spiritual leader Khomeini and other Iranian leaders, in order to consolidate the "fruits of victory,"
It is intended to establish an armed force of its own that is independent of the military.
The main reason is because it was this army that overthrew Mossadegh's "government" that came to power through elections with the support of the CIA in the 1950s, and it was still this army that shot at the demonstrations ten years later. If
Relying on this "old army" established by the king, the same tragedy may happen to us.
Therefore, the Islamic Revolutionary Council of Iran decided to establish a security force based on the various paramilitary forces that opposed the former Shah's regime, and the Revolutionary Guards was born.
It directly obeys the orders of the supreme spiritual leader. At the same time, it conducts a major purge of the old army and establishes a political and ideological department in the army. It sends "mullahs" (Iranian clergy) to the army to transform the old army with Islamic ideas.
Become the "spiritual" commander of military personnel.[
In Iran, the difference between the traditional army and the Revolutionary Guards can be divided by blood. The Revolutionary Guards are "new" and the traditional army is "old"; the Revolutionary Guards were established by the leaders of the Islamic Revolution, while the traditional army was established by the former king.
Due to the difference in "blood relationship", the two "armies" have been distantly related to the state power since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. In other words, the Revolutionary Guards belong to the "direct line" in the usual sense, while the army is a "collateral line"
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To put it simply, one has a grandma who loves her, her uncle loves her, and her parents are all there for her, while the other has a grandma who doesn’t love her and her uncle doesn’t love her, and her parents often beat and scold her.
Therefore, whether it is in terms of staffing or budget, the Revolutionary Guards always receive more "care". This has undoubtedly caused the relationship between the two to be unharmonious. The joint command has become a loose association and has no regard for the Revolutionary Guards.
How much binding force.
During the eight-year-long Iran-Iraq War, the Revolutionary Guards lived up to expectations and was known for its courage to fight and fight, which laid a solid foundation for its rising status after the war.
As the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Musayed had a natural sense of superiority. In the face of several major defeats by the Prophet's Army, he put all the responsibility on the regular army. This had nothing to do with the Revolutionary Guards. In fact, the Revolutionary Guards
Its combat effectiveness cannot even be ignored by the Prophet Army.
However, after the war, they did not analyze the reasons for the failure, but put the responsibility on the regular army. This will certainly make the regular army dissatisfied, but what is the use of being dissatisfied? They are grandma who does not care for their uncle and does not love them. There is no reason to explain, and they will take the blame anyway.
It's enough, not less than this time.
But this caused the entire regular army to lose morale. This was also the main reason why 100,000 troops stationed in Ramholmuz, including 30,000 Revolutionary Guards, were unable to resist the attack of the Prophet Army. It was night again and there was another surprise attack.
, as the main force, the regular army naturally considers them cannon fodder.
Therefore, they were not prepared to resist at all, and the combat orders of the Joint Command Headquarters were not unified. The regular army was attacked and was not prepared to flee directly. However, when they asked for help from the Revolutionary Guards, the Revolutionary Guards did not make much movement, which caused the entire army to retreat.
, since you are determined to use us as cannon fodder, why don't we just give you a "hair"? It's better to run away and go home to farm.
In this way, the regular army retreated while fighting, but the Revolutionary Guards encountered a strong attack. Without the help of the regular army, they were outnumbered and finally defeated. So everyone was chased away by the Prophet's army and rushed to Isfahan before they had time to relax.
In one breath, the Prophet's Army launched a powerful offensive against Isfahan with heavy artillery fire.
If the Revolutionary Guards organized the Basij (militia) in time and blocked the attack, I am afraid that they would have lost Isfahan the next day and lost this important town that connects the north and the south.
Only then did they slightly block the attack of the Prophet's Army. This was also the most serious defeat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. One hundred thousand people retreated, which was a huge loss of face. In the Iran-Iraq war, they were the only ones who chased the Iraqis away. Why?
Maybe they were driven away by the Iraqis?
In Isfahan, the conflict between the two armies became more and more serious. As soon as the Prophet's Army calmed down a little, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards quarreled with the commander of the regular army. One said that you couldn't stop us because you didn't support us yesterday.
, but one said that you were passive and lazy in the fight, which caused us to lose Ramholmuz and the opportunity to counterattack.
The two parties were quarreling like this. Fortunately, Basijs recruited from surrounding provinces arrived one after another, otherwise they would have been chased and quarreled.
Finally, the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Guards, Musayed, spoke. The regular army was the main reason for this defeat, and he informed the Supreme Leader. At the same time, the hard-line new president also dismissed the commander of the regular army. The quarrel was finally over, but the cause of the failure was
At the same time, it was buried deeper and deeper.
When Said ordered surrounding militias to gather in Isfahan, there were already a total of 300,000 people here, including the retreating army and Basij.
This is almost double the number of the Prophet Army. You must know that the regular army of the Prophet Army only has 70,000 people. Most of them are recruits selected from the militia, while the others are militiamen. However, they came to Isfahan to command
Musayed actually chose to fight a defensive battle.
His reason was that the Prophet Army's guide brigade followed the Prophet Army into the vicinity of Isfahan, which meant that the air defense and air force had difficulty getting an advantage in the face of the powerful Prophet Army air defense system, and the opponent's artillery group and
Armored troops obviously have a longer range than their equipment and are more advanced.
According to Said's idea, as long as the Prophet's Army is introduced into the city of Isfahan, he can take advantage of the absolute advantage of the number of people and the advantage of the terrain to completely annihilate the Prophet's Army in the city and fight guerrilla warfare, street fighting, and
War of attrition.[
In fact, Musayed is right to think so, because Isfahan is an important transportation hub, connecting the north and the south. Once it is lost, the whole country will definitely be shocked, and they will not be able to bear it by then, so Musayed is a commander who does not like to take risks.
officer, but what he faced was a black general who was very adventurous and completely unpredictable.
With the cooperation of Heichang and Akram, they attacked the city. Except for the past few days, they launched some artillery shelling and bombing, and almost never conducted a decent attack. In fact, the biggest shortcoming of the blitz was the logistical supply.
, now they are waiting for logistical supplies here before launching an attack.
They were even prepared for a counterattack by the Iranian army, but they did not expect that the Iranians were so ineffective and stayed in the city waiting for their attack.
A week later, their supplies finally arrived, which was enough to support them in fighting another war. In terms of morale and equipment, they were not inferior to the opposing troops.
However, in Isfahan, someone discovered something was wrong with the Prophet's Army. This person was Ali Daei, who was in charge of logistics supplies. Although he was unwilling to fight against the Prophet's Army, there was no reconciliation if he got into this position.
It can be said that there must be a loser.
But looking at the entire situation, although the Prophet's Army has been on the offensive, there has not been much movement for a week. This is very unusual. At that time, he and Musayed put forward their own suggestions, allowing some Basij and regular troops to be spared.
The Prophet's army retreated, and then launched a comprehensive encirclement and annihilation campaign.
If this plan is implemented, it will cause a two-sided attack on the Prophet Army. Moreover, their lone army has gone deep and their logistical supplies have been stretched for hundreds of kilometers. As long as their supply lines are interrupted, the Prophet Army will be wiped out sooner or later, so that they can
Get a big victory.
It was not that Musayed had not considered it when he arrived, but compared to the importance of Isfahan, he rejected the suggestion. He felt that it would be very disadvantageous for them to disperse their forces now. If Isfahan was lost,
Who will be responsible?
Okay, now Alidai understands why there is a Chinese saying that a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. An excellent general’s insight on the battlefield often determines the outcome of a war, and he will also seize it.
All fighters are engaged in a gamble. In fact, war is a gamble.
It depends not only on luck, but also on skill. Luck lies in heaven, and skill lies in people. If the commander of this war is replaced by Simon, I am afraid it will be different. Even if Hei Chang is hard to figure out, he will inevitably be besieged. Even if
Even if you can escape, you may suffer heavy losses, resulting in a situation where you cannot fight again.
But Musayed was not Simon, and Heichang had another person helping him, and this was Akram.
After receiving supplies, everyone thought they would storm Isfahan. As long as they captured this city and destroyed all the facilities here, Iran would completely surrender due to huge losses.
Even Musayed thought that the opponent, a black general who knew how to fight hard, would attack by force because Ahvaz was fighting a bloody battle in front of him, but Musayed was disappointed.
He was even frightened.
News reached his high command that Tehran had been attacked by air. The fiercest air battle in Iran's history took place in Tehran. The Prophet's fighter planes suddenly appeared in the sky over Tehran. The most terrifying thing was the four bombers.
Although the fighter jets at Tehran's No. 1 Air Force Base fought tooth and nail, they were determined to face the Prophet's aircraft fleet, which numbered 80 sorties.
This air battle caused heavy losses to Tehran's No. 1 Air Force Base, which was almost completely wiped out. The Prophet Army's air raid also paid a price, with more than two dozen fighter jets destroyed in the sky above Tehran.
This was an air battle that shocked Iran, even the entire Middle East, and the whole world, because of the number of aircraft of the Prophet Army and the appearance of bombers. Finally, what I have to say is the speed of training of the Prophet Army's air force and their excellent performance.
But this was not the main reason for the shock. The decision to run 350 kilometers and air strike Tehran was the main reason for the shock to the world.