If George had known that not only was he unable to capture Lutbai in three days, but that 300,000 multinational troops were defeated, he would not have invested so much at any cost in the early stages of the war, even to the point of being irrational.
But there is no regret in the world. Ever since George was eager to win, the balance of the war has tilted towards the Prophet Army. The second round of attacks seemed fierce and achieved great results. In this air battle, the Iraqi Air Force also The losses were heavy, but the losses of the coalition forces were even heavier.
The two counterattacks invested more than 700 aircraft and took off more than 2,100 sorties. The Prophet Army lost nearly 200 aircraft, while the United States-led coalition lost more than 400 aircraft. It seems that NATO suffered a loss, but it was actually the new Iraq that suffered a loss.
After all, Iraq's land area is very small, so the Air Force does not have many fighter jets, only more than 500 in total, and this time it lost nearly half of them. And with NATO's industrial capabilities, even if they lost so many aircraft, they still It can be built in a very short time, but Iraq is different.
The manufacturing of aircraft is still a weak point. Although they already have most of the technologies, they do not have much productivity. This creates a huge contrast. Once the NATO coalition forces carry out air strikes again, the only thing Iraq can defend is the Homeland Defense Force. And the Homeland Defense and Air Force is not omnipotent.[
They can play most of the roles, but they cannot play an absolute role.
Faced with huge losses, George ordered the Army's attack without any hesitation. But what he didn't expect was that the Army's attack was far greater than the Air Force's losses.
The hundreds of lines of defense of the Prophet Army were arranged very precisely. First, they bombarded them, then blocked them. After the blocking, they immediately withdrew to the second line of defense.
After repeated rounds of blocking in this way, in one day, the US military and the Israeli army advanced less than one kilometer in two directions.
As for the multinational forces headed by Jordan on the other side, it was even worse. Instead of advancing, they were forced hundreds of meters away by the Prophet Army. If the Prophet Army had not been huddled in their positions and could not get out, they would have been defeated long ago.
What George could do was to order the attack to continue. The more disadvantages he faced, the more angry he felt. They fought until night before they could reach the outskirts of Lutbai.
In front of them, there were more than ten defense lines of the Prophet Army. At this time, both the US military and the Israeli army suffered heavy losses, if only for no other reason than that the Prophet Army was too thieves.
Forget about defending in the position, when they retreat, they still lay a lot of various mines in the position, making it very difficult for the troops of the two countries to take any step forward, and the tanks cannot use their strength at all, because there are The anti-tank mine was paralyzed on the position accidentally.
However, the real nightmare is not these landmines, but the arrival of late night. Most US troops have night vision equipment, but not every US military has it.
But despite the night vision equipment, they still did not have daytime vision, so when night came, the Prophet Army immediately launched a counterattack. Although the US military was also attacking at this time, most of them were very sleepy, but what they ushered in was Armored units of the Prophet's Army.
Their tanks no longer dared to be sent in, and their aircraft were almost completely lost in the air battle. Now facing the armored troops of the Prophet Army, they have almost become a target. Although they also have anti-tank infantry, the infantry came out with the tanks, and again in Can you easily launch anti-tank rockets at night?
The answer is naturally no, so the U.S. military also followed the example of the Prophet Army and fought positional warfare. However, when the Prophet Army built fortifications, they obviously turned their positions outwards, so the U.S. military couldn't defend them even if they wanted to, because most of the positions were facing inward. Basically there is no cover.
Therefore, the position they finally captured during the day was recaptured at night. Although George had been issuing attack orders and the US and Israeli troops also defended, they could not hold it. What could they do?
Finally, in the early morning, George had no choice but to issue an order to stop the attack and regain the position during the day.
So a new round of positional warfare began again. Both the Americans and the Israelis wondered whether the Prophet Army were all gods. During the day, they arranged almost the same mines. At night, they arranged them all again. As soon as their armored troops rushed up , Nima suffered heavy losses again.
After finally retreating, they could only attack step by step. However, this time they obviously attacked much more smoothly than yesterday, and the Prophet Army's defense was also much laxer. So they finally reached the outskirts of the city, but they came again at night.
This goes on and on, and the US military and the Israeli army have nothing to do against the Prophet Army. This is the first time they have discovered that modern warfare can also be fought in this way.
In fact, this is not the fault of the US military and the Israeli army. The blame is that the opponents they encountered before were too weak. They only need to send out aircraft to bomb, the missiles will cooperate with the attack, and finally go up to clean up the mess. Basically, the opponent will be completely defeated. They retreated, but the Prophet Army was different.
The equipment is almost the same, and the two sides cannot form much advantage in the air. In the end, they can only form an advantage on the ground. The US military, which is accustomed to fighting technological warfare, is suddenly forced to fight the positional warfare of the last century, and needs to adapt to the battlefield environment again. , of course they cannot defeat the Prophet Army.[
Snow Leopard almost used the 100,000 people under his command to the limit. They were divided into day and night troops. During the day, the day troops defended, and at night, the night troops attacked. Positional warfare was also Snow Leopard's specialty. What he needed to do was to Casualties are reduced to a minimum while maximizing combat effectiveness.
This requires the use of some small objects. For example, in the former Iraq War, when the US military attacked Iraq, the ground troops almost marched straight into it. The Iraqis never knew what mines were. Even if they laid mines, most of them were thrown directly on the road. That's why the US military happily fought all the way to the capital Baghdad.
After watching these videos, Snow Leopard wondered why the Iraqis were so stupid. If the landmines were well laid, Saddam's regime might be able to persist for a while.
It's a pity that the Iraqis only learned how to lay landmines after the war ended. Although they could cause some casualties to the US military at that time, the situation was over.
Therefore, when Xue Bao served as the commander of the Northwest Army, he specially formed a mine regiment to be responsible for laying mines, and most of the mines were made from the research center. This guy Shen Wansan was studying bombs and mines every day. These used on the battlefield were basically invented by Shen Wansan.
Many of them are available on the market, so even if the US military has deminers, it will be difficult to clear them. In addition, in this environment, who is waiting for you to clear the mines?
Therefore, it took George nearly five days to break through the outer defense line. During these five days, the Prophet's army fought with them day and night. In the end, the Israeli army was the first to break through to the city of Rutbai, but by this time they had already suffered casualties. Reached five figures.
Most of them are US troops and Israeli troops, and only a small part are Jordanian troops. Of course, this is not to blame for Jordan's absolute lack of strength. In fact, they have fought this kind of battle, so they basically stayed in place during many attacks.
, occasionally firing a few cannons into the position, just for the US military and Israelis to see.
On the seventh day, the U.S. military finally broke through to the city, but at this time they discovered that the casualties were heavy, the most tragic for the U.S. military since the 21st century. Although they did not know the casualties of the Prophet Army, they were definitely much smaller than them.
Already.
George could not have imagined that he would actually use his numerical superiority to overwhelm the Prophet Army in the end. It was a bit embarrassing for this to spread.
But he soon adjusted his strategy. When attacking the urban area, he mixed the Israeli army, the US army, the British army, Jordanian and multinational forces, especially the Jordanian army, which had the largest number. George felt that this could put pressure on the Prophet Army.
, otherwise the Jordanian side would always fire off cannons, and by the end of the war, thousands of people would have died, but the number of their dead could be counted on two fingers.
But who would have thought that the real war would begin not in peripheral position battles, but in street battles in the city, and that the Prophet's army would be far more ferocious than they imagined.
In the next month, the coalition forces and the Prophet's Army engaged in the most brutal street fighting in the 21st century in Rutbai, with fighting taking place in almost every building.
Sometimes the soldiers on both sides are so close that there is only a wall between them, and you can even hear each other's breathing. However, the war is cruel. When they face each other, they shake hands and make peace, but only the bullets pass through the chest. Either you die or I die.
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The competition at the water source was the most intense. Some soldiers were so thirsty that they had to drink a few sips of water despite being shot at by their opponents. In the end, they drank the water but lost their lives.
The soldiers dyed the water source red, but in the end, no one cared whether the drinking water was blood or water, and no one cared what was filled in their own water bottles. They only knew whether to attack or defend.
The coalition forces captured a building during the day, and the Prophet Army recaptured it at night and launched a ferocious attack. After the Northeastern Army arrived, the coalition forces were driven out of the city of Rutbai several times, but soon the coalition forces frantically recaptured it.
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In many cases, they have forgotten their identities and are like walking zombies, executing an order. In the end, the competition is still will. Whoever can persevere will be the winner of this war and whoever can get this building.
City.
A month later, George finally ordered to stop the offensive and shift to strategic defense, because in this city, he had killed nearly 100,000 people, most of whom were American and Israeli soldiers. The largest Jordanian army was saved.
The most complete thing is that George finally understood the sentence, a mouse dropping spoils a pot of soup.
He really regretted the order he gave to the mixed formation, otherwise he would not have been dragged to death by the Jordanian army. You must know that this kind of situation always happens on the battlefield. Two soldiers rush in front, and a group of people behind them
We followed, but the ones in front were Israelis and Americans, and those behind were Jordanians.
But they charged very fiercely. When faced with the counterattack of the Prophet Army, these guys who had just shouted that they would die with the Prophet Army immediately turned around and ran away, while the Americans and Israelis stupidly bumped into people.
On the muzzle.
Being betrayed more than once in this way, the Americans and Israelis almost fell out with the Jordanian army, but they found that the Jordanian army seemed to have completely suppressed them in numbers [