Tikrit, the capital of Salahuddin Province in Iraq, is located on the banks of the Tigris River, 140 kilometers northwest of the capital Baghdad. It is a city with a population of approximately 300,000 people.
This city is not famous, has no historical sites, and is not a tourist attraction, so it does not have much fame around the world. However, in the hearts of later generations of Iraqis, it is a holy place.
Their legendary leader Lao Sa was born here. Even in 2017, there are still a large number of staunch supporters of Lao Sa gathered here. However, in the early days of the war, the resistance here was not strong, but later it became a holy place for guerrillas.
The Iraq of 2003 was much more prosperous than the Iraq of later generations, and the Iraqis did not have much dislike for the US military. The Americans did a great job in the early stage and penetrated the so-called dishonor into the hearts of some Iraqi people.
In my heart, it seemed that after the Americans came, Iraq would usher in a prosperous age.
Sitting in a bulletproof Humvee, Yu Yang slowly drove into the outskirts of Tikrit with Company A of the US military. After American bombing, some important military targets in the city had become a mess.
ruins.
At this time, the Americans were not bombing recklessly, and most of the civilian buildings were well preserved. Although Iraq was in a war-torn state, the people's lives continued.
There were no longer any Iraqi defenders around the city. Two tanks led the way, followed by five armored personnel carriers and five Humvees. Company A drove directly into the city of Tikrit without any guns.
There was no resistance, and apart from the crowds watching on both sides of the road, no troops or guerrillas were seen.
"Report to the headquarters, this is Company A, the progress is going well, we have successfully entered the city, without encountering any resistance, repeat, this is Company A, the progress is going well, we have successfully entered the city, without encountering any resistance!" Austrian!
Lothar sat next to Yu Yang, holding a communication device, and began to report the situation to John.
Although the U.S. military was very conceited, it still made careful arrangements. Company A was just the vanguard. At the same time, there were a company of U.S. troops entering the city from four directions of Tikrit, and behind them there was a battalion in reserve.
Once the troops encounter resistance in any direction, they will immediately send reinforcements.
The advance went smoothly. About half an hour later, Company A successfully arrived at the expected target location, a former landmark building in the city of Tikrit, which was also the entire Tikrit government building.
Yu Yang didn't know the name of this building, but it formed a U-shape with the two slightly shorter buildings around it, so Yu Yang called it a U-shaped building.
"It's going well. Our current task is to start clearing out the resistance members hiding in the city. Yu, Shete, you are still holding this antique gun in your hand. Sorry, I'm sorry Yu, I want this weapon
This is the weapon you used in Mogadishu, right? I think it is a bit outdated, Yu, what do you think of the M4!" At this time, Olosa was a little surprised when he saw the weapon Yu Yang was holding.
The US military has begun to upgrade. The M16 has been modified three times, and Yu Yang is currently using the first generation. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an antique in Orosa's words, but compared to yesterday, there were still people holding Garand.
For those who like rifles, Yu Yang's weapons are pretty good.
"Of course, I just don't have a better choice. Otherwise, I don't like using this weapon. Do you have an M4A1? Give me one!"
Yu Yang wanted to change weapons before, but he didn't have time to drink yesterday. Today, he set off immediately after coming out of John's room and didn't have time to change. It's best to change weapons now. At least, he changed to an M4A1, and he can
Bring it into any battlefield without restrictions.
After changing the weapon, Yu Yang put it in his hands and played with a brand new M4A1 for a while. He was very satisfied. At least he was much more satisfied than the M16 he used before. Now he just had to give it a try with some Iraqi guerrillas and government troops.
arms.
Yu Yang didn't notice. This time when he entered the battlefield, he didn't feel disgust in his heart. Instead, he felt vaguely excited, as if he was looking forward to the killing.
The Iraqi government forces and guerrillas did not keep Yu Yang waiting for too long. After Yu Yang and Company A occupied the U-shaped building for about an hour, some suspicious-looking people began to appear outside the building.
Pointing at the building, there were only one or two people at first, and then the number increased. After about an hour, several pickup trucks stopped at the far end of the building.
A dozen Iraqis armed with various weapons began to gather together. However, they did not attack directly. Instead, they took out their mobile phones and started making calls, as if they were calling friends.
Then a large number of Iraqi militiamen gathered together, this time in large numbers, about a hundred or so, armed with various weapons, gathering from all directions like a patty.
The American soldiers had discovered the armed men gathered together, but they did not choose to shoot immediately. Orosa kept reporting the situation on his side to the headquarters. Company A now functions like fishing bait.
Generally, seducing Iraqi militants in the city of Tikrit.
There can't be too many people fishing for bait. If a whole group goes in, all the Iraqi government troops will probably be hiding and they won't dare to show their faces at all.
Four companies of troops in a medium-sized city are scattered around the city. There are not many people in each area, only more than a hundred people. This number of people is a big cake for the Iraqi government troops hiding in the city.
tempting them.
The number of people gathered has exceeded 200. These Iraqi soldiers have no organization and discipline at all. They seem to not care that their whereabouts have been exposed. They are arrogant and appear around the US military from time to time, as if they are visiting.
Americans are not here to fight.
"The latest information! What we are facing are the remnants of the Iraqi Mountain Division. There are about 2,000 of them and they retreated to Tikrit. The intelligence we intercepted shows that they are preparing to attack our troops entering the city at 6 o'clock tonight.
At the same time, traces of Iraqi activities were also found around C Company, E Company and G Company." In the company command room, a communications soldier reported the latest intelligence.
Originally, Yu Yang was not qualified to participate in this kind of combat meeting, but due to John's special care, Orosa brought Yu Yang in with a blind eye, and no one asked too many questions.
Moreover, Yu Yang only now knew that John was now a regiment commander. The place where they met yesterday was just the headquarters of John's regiment, and John's troops were scattered around Tikrit.
