"Coming!" This time, not only Yu Yang, but everyone in Class A knew that the Iraqis were coming, and the ground had begun to tremble. Apart from earthquakes, there was only a sound made when tanks ran over the road, and the number was not high.
Less, at least a dozen tanks, or even more.
The heavy rain came and went quickly. It lasted less than two minutes and then slowly stopped. The sun appeared again, as if the heavy rain just now was God's help to clean the battlefield between the Iraqis and the Americans.
Yu Yang led Class A and quickly arrived at the defense area they were responsible for, three rooms on the third floor of the middle building of the U-shaped building.
The US military chose passive defense this time, waiting for the Iraqis to attack. After all, this city is full of Iraqis. If they move rashly, they may be attacked by the Iraqis. It is better to stay where they are.
The Americans were fully prepared for the Iraqi attack. When the Iraqi army began to gather, the Americans' high-altitude drones had already discovered it and quickly transmitted the information to the headquarters, and the U.S. military headquarters also followed the original instructions.
The plan began to launch a combat plan, and the first to be dispatched was the American Air Force.
After receiving the order, the U.S. Air Force, which had been waiting for a long time, quickly began to take off from various temporary bases. The nearest airport was less than ten minutes away from the city of Tiklit and could quickly fly to Tikrit.
The U.S. military inside the city provided fire support.
On the other side, after receiving the order from the headquarters, the U.S. First Infantry Regiment stationed outside the city also began to gather quickly and began to prepare to reinforce the Third Infantry Regiment in the city, but this time they no longer faced no command.
of the Iraqi stragglers, the first to be attacked was the 1st Infantry Regiment.
Kusai knew very well that if they wanted to capture the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the first thing they needed to deal with was the 1st Infantry Regiment outside the city, and he also knew very well that it was impossible to take down two infantry regiments in one go.
, it is impossible to eat even one.
However, the American soldiers in the city are all in one battalion, and each battalion is dispersed. If he can defeat an American mechanical infantry battalion alone, he is still very confident, provided that the Americans do not have reinforcements.
Qusai had about 13,000 troops in his hands. There were about 8,000 people in the city and 5,000 outside the city. Kusai asked 2,000 of them to attack the 1st Infantry Regiment. Rather than attacking,
It would be better to hold them back so that they are unable to support the 3rd Infantry Regiment in the city.
The remaining 3,000 people entered the city and began to besiege the other two battalions of the 3rd Infantry Regiment in the city, preventing them from rescuing the area besieged by the Iraqis. The remaining 8,000 people were the third step of the attack.
The main force of the 1st Battalion of the Corps.
These included thirty Type 59 tanks, twenty armored vehicles and other heavy weapons. It can be said that Qusay used all his possessions in Tikrit to fight to the death. Now the Iraqis really need a victory.
A big win to cheer people up.
As soon as the reinforcements of the 1st Infantry Regiment walked out of the camp, they were immediately attacked by rockets. The tracks of a main battle tank were directly blown off. Then the Iraqis outside the camp began to shoot at the panicked American troops.
The U.S. military did not expect that they would be attacked as soon as they reached the camp. They were temporarily in disarray and lost six or seven soldiers before they stabilized the front. However, the Iraqi firepower was somewhat fierce and suppressed the Americans who had just walked out of the barracks.
Went back.
The US military and the Iraqis outside the city began to exchange fire. The first battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment in the city also began to engage in formal exchanges of fire with the Iraqis. However, this time it was the Iraqis who opened fire first. The Iraqi army tanks took the lead, and the infantry followed.
Seeing that Bu Tan Xie did a very good job, we can see the traces of the largest military power in the Middle East back then.
The Iraqi tank walked at the front with great arrogance. It turned its gun barrel and aimed at the U-shaped building guarded by the US military. One shot directly exploded the simple guardrail built by the Americans, preparing to rush directly into the US military camp. The Americans did not
After letting the Iraqi tanks be arrogant for a long time, two anti-tank missiles directly hit the leading Iraqi tank, instantly turning it into a pile of scrap metal.
At the same time, the M1A1 main battle tank in the US military camp also started to move, rushing out from the bunker, tearing the camouflage, and aimed its thick barrel directly at the Iraqi tank with no obstacles in front of it, and took it away with one shell.
An Iraqi tank.
There are a total of twenty main battle tanks in the military camp, and the remaining tanks are distributed among the other battalions. The 3rd Mechanical Infantry Regiment is a mixed infantry regiment, with one tank battalion and two mechanical infantry battalions.
Yu Yang stood at the window and observed the battlefield situation outside. It was now a period of tank fire between the two sides, and the Iraqi tanks were a little too outdated.
After all, Wuye has been around for nearly half a century. Although it has been constantly undergoing magical improvements, it has finally fallen behind. In the face of the new generation of M1A1 main battle tanks, it is almost vulnerable and has no power to fight back.
The weapon in Yu Yang's hand now is the M24 sniper rifle. He has put the rifle aside for the time being. There has not yet been a close-range firefight. The Iraqis are still some distance away from Yu Yang. Now is a good time for the sniper rifle to kill people.
The Iraqis were a little crazy. They completely ignored the suppressed firepower of the Americans and swarmed crazily around the American military camp from all directions. Yu Yang didn't need to take careful aim at all. There were too many Iraqis outside, so he fired casually into the distance.
Even a gun could kill an Iraqi. These Iraqis stood in the open space and fired wildly with their weapons. Stray bullets flew everywhere, but it didn't have much effect.
The tank fire below was fierce. In about five minutes, almost all the Iraqi tanks were scrapped. The American M1A1 main battle tanks won a great victory. Only two of the twenty tanks seemed to have problems and stopped at the tank.
On the battlefield, but the gun barrels are still rotating, and the remaining eighteen tanks are galloping on the battlefield in a show of force, tilting their ammunition.
The Iraqis did not sit still and began to launch suicide attacks. Several Iraqis held explosives in their hands and rushed towards the American tanks crazily, shouting something loudly with their mouths wide.
Although their plan was perfect, modern tanks were no longer the iron coffins of World War II. There was nothing they could do when approached by infantry. There were movable shooting holes all around the tank, frantically harvesting the lives of approaching Iraqis.
American tanks did not have time to be arrogant for too long. After the Iraqis discovered that suicide attacks were useless, they began to use RPGs. However, the M1A1 used by the Americans themselves was not a shrunk product sold to Middle Eastern countries. They used depleted uranium armor, and RPGs could not attack it at all.
After piercing the frontal armor of these tanks, several RPG rounds had no effect, and the Iraqi attack was in trouble!
"Hit the tracks, damn the tracks!" Okamoto Sakata had been following Kusai. When he saw that the battle was hindered, he immediately shouted loudly.
After hearing what Okamoto Sakata said, Kusai immediately ordered to bombard the tracks of the M1A1 tank, and the effect was quickly achieved.
