Time Travel 04: I Fight the US in the Middle East

Before the American soldiers were even fully dead, Mahdi Army militants had already poured out of their hiding places!

That's exactly the time difference we're exploiting!

First, destroy the US military equipment, then launch a sudden general attack. This way, the US soldiers will abandon their equipment and flee in a sorry state. In such a short time, it is impossible for the US military to set up booby traps inside the equipment!

If the U.S. military had even three minutes to prepare, they could have hung grenades on the hatches, causing heavy casualties to the Mahdi forces!

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Khalil Maliki shouted as he ran toward the M1 tank, jumped in with a whoosh, and then crawled into the turret.

Whoosh!

Just as his comrades climbed onto the turret, they saw Khalil Maliki pull out a 120mm grenade from the gun mount and lift it forcefully to the hatch!

The M908 drag-reducing obstacle-breaking grenade weighs 22.3 kg and has a warhead weighing 11.4 kg. Just one of these grenades, buried by the roadside, is enough to destroy an M2 armored vehicle!

Previously, they could only dismantle unexploded shells on the roadside, and dismantling them could lead to their deaths at any moment. Now... they can easily obtain dozens of grenades!

His companion quickly reached out and took the grenade; it did seem quite heavy...

When the Russian tanks developed to 125mm caliber, they were equipped with automatic loaders, and the short guys from Central Asia simply couldn't lift the shells!

Western 120mm tank guns still use manual loading because their tanks are tall and the loaders are strong, especially the black men who are human loaders, which are very effective!

If an Asian joins the U.S. military, they will also be assigned to load artillery shells. If they delay the tank crew... the tank commander will not hesitate to beat them up!

One shell after another was carried out!

On the other side, Ali-Hazim rushed towards the hatch of the M2 infantry fighting vehicle and jumped on.

They took all the ammunition, including the 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, but unfortunately, the 25mm Viper cannon was impossible to remove...

Wait, what's that cylindrical object on the side of the turret? A TOW anti-tank missile?

We've struck it rich! This anti-tank missile can destroy the main armor of an M1 tank from a long distance!

Next time the enemy comes in, we can fight them head-on!

Wait, they even have toy airplanes? What can they do with something so small? A toy? Whatever, I'll just take them with me!

In a secluded courtyard.

"Brother Azam, the whole city is in chaos now, the US military doesn't dare to fight at all, they're all running away! We've also discovered that grenades are more effective than AK rifles..." Amr-Erwan-Ibrahim said excitedly.

"Well, we have a maximum of twenty minutes. In twenty minutes, the helicopters from the nearby Victoria base should be flying over."

Victoria Base is located near Baghdad International Airport. After the U.S. military occupied Baghdad, it was developed into a helicopter base, where helicopters were deployed regardless of which unit came to the area.

The next step is to launch a surprise attack on this helicopter base...

Thinking of this, Azam looked up at the sky and suddenly his eyes caught sight of a flying machine!

The city was in chaos, filled with black smoke from explosions, and everyone's ears were ringing, so... they couldn't hear the sound of that thing flying in from the sky.

In later experience, these things proved to be quite dangerous!

He instinctively wanted to hide, but... after seeing the shape of the aircraft clearly, he wasn't so afraid anymore.

The fuselage has a normal aerodynamic layout, with a streamlined nose and straight wings on both sides, all neat and orderly. However, the fuselage stops abruptly at the wings and continues to extend two spars to the rear, connecting to the inverted V-shaped tail.

Between the two beams is a rotating propeller.

This design clearly features the characteristics of David IAI Aircraft Company's drones!

However, its fuselage is more streamlined and its tail is also unique, so it is not the RQ-5A Hound jointly developed by Northrop Grumman and David Aircraft Industries, but the more advanced RQ-7 Shadow!

The fuselage is relatively large, with a length of 3.7 meters and a wingspan of 4.2 meters. It is mainly used for reconnaissance missions. The core equipment is the hemisphere suspended under its belly, which houses professional infrared and visible light cameras mounted on a self-stabilizing platform. To improve performance, it is even cooled with liquid nitrogen!

As long as there are no bombs, there's nothing to fear!

The city is a maze of interconnected defenses, so the enemy wouldn't dare to launch long-range artillery attacks. This drone was just there for reconnaissance!

Moreover, this brand-new drone was not officially put into use until 2004. If I remember correctly, it was first assigned to the US 1st Armored Division!

So... it means that the US 1st Armored Division is currently conducting reconnaissance?

This is interesting. The 1st Cavalry Division is being wiped out right here, while the 1st Armored Division is just watching from the outside? This is different from history. In the movie, the 1st Cavalry Division was surrounded, and it was the 1st Armored Division that saved them!

just now……

At this moment, Amr-Erwan-Ibrahim, who was spitting everywhere, noticed Azam's serious expression and quickly followed his gaze to the sky, his expression also changing drastically.

"How come there's another plane? Damn it, let's shoot it down!"

The advantage of drones is their small size, making them difficult to detect. The disadvantage is that once they are detected, they are not too difficult to shoot down. Even if portable anti-aircraft missiles cannot reach them, anti-aircraft machine guns can be used!

Azam shook his head: "No need."

Shooting down this kind of drone is not very meaningful. On the contrary, showing the US military how many weapons we have captured will deter their reinforcements... from coming!

Azam turned to look at the map: "Now, aim our mortars at their battalion headquarters!"

"good!"

Baghdad, Green Zone.

The presidential palace has been completely reduced to ruins, and the headquarters of the 1st Armored Division could only be moved to a nearby building. In short, they kept a low profile and lived a life of hardship.

At this moment, in the newly tidied-up operations command room, the officers looked grim as they watched the scenes of Sadr City transmitted back by the drone.

"The Mahdi army has seized all the 120mm artillery shells! This is a huge problem! If we enter the city, we'll be facing roadside bombs everywhere!"

"That's not even the worst part. Did you see that? They even stole the TOW anti-tank missiles! These things can penetrate the main armor of an M1 tank from the front. No, no, they even have the TOW 2B in top-attack mode!"

Finished!

The M1 tank uses composite armor made of depleted uranium alloy. Although the specific parameters have been kept secret, the generally accepted data suggests that its effective protection exceeds one meter.

Early TOW anti-tank missiles had a static armor penetration capability of only 800 mm, which was insufficient to penetrate the M1. The later improved TOW 2A adopted a tandem warhead, increasing its armor penetration capability to 1,100 mm!

The later TOW 2B changed its attack mode, specifically targeting the top of tanks!

A roof several tens of millimeters thick? That's practically a freebie!

After being trapped in the basement last time, the officers of the 1st Armored Division were unwilling to fight alongside the 1st Cavalry Division. This time, the 1st Cavalry Division did not call for their reinforcements, and they were happy to have some peace and quiet.

but……

We still need to understand the battlefield situation!

So they launched their latest drone to check things out, and the result...

They don't want to fight this kind of war!

"That idiot Peter keeps making mistakes," Major General Ricardo Sanchez said calmly. "Since they'd rather die than ask for help, there's no need for us to help them."

Hearing this, his adjutant Bruce frowned: "What if the Pentagon blames us..."

"We have our own battles to fight, let's go to Najaf!"