Eh? Do you also want to try the iron fist of the humanoid girl?

Harun took a sip of tea and said, "Yesterday I received a notice that Tehran wants to be more ruthless towards the Iraqis. If they don't surrender and resist, they will be beaten to death."

"I passed by Hafiz's artillery battalion, and the ammunition base was being over-replenished."

"That means we're going to have a war," Harun took a deep breath. "To be honest, this war will be no different from the one 60 years ago. Everyone will suffer if it starts."

"Okay, this is out of our control."

Aibu gently placed a hand on Harun's wrist and stopped him from speaking. "I want to ask, how are the preparations going?"

"Fuel, ammunition and rations are all in sufficient quantities and have been stockpiled in advance according to the battle plan."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"Well, it's time for you to appear before the captain. Do you want to shave your face?"

"We still have time to shave," Aibu looked at his watch. He drank the last sip of tea and poured another half cup. "Time is urgent, so we have to use tea."

At a meeting held at the regimental commander's place, the regimental commander ordered all battalions to enter a state of war, all troops to enter the starting positions, and prepare for a large-scale offensive starting tomorrow morning.

This shows that Tehran has made up its mind not to wait any longer starting from tomorrow.

After the meeting, Abudo delayed for a while and, like everyone else, walked up to Hafiz and tried to get close to him.

He had no other plan, or rather, like everyone else, he hoped that Hafiz could provide more artillery support to his battalion in tomorrow's attack.

After spending a long time at the regiment headquarters, Aibu did not get the promise he wanted. This was not surprising, as the artillery battalion was directly under the command of the regiment headquarters, so even if Hafiz gave a promise, it would not have much effect.

There are rumors that the army held a meeting at night to discuss the issue of prisoners after the war began: to kill them on the spot without mercy or to accept them as prisoners.

Aibu was a little worried that the higher-ups would issue an order to completely eliminate them, which would give rise to countless bloodthirsty demons.

On the way back to the camp, while confidently listening to the sporadic gunfire coming from nearby, Aibu was thinking about something else.

What was discussed at today's meeting was not only the war plan, but also the requirements for people, saying that they should "fight actively."

He wondered if this was just another posturing, as usual. It was a bad publicity habit, deceiving oneself and others.

No matter what happens in normal times, it is generally believed that once the battle begins, people will pursue the attack at all times, like a ruthless machine running at full speed.

In fact, we cannot be so unscrupulous with ourselves every day and try our best all the time. We must find opportunities to catch our breath, whether in the past or in the future, otherwise we will not be able to survive.

Smart people know this truth, but if you meet a fool, it will be bad.

Aibu got to know the new leader carelessly and couldn't tell whether he was a smart man or a stupid fool.

He returned to the camp and conveyed the order, and everyone reacted differently.

Harun probably had other ideas, so he stood in front of the map and looked at it again and again, and said that he would go down immediately to inform the company and the soldiers.

The clerk, on the contrary, was very satisfied and said that this time he could teach the Iraqis a severe lesson.

The battalion staff officer simply replied cautiously in front of others: "Then prepare well."

But when Harun and Abu were not around, they began to curse the Iraqis with gnashing teeth.

Chapter 141

The attack went as expected, and it was the first time for many people to participate in actual combat.

"assault!"

Following the orders of their superiors and shouting unified words, they launched an attack on the Iraqi troops on the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab River like a torrent.

The purpose of the Iraqi campaign in the direction of Khorramshahr was to capture Basra and the railway line leading to Basra, completely cutting off Iraq's access to the sea and making it a completely landlocked country.

The goal of the army in the direction of Schilinburg was to capture Baquba, put pressure on Baghdad, and force Iraq not to withdraw troops to support Basra.

For the Iranian army, it is an impossible task to carry out roundabout encirclement operations like the one carried out by the multinational forces led by the United States in the Gulf War to avoid the heavy Iraqi troops defending the front.

Because they were on the east bank of the Euphrates, before they could even go to the Euphrates valley area, they had to cross the Tigris first.

Even if a miracle was created and they successfully crossed two large rivers one after another, they could then follow the road down to conquer Nasiriyah.

Only after taking Nasiriyah could the Iraqi army's road and railway lines to Basra be cut off.

It's completely like gambling, it's not okay at all.

Secondly, the Iranian military’s logistical capabilities are insufficient to allow armored and mechanized forces to continuously maneuver for hundreds of kilometers.

At this distance, the running mechanism and engine of the T-72 tanks they were equipped with could not sustain it.

Since the conditions do not exist, Iran chooses the dumbest but safest way to move forward.

……

Catoctin Mountain, Camp David presidential retreat.

"Mr. President!" the National Security Advisor reported, "We can provide appropriate support to Iraq to make this war last longer."

"Let's do this." The president asked, "Let those warmongers fight happily and collect some Soviet-made equipment from the Third World and send them over."

"By the way, what about the situation at the embassy in Iraq?"

"It's OK, but the communication quality is very poor."

"Start making diplomatic efforts, have ambassadors reach out to them."

After saying this, the president stood up from his chair. The first thing he had to consider now was to move the entire executive branch headed by the president back to Washington, DC.

As long as he can reopen the White House, the Congress and the Supreme Court that were dispersed to Philadelphia will inevitably move back to the District of Columbia.

The investigation report on the New York abandonment incident has long been released, and hearings have been held again and again. However, most of the people responsible for this have disappeared in the four years since then.

Although the city center is still unsuitable for human habitation due to the influence of ELID radiation, the impact on the surrounding areas has been reduced to a minimum.

There is absolutely no impact on the special zone 400 kilometers away.

Now he has used the special powers belonging to the president to send a team of SHD Homeland Security Bureau agents to explore the restricted area of ​​Washington.

As for the raging wars in the Middle East, the Near East and North Africa, they are not important to him.

The Yemeni embassy is a place where he needs to worry about it, after all, it will affect his political career. Under normal circumstances, he can patiently wait for the coup in Yemen to end and then return to normal.

But the annihilation of Delta Force in Sarath focused the attention of the media, politicians and the general public on the region, and they then noticed a series of major and minor events happening within the Yemeni authorities.

Then, it was his turn to have a headache - how to rescue all the members of the embassy in a dignified manner and recover the bodies of the Delta Force from the rebels.

From now on, this matter cannot be dealt with.

The president wants to shirk responsibility, or at least delay it until everyone forgets about it, and then all difficulties can be solved.

However, the rebels seemed to have received instructions and chose to contact Al Jazeera and the BBC, publicly announcing that they were willing to return the Delta Force, but in exchange for prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.

The specific exchange ratio is 1 corpse for 3 living people, which seems very cost-effective.

The question is, should we change? Now the ball is in the American's court.

The CIA is investigating, but because the embassy is in rebel-controlled territory, there's little they can do to help.

The action team seconded from SOCOM Special Operations Command under DOD died suddenly, and now the only forces they have are GRS personnel.

This GRS is a retired personnel recruited by the CIA, who signed a contract to continue serving.

In the Benghazi incident, the entire army was not wiped out thanks to the protection of these GRS personnel. But the problem is that most of these retired personnel are old, otherwise they would not leave the active army.

This means that for most of their service time, they are only responsible for the security of the clerical staff of consulates and CIA overseas bases and intelligence stations.

Its nature is no different from those PMCs that are responsible for security work.

"...Cesilia sent a report that her people are on standby at Andrews Air Force Base."

"Cecilia, this name sounds familiar," said the president.

"Participated in the Manhattan rescue operation, one of the few surviving agents."

"Yes, I remember."

The president remembered that he had met Cecilia Ant when he was a senator, when she attended the investigative hearings to help Congress understand the truth about New York.

The female agent dealt with the endless stream of questions they threw at her with ease.

Not only could she clearly recount what happened to her team at the time, she could also reproduce it on the spot using a map, with clarity and impeccability.

"When are you ready to leave?" asked the President.

The National Security Advisor glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "We'll leave in eight hours, at midnight."

"Yes, the night is the best cover."

The assistant's throat moved, and he felt that it would be better for the president to say less such things.

The night has long ceased to serve as a cover. This is the most powerful country in the world, but also the country with the weakest arms control in the world.

Low-light night vision goggles and thermal imagers for individual soldiers have long been in widespread use. From Camp David, you can place an order for them at the weapons store in the nearest city.

Division agents rely on their equipment and the ISR surveillance drones that fly in the sky 24 hours a day, as well as the rapid reaction force stationed at Andrews Air Force Base.

As long as the SHD agent team sends a request for reinforcement, the rapid reaction team will go to reinforce.

The rapid reaction force has two tasks, which are more like two consecutive tasks.

First rescue the agent team, then eliminate all enemies in the war zone, and finally investigate the armed forces that attacked the agent team.

Of course, this is the worst case scenario.

Chapter 142 Living People Are More Important (3K)

According to intelligence provided by the CIA's insiders in Yemen, there were a total of six terrorists in the embassy in Sana'a, and they had received training in Yemen.

They have excellent combat skills and equipment, and even the allocation of personnel within the embassy is a reflection of Mossad's tactics.

The leader is about 30 years old, hardworking and smart, and has participated in the invasion of the Gaza Strip. Most of the other members are in their early 20s.

After the Delta Force's attempt failed, the hostages were arranged to wear explosive vests.

In addition, in order to prevent similar situations from happening, they also set up many booby traps in the embassy.

The weapons configuration was very rich, including the AKS-74U specially provided by the Soviet army to the KGB, vehicle crew members, and helicopter pilots, pistols of unknown caliber, submachine guns that often appeared on TV screens, and an unknown number of grenades and other explosives.

After thinking for a long time, the president decided to temporarily shelve the hostage-for-bodies agreement proposed by the other party, and instead try to rescue the staff of the embassy in Sana'a.

The living are more important than the dead.

Even if he ordered to release them, could the dead special forces members come back to life?

The president showed a clearly fierce expression. He knew that he must not follow the other party's rhythm in such matters, otherwise he would lose miserably.

Subsequently, the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) started operating at full speed, with intelligence from multiple sources pouring in. Eventually, they developed the simplest and most effective direct mission action.

This is an extremely high-risk operation. The participating troops must enter the currently chaotic city from the outskirts of Sana'a. They must not reveal their identities before reaching the embassy, ​​let alone engage in a firefight with the rebels.

Under this premise, the participating troops can carry out rescue operations. When the rescue begins, the US rapid reaction force near Sanaa will set off.

Before the quick reaction force arrives, they have to withstand the rebels' counterattack, and the specific time is uncertain.

No one can tell when the rapid reaction force will arrive at the embassy.

The plan was risky, but there was no alternative.

There are currently 21 hostages in the embassy, ​​including four Marine embassy guards.

On March 3, the CIA used a GRS armed team hidden at Sana'a International Airport to conduct a ground reconnaissance and confirm the external situation of the embassy.

The outer defense force has been significantly strengthened compared to the information sent by the insider two days ago.

Despite this, starting at noon on the 30th, the first batch of US military forces in Yemen began to be deployed in preparation for rescue operations.

第一批由来自352特别行动联队得到6架CV-22B鱼鹰和2架MC-130J突击队员II型运输机组成。从英国的米登霍尔皇家空军基地起飞，飞到位于意大利的塔兰托海军基地航空站。

Subsequently, two C-17 transport aircraft took off from Main-Rhein Air Force Base and eight KC100 aerial refueling aircraft from the 8th Air Refueling Wing joined the force.

In addition to this very large air group, two AC-130 gunships "Ghost Rider" took off from Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas and landed at Taranto Naval Base Air Station in the early morning of the 31st.

At noon on the 31st, this huge air force left one after another and headed straight for Yemen on the coast of the Gulf of Aden.

The ground task force that was ultimately responsible for the embassy rescue was a three-team detachment from SEAL Team 3, also known as DEVGRU, which also moved to Taranto by plane.

At the same time, the intelligence services continued to monitor the situation in the embassy with the assistance of the former Yemeni intelligence services.

Although the situation of the rebels is relatively stable and they have blocked the counterattack of the Yemeni government forces, there is still a concern within the DOD that when they are unable to resist, these people, including the ambassador, will most likely be sold to a radical terrorist organization operating in West Africa.

That would be a bigger scandal. The famous terrorist groups operating in West Africa in the past 20 years are ISIS and Al-Qaeda.