In the area southwest of the Iraqi capital, a huge tank team is slowly moving, especially in the desert, where some underground secret passages that were originally buried in the sand were also opened, and tanks slowly emerged from the underground.

These tanks suddenly became the disappearing dragon guards in Iraq, all painted with yellow-brown desert camouflage. The missiles on the missile launch module behind the missile also showed a hideous face. The cover on the tank gun barrel was also opened, and can fire shells at the enemy at any time.

"Report, the First Division is ready and can be put into the attack at any time!"

"Reported, the Third Division completed the assembly and could reach southern Calabar within an hour..."

"Report that the President's Guard Armored Brigade has completed combat preparations..."

"Report, the attack helicopter regiment has completed preparations and can be put into the battlefield in half an hour..."

In the desert less than 80 kilometers north of Calabar, a huge underground command center is operating with full force. There is no satellite surveillance screen or even much advanced scientific and technological equipment.

Some of them are only some old-fashioned radio communication devices, and the communication networks here all use old-fashioned backward telegrams!

The telegraph transceiver of "Didi" sounds like pleasant music, and it sounds very pleasing to the eye.

Accompanied by Didi's telegram, the intelligence staff team kept reporting to Qasim, the head of the Tikrit army who was resting.

The Americans were looking for traces of the Tikrit army. The troops to which Qasim were affiliated had very little time to show up, and even the Iraqi military rarely mentioned them, just as this army of more than 100,000 does not exist in Iraq at all.

At the beginning of its development, this army, all its weapons and equipment, and the most core elite, were hidden, preparing to launch a deadly attack on the Americans in the late stage of the war.

The Iraqis have prepared for this war for too long.

"Report to the President, we have completed our offensive preparations! The Americans have been trapped in our encirclement..." After receiving reports on various situations, Qasim stood up.

They had known about Baghdad's nuclear attack for a long time. Many of the core members of the entire Tikrit army and their families were in Baghdad.

At this time, everyone was paying attention to the news about their families, but as the president's most loyal troops, they were carrying a divine mission.

Now, it is time for them to be loyal to the president.

All the officers of the entire Tikrit Army, from commanders to the grassroots company platoon leaders, all came from Tikrit.

Originally, there was only one Tikrit division, which was expanded to the level of the army at the end of the Iran-Iraq War, and even the number of troops in the entire army far exceeded the conventional army's organization, with more than 100,000 people, and many soldiers were experienced soldiers drawn from other troops.

"Commander, does our combat plan need to be changed? Under the current circumstances, the 3rd U.S. Army's 3rd Mechanical Infantry Division has less force than us, fewer tanks than us, and even their support is farther than us... Once we cannot complete the annihilation mission in a short time, their 3rd Cavalry Division and other troops will surround us!" Mubashar, the former commander of the first regiment, had an astonishing intuition about war.

They were the first troops to come into contact with the Dragon Guard tanks, and they had a very in-depth understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the Dragon Guard tanks.

The Dragon Guard has air defense capabilities, but it is not very advantageous in the face of huge aerial cluster strikes.

An air defense missile like Houyi-3 has advanced performance and a short range.

At the maximum speed of the fighter jet, these missiles can be dropped in less than twenty seconds due to exhaustion of fuel.

"No need to change the combat plan. Our troops on the Iranian border are entering our territory. The Americans have not responded yet. After eating the third US military division here, our mission is to go south and swallow more US troops!" Qasim shook his head and said. "As for the US air strike, don't worry now, our air force will carry out the first wave of strikes against the US military!"

"Our Air Force..." Mubashar couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Baghdad gathered their numerous fighter jets, but before they could play a role in the battlefield, they were destroyed by the nuclear bombs of the US military.

Qasim did not explain.

And Saddam in Bagubai was also waiting for news about the most loyal general under his command.

Liu Suxue was still calm, after all, this had little to do with him.

"Report, the Soviet man Shebar applied to see you..." a lieutenant colonel said to Saddam who rubbed his head.

"He was responsible for the Soviet Union's external intelligence before!" Saddam turned his head and said to Liu Suxuewen next to him.

Liu Suxue nodded.

The president didn't understand what the Soviets meant to meet him at this time.

Just as he was about to speak, a colonel came in to report to him, "Report that General Qasim is ready to complete and request the President to issue an attack order!"

When Saddam heard this, he felt energetic.

"Have our air force prepared for war?" Saddam could not see too many troops now. Their air force, except for a few helicopters, could not see anything that could fly.

"The cluster bombs that Americans provided us during the Iran-Iraq War have all been hung under the wings of our fighter planes!"

Hashem answered the president.

"Then let our fighter planes take off and tell the Americans that the Iraqi army did not fall because our capital was destroyed! Kill the Americans and rebuild our homeland!" Saddam did not want to rebuild Iraq at this time.

All he needs is to protect his revenge on the US military.

With the secret help of that young man in China, Iraq became the most important country in the Gulf region after the end of the Iraq-Iraq War, and its influence even surpassed Saudi Arabia.

Americans are also very helpful here.

Not only did the Americans cooperate fully, but even before the war, in order to confuse Saddam, they provided Saddam with a large amount of military equipment. In the past, the Americans were still concerned about international public opinion. The Soviet Union was no longer able to do so, and they no longer provided weapons and equipment to Iraq through Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Of course, the weapons and equipment provided by the United States are only those Patton tanks that were eliminated by the US military or are about to be eliminated...

Now, Saddam is ready to let their Air Force carry the bombs supported by the Americans and be ready to be put on the heads of the U.S. troops.

In the surroundings of Baghdad, in many small cities where the US troops did not bomb, the roads on the ground were still spacious and there were many factories around. They were originally just some light industrial production factories, just like Bagubai. After the president issued the order, the factories also became noisy.

Iraq's disappearing air force fighter jets gradually revealed their figures from the inside after the doors of these factories opened.

The silver-gray paint is still so radiant. The nuclear dust shrouded over Baghdad and the numerous nuclear particles floating above Bagubai cannot cover the light of these fighter jets.

The pilot was already dressed neatly and sat in the cockpit.

The ground crew had already inspected these fighter jets over and over again, and had bombs on all the hanging points under the wings.

Anyway, it is very close to the location where the mission is performed, and these fighters do not consider whether excessive loads will affect the range.

Not only are there air-to-ground bombs, but also air-to-air missiles.

Some factories only had one fighter plane, and some had several in one factory.

Under the gesture of the ground crew commander wearing a special vest, these fighter planes slowly moved towards the factory gate under the push of the ground crew.

There is no command tower, and all fighter planes are commanded by ground personnel.

Fortunately, at the beginning, these places took into account these situations and would not affect each other when the fighter planes took off.

In more than a dozen small cities around Baghdad, the newly built light steel structure factories are constantly pushing fighter jets outward. When these fighter jets arrive on the wide asphalt road outside, they start to spit flames at the tail, start to slide on the road and take off.

They will become the first wave of Iraq's retaliation against the US military.

At the same time, Baghdad's long-range missile forces covered the long-range rocket launcher troops in the Abu Amer area, and also drove out of hidden buildings, and many even emerged from the desert.

Under the command of the commander, these missiles and long-range rocket launchers began to adjust their firing parameters, and all targets were pointed around the third US military infantry division.

According to the plan, Iraq's long-range troops will attack the attack helicopter base of the US Third Division, and at the same time, attack other US ground forces coming to reinforce.

In the north and southeast directions of the Third Infantry Division, a huge armored unit each began to roar when the fighter jets took off and rushed towards the location of the US Third Infantry Division. The many tanks that were originally staying at the border also rushed in this direction.

A large-scale ground battle is about to begin.

The U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division Command is still asking the Ministry of Defense for their next tasks.

"The Ministry of National Defense has not instructed me yet? Still can't contact the headquarters?" Commander of the Third Machine Division, Major General Brian, was in a very bad mood these days.

As a general, an American general with great ambitions, he thought war would be a good opportunity for them to play.

However, during the Iraq War, they suffered heavy losses due to intelligence errors, and now the Third Infantry Division has penetrated deep into the enemy's hinterland, but was ordered by the Front Command to stand on the spot.

This made Brian feel very bad.
Chapter completed!