Chapter Twenty Return

  The night grew darker and the helicopter hovering above had flown away for half an hour before Zhang Feng dared to let the convoy depart, returning to the base.

  Tanks and armored vehicles all had their headlights off, like ghosts in the dark, heading back.

  When fighting, turning on the big lights at night to march is an act of unconditional surrender. Who knows when the enemy's planes will make a sudden attack? Helicopters are the nemesis of infantry. Now there are important leaders from the 35th Brigade and big shots like Kusay in the car. If they were taken out by a rocket fired from an enemy helicopter, it would be a huge loss.

  All soldiers who have been through the war know the rules of night marches, fortunately, the faint moonlight spilled over the marsh, so that nothing could be seen.

  If there were night vision goggles, even on a dark and windy night, it would be easy to come and go, but the current level of technology is not yet that advanced.

  On the armored vehicle, Muhammad and his staff had begun their analysis.

  This afternoon's reconnaissance can be said to have accidentally discovered the other party's helicopter, which is absolutely a noteworthy phenomenon.

  What is their helicopter doing here? Flight training? Impossible. Lost its way? Even more impossible.

  What is that? They all came to a startling conclusion in their hearts: the Iranians might really be going to make an unprecedented attack from the impassable marshes.

  Thirty-five trips, first come first served.

  If it hadn't been for Kusakabe's arrival, if he hadn't insisted on coming to the marshes to investigate, they really wouldn't have discovered this astonishing conclusion.

  If at first, they all thought that Kusayagami was just parachuting down to mix up some experience as the second young master, if on the target field, they also thought that Kusayagami was picking bones in an egg, and coming to the swamp was just for a moment of fun, now, they have all changed their views.

  Kusatsu Kōshin is literally the savior of the 35th Brigade!

  If they wait until the Iranian army launches a large-scale attack, and only then discover the Persian plot, at that time, the troops will be caught off guard, and may even be killed to the point of collapse.

  It's different now, because they already have prevention.

  "Under the Kusayy's command, I didn't expect that you are truly prescient." Muhammad said.

  The armored vehicle was still shaking, and Zhang Feng didn't have a complacent expression because of his foresight: "Where is it? Everything has its precursors. What we need is to collect as much battlefield data as possible, know ourselves and the enemy, and win every battle."

  Zhang Feng said so, and he was also putting gold on his own face. Knowing oneself and knowing others, he certainly knew that the Iranians would have a fierce battle with the armored forces of Iraq next month, and the tanks of both sides would fight in the swamp. In the end, half of the tanks did not come out of the swamp. Next, the Iranians will also counterattack in Abadan...

  However, since I've come here, all of this will have to be rewritten.

  "Those detestable Persians are planning to launch a surprise attack on us here, we mustn't let their plot succeed!" an aide-de-camp said indignantly.

  "So, how are we going to give them a lesson they'll never forget?" Zhang Feng said: "God is above, I'm not confident in the combat effectiveness of our armored troops. You know, the Iranian-made Chieftain main battle tank can accurately hit us at a distance of 1,500 meters."

  They all knew that today's proposal by Kusayang to shoot at a distance of one thousand five hundred meters was not just a momentary enthusiasm, but had a certain depth. The training situation of the troops, they also knew that one thousand five hundred meters was indeed difficult.

  "Don't worry, General Kusay, I swear on behalf of all the soldiers in our brigade that we will train hard to improve our long-range shooting skills." Muhammad said, finally realizing that he had made a serious mistake. His concept was still stuck in the World War II era, where the task of tank troops was to rush forward and destroy the enemy's tanks and infantry, without considering how important it was to knock out the enemy's tanks from a distance.

  "I don't want our brave tank soldiers to be killed by the Persians before they can even get close, 1,500 meters away, we must achieve a hit rate of over 80%!" Zhang Feng said.

  "Yes!" The high-ranking officials of the 35th Brigade replied: "We guarantee to complete the task."

  "Also, the warriors of the mechanized infantry battalion must intensify their training, especially in anti-tank techniques. Our mechanized infantry battalion has been equipped with a number of rocket launchers, right?" Zhang Feng asked.

  "Yes, most of them are pre-war imports of RPG-7 rocket launchers," Mohammed said.

  "Let our infantry master the firing skills of this rocket launcher as soon as possible. This thing is not very stable, if not handled properly, it can injure our own people." Zhang Feng said. The rocket launcher is not just like what you see on TV in later generations, where a terrorist carries a rocket launcher and with one puff of smoke, the US military's Hummer flies into the sky. If this thing is not mastered well, during firing, it is very likely to cause burns to oneself.

  Mechanized infantry is just a group of infantry with armored vehicles, during combat, the armored vehicle follows behind the tank, the tank clears the way, the armored vehicle advances, and when they arrive at the battlefield, the infantry on the armored vehicle dismounts to protect the tank's advance.

  Since it's infantry, we must grasp the basic skills of infantry.

  "If a Persian tank were to appear in the marshes, Commander Zhang, what counter-strategy should we adopt?" asked Zhang Feng.

  "Your Excellency, after returning, I will immediately start preparing the defense deployment on this side of the swamp. At the same time, a small reconnaissance unit will be dispatched to infiltrate and come up with a qualified combat plan as soon as possible for your review," Muhammad said.

  Dispatch reconnaissance troops, infiltrate, and set up defenses on this side. These are all steady and reliable tactics. However, these tactics are too ordinary and not as creative as the Iranian approach from the Susangird swamp area.

  Helicopters are not afraid of swamps on the ground, if helicopters are transferred from the southern military region, that is the best way, but now air superiority is in the hands of Iranians, Iranian Tomcats dominate the sky.

  On the bumpy armored vehicle, Zhang Feng's mind gradually cleared: What is modern warfare fighting for? It's fighting for logistics supply, it's fighting for comprehensive national strength.

  Their armored units wanted to break through the marshy area, and the necessary fuel supply was indispensable. The British-made Chiefain tank was notorious for being a "gas-guzzler".

  The idea is to cut off the enemy's supply of oil and rations, and this army will collapse without a fight.

  Zhang Feng's mind suddenly flashed another idea: special warfare.

  If the other side has a logistics supply center in the swamp, the simplest way is to let the air force conduct precise point clearing. However, Iraq's air force lacks accurate ground-attack guided weapons, which can be seen from the first day of the Iran-Iraq War.

  President Saddam wanted to destroy Iran's air power at the beginning of the war, but the Air Force formulated a poor strategy of bombing the runway first and then the aircraft. After the runways were bombed, it was discovered that there were no ground-attack weapons left, leaving many planes stranded on the ground, which could only be shot with machine guns.

  As a result, Iraq was subjected to retaliatory strikes by the Iranian Air Force that same afternoon.

  So, there were only thirty-five troops who took matters into their own hands and solved the problem in these places, which were definitely heavily guarded and could only be resolved through special operations.

  In mechanized troops, select excellent warriors to form a fist and knock out the opponent's logistics supply!

  "Excuse me, I need your help." Zhang Feng said.

  "Please go ahead." It was said that Kusayang would help himself, so he couldn't refuse.

  "Please select fifty soldiers who are agile and skilled in tactics from the Mechanized Infantry Regiment to form a special small squad, I have a special use for them." Zhang Feng said.

  "What you're saying, Kusay, is that it's like a lightning brigade?" Muhammad asked.

  Lightning Bolt Forces is a special forces unit of Egypt that made a big splash in the Fourth Middle East War.

  Zhang Feng nodded: "Yes, some tasks can only be given to special strong teams to complete."

  "Under your leadership, we thirty-five troops feel deeply honored," Muhammad said excitedly.

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