"Coming? It's Kvashnin, right? Lieutenant General Franx, the commander of the Seventh Army, choked with a pencil, turned around and exhaled softly, his face was unprecedentedly serious, and his eyes were a little blank, "This war, fought in Iraq, hurts all over the world, and the subsequent impact is not something we can control, but at this time we have no choice, let's prepare to fight." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After speaking, Lieutenant General Franks said no more, the Seventh Army, as a heavy army, was the mission to meet the Soviet Red Army, but it was a pity that this country, which was mostly a desert, was not a friendly environment for the defenders.

This was a very dangerous distance for the US Seventh Army and the Soviet Red Banner Sixth Tank Army. To put the numbers to speak, Basra is only forty kilometers from the Kuwaiti border and less than an hour away by car. At a distance of less than 40 kilometers, the Seventh Army, which had seven division-level heavy troops under its command, and the Red Banner Sixth Tank Army, which led eight divisions, including one artillery division, was far away.

It was due to the fact that the Soviet Union and the United States were jealous of each other, and if they were not each other's opponents, if they were to confront each other and two countries, the two forces would not have let the enemy be so close to them at all.

"What the hell is this weather, is it a sandstorm?" Lieutenant General Kvashnin, who had just arrived in Basra, was in a very bad mood when he looked at the darkening sky and encountered the disturbing nature at such a time. At such a close distance, under the cover of a sandstorm, once the United States begins to raid, it will be in big trouble on its own side.

"All units are ready for battle, maintain communication with each other, and prevent US troops from attacking us." As the yellow sand disrupted the visibility, Lieutenant General Kvashnin had to give the order to be on guard. He could not be reassured by the enemy, it was irresponsible to his own soldiers.

Under the guidance of radar, the anti-personnel barrage composed of antiaircraft artillery is on alert at an altitude of 1,000 to 3,000 meters and within a range of 10 to 20 kilometers to prevent the US military from taking advantage of the sandstorm to attack. A low-altitude air defense network consisting of Shilka anti-aircraft vehicles, Tunguska portable bombs, as well as cannons of BMPs and BTRs, as well as accompanying army aviation. Both layers of air defense nets were arranged behind the tank army, protected by the torrent of steel of the Red Banner Sixth Tank Army.

Forty kilometers to the south, Lieutenant General Franks, standing at the entrance of the headquarters, was in the wind with a thoughtful face. Letting the tiny grains of sand hit you, you seem to feel the charm of nature.

"The artillery division of the Soviet Army, with one salvo, one of our divisions may disappear directly from the battle sequence, I hope to immediately report the situation of our Seventh Army to the country, we all know that once the Soviet tank army is activated, no force can stop it, and a day later, Baglamiyan will come to the battlefield with more Soviet troops, and then we will have no other way out except surrender." Lieutenant General Franks said to Lieutenant General Franks on the phone, "It's time to show decisiveness, and if Kuwait City is not conquered in a day's time, it is a question of whether we can leave or not." ”

This greeting from nature further complicated the already sensitive situation, and the U.S. Seventh Army and the Soviet Sixth Tank Army quickly sent the weather conditions in southern Iraq to the country.

"Beware of the surprise attacks of the Americans! Zero-sum game, I'm not afraid ......" the Kremlin's response quickly returned, "in the event of an attack, do not hesitate, immediately counterattack, all the pressure, the country will bear." ”

"Seize the opportunity to repel the Soviets!" Compared with the reply of the Soviet Union, the White House's reply to the Seventh Army was much slower, and there was no need to think about it, the White House had gone through a huge controversy, Bush did not have Serov's rights, but the United States had to make such a decision due to the urgency of time, and the United States has never lacked the courage to have a showdown, and the current sandstorm is also a good weather to shirk responsibility.

The United States, of course, knew how dangerous it was to go to war with the Soviet Union on land, and the White House was well aware of this. But once General Bagramian's large forces were brought to the war zone and ready to attack, the United States became even more passive. When the time comes, it depends on the mood, and even at this time Bush regretted a little, the Soviet Red Army, which should have directly attacked the army from the beginning, might not have been so passive.

This kind of afterthought is naturally useless, and after receiving the telegram from the country, Lieutenant General Franks did not hesitate to pick up the order, "Steel rain prepare, defeat the enemy!" The war began......"

Steel rain refers to the American-made M270 rocket artillery, which is the nickname of the U.S. military for this rocket artillery, 40 kilometers is a piece of cake for the range of the M270 rocket artillery, in the face of the opponent in the heart of the twilight, the American soldiers will never show mercy, the rocket artillery with a striking tail flame flew out quickly, marking the official beginning of the war belonging to the United States and the Soviet Union.

"Integrated air-ground strike, take out the Soviets." Lieutenant General Franks' orders spread to all the units of the Seventh Army, and for the first time, the heavy forces used in the European theater to deal with the Western Cluster showed their sharp fangs.

The Sixth Tank Army, of course, will not concentrate on the same level as the Iraqis to let the American troops stew, in fact, from the moment they arrive in Basra, the Red Army units that first enter the Middle East are deploying their troops to prevent being raided. When huge rockets struck, the vigilant Red Army soldiers immediately entered the counterattack. The low-altitude air defense network composed of the Shilka River air defense vehicles, Tunguska portable bombs, BMP and BTR cannons and the accompanying army aviation, the steel barrage made these flying rockets explode in mid-air as much as possible, and in the dozens of kilometers long front, while the units under the Sixth Tank Army were counterattacking, the god of war was also roaring on the positions of the 110th Guards Artillery Division, pouring shells on the American troops on the opposite side in the sandstorm.

No one would have really imagined that the first stop of the United States and the Soviet Union would unfold in a bitter sandstorm.

"The 17th Guards Tank Division, the 22nd Guards Tank Division, the 42nd Guards Tank Division, the 75th Guards Tank Division, the 41st Guards Tank Division, the 9th Motorized Rifle Division, the 14th Tank Division, all the plans of the Soviet Union were to attack, to take out the great depth assault that we are good at, and to crush them." Lieutenant General Kvashnin gave the order to attack.

On the other side, Lieutenant General Franks had already ordered all troops to enter the offensive state at the beginning of the rocket artillery bombardment, and the US 1st Armored Division, 3rd Armored Division, 1st Mechanized Infantry Division, 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Armored Division, and 1st Cavalry Division were lined up.

The heavily armored units of the Seventh Army rushed forward like an endless stream of iron. Under the cover of Abrams main battle tanks and helicopter gunships, they lined up in a neat formation and attacked the defense line of the Sixth Tank Army in a straight line. The shells of the American rocket artillery accurately landed on the enemy's positions, providing cover for the assault of the tank troops.

The Abrams tanks, which had taken up a vantage point from a high position, began firing, and this fierce delay battle was the first encounter between the Sargon main battle tank and the T80 main battle tank. But immediately, the U.S. military immediately knew why some people described the Soviet Red Army as a moving torrent of steel in the land war, with the T80 tank as the vanguard, and the T72B tank in it, the huge tank group appeared in the storm in a steady stream, surging like a flood bursting the embankment.

The Soviet tank crews in the war did not just place the tanks neatly like in the Western Bayi, and the coquettish position showed the essence of the army power. Any Soviet tank crew, who could carry out ballistic calculations on his own, was also figuring out the psychology of his opponent, and in the face of Abrams's first fire, the Soviet tank group did not rush to return fire. In this state of visibility, Soviet tankmen, who were also equipped with night vision devices and infrared equipment, knew that the hit was all by faith, and that it was their own bad luck to be hit, and they still needed to wait patiently.

They don't let the tank stop in a fixed position, always use short-stop sliding shots, use rich tank operation experience, and figure out the judgment of the tank's hand, which makes the tankers on the opposite side feel very uncomfortable.

The idea of the American armored division was naturally to rely on the advantages of night vision equipment to continuously fire outside the detection range of the night vision devices of the Soviet T-72 tanks, first destroying the most threatening T-72 tanks, and then spreading out into a wedge-shaped echelon with tank platoons and gradually approaching the Soviet positions. Defeating the tank forces and scattering the infantry was a trick that worked for Iraq, but it was basically useless for the Soviet Union.

Any army includes a small part of the armored corps and a large number of infantry, but the Soviet Union is different, as early as the end of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Red Army, which suffered a great loss, completed the mechanization of the whole army in a short period of time, and in the sequence of the Soviet armed forces, there is no infantry division, and Lieutenant General Franks's style of play will not have the effect of driving ducks into the sea.

"At war? Who fired first? General Baghramyan was taken aback, the war had started so suddenly, and even now, he still felt that under the threat of nuclear weapons, all his preparations might be useless, and the two countries might compromise, but now, this possibility no longer exists.

"On my order, the 24th Air Force will be dispatched to immediately bomb the air bases listed in the earlier plan, and?" General Baghramyan suddenly looked at the sky as if he had come back to his senses and said, "The whole army immediately builds a mobile air defense system......

The anti-aircraft artillery units immediately set up positions on the spot, and the low-altitude air defense network formed by the Shilka anti-aircraft vehicles, Tunguska portable bombs, BMPs, BTR cannons, and accompanying army aviation were quickly deployed.