The first update

The F117 fighter jet dropped the bomb on the presidential palace with a loud bang, and with a loud bang, the glass within two blocks was shattered by this powerful shock wave, leaving only a huge fireball that lit up half of the city of Baghdad, and people saw the entire presidential palace burning, and the flames engulfed the entire building, turning the gorgeous building into a burning hell. There is simply no one who can come out alive from such a fire.

After completing the mission, the F117 withdrew from the area, evaded Iraq's backward radar equipment and air defense network, and returned to the airbase unharmed. Woolsey and William, who were hiding behind the screen in the office, also breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, patted each other on the shoulder, and William comforted each other, "I think it's all over, soon Baghdad will establish a regime close to the West, and the era of Saddam's rule has passed." ”

"The era of Saddam's rule has not passed, as long as his body is not found, we cannot say that Saddam has been killed, we can only say that Saddam's life and death are unknown now. Now all the CIA intelligence agents active in Baghdad are in action, and they must find out about Saddam, even if he is burned to black coal, I will see the charred corpse. ”

But just five hours after the bombing of Baghdad's presidential palace, Al Jazeera broadcast a video of Saddam Hussein, dressed in a green military uniform, standing in front of soldiers giving an impassioned speech on mobilization for war.

"Do the Americans really think your attack will kill me? Iraq will never succumb to the threat of the United States aggressor, and all the Iraqi people are united. Hit the American aggressors and expel them from our land like Vietnam, like North Korea. The Iraqi people will never fall. And I will faithfully stand by the side of the Iraqi people and lead them to victory, as I have done before. ”

There is an indescribable irony to this video, which coincides with the last news piece of the United States that successfully bombed the presidential palace in Baghdad. It wasn't just Americans who saw the news, Yanayev saw it too. However, he did not show any expression of relief, but frowned.

"No, this Saddam Hussein is not right." Yanayev said, pointing to Saddam's left hand on TV. "A week ago, when Saddam Hussein appeared in front of the media, he was wearing a white watch. But in this video, Saddam's watch is gold. Saddam Hussein did not have the habit of changing his watch frequently, and could only say that the video was suspected of being fake, as if it had been recorded several months ago. ”

"It seems that Saddam Hussein did have some problems, and he seems to be in very bad health. There is no longer a way to personally command the troops. Yanayev rubbed his sore shoulder. Standing up and walking to the window, every time he encountered a bottleneck, he would look at Moscow's Red Square like this, hoping to give himself some ideas.

"If Saddam Hussein really dies, then the situation in Iraq will become more and more chaotic, although the US military has the ability to directly send troops to sweep away all the formed armed forces, but how to deal with the guerrillas loyal to Saddam Hussein? What to do with the rebellious Kurds? And the struggle between Shia and Sunni will not end. ”

Just hours after the release of the video of Saddam's declaration of war, Iraq declared a state of war, while two mechanized infantry divisions announced that they would no longer be under the command of any of Saddam's top cronies in Baghdad. And will not participate in any war, according to the agreement with the CIA. Directly cut the land for the king to support the army and respect himself.

In this way, in just one day, Saddam Hussein lost the Kurdish autonomous region in the north, some towns in the south, and some important ground troops, which were lost to a third of the territory before the US military even began to attack. And Saddam's son also migrated from the interior of Baghdad.

It can be said that the US military encountered less resistance this time than the historical Iraq war in 2003, and almost no casualties put a capital in front of them.

However, the cautious commander, General Binford Piery III, did not directly involve the ground in the war, but waited for the situation to continue to ferment, increasing the number of air raids every day, and the Hammurabi Panzer Division and the Medina Panzer Division were crushed by American fighters with absolute air supremacy without the cover of aerial fighters. As a result, the armored forces of the government army, which had absolute ground superiority, could not break through a group of stragglers. The advancing T72 tanks performed poorly in the face of poor infantry and tank coordination of Iraqi government forces. There are no longer a few people who were directly killed by RPGs, and the T72 tank, which was out of the Soviet army's combat system, showed its unbearable side in front of the world for a time. It's no wonder that Nicolas Cage said in Lord of War, "One thing is for sure, no one wants to buy their chariots." ”

After a small advantage in the previous week, the contest between the Iraqi government forces and the Kurds and the opposition entered a stalemate stage, the opposition was not as strong as the United States imagined, and directly pushed all the way to Baghdad to plant the victory flag, and the Iraqi government forces, which were also out of breath in the air raids, were unable to annihilate the opposition, and in the third week, the two sides fell into a stalemate war.

Originally, General Benford was prepared to wait for both sides to run out of reserves before launching an attack, but Washington could not wait. They believe that it is a waste of time to continue to wait, and that there is no need to waste any more time when the opposition and the army neutrals turn their guns in front of Yanayev at the same time.

As a result, the "Operation to Liberate Baghdad" was officially launched, and the vanguard of the US army almost encountered any decent resistance, except for some small units in ambush and some IED bombs on the side of the road, almost only one battalion of troops was used to control Baghdad, and almost none of the legendary fierce Saddam Hussein death squads and the Iraqi Republican Guard were encountered.

Binford was relieved to hear that the vanguard had taken control of Baghdad, which meant that they had achieved a strategic victory for the Iraqi army, and that it would be more than enough to deal with the participating Saddam forces. As long as the U.S. military successfully controls Iraq, then it can use this country as a stronghold, and it can unite with Turkey to threaten Syria, and it can also increase its influence in the Caucasus.

However, it is clear that General Binford guessed one thing wrong, that is, the will of Saddam's garrison to resist, and those troops did not withdraw from the cities they swore to protect, but after receiving the task of Saddam Hussein's guerrilla resistance, they took off their military uniforms and changed into civilian clothes, and hid in Baghdad and nearby cities, waiting for the opportunity to resist.

Saddam Hussein, who was seriously wounded, was hiding in his shelter, and his second son, Qusse, who was also the future successor of Saddam's regime, was standing beside him, waiting for his father's next instructions.

"My father, according to your plan, the stupid Americans have all entered Baghdad, they are now busy taking control of the whole city, and they have not noticed that we have reduced more than 3,000 soldiers to lurk in the city, they are now waiting for your order, father, as long as you give an order, we can always give the American troops who entered the city to meet the head-on."

At this point, Kusei paused, and he hesitated a little before continuing, "And the commander of the garrison also betrayed us after the war began, and now it is Uncle Barzan who is in charge of the army. ”

This time, Saddam's hidden troops in Baghdad City were enough for the US military to try what is called Grozny-style hell again, mixed with a large number of civilians in street fighting, and the US military did not want to try it easily after the collapse of the US military in Somalia.

"Fight back, fight back immediately, and we want the Americans to know what kind of fate it will be to go against Saddam Hussein."

"I understand, father." Qusse took Saddam's hand and whispered. (To be continued.) )