Great Power Ship

Chapter 238 Crazy
Bosnia's actions were faster than Liu Chengzhi expected. Three days before the Lunar New Year, Bosnia launched a tentative attack on the Mesopotamian troops stationed on the west bank on the east bank of the Arabian River.

In fact, when the Bosnian troops began to assemble, the Mesopotamian side had already noticed.

With more than 20 troops assembled, even a blind person can see what Bosnia wants to do.

So Mesopotamia strengthened its defenses on the west bank of the Shatt al-Arab.

And the just-concluded Bosnian tentative attack made Mesopotamia confirm that the main direction of the 20 Bosnian army is the only port city in Mesopotamia, Fao.

The purpose of Bosnia's attack on Fao is also very simple, that is to destroy Mesopotamia, the only port city, so as to cut off the sea channel of Mesopotamia's oil export, so as to achieve the goal of attacking Mesopotamia The potential for war in Asia eventually forced Mesopotamia to make compromises and concessions on the negotiating table that were beneficial to Bosnia.

In other words, the ultimate goal of this Bosnian operation is to promote talks and peace!

Naturally, this strategy couldn’t be hidden from the discerning eyes of Mesopotamia. After all, that’s what they played a year ago, but they failed in the end, dragging the war to an embarrassing stalemate.

Now that Bosnia is ready to imitate it, Mesopotamia naturally cannot let the other party succeed.

So we quickly mobilized in the country, and soon a steady stream of formed troops were deployed to the front line of Fao. This is not counted. The troops built a solid line of defense to prevent the Bosnian mechanized troops from implementing a long-range strategic outflank.

After all, Bosnia used 20 people this time, and there are nearly 10 reserve teams behind it. Mesopotamia can't be too careful.

It was against this background that the 3nd Regiment of the 772rd Independent Division of the Mesopotamian Defense Forces was deployed to the city of Shumai, 128 kilometers north of Fao.

Responsible for the defense of the river section with a total length of about 12 kilometers.

At first, the 772nd regiment was still very alert. After all, about 6 kilometers northeast of its direction is the city of Abadan, an important strategic support point along the Shatt al-Arab River in Bosnia.

As an important confluence hub of the Shatt Al-Arab and Karun Rivers, Abadan has been extremely prosperous in the past 30 years, because goods from inland Bosnia can be transported to Abadan through the Karun River, and then through Abadan The canal to Shatt al-Arab leads directly to the Persian Gulf, enabling ocean-going trade.

Such a water transportation node is like Panyu in China, it is no wonder that it is not prosperous.

But since the start of the Iran-Iraq War, Abadan City has become a passing cloud. After several years of tug-of-war, the prosperity of the past has long been ravaged by the war. However, because of the strategic location of Abadan City, Bosnia is still guarding the Shatt Al-Arab River. key strategic support points.

Because of this, Mesopotamia is very worried that Bosnia will use this strategic support point to carry out a large-scale cross-river attack on Mesopotamia, and then move south, completely bypassing Mesopotamia The well-constructed defense line of the Shatt al-Arab goes straight to the weakly defended port of Fao in the north.

Therefore, the task entrusted to the 772 regiment is to strictly prevent a mosquito from flying past the line of defense.

Therefore, the 772nd regiment was very nervous at the beginning. Not only was it on standby 24 hours a day in the bunker, but it was also good at making clear and secret calls. This is not to mention frequent aerial reconnaissance and occasional river crossing reconnaissance, which can be described as frequent attacks.

After persisting in this way for more than half a month, the 772 regiment still maintained its vigilance on the surface, but in fact it was already in a state of tightness on the outside and looseness on the inside.

No way, almost all the heavy artillery on the opposite side was transferred to the southern Fao front line, and what remained were some 107mm rocket launchers and 105mm recoilless artillery made in a certain country, as well as some mortars produced by the Soviet Union.

There is some air force, but it is barely enough to cover the ground troops, and the main force has also been transferred to the front line of Fao in the south.

The sharp weakening of these two indicators, as anyone who has served in the army knows, has basically lost its offensive ability.

Without the cooperation of heavy artillery and the air force, the Bosnians on the opposite side of the bright and dark fort along the coast of Shumai City could not break through at all.

Besides, even if they have the ability to break through, how can the Bosnians cross the 330-meter-wide river?
You must know that the set of heavy pontoon bridge equipment that Bosnia imported from the Soviet Union is enough to equip a pontoon bridge brigade has been deployed to the front line of Fao.

Not long ago, Bosnia's tentative attack had already been tried, but it was discovered by the vigilant Mesopotamian Air Force, and several rounds of air strikes were carried out.

Although not all of them were wiped out, they were also severely damaged.

Although Bosnia still has spare stocks for replenishment, the key business is on the front line of Fao, not the opposite city of Abadan.

Without heavy artillery, no air force and no river crossing equipment, how did the Bosnian troops come?Do you want to swim over under the fierce fire from your own side?

If this is the case, then don't blame the 772 regiment for massacres, as many as there are really need to be wiped out.

Because of this, the entire 772 regiment was not afraid of the Bosnian troops on the opposite side at all, not only that, but even hoped that the gang of Bosnian rams would rush up to die.

Based on this, Lieutenant Colonel Jamal, the head of the 772 regiment, changed the previous order of strict defense, leaving only a small number of people to guard the line of defense, and the rest continued to play music and dance.

Because in Lieutenant Colonel Jamal's view, defense is meaningless. Instead, they should gather troops to break through the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab River and enter the hinterland of Bosnia while the main force of Bosnia should be contained at the front of Fao. Whether it’s making dumplings or making dumplings, anyway, the initiative will be on the Mesopotamian side.

That being the case, there is no need to waste time on the defensive line, but to recharge your batteries and give the opponent a fatal blow.

Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Jamal has been living a leisurely life these days, so he still has time to entertain the war reporters who came from the provincial capital of Basra today. Even though it was dusk, Jamal still took the provincial capital War correspondents visited his zone.

Along the way, Jamal's waist was straight, and from time to time, he asked the accompanying photographer to take a few photos of him looking up to show his unyielding image of Lieutenant Colonel Jamal's tall and stalwart.

At this moment, a signal soldier rushed over and handed Lieutenant Colonel Jamal a report. The war reporter asked very keenly: "Lieutenant Colonel, is it the movement across the river? Are the Bosnians ready to attack? "

"No...they are ready to defend!"

Lieutenant Colonel Jamal shook his head without hesitation, and immediately raised the air reconnaissance report just sent by the air force in his hand and said confidently: "According to the air reconnaissance report, Bosnia on the other side of the river has issued a new type of rocket launcher. Probably some kind of RPG brought over from the Soviet Union, the effective range of this thing is only more than 300 meters, and the width of our river exceeds this number, do they want to use this thing to attack our fortifications?"

As he said that, Lieutenant Colonel Jamal patted the wall of the frontier bunker and said disdainfully, "Unless the Bosnians are crazy!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a "boom~~~", and at the same time, the same dark castle that was nearby was instantly engulfed in flames...

(End of this chapter)