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Chapter 849 Fortress: Basra
The tank cluster released a smoke screen, which hindered the fire attack from the air and the ground. The French and Iraqi tank clusters entered the Dragon Army chariot group, and the two sides launched a close-range chariot battle.

The tragic battle outside the city of Basra has reached a fever pitch. The French and Iraqi tanks that rushed into the Dragon Army tank group were entangled with the Dragon Army tanks, armored vehicles, and infantry fighting vehicles.Although Iraqi tanks could hardly penetrate the frontal armor of the Dragon Army tanks, the Iraqi tank soldiers aimed their attacks at the lightly armored targets of the Dragon Army, but in fact it was often the Iraqi tanks that had just destroyed a Dragon Army infantry fighting vehicle or An armored vehicle was immediately destroyed by two artillery shells from the Dragon Army tank.

Originally, the formation of Fay's armored forces was tanks in front and light tanks in the rear. However, due to the ingenious layout of the Dragon Army, when the French armored group rushed to Basra, the Dragon Army could attack from behind. Aim at the French light tank target.

The red-eyed Iraqi tank soldiers even fired at the tanks, the members who survived did not choose to escape from the tanks, but took up the anti-aircraft machine guns on the roof that had not been destroyed, and fired at various vehicles of the Dragon Army. Until their tank was shot again, or until their bodies were hit by bullets.The vengeful anti-aircraft machine gun bullets pierced through the fragile fenders of Longjun light trucks, causing blood and flesh to fly inside the vehicle. Many Longjun tanks were also hit by armor-piercing incendiary bombs and caught fire.

In contrast, the loss of the Iraqis can be described as tragic.Some tanks were destroyed, and even the anti-aircraft machine guns were blown up. Most of the occupants did not escape, and they were burned to coke with the burning tanks.The occupants who managed to escape from the tank fired tenaciously with the light weapons in their hands until they were run over by the Dragon Army tanks and armored vehicles under the tracks.Some Iraqi tanks used one tank to attract the attention of the Dragon Army tanks from the front, and the other two tanks circled to the side and fired continuously at the Dragon Army tanks, but then the Iraqi Army tanks were inevitably destroyed by the Dragon Army tanks.

Although it was difficult for Iraqi tanks to penetrate the frontal armor of the Dragon Army tank, the Dragon Army tank appeared to be intact on the outside, but the internal occupants were either killed or injured.

Soldiers following the Dragon Army tanks bravely entered the enemy group, and many soldiers threw themselves into the bottom of the French tanks (the Iraqi tanks did not need to risk their lives to blow them up), detonating the explosives.Although the thick-skinned MAX3000 tank only suffered a broken track, the French tank that lost its mobility was either destroyed by the Dragon Army tanks attacking from the side, or was blown up by the Dragon Army infantry swarming up, or was The flamethrower ignites.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, all Iraqi tanks and some French tanks that rushed into the Dragon Army tank group were ignited by armor-piercing incendiary bombs and turned into flaming torches. More than 400 tanks, more than 100 infantry fighting vehicles and 300 soldiers Many armored vehicles were wiped out.But in this battle, the Dragon Army lost a lot. 58 main battle tanks, 156 jeeps, 137 ultralight assault vehicles, 78 infantry fighting vehicles and 67 armored vehicles were destroyed, and 26 helicopters were shot down.

On the battlefield billowing with smoke, flames were burning everywhere, the destroyed chariots of both sides crossed together, and there were mourning soldiers from both sides everywhere.

The Dragon Army tanks and chariots launched a one-sided massacre of the Iraqi infantry who had lost all their heavy weapons. The roaring Dragon Army tanks rolled over and swept the wounded soldiers on the ground and the Iraqi soldiers who had no time to run away under the tracks.Machine guns and chain cannon spit out flames dancing like poisonous snakes one after another, and Iraqi soldiers fell in pools of blood one by one.

When a Leopard tank rolled over to a wounded Iraqi soldier, the soldier pulled the explosive package a second before being swept under the tracks, and there was a loud "boom", and the huge main battle tank The track broke and was paralyzed halfway.Then a group of Iraqi soldiers rushed up under the heavy rain of bullets and blew up the Leopard tank.

The sound of gunfire gradually subsided, and the Dragon Army, which wiped out the Iraqi counterattack force, began to clean up the battlefield. The Dragon Army electromagnetic jammer hovering in the sky had also left the battlefield, and the targeted electromagnetic suppression came to an end.

Jiro watched helplessly as the tragic war ended in less than an hour. The French cannon fodder, the Iraqis, seemed to be swept away by the dragon army in an instant. He began to hesitate. At this time, his men Whether the French army should continue to advance or give up at this point, if it continues to advance, it may have the same tragic ending as the Iraqis, at least not much more decent than the Iraqis. If it is given up at this point, it is tantamount to giving up the strategic point of Zagros Mountain , In this way, the Dragon Army will drive straight in, and the road to Baghdad will be opened to the Chinese.

While Ji Luo was still hesitating, a soldier of the Dragon Army Special Forces sneaked in from the rear right to less than 1000 meters away from the French army, and locked the huge French army with a locator, "Bai The wolf calls to the headquarters, the target has been locked, requesting artillery preparation, requesting artillery preparation!"

In the Zagros mountain area, a batch of Dragon Army Z221 self-propelled artillery and Z320 self-propelled artillery that had just been driven out from under the camouflage tent were already in place. Just after receiving a signal from the Dragon Army special forces, the artillery commander waved a small flag: "All artillery are in place ! The preparations are ready, all units pay attention! The artillery shooting is ready!"

"Bombardment time 2 minutes! Get ready"

A round of shells are loaded into the barrel, and only waiting for an order, the muzzle will shoot out the tongue of revenge.

"Fire!" With the waving of the small flag, one after another 175mm howitzers and 155mm howitzers sprayed out slender tongues of flame, and the artillery shells roared towards the heads of the French ground troops 18 kilometers away.

With 300 self-propelled artillery pieces and a 2-minute shooting time, more than 2000 shells are poured out at one time!

"Bombardment! Bombardment!" Some French soldiers shouted in horror when they heard the piercing whistling sound in the air.

When Ji Luo looked up, he saw the shells raining down. He opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak, and his pupils dilated instantly!
The shells as dense as raindrops had already landed on the ground, and large groups of thick black and red fireballs suddenly rose up, and the scorching air waves swept across everything with flying shrapnel. The battlefield just now became like the surface of the moon in an instant. The wreckage of the bombed tank mixed with sharp shrapnel, depriving the lives of French soldiers who thought they were safe.

The wounded Iraqi soldiers struggling on the ground, together with those French soldiers hiding not far away, were baptized by fire and iron into pieces of flesh and blood, and it was impossible to tell whether they were French or Iraqis.There are countless Dragon Army soldiers and armored vehicles on the battlefield ahead. How could the French expect that the Dragon Army would pour shells over them regardless of their own troops.What they don't understand is that the accuracy of the Longjun's artillery fire is world-class. Even at a distance of 18 kilometers, it can achieve high-precision fixed-point strikes. But then again, China already has missiles and is moving towards precision guidance. How can high-precision artillery strikes become a problem for the Chinese army?

This round of 2-minute bombardment caused heavy losses to the unprepared French army. More than 2000 French soldiers were blown to pieces, dozens of main battle tanks were blown up, and countless wounded!
Tang Shengzhi issued an order: "Retreat the self-propelled artillery immediately! Next, it is the turn of the warriors in Basra to attack the enemy!"

The killing fields outside Basra were ablaze, and billowing smoke billowed into the sky obscuring the sun, blocking the glare of the sun.Countless more shabby chariot wrecks and corpses were left on the ground, as well as the French and Iranian soldiers convulsed in pools of blood, and of course there were also Dragon Army soldiers.

The anti-battery radar of the French army has found the location of the artillery position of the Dragon Army just now, and a large group of French fighter planes roared away, but it is a pity that the self-propelled artillery of the Dragon Army ran away after shooting. A row of bombs all exploded onto the stone.This is not due to the mental retardation and incompetence of the French Air Force, but the extremely low visibility on the smoky battlefield, and because of the fear of ground rocket attacks, the French army's aircraft responsible for the target search mission did not dare to lower their altitude. The Dragon Army fighter planes attacked between the two bombing waves, otherwise they would not have the confidence to compete head-to-head with the Dragon Army's large-scale fleet, and the French believed in their anti-battery radar. Of course, the coordinates provided by the anti-battery radar were completely Correct, the problem is that the opponent has long since fled.

After cleaning up the mess, the Chinese army continued to move towards Basra.Putting aside the diffuse gunpowder, Basra in front appeared in the eyes of the Chinese people. What kind of city is that?Can anyone survive in such a place?

In such a ruin, the elite of the Chinese and French special forces, as well as the Iraqi special forces are hidden.

Shen Zui they arrived in Basra the night before, and when they first arrived at the ruins, the pungent rancid and burnt smell made Hu Yuehua, a female soldier of the special forces, almost faint.When she followed Shen Zui into the underground tunnel, the smell of musty, sweat, excrement and dead rats inside was even more suffocating!Although Hu Yuehua is also an excellent special forces soldier who has undergone long-term training, her weakness as a woman still makes her vomit all the time.After two days, she finally got used to it.

On the streets full of rubble, the corpses of French and Iraqi soldiers were still scattered on the street. No one went to collect the corpses. The highly decomposed corpses made the special soldiers of the Dragon Army who entered the city cover their noses.On the ruined walls of the street, the blood stains have turned into dry brown, and the strips of meat that have grown maggots are still hanging on the exposed steel bars.

(End of this chapter)