Chapter 433 Iran's Counterattack

"Quick, sound the alarm!" said the squad leader. He had just ordered the soldier behind him to run to the phone in the sentry post when the armored unit in the distance opened fire.

"Boom!" The 115mm artillery made a loud roar. Amid the roar, a shell flew over and exploded more than 20 meters away from the sentry post. The accuracy was really too low! However, the power of the grenade was huge. As the ground shook, fear emerged in the hearts of several people.

"Boom!" Another shot was fired. This time the accuracy was much higher. It exploded three or four meters away from the sentry post. The huge air wave knocked several people to the ground.

Counterattack! The Iranian counterattack officially began! An armored unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard took the lead, followed by countless infantrymen. In front of them was the empty city of Isfahan!

The Iraqis were too careless. They thought that Iran's power had been almost completely destroyed! Moreover, the front line had already moved to Tehran, which was the absolute rear area.

Who would have thought that at this moment, the Iranians launched a counterattack!

The 11th Infantry Division put up a tenacious resistance, but compared to the Iranians who were rushing in like a tide, their resistance was extremely weak. There were at least 30,000 Iranian troops rushing in! Moreover, they were almost all in a state of madness as if they had taken drugs, and they were not afraid of death at all!

Fight, fight bravely, for the great leader HMN! For Iran!

The brainwashed Iranian youth, encouraged by the mullahs in the army, showed tremendous courage. With their strong will and fearlessness of sacrifice and the cooperation of the tank troops, they captured Isfahan after a day of fierce fighting!

In Isfahan, they obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition, with which they could organize more armed forces!

At the same time, the counterattack in Isfahan represents a new stage in the Iran-Iraq War. Iran's passive history has ended! Iran has been preparing for several months to wash away the shame!

Since most of Iran is plateau area with inconvenient transportation, the location of Isfahan is extremely important. After Isfahan was taken, the Iraqi army attacking Tehran instantly lost its most important supplies!

At the same time, outside of Tehran, a huge number of Iranian troops appeared, a full 200,000 people! In addition to the middle-aged, there were also old people, children, and even women wrapped in black clothes! They carried simple weapons and launched a counter-encirclement of the Iraqi army in the street battle in Tehran!

Using advanced weapons, fighting a battle on the scale of World War II, this is the Iran-Iraq War!

Unlike in history, since the Iranian Air Force was abolished, it can be said that the entire sky and ground belonged to Iraq. Under such circumstances, Iraq still fought the war like this. Andre really admired the commanders in Baghdad to his toes.

The reason why Iran was so unstoppable in the early stages of the war was that its main energy was tied up by the United States and it had no way to launch a counterattack against Iraq. But now that the Americans have left, Iran has concentrated all its energy on dealing with Iraq!

"Iraq has superior air power, but does not know how to use it. If it were our army, calling for air power, the Su-24 would be able to blow the Iranian tanks to pieces." After returning to Moscow, Andrei introduced the battle on the Iran-Iraq front to a group of senior officials and added his own comments.

"In particular, our informationized forces can call for air support at any time and indicate ground targets for air support, making combat easier," said Marshal Ogarkov.

The last West-79 military exercise verified the combat effectiveness of the informationized forces, so, with the exception of the 4th Guards Division, the rest of the troops also began to be gradually reorganized, with the first troops to be reorganized being the Moscow Military District's troops.

Whoever controls the air superiority controls the pulse of the war. But now, what is more advanced than the air superiority is the information power!

"Andrei, the Iran-Iraq War has now entered a stalemate phase. Which side do you think will win in the end?" Andropov asked.

"Yes, Comrade General Secretary, we are in a stalemate now, but this stalemate will soon be broken. The Iranians have a very careful plan. If they take Isfahan, Tehran's army will lose its logistical supplies. Their defeat is only a matter of time. The Iraqi army in Tehran is their most elite. Without these troops, Iraq's combat effectiveness will no longer be the same as before." Andre said: "In a few months at the fastest, or one or two years at the shortest, Iran's counterattack will begin. The Iranians will drive the Iraqi army out of Iranian territory, and the flames of war will burn on Iraqi land."

Without advanced tactics and military thinking, only weapons are not enough! This is the situation in Iraq now! If it were the Soviet Union, they would have turned Tehran into ruins, and there would be no need to fight any damn street battles!

Like now, being besieged by the Iranian army like a locust, it is completely the way of fighting in the World War II era. Where are the armored forces? Break the encirclement and strike back from the outside! What about the air force? The air force bombed day and night, and the Iranian army had to collapse. Only the Iraqis could fight like this.

"Oh, it seems that our army must also be prepared at all times," said Andropov.

Southward Strategy! Iran has been planning for so long and may face various changes at any time. The Soviet leaders can't wait any longer!

"Yes, General Secretary, our army is ready at any time. The reorganization of our Turkestan Military District is nearing completion. It is a structure that is completely suitable for mountain warfare and rapid advancement. We have increased the coordination of armed helicopters and reduced the number of ground main battle tanks. At the same time, we have also trained an Iranian People's Liberation Army of 50,000 people. We intend to use this army as the vanguard." Andre said.

Ever since Andrei entered the Turkestan Military Region, we have been making preparations. Now that it has been going on for so long, we have made all the preparations and can start fighting at any time!

Moreover, after constant deception, an Iranian army of 50,000 people has been organized. When the time comes, let the Iranians fight against Iranians. This scene will be pleasing to the eye.

"Yes, that's right." Andropov said: "Whether we can make a breakthrough in the Middle East depends on this battle. This battle is of great importance and we must not fail. This battle is related to our national destiny!"

We can’t wait any longer! The Americans will not accept defeat. Now, they are starting to have bad ideas in the Middle East again!