Chapter 146: Preparations

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For Cai Ruichen, the Islamic State targeted Samarra for attack, which is not a very unexpected news.

As early as half a month ago, there were signs of this coming out.

The base is about 80 kilometers away from Samarra, and Baghdad is 120 kilometers away from Samarra.

The highway from Baghdad to the northern city of Mosul in Iraq passes through Samarra and Tikrit.

Likewise, the railway passes through Samarra before continuing north to Mosul.

Samarra, which is located in a traffic hub, has had a good economy since the beginning, and there are several oil wells around it. It is currently an important oil mining city for the Iraqi government.

This move by the Islamic State hits the vital point of Iraq. Once the Islamic State is allowed to completely control Samarra, it will be fatal to the current Iraqi government.

First of all, the Iraqi government will lose a very important oil producing area, whereas the Islamic State has more oil to squander.

One in and one out is not as simple as one plus one.

There is another reason. After losing Samarra, the only barrier in the north, the capital Baghdad will also be directly under the artillery fire of the Islamic State.

Once the Islamic State really bombards Baghdad, it will deal an extremely heavy blow to the image of the Iraqi government at home and abroad.

Then the Kurds, who were watching the excitement from the sidelines, took advantage of the momentum and resolutely established a country. Once those big countries give up on the Iraqi government, they may turn to follow the United States to support the Kurdish armed forces.

At that time, the Iraqi government will be even worse.

"So, for the Iraqi government, Samarra must not have any losses. This is firm." Natasha finally analyzed.

"The whole world knows this truth, but in the face of the recent large-scale expansion of the Islamic State armed forces, I am afraid that the low-level troops in Iraq are still no match." Cai Ruichen said sarcastically.

While speaking, Idris hurried in. Idris, who walked down from Warehouse No. 1 to the base hall for the first time, seemed to be Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking around in shock.

Especially when he saw in the hall,

After the mighty giant eagle. He was even more frightened.

If Cai Ruichen hadn't called him, I'm afraid he would lose his composure.

"The Islamic State launched an attack on Samarra, you should know!"

Cai Ruichen looked at Idris who was fidgeting in front of him, and greeted Yuri again in his heart, let's see. Turning a good child into something, seeing that I can't even sit still.

Idris nodded quickly, and said respectfully: "Mr. Cai, I came here to report this matter."

"Then what's your opinion?" Cai Ruichen asked directly.

"I follow Mr. Cai's orders." Idris replied directly without thinking.

Seeing Idris who had no opinion, Cai Ruichen patted his head helplessly, and shouted in his heart: I hate Yuri.

"In that case, go back!" Cai Ruichen shook his head and said.

"Uh. Mr. Cai, what should I go back for?" Idris, who was waiting for instructions, wanted to get up and leave, but he reacted immediately and asked.

"Go back and prepare for the battle. I want you to seize the city of Samarra." Cai Ruichen said with a serious face.

Upon hearing Cai Ruichen's words, Idris was taken aback, and stammered, "Mr. Cai, I only have two thousand soldiers, and I don't have any heavy equipment. This..."

"It's not that you send troops to Samarra immediately, and we can't intervene in the current battle. So I need you to prepare for the war in the name of the Iraqi government army.

Soldiers, weapons and equipment, all meet the needs. I will do my best to provide for you. In terms of military command, I will also send professionals there. You just need to stand in front of the stage and do a good job of the political image that you, the nominally supreme officer, should do. "Cai Ruichen said.

"I see, how do I tell my grandfather about this?" Idris asked.

"Everything is your own idea. Do you know?" Cai Ruichen said, looking directly into Idris's eyes.

"Yes, please rest assured, Mr. Cai." After a loud reassurance, Idris changed his voice and said to Cai Ruichen: "My grandfather asked me to inform you that he told you a few months ago that he would introduce a friend to you , that person will arrive in a few days, I don’t know if you have time to go.”

"Reply to your grandfather, I will go there on time, and at the same time, I would like to say thank you to your grandfather for personally coming forward to persuade the situation in the town to move to a new residential area." After Cai Ruichen finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal Yide Reese can leave.

When Idris respectfully exited the hall and took the elevator back to Warehouse No. 1, Cai Ruichen muttered: "I don't know if Idris is competent, it's too worrying."

"We don't need his talent, as long as he is obedient. It seems that Yuri is doing pretty well, and this person has been completely controlled." Natasha said aside.

"The words are good, but after all, they are still too uninitiated." Cai Ruichen said.

"How does the commander know that he has no opinion? In fact, Idris's political skills are still very clever outside." Natasha said.

"But when he saw me, he couldn't even speak. To me, he was more like a marionette." Cai Ruichen said.

"Isn't that the ideal choice for the commander?" Natasha said.

Cai Ruichen shook his head decisively when he heard the words, and said, "No, my ideal candidate should be Yuri, but there are more important things for him to do, and he is a bit overqualified."

Speaking of this, Cai Ruichen sighed helplessly, and said, "The most regrettable thing is that I don't have an outstanding political talent by my side."

"I believe there will be in the future. After all, the rule of Iraq cannot be completely relied on by us." Huang Xinrui approached and said.

"Yes." Cai Ruichen nodded sympathetically when he heard the words, turned to look at Huang Xinrui and said, "You will go to the academy to take up your post tomorrow, and I will also recruit some teachers to help you."

"It won't disappoint the commander, and it will definitely help the commander build an iron barrel-like future pattern for Iraq." Huang Xinrui said with a slight smile.

"Education is the foundation of educating the people. In the future, you will be responsible for all matters in this area." Cai Ruichen nodded, liking Huang Xinrui's answer very much.

The ultimate goal of implementing education is not only to obtain more talents in the future, but also to unite the thoughts of the next generation of Iraqis and let them surround themselves.

This is no different from the purpose of free education in those Iraqi theological colleges. (To be continued.)