Chapter 261: A Just War

For the Islamic State, the real nightmare also kicked off during the shelling.

However, after being bombarded for several days, the Islamic State did not directly abandon Samarra, but was still preparing to increase its troops.

Because the Islamic State not only wants to take the city of Samarra, but also uses it as a springboard. The goal that can really ease the current financial situation of the Islamic State is Baghdad.

If Baghdad can be occupied, or direct troops can be projected to Baghdad, a large amount of funds can be raised for the Islamic State in a short period of time.

What's in Baghdad?

From the perspective of the Islamic State, Baghdad not only has the largest bank in Iraq, but also has a large amount of US dollar foreign exchange reserves.

There are still a large number of rich people in Baghdad, all of whom are oil tycoons in Iraq, and they can at least extort tens of billions of dollars in property.

There are also a large number of women in Baghdad, and these women can also become wealth, whether they are sold directly to their own soldiers or exported to other countries, it is a fortune.

Therefore, as long as Baghdad is captured, the Islamic State will be able to support it well in the next few years even if it does not have oil revenue.

Moreover, as the political center of Iraq, the interests of capturing and recovering Baghdad can also be very effective in strengthening the momentum of the Islamic State.

Let the international forces that support the Islamic State support the development of the Islamic State on a larger scale.

In this way, it can continue to expand its global recruitment operations and enrich its own strength.

At the same time, it can also prove to the world that the Islamic State has captured the capital of Iraq and has not gradually declined as the outside world expected.

Consolidate the morale of the army, gain wealth, get greater support from the international community, and completely reverse all the current unfavorable situations.

This is the most direct reason for the Islamic State to want to attack Baghdad.

What they didn't expect was that Samarra finally took the initiative in the battle.

As a result, the Future Technology Group joined in, and with the Idris armed force fully supported by the Future Technology Group, its powerful side was fully displayed.

Even if it is the troops of the Islamic State. For a while, they could only be passively beaten.

However.

The Islamic State is not only passive, but has also planned many attacks and sneak attacks on artillery positions.

Some long-range strikes have also been organized to retaliate against the artillery clusters armed by the Future Technology Group.

But every time before they can show up, they are killed.

Future Technology Group overlooks the earth as if it were God. No secret can be kept from the other party.

This has hurt the Islamic State very much. They have repeatedly threatened to carry out terrorist attacks on the Future Technology Group.

But facing Marin Town, which is like an impregnable wall. They couldn't even get close.

On the frontal battlefield, they were completely suppressed by other people's artillery fire.

No tanks, no air force. Even the Islamic State, which has no long-range firepower, faces endless artillery fire. All that can be done is to hide in the ruins and linger on.

Fortunately, this shelling soon became sparse, because there were not many valuable targets in Samarra to strike.

The railway station has been razed to the ground. A large number of warehouses and railroad tracks and trains were all destroyed.

The same goes for industrial areas. Those oil refineries that the Iraqi government regards as very precious have all been smashed into ruins.

Even the oil wells were all destroyed. There is not a single building that is still standing in the whole of Samarra.

Even in the entire city, there is no wall higher than two meters. As for the streets, they are all covered by ruins.

It took decades to build this city, but only a few days to destroy it.

However, many IS fighters survived in the city.

They are still hiding in places in the city that cannot be threatened by artillery, and use their own existence to prove that the city is still in the hands of the Islamic State.

It's just that their life is not easy, because the dense artillery can't threaten them hiding under the ruins of the building.

But there are no supplies to bring in. Weapons and ammunition are better. After all, no one has entered the city to fight them.

But three meals a day are troublesome, and the intensive artillery fire cannot transport even a piece of bread in.

And the heavy artillery group seems to be crazy, even if they already know that they can't continue to kill the opponent with vitality.

The shelling still hasn't stopped. Every day, every hour, such firepower strikes have not stopped.

The duration of such artillery strikes was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

The Future Technology Group kept replenishing ammunition every day as if they didn't need money. This kind of bombardment lasted for half a month, and the number of shells projected was probably no less than 10,000 tons.

Samarra, which was originally just ruins, is now more like the surface of the moon, full of potholes.

I can't see what the city used to look like, the ruins of Pingchuan, and the refugee camp is left.

Samarra General Hospital, the only tall building still standing in the vicinity, there is nothing left.

But even after half a month passed, the shelling still showed no signs of stopping.

Almost fifty days have passed since the four months required by the base.

Unknowingly, the armed forces in Marin Town increased by more than a thousand people near Samarra.

The size of the artillery group has also increased by more than a hundred artillery pieces, but the intensity of the daily shelling has not changed at all.

Therefore, the Islamic State has not found the expansion of the artillery group.

The intelligence agencies of various countries also consciously and deliberately concealed this matter.

Whoever allowed the Islamic State to wreak havoc all over the world has long been the fault of all, and even Turkey wants to completely put aside its relationship with it.

Even Israel didn't say anything about it, because Israel was unwilling to go against the general trend of the world.

After all, it is a just thing for the troops supported by the Future Technology Group to participate in the war, at least from the perspective of the whole world.

Everyone in the Islamic State is fighting, and all countries can only carry out air strikes. No one is willing to send ground troops to fight the Islamic State.

In addition, all kinds of interests are criss-crossed, and all countries have their own calculations.

Therefore, the future technology group's move can be regarded as in line with the interests behind the current competition between countries.

Otherwise, it is in no one's interest to allow ISIS to take over Samarra.

If it weren't for this, the Israelis might have secretly supported the Islamic State against the future technology group.

Cai Ruichen is also relying on this international momentum, combined with Lin Zhongxian's cooperation with mainstream countries in the world, he will be so smooth. (To be continued.) Enable new URL