Chapter 396 Progress Is Smooth

In the desert area on the Pakistani border, the US troops, which had been on high alert for a long time, moved in an orderly manner and headed towards the border area.

At the same time, armed helicopters were flying in the sky, striking in advance the Iranian border fortifications and garrisons that had been scouted long ago. The large-scale invasion war officially began!

Although Iran has gathered two infantry divisions and two Revolutionary Guard divisions in the border area, and mobilized its main Chieftain tanks and M48 tanks to the border area in an attempt to resist the attack of the US military.

Unfortunately, the war was fought in a way that the Iranians could not have imagined.

Before the armored forces arrived, A-6 and A-7 attack aircraft carried out repeated bombings on the Iranian army. Most of the Iranian ground forces were killed in the bombing. Then, AH-1 attack helicopters flew at a tree-high distance to provide fire support to the US armored forces. When the US armored forces came into contact with the Iranian army, Iran's main ground equipment was almost wiped out.

The air plays the leading role, and ground combat has become secondary. The main task of the US Army is to clean up the mess!

After a day of fierce fighting, the US army defeated several divisions of the Iranian army deployed on the border. It marched straight through the Iranian plateau area on the border and captured Zahedan the next day. Then, it began a big race in the Lut Desert. In two days, it arrived at the Kavir Salt Desert. Two days later, it was already near Tehran!

The US military action surprised all observers. It was as if the Americans were riding on a Hot Wheels and reached Tehran in just five days!

This is the strength of a world-class military power! In comparison, Iran is nothing! At least Vietnam has complex terrain and can play hide-and-seek with the Americans. What does Iran have? The surrounding mountains, the Americans did not go there at all. The United States did only one thing, besieging Tehran!

North, Moscow.

Now, it was August of 1979, the hottest time of the year, and the climate in Moscow was also a bit sultry. Andrei, who had rushed to Moscow from the Turkestan Military Region, took a special car directly to the Kremlin after getting off the plane.

"Andrei, everyone is waiting for you." Seeing Andrei coming in, Ustinov said, "The situation in Iran is far beyond our expectations. We are now conducting war games, and the situation is not optimistic. We predict that the Americans will occupy Tehran within two days, overthrow HMN's rule, and support a puppet government."

The speed of the Americans' advance greatly surprised Moscow. In Hokkaido, on the island nation of Honshu, the Soviet army had a nearly direct clash with the US army. The result at that time was that the US army did not have an overwhelming technological advantage. On the contrary, the US army's weakness in front of the Soviet army was obvious.

Now, the battle with Iran has allowed the US military to regain its dignity! First, they used a few days of bombing to completely paralyze Iran's command structure and destroy Iran's war potential. Then, the ground army's offensive can only be described as lightning fast!

Even the Soviet army itself could not advance so rashly, which shows how bold and successful the American army was!

As long as the US military captures Tehran, it means the collapse of the current regime. At that time, the United States will support a puppet government, and Iran will become pro-American again!

In the past few years, the Soviet Union has been making preparations to gain a passage to the south from Iran, but now, watching the Americans intervene again, how can the Soviet Union not be anxious!

"The U.S. military is powerful. We have learned a lot from this U.S. attack. For example, the Air Force's seizure of air superiority is an important part of determining the outcome of the entire war. It can be said that without air superiority, there is nothing! Secondly, it is the advantage of informatization. Relying on the command of early warning aircraft, the United States launched multiple attacks in a short period of time and commanded them in an orderly manner. The U.S. ground forces were able to advance quickly, and their logistics support was very good..." Andre has been observing the performance of the U.S. military and the progress of each division these days, and summed up a lot of experience.

However, before he finished speaking, Andropov interrupted him: "Andrei, what we are discussing now is how to deal with the problem of the puppet regime established by the United States after occupying Tehran. As for the tactical qualities of the US military, we will talk about it later. Is the army of your Turkestan Military District ready to participate in the Iranian civil war at any time?"

"General Secretary Andropov, this issue does not seem to be something we should discuss." Andrei said, "Unless the United States uses nuclear weapons to directly raze Tehran, it is impossible for the United States to occupy Tehran."

Andre's attitude was very certain. The Americans occupying Tehran was a joke.

Andre, are you kidding? How can you be so sure? Everyone cast a questioning look at Andre. Just before Andre arrived, someone expressed doubts about Andre's current strategic concept. It was obvious that the Americans were going to reap the fruits! In the whole incident, the Soviet Union did not gain any benefits!

But now, even though Andre's attitude is so certain, most people still doubt it.

"General Secretary, fellow comrades, we must never look at Iran from our point of view. They are different from us because they have extremely firm beliefs. They are a group of simple-minded and fanatical guys! I can be sure that the Americans' attack on Tehran will be extremely difficult. The Americans' good luck ends here! In less than five days, Tehran will be given the title of a bloody city!" said Andre.

The Blood City, historically known as Khramshahr, was the scene of repeated battles during the Iran-Iraq War, which resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Iranian and Iranian soldiers. The city was almost razed to the ground, hence the name Blood City.

And now, the title of Blood City should be left to Tehran!

"At least tens of thousands or even 20,000 Americans will be killed in Tehran!" Andre said, "Moreover, the Americans will never be able to take Tehran in the end. The Americans will suffer heavy casualties in the face of the Iranians' human wave tactics! Maybe even more Iranians will die, 100,000 or even 200,000. I can say that now Tehran has become a nation of soldiers. Every citizen, even a five-year-old child, will be given a grenade, and a ten-year-old girl will also pick up a rifle. If I were an American commander, I would definitely choose to use a nuclear bomb."

Andre was extremely confident.