Chapter 979: The Flame of War Reignites the Capital of ISIS
Raqqa City, the capital city of Raqqa Province in northeast Syria, was once a key tourist city and economic city in northern Syria.
After the outbreak of ISIS armed forces, it became the capital of ISIS. In this city, ISIS also held a state-building ceremony and a so-called military parade.
But for the people of Raqqa, the city has brought an indelible nightmare to everyone.
During the period of ISIS' rule over Raqqa, Raqqa almost became a veritable hell on earth.
Heinous tortures, bloody beheadings, homosexuals being thrown from the roof to die... These may be just a short report on foreign media news, but in fact, the situation in Raqqa at that time was even worse , Scenes like this are staged in Raqqa every day.
And in this city where water and electricity are supplied for less than two hours a year, as long as you walk on the street, you can see death and so-called punishment everywhere.
Smoking and drinking will all be severely punished, thieves will have their hands cut off, and those who do not follow ISIS traditions will be beheaded directly.
At that time, almost all the Raqqa people lived in dire straits. According to incomplete statistics, when ISIS used Raqqa as the capital, more than half of the Raqqa people fled to Turkey.
The remaining people, each of them lost their loved ones, and most of them died at the hands of ISIS fighters.
The sound that is heard the most every day is the sound of explosions. Walking on the street, you can even see falling bombs at any time.
Collapsed houses exploded, the city is full of untended household garbage, the heat is so hot and there is no water and electricity, the city is becoming unfit for people to live in.
Afterwards, the ISIS militants were defeated, and those ISIS militants in Raqqan fled the city one after another.
The Kurdish armed forces took the opportunity to occupy the city, but for Lakairen, although life was a little more stable, there were no killings for no reason. There were no falling bombs or explosions, but the living environment remained unchanged.
The ISIS armed forces occupying the city are not taking care of the city, they are simply controlling the city's tax revenue. There is also no mention of connecting electricity, water and electricity, and the poor life in the city still continues.
And up to now, it has been going on for a year, and a large number of urban ruins have not been taken care of. Those Raqqa people who returned to the city could only look at their collapsed houses,
Stay at a friend's house.
It is necessary to go to and far away to fetch water every day, and then barely maintain the needs of life.
The Kurds who control Raqqa simply collect taxes, maintain law and order, and don't care about anything else.
Such days have lasted for nearly a year, just as the Raqqa people are gradually adapting to such a living situation.
After a sandstorm passing by the edge of the city left, an army suddenly appeared from the sandstorm, breaking the peace here.
Outside the city of Raqqa. The sudden appearance of the army shocked everyone in the entire city of Raqqa.
But soon, the broadcast sounded in the city. It was the voice of Ahmed, the light in the hearts of every suffering Syrian. Following the guidance of the light, all Raqqa people closed their doors tightly. . Bet on all doors and windows.
The family then hid in the cellar of the house, waiting for the end of the war.
For ISIS armed soldiers, all the Raqqa people hate them very much, but for the Kurds. The Raqqa people don't have any good feelings either.
They are more willing to believe in their inner beliefs. In Ahmed's words, the time has come to save the people of Raqqa.
At the same time, the Kurdish armed forces in Rakan were all in disarray, and a large number of armed forces began to disperse into the city. It is intended to use the terrain of the city to resist.
The army outside the city does seem to be very difficult to mess with, but there are not many of them, and it's not like they have no chance at all.
At the same time, outside the city of Raqqa, Ren Rui, the colonel of the Red Police Corps, was outside the command vehicle, holding a telescope to look at the city that was almost in ruins in the distance.
Compared with the city of Raqqa in peacetime, the city of Raqqa now seems like a huge garbage dump, with ruins everywhere, and the former city cannot be seen at all.
Comparing the electronic map in his hand, Ren Rui turned off the map without hesitation. This map is useless at all. The city in front of him is no longer what it used to be.
Multi-national airstrikes against the ISIS armed forces that once entrenched in Raqqa have already shattered the city.
What is in his hand now is a hand-drawn map. On the map, it is the current situation of the city of Raqqa.
There are intersections blocked by collapsed buildings, street corners where a large amount of household garbage is piled up, dangerous buildings that may collapse at any time, and the main stronghold and camp of Kurdish armed forces in Raqqa.
Modern urban warfare has always been an important military subject that cannot be discussed endlessly. Any individual soldier does not like to attack cities, nor does he like to fight in urban environments.
But Ren Rui is a special case. He has been studying how to fight better in the city. He is one of the few officers in the Red Police Corps who specializes in urban warfare.
But this time, the reason why he was able to lead the troops to fight in Syria was mainly because he had a better understanding and command ability for urban operations, so he was appointed by Cai Ruichen as the commander of the ground operations force.
However, looking at the city in front of him, Ren Rui was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but asked all the troops to rest for a while.
The two armored battalions used their tracks to march at high speed for more than 200 kilometers. Along the way, they still beat the rhythm of tanks in the wind and sand. Although they had great confidence in the performance of the tanks, urban combat was not a child's play.
He hoped that all his soldiers would be fully prepared for combat, instead of attacking blindly.
The most important thing is that because of the sandstorm, the air assault battalion under his command has not yet arrived on the battlefield. He needs to take down all the cities along the way at the lowest cost, and the air assault battalion is an important combat force.
Using the cover of wind and sand, the ground troops did penetrate more than 200 kilometers into Syria smoothly, but also because of this sandstorm, the helicopter could not pass through the sandstorm at all.
The helicopter can only enter here after the sandstorm is over, and to attack these enemies in the city, he needs to quickly transport troops to the city, disrupt the enemy's deployment, and then the ground troops will carry out the assault.
And now, the Air Assault Battalion has already set off from Mosul, and it is expected to arrive in an hour. During this period, the troops can just take a rest. (To be continued.