Chapter 249: The Qualities of ISIS Soldiers

This time, the Iraqi government army, which dispatched three main battle tanks in one breath, with the cover of the air force, was finally expected to attack the inside of the train station.

However, Cai Ruichen, Zhao Long and Natasha in the base hall were not optimistic about the three M1A1s.

Sure enough, when the three M1A1s approached the gate of the train station, the Islamic State soldiers inside also took out the weapons at the bottom of the box.

The Dragon anti-tank missile, once the main ground anti-armor weapon of the U.S. Army, can break through 500 mm thick homogeneous armor with a vertical attack.

This kind of attack power is enough to threaten the defense power of M1A1.

The Islamic State troops possess a large number of Dragon anti-tank missiles, which were the main equipment looted after the Islamic State captured them when the United States withdrew its troops.

In fact, if it weren't for the air strikes of various countries, the Islamic State would still have the strength to dominate Iraq.

In the early days, many of the weapons and equipment left over by the United States were obtained by the Islamic State.

Among them are main weapons such as main battle tanks and attack helicopters. Fortunately, such equipment has long been destroyed by the air forces of various countries.

However, there are still many small weapons and equipment left. According to data released by the US military, the Islamic State has at least 500 individual missile launchers in its hands.

Among them, Dragon anti-tank missiles account for the majority, and the rest are Stinger air defense missiles and Russian SAM needle air defense missiles.

These weapons fell into the hands of the Islamic State, which can only be blamed on the incompetence of the Iraqi government forces.

When the Islamic State launched an attack on Iraq from Syria, whoever made the Iraqi government army collapse thousands of miles, not only gave the Islamic State a large area of ​​land.

It also allowed the US military to stay and prepare to sell many arsenals to the Iraqi government forces, all of which were occupied by the Islamic State.

The Iraqi Defense Forces have already tasted the pain of these weapons.

Just like these three M1A1s, it is very difficult for a normal rocket launcher to damage an M1A1, but the Dragon anti-tank missile with the ability to attack is completely different.

When the three M1A1s approached the train station, several anti-tank missiles suddenly lifted off from the ruins and fell vertically at a height of 100 meters. All ran towards one of the M1A1s.

The M1A1 itself has ceramic armor.

It can resist ordinary anti-tank missiles, but the fragile defense of the tank roof cannot resist the vertical strike of multiple anti-tank missiles.

Fortunately, the Iraqi government army is using M1A1, otherwise if it is replaced by the export version of the T-72 tank. Then as long as one such anti-tank missile can be solved.

It's just that the results haven't changed. Facing the anti-tank missiles attacked by the empowerment, the M1A1 stopped amidst several consecutive violent explosions.

Immediately dense flames covered the body of the tank. The three people in the base hall can all be seen clearly. On the top of the back of the M1A1 body, a large hole was pierced, and it went directly through the fuel tank.

Fortunately, M1A1 has a very advanced fire extinguishing system. The flames in the tank were quickly extinguished, and the explosion did not cause the shells in the tank to explode again. But the tank crew inside. Not a single person survived.

Seeing the other two M1A1s, the drivers seemed very anxious, and they were staggering tanks on the ruins. All are speeding up and approaching the train station.

However, before the second round of anti-tank missile attacks appeared, the underbody of the first M1A1 that was about to rush into the gate was suddenly covered by a violent explosion.

The huge tank body shook violently a few times during the explosion.

Although the people in the tank were fine, the track that was pressed against the anti-tank mine and the armored side skirts that protected the track were directly blown off.

This M1A1 not only became a fixed fort, but also just stopped at the center of the train station gate.

The ISIS soldiers inside did not give the third tank any chance to enter the train station. The second wave of anti-tank missiles directly destroyed the third M1A1, leaving only the tank with a broken track and a lonely face. To the countless muzzles all around.

A minute later, this tank was also destroyed, and none of the Iraqi soldiers in the three tanks survived.

Seeing this, Zhao Long said with emotion: "The Iraqi Defense Forces are really too weak, let alone M1A1, even if they are given the most advanced equipment in the world, they can't beat them."

"There are many factors that determine the victory of a war. Advanced weapons and equipment are naturally important, but they are not the most important. Even tactics and strategies are not more important than soldiers' combat literacy and fighting will in my opinion." Natasha also said.

"Islamic State is the biggest trouble left by the United States to Middle Eastern countries. These armed forces evolved from the most powerful Iraqi National Guard soldiers during Saddam Hussein's time. From the perspective of individual combat capabilities, they are indeed very powerful." Cai Ruichen said with emotion road.

The reason why the armed soldiers of the Islamic State are so powerful does not mean that extreme ideological education can really turn a group of unarmed civilians into excellent fighters quickly.

It's because most of these Islamic State armed soldiers came from the Iraqi National Guard, and they were all Saddam's elite troops that were dispersed when the US army attacked Iraq.

When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it did not wipe out this force, but used advanced warfare methods to directly destroy the Iraqi government.

Many of the National Guard under Saddam's command were just broken up, not eliminated. After all, the National Guard of hundreds of thousands was the most combat-friendly force in the Middle East back then.

If it weren't for the fact that the United States was superior to the Saddam government at the time in terms of tactics and strategy, it would not be easy for the US military to eliminate this force.

This is also the reason why the US military maintained continuous casualties during the occupation of Iraq.

But at that time, most of the soldiers of the National Guard did not gather, mainly because they lacked a strong leader.

However, with the rise of the Islamic State, there is also the secret support of a large number of extremist forces in the world.

It began to gather a large number of stragglers who used to be the National Guard, which allowed the Islamic State to have a strong military combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Therefore, even in the face of air strikes from various countries, the armed forces of the Islamic State still have a very strong combat effectiveness.

In addition, the Islamic State has also recruited a large number of international sergeants to expand the combat effectiveness of the army, and this has gradually become a country that can straddle Syria and Iraq today.

Even many organizations in Turkey are secretly supporting the development of the Islamic State.

The Iraqi Defense Forces, on the other hand, are an army truly composed of civilians. Although they are large in scale, they are all a group of personnel who have never been on the battlefield and have no real military training.

Comparing the real soldiers of the Islamic State whose roots are Zhengmiaohong, the gap between the two is immediately apparent.

Don't expect a group of civilian men carrying cannons to defeat an equal number of real soldiers. (To be continued.) Enable new URL