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"Brother." Muhammad said: "God is above, please believe me, we will try our best to find a way to rescue the hostages."

Looking at the other party's sincere eyes, the only thing in Cowper's mind now is to blow the other party's head with a pistol!

Suddenly, another Iranian ran towards Muhammad, with a joyful expression on his face, and said, "Report, there is news from Tehran Airport that the hijackers are finally willing to release the hostages!"

Cooper felt relieved, brother, isn't this playing me?Fortunately, my mental capacity is strong enough.

"Brother, did you hear that? We have been working hard to resolve this hostage crisis," Muhammad said.

"Yes, that's right. Will it be transported to Turkey by car like last time?" Cowper said.

"Well, in order for them to reunite with their families as soon as possible, we can send them back by plane," Mohamed said.

"That would be even better!" Cowper was completely relieved.

"Also, can the two hijackers be extradited to the United States for trial?" Cooper was in a good mood, and then asked, although he knew it was almost impossible, he still wanted to ask clearly.

Then he heard something he never wanted to hear again.

"Report, we haven't captured the hijacker yet, and the hijacker only released more than [-] female hostages on the plane. Our personnel are still confronting the hijacker."

Cooper's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted. It turned out that the other party was really playing tricks!

…………Baghdad.

"Your Excellency, after months of preparations, the Northern Military Region of our Armed Forces is fully ready for war," Defense Minister Adnan said.

Now, the battle in the southern military region has made great progress, while in comparison, the northern military region has hardly achieved anything.

The reason is simple. The southwestern part of Iran is a flat plain, which is very conducive to the assault of armored forces. Since Qusay arrived in the Southern Military Region, he has cleverly used various tactics to lay down a large area of ​​land.

But the north is different. The northern part of Iran is on the famous Iranian plateau, and there are mountains everywhere. In this case, Iraqi mechanized troops cannot be used. , South Road's offense is the focus.

But now, the South Road has achieved the intended goal, so the battle in the North has been planned for a long time.

In terms of weapons, equipment and personnel quality, the northern military region is the most elite. Now, the southern military region has won several victories, and Iran's main effective force has also been consumed in those few battles. Although the army is expanding rapidly, the quality of personnel has dropped significantly. Therefore, the Northern Military Region has finally formulated a huge battle plan.

Adnan has mobilized six infantry divisions and two armored divisions from Naft Shahr in Diyala Province, east of Baghdad (it was originally a small Iranian city on the Iranian border, which has been occupied), along the On the road to Bakhtaran, the capital of Bakhtaran Province, invade Bakhtaran!

Bakhtaran is located in the Galei River Valley, a tributary of the upper reaches of the Karhei River, at an altitude of 1358 meters.It is located on the main passage from Tehran to Baghdad, and there are highways leading to Azerbaijan in the north and Khuzestan in the south. It is the main road intersection in western Iran.

After taking this place and expanding to the south, it can be connected with the land occupied by the Southern Military Region. Moreover, this is a major traffic route, and it is very easy to go east to Tehran or north to Azerbaijan.

Saddam has been giving orders to the Northern Military Region for several months. Although the preparations are only now, the more fully prepared, the smoother the fight will be.

"We will adopt a gradual approach. The armored units will start along the several roads that have been surveyed. At the same time, the infantry will occupy the high ground in advance and control everything around them. The air force will take off fighter jets and bomb Bakhtaran and Iraq Mu, to prevent reinforcements from the other side, if we go well, we can reach Bakhtaran within a week, and then we will gradually expand to the south," Adnan said.

Looking at everything on the map, Saddam nodded in agreement, cut off this land from the Iranians, and set foot on the Iranian plateau, so that he would not have to always be wary of the Iranians coming out from here in the future.

Now is the best time to choose. Iran hijacked American planes and hostages. The Americans were very angry. Therefore, the Americans secretly provided Baghdad with a clear satellite map of Iran. The Iranians did not deploy heavy equipment here. Troops, so this attack by the Northern Military Region has a high success rate.

In the past, Saddam would never have had so many ideas. However, the successive victories of the Southern Military Region have made his desires bigger and bigger. The big Babylonian empire in his heart will definitely come true!

Chapter 343 The Battle of Rogues

Tehran.

From a C-130 transport plane, it landed at the airport of the air force base near Tehran.

The cabin door opened, and the car stopped at the door of the cabin. Countless soldiers moved boxes of things out from inside.

Khomeini also arrived at the scene. He looked at the things in the cabin and said to other senior personnel around him: "With these things, our air force can be revived again, right?"

"Yes, we can at least recover to the size of thirty Tomcats, and, with Phoenix missiles, we will deal a heavy blow to the Iraqis!" Air Force Commander Hawamy said.

"In addition to aircraft parts, we also got TOW anti-tank missiles, so that we have better means of attack when facing Iraqi tanks." Revolutionary Guards Minister Mohsen Rafiq Du Ster also said.

This time, the Yankees really gave them a helping hand, and provided them with so many weapons, which proved that the risk of taking American hostages was really good.

However, they also have some worries. The great spiritual leader Khomeini made a decision, released a small number of hostages, and continued to squeeze the Americans dry. Will the Americans be willing to do this?

"Great leader," Foreign Minister Velayati said, "if we do this, will the Americans send us new weapons? If this hijacking incident is not resolved as soon as possible, the Americans will not be reconciled, will they?"

"Yes, the Americans will never be reconciled, but they have already taken the first step, and they can only go on," Khomeini said. ?Velayati was puzzled, and neither were the others.

"The Americans can only continue to send us weapons, otherwise, we will expose the inside story of this transaction." Khomeini said.

I see!Everyone else understands.

Although Khomeini has always been preaching that the Americans are the great Satan, but what he is doing now, I am afraid... However, Velayati tried his best to let this idea fly away from his mind. He knew that this was Iran's helplessness. Now, the whole world is against Iran, and Iraq is aggressive again. If Iran wants to regain the occupied territories, it can only adopt this special method.

If he is just a soldier, then he can choose to fight openly and aboveboard, even if he dies on the battlefield, he will be aboveboard. However, he is the leader of a country, and he must do everything possible to keep the country going. All kinds of means are unavoidable and necessary.

With the arrival of these parts, Iran will have the capital to continue fighting with Iraq. Iran attaches great importance to the power of the air force, and now, as the air force regains its vitality, they will definitely counterattack as soon as possible.

However, this batch of parts cannot persist in a complete counterattack against Iraq, so it is very normal for the Yankees to vomit more blood.

Everything is for Iran!

"The Air Force must be prepared, we will start to recover from Port Khomeini!" Khomeini said.

The port named after him is being ravaged by the Iraqis. How can this not make him feel sad?The cold wind blew, and Khomeini felt a little cold. After all, he was already an old man, an old man who had experienced countless sufferings.

"Yes!" Hawamy said, "Besides, we are going to bomb the Abadan oil refinery. The Iraqis occupied our land and intercepted our oil resources. It is unforgivable!"

At this time, almost the whole world knew about the Abadan oil refinery. However, Abadan had already acquired enough strategic depth, and it was impossible to bomb without the protection of a strong air force.

None of them expected that they planned to counterattack from the south, but the war in the north broke out suddenly.

On November 1982, 11, the Northern Military Region of Iraq, after rigorous pre-war planning, officially launched an offensive plan code-named Lion of Babylon.

In Manfali, east of Baghdad, an Iraqi armored brigade quickly captured the small border town of Sumar, protected the southern flank, and deterred the Iranian troops in the south.

And in Naft Shahr, the torrent of Iraq, under the protection of infantry, along that important road, began to advance towards Bakhtaran.

At the same time, a large number of planes from the Iraqi Northern Military Region were dispatched, bombing the targets of Bakhtaran and Ilam indiscriminately.

The Iranian army reacted slowly, and they were knocked out.

After a few months of silence, the Iran-Iraq War has once again developed to a new climax. Other military strategists who have paid attention to this war have seen that Iraq's move is sinister and has captured the Iranian plateau. Then, their What are the strategic goals?The biggest goal is probably to cross Hamadan and go straight to Tehran!

At this time, the hostages in Tehran were still on the Boeing 707 plane.

After the dozens of female hostages released returned to the United States by plane, the U.S. government did not make high-profile publicity, but only issued a few words, thanking Iran for its efforts in the hostage crisis, and the United States will definitely pay more attention to the progress and so on.

The American media, however, has already been attracted by the renewed war. As for the hijacking incident, the hostages were released in batches, which has lost more news value.

However, the upper echelons of the United States are not so calm.