Chapter 455 Baloch
Long live the naval aviation! On the ground, the paratroopers were already cheering! They had just been suppressed by the Iranians and couldn't raise their heads. Now, the naval carrier-based aircraft flew over and easily beat the Iranians to a pulp! This scene was simply too pleasing to the eye!
"Thank you, respected naval aviation!" Molenko contacted the carrier-based aircraft pilots and shouted on the radio.
"Serve the Soviets." The words of the pilot above my head were very concise.
All the rocket launch nests had been launched, and there were still some Kh-25 air-to-ground missiles that had not been used. All the Iranian tank troops were destroyed here. There were burning flames everywhere, and tanks that had exploded were everywhere!
The BMD paratrooper vehicle started up again, cleared a path, and they continued to move forward.
The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. This was war! For the Soviets, attacking Iran was as easy as crushing an ant. The most important thing was to guard against American military intervention!
The environment in Iran's Sistan Province is extremely harsh with towering mountains and steep cliffs. Apart from a few oases, there are vast tracts of desert and barren mountains. The border area is even more mountainous. At the beginning, the Americans launched a blitzkrieg, suddenly crossing these barren mountains and entering the desert area, and the Americans' supplies were often even transported by airdrops!
At that time, the Iranians failed to defend themselves and allowed the Americans to march straight in. Now, the task of the Soviet army is to guard against American interference!
Keep going! At around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, the troops finally reached the border. Along the way, they encountered almost no Iranian border troops. After learning that the Soviet army had airdropped here, most of the border troops ran away.
Yes, they ran away! In order to prevent the Americans from invading again, a division-sized force was stationed here. However, when they heard that their tanks had been defeated by the Soviets, these Iranian troops, who were only armed with rifles, immediately fled.
They are not staunch Islamic guards, they are just ordinary border garrisons. Those staunch and fanatical guys in the team have already gone to participate in the war with Iraq. Many of those who stayed behind are even from the old Pahlavi dynasty. They do not have much sense of belonging to the new regime!
The small BMD paratrooper vehicle continued to advance on the rugged mountain road. After defeating several small garrisons, they finally arrived at the border!
There are mountains on this side, and on the other side of the border are plains and deserts. From here, we can look down on the area and guard the mountain pass on this side. The American army will never be able to invade!
The sky gradually darkened, and the soldiers, who had been fighting for almost twenty hours, gradually became tired.
After all, human energy is limited.
Molenko ordered the soldiers to rest in place and leave certain lookouts to pay attention to the situation ahead. If any Americans wanted to launch an attack in the dark, they would sound the alarm immediately.
A night attack is a way to turn an advantage around when at a disadvantage. If the Americans have the idea, it will definitely happen!
They took out military blankets and spread them on the ground, and many people fell asleep like that. For them, when they needed to sleep, they could close their eyes at any time, even in a roaring transport plane. And when they were needed to fight, they could wake up in an instant and pick up weapons to fight.
The sky is getting darker and darker.
Nothing happened in the first half of the night, and it was like this until the second half. Except for the lookout, everyone else should be fast asleep, right?
No one noticed that in the darkness, an army was climbing the steep path on the other side and slowly approaching this side!
They were wearing the uniforms of the Iranian Border Guards, wearing scarves and carrying M16 rifles. Many of them had big beards. Those leading the way in front were Westerners, and their equipment was even better!
This place is not only a place with developed agriculture and animal husbandry, but also a channel for smuggling dupin! Therefore, there are large and small local armed organizations active here, and even retired Western mercenaries who come here to live a life of danger!
Therefore, our presence here does not count as a direct conflict with the Soviets! As long as we kill these Soviets, our army can raise the banner of anti-terrorism and follow in!
Walking in the front, CIA agent Herbert secretly thought that this time, the Soviets had made a wrong calculation! They did not expect that they were not attacked by the local garrison during the day, not because the local garrison was disbanded, but because they were gathered together by their own side to prepare for this night attack!
There are a large number of Baloch people living in Sistan-Baluchestan Province! Historically, the Baloch people have always been known for their riots.
As early as the 11th century, the Turkmen invaded the Kerman region of Persia, causing the Baloch people to migrate eastward. At that time, the mountain residents of the Baloch tribe, the Kufki people, had been looting and harassing in southern and eastern Balochistan for a long time. During the rule of the Safavid Empire, the Baloch people had been rebelling. They once defeated the expeditionary force of Taji Khan, the governor of Fars. After Iran conquered the Baloch people, the Russian Empire and the British Empire promoted colonialism in the area and instigated the local people to resist the Iranian government's activities. These activities continued until the 1970s, when the Iranian government built dams and thermal power plants and began to subsidize the Baloch people to settle down and develop the economy, and the rebellion began to gradually decrease.
Historically, after the outbreak of the Islamic revolution, there have been many riots among the Baloch people.
Now, these Baloch people were easily used by the Americans. The United States provided funds to support their struggle against the HMN regime. When the United States crossed the Sistan-Baluchistan Province last year, these people provided some help. Now, the Soviet invasion has aroused their resentment. Under the contact of American agents disguised as Dufan mercenaries, the local Baloch people of the border garrison who were dissatisfied with the HMN government started this action to fight against the Soviet invaders!
The mountain roads here are difficult to travel. If they hadn't surveyed the roads that Dufan often took, they would have had no chance of evading Soviet detection. Now, in the second half of the night, the Soviets should be sleeping soundly! After climbing over the mountain and standing on a high hill, Herbert looked at the opposite pass with night vision goggles. Sure enough, most of the Soviet paratroopers were sleeping now!