Chapter 609 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

The Americans thought they could open up a second front and directly attack Iraq's vital points from the north. This move seemed very beautiful on the surface, but in fact, it also had many hidden dangers.

If the attack is launched from the Saudi direction, there will be deserts everywhere, which will make it easy for troops to deploy and for heavy troops to maneuver. However, the terrain in the mountainous areas in the north is very complex. If the Americans want to attack Baghdad, heavy troops are necessary, and their supply transportation is the first big problem!

Therefore, the Americans will get involved with the Kurds. I just don’t know how much pressure Turkey has to bear when the Americans do this? Because the largest number of people in the entire Kurdish nation are in Turkey! The Kurds in Turkey account for 40% of the entire Kurdish population!

Turkey's attitude towards the Kurds has always been quite tough. The Turkish president once said, "Kurds? There are no Kurds in Turkey, only mountain Turks!" They regard the Kurds as uncivilized mountain people, erase all their historical civilization, and try to assimilate them.

And now? How will the Turks react to the Americans supporting the Kurds in Iraq? They definitely don't want to see their own Kurds see their compatriots making significant progress on the road to independence, and at the same time these Kurds in Turkey also start to take action?

Reagan was so anxious that he agreed to such a bad idea from his think tank! In fact, the best thing for them to do was to concentrate all their forces and fight a decisive battle with the Iraqi army in Saudi Arabia.

Now, the Americans are actually going to Türkiye! With Andre's personality, it would be too abnormal if he didn't make trouble for the Turkish chicken!

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Qayyara, south of Mosul.

The wide Tigris River flows right beside it. This highway built along the river is the transportation artery between the north and the south of Iraq. At the same time, a railway almost parallel to the highway also plays an important role as a transportation route.

Although Iraq is a turbulent country, its economy is still pretty good due to its rich oil resources. It is only the early 1980s, and most Iraqi families already own cars and televisions, which have become necessities of life for Iraqi residents.

And now, this very highway is crowded with all kinds of cars, all loaded with luggage, some even with a lot of luggage tied on the roof. These cars have filled the entire highway, and all the cars are heading south.

The Americans invaded! The Kurds rebelled! The Arabs living here had to migrate south to avoid retaliation from the Kurds.

No matter what kind of war it is, the victims are always ordinary people!

And just behind these crowded vehicles, on a dozen roads, an army was rushing forward quickly.

They were all heavily armed troops, with tank engines rumbling and gun barrels raised high, and the infantry fighting vehicles following behind were also very powerful and vigorous.

The pride of the U.S. 5th Army, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, was originally stationed in Fulda, France. After receiving orders from their superiors, they completed combat preparations in three days, then moved to Turkey, and then to Iraq from Turkey!

Their mission is to rush to Baghdad and completely eliminate the source of evil in the Middle East!

The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the United States is a veteran unit with a history of nearly a hundred years! Its earliest designation was the 11th Cavalry Regiment of the United States, which was established in 1902 and was then affiliated with the 2nd Cavalry Division of the United States. After its establishment, it participated in the Spanish-American War and formed a Mexican expedition. After the outbreak of World War II, the 11th Cavalry Regiment was changed to an armored regiment and participated in the late battles of World War II, such as the Battle of the Ardennes-Rhineland, the Battle of Alsace, and the liberation of Central Europe.

During the Cold War, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment was stationed in Germany, and by replacing a large number of M113 armored vehicles, M114 armored vehicles and M48 Patton main battle tanks, it became a fully mechanized unit equipped with tanks. After that, it participated in the Vietnam War. In the Vietnam War, the United States suffered an unprecedented defeat, but this had nothing to do with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. They were like turning on a plug-in, and they were invincible wherever they went. During the entire Vietnam War, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment achieved a record of killing more than 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers and losing 300 of its own.

After that, they returned to Europe and have been stationed there ever since.

Returning to the battlefield, they must continue their previous victories and bring glory to the military flag!

So, after accepting the mission, the commander of the armored cavalry regiment analyzed the map and decided to take the simplest approach: take the road!

Taking the highway is the fastest option. However, without air superiority, taking the highway is very risky! This long snake formation is very vulnerable to air attack!

However, Howard, the commander of the armored cavalry regiment, was not afraid. The characteristics of this battle were suddenness and speed! If we took the path indicated by the Kurdish guide, many places would have to be built by engineers before tanks could be driven there! In this case, it would take half a month to reach Baghdad! He couldn't wait that long! Now, we could take the existing highway passenger transport and rush to Baghdad within a day! Baghdad was now short of troops, and one cavalry regiment could take it down!

Walking in the front was the 1st Armored Battalion, nicknamed the Iron Horse. The battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Cheno, was sitting on his tank, leaning half of his body out, looking into the distance through a telescope.

The road ahead is blocked! Countless Iraqi refugees have blocked the road tightly, which will seriously affect the marching speed!

"Order, charge! Crash these vehicles off the road!" Lieutenant Colonel Cheno shouted on the radio.

In war, human nature is most easily distorted. If you want to win the war, you must not talk about morality! These vehicles are blocking our progress, so push them all down!

"Understood." On the front tank, the tank driver retracted his head into the tank, stepped on the accelerator, and the turbine engine at the rear was roaring. The body of the M1 tank had already hit the front pickup truck!

The pickup truck was pushed forward and crashed into an off-road vehicle in front of it. The people in the vehicle were screaming, and the American soldiers continued to step on the accelerator, and the tracks crushed it!

When the M1 tanks passed by, the vehicles became like pieces of paper.

The civilians in the vehicles ahead collapsed. They jumped out of their cars and ran to both sides of the road.

"Da da, da da da." Just then, the machine guns on the American tanks opened fire! Bullets flew over the scalps of the fleeing civilians. A woman sat on the ground, howling with fear.