Chapter 327 A War You Can't Afford to Lose
"Where is our new tank unit? When can it go on the battlefield?"
Khomeini roared angrily.
Overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty and established a new regime to rule Persia.
However, there was no need to sort out the entire country, and there were even many opponents. As a result, the Iran-Iraq war broke out.
The Iran-Iraq War is a war that Persia cannot afford to lose.
Once the war is lost, the new regime will inevitably collapse.
Khomeini knew that behind Iraq was the support of the Arab world, the Soviet Union, and the United States!
The United States hopes that in this way, this new regime will collapse, and then the overthrown Pahlavi dynasty will be restored again, so that it will once again have this iron-clad ally.
Khomeini was very clear about the Soviet Union's plan. They intended to force Persia to agree to lease ports to the Soviet Union and even reach an alliance, allowing the Soviet Union to move south to the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, and directly project military power in the Middle East, the South Asian subcontinent and Africa.
But Khomeini has been hesitant because this condition is too great and the backlash will be extremely terrifying.
Persia at that time will not be the Persia of today, nor the Persia of the past, but Persia that implements the Soviet model.
Therefore, he continued to import weapons, equipment and supplies from the East, gritted his teeth and persisted, taking back his country bit by bit.
"We currently have a small number of new tanks, and the delivery time is also short. Under the guidance of the other party's technical personnel, our troops are still getting familiar with them. It will take at least three months before they can be put into the battlefield." The chief of staff looked a little sad.
The elimination of two tank and armored divisions this time was a huge blow to Persian military strength in Khuzestan Province.
This means that Persia has almost no mobile forces in Khuzestan Province.
Although both sides have deployed hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield, it does not mean that hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting. On many fronts, the two sides are in a stalemate, and there are very few mobile troops.
Moreover, Persia had to maintain a large number of troops on the east side and imitate polar bears to directly attack Persia from the direction of Afghanistan.
Since polar bears entered Afghanistan in 1979 and the Afghan War broke out, the terrifying mechanized combat methods have shocked the world. No one can avoid being on guard against polar bears.
If you don't take precautions, you may go to bed at night and wake up the next day to find that the flag has changed.
"Let our people in China contact them and urge them to deliver them ahead of schedule. We need this kind of powerful tank!" Khomeini said with a very ugly face: "Let the frontline troops not go head-to-head with the Iraqis, but rather engage in guerrilla warfare and attacks. Their supply lines!"
Khomeini knew how difficult it was in Persia now.
If it hadn't been for the Pahlavi dynasty, which left a large amount of foreign exchange, Persia might not have been able to survive the Iran-Iraq War.
"Find a way to contact the Americans and ask them to unfreeze our funds!" Khomeini said solemnly.
There are not much foreign exchange reserves left. Even if Persia has oil profits, the consumption on the battlefield is too great.
If this continues, with Persia's foreign exchange reserves and oil earnings, it may only be able to last two years.
And this premise must be the current oil price.
If oil prices fall, I am afraid that the time that can be maintained will be even shorter.
If the funds frozen by the Americans can be unfrozen, Persia will be able to persist longer.
Khomeini and others have a consensus that Persia's war potential is greater than that of Iraq. As long as the war continues, the Iraqis will definitely be driven out.
Unlike the dark clouds in Persia, the good news reached Baghdad and caused a great sensation.
This was already the second Persian tank and armored division that Rashid had annihilated.
It can be said that Iraq's passive situation in Khuzestan Province has been changed to a great extent.
It occupies half of the land in Khuzestan Province, but the opposing forces continue to attack the supply lines, which also makes Iraq uncomfortable.
The ammunition and supplies sent to the front line were 100 tons, and at least one to two hundred tons of ammunition and supplies were lost behind them.
Not to mention, Iraq is struggling to cope with the daily attacks.
The daily losses may not seem big, but the cumulative losses over a few months or a year can be huge.
The Persians continued to fight guerrilla warfare, which caused a headache for the Iraqi army.
But the terrain in Persia is very suitable for guerrilla warfare.
The Iraqi army occupies relatively flat land, but it is powerless to deal with places such as plateaus.
After the Persian attack was successful, they quickly retreated to the mountains, leaving the Iraqi army completely powerless.
"Okay, well done Rashid!" Saddam was very excited.
Originally, Saddam was already considering whether to stop the war.
It was just the negotiation between the delegation and Persia. Persia's tough attitude made Saddam very angry. It was clear that Iraq had the advantage on the battlefield, and the losses suffered by Iraq were far less than Persia. Iraq also occupied a large amount of land, and the Persians were in danger of being beaten. Yes, they turned out to be so tough that they even asked Iraq to pay 40 billion U.S. dollars as war reparations.
Those who don’t know better still think that Iraq is a defeated country and must pay war reparations to the victorious country.
Now with two consecutive hearty victories, Saddam's haze about the Iran-Iraq war has been swept away, and he has once again regained his pre-war ambitions.
As long as the Persians are forced to recognize the situation and sign an agreement, with so much land and so much oil, it will only take one year for Iraq to fully regain its strength and become the true overlord of the Middle East.
This Iran-Iraq War is a battle for the dominance of the Middle East.
During the Pahlavi dynasty, Persia was the hegemon of the Middle East, with the strongest army and a population of more than 30 million to nearly 40 million. The Persians were also good at fighting and were known as the "Lion of the Middle East".
Iraq is a latecomer country. If it wants to become the hegemon of the Middle East, the best way is to defeat Persia, the old hegemon.
And as long as it defeats Persia, Iraq will not only gain great prestige, but Saddam will also surpass Nasser to become the greatest hero in the Arab world. At the same time, Iraq can increase its land by at least 50,000 square kilometers. These lands are fertile and rich in oil, which can just make up for the disadvantages of low oil production in southern Iraq and narrow coastline.
"Damn Persians, you should recognize the situation now!" Saddam was very proud in his heart, "Sure enough, these weapons and equipment are indeed very advanced. Even the American M60 tanks and the British Chieftain tanks can be destroyed with one shot."
"When I build a few tank armored divisions, who in the entire Middle East can be my Iraq's opponent?" Saddam was full of ambitions.
In his heart, he always wanted to be like Nasser, a hero of the Arab world.
He even had an ambition in his heart, which was to establish a Babylonian Empire and restore the glory of the ancient Babylonian Empire.
To this end, he took out a large amount of money from oil revenue every year and invested it in military construction, so that Iraq had millions of lions and became a powerful country in the Middle East.
From the Iran-Iraq War to now, the battlefield was not in Iraq, and with self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and various anti-aircraft machine guns, Persian planes no longer dared to easily enter Iraq's airspace, which made the war have little impact on Iraq.
Iraq is still implementing a high welfare policy to maintain domestic stability.