Chapter 650
The Essence of Guerrilla Warfare
Chapter 650 The Essence of Guerrilla Warfare
Entrance to the town of Lavaux.
The cessation of shelling gave Samir's People's Power group a respite.
The previous dense artillery fire caused heavy casualties to the People's Power armed soldiers hiding around houses and on rooftops.
Mortars are most effective against defenders on rooftops, even if they are hiding behind buildings.
The advantage of indirect fire artillery is that it can hit targets from a distance. Even if you are hiding behind a building, as long as you calculate the trajectory correctly, the target can still be hit next to you.
"The bombardment has ceased, sir!"
When his subordinates reported to Samir on the walkie-talkie, the latter thought he had heard it wrong.
"What?! Say that again!"
"Their shelling has stopped. Maybe they're out of ammunition!"
The subordinates speculated that the reason why the I5I5 armed forces stopped bombarding was that they were short of ammunition.
"impossible!"
Sammy immediately became alert.
The I5I5 armed forces concentrated their superior forces tonight and launched a comprehensive attack from three directions on the three most important strongholds in the southwest region occupied by the People's Power Armed Forces where they are located.
At present, Irigo is divided into two factions, each occupying a piece of territory.
This is the same as the nature of the base area.
Every armed force needs a soil for survival.
I5I5 is located in the west, bordering Siliya, while the Persian-backed Shiye armed forces occupy the northwest border area bordering Persia, and Khord is in the north.
The area with the most oil and water among these regions is the area occupied by the Colds, where there are many oil wells. In the past two years, Irigoe has been involved in war, and the Colds have taken the opportunity to govern themselves. Although they have not openly declared their independence from the Irigoe government, they have already had this idea.
With the help of their American father, the Kurdish armed forces established their own independent small kingdom in the northern mountainous area. While others fought, they developed. Over the years, the Kurdish Autonomous Region became the most stable and economically developed area in the entire Iriga.
The second is the northwestern region occupied by the Ten Leaves armed forces. There are also some oil fields there. In addition, with the support of the Persians behind them, providing weapons and funds, life is not difficult.
Then there is the area controlled by the I5I5 armed forces in the west and in Syria. In the past, this was not the territory of the I5I5, but an area where more than a dozen armed factions fought each other. However, in the past two years, since Baghdadi was released from Guantanamo by the US intelligence agencies, the I5I5 armed forces created by him have been assisted by God. In just two years, they have annexed the Salafi Brigade and driven away other small armed groups, and have become the overlord of this place.
Logically speaking, the western region is close to Mosul and is an important channel to Syria. If armed forces are rising here, the Americans should be aware of it and suppress it.
However, the coalition forces seemed to be blind. All their troops were stationed in the surrounding urban areas centered on Mosul. They completely ignored the remote towns and villages and allowed the I5I5 armed forces to continue to grow stronger here.
The most destitute of all armed factions is the People's Power armed group led by Samir. It is an armed group composed of local Irigo people, similar to a tribal militia.
Their guns, ammunition and weapons are very poor. Although they are not an extremist organization, they hate Americans and believe that if Irigaray wants to be independent, the Americans must get out, otherwise Irigaray will never be able to develop.
Because of this, they often have friction with Americans and are not very popular with Americans.
But because they belong to a militia organization, the original intention of its establishment was to clear out domestic armed factions and establish a stable order. Therefore, they have received support from many tribes and people, and it is difficult for Americans to find a reason to take action against them for the time being.
However, not taking action does not mean not dealing with them. What is important for an armed group is the source of funds and weapons and equipment.
Wars cannot be fought with fists, they must be fought with guns.
Therefore, Samir's armed group has been blocked from various resources, without any government funding or weapons support. The weapons of the former Shadamu Army stored in the warehouse would rather rust and rot than be allocated to the People's Power.
Samir's main source of support comes from some government officials and military personnel who sympathize with them and secretly support them. The weapons in their hands are all old guns and military vehicles that have been eliminated by some police forces or security forces and given to them by these military personnel under the pretext of consumption. This is what makes them worthy of the word "armed".
Compared with the I5I5 armed forces, the people's power is at a disadvantage both in terms of numbers and equipment.
The I5I5 armed forces came well prepared tonight, so Samir and his troops were trapped in the town from the very beginning and had no chance to escape.
Samir has been following Song Heping for two years.
He learned a lot of basic tactical knowledge from Song Heping. After all, he had studied abroad and was considered a high-level intellectual in a place like Yiligo. He had been forced to work as a translator in the government army. He met Song Heping and joined his army in order to make a living.
However, he was a studious person. Every time Song Heping commanded a battle, he would be careful to observe secretly and learn quietly.
Guerrilla warfare, this is the magic weapon he learned from Song Heping to defeat the strong with the weak.
When they were chatting, he heard Song Heping mention to him the essential principle of this tactic - when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy stays, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue.
After careful consideration, Samir was amazed by the guerrilla warfare thinking. He felt that it was a perfect tactic tailored to Zdong, Irigo, and his own armed group.
But tonight he had no chance to display his talents.
The town of Lavo is an important stronghold, but Samir is not stationed here for a long time.
He led his armed men into several groups and stationed them in different villages and towns.
Each garrison period does not exceed three days, and it avoids excessive concentration of troops and being wiped out by others.
It should be safe enough to do so. Unexpectedly, the town of Lavo, which we had just arrived in this afternoon, was surrounded by I5I5 armed forces that evening.
Now there is no time to find out whether there is a traitor in my team. Getting out alive is more important than anything else.
After hearing his subordinates report that the I5I5 armed forces suddenly stopped shelling, he immediately faced a critical choice - should he seize the opportunity to break out, or wait and see?
If you don't make a decision when you should, you will end up in chaos.
This is also the tactical thinking learned from Song Heping.
But he was also worried that the other party's cessation of shelling was just a bait.
After all, they had been unable to capture the city for a long time before. Perhaps the commander of I5I5 just deliberately left a gap so that he could lead his men into the trap they had set and wipe them out in one fell swoop.
"Sir, should we consider breaking out now? They've stopped the shelling, so this is the best time to break out. We can evacuate south, through Qaim and into the Wadi Hauran area. Many tribes and villages there support us. Once we get there, we can escape."
"Wait! Let me think about it."
Samir couldn't make up his mind for a moment.
He paced back and forth in his headquarters.
My mind is constantly racing.
Breakout?
Still not breaking out?!
Is it a trap?
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, as close at hand as dandelions floating before his eyes, but which one should he grasp? Which one should he settle on?
There are more than 400 brothers in the town, and their lives are in the hands of the commander.
One order means the lives of hundreds of people.
"To go or not to go... To go or not to go... Is this a trap..."
He kept repeating the same sentence.
boom--
Suddenly, the familiar and disgusting sound of artillery explosions was heard again.
Samir was immediately startled.
He picked up the walkie-talkie and immediately called the commander on the front line.
"Rahman! Has the bombardment resumed?!"
There was a brief silence on the intercom.
But the sound of artillery never stopped.
boom--
Another cannon shot was heard.
But what surprised Samir was that the current density of the shelling seemed completely different from before, and the intensity was not on the same level.
boom--
The explosion sounded for a few seconds before it happened again.
"The intensity has decreased?"
For a moment, Samir really thought his men's guess was correct. Perhaps they really were short of ammunition...
That was a good opportunity for me to break out.
Just as he was about to give the order to break out, there were two sudden rustling sounds in the intercom, and then came Rahman's surprised and trembling voice -
"Sir! Their front-line headquarters is under fire!"
"what?!"
Once again, Samir thought he was deafened.
"What did you say?! Who was bombarded?"
"Their headquarters!"
Rahman shouted happily with full certainty.
"Their headquarters was bombarded!"
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(End of this chapter)