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After half a day of fighting, by the evening, Iraqi troops had occupied the outer positions of Heka Mountain, and the artillery troops fought with the US self-propelled artillery in the southeast of the position. The US armed helicopters appeared over the battlefield again, and Iraq used stings shoulder-fired air defense missiles to attack. The US helicopters fired heat source jamming bombs and retreated calmly under the attack of four stings missiles.

As the battle progressed, Iraq's battlefield air defense system gradually advanced, and the legal Rattlesnake self-propelled air defense missiles also entered the front line, which posed a great threat to the US armed helicopters. On that day, the US military's helicopters basically did not appear again. The Iraqi army's heavy artillery was pushed forward, and the 155mm Manon howitzer violently bombarded the US military's positions. Under the threat of heavy artillery, the US military suffered heavy casualties.

The 6th US Army was not good at position defense operations, especially when its firepower was inferior to the other side and lacked air support. The infantry battalion guarding Mount Heka was bombarded with fierce artillery fire. The commander immediately ordered the troops to retreat from the Mount Heka, leaving a surveillance post on the way back to watch the progress of the Iraqi army.

The new 105mm vehicle-mounted cannon of the Iraqi army was quickly deployed forward. Under the instructions of the scouts in front, they used scattering to bombard the retreating US troops. The artillery delayed the US military's retreat. In order to save their lives, the US military was forced to discard supplies and ammunition and flee in a hurry.

In the evening of that day, with the help of night vision equipment, the infantry of the Iraqi 33rd Army Infantry Division captured the Heka Mountain position, and then the infantry relied on the Heka Mountain to attack the defense line east of the US military. (This book is on hotsk Chinese website; Liu Ming always attached great importance to the night combat capabilities of the troops. He believed that night combat was the magic weapon to defeat the enemy, whether it was the Japanese army during World War II or the squadron during the Korean War. The Iraqi army should also have its own unique tactics, so he began to introduce night vision technology and equipment on a large scale since 1983. Each unit also carried out a lot of relevant training. At this time, the Iraqi army's night combat capabilities were among the best in the whole world.

Although the U.S. Third Infantry Division is an elite force and does not lack night vision equipment, they are forced to realize the fact that American soldiers are not people who wear underwear in the back!

The Iraqi army's attack was rapid and fierce. The Second Battalion and Third Battalion of the 332nd Infantry Regiment of the 333rd Mechanical Infantry Division attacked the US positions with the help of night. After the battle began, the 7th Armored Reconnaissance Company of the 332nd Infantry Regiment sent two squads to pick up the enemy. After being attacked by heavy machine guns and mortars of the US infantry, the 120mm mortar and anti-tank team of the 332nd Infantry Regiment immediately fought back. The artillery of the 333rd Division also participated in the bombardment without the threat of US Air Force fighter jets.

The Iraqis' artillery fire was extremely accurate. The first batch of shells hit the position. The observation team on the US observation post was directly shaken by the air waves of artillery fire. All the personnel on the position were concentrated in the main anti-aircraft tunnel, and hundreds of shells exploded around them. The platoon leader and mortar sergeant crawled into the observation post, but the artillery fire made people unable to stay in the open air and they were forced to withdraw.

At this time, there was only one company in the US military in front of the 33rd Mechanical Infantry Division. Facing six times their enemies, this company was very tenacious. The combination of light and heavy weapons and cross firepower caused considerable casualties in the attacking Iraqi army. This showed the gap in the style of the troops. If it was the Ninth Division, the commander would have already cursed the incompetence of the front-line commander and demanded that the position be taken immediately; if it was the 25th Division, it would choose fire support, take action to attack, and completely crush the opponent.

But for the 33rd Mechanical Infantry Division, they chose to fight head-on with each other, but instead detour from the flank. An elite team advanced along the remote and dry valley. They crossed the minefield and suddenly appeared on the flank of the American soldiers when they rushed out of the valley.

The appearance of this small Iraqi army caught the US military off guard. The two sides suddenly met and started shooting almost at the same time. At the same time, a group of soldiers fell down. Some US logistics personnel were experiencing the rain of bullets for the first time. They were shocked. The soldiers who were already fighting yelled to ask them to come up to help, but no one agreed.

There were few American soldiers, and as the fighters fell one after another, they were dead and injured. The positions were hard to hold. There were six American soldiers in a machine gun position fighting at least thirty or forty commandos of the Iraqi army. Anyone who looked up would be hit by a sniper. The battle lasted for 40 minutes, and all the six American soldiers were blown into the sky by Iraqi grenades.

The US commander understood that if his team continued to stay in this place, the result would be extremely terrible. He led his subordinates to shoot with guns and rushed towards the rear position like crazy. Grenades and mortar shells flew straight towards them, and these American soldiers still ran away desperately and rolled to a dead corner at the foot of the mountain. The retreat of this company and the loss of Heka Mountain marked the breakthrough of the US defense line by the Iraqis...

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July 21, 1993, was an important day for Israeli policymakers to determine the future trends. The Israeli Prime Minister and the Military Brain discussed the situation at the General Staff, and studied the attack plan and measures to urgently purchase weapons from the United States.

Before this, the new Defense Minister Ariel Salon reported on the deployment and strength of the Iraqi army, which was: First, the Iraqi army deployed short-range missiles in Jordan, some of which may have biochemical warheads, which seriously threatened Israel's survival; Second, the mobilization of the Iraqi 29th Division and the Jordanian army, the forces near the Jordan Valley have reached 300 tanks and 30,000 soldiers. The above performance proves that Arab countries may take actions to bring crisis to Israel.

After five hours of discussion on the same day, the Israeli cabinet meeting finally decided to start the war. Before July 20, the combat plan submitted by the General Staff had been approved. Israel was determined to win the victory by using the Air Force to carry out a pre-emptive surprise attack and then dispatching the 6th army to completely crush the enemy's resistance. At this time, Israel had mobilized 250,000 troops.

Since Iraq and Jordan had already started gathering troops a month ago, the alert state has passed its peak. The Royal Jordanian Air Force has four Thunderbolt 1 fighters in the second-level combat readiness at the beginning of the morning every day, and two Thunderbolt 1 fighters patrolling the air. (This book is on Hotsk Chinese website, please support the genuine version!) The Jordanian Air Force analyzed the flight training situation conducted by the Israeli Air Force in the past and believed that the possibility of a surprise attack during this period is the greatest.

Once this period passes, some radar stations in Jordan will be shut down two to three hours later. Mossad obtained this information and judged that around 7 a.m. was the time for the Jordanian Air Force to be on guard. In the past, when attack training was conducted at dawn, the pilot had to prepare for boarding three hours before the attack and had no sleep time. The pilot insisted on fighting for 36 hours, and it was not until the second day after the war started, and the combat duty was lifted, so he would definitely not have enough sleep.

Therefore, the Israeli Air Force determined that the attack time of the first batch of aircraft was 7:10 am, and the pilots could sleep until 4 am. At this time, the sun rose and the thick fog dissipated when the fighter plane flew over the target, and the bombing vision was the best. The Israeli Military Intelligence Department carried out a lot of preparations for this raid, which ensured the success rate of the raid.

In the early morning of July 22, a total of 428 combat aircraft could be used by the Israeli Air Force. With the order of the Air Force Commander, 60 F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters took off from Israel. A few minutes later, the second batch of 60 fighters including the F-16 and the Lion took off; a few minutes later, the last batch of 60 fighters took off.

While these fighter jets took off on a large scale, all jamming facilities on the Israeli border were turned on and interfering with the radar system of the Jordanian Air Force. The large group of Israeli Air Force fighter jets rushed into the airports and air defense facilities of the Jordanian Air Force with a thunderous momentum.

At 8 a.m. local time in Jordan, Israeli fighter jets bombed seven airports at the same time. A few minutes later, another formation bombed another airport. Israeli Air Force fighter jets drowned precisely guided weapons at their respective targets in sequence, and then attacked the planes dropped bombs close to each other and used machine guns to strafuse. Five minutes after the first wave left, the second wave arrived at the attack.

The Israeli Air Force fully demonstrated its outstanding combat effectiveness. They carried out ten waves of raids on the same target within an hour and a half. This high-density concentrated attack caused almost all the Jordanian Air Force to be wiped out at the first time of the war, and all the fighter planes were blown up on the ground. The Israeli Air Force completely seized the dominance of the sky!
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