Kingdom of Iran, Saqqez, this is located at the foot of the Zagros Mountains mountain. This place has now become the only stronghold Iranian Army holds. All the strongholds to the north have been lost.
At Saqqez, there is a road passing through the Zagros Mountains. Although the road facilities are not very good, it can barely pass Truck and tanks and armored vehicles. This was a road specially built a few years ago in order to strengthen communication between Kingdom of Iran and Kingdom of Iraq.
This is also the reason why the Russian army Caucasian Front Army attacked Saqqez fiercely. They hope to seize here, and then use this road to cross Zarogus Mountains and hit the north of Iraq.
German military 47th Army Corps's two tank divisions have withdrawn. The previous attack cost them a lot of tanks. Although not many tanks were destroyed on the battlefield, many tanks were damaged due to mechanical failures during long marches. Fortunately, Buru's senior management understands Caucasian Front Army's current difficulties and is providing them with strong support. This allowed these two tank divisions to maintain strong combat effectiveness.
However, Iranian Army assembled a lot of troops in Saqqez and built a solid position. If the tank division is allowed to launch an attack, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Therefore, Lieutenant General Kozlov withdrew the two tank divisions and allowed 51st Army Corps's infantry to attack.
The battle was very fierce. The Russian army 51st Infantry Division dispatched several Infantry Division, taking turns to attack Iranian Army's position. The violent attack and the fearless charge caused Iranian Army to suffer extremely heavy losses. But even so, the main positions of Saqqez are still under the control of the Iraqi army.
So far, 1st Army Corps of the Iranian Army and 2nd Army Corps have been almost completely lost, and there are not many troops left. However, Iranian Army 3rd Army Corps mobilized three Infantry Division to come forward. 4th Army Corps and two Infantry Division also arrived. This gave Iranian Army enough troops to resist the Russian attack. Otherwise, the Russian army might have captured Saqqez long ago.
"No, the intensity of the attack is too small. In this case, it is impossible to cause too many casualties to the Iranians. They will persist. That will be very detrimental to us! Comrade Batov, put more troops into the attack!" Lieutenant General Kozlov ordered.
51st Army Corps Commander Lieutenant General Batov gritted his teeth, but still nodded. Although his military rank is the same as Lieutenant General Kozlov, Lieutenant General Kozlov is the commander of the front army, and he is just the commander of the group army, and can only obey Lieutenant General Kozlov's orders unconditionally. Although he knew that intensifying the attack would cause greater losses to his troops, there was nothing he could do.
In the subsequent attack, the Russian army 51st Army Corps invested 9th Infantry Corps. This is the elite unit of the Russian army. After they joined the attack, they immediately caused great casualties to the Iranian Army. The defense line was also breached twice by the Russian army.
Although the losses of the Russian army in the battle were not small, the result made Lieutenant General Kozlov very satisfied. In his eyes, casualties are not important. As long as the predetermined strategic goals can be achieved, that is victory.
At this time, German aircraft appeared in the sky. One after another, BF-109 fighter jets, like falcons, swooped down from the sky and fired bullets from the aircraft's machine guns at the Russian troops.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
Powerful bullets hit the human body, leaving huge holes. He was even beaten into two pieces.
Dive Bomber also started to attack, and with the sharp and harsh whistling sound that made people mad, Aerial Bomb was thrown into the Russian attack queue.
"Boom!"
The heavy Aerial Bomb exploded, and the huge power swept around. Many Russian soldiers were directly torn into pieces, and their broken limbs fell to the ground.
The Attacker's powerful firepower and ability to stay in the air made them completely aerial firepower points on the battlefield. They were able to use powerful firepower to attack the Russian troops on the ground, causing them greater casualties.
The appearance of hundreds of German military fighters caused huge casualties to the attacking Russian troops. This also caused their attack posture to be immediately contained.
Even under huge losses, some Russian troops began to retreat.
The Iranian army, which was struggling to support, cheered. The air strikes launched by German Air Force gave them a chance to breathe.
"Asshole! The Germany people's air force is coming!" Lieutenant General Kozlov yelled.
He knew that the Germany people's air force had arrived first. Then, in the next attack, their troops may have to risk being strafed and bombed by German aircraft to launch an attack. One can imagine how serious the casualties would be. What's even worse is that Germany's army is definitely on its way. The longer it takes, the worse it will be for them. By then, I'm afraid the army of Germany people will have already landed before they can hit Kuwait.
The Russian offensive was forced to stop due to German Air Force's air strikes. The morale of the Russian army, which suffered heavy losses, was also greatly affected.
However, after German Air Force fighter planes flew away from the battlefield, Lieutenant General Kozlov strictly ordered the troops to attack. His orders also became more severe. Because he knew they didn't have much time left.
Even German military's air strike failed to stop the Russian army's attack. At most, it only caused them greater casualties.
On November 2, the Russian army defeated Iranian Army and captured Saqqez.
Russian 47th Army Corps and 51st Army Corps began to climb over Zagros Mountains.
However, in the process, they were still subjected to fierce air attacks by German military 7th Air Fleet, which caused the Russian army to pay a heavy price and waste a lot of time when crossing over Zagros Mountains.
On November 5, the vanguard of Russian 47th Army Corps, two mountain Infantry Division, attacked the defense line built by the 1st Army Corps of the Iraqi Army in the west of the Zagros Mountains.
Although, the Russian offensive was fierce. But 1st Army Corps of the Iraqi Army had built a strong position before, which caused the Russian army to suffer heavy losses. It wasn't until November 8 that the 1st Army Corps of the Iraqi Army defense line was broken.
After entering the northern part of Iraq, Russian 47th Army Corps and 51st Army Corps began to move south. But at the same time, they had to suffer from German military's air strikes and Iraq's army's blockade, so their advancement was not very fast.
At the same time, the transport ship transporting German 21st Army Corps has entered Persian Gulf.
The Russian army Caucasian Front Army failed this time!