Avas Military Region, Susangailde Region.

Tanks have been equipped with protective nets, which are a protective net of the same color as the swamp. After entering the swamp, they merge with the swamp and are difficult to distinguish from the high sky.

Yesterday, an Iraqi plane flew over the sky here, which surprised General Sharaf, afraid that the operation would be discovered by the other party and be ruined.

The oil supply has been in place, and several other divisions on the southern line have been assembled. After the operation here begins, after crossing the swamp, the troops in the Abadan area are transferred back to defense. This side begins to use a sharp blow to turn defense into offense, completely driving the Iraqi army on the southern line out of the national border.

After Aber Hassan encouraged the officers again at the headquarters, this surprise attack through the Susan Gilder swamp officially kicked off.

Almost all of the swamps in half have been found out. Rajavi led his own armored assault group, a total of 180 chieftain tanks, 230 m113 armored personnel carriers, and 200 off-road trucks, carrying sufficient fuel and ammunition, and began the operation, codenamed: Dul Khan Zhihui.

Each car carries sufficient reed bundles. When encountering places that are difficult to pass by truck, the reed bundles will be placed in them, so that a road that is sufficient for traffic is made.

After the tank and armored vehicles passed by, two ruts had been rolled out. The off-road military vehicles behind them had wide tires and deep patterns, and the reeds that had been padded into them in advance, actually walked over smoothly.

Although the maximum road speed of the tank is more than 60 kilometers per hour, off-road speed is the most important in such places. The speed of the tank in such a zone is less than 15 kilometers per hour. It takes two or three days to walk through these hundreds of miles of swamp areas.

During the day, driving in such a swamp area is very dangerous. An unlucky driver has deviated from the road he is driving. As a result, the tracks on one side have just slid down. When the tank in front is ready to pull, half of the tracks on the side have been trapped in the mud pit.

One tank was not pulled, plus one, and the two tanks drove at full speed, and did not pull it up. Instead, it was completely trapped in the mud pit, leaving only the turret exposed.

In desperation, Rajavi ordered the tank to be abandoned. By the time the convoy passed behind him, even the turret had been submerged, which showed the power of the swamp.

The Chieftain tank has strong firepower and thick armor, which is its advantage, but it also leads to the problem of too much self-weight. The most serious thing is that this tank uses narrow tracks, and the possibility of passing through this terrain is almost zero. If it were not for repeated aerial reconnaissance, a feasible road was determined and reed poles were constantly matted, this impossible feat would have been accomplished.

A tank with the greatest structural strength is not the front armor, but the track. The track is the shoes of the armored vehicle. It usually encounters the worst treatment. If the structural strength is not enough, the track will be broken by a huge force when turning. The tracks of each tank weigh at least five tons, accounting for one tenth of the weight of the vehicle.

It’s not that the British didn’t know how to widen the tracks, but that they all have their own uses.

The wide track gives the tank a relatively strong ability to pass through in complex terrain. However, the wide track will definitely cause trouble for the tank in steering and acceleration, because the too wide track leads to excessive grip, which causes uncomfortable steering.

The narrow track is just the opposite. The obvious advantage is that it is relatively fast in both the starting and turning process and has high maneuverability. However, this maneuverability is based on a very good terrain, such as cities, roads, and desert areas with flattening horses.

At the same time, too narrow tracks will reduce the tank's terrain adaptability to a very low level. For example, in swamps, the t-62 tank can drive without any auxiliary means. As long as you don't make the stupid steering action of Company Commander Ali, there is generally nothing wrong. For chieftain tanks, this is a test of life and death. If you don't do it well, you won't get up.

After three or four hours of driving, the tank was out of fuel.

The l60 type 2-stroke inline 6-cylinder water-cooled multi-fuel engine has a power of up to 720 horsepower, but it is definitely a big guy who drinks oil and needs more than 200 liters of fuel per hour, especially in the swamp, the tank driver basically step on the accelerator and does not let go. The 1,000 liters of fuel added before departure has been consumed.

Before departure, an additional fuel tank was tied behind each tank, with additional fuel inside, which could be driven for a few more hours, and rushed to a solid ground that had been found in front and spent the first night in the swamp.

You must not walk at night. During the day, you have lost a tank according to the pre-planned route. If it is at night, you will lose more. This loss will not be worth the loss.

And camping is definitely a problem. If you dock somewhere, you will wake up the next morning and the tank will definitely be swallowed up by the swamp without a trace.

This route has been planned for many days and finally confirmed, which shows the risks here.

It requires a road that can withstand tanks, a hard ground with enough tanks to stay, and it cannot be discovered by the opponent's plane. All of this is causing trouble for Rajavi. Fortunately, at least everything is normal now.

After this day, I only walked a hundred kilometers.

Except for the most difficult Chiefs-style main battle tank, the other vehicles were passing smoothly. The m113 armored vehicle behind did not encounter Chiefs-style difficulties.

m113 is a lightweight amphibious crawler armored conveyor vehicle that can transport soldiers and cargo, has amphibious capabilities, is fast, and has excellent maneuverability in uneven terrain.

Since its armor is made of aviation aluminum alloy, it reduces weight while maintaining a certain strength. The total combat weight is only 10.26 tons and a diesel engine with a power of 275 horsepower, driving this body is very labor-saving.

There are two crew members in the car, the driver and the captain. The driver is sitting in the front of the vehicle body, the captain is sitting in the front of the crew cabin, and the power system is in the compartment on the right side of the driver. This is somewhat similar to the Type 63 armored vehicle. There are two rows of benches in the crew cabin, which can carry 11 soldiers (10 soldiers sit on benches on both sides, and 1 sits on the seat behind the captain). These seats can be easily removed, so that the crew cabin is empty for other purposes.

The off-road trucks behind them were carrying sufficient fuel and began to refuel the tanks and armored vehicles. The fuel they carried could meet the troops' fuel consumption for five days, especially, they would build a supply base fifty miles west of the swamp to provide tanks with the last necessary supplies before the attack, and meet the tank's needs to attack the opponent's positions.

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