Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 1199 The Eastern Military Wisdom of Encircling Three Sides and Losing One

Song Heping calmly stood up and walked to the large, high-precision military map that was temporarily hung on one side of the conference room.

On the map, the terrain, towns, transportation routes, and areas controlled by various factions in northwestern Iligo are clearly marked with different colors and symbols.

He picked up the red laser pointer on the table, turned it on, and a striking red dot appeared on the map.

"The core idea of ​​my plan is to 'press on the east and block on the west, attack on the north and release on the south'."

His voice wasn't loud, but his English was very standard, clear, and accurate, reaching everyone's ears.

"The ultimate goal is not to wear down the enemy in static defense, but to annihilate the 1515 armed forces to the greatest extent possible in dynamic mobile warfare."

The laser point is fixed in Sulaymaniyah, the capital of Sulaymaniyah Province.

"In the first phase, the offensive was launched primarily by the 'Liberation Forces' led by me and the Abuyu Brigade."

He said firmly, “Within five days, I will urgently transfer two fully equipped elite mercenary battalions from my company’s military base in Africa to this location. They are all veterans who have been tested by blood and fire. Ten days later, this force will join the main force of the ‘Liberation Forces’ guerrillas, as well as the entire Abuyu Brigade, using Sulaymaniyah as our fulcrum for our eastern offensive…”

The red dot of light then moved south, traversing the winding road.

"Our main force will move south along the main highway. Our primary objective is to quickly capture the strategic town of Daguk! This place is one of the important barriers and supply routes connecting the 1515 armed forces from east to west."

Without pausing, the light continued its resolute southward advance.

"After capturing Daguk, without much rest, take advantage of the surprise attack and continue the rapid southward assault. The ultimate goal is to capture Titrick!"

The laser dot drew a heavy circle around the place name "Tetris" on the map.

"Gentlemen, please look."

Song Heping pointed to Titrick and said, "Currently, the 1515 militant group's strongest and most heavily fortified forward position in eastern Iligor, closest to Bakda, is Ozam. According to the latest intelligence, at least seven thousand extremist militants are gathered there, with strong fortifications and ample supplies."

His laser spot moved to Ozam.

“Titrick is located about 70 kilometers west of Ozam. It is not only a transportation hub, but also a lifeline for the Ozam garrison to retreat westward, contact their main camp in Seria, and obtain supplies from the western Nineveh province and Mosul.”

His laser dot drew a line between Titrick and Ozam.

"If we successfully capture Titrick, it will be like using a red-hot dagger to sever the lifeline of the 1515 militia throughout Ilig, just like cutting a snake at its vital point! Ozam's 1515 members will be completely isolated in the narrow eastern region, becoming sitting ducks!"

He turned his gaze to Simon: "At the same time, at this critical moment, the main force of the Iligo government forces, with the full assistance of the overwhelming air power of the US military, needs to launch an attack from the direction of Bakda and launch a massive offensive against Ozam! At that time, the 7,000 1515 militants trapped in Ozam will be caught in our pincer attack from the east and west! They will either fight desperately and be annihilated, or they will have no choice but to try to break out."

Then he turned to Simon and Petrovich.

"This leads to the second phase, which requires close coordination between the US and Russian militaries on the periphery."

The laser dot jumps to the long border between Iligo and Cyria.

“Once the 1515 militants in Ilig suffer a devastating blow from us, their leader Bakhdadi, who is hiding in Cyria, will certainly not stand idly by. He will likely order the main force of the 1515 in Cyria to forcibly cross the border and enter northwestern Ilig to provide support.” His laser dot moved across the area in northern Cyria near the border.

"The mission of the US military is to leverage your strong influence within the 'Cyrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) in northern Syria, commanding them to cooperate with your Delta Force, SEAL Team, and other special forces groups deployed locally, and to use carpet bombing and relentless air strikes to form an unbreakable 'firewall' to resolutely and thoroughly block any attempts by the Cyrian 1515 militants to cross the border! Not a single soldier will be allowed to enter the Iriego battlefield!"

Then he looked at Petrovich.

"The Russian army's mission is equally crucial. At the same time as, or even slightly earlier than, the Ozam annihilation operation begins, you need to mobilize the Russian Aerospace Forces and special forces stationed in Syria, as well as the most elite troops of the Syrian government forces and the Wagner mercenary force, to advance westward from eastern Syria and launch a large-scale and powerful strategic counter-offensive towards the core area controlled by 1515!"

The laser beam fell over a vast area in eastern Syria.

“Eastern Syria is now an important source of manpower and a strategic depth base for 1515. Once it is subjected to your fierce attack, the 1515 forces will have to divert a large number of valuable troops and resources to defend it. This will greatly reduce the pressure on the Iligo battlefield, especially on our US ‘firewall’ on the eastern front, making it impossible for them to effectively support the Iligo campaign.”

Finally, his gaze fell on Afanti.

"The mission of the Persian side is to cooperate with the Kurdish forces in Iligor by sending the most elite special operations units and advisory groups of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard to jointly attack the 1515 armed forces' controlled areas in northern Iligor from the northern mountains."

The laser spot moved southward in the area north of Iligo near the Persian border.

"Taking advantage of the fact that the 1515 armed forces are unable to attend to their own interests and their command system is in disarray, we should attack quickly and take as many cities and territories as possible, eliminate their scattered manpower, and focus on capturing those high-value intelligence personnel and mid-level commanders."

Nasreddin, arms crossed, stared intently at the map. Suddenly, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and he spoke in a low voice, "Song, your plan is very ambitious. You've deployed heavy troops in the east, west, and north, creating immense pressure. But..."

He then changed the subject, pointing to a large, yellowish-brown area in the southern part of the map that represented the vast desert.

"Why was such a huge, almost undefended gap left in the south? The terrain there is open and difficult to block. What if Ozam and the 1515 militia in the north, seeing the situation is unfavorable, choose to flee south? They might break up into smaller groups, carrying light weapons and supplies, and wander into this desert, then infiltrate like sand into central and southern Iriego, and even into Syria and Jordan. This would leave a huge hidden danger with endless consequences!"

Song Heping's lips curled up slightly, revealing a cold, almost cruel smile.

The red laser dots began to slowly draw large circles across the vast desert region in the south.

“Mr. Afanti, you have asked about the most ingenious and crucial point of the whole plan.”

His voice carried a confident air of being in control of the situation.

"The reason I deliberately left this seemingly huge opening on the south side is precisely because of the ancient Eastern military wisdom of 'surrounding three sides and seizing one'!"

He looked at the thoughtful faces of the crowd and continued to explain: "My ultimate goal is not to trap them like rats in Ozam or some town and force them into brutal street fighting, going from house to house. Although we could win that way, our ground forces, especially the Iligor government forces and my troops who are leading the main attack, would suffer extremely heavy casualties."

His tone became as sharp as a drawn sword: "What I want is for them to see a 'way out,' to voluntarily abandon those relatively solid and familiar town fortifications, and to drive them out of their shells! To drive those thousands upon thousands of defeated soldiers into this exposed, waterless, and almost completely exposed...death desert!"

His gaze finally fell on Simon: "Once their large forces, or countless small groups of fleeing soldiers, swarm into this desert like headless flies, it will become the perfect and ideal firing range for the U.S. Air Force and its allies to demonstrate their absolute air superiority and precision strike capabilities! You can use A-10 attack aircraft or F-15 fighter jets, or even attack helicopters, to do to the fleeing 1515 militants what you did to Saddam back then."

Simon paused for a moment, then blurted out, "Death Highway!"

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