Vol 3 Chapter 979: ISIS capital rekindled by war

Raqqah, the capital city of Raqqah Province in northeastern Syria, was once a key tourist city and economic city in northern Syria.
After the outbreak of ISIS armed forces, this place became the capital of ISIS. In this city, ISIS also held a nation-building ceremony and a so-called nation-building parade.
But for the Raqqa people, this city has brought an indelible nightmare to everyone.
During the period of ISIS’s reign, Raqqa almost became a veritable purgatory on earth.
Heinous torture, beheading to show the public, homosexuals being thrown from the top of the building to death... These may be just a small report on foreign media news, but in fact, the situation in Raqqa at that time was even worse. , And such scenes are staged in Raqqa every day.
And in this city with less than two hours of water and electricity supply every year, as long as you walk on the street, you can see death and so-called punishment everywhere.
Smoking and drinking will all be severely punished, thieves will have their hands cut off, and those who do not follow ISIS traditions will be directly beheaded.
At that time, almost all Raqqa people lived in dire straits. According to incomplete statistics, more than half of Raqqa people fled to Turkey when ISIS used Raqqa as the capital.
All of the remaining people have lost their loved ones, and most of them died in the hands of ISIS armed forces.
And the sound that I hear most every day is the sound of explosions. Walking on the street, you can even see the falling bombs at any time.
The collapsed houses of the explosion, the untreated domestic garbage everywhere in the city, the extreme heat without water and electricity, the city is becoming unsuitable for people to live in.
After that, the ISIS armed forces were defeated, and the ISIS armed personnel in Rakanai fled the city one after another.
The Kurdish armed forces took the opportunity to occupy the city, but for Lakai people, although life was a bit stable, there were no unreasonable killings. I did not see the falling bombs or the sound of explosions, but the living environment remained unchanged.
The ISIS forces occupying the city are not taking care of the city, they are simply controlling the city’s taxes. It also did not say that connecting electricity and water, the bad life in the city will continue.
And now, it has lasted for a year, and a large number of urban ruins have not been taken care of. Those Raqqa who returned to the city can only watch their collapsed houses and temporarily live in friends' houses.
Every day I need to go to and far away to fetch water, and then barely maintain the needs of life.
The Kurds who control Raqqa simply collect taxes and maintain law and order, and don't care about anything else.
Such days have been going on for nearly a year, just as the Raqqa people are gradually adapting to this life situation.
After a sandstorm that wiped the edge of the city and left, an army suddenly emerged from the sandstorm, breaking the calm here.
Outside the city of Raqqa. The sudden army shocked everyone in Raqqa.
But soon, a loud broadcast sounded in the city. It was Ahmed’s voice, the light in the minds of every suffering Syrian. Follow the guidance of the light. All Raqqa people closed their doors tightly. . Bet on all doors and windows.
Then the family hid in the cellar in the house, waiting for the end of the war.
For ISIS armed soldiers, all Raqqa people hate it, but for Kurds. Raqqa people do not have any good feelings.
They are more willing to believe in their inner beliefs. In Ahmed's words, the time has come to save the Raqqans.
At the same time, the Kurdish armed forces in Rakane were all messed up, and a large number of armed forces began to be scattered into the city. Plan to use the topography of the city to resist.
The army outside the city looks really uncomfortable, but the number is not very large, and they are not without a chance.
At the same time, outside the city of Raqqa, the Red Police Corps Colonel Ren Rui was outside the command vehicle, looking at a city almost in ruins in the distance with a telescope.
Compared with Raqqa city in peacetime, Raqqa city now seems to be a huge garbage dump. There are ruined walls everywhere, and you can't see the appearance of the city.
Comparing with the electronic map in his hand, Ren Rui did not hesitate to turn off the map. This map was useless at all. The city in front of him was no longer the same.
Many countries have carried out air strikes on the ISIS armed forces that once entrenched Raqqa, which has broken the city.
What he now has in his hand is a hand-drawn map, on the map, the current situation of Raqqa city.
The intersections blocked by collapsed buildings, the corners of streets where a large amount of domestic garbage is piled up, the dangerous buildings that may collapse at any time, and the main stronghold and camp of Kurdish armed forces in Raqqa.
Modern urban warfare has always been an important military subject with endless discussion. No soldier likes to attack cities, nor does he like to fight in an urban environment.
But Ren Rui is a special case. He has been studying how to fight better in the city. He is one of the few officers in the Red Police Corps who specializes in urban combat.
And this time, the reason why he was able to lead the troops into Syria to fight is mainly because he has more understanding and command ability of urban operations, so he was appointed by Cai Ruichen as the commander of the ground operations force.
However, looking at the city in front of him, Ren Rui did not rush to launch an attack ~EbookFREE.me~ but let all the troops take a break.
The two armored battalions used the track to march at high speed for more than two hundred kilometers, and they were still racing the rhythm of the tanks in the wind and sand along the way. Despite their trust in the performance of the tanks, urban combat is no trivial matter.
He hopes that his soldiers will be fully prepared for combat, rather than blindly attacking.
The most important thing is that because of the sandstorm, his air assault battalion has not yet arrived on the battlefield. He needs to take all the cities along the way at the least cost, and the air assault battalion is an important combat force.
With the use of wind and sand, ground troops did smoothly penetrate more than two hundred kilometers in Syria, but also because of this sandstorm, the helicopter could not pass through the sandstorm.
Helicopters can only enter here after the sandstorm is over, and to attack these enemies in the city, he needs to quickly transport troops to the city, disrupt the enemy's deployment, and then ground troops are conducting assaults.
And now, the air assault battalion has departed from Mosul and is expected to arrive in one hour. This period of time will allow the troops to rest. (To be continued.