Commander Zakeri goes to a second table on the other side of the room and indicates with his wooden pointer the vast plains and hills fashioned on a model: "These plains are close to Shush in Khuzistan province. The enemy bears strategic importance for his defense lines in this region and thought them to be unpenetrable. `To attack the 77th Khorassan division's lines of defense, our combatants attacked along three axes and were successfiil in breaching them in the very first hours of fighting."
He crosses to another table: "Do you see this? This is the scene
of the `Shining Sun' offensive. The Khomeini regime had reinforced its 77th
division to the hilt with the help of gendar merie forces. Our forces attacked
this division at 12:52 a.m. The enemy forces were on full alert. Despite
this, due to our forces' superiority in thebattlefield, the enemy was caught
by surprise. The NLA forces were in complete control of the scene of the
operation for 24 hours during which they advanced 20 kilometers into enemy
territory and overran several battalion headquarters. The regime was incapableble
of showing any significant reaction."
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