Chapter 086, the repeated national army
() Sitting in the command center, Anthony looked lost and kept reporting the situation, and he couldn't listen to it
Failure is the biggest failure of his life, perhaps also the defeat of the United States, this unjust war, the war waged with the interference of domestic corporations, which eventually leads to the possible collapse of the entire United States, and perhaps one day in the future, the United States will face the greatest crisis since its founding
Anthony didn't want to think about these things, he suddenly stood up, glanced at the people around him with a sharp gaze, and then said, "Surrender"
As soon as these two words came out, the command center full of tension calmed down for a moment, everyone's faces were full of surprise, and finally they showed great unwillingness, and their paused movements were as if time stood still, until the chief of staff said seriously: "Sir, what did you just say?"
"Surrender," Anthony repeated through gritted teeth, "this is not our failure, but the failure of national policy, if we don't fight this damned war, if we don't interfere in this country, maybe there would be no defeat today, so it's not that we didn't do our best, but justice is not on our side"
While Anthony was comforting everyone, the entire command center felt a deep sense of loss
After the tension had passed, they didn't know what to do next, the armored brigade of the Prophet Army had broken through to their exclusion zone, the sound of muzzling artillery fire and the sound of counterattacks were combined, but nothing was found on the side of the mountain division and the airborne division, and the artillery group of the Prophet Army had already quickly withdrawn and hid after pouring all the artillery fire
When the planes and the men of the two divisions rushed back, they were powerless in the face of the current situation, and the Prophet Army attacked the vicinity of Bagram Air Base at great speed
Seeing that the artillery fire was about to pour down again, suddenly the whole battlefield was calm, and when everyone thought it would be the eve of the storm, a standard American English speech suddenly appeared in their communication: "Lay down your weapons, accept surrender, if you dare to resist Bagram Air Base, it will be your graveyard."
The voices were young, even a little Texian, but they could hear the victor's proclamation clearly
The staff officer in charge of intelligence finally understood why their information could not be sent, because the Prophet Army had long mastered their data link and intelligence link, and they knew exactly what the Prophet Army was doing, and I am afraid that thanks to the Afghan National Army they trained, if it were not for their leakage, the US military might not have fallen into the current situation
After hearing this voice, Anthony ordered again: "Notify all planes to land at the airfield and surrender to the Prophet Army by radio"
"Why do we have two bases where we can fly planes?" said one of the staff officers, puzzled, and he was very unwilling
"Even we can't stop the Prophets, how long do you think those two bases that are constantly under attack by terrorist groups can hold out," Anthony said weakly, "surrendering, their losses will be minimized"
"Then why don't we surrender to the Afghan National Army, you must know that the prophet of the Prophet Army is a butcher, and you don't know how to deal with the American troops in Iraq," another staff officer said
Anthony shook his head: "We only surrender to the truly strong, do you grovel in front of those you have trained with your own hands?"
Everyone was silent, and for the next half hour, they didn't do anything to burn the data or destroy the equipment, because the data and information they should have gotten were already there, and even if they burned them, it was useless
When Abdul-Jabbar and Clark met at Bagram Air Base, both of them showed relieved expressions, they fought very well for two days, and they didn't dare to close their eyes for a second, no one was willing to rest, for fear that once they fell asleep, they would not be able to wake up, and today they finally succeeded
Abdul-Jabbar walked to the command center and was a little surprised to see what was inside, but quickly recovered, and Clark said, "Which of you is General Anthony"
"I" the decadent Anthony stood up, "you are the commander of this force"
He glanced at it and realized that only Clark was the oldest, so he thought Clark was the commander, but Clark shook his head and said, "He is"
For a while, the entire command center was dumbfounded, this person in military uniform only had the rank of captain, and he was so young that he looked like he was just an adjutant, how could he be a commander
Anthony didn't believe it at first, but when he saw the firmness in Abdul-Jabbar's eyes, he believed it: "I didn't lose unjustly, but I probably didn't do it, hello, you are a respectable young man"
The Americans in the command center were all dumbfounded, General Anthony had few praisers, in his eyes, except for Natasha, the supreme commander of the US forces in Iraq, there were few people with tactical talent in the whole United States, and even people like Taylor were just fools in Anthony's eyes
"You are also worthy of respect, and although you are not very good at commanding, you are a good commander," Abdul-Jabbar said contradictively
Anthony was stunned for a moment, but smiled helplessly, everyone thought that Abdul-Jabbar was proud, but in fact, it was not because the meaning of Abdul-Jabbar's words was very simple, Anthony was not a genius in command, and Anthony himself admitted that after all, the tactics of the US military have basically formed a routine, and the US military with advanced equipment only needs to use their weapons according to this routine to achieve the goal of victory in the war
Therefore, the US military, which is overly dependent on weapons, actually does not have too many generals, but their advantage lies in their strong national strength, leading technology, and more advanced weapons
But a good commander must not only have the ability to give the order to attack, but also have the city government to give the order to surrender
Abdul-Jabbar did not think that it was brave to give the order to attack when he knew that he would be defeated, on the contrary, even if he was a strong commander, in that situation, he did not know how to forbear, and did not know how to retreat and save the lives of his soldiers, that kind of commander could not be called a good commander, and he could only be regarded as stupid at best
So even though the two sides are on different camps, Abdul-Jabbar thinks Anthony is a good commander and a good general
Just like the dragon has always been very indulgent Natasha, knowing that she will lose, so everything Natasha does is to protect her subordinates, as a commander, the most important thing is not to let her soldiers win on the battlefield, on the contrary, the commander who can bring the soldiers home to see their wives and sons is the real best commander, whether they win on the battlefield or not
And for the concept of sacrifice, Abdul-Jabbar also has its own definition, depending on whether the soldier is willing to sacrifice, just like the Prophet Army, under the leadership of Black Impermanence, the former Heavy Division of the Second Army did not take a step back in the face of the 20,000 US First Armored Division
It's not because Hei Wuchang orders everyone on the battlefield to retreat and shoot, and it's not because Hei Wuchang says how many dollars will be rewarded for killing a US soldier
These are not the real things that make the soldiers of the Prophet Army fearless to death, but behind them is the homeland they have worked so hard to build, they take a step back, and the guns of the US military will be pointed at their wives and children, so they would rather die and rush to the guns of the US soldiers than take a step back
This is what Abdul-Jabbar thinks is the real sacrifice, so in his eyes, Black Impermanence is a famous general, a status that even a prophet cannot surpass
And the Zhōng Yāng Garrison Armored Division led by him also shouldered such a mission, they must open up Afghanistan as a communication artery, so that the new Iraq can survive the attack of the multinational force, so that they can win the real zì yóu and dú lì, and get the Iraq that belongs to the Iraqis
To this end, they marched for two days and two nights without sleep, capturing one US military base after another, and rushing to another without stopping, and not being able to sleep under this kind of plateau is worse than not being able to sleep in the desert
Jabbar knew that many of his men were exhausted from the lack of oxygen on the march, but no one complained about retreating, because they had a mission of 80 million new Iraqis, and as long as they could do it, it would be worth it
With Anthony's cooperation, the Prophet Army began to accept the surrender of the American army, from the famous 10th Mountain Division to the 101st Airborne Division, nearly 50,000 people were captured, and more than 100 advanced aircraft of various kinds were mothballed in the hangar at Bagram Air Base
When Abdul-Jabbar sat in the command center, he had a feeling of wanting to sleep, but he knew that he couldn't sleep because his soldiers hadn't slept either, Afghanistan hadn't all fallen into their hands, and there were two US military bases that he needed to capture, and although it wasn't a tough battle, he was still very cautious to face it
His modest experience taught him not to underestimate any enemy, even the victory he was about to achieve
So he gave nearly dozens of orders in his tiredness, and if it weren't for the young Jīng's strong strength, he would definitely not be able to stand it
But before I thought about the burden on my body, all the tiredness disappeared again
"The chief, the people of the National Army are coming, they say they want to take over Bagram Air Base," just as he squinted slightly, suddenly the voice of the staff officer came
Jabbar immediately snorted and asked, "What about Clark?"
"The colonel has already taken people to the US military base in Jalalabad," said the staff officer
"Oh" Abdul-Jabbar nodded, but thought of something again, "What did you just say"
Looking at the tiredness on Abdul-Jabbar's young face, the staff officer was a little unbearable, in fact, it was not easy to do this at such a young age, even they had only honed it in a long war, but this young chief was different
But in spite of this, the staff officer did not persuade anything, because in this army everyone has everyone's responsibility, so he repeated what he had just said
Jabbar's face sank after hearing this: "Did they take away all the weapons we captured before?"
"Yes, they also wounded our garrison," the staff officer said, very angry in his heart, "there are a lot of advanced fighters in Bagram Air Base, and the geographical location is also very important, if we have this place as a forward position, it will play a huge role in defending the entire Afghan railway transportation line"
"Go out and see," Abdul-Jabbar nodded, and then stood up