At 9 p.m. on the second day after the Prophet's army entered Afghanistan, Army Group North, led by Clark, finally arrived at the predetermined location and formed an upward and downward attack on the Bagram air base of the US forces in Afghanistan, and Jabbar immediately ordered a heavy artillery bombardment of the Bagram air base

The artillery group and air defense brigade of the Zhōng Yāng Garrison Panzer Division were pulled to the forefront, and the armored brigade, which served as an assault force, instead made a detour to carry out the assault from the highway in central Afghanistan

For a time, there was a lot of artillery fire around the Bagram air base, and the artillery fire could be seen blooming like fireworks in the capital Kabul, and many Afghans who didn't know thought that this was the US military in action

It is a irony for Anthony, the Supreme Commander of the US Forces in Afghanistan, that the simultaneous attack from the east and the west has left the US forces stationed at Bagram Air Base defenseless, and that most of these weapons are produced by their own countries, and they know very well how powerful they are

But ironically, he also had to face the fierce attack of the Prophet Army, and the only two remaining bases were raided by terrorist groups, and they were unable to support them at all, but the Afghan National Army in Kabul remained silent, still sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight

Listening to the increasingly fierce artillery fire, it was obvious that the Prophet Army had begun to break through, and Anthony wanted to send all the planes in the base to bomb, but the situation on the front line told him that he must not do this, because the opponent's air defense brigade was drawn to the front line, covering the attack of the artillery group, while the opponent's armored brigade was left behind

He had to admit that the commander of the other side was a very smart person and knew very well the tactics of their US military, and the US military relied on the base and used the air force as a mobile force, if Anthony sent out his planes, even if he broke through the opponent's air defense position and blew up their tanks, he would still suffer heavy losses

Once the main attack force is lost, the entire US military in Afghanistan is finished, and now Anthony is waiting for the final fatal blow, he believes that the commander of the other side will definitely not be able to sit still, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for the Prophet Army, because he has already let the intelligence department pass on the news

Once the Pentagon learns that the Prophet Army has opened a second front, it will send aircraft carriers to continue to support the US forces in Afghanistan from the direction of the Indian Ocean, and at that time, not only will the Prophet Army's troops entering Afghanistan be dragged to death, but the Afghan front will not be opened, and the situation in the new Iraq will also deteriorate

As a battlefield commander, he can't just think about this one battlefield, Anthony needs to think about other battlefields and the whole big picture, so he began to wait, just like a clever swordsman against each other, often not with flashy moves, waiting for the fatal blow

At the same time, Abdul-Jabbar was leading the armored brigade to attack from the center, and he believed that as long as the armored brigade was not detected, he would be able to break through to the Bagram air base, and once it broke through to the restricted area within ten kilometers, the tank's artillery could cover the entire air base, and then victory would be his

The mumbling of the battlefield was like the footsteps of the coming death, rolling dust and sand, rolling up a wave of heat to the sky, and reaching into the sky

At ten o'clock, the artillery fire of the Prophet's army had slowly begun to weaken, and Anthony, who was sitting at the base, suddenly stood up, and then issued an order: "Check for losses, all fighters, pull out the hangar, and prepare for battle"

Twenty minutes later, the artillery fire of the Prophet Army had gradually subsided, only sporadic explosions were heard, and the damage report was soon in Anthony's hands, looking at the loss of the airport runway fighters, Anthony did not have time to feel heartache, so he rushed to the hangar of the base, and in front of all the pilots, he gave another order: " This is an existential war, and if we lose, it will affect the entire Iraqi multinational force, and then the defeat may not be us, but the whole United States, and now I order all the planes that can take off to take off, and your goal is the armored group of the Prophet Army, drop all your bombs on their heads, blow them up to scrap metal, and we will win the final victory."

"Yes," all commanders nodded at the same time

The planes were then pulled out of the hangar and quickly began to be loaded with ammunition, and the reason why they did not prepare in advance was because Anthony expected the artillery fire to cover the attack, so there were only a few planes parked at the airport, and most of the planes had been transported to the hangar and hidden

Especially since the pilots are almost all hiding in bunkers, and now is the time for them to strike back

At the same time, Anthony came to the camps of the Mountain Division and the 101 Airborne Division, repeating the same words, whose targets were the artillery positions and air defense brigades of the Prophet Army

The soldiers of the Mountain Division and the 101st Airborne Division had long been ready to go, and the armored vehicles and tanks began to drive out of the base, and Anthony, who returned to the command center, frowned and said to himself: "Victory or defeat is on this night"

Since he became the supreme commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Anthony has never let up, they have never given up in the face of the Taliban, terrorists, drug traffickers, although they are physically and mentally exhausted, in fact, the Prophet Army has a much better advantage than them, because they are large groups of armored troops

On the battlefield in Iraq, large groups of armored units can carry out large-scale mobile operations, but in the face of the air force, they can only become targets

On the contrary, many people believe that the high-altitude mountains of Afghanistan are not suitable for armored forces to fight, but Anthony believes that the opposite is true

In the mountainous areas of Afghanistan, if used properly, the armored forces are much more powerful than the air force, after all, the air force relies on radar to search in the air, while the armored forces can hide in the mountains and forests at any time to prevent being scanned by the radar of the aircraft, which brings great change to the air force

Once the armored forces assault the air base, the entire air force is finished, so Anthony does not allow the other side to rush into his restricted area, and when the artillery fire falls, he is ready to endure it, and when the artillery fire begins to weaken, it is time for them to counterattack

With the cooperation of the ground forces, as long as the opponent's artillery group and air defense units are eliminated, the armored division placed behind is no longer a problem, so the dispatch of the 10th Mountain Division and the 101st Airborne Division is the real key

In the east, Karak also adopted the same tactics, and he was also very aware of the tactics of the American army, so the armored troops were assembled in the southeast of Bagram Air Base, so that the armored division that corresponded to Abdul-Jabbar also formed a two-sided attack, and the artillery group and the air defense brigade were in a four-sided situation, giving the Americans a huge psychological pressure

While both sides were having their own calculations, in Kabul, President Ariza suddenly ordered the National Army air defense forces to assemble outside the Bagram air base, and the targets of the national army air defense forces were US aircraft

At that time, the temporary operational command room of the entire presidential palace was in an uproar, and they did not understand why the president did not sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but went to help the Prophet Army, which was a very unfavorable move for them, even if they drove out the American Prophet Army and made Afghanistan bigger, it did not belong to them

However, despite the opposition of many people, Ariza's order was very resolute, and even dismissed the chief of the general staff, who had the most vocal opposition, on the spot, and the order was immediately issued

The sortie of the Nationalist Army was like a feather falling on an otherwise stable scale, and the scales immediately began to tilt

When Anthony learned that Ariza had ordered the Nationalists to attack the U.S. forces, he was stunned and couldn't even understand what Ariza was thinking, even if they were to drive them out, the Prophet Army would not be the same as occupying Iraq

He immediately spoke directly with Ariza and asked him why he was helping the Prophet Army, but Ariza's answer almost caused Antony to vomit blood, because the Prophet Army was both Arabs and they were both Muslims

"Damn Ariza," Anthony cursed, and the Nationalist Army had to send him a part of his troops to stop it

Fortunately, the weapons equipped by the National Army are not advanced, otherwise Anthony would be under more pressure, and after a long silence, he suddenly said: "Have you contacted the Pentagon?"

The message sent in the morning should have been replied to a long time ago, but now that it suddenly occurred to him, more than ten hours had passed, and Anthony felt that something was wrong

But the staff officer in charge of intelligence shook his head and said: "We have sent out more than a dozen messages, but the Pentagon has not replied."

"How is it possible," Anthony wondered, "was our signal intercepted or cut off directly?"

"It's impossible that the data link connection has been normal, and the computer has been in constant communication with the Pentagon," the staff officer objected

"Then tell me why the Pentagon didn't reply," Anthony yelled

The intelligence staff officer's face changed, and he hurriedly went to check, but soon his face was abnormal, and he lowered his head and said: "Our data link has been copied, and the signal has long been cut off, and the signals sent by the zhōng yāng computer have all entered another fake data computer, and now"

"That is to say, the war has been almost twenty hours old, and the Pentagon does not yet know that there is a war here," Anthony suddenly calmed down, but his face was horribly cold

"Yes, yes," replied the intelligence staff officer, "it must have been the Prophet's Army, the Afghans don't have such advanced technology."

The staff officer's words made Anthony almost pull out his gun and reward him with a bullet, but he still endured it, and now it is useless to kill people, not to mention that even if he is the supreme commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, he can't kill people casually, and if he makes a mistake, it will have to be tried and adjudicated by a military court

"Go back to your post and try to contact the Pentagon," Anthony snorted, exhausted as he sat back in his chair

If the news does not get out, he will be left alone, either captured by the Prophet Army or captured by the Afghan National Army

And at this moment, another piece of news suddenly came: "Unidentified armored units have appeared on the high-speed roads southeast and in the middle of the commander"

Anthony's face was immediately ashes