Chapter 082, step on it
Although the northern army needs to travel a third longer than the southern front, the southern army faces much more US military bases than the northern front, because the Taliban are almost always active in the southern part of Afghanistan
In the north, the territory of the Afghan National Army is much less, and the Afghan capital Kabul is in the south and close to Pakistan, so most of the bases of the US army are established in the south, and there are only a few bases on the northern front
The Army Group on the Southern Front commanded by Abdul-Jabbar was shouldering a heavy burden, and the promise of defeating Afghanistan in four days was his own promise, and he could not let Clark carry this biggest burden
It's just that the difficulties he imagined did not appear, and the Southern Front Army went all the way down and took three US military bases, many of which almost did not fire a single shot
Of course, this is not because the U.S. military surrendered when they saw the Prophet Army, but on the contrary, before they entered these bases, these bases were on maximum security, because there had just been a terrorist attack here, and the most incredible thing is that these air attacks were not the same, and the Taliban forces were almost desperately carrying out suicide attacks, and they were also against the U.S. military bases
Caught off guard, many US military bases in the south have suffered heavy losses, of course, this heavy blow is only a heavy blow in the eyes of the Taliban, but the price paid by the Taliban forces is greater
The U.S. military killed many Taliban members in the counterattack, but none of them were alive, so when the Prophet Army wearing the U.S. military uniform appeared, the U.S. military was not prepared at all, after all, it had just been attacked, and the Prophet Army said that they were here to reinforce, and they were driving U.S. tanks and holding U.S. equipment, so they didn't make any mistakes about how they could defend themselves
Even the U.S. troops at checkpoints greeted the machine gunners on the Prophet's tanks from afar, but unfortunately they were greeted by a shuttle bullet, and before they died, they didn't even know why these colleagues would shoot at them, after all, who would have thought that in Afghanistan, a big place, there would be an organized disguised U.S. military
Compared with Abdul-Jabbar's happiness, the Supreme Commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, Anthony, frowned, and on weekdays, they couldn't find the Taliban forces, and finally found one, which could be a trap, but they didn't expect that almost all bases in Afghanistan were now attacked by the Taliban forces
At first, Anthony thought that these Taliban fighters were crazy, did they want to give up the superior guerrilla warfare and confront the US army head-on?
In fact, Anthony and his subordinates always hope that the Taliban will be stupid and do the same with them, but this only exists, hope cannot become a reality, and after the war with several major powers, the Afghans are strong in combat and tactics are smart, even the US military has a headache
The army of a superpower is clumsed in front of a swarm of ants, and it is a shame to say it
As the supreme commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, Anthony is certainly not stupid, he believes that the Taliban must have their purpose in doing this, but now he is not clear
However, there was no abnormal news coming from the intelligence network, but the various bases continued to ask the General Headquarters for help, and what could Anthony do, so he could only give up and go to the capital Kabul to find the Afghan government
But Anthony knows very well that in Afghanistan these people are unreliable, and sometimes Anthony wonders why, as Afghans, the national army they trained is like a bunch of soft eggs, often losing face, while the Taliban can make them dizzy and give them trouble from time to time
As Anthony expected, the Afghan government's defense minister promised that he would definitely send the local national army to help the U.S. military resist the Taliban, after all, they are allies
When leaving, Anthony always felt that this guy's smile was a little weird, but Anthony couldn't think of what was weird
Until nearly a day after the terrorist attack, the next morning, Anthony suddenly received a piece of news, if it was in normal times, this news would have been immediately ignored, but now it was taken seriously by Anthony, and his face turned from exhaustion to pale in an instant
After repeated confirmation and identification through a superior contact code, Anthony discovered that this information was true
This was only a flight report from a pilot at Bagram Air Base, who flew at an ultra-low altitude because the flight required him, but he saw a group of tanks and armored vehicles on the highway, and even helicopters escorting him
Although these look like the equipment of the US military, this pilot is very vigilant, because the US military in Afghanistan does not have such a large formation of armored forces, mainly the joint operation of the air force and special forces, after all, in the terrain of Afghanistan, large clusters of armored forces are of no use at all, this is not in Iraq, the Taliban are hiding in high-altitude caves, can you drive tanks to such high-altitude mountains
Not to mention that there is no way to go there, even if there is a way to go, the US military does not dare to go to the hidden places in the mountains, and if there are more tanks, they can only become the target of these Taliban forces, although the US tank armor is thick and can be worn by dripping stones, and they still understand the truth
Therefore, the U.S. military mainly uses drones and fighter jets, as well as a small number of helicopters for operations, and the Mountain Division and the 101st Airborne Division are all ace units of the Army, each with its own special forces, so it will be sent to Afghanistan
The pilot just noticed this, but he didn't suspect anything, the reason was simple, the Taliban forces were not capable of disguised as U.S. troops, and they were still formed U.S. forces, but the pilot still dutifully reported the anomaly
Anthony also didn't want to believe that these formed American troops were camouflaged, but as the supreme commander, he knew exactly how many armored vehicles were in the Kandahar barracks and how many tanks there were in Afghanistan as a whole
And according to the pilot's report, it is clear that these have exceeded the total number of armored forces of the entire US army on the battlefield in Afghanistan
Anthony let out a long sigh of relief, he didn't know where these pretenders came from, but he suddenly thought of something, a piece of information sent from Iraq a while ago, Admiral George asked him for a possible attack by the local prophet army, and Anthony almost didn't vomit blood, saying that George was stupid
But now Anthony understands what the Prophet Army really started to attack, and they disguised themselves as American troops, and they have already hit Ghazni, which is only more than a hundred kilometers away from Kabul, and it only takes less than half a day to reach the capital with the advance speed of the armored forces
Anthony was a little creepy, not because he was afraid of the Prophets, but because of where the troops that had come out of nowhere, still wearing American uniforms, where they had gotten their weapons, and why he hadn't received any information about it
Looking at the map, Anthony clenched his fists, and the staff officers around him didn't understand why the usually calm General Anthony was so nervous, and the Taliban didn't seem to be so terrible
But soon they all understood, Anthony told the situation again, and the whole command was in an uproar, but at this time, it seemed that it was not the time to investigate the reason, but how to deal with the Prophet Army in front of them
"If it's really according to your judgment, I think this force should be considered alone, although I don't know how he deceived our base, what about those people in the base, but as long as he is alone, we have enough ability to keep them in Afghanistan," Chief of Staff Calvin said suddenly
"They are mainly the Army, and we are mainly the Air Force, and their tanks can't deal with us, but our planes can blow them up into the sky one by one," the deputy chief of staff also said
Anthony thought in his heart, this is right, after all, the other party is alone, even if he can get close to them quietly, but what can he do, the plane of the US military stationed in Afghanistan is vegetarian
But in his heart, he always felt that something was wrong, as if he had ignored something, but now that the situation was urgent, he didn't have time to think about it so much
Anthony was a veteran, and instead of ordering the Air Force to strike immediately, he ordered the entire Bagram Air Base to be put on maximum alert, and sent identification codes to all US military bases except Kabul, asking them to reply with a special identification code
The advantage of this is that you can see which bases have been occupied by the Prophet Army, and which bases are not yet occupied
But he didn't do it, fortunately, after doing so, his face became even more ugly, and the entire US military in Afghanistan only has a total of 12 bases, and eight of these 10 bases are in the south and four are in the north
However, there were only two who replied to the correct identification code, one was the Jalalabad base not far from the Afghan capital Kabul, which was built on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the southeast of the capital Kabul, so it was impossible for the Prophet army to attack there unless they had already captured the capital
The other reply was a base in the northeast, which means that all US military bases have fallen silently, except for Bagram Air Base and these two bases in the capital
The entire staff was in a state of silence, Anthony gasped in a low voice, like a dying tiger, why did the Prophet Army arrive here silently, but they didn't have any news, even if they were disguised, it was impossible to be so hidden
"Call the Afghan presidential palace immediately and tell Ariza that the Prophet's army is almost in the capital, see how he reacts," Anthony said calmly
A few minutes later, the staff officer hung up the phone and said, "He said...... In Afghanistan, the US military has no right to interfere in any mission"
The staff officers didn't understand why they had to tell President Ariza about the situation at this time, but Anthony, who heard this reply, suddenly laughed: "No wonder they can fight here, it turns out that Ariza has betrayed us, and even the Taliban are now helping the Prophet Army"
"How is it possible" The General Staff could not believe that the Taliban forces and the National Army were absolute mortal enemies, and it was impossible for them to join forces with the Prophet Army to fight them
"Why can't it," Anthony said with a smile, "we are Americans, and they are all Arabs, and they all believe in Islam, and in their eyes we are all foreign enemies"
"So what now," Calvin asked, grimaceous
"Fight," Anthony put away his smile and suddenly said calmly, "Ariza didn't turn against us directly, because he was still weighing the pros and cons, if we left the Prophet Army in Afghanistan, Ariza would immediately return to our camp, if we can't stay or be annihilated, Afghanistan is the Prophet Army, so now we are still facing the enemy of the Prophet Army, as for the Taliban forces, hehe, I believe that Ariza will deal with them for us, looking at the Taliban forces with heavy losses, Ariza has no reason not to step on them"