Chapter 263: Defeat is undefeatable
Many times God will always make some very bad jokes with people, just like Zhou Ming and them in Badina, when the air battle in Port Oude ended, Zhou Ming and Zou Yue began to prepare for Salm's reception, but soon a week passed, but Salm has not sent any news, which makes Zhou Ming and Zou Yue a little anxious.
Perhaps it was the recent suspension of the MFF's offensive that gave Salm the idea that the U.S. military had a limited offensive capability, so he thought he could withstand the MFF's offensive on his own. Zou Yue analyzed.
However, the suspended offensive is only because the investigation into the Battle of Port Ode is being launched in the United States, and some lawmakers suspect that Normandy, the commander-in-chief of the multinational force, is wasting ammunition and squandering taxpayers' money for some special reason. On the other hand, it was also the multinational force that consumed a lot of supplies in this campaign, so it is only now that the intensity of the attack will be reduced. Ambassador Lin Hong said.
"This American is really interesting, fighting a war, since it is a high-intensity attack, it is normal to have a lot of consumption, but I didn't expect that this would also have to be investigated, isn't it pulling the back legs of the army at the front? Zou Yue turned his head and asked Zhou Ming, "Comrade Zhou Ming, is this the relationship between war and economy and politics that you have been emphasizing?"
Facing Zou Yue's question, Zhou Ming nodded: "Originally, this war was not supported by all consortia in the United States, so it is normal to initiate an investigation by consuming materials, anyway, it is not the first time that those Yankees have done this kind of infighting." ”
As Chinese soldiers, they all knew this very well, thinking that General Van Vliet on the battlefield in Shangganling was investigated by Congress because he fired more than 40,000 rounds of shells a day at the position of the Volunteers and cut off a hill, and finally had to leave the Korean battlefield?
However, even though the U.S. military has infighting, they have never stopped attacking, and they still insist on bombing the Iraqi army every day, and they have problems with the time they give the Iraqi army to regroup. Zou Yue said with a frown.
"General Zou, do you think that Normandy is deliberately using this opportunity to let the Iraqi army assemble, and then launch a large-scale offensive after the other side has assembled, so as to directly break the resistance of Iraq?" Zhou Ming took Zou Yue's words and asked.
Zhou Ming's rhetorical question made Zou Yue's eyes light up, and he nodded vigorously and said: "That's right, that's what I think, because if the enemy is too scattered, the equipment advantage of the US army will not be brought into play at all, but if the enemy is concentrated, it will be easy for them to make key breakthroughs, and more importantly, this can also defeat the enemy's confidence through successive victories, so that the enemy will lose the will to resist." ”
Which is easy to kill, a lamb that trembles on the ground, or a dog that bites with bared teeth? As long as he has a normal IQ, it will be easy to choose the answer, and Normandy, as the commander-in-chief of the multinational force, will naturally do this multiple-choice question.
"Then the next three important military towns of the Iraqi army, Basra, Sumner and Najaf, may be the key targets of the US military. Zhou Ming analyzed.
Zou Yue also nodded and said: "That's right, because as long as these three obstacles are cleared, the ground troops of the multinational force can go north along the Tigris River to the Iraqi capital Badina and end this war." ”
Zou Yue let out a sigh of relief after speaking, and then he looked at Zhou Ming and sighed: "Comrade Zhou Ming, you are really a military genius, if possible, I really want to recruit you into the army, if you are in the general staff, I believe that our army will definitely be even more powerful!"
Regarding Zou Yue's praise, Zhou Ming said embarrassedly: "Actually, this is nothing, it's just that the Americans don't have the kind of trick to surround Wei and save Zhao, so it's better to speculate." ”
Zhou Ming was also really embarrassed, after all, Zou Yue relied on his own military understanding to deduce the movements of the US military, which was a real skill, and he was just reading from the book from memory, if he really entered the army like this, it would be a real catastrophe for the country! Moreover, compared with the army and politics, he hoped to be a big capitalist with wealth in his hands.
With Zhou Ming's prediction of war, on February 7, the second wave of large-scale offensive by the US army finally arrived.
It was still one o'clock in the morning, and 60 F117 stealth fighters and 40 B52 long-range bombers, escorted by more than 300 F15, F16 and F18 fighters, took off from various US military bases in the Gulf region and flew in the direction of Iraq under the cover of night.
And when the US planes were lined up in the air, on the other side of the Iraqi military camp in the Sumner, a man suddenly sat up from the bed, and his actions also woke up his comrades on the next bed: "Baker, what's wrong with you? Do you have any nightmares that will go to hell?"
They were the surviving ace pilot of Port Oder, Yasion, and the radar station recruit Baker, who were attacked by the U.S. Air Force on their way back, and after a pessimistic discussion, they encountered another retreating friendly force, and so they returned to the Sumner barracks.
Baker shook his head, and he said to Yasion a little dazedly: "You may not believe it, but I have a very depressed feeling now, like the sullenness before the sandstorm, I feel that this Sumner barracks is about to be attacked." ”
"Wouldn't it? Camp Sumner has already returned to China, and the intensity of the Yankees' recent attacks has weakened a lot, I heard that the previous attack consumed too much material, and the United States is very dissatisfied with this, will they still launch such a long-distance attack?" Yasion wondered.
His doubts were quickly answered, and the bleak air raid sirens in the barracks were sounded without warning.
Jacion and Baker quickly got dressed and got out of bed, but before they could go out, explosions began one after another.
With the sharp whistling of missiles, orange fireballs exploded over the air defense positions of the Sumner military camp and the airfield.
"What's going on? Are all those people who are observing thunder warfare idiots? Why wait until the enemy planes are in front of you before you raise the alarm?" Yasion shouted angrily.
Baker, on the other hand, was in a daze, and he said in a daze: "It's an American stealth plane, and the radar can't catch the traces of this kind of plane at all, and the current air defense alarm is announcing the enemy's second round of attack." ”
The movement in the air perfectly proved Baker's prediction, and just a few minutes after the explosion ended, there was a rumbling sound in the sky, as if there were countless muffled thunders hidden in the night sky, and with the thought of the muffled thunder, the starry sky became dark, as if there was some behemoth in the air, which made people feel heartfelt fear.
The ace pilot immediately reacted: "That's the American B52 bomber, let's get out quickly!"
With that, Yasion immediately ran out of the room with Baker, and then the bombardment came, and a bombshell was rained down, and it landed in the barracks and exploded into brilliant sparks.
"What about anti-aircraft firepower, and our air force? Aren't there the most advanced anti-aircraft missiles and fighter planes here?
It was as if someone had heard Yasion's roar, and when he finished roaring, the anti-aircraft machine guns in the air defense positions were disguished and spewed tongues of fire into the air, while on the other side of the airfield, planes were driven out of the hangar, and the ground crew rushed to repair the runway, and these fighters took off. But at this time, the third round of attacks by the US military arrived.
The F15 and F16 fighters who played the lead in this round of attacks were piloted by their pilots to dive down from a high altitude and bombard the barracks' air defense positions in a frenzied missile bombardment.
Air-to-ground missiles dragged their long tails into various air defense positions at high speed, blowing up mushroom clouds, and I don't know how many Iraqi soldiers were thrown into the air before they could escape, and their bodies were torn to pieces like rags.
"It's over, this is the devil's punishment! I don't want to die yet, I still have my wife and children, I want to take them to Allah's paradise, I don't want to go to hell!"
In the barracks, countless soldiers were screaming and running back and forth, aimlessly, just instinctively wanting to stay away from danger.
Jacion and Baker were in the barracks, beside these soldiers, they stared blankly at everything in front of them, the barracks not far away were blown up and burned, countless black figures were screaming and running frantically, under the reflection of the firelight, they could even see the distorted frightened expressions on the faces of those people, everything was like the end of the world.
The men all lost their minds, and Jacion and Baker clearly saw that two of the people in the running crowd just collided head-on, and one of them immediately pulled out his own gun from his waist and killed the other.
In the midst of these screams, there are also the shouts of some women, right here at the field hospital where Yasion and Baker are located, I think someone took advantage of the chaos to attack their favorite doctor or nurse, after all, in this battlefield where there is no tomorrow today, once the human spirit collapses, everything can be done, and what is not a beast is just desire.
Jacion and Baker didn't stop this, or maybe they couldn't do anything to stop it.
"Colonel, how long do you think we can hold out in this war?" Baker muttered.
Ahian replied with a wry smile: "I don't know how long this country will last, but the soldiers can't hold it anymore. ”
As he spoke, Jasion stretched out his hand to the sky and said to Baker, "I can hear the engines of our planes, they have fled, fled from this battlefield. ”
Hearing this answer, Baker sat on the ground dejectedly, as a person who had experienced three air raids, he knew very well that once the air force escaped at this time, then the next thing to greet them was the crazy slaughter of the enemy.
The same thing happened at the Basra and Najaf bases, and the news of the attacks on the Basra, Sumner and Najaf bases reached the capital Badina as soon as possible.
The Minister of Defence and Interior, Majid, hurried into the presidential palace and went to Salm's bedroom and asked his secretary to wake him up from the beds of his two wives.
"What happened again? Don't tell me that our air force has been ambushed by Port Ode again, and once again the whole army has been annihilated!" Salm said to Majid, in a very stern tone.
"I'm afraid it's more serious today than Port Oder. Majid reluctantly reported to him the details of the attacks on the Basra, Sumner and Najaf bases, with particular emphasis on the flight of the air force.
Salm immediately slapped the table: "These damn scraps, I should have hanged them all a long time ago!"
"Cousin President, it's useless to say this now, they're all gone, and we really need the support of the Air Force. Majid said helplessly, "Now, instead of holding the Air Force accountable, let's think about what to do next." ”
In the face of Majid's question, Salm was silent, in the long war, Salm knew military affairs very well, so he understood that the situation had reached such a point, the three major towns of Basra, Sumner and Najaf were attacked, the air force fled, the elite of the army was lost, and the morale of the army was low, such a situation was already invincible, even if the original Kuwaiti army of 1,000 people came to fight, Salm felt that he would fail.
Majid also understood the situation, so he did not speak, only a feeling of despair spread in the room.
In the end, it was Majid who suggested to Salm: "Go find that Chinese man named Zhou Ming? Maybe he really has the same ability to change his life against the sky as Allah?"