Chapter 666: A Bold Decision
Saddam Hussein felt like he was dreaming, and when the morning light rose on the horizon on the 13th, he insisted on coming out of the underground command center despite everyone's opposition. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Jamal was the only one with him.
"Jamal, my boy, you did a great job last night. ā
Saddam Hussein stretched out his hand, touched Jamal's hair heavily, and then patted him on the shoulder.
Of course, Jamal is not Saddam's illegitimate son or the like, but at this moment, Saddam is afraid that his own son is not as kind as Jamal.
The battle in the early morning of the 13th had already ended for an hour or two. The F117 crashed into the suburbs around Baghdad, and the Arab commandos, who had been waiting for it for a long time, quickly found the wreckage of the plane and the pilot who had parachuted.
Although the US military suffered heavy losses in the attack on the Iraqi warning radar station, the US military then dispatched a large number of planes to force the Iraqi air defense network and rescue some of the special forces who were holding on.
Although there are some fly in the ointment, no one can hide it, and this is a victory.
And for Saddam, this opening was so amazing that it completely exceeded his expectations.
It's like buying a lottery ticket to break the change, only to win five million.
Saddam Hussein still seems to maintain the status of a president on the surface, but from his excited expression and the strength of his hands, Jamal knows that this president has already lost some of his heart in his heart.
Jamal hesitated for a moment and said: "Mr. President, the war is still going on, although the American planes will not come for the time being, but we have no way to do the satellites in space, please pay attention to your own safety." ā
Saddam Hussein was not dissatisfied with Jamal's words, but laughed out loud and waved his hand indifferently: "It doesn't matter, the great Iraqi army can protect my security, and I believe in your ability! I am the president of Iraq, and on the soil of my own country, do I still want to hide in Tibet?"
"Mr. President!"
Jamal stepped forward a little excitedly, suddenly stopped, lowered his head and thought about the wording, and then said: "We have only achieved some results temporarily, and we are close to victory in the war...... I don't even hold out any hope. ā
Saddam Hussein was stunned for a moment, if Jamal had said such things before the war, he would have dragged this coward out and shot him on the charge of disturbing the morale of the army. But after experiencing this confrontation with the US military in the early morning of the 13th, Jamal has become his trusted confidant.
When Jamal said such things when he was "in the midst of the Holy Grace", at least it cannot be said that he was afraid of the enemy.
"I remember what you said when we first met here. This war is a mission entrusted to me by history, and you firmly believe that we can win and that I will lead the Arab nation to a great revival!"
"Yes, I used to think so, but the facts have taught me!" Jamal took a deep breath, as he had to make a decision that went beyond his personal honor and disgrace in the moment of the fate of Iraq's history.
This is a person who is willing to sacrifice everything for his motherland, and he knows that at this time, if he thinks about his career, he should follow Saddam, and it is better to put his own merits on his head, and then praise Mr. President fiercely.
Perhaps as soon as Saddam Hussein is happy, the epaulettes on his shoulders will be replaced by a star.
However, if he really wants to pursue personal honor and disgrace, wouldn't it be better for him to stay at MIT than to hide in an underground bunker all day? Staying away from his homeland and the war is the safest and most conducive path for his own development.
"Facts? Isn't it true that we have won our first victory since the beginning of the war? Isn't it true, and the Americans are not so terrible? If we can win once, we can continue to win. ā
Jamal swallowed, looked into Saddam's eyes with rare courage and said: "No, Mr. President, the Americans are just speculative failures, and they have not yet fully taken it seriously. What is the most powerful weapon of the coalition forces?F117?Apache helicopters?Special forces?No, their most powerful is 1,700 fighters, a huge elite ground force. It's an aircraft carrier, it's an innumerable number of cruise missiles that can't be intercepted, and it's the $6 trillion GDP of the United States. According to China's predictions, once the Americans suffer a major setback and let go of control over the number of casualties, Iraq will have no chance of winning. You know, how we achieved this victory. The Chinese are well aware of the operational tactics of the coalition forces, and even then the Chinese do not think that we have the means to deal with a full-scale attack by the coalition forces. ā
Jamal took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to say the last sentence: "After today's battle, I think that the judgment of the Chinese is at least more sober than that of both us and the coalition forces. The Chinese not only made a plan for how our army would respond to the initial attack of the coalition forces, but also had a plan for simulating a full-scale attack of the coalition forces. After analyzing this plan, I believe that once the coalition forces change their mode of operation, our army will only have no room for tricks to engage in an all-out confrontation with the coalition forces, and then fall into a situation where there is no power to resist, and there will be no chance of victory in this war!"
After listening to Jamal's words, Saddam Hussein did not break out into a thunderous rage, but unconsciously gasped, and then stopped talking, worried, longing, and as if he wanted to grasp the last straw, he tried his best to hide the tension in his words and asked: "Since Chinese can anticipate the early offensive of the coalition forces, what ...... So do they have a way to make Iraq win? What do they have left in our warehouses that they can use? As long as they can defeat the coalition forces, I ...... Iraq can pay any price. ā
From his remarks, it can be seen that Saddam Hussein now has a tendency to treat the seven billion project as a blue fat man's pocket, and it will probably not be strange to find that there is a star destroyer in it.
This is not to blame Saddam, who made Mr. Hu's gift catalog really create too many surprises?
Saddam Hussein still has some luck in his heart, and the Chinese may just be alarmist and want to win more benefits in Iraq.
It turns out that the Chinese stuff is still very trustworthy. Whether it is Seven Billion or Saddam's Defenders, they have performed brilliantly in the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War.
It is a common trick of businessmen to describe the situation as dangerous and make the customer pay more money when they are afraid.
Chinese this character who wants money to die......
Hey, Saddam shook his head slightly, but he still drove this bit of luck out of his mind. How can Iraq come up with any money today, and if it is not for a large amount of foreign debt, why did Iraq invade Kuwait?
Sure enough, Jamal shook his head coldly and took a deep breath and said, "In the network of the Chinese, they think that even China cannot resist the invasion of the coalition army on a frontal battlefield. ā
Saddam Hussein said unwillingly: "Always give it a try, and what the Chinese say may not be accurate." We Iraqis have to judge for ourselves......"
Saddam Hussein's remarks basically did not have much confidence.
After Jamal ripped out the emperor's new clothes, Saddam Hussein couldn't help but recall a series of decisions he had made before the war.
Basically, in Chinese parlance, the ignorant are fearless. Saddam Hussein, having truly understood the strength of the coalition forces, actually regretted the war he had provoked.
He did not expect that Kuwait would be so important to the United States, that the Americans would dare to go on an expedition to openly attack a Middle Eastern country in the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union, that the Soviet Union would follow the baton of the United States, and that the Arab world would completely disagree with Iraq's approach......
It can be said that Saddam Hussein made all the mistakes he could make in the decision-making process of the Gulf War. It was a series of serious strategic mistakes that led to today's situation.
To say that Saddam's strategic vision is at the level of President Chang may be overestimating him.
But for these dictators, the routines are just a few routines. In terms of the way some problems are handled, the two still have something in common.
The strategic disadvantage caused by these mistakes in strategic decision-making can by no means be offset by the shooting down of a few advanced aircraft or the seizure of dozens of special forces.
Jamal's basin of cold water completely woke up the somewhat swollen Saddam. If Saddam Hussein was a little blindly optimistic before the war, then Saddam Hussein at this time fell into serious pessimism.
Is Iraq's future important, or is its own power important? Is there any way to salvage this dire situation?
No, maybe things didn't get to the worst. If it was Saddam Hussein before the war, he would indeed have no power to fight back against the coalition forces. But didn't this victory after the start of the war send him the most precious chips?
"Go back, I need to think about it. ā
Saddam Hussein, who had calmed down, no longer had the mood to be complacent, and no matter how blue the sky was and how vast the earth was, he felt as if there was no place for himself.
When a person is faced with a desperate situation, he can always give up everything in his hands to gamble on a possibility. At this time, Saddam's only thought in his heart was how to end this war with dignity.
Some situations that he had not considered before began to appear in his mind.
Refusing Jamal's request to hail a car to pick him up, Saddam Hussein walked slowly from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. When he passed the big iron gate at the underground entrance, he looked at the eight bright red Chinese characters on the iron gate in a daze for a long time.
Step by step, Saddam Hussein would stop for a long time on the road from time to time. In the precious time of war, no one knows what he is thinking.
But for sure, he must have had something in mind.
The moment he re-entered the hall of the underground command center, Saddam's eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned back to Jamal and said.
"I have a bold idea......"