In the Oval Office of the HSD White House, President Bush held the telephone receiver and did not say a word for a long time, President Bush was not surprised by the resignation of Admiral Schwarzkopf, from the heavy losses on the first day of the war to the clumsy performance of the "patriots" last night, Admiral Schwarzkopf was completely reduced to the punching bag of the HSD bigwigs;

Calls for his immediate dismissal are loud in military circles, in the government, and even in Congress, but judging from his actual actions, Admiral Schwarzkopf has not fundamentally reversed the shadow caused by Iraq's mysterious surface-to-air missile force;

Just an hour ago, President Bush saw from the war report and battle situation analysis report that in the past 12 hours, the US military had lost a total of four F-16C, three F-15C, two F-15E, two F-18C and one UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopter belonging to the Marine Corps.

Counting the more than 30 combat planes damaged on the first day of battle, the US military lost nearly 50 fighters in just 48 hours, and the United States has deep pockets and nearly 2,000 high-performance combat planes, but it cannot withstand such drastic attrition. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not to mention the US naval aviation, which suffered a heavy blow on the first day, not to mention the army aviation, which has long been terrified, and the US air force units deployed in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other places to shoulder the main force of air strikes against Iraq, have also been in the past two days.

So much so that many pilots privately referred to the southwestern desert infested by Iraq's surface-to-air missile units as a forbidden area of death and a widow-maker, and they all avoided going around that desert to carry out other combat missions, which made the US military top brass very troublesome, and had to replan the route and include the desert area in southwest Iraq as a no-fly zone.

In addition to arranging early warning planes, electronic reconnaissance planes, and other reconnaissance and detection planes on its edges in order to monitor the movements of the Iraqi ground-to-air missile force, the Iraqis can only let the Iraqis turn over the clouds and rain in that desert and "scud" one after another Where the missiles are fired at Saudi Arabia and Israel with impunity; where groups of elite Republican Guards have built fortifications to build a solid defense line against the coalition forces; and one after another combat planes with excellent performance have appeared at the temporary field airfields, launching fierce raids on the coalition air forces one after another.........

It can be said that with the help of the powerful cover of the mysterious Iraqi surface-to-air missile force, Iraq has turned the vast southwestern desert into an impregnable fortress, even if the US-led coalition forces bomb Baghdad into ruins, even if the Iraqi troops deployed in Kuwait suffer heavy losses, even if the Iraqi troops in other areas are weak.

As long as this impregnable fortress entrenched in southwestern Iraq stands, the US-led coalition will feel like a fish in the throat even if it opens its bloody mouth, because it not only blocks the best air offensive route of the coalition forces, but also cuts off the main offensive channel on land;

Whether it is the "left hook" prepared by the Seventh Army in eastern Saudi Arabia or the frontal assault of several main divisions in Kuwait, it will not be possible to use all its strength because of the heavy army cluster in the desert of southwest Iraq, because the Republican Guard in this heavy army cluster will launch a powerful counter-assault on the attacking coalition ground forces at any time.

Relying on the intact army and air force structure, the elite soldiers tempered by the eight years of Iran-Iraq war, and the strong air defense combat capability, the US military is very likely to suffer unprecedented tragic losses, which is the last thing the HSD bigwigs want to see, so they desperately hope to break the existing predicament and completely wipe out the ground-to-air missile units that support Iraq's strong fortresses;

However, in this regard, General Schwarzkopf, as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, was helpless, and could only watch the southwestern region of Iraq gradually grow to the point of reaching a hard bone that would affect the entire strategic direction.

President Bush is the same, the reason why he fought a Gulf War is nothing more than to establish the absolute hegemony of the United States in the Middle East and control the oil resources of great strategic value, so as to completely defeat the Soviet Union and completely become an unrivaled world hegemon.

It is precisely for this reason that before the start of the war, President Bush consulted in detail with his senior military advisers and solicited more than a dozen senior US generals, and only then did he come to the conclusion that under the crushing of absolute strength, the US military casualties were negligible.........

But how could you have thought that his tough and domineering war machine met a Tai Chi master in the vast desert of Iraq, and you came and went, and let the mysterious Iraqi surface-to-air missile force be crushed by the US military, and lay down a new world that was enough to change the pattern of war.

This is something that President Bush could not have predicted beforehand, so his face was very gray at this time, and his eyes were even more gloomy, so he vented his dissatisfaction on the heads of military advisers and senior generals, and since receiving the war report and the recent assessment of the situation, the White House has been filled with the abuse of the wild Texas cowboys.

To be honest, President Bush is very much like taking this opportunity to remove this incompetent general who will only beg him to have some more time, but when he began to seriously seek a replacement, he scolded Schwarzkopf, and taking over his position as the next commander of the coalition forces is simply two different things.

No one is a fool, they all know that the current commander of the coalition forces is a hot potato, and whoever goes has to be burned on the outside and tender on the inside, so this group of HSD elites can scold, and when they really want to let them go up, they all shake their heads and retreat, President Bush has nothing to do about it, but to put away his anger and let Admiral Schwarzkopf continue to stick to his post, after all, he has already carried such a big black pot, and it doesn't matter if there are a few more, so after pondering for a long time, he slowly spoke:

"General Schwarzkopf, I don't think anyone is more suitable for the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces than you, yes, now we are facing some difficulties, but I believe that you will solve the current difficulties as soon as possible with your superb military qualities and excellent professionalism........."

Bush showed his outstanding eloquence when he was running for president, and his remarks can be described as sonorous and powerful, and if there was an ordinary American who was ignorant of the world on the other end of the phone, he would definitely be in the brain, his blood would be boiling, and he would directly pick up a shotgun and run to the Iraqi desert to fight hard;

However, it is not an ordinary American people, but a US Army general who has become an elite class, and his heart has long been made of copper, and he will naturally not be very excited about Bush's remarks, but can only sneer again and again, because he knows very well that President Bush's extreme retention after his anger is nothing more than wanting him to carry the black pot to the end.

Do you really want to carry this black cauldron all the time? The answer is naturally no, if it were in normal times, with his stinky temper comparable to that of a "brute bull", even if the president of the United States of America on the other end of the phone was on the other end, he would not hesitate to top it, but now he did not do this, but closed his eyes and recalled the phone call from the Baierdero farm in Texas half an hour ago:

"A game of Texas Hold'em is a long one, but when we learn about the opponent's hole cards, it becomes a cat-and-mouse banter.

Admiral Schwarzkopf was not a gambler, but he was willing to gamble with the mysterious farmer, and apart from his great trust in the powerful man, he did not want to break the cage that bound him completely, after all, his fame, honor, and endless wealth..........

So he compromised, even if he was really desperate in the end, he had to gamble on this game, because he had no better way to go, so he could only close his eyes and rush forward, taking retreat as advance was just a means, and the ultimate goal was to sit firmly in the position of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and not buy enough time for the mysterious boss on the farm........

"Thank you for the trust you have placed in me, Mr. President, and since that is the case, then I will continue to fulfill my duty and dedicate the final victory to your eyes!"

"This is the Admiral Schwarzkopf I know, you know, there is no difficulty in beating you to ........"

President Bush's words of encouragement came as soon as he opened his mouth, but there was a drum in his heart, he knew Schwarzkopf's character very well, as long as he decided to do something, he would do it without hesitation, even if he was the president, he would not compromise, how could he be persuaded to stay in office after he decided to resign?

Could it be that this "brute bull" has opened his mind and learned the trick of turning retreat into progress? President Bush did not believe it, but he did not delve into it, and as long as his goal was achieved, he could not open his mind, so the two talked a few more words, and President Bush hung up the phone, but before he could stretch his stiff body,

When he was about to enjoy a sandwich breakfast, the chief of staff of the White House hurriedly walked in, which made President Bush frown slightly, and just wanted to reprimand a few words, he saw the chief of staff hand over a note like magic, President Bush subconsciously took it, only glanced at it, and then bounced up from the chair excitedly:

"Are you sure that the Iraqi surface-to-air missile force is equipped with China's 'Falcon' air defense missile system?"

The White House chief of staff nodded firmly: "Yes, Mr. President, we are sure .........." (to be continued.) )