Chapter Twenty-Nine: No One Available
Pang Tianyi shook his head: "The Kokang Republican Army is my father's life's work, and there is no reason for those of us who are children to ignore it. And the whole foundation of the family is in Changqing Mountain, here after all, we are still the emperor of the earth, once we leave, we will be nothing. It is also important to consider that we have made a lot of enemies over the years. As long as we are in Changqing Mountain, the other party will not dare to do anything, but once we leave......"
In an instant, Pang Jindong was almost about to say: "Let Wushuang go back to China with me, I will take care of her!"
But after thinking about it, Pang Jindong still swallowed this sentence back, and just said: "I firmly believe that the fourth grandfather will definitely achieve his ideals and establish a Chinese paradise in this land, and then he will get real peace, so the second uncle should not worry too much!"
Pang Tianyi smiled and handed a map into Pang Jindong's hand: "This is a detailed map of the area near Changqing Mountain, the elevation and other numbers of each mountain, the width and narrowness of each road, the road conditions and the overbearing weight are all marked in detail, even if it is the MD government, there is no such detailed map!" Pang Tianyi said, drawing a line on it with a pen, and then introduced: "According to the information I just got, the MD government army is marching along this road!"
Pang Jindong looked at the map and nodded slightly: "Thank you, Second Uncle!"
After saying goodbye to Pang Tianyi, Pang Jindong led the team down the mountain, but did not immediately look for the ambush location, but made a call to the Hongyan Valley base in country M.
"Hey, Jerry, are you okay at MD?" said Miria, on the other end of the phone, her voice excited.
"Not good!" Pang Jindong sighed and said stupidly: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have called you!"
Just some time ago, Pang Jindong made a little adjustment to the personnel of the Blood Lion Legion, and Nick served as the chief officer of the logistics department, merging the recruitment work into the logistics department, and he was still in charge of it.
Liu Fuyi is still the chief of staff of the General Staff, and Milia is transferred to the commander of the headquarters and the commander of the Hongyan Valley base.
Barney served as the commander of the Theater Command, responsible for managing and commanding the Blood Lion Legion troops hired by the government of Country M to fight in various countries.
There is a difference between Barney's headquarters and Miria's headquarters, with the former having a position below the latter.
The nature of the theater command is a joint command, which is established in the theater of operations, and the scope of responsibility is limited to the theater.
Miria's headquarters is the General Headquarters, directly or indirectly commanding the Blood Lion Legion's forces anywhere in the world.
If the Blood Lion Legion expands its branches in the future, then all branches of the military in the theater need to obey the direct command of the theater command, and except for Pang Jindong, other people or departments cannot arrogantly issue orders to the theater troops.
The Theater Command is under the guidance of the Headquarters, the General Staff and the Logistics Department, and coordinates the various work of the three in the theater, but it is only responsible to Pang Jindong, the supreme commander of the Blood Lion Legion.
At present, the Blood Lion Legion has only established one theater joint command, the Middle East Command, which is responsible for all the affairs of the Blood Lion Legion in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Miria's concurrently serving as the commander of the base belongs to the third command in addition to the General Headquarters and the Theater Command - the Base Command.
The three sets of teams set up by Pang Jindong are the overall operational structure of the Blood Lion Legion, and the Hongyan Valley base is only a cornerstone under this structure.
In other words, the commander of the headquarters is larger than the commander of the Hongyan Valley base, who is at the same level as the theater command.
For Milia, a comrade-in-arms who fought in the jungle with him back then and stood side by side to this day, Pang Jindong, who is the supreme commander of the Blood Lion Legion, has long wanted to arrange a position for her second only to himself.
When she was asked to be the head of the logistics department, the purpose was to train her and allow her to fully learn and master the necessary knowledge and experience.
What makes Pang Jindong feel relieved is that Miria is willing to learn and can do it, she did a good job in the logistics department before, and now she is qualified enough to be the commander.
However, Pang Jindong regretted these arrangements a little at the moment, mainly because he felt that Barney should be left at the Red Rock Valley base, so that he could immediately lead troops to reinforce him.
And now Barney is supervising the war in Iraq, and he has no skills, and none of the other officers who can fight can be transferred.
After years of living together, a tacit understanding has already been formed between the two of them, and when Milia heard Pang Jindong's words, she immediately realized that Pang Jindong was in trouble: "Is there anything I need to do?"
"How many troops are there at the base now that can be immediately put into battle?"
"There are four companies under the Second Regiment!" Milia thought for a moment, and then said in an uncertain tone: "I am working on the formation of the Third Regiment, although there are already three companies in the current establishment, they are all recruits who have just reported on the new army, and the training is far from enough! Let them go to the battlefield now, it is basically equivalent to sending them to death!"
"The Sea Pioneer has completed its scheduled mission and returned to country M, and I order the second regiment to carry all the equipment and sufficient supplies to board the ship immediately!"
"Understood!" Miria nodded, then asked with concern, "Do you know what you're going to do?"
"To put it simply, we have a new customer - the Kokang Republican Army!" After a pause, Pang Jindong added: "I will order the Sea Pioneer to go to the sea off the coast of MD immediately, and after receiving my further orders, forcibly land to support the Kokang Republican Army!"
Milia knew about Pang Jindong's family affairs, so after hearing this, she was quite worried: "In the past, we were underground mercenaries and could be hired by the rebels! But now that we have a public identity and the background of the government of country M, if we openly help the rebels to subvert the regime of a country.......
"Miria, once upon a time, neither of us had any relatives, so we both knew the preciousness of our relatives and the importance of our own relatives!" Pang Jindong interrupted Miria's words and said in an unquestionable tone: "So, no matter what negative impact this decision will have, I will not change my mind, let alone regret it!"
After a moment of silence, Miria said slowly: "No matter what decision you make, I will fully support you!"
"Thank you!"
"But I hope you don't get too optimistic, because you still have a very important problem to solve!"
Pang Jindong smiled bitterly and asked, "You mean to say that there are no officers who can command the battle now, do you?"
"That's right!" Although Pang Jindong had already anticipated the problem, Milia still didn't have a sense of ease: "Those who have the ability to undertake this task now have other tasks on their bodies, and none of them are on standby!"
"What do you have to say?"
"Now it's too late to select officers from among the soldiers! The most direct way is to draw everyone out, the tasks of Barney and Nick are more important, and it's best not to transfer lightly! In contrast, Liu Fuyi and I are quite easy, you can let one of the two of us go!"
"No!" Pang Jindong shook his head and categorically rejected this suggestion: "You are responsible for the operation of the entire Hongyan Valley base, and the Hongyan Valley base is not only responsible for replenishing the source of troops, but also taking on the role of the rear, so you can't leave lightly!"
"What about Liu Fuyi?"
"He can't either!"
Regarding Liu Fuyi's candidate, Pang Jindong's refusal was very simple, but he did not give any sufficient reasons.
This is not because there is really no reason, but because Pang Jindong feels that there is no need to sue Miria for this reason, and Miria may not be able to understand it.
The battle is likely to turn into a full-scale war between the Kokang Republican Army (IRA) and the MD government.
Since Pang Jindong decided to devote himself to it based on his sense of responsibility and national feelings, he must do his best until the winner is decided.
Although the MD government army is poorly equipped, has low standards, and is extremely lacking in combat capability, it is after all a symbol of a sovereign and independent country.
It is especially important that the MD government army is fully mobilized, at least one or two hundred thousand people can be mobilized.
No matter how good the Blood Lion Legion is, the total strength gathered is only more than 2,000 people, and the Kokang Republican Army is only about 3,000 people.
The MD government army has such a huge numerical advantage that it can compensate for any lack in combat effectiveness.
In addition, it must also be taken into account that the MD government army has a favorable geographical position, and there may even be people and people, and they are more familiar with the environment in the MD country than the Blood Lion Legion.
Seeing the division within his uncle's family and the trembling life of the Kokang people in a foreign land, Pang Jindong decided to intervene in Kokang in an instant.
At the same time as making this decision, Pang Jindong made up his mind that when he had to do so, he would use delaying tactics to buy time for the international community to intervene.
Of course, Pang Jindong can't expect the international community to fully lean towards the bold side, but thinking of Anderson, who is making great progress in the general election, Pang Jindong believes that the government of country M will still exert some pressure on the MD government.
As for the attitude of country Z, it is not within the scope of Pang Jindong's consideration at all, because, on the one hand, the government of country Z will not help the Kokang people; on the other hand, the government of country Z has always acted in a way that only talks but does not do anything when solving international problems, so its attitude is unlikely to have much impact on the state of affairs.
In this case, the only thing Pang Jindong can do at the moment is to stimulate the combat effectiveness of the Blood Lion Legion to the maximum, so that they can use one as ten, or even one as a hundred, to gain the necessary time.
And even if the international community does not intervene, or if the attitude deviates from its own expectations, then at least it will not lose too badly.
Pang Jindong's method of stimulating the combat effectiveness of the Blood Lion Legion is nationalism, and the soldiers that the Blood Lion Legion can mobilize now are all Z people and Chinese, and they are connected with the blood of the Kokang people.
Therefore, as long as these people's national feelings are aroused and they understand that they are fighting for the interests of overseas compatriots, Pang Jindong believes that they can exert extraordinary enthusiasm and ability.
Liu Fuyi, a banana man, lacks the necessary sense of national identity, and the way he sees things is very realistic, and he does not consider any feelings or ideals.
If he is really asked to lead the troops, he will neither understand nor fully obey, so I am afraid that the result will be counterproductive, and it is better to hand it over to an authentic foreign officer.
Although Pang Jindong didn't say this reason, Milia didn't ask, but obeyed out of habit.
She thought for a moment, then suddenly put forward a candidate: "What do you think of Isabel?"
"She?"
As soon as he thought of this unprofessional female policeman, Pang Jindong had a headache. Although she knows that she is a military fan and has good enough combat skills, being a soldier is different from being an officer, the latter requires a wealth of military theoretical knowledge, certain practical experience, accurate judgment and necessary decision-making ability.
Whether Isabel has these elements, Pang Jindong is very uncertain. On the contrary, when he thought of her mouth full of "dog mongrel" and impulsive personality, Pang Jindong was worried that she would be worse than Liu Fuyi.
"I know you probably have some prejudices against Isabel......" Miria wanted to laugh when she remembered the scene when Isabel found the Red Rock Valley base on her own and recommended herself. But now after all, she was talking about business, and Miria could only hold back a smile and explain to Pang Jindong: "Isabel's personality may have been a little impulsive in the past, but now it has changed a lot!
Milia has the most contact with Isabel, which is far beyond Pang Jindong, so she must know enough about her.
In addition, Miria's personality is clear between public and private, and she will never make unrealistic praise or denigration of a person out of personal likes and dislikes.
In other words, Miria's evaluation is fair and objective, although Pang Jindong can't believe it, he still accepts this suggestion.
Although Isabel still lacked the necessary experience, there was no better option, even a risky endeavor, when no one was available.
Pang Jindong thought for a long time, and finally said: "Okay, let her lead the troops!" After a pause, Pang Jindong sighed and said worriedly: "I hope she won't let me down, because this time the situation is different, I can't fail!"
"Understood!" Miria laughed intentionally twice, wanting to ease Pang Jindong's nervous feelings, and then added: "If Isabel fails, I will issue a general mobilization order, gather all our people, and then quickly go to support you, you just need to hold on!
"That's the only way!" Sighing again, Pang Jindong said word by word: "Also, I want the third regiment to form combat effectiveness as quickly as possible!"