Chapter 566: Targeted Strike
At the Urumqi rear headquarters, Lian Chaoyang hung up the call with Jiang Hao, and quickly convened all the commanders to hold a brief meeting. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Okay, now it's important to ask you to come over and discuss with you. Comrade Jiang Hao, commander of the Afghan front, has just asked our command to dispatch the air force to support the front line, and has asked the first and second divisions of the air force to carry out targeted strikes, and has sent over the coordinates of all the targets that need to be targeted. But among these coordinates, I found a problem, and one of the coordinates is here!" Lian Chaoyang pointed to a location on the electronic map.
"Now everyone knows why everyone is here at this time. This location on the map is the urban location of Baghlan, Afghanistan, Jiang Hao asked us to let the air force carry out a targeted attack on this place, because this is the temporary headquarters of the Afghan government army in Baghlan, so Jiang Hao wants the air force to carry out a decapitation operation. ”
"On another point, if we agree to Comrade Jiang Hao's request and let the air force carry out a targeted strike on this place, it will easily cause civilian casualties. Civilian casualties, this is no small matter. When the time comes, international public opinion will push our republic to the forefront, so I have discussed it with you, and this is not something that I can decide alone. Now let's talk about whether we agree or disagree with Comrade Jiang Hao's request. After Lian Chaoyang finished speaking, he looked at the others and waited for the others' answers.
"Chief, I think we can fully agree to Comrade Jiang Hao's request. Where there will be immortals in war, not to mention that it is only possible to cause civilian casualties, and it may not necessarily actually cause civilian casualties. Moreover, once their headquarters is eliminated, the rest of the battle will be much easier, and we will be able to reduce many casualties. ”
Li Aiguo broke the silence in the command headquarters, regardless of whether others support Jiang Hao or not, anyway, Li Aiguo, as a member of his own family, must support Jiang Hao. If your family doesn't support it, who else can you count on to support it? Jiang Hao's performance on the battlefield during this period of time is obvious to all, and no one can deny Jiang Hao's excellence. In addition, Jiang Hao is also from the Southeast Military Region, and as the commander of the Southeast Military Region, Li Aiguo must support Jiang Hao's request.
"Chief, if we really support Comrade Jiang Hao's request for support, then in case of unforeseen consequences, this is not something that our people can afford. This time our Republic sent troops to Afghanistan to set off an international uproar, and the eyes of the whole world are now focused on the Afghan battlefield. Any inconspicuous thing on the battlefield in Afghanistan will be infinitely magnified in the eyes of some hostile countries. If this targeted strike really causes civilian casualties, I estimate that the international community will turn upside down, so it is better for us to be cautious. "The words of Cheng Jun, political commissar of the Northwest Military Region, are also very reasonable, and what Cheng Jun said is a difficult problem in front of everyone.
"I don't agree with what Cheng said about the commissar, casualties are inevitable in wartime, and if we give up such a good opportunity for beheading because of this little possible civilian casualties, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of casualties to the attacking troops on the front line. I think it's better to have civilians in Afghanistan killed and wounded than our own fighters. ”
Li Aiguo looked at Qu Feng in surprise, he never expected that Qu Feng would agree to Jiang Hao's request for air support for fixed-point strikes. Other people are also very surprised by the Qu Feng, and everyone here knows about the incompatibility between the Qu Feng and Jiang Hao, but they are all old fritters, and there are no other changes on their faces. However, Li Aiguo quickly figured out the joints, Qu Feng was not helping Jiang Hao at all, and the deeper meaning was probably worth seeking. Qu Feng seems to be helping Jiang Hao speak, but in fact, Qu Feng is also trying to fight Jiang Hao. If it really causes civilian casualties and causes an international uproar, Jiang Hao, the person who made this request, will probably bear the brunt of it. However, Qu Feng was wrong about this, no matter what kind of thing Jiang Hao did, as long as he did not commit treason, Jiang Hao would be carried by the above, so Qu Feng's plan was destined to fail.
"I agree with Commander Lee's words that war will inevitably have casualties, whether it is soldiers or civilians, it is inevitable. We can't afford to give up on the offensive because of casualties. Moreover, there were many civilian casualties during street fighting in Kashgar. In my opinion, as long as the war can be won, some casualties can still be bearable. "Tu Yushan, commander of the Northwest Military Region, as a person who has participated in the Southern Xinjiang Campaign, civilian casualties are not a big matter, and there is no need to talk about it. The rest of the people in the command agreed to Jiang Hao's request, and these were some relatively old people who had basically experienced war. There are also people who disagree with Jiang Hao's request, these are generally relatively young people, and they still have to think about it for the future.
"Let's raise our hands to vote! If you agree to Comrade Jiang Hao's request, please raise your hand!" Looking at the people who are fighting back and forth, even Chaoyang has to use this method to choose, anyway, no matter what the result is, even Chaoyang has decided, if something happens, he will bear it even Chaoyang. The people in the command room raised their hands one after another to make their positions clear, and the final result was that a large part of the people who agreed, and even Chaoyang himself agreed with Jiang Hao's request, so the matter was settled. A large part of the reason why many people agreed to Jiang Hao's request was because of Jiang Hao's performance since the start of the war, otherwise who would have taken such a big risk to agree to Jiang Hao's request.
"Comrade Jiang Hao, I'm Lian Chaoyang!" The communications corps connected to the front-line command headquarters.
"Hello chief, I'm Jiang Hao!" Jiang Hao has been guarding in front of the intercom.
"Command agreed to your request, do you have any other requests?"
"Report chief, no more!"
"We're taking a big risk by doing this, so you have to make sure you win the war!"
"Rest assured, the chief guarantees to complete the task!"
"Well, in twenty-eight minutes, the 1st and 2nd Air Divisions will be in the air, and you get your troops ready to attack at any time. ”
"Yes, chief!" Jiang Hao quickly gave the battle order after putting down the communicator.
"Order the front-line troops to be ready to attack at any time!"
"Yes!" (To be continued.) )