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After the President gave the order, General Robert summoned several senior staff officers of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to find a way to deliver weapons and equipment to the experimental base.

The first to be proposed was sea transport, that is, the delivery of weapons and equipment to the experimental base through the underwater transport equipment of the Navy SEALs.

As soon as this plan was proposed, it was vetoed by Admiral Robert. Although the undersea tunnel has been blown open, the tunnel is under enemy control, and it is impossible to send weapons and equipment to Colonel Stark through the tunnel. If you land on Manhattan Island, you must pass through the lines set up by the attackers and find the entrance to the experimental base on Manhattan Island. As long as the attackers have a little brain, they will monitor and track the US troops transporting weapons and equipment, find the entrance to the experimental base, open a new breakthrough, and occupy the entire experimental base. Even if the attacker has no brains, he will block the transport force and prevent it from approaching the experimental base. In the absence of backup, the proximity of the US military to the experimental base is almost zero. Given the civilian casualties caused by large-scale fighting, it is even less likely to be adopted by the president.

Because Manhattan Island has been cut off, it can't be shipped by sea or airdropped.

Unfortunately, the risks of this option are also enormous.

The airdrop was so loud that the attackers would certainly be able to spot the dropped war materiel and set up an ambush near the drop site to deal with Colonel Stark's commandos. Because the assault team had to go up to the ground to get the airdrops, it was also possible for the attackers to break into the experimental base.

After the two methods were ruled out, Robert could not think of a better solution.

In his report to the president, the admiral reluctantly mentioned that the only way to help Colonel Stark and hold the "Future Soldier" experimental base was to launch an attack in advance, send troops to Manhattan Island, and occupy the city near the exit of the experimental base.

Because this was the only reliable way, Norris did not object, but did not give the order to act.

At his request, Admiral Robert began to develop a plan for the attack.

In fact, after the incident, Admiral Robert made relevant arrangements. Whether the attackers on Manhattan were terrorists or not, the US authorities were not going to compromise with it. After solving the necessary problems, the US military will definitely go on the offensive and destroy the enemy on the island.

Before that, you have to make a battle plan.

Because this is a large-scale attack on the mainland, and the United States [***] never imagined that someone would be able to occupy Manhattan Island in a few hours, it has never formulated an operational plan for this situation, and the offensive action plan must start from scratch.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Robert made it clear to the president that Congress must be persuaded to allow the regular army to enter the war.

It's not that Robert doesn't believe in the fighting power of the National Guard, but in the face of a well-trained enemy that has to fight in the world's largest cities, the regular army is the best choice and the most capable of the combat mission.

Norris did not object to Robert's suggestion because he had been contacting congressional leaders for a long time.

After leaving the White House, Robert did not stay in Washington, but rushed to New York with dozens of staff officers on a transport plane of the US Air Force.

To make a plan for attack, you must first understand the situation on the island.

Under the circumstance that it is unable to dispatch reconnaissance units and conduct infiltration operations, the only thing that the US military can rely on is reconnaissance satellites in space and reconnaissance planes flying at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters.

After the incident, the US military activated an emergency plan and mobilized dozens of reconnaissance satellites and hundreds of reconnaissance planes.

By the time Robert arrived, Brigadier General Copperfield had already prepared for him.

According to data provided by reconnaissance satellites, the attackers had taken control of the entire island of Manhattan and had driven civilians into buildings for the previous 20 hours. Although some civilians did not willingly follow the arrangement, they did not end well under the powerful blows of the attackers.

To take control of Manhattan Island, the attackers arranged at least twenty patrols.

Relying on the high-resolution battlefield footage provided by the reconnaissance plane, Robert could clearly see that each patrol team had two fully armed armored vehicles and about five combat personnel. Although these armored vehicles converted from civilian Humvee off-road vehicles are vulnerable to the US military, they are definitely very powerful weapons and equipment for the civilians on the island, enough to make the civilians give up resistance.

Because civilians had entered the buildings and the streets were empty, the patrols were moving very fast.

There are no traffic jams, and the patrol has a much higher range of control.

Faced with this situation, Robert came up with the idea of an air strike.

According to his arrangement, after the offensive begins, the US military will first dismantle the attacker's ability to retaliate on a large scale, that is, destroy the attacker's weapons of mass destruction through bombing or other means, and then dispatch fighter jets to carry out precise bombing of patrols on the street with weapons with a range of more than 100 kilometers, so as to minimize civilian casualties. Once the U.S. military has gained control of the battlefield, it will land on Manhattan Island and launch a ground offensive.

There is nothing wrong with this arrangement, and the key is whether the US military has the ability to destroy the weapons of mass destruction in the hands of the attackers in one fell swoop.

There is no difficulty in bombing the Empire State Building, and with the strike capability of the US military, it can even blow up only the top floor without damaging the main structure of the building.

The question is, did the attackers have any other weapons of mass destruction?

Intelligence provided by the CIA has confirmed that the attackers were not terrorists. These guys who dare to place a tactical nuclear warhead on top of the Empire State Building must have the guts to hoard tons of nerve agents, or biological and chemical warfare agents, on the island. If the attackers were allowed to unleash these biological weapons, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Robert didn't think about it because it was a matter for intelligence agencies like the CIA vs. the FBI.

All he had to do was draw up a realistic plan of attack.

To do this, he had to find the attacker's flaws, or weak links.

This little thing did not stump the US military.

Before Robert arrived, U.S. reconnaissance planes and reconnaissance satellites had discovered that the attackers had deployed several lines of defense near Central Park and had not marched to Columbia University in a major manner, but had only arranged some fighters on the north side of the island to monitor the river between Manhattan Island and the Bronx Peninsula.

This situation was immediately taken seriously by Robert.

In his opinion, the attackers must have been short enough to control the entire island of Manhattan, so they had to set up a defensive line in Central Park and abandon the northern part of the island.

For Robot, this is definitely an ideal entry point.

Let the troops face the island from the north and establish a bridgehead, and a large number of main battle equipment can be quickly sent ashore. No matter how powerful the attackers are, they are certainly no match for the US armored forces.

After making up his mind, Robert asked his staff officers to draw up a detailed attack plan based on it.

Although he did not receive direct authorization from the president, the preliminary deployment work was within the scope of the decision-making of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, so Robert directly ordered Copperfield to begin the build-up of troops in the Bronx, and opened up several sites for the regular army to be stationed and prepared in the area closer to Manhattan Island.

At this time, Norris was meeting with several congressional leaders.

Because time was pressed and the regular army had to be involved in combat operations as soon as possible, Norris did not entangle with those few genuine politicians and directly made demands.

In order to "convince" the congressional leader, Norris made it clear that after the attack, the United States was already at war.

That is, Norris demanded wartime power.

Obviously, this request is far beyond what Congress can accept.

Although the congressional leader did not deny Norris's view that the United States must activate the wartime mechanism when the homeland is attacked, why should the president be given wartime power if he does not even know who the enemy is?

You know, if you go to war, the president will have all the powers necessary to win the war.

In this state, Congress will become an ornament until the end of the war.

Norris was also unable to argue with the members of Congress, because legally he lacked one of the necessary conditions to gain wartime power: a declaration of war.

Only after declaring war on a certain country can the United States truly enter a state of war.

And against whom does he declare war without even knowing who the enemy is?

As a result, when discussing the identity of the attackers, Norris left a hand and did not speak thoroughly, telling only the congressmen that the attack on Manhattan was a very powerful group of enemies.

That is, Norris hinted to the congressman that the attackers were most likely terrorists.

Because terrorists do not belong to a country, the president can gain some wartime power without declaring war on another country after a terrorist attack.

More than a decade ago, previous presidents used this method to wage two wars.

In order to gain the support of Congress as soon as possible, Norris also made it clear that if the regular army did not participate in the war, Congress must bear all the consequences of this.

Those congressional leaders are not stupid, and no one can afford to be responsible for such a serious thing.

Finally, the Congressional leader made a concession and promised to pass a temporary bill on the next urgent agenda to pave the way for the regular army to participate in military operations in the country.

After getting what he wanted, Norris finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately informed Robert.

Although he had not yet received political authorization from Congress, Robert knew that time was everything, so after receiving a call from the president, he immediately gave orders to several ace troops in the country.

The first sortie was the aviation brigade of the 101st Air Assault Division.

According to Robot's deployment, the brigade will be stationed on Long Island and dispatch dozens of helicopters to transport combat personnel and combat materials from other units.

This was followed by a Marine Brigade of the 1st Marine Division.

There was no large airfield on Manhattan Island, and all heavy equipment could only be transported by landing craft and landing ships, so marines had to be deployed in advance.

The U.S. military deployed very quickly, but it lacked one of the most important conditions, which was to find out the details of the attackers.

This daunting task fell to the C.I.A., two agents who were mixed in with the Taliban fighters, to be precise.

(To be continued)