Chapter 086, the repeated national army
Sitting in the command center, Anthony looked lost, and the staff officer kept reporting the situation, and he couldn't listen anymore.
Failure, he suffered the biggest failure of his life, perhaps also the defeat of the United States, this unjust war, this war launched with the interference of domestic corporations, which eventually led to the possible collapse of the entire United States, and perhaps one day in the future, the United States will usher in the greatest crisis since the founding of the country.
Anthony didn't want to think about these things, he suddenly stood up, glanced at the people around him with a sharp gaze, and then said, "Surrender!" ”
As soon as these two words came out, the command center full of tension calmed down for a moment, everyone's faces were full of surprise, and finally they showed great unwillingness, and their paused movements seemed to stand still in time, until the chief of staff said seriously: "Sir, what did you just say?" ”
"Surrender!" Anthony gritted his teeth and repeated, "This is not our failure, but the failure of national policy, if we don't fight this damn war, if we don't interfere in this country, maybe there will be no defeat today, so it's not that we didn't do our best, but justice is not on our side." ”
While Anthony was comforting everyone, the entire command center felt a deep sense of loss.
After the tension, they didn't know what to do next, the armored brigade of the Prophet Army had already broken through to their restricted area, the sound of grunting artillery fire and the sound of counterattacks were connected, while the mountain division and the airborne division found nothing, the artillery group of the Prophet Army had already poured all the artillery fire, quickly withdrew and hid.
When the planes and the men of the two divisions rushed back, they were no longer able to face the present situation, and the Prophet Army attacked the vicinity of Bagram Air Base with great speed.
Seeing that the artillery fire was about to pour down again, suddenly the whole battlefield was calm, and when everyone thought it would be the eve of the storm, a standard American English speech suddenly appeared in their communication: "Lay down your weapons, accept surrender, if you dare to resist, Bagram Air Force Base will be your graveyard." ”
The voices were young, even a little bit of Tex, but they could hear it clearly, the victor's declaration.
The staff officer in charge of intelligence finally understood why their information could not be sent, because the Prophet Army had long mastered their data link and intelligence link, and the Prophet Army knew exactly what they were doing, and I am afraid that it was thanks to the Afghan National Army they had trained, if it weren't for their leaks, maybe the US military would not have fallen into the current situation.
After hearing this, Anthony gave the order again: "Notify all planes by radio to land at the airfield and surrender to the Prophet Army." ”
"Why? We also have two bases where we can fly planes. At this moment, one of the staff officers was puzzled, he was very unwilling.
"Even we haven't stopped the Prophet Army, how long do you think those two bases that are constantly being attacked by terrorist groups will be able to hold out?" Anthony said weakly, "Surrender, and the losses they suffer will be minimized." ”
"Then why don't we surrender to the Afghan National Army, you must know that the prophet of the Prophet Army is a butcher, and you don't know how they deal with the US troops in Iraq." Another staff officer said.
Anthony shook his head: "We only surrender to the truly strong, do you grovel in front of those you have trained with your own hands?" ”
Everyone was silent, and for the next half hour, they didn't do anything to burn the data or destroy the equipment, because the data and intelligence that should have been obtained, the Prophet Army had already gotten it, and it was useless to burn these things.
When Abdul-Jabbar and Clark met at Bagram Air Force Base, both of them showed relieved expressions, for two days, they fought very hard, they did not dare to close their eyes for a second, no one wanted to rest, for fear that once they fell asleep, they would not be able to wake up, and today, they finally succeeded.
Abdul-Jabbar walked to the command center and was a little surprised when he saw what was going on inside, but quickly recovered, and Clark said, "Which of you is General Anthony?" ”
"Me." Decadent Anthony stood up, "You're the commander of this force?" ”
He glanced at it and realized that only Clark was the oldest, so he thought Clark was the commander, but Clark shook his head and said, "He's the one!" ”
For a moment, the people in the entire command center were dumbfounded, this person in military uniform, only with the rank of captain, and so young, looked like he was just an adjutant, how could it be a commander?
Anthony didn't believe it at first, but when he saw the firmness in Abdul-Jabbar's eyes, he believed it: "I didn't lose unjustly, if it were me, I might not have done as well as you, you are a respectable young man." ”
The Americans in the command center were all dumbfounded, General Anthony rarely praised people, in his eyes, except for Natasha, the supreme commander of the US forces in Iraq, there are few people with tactical talent in the whole United States, and even people like Taylor, in Anthony's eyes, are just stupid.
"You also deserve respect, although your command skills are not very good, but you are a good commander." Abdul-Jabbar contradicted himself.
Anthony was stunned, but smiled helplessly, everyone thought that Abdul-Jabbar was proud, but in fact it was not, because the meaning of Abdul-Jabbar's words was very simple, Anthony was not a genius in command, which Anthony himself admitted, after all, the tactics of the US military now have basically formed a routine, and the US military with advanced equipment only needs to use their weapons in accordance with this routine to achieve the goal of winning the war.
Therefore, the US military, which is overly dependent on weapons, actually does not have too many generals, but their advantage lies in their strong national strength, advanced science and technology, and more advanced weapons.
But a good commander must not only have the ability to give the order to attack, but also have the city government to give the order to surrender.
Abdul-Jabbar does not think that it is a kind of bravery to give the order to attack when he knows that he will be defeated, on the contrary, no matter how strong his command ability is, he does not know how to forbear and retreat in that situation, and save the lives of his soldiers, that kind of commander is not a good commander, and can only be regarded as stupid at best.
So, even if the two sides are on different camps, Abdul-Jabbar thinks that Anthony is a good commander, a good general.
Just like Canglong has always indulged Natasha, knowing that she will lose, so everything Natasha does is to protect her subordinates, the most important thing as a commander is not to let his soldiers win on the battlefield, on the contrary, the commander who can bring the soldiers home and see their wives and sons is the real best commander, whether they win on the battlefield or not.
And for the concept of sacrifice, Abdul-Jabbar also has its own definition, depending on whether the soldier is willing to sacrifice, just like the Prophet Army, under the leadership of Black Impermanence, the former Heavy Division of the Second Army faced the 20,000-strong US First Armored Division, but it did not take a step back.
It's not because Black Impermanence gives orders on the battlefield, everyone who retreats and shoots him, and it's not because Black Impermanence says how many dollars he will be rewarded for killing a U.S. soldier.
None of this is this, what really makes the soldiers of the Prophet Army fearless of death is behind them, that is, the homeland they have worked so hard to build, they take a step back, and the guns of the US army will be pointed at their wives and children, so they would rather sacrifice, rather rush to the guns of the US army, and never take a step back.
This is what Abdul-Jabbar thinks is the real sacrifice, so in his eyes, Black Impermanence is a famous general, a status that even a prophet cannot surpass.
And the Central Garrison Armored Division led by him also shoulders such a mission, they must open up Afghanistan as a communication artery, so that the new Iraq can survive the attack of the multinational force, so that they can win real freedom and independence, and get the Iraq that belongs to the Iraqis.
To this end, they marched for two days and two nights without sleep, capturing one US military base after another, but rushing to another without stopping, and not being able to sleep under this kind of plateau is worse than not being able to sleep in the desert.
Jabbar knew that many of his men were dying of exhaustion from the lack of oxygen on the march, but none of them complained about retreating, because they had a mission, the mission of freedom and independence for the 80 million new Iraqis, and as long as they could do that, it was worth dying.
With Anthony's cooperation, the Prophet Army began to accept the surrender of the American army, from the famous 10th Mountain Division to the 101st Airborne Division, nearly 50,000 people were captured, and more than 100 advanced aircraft of various kinds were sealed in the hangar at Bagram Air Base.
When Abdul-Jabbar sat in the command center, he had a feeling of wanting to sleep, but he knew that he couldn't sleep because his soldiers hadn't slept either, Afghanistan hadn't all fallen into their hands, and there were two US military bases that he needed to capture, although it wasn't a tough battle, he was still very cautious to face it.
His modest experience had taught him that he could not underestimate any enemy, not even the victory he was about to achieve.
So, in his tiredness, he gave almost dozens of orders, and if it weren't for his youth and energy, he would definitely not be able to stand it.
But before I thought about the burden on my body, all the tiredness disappeared again.
"Chief, the people of the National Army are here, and they say that they are going to take over Bagram Air Base!" Just as he squinted slightly, suddenly the voice of the staff officer came.
Abdul-Jabbar immediately cheered up, but asked, "What about Clark?" ”
"The colonel has already taken people to the US military base in Jalalabad." The staff officer said.
"Oh." Abdul-Jabbar nodded, but thought of something else, "What did you just say?" ”
Looking at the tiredness on Abdul-Jabbar's young face, the staff officer was a little unbearable, in fact, it was not easy to do this at such a young age, even they had only honed it in a long-term war, but this young chief was different.
But despite this, the staff officer did not persuade anything, because in this army, everyone has everyone's responsibility, so he repeated what he had just said.
After hearing this, Jabbar's face was gloomy: "Did they take away all the weapons we captured before?" ”
"Yes, they also wounded our garrison." The staff officer said angrily, "There are many advanced fighters in Bagram Air Base, and the geographical location is also very important, if we have this place as a forward position, it will play a huge role in defending the entire Afghan railway transportation line in the future." ”
"Let's go, go out and have a look." Abdul-Jabbar nodded, then stood up