Chapter 50: The Government Stops
Under the operation of Traust, the huge public opinion campaign was in full swing.
Following the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Newspaper, and many other large media outlets also published sharply commentators' articles, criticizing the consequences of the war.
Although these reports only enumerate the facts, they do not deliberately state their attitude, and accuse Jonathan of the war launched by the axe as wrong.
But the people are not stupid, looking at a bloody fact, of course, they will think about who caused all this.
The demonstrations gathered in front of the White House and Capitol Hill also intensified, and the Pioneers of Peace organized many marches, no membership dues were paid, and each march was organized by a special person, slogans and food were provided by the Pioneers of Peace, and the number of members balloons ballooned to thousands.
The Pioneers of Peace have joined forces with a number of pacifist organizations to support many peace organizations to march in various states of the country, give speeches, launch signature campaigns, and visit military sanatoriums through complex cost turnover.
At the same time, Traust also contacted some celebrities in the sports and entertainment circles to make various statements advocating peace on Twitter and Facebook, which played a role in fueling the flames.
What's more, in the name of a commercial company, Traust spared no expense to invite A-list stars such as Swift, Rihanna, Justin, Avril Lavigne and other A-list stars to hold a huge charity tour.
For many celebrities, participating in charity tours can not only get a lot of money from Traust, but also gain huge fame and exposure, so it is natural to flock to them.
With the appeal of these stars, entertainment reporters and gossip reporters also flocked to the country, and the most heated discussion in the United States was the charity performance for the dead and wounded of the civil war in the North and Soviet Union.
With such a vigorous and multi-level public opinion campaign, the civil war in the North and Soviet Union suddenly became the hottest topic in the United States.
The pressure on President Jonathan is also increasing.
What made Jonathan even more depressed and vomited blood was that in the next phase of the military operation, the coalition forces attacked North Kordofan, and suffered stubborn snipers.
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On March 31, the day before April Fool's Day, the coalition forces, temporarily resting, launched a military attack on Obaid, the capital of North Kordofan.
It's still the same old routine, missile bombing, fighter precision strikes.
But this time, the war is not one-sided.
In the morning of the same day, the coalition forces fired more than 100 missiles of various kinds at Obaid, as well as surrounding towns and important military targets.
But what is amazing and incredible is that the rebels are also at the tip of the needle, using the Black Mamba missile in their hands to carry out a powerful counterattack.
A total of 29 Black Mamba missiles were fired by the rebels, mainly at coalition bases in Kaivor, Kusti, and Busanha.
Of course, the rebels have no intelligence officers on the ground, no satellite surveillance, and cannot accurately hit the main military targets of the coalition forces, so they can only bomb the coalition bases inside the towns......
Although the surname of such a bombing target is not high, it is impossible to withstand the fact that it is a full 30 cruise missiles.
Although it is not a special sub-warhead, the power of a high-explosive warhead, once it explodes, it will be leveled in a radius of 100 meters.
The coalition forces expected that the rebels in North Kordofan would launch Black Mamba cruise missiles, but they knew too little about Black Mamba, and they had advanced radar and anti-aircraft missiles, so they could not effectively intercept Black Mamba missiles.
The fighter and helicopter that took off suffered a heavy blow, and around Obaid, a number of experimental Type 1 radars intertwined a tight air defense network, although there were no anti-aircraft missiles to intercept missiles, but fighters and helicopters became targets for anti-aircraft guns and automatic grenade launchers.
The rebels are also well educated, many ground military targets are false and fake, and the real main radar stations, anti-aircraft artillery base stations, are hidden, waiting to deal a heavy blow to the coalition forces.
The staggering battle losses made the coalition forces abandon the offensive of the ground forces.
According to post-war statistics, although the rebels suffered nearly 1,000 casualties and many important military targets were destroyed, the casualties of the coalition forces also shocked the world.
Nine fighters were shot down, six helicopters were destroyed, and the losses in one day were almost as great as the losses from the beginning of the war to the present day.
And the losses of combat personnel have reached an outrageous level.
According to preliminary statistics, under the attack of the Black Mamba cruise missile, there were more than 80 casualties of varying degrees, but the number of casualties exceeded 100, reaching 119.
The miscalculation of the Black Mamba missile, and the misperception of the rebels' change of tactics, caused such astonishing losses.
More than 100 people and more than a dozen planes were killed in one day, which is probably the biggest loss of the Mi army in one day since the beginning of modern warfare.
While world public opinion was in an uproar, the discontent in the United States was also ignited in an instant.
It is reported that on April 1, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of the White House to protest President Jonathan's misguided strategy.
And the major media and newspapers were even more shocked by this loss, and all the accusations were thrown at the incumbent political axe.
For Jonathan, who is inside the White House, he really hopes that this is all an April Fool's joke.
In the president's office, Jonathan was visibly emaciated.
There was a lot of accusations from the outside world, but Jonathan didn't dare to make any remarks easily, and now he was speechless, and there was a feeling that the yellow mud fell in the crotch of his pants, and it was not but was.
Several cabinet members present also looked at each other and felt the wordless pressure.
Jonathan still managed to regain his composure and looked at his most trusted national security adviser Cheney: "Cheney, do you think we can consider retiring now?" ”
"Retirement?"
Before Cheney could speak, Secretary of Defense Higgins on the other side had already screamed strangely, and hurriedly said: "Jonathan, if we withdraw now, it will be an admission to the outside world that we have lost the war." We have the most powerful military in the world, and although we will pay a certain price, but withdraw our troops and admit defeat? Never. ”
Higgins also strongly supports this war, from the overall strategic point of view, there are two huge benefits to launching this war, one is to contain that damn nuclear weapons madman Yang Tian, and the second is to go all out to enter Africa and build an African base.
China has a multifaceted layout in Africa, and of course the United States is not far behind, and intervening in the civil war in the North Soviet Union is the best way to rearrange Africa.
Look at Africa, Libya's Uncle Ka has died, and there are a bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals left, whoever makes the layout first will be able to occupy greater interests in the future.
Africa's huge undiscovered resources and geographical advantages are what the country urgently needs.
Huaguo has long seen through this, so he has made unremitting efforts to fund those small countries in Africa, and the United States has slowed down Huaguo, and now he finally has a God-given opportunity, of course, he can't let it go.
Cheney, who was interjected on the other side, of course he also knew that if he withdrew now, it would be a huge blow to the reputation of the United States, and it was necessary to lay out Africa.
As Jonathan's confidant, Cheney could not afford not to consider political interests. Jonathan's re-election is hopeless, but it can't tarnish Jonathan's political career.
Think about it, when Jonathan was in office, he waged a terrible war and failed, so Jonathan's political career is over.
So Cheney felt that the only way to do this was to continue the war and win, even if it was a pyrrhic victory.
At least it would save Jonathan's political career.
Thinking of this, Cheney looked to the other side, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Department of Defense. Xi, five-star Admiral Pannikai: "Admiral, can you tell me how this war will be fought in order to win?" ”
Pannikai also has another identity, that is, Jonathan's special military adviser to the president, and he is also strongly in favor of the launch of this war.
Without any hesitation, Pennikai said: "Invest more soldiers, give greater equipment support, although the rebels have the weapons support of the ABC group, but I believe that they will not be able to fight a protracted war, nor can they compete with our weapons and equipment, if there is the full support of Congress, I dare to assert that in less than two months, the battle on the frontal battlefield can be ended." ”
Everyone was silent, although they were not military experts, they could also see that as long as the Mi army was willing to do its best, not to mention the rebel armies in a few states, it was the entire North Soviet Union, and it was not the opponent of the Mi army.
But the question is, what about military spending?
Even Jonathan himself was not ready to wage a large-scale war similar to the Iraq War in the North Soviet Union.
A war in Iraq, with trillions of military spending, is a powerful country, and it will also break its bones.
Jonathan, who was silent, opened his mouth and said, "Push a bill in Congress to increase military spending." ”
He didn't say much, but the meaning was clear, and apparently Jonathan also realized that he could not let this war become a huge stain on his political career.
Then we must succeed and increase investment.
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The slightest change in Congress soon reached Traust's ears through Adams's mouth.
In the midst of the nation's condemnation and accusations, Jonathan also wanted to increase military spending on the war in the North Soviet Union, which was simply perverse and against the people.
There was a huge public opinion momentum in the early stage, and Traust felt that it was time to make a move.
Adams is the same idea, and this time, the Republicans will definitely surprise Jonathan.
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In front of the Capitol, reporters gathered and reporters from all over the world received news that President Jonathan, despite the opposition of the people of the whole country, had submitted a proposal to Congress to increase military spending and wanted to expand the scale of the war in the North Soviet Union.
And today, April 6, is the date for the vote in Congress.
In the CNN live room, military critic Nielsen still made his attitude clear.
"I can assert that this time the proposal will definitely pass, and in the Senate, the ** party has a majority, and they will definitely support President Jonathan's proposal, because for them, it is an unbeatable war."
Nelson's unequivocal commentators have promised to kiss the ass of a donkey if the outcome is not right.
And in the midst of this lively discussion, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the voting results were immediately transmitted to the world through the media.
In the studio, Nelson, who had received the confirmation of the news, had his nose almost cocked to the sky, his face full of pride and pride.
As he asserted, the party that controls the Senate dominated the vote this time, and the bill to increase military spending passed without surprise.
Faced with this result, Jonathan and others were naturally overjoyed, and they had already set their sights on launching a larger-scale military operation.
However, the next day, a bill in the House of Representatives stabbed Jonathan fiercely, making him feel cold to the end.
The House of Representatives will vote to introduce a bill against Jonathan's endless military spending on the North Soviet Civil War.
Once this bill passes, the result will be intolerable to Jonathan, and the political axe will be suspended! (To be continued.) )