Shi Zhiliang and Ding Zhennan had just finished breakfast, and the confidential staff officer sent the appointment letter signed by the first assistant.

In fact, Ding Zhennan and Shi Zhiliang both didn't sleep all night.

Yesterday evening, in fact, in the afternoon, after receiving the Van Roe Prime Minister Digara?? After the news of Gabala's assassination, Ding Zhennan came to find Shi Zhiliang.

It's just that I didn't wait for any other news for a night.

It's not that there is no news.

For example, last night local time, the capital guard of Van Luo Kingdom declared martial law in the whole city, not only strictly prohibiting outdoor activities at night, but also prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving the capital. In order to enforce martial law, the garrison took control of the airport and railway station and blocked all roads.

That's why it's a matter of a few hours and takes time to complete the deployment.

After that, there was a whole night of unrest, or riots.

It's just that I haven't received any news related to Tigara.

Is this guy who was supposed to be the leader of the country in the future on the day he was born dead?

Ding Zhennan and Shi Zhiliang both felt that it was not a good thing for the authorities of Fanluo to deliberately block the news.

To put it bluntly, if Tigara is safe and sound, he should immediately stand up to stabilize the situation and mobilize forces loyal to him to track down the killer.

The key is, in fact, to stabilize the domestic order.

As long as he is alive, even if he is unable to continue to perform his duties as prime minister, those who have bad intentions will retreat and the situation will be brought under control.

On the contrary, if he hides, there may be turmoil in the kingdom of Brahman.

In fact, Tigala is not the kind of death-fearing ghost who hides when he encounters danger.

It is precisely because of this that Ding Zhennan feels that even if Tigara is not dead, he is afraid that he will not be lightly injured, and he may not be out of danger yet, and he may die at any time.

The authorities did not release information because they feared that the situation would get out of control.

If Tigara's fate is indeed hanging by a thread, it will take time to determine the next prime minister.

If you don't do it well, civil strife will break out when a new prime minister is elected.

As for the appointment letter of the first assistant, Ding Zhennan did not pay much attention to it, or it was expected by him.

Prior to this, it had been determined that Ding Zhennan would command the combat operations on the side of Poshawan, and Shi Zhiliang was only the nominal commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. After the coalition forces invaded Baghdad, Shi Qiliang would return to the Northwest Theater and serve as the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in that direction.

It's not that there are no other generals in the Imperial Army, but there is no one who knows the Northwest Theater better than Shi Zhiliang.

In addition, Shi Zhiliang's influence in the local area is also incomparable to other generals.

Not to mention anything else, but in the minds of the East Luosha soldiers, Shi Zhiliang has an irreplaceable position, because in the past few years, the imperial army under the command of Shi Zhiliang has suffered a crushing defeat in the joint exercises, and has suffered enough.

In the Dongluosha army, from the general downward, everyone regards Shi Zhiliang as today's god of war, and his influence is comparable to that of Lian Xusheng back then.

Interestingly, on the contrary, few Dongluosha soldiers knew Ding Zhennan.

It has to do with the propaganda that in the past few years, young officers like Mr. Ding have rarely been seen and have been largely behind the scenes.

Let Shi Zhiliang pass, mainly to stabilize the battle situation.

When the situation in the Southern Subcontinent became unpredictable, only Ding Zhennan was able to go over and put out the fire.

On the side of Poshawan, after all, Shi Zhiliang was in charge, and Ding Zhennan only commanded the battle as an operational staff officer, and there was no problem that his rank was not high enough.

If you go to the Southern Subcontinent and have to be on your own, it's different.

Of course, the promotion order was sent at this time, and the major came to a triple jump, bypassing the lieutenant colonel and colonel, and was directly promoted to brigadier general, which is enough to prove that the situation on the southern subcontinent must be very unoptimistic, and Van Luo may send troops to attack Pakistan at any time.

If this is the case, combat operations on this side of Posha Bay will have to be accelerated.

Taking advantage of Ding Zhennan's call back, Shi Zhiliang made a few calls.

However, there was only a few minutes of delay.

"I asked clearly, and it was still arranged as before, and when the coalition forces defeated Bagh X, I would go to the Northwest Theater of Operations." Shi Zhiliang didn't waste time, he was originally that kind of vigorous and resolute style. "The situation on the southern subcontinent is really tense, and it could start at any time. However, there is also good news, the Air Force has begun to strengthen its military deployment in Fanyanyang, and will send more than 100 additional bombers to the Diego base within three days. ”

Ding Zhennan's brows jumped a few times quickly.

Although Shi Zhiliang said that it was good news, Ding Zhennan felt that this was not good news, because it showed that war on the other side of the southern subcontinent was inevitable.

When the fight starts, what can more than a hundred bombers do?

A full-scale war facing the southern subcontinent is almost a global war, and a hundred bombers are not even a drop in the bucket!

"Until the fight starts over there, these bombers will be deployed by us, that is, to participate in the combat operation against Ira X."

After Shi Zhiliang said this, Ding Zhennan came back to his senses and asked, "How much time do we have?" ”

"I can't say for sure, but I don't think there's much time."

Ding Zhennan thought for a moment before saying, "In this case, we have to hurry up." I'll go to the front line and see if I can speed up the attack. ”

"Okay, but stay safe."

Ding Zhennan didn't say anything more, and after saying goodbye to Shi Yuliang, he went directly to the airport.

Of course, the airport is in the base, and it only takes about ten minutes by car.

If anything, the current King Khalid Military City is more like a city than a military base.

After the massive arrival of the coalition forces, the garrison of King Khalid reached 300,000, about the size of a medium-sized city.

In order to accommodate the coalition forces, the Saudi army also opened several large military camps in the surrounding area.

And, of course, there are supporting service facilities.

In any case, feeding hundreds of thousands of soldiers is a hassle in itself, not to mention that about 150,000 of them are from oil-producing countries.

In these armies, almost all the high-ranking officers, as well as most of the junior officers, have royal status.

In the royal army of Saudi Arabia alone, there are almost 1,000 princes!

Obviously, these members of the royal family are not very good at fighting, but they attach great importance to the quality of life.

In Shi Zhiliang's words, the army of the "princes" of these oil-producing countries has turned the entire base into a miasma, and it does not look like a military camp at all.

In order to enhance mutual understanding and liven up the atmosphere, there are social activities almost every day.

Yesterday, for example, there was a camel race, and the fastest camel won a gold medal made of pure gold on the side of the Saudi Crown Prince's prize, weighing 1 kilogram.

If you don't understand, you will think that the royal family members of oil-producing countries are having a party here.

Fortunately, the core area of the combat mission has not been affected.

As for the plane, it's still that "Attack-2EG".

Although it is a battlefield observation aircraft, its main mission is to serve artillery and tactical attack aircraft, but in many cases, it is more like a small special aircraft of senior staff officers.

In fact, during the last war, the Imperial Army had many similar small transport planes, which were specially designed to transport staff officers and communications officers.

Even though helicopters are available, in many cases, staff officers prefer to use fixed-wing aircraft with a longer range.

Before noon, Ding Zhennan arrived at the front headquarters on the outskirts of Basra.

The battle for the siege of Bus X is still ongoing.

From the 21st, the siege has entered the fourth day.

Although the 5th Marine Division invested all its forces, several brigades took turns to fight, and on the afternoon of the 23rd, the armored brigade of the Goju Kingdom was also put into battle, and the total strength of the siege force exceeded 30,000, but the advance speed was still very slow, and it suffered a lot of losses.

After three days of fighting, half of the city is still in the hands of the Iraqi army.

It's not that the attacking forces are ineffective, or that the Iraqi army is very capable of fighting, but that urban warfare itself is difficult to fight, or it is destined not to be fast.

This time, it was Liu Zunshan who came to the airport to pick up Ding Zhennan.

His armored battalion rested in the rear and was stationed near the airfield, juggling the task of guarding the airfield.

On the way to the front-line headquarters, Liu Zunshan gave a general introduction to the situation of the engagement.

There was a key reason why the battle was fought so hard, there was an infantry division of the Republican Guard in the defending army, and the commander was Hussein's eldest son Kusa.

To add insult to injury, Kusa issued a death order forbidding civilians to leave Bus X.

As a result, the 1.5 million inhabitants of Bus X were held hostage!

In the past few days, the most serious challenge faced by the attacking forces has been the evacuation of civilians from the fighting areas and the provision of necessary humanitarian assistance.

In Liu Zunshan's words, more than half of the officers and soldiers are protecting civilians.

If it weren't for the civilian restraints, the coalition forces would have taken down bus X long ago.

Unfortunately, there is no way to solve this problem.

Even with the all-out efforts, the coalition forces had evacuated less than 500,000 civilians before, and most of them remained in coalition-controlled urban areas.

With the logistical support capabilities of the coalition forces, there is simply no way to accommodate so many homeless refugees.

What's more, there are still millions of civilians in the city.

All things considered, settling these war refugees would be enough for the coalition forces to work for a long time.

The front-line headquarters is on the outskirts, not far from the airport, and it is only a few minutes away by car.

At the headquarters, from Major General Hou Chensheng of the 5th Marine Division, Ding Zhennan received the same feedback, and it took too much time to settle the civilians.

Also, the 5th Marine Division is not out of the blue.

For example, a few days ago, Hou Chensheng sent several reconnaissance teams deep into the actual control area of the Iraqi army to find the command post of the Iraqi army.

Of course, to be precise, look for Kusa.

According to Hou Chensheng's meaning, if the command center of the Iraqi army can be destroyed, such as killing Kusa, the Iraqi army can be defeated or forced to surrender.

Unfortunately, the reconnaissance team sent out did not find Cusa, but suffered heavy casualties.

Of course, Hou Chensheng did not give up.

In the early hours of the morning, three reconnaissance teams entered the area under the control of the Iraqi army.

"We have made arrangements so that a heavy artillery battery deployed outside the city will be able to fire within five minutes as soon as we receive a message from the reconnaissance team." Hou Chensheng paused slightly, and then said: "If you need it, you can also call for support, and HNA's attack planes can arrive within 15 minutes." ”

Ding Zhennan nodded, indicating that he understood what the major general meant.

Capturing the thief and capturing the king and killing the supreme commander of the Iraqi army is indeed a method, but it is very difficult to implement, and there is still great uncertainty.

"As long as we can take out Kusa, we will ......"

"Gotta do it another way."

After Ding Zhennan spoke, Hou Chensheng immediately tightened his brows.

"Kusa must be on guard, and he may not be able to find him according to the usual routine." Ding Zhennan rubbed his forehead vigorously. "Since I can't find it, I won't look for it."

"This ......"

"I'll give you three days," Ding Zhennan glanced at Hou Chensheng, "make adequate preparations to ensure that you can accommodate and treat enough refugees and wounded." ”

Hou Chensheng didn't say anything, but his expression was not good-looking at all.

"Later, we will use broadcasting, dropping leaflets, and other methods to launch psychological warfare to get the Iraqi military and civilians in the city to evacuate as soon as possible."

"There will be no noticeable effect." Liu Zunshan continued.

Ding Zhennan ignored it and continued: "From the early morning of the 27th, indiscriminate bombing was carried out, and the first round of bombing operations was undertaken by the Air Force. ”

"Strategic bombers?"

Ding Zhennan nodded, indicating that it was to arrange bombers to carry out bombing missions.

"The key is to make it clear in the propaganda that the coalition no longer distinguishes between military and civilians after the bombing campaign begins."

"This ......" Hou Chensheng was obviously a little worried.

"This is just propaganda, and the purpose of propaganda is to get the civilians in the city to evacuate as soon as possible, and it is even more important to startle the snakes."

"Picking up grass and beating rabbits?" Liu Zunshan reacted.

Ding Zhennan nodded again, and at the same time turned his gaze to Hou Chensheng.

"To be effective, I would recommend scheduling the bombing operation after dawn and using unguided bombs to drop bombs over the city." Hou Chensheng let out a long breath and said, "As long as you can destroy the enemy's morale, maybe you can take down Bus X in a few days." ”

"Then it will be scheduled for the morning of the 27th." Ding Zhennan didn't bother, after all, Hou Chensheng was a front-line commander and knew the battlefield situation better.

"With the current situation, it won't work for 3 days. A makeshift camp near the airport is enough for one day. Even if you count the other preparations, it only takes 2 days. Liu Zunshan said at this time: "In this case, you can launch a bombing on the 26th." ”

"It takes 2 days to print the flyer."

Liu Zunshan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly.

He only thinks about combat operations, forgetting that propaganda also takes time.

"I don't care what you do, the next step is to take down Bus X before the end of the month, at least to end the large-scale combat operation here."

"Do you need us to take part in the combat operation against Bagh X?"

Ding Zhennan glanced at Hou Chensheng before saying, "Let's get off the bus X first, there will naturally be arrangements at that time, and you don't have to think about it." ”

Liu Zunshan originally wanted to ask more, but Ding Zhennan said this, and he didn't dwell on this issue anymore.

Hou Chensheng also heard it, so he didn't ask any more.

Whether or not to arrange for the 5th Marine Division to attack Bus X is a matter for the coalition command, and no matter what, it will not be the turn of the major general division commander to come to the east and west.

Besides, Hou Chensheng is not qualified to criticize Ding Zhennan.

After asking some other questions, Ding Zhennan, accompanied by Liu Zunshan, left the headquarters and returned to the barracks located outside the airport.

According to Ding Zhennan's meaning, he will remain in the front command until Basra is defeated.