Chapter 445:

In Syria, the rebels are at a disadvantage in the defense of the Western Front, the opposition's occupation is still shrinking, the revolution is at a low ebb, and a victory is urgently needed to stabilize people's hearts.

The Hama counterattack came into being, which is one of the reasons why the Qashhush battalion resisted in the small town of Sulan, but unfortunately, the free army is not naturally good at positional warfare, and positional warfare with regular armies such as the government army is tantamount to a short attack and a long one, which is a mantis arm as a vehicle is not self-sufficient.

Of course, this is also the reason why Captain Andal is entangled, the defeat of the battle is to pay political responsibility, and the ambitious he underestimated the difficulty of the battle, and now he has to swallow this bitter fruit.

However, just as Andal had made up his mind and was about to order the entire battalion to retreat, an observer suddenly ran in and reported loudly: "Government troops have withdrawn, all fronts are retreating, and the town of Suran is being evacuated." ”

This shout made the entire command room confused, what the hell are the government troops doing?

Obviously, the town of Sulan could be captured immediately, and when it was immediately faced with a complete encirclement of the Qashhush battalion, and the rebel army could be completely annihilated if it went further, the army suddenly withdrew, and the commander of the government army had water in his head?

When I heard the news, my first reaction was unbelievable.

When everyone picked up the binoculars in their hands and really saw the government soldiers in the camera retreating in an orderly manner, and the exchange of fire tended to decrease and the gunfire stopped, the news was verified that the government troops had indeed retreated.

Why did the government forces retreat? Obviously, it was not because they could not afford to suffer casualties, nor because the Free Army was resolute in defense, so what was the reason? An order from the top of the government army to suspend the attack? Or for some other reason.

In short, the staff officers of the Qachush battalion did not understand, and even Captain Andal fell into deep doubts.

Xiao Mubai may be the most calm, whether the government army retreats or not, in fact, is not directly related to whether the Qashush battalion continues to hold on, even if the government army does not continue to attack, the Qashush battalion with heavy losses has no ability to continue to hold on.

In this case, is it still meaningful to speculate on the reasons for the retreat of government troops?

It is a pity that the officers of the Qashush battalion did not know this simple truth, and at the same time, a new question was in front of the Qashush battalion, whether to retreat according to the predetermined plan?

"......" did not speak, and Second Lieutenant Sapra looked at Captain Andal inquiringly, and the other staff officers also seemed to wake up, staring at him in unison.

Captain Andal knew that now was the time to make a decision, whether to hold on or not was only a matter of thought, but under the two options, there were many different results, and it was politically correct to continue to hold on, and it was necessary in the long run, but retreat would save strength.

The command room was full of staff officers and officers of the Qashush battalion, Xiao Mubai was very conspicuous as an outsider, and when Andal was facing a choice, he suddenly saw Xiao Mubai on the side, and his eyes lit up.

"Mr. Friday, what do you think Camp Qachash should do?"

"Retreat, of course, Mr. Captain. I think it's necessary for you to hear the news, you will be interested in it and believe that it will help you make the right choice. Xiao Mubai replied without hesitation, and turned on the TV next to him with one hand and tuned it to Russian state television.

Clearly Russian enters the command room, and on the screen a beautiful spokeswoman is elaborating.

"After receiving the request of President Pu Whale, the Federation Council (upper house) held an emergency meeting on the 23rd to discuss and consult on whether to carry out military strikes against Syrian IS forces. President Prussia Jr. earlier submitted a request to the House of Lords to approve the dispatch of the Russian Air Force to Syria. ”

(On September 30, 2015, Russia's upper house approved the Prussian Whale airstrike against IS forces in Syria, and Russia immediately launched an airstrike.) [For the sake of the story, I had to advance the air raid time, I hope you don't mind]

As soon as the picture turned, a video captured by a helicopter was played, in the sky, Russian Su-34, Su-24M and Su-25 fighters were flying, and then the planes launched aerial bombs, and the towns in the picture were in flames.

At this time, the spokesman began to explain: "On September 23, local time, the air force flew 15 sorties over Syria and attacked 10 IS strongholds. ”

Although no one could understand Russian, even if they looked at the picture, they all guessed the content, and as soon as Xiao Mubai explained, everyone understood.

The news came to an abrupt end, and everyone in the entire command room was shocked, not only by the fact that the Russian military was conducting military activities outside the Soviet Union for the first time since the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, but also by the fact that I was deeply stinged by the bombing scene in the picture.

This is a polar bear, which has taken a brazen action in the face of Syria's internal affairs, and they dare to ignore the Western world. Without mentioning this, they immediately began to think about their situation.

Although the IS armed is notorious, and the Free Army has openly broken with the IS armed forces, it is also a rebel under the Syrian opposition, and the Russian military can bomb IS, but it is difficult to say that it will not bomb the Free Army, after all, the Russian government is on the side of the government army.

In addition, the fact that the IS armed forces acted under the banner of the Free Army also made the officers deeply uneasy, although they are the Qashush battalion of the Free Army, but the Russian Air Force in the sky does not know about it, if they think they are IS forces, if they are bombed by mistake, it will be miserable.

Subsequently, the officers remembered the strange retreat behavior of the mechanized infantry regiment of the government army just now, and suddenly exerted their free association, and the whole person was not good.

The previous retreat of the government army, which was clearly to bury them all in the small town of Sulan, did not need many armored vehicles, did not need many troops to coordinate with the infantry tank, and a few aerial missiles could make the Qashush battalion fully reimbursement.

Captain Andal is not a fool, he understood the situation almost instantly, and now it is not to dwell on whether the news is true, whether the Russian Air Force will really carry out air strikes on the Free Army, the Qashush battalion has reached a critical point of survival.

The Russian Air Force carried out air strikes on the IS forces, and who knows if it will attack the Free Army.

"Withdraw, must withdraw!" At the first moment, Captain Andal made up his mind.

Looking around, sweeping over every officer waiting for an order, Andal said without hesitation: "Order Company A, Company B, Company C, and the artillery platoon of the sniper squad to all retreat." ”

After a pause, Andal continued with a dark face: "In order to prevent the seriously wounded from delaying the retreat, and the seriously wounded who have not had time to be treated are properly accommodated, now, everyone sets off with the lightly wounded. ”

The retreat also means that this 4-hour blocking battle has failed.

After giving the order, Captain Andal, regardless of the reaction of the people below, was the first to take the lead and leave the command room, and the men of the guard platoon followed closely behind, leaving the staff officers who looked at each other.

The seriously wounded were abandoned, the pure infantry Qashush battalion did not have any mobile forces, these people could not be taken away for a short time, they could only be abandoned, not to mention, even if they were taken away for a short time, they could not be treated, and they would eventually die.

The entire Qashush battalion of 700 people was mobilized and gradually withdrew from the small town of Sulan.

At this moment, several black shadows appeared in the blue sky, and a light figure like a petrel soared in the sky, and a low whistling sound resounded over the town, followed by something visible to the naked eye, falling downward at a rapid speed.

"That's an aviation missile!" Some recognized soldiers screamed, staring at this scene with wide eyes, and the whole person was so stunned that he forgot to dodge.

The air raids began.

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