Chapter 12: Command Authority and the Black Cauldron
"Hello Major, I am Qin Guanghan, deputy commander of the 101st Regiment of the 301st Division of the Airborne Forces." In the improvised headquarters, Ye Xiao and Lieutenant Colonel Qin Guanghan, the commander of the airborne battalion, met for the first time, in fact, this was the second time they met, but they didn't know where they met for the first time.
"Ye Xiao, commander of the 102nd Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the Black Flag Army." Ye Xiao saluted and came directly to the table where the magic crystal map was placed, "Sir, the situation is very urgent now, I need to contact the Black Flag Army Headquarters directly!" โ
"Black Flag Command?" Qin Guanghan was surprised. He knew that Ye Xiao was an officer of the Black Flag Army, but at present, the Theater Command had directly intervened in the Jecheng Incident, and all orders had to go through the Theater Command, and before the Joint Command of the Jecheng Incident was established, the Command was directly responsible for the issue of Jecheng.
Ye Xiao nodded, and said pleadingly: "Sir, please help me with this no matter what!" โ
Looking at this blood-stained Black Flag Army officer, Qin Guanghan had no reason to refuse this request, so after directly asking the code of the Black Flag Army Headquarters, he motioned for the signal corps to contact directly.
After explaining the purpose, the commander of the Black Flag Army, the former head of the Army, Lieutenant General Long Xiaotian, directly picked up the communication.
"General, I'm Ye Xiao, I need the command authority of this airborne battalion!" After Ye Xiao confirmed that it was Lieutenant General Long Xiaotian on the other side, he directly stated the purpose.
The whole finger was in an uproar, and they looked at the unashamed major in disbelief, and there was an illusion that they had saved the white-eyed wolf.
Please, please make it clear that we saved you, it's okay if you're not grateful, but you just ask for command? What the is that?
Only Qin Guanghan felt that something was wrong, this major's request was too unreasonable!
Lieutenant General Long Xiaotian on the other end of the communication crystal machine was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What are you going to do?" Say your purpose! โ
"While the Grass Emperor elements have not yet assembled, I want to attack as quickly as possible, disrupt the rhythm of the Grass Emperor elements' actions, and take the opportunity to rescue more Imperial civilians at the same time, but also take advantage of the chaos to weaken the strength of the Grass Emperor elements!"
"Once the time drags on, the Grass Emperor mercenaries will coerce more Imperial civilians, it is impossible for the Empire to compromise with the Grass Emperor elements, the use of force is an inevitable choice, and it will be very unfavorable to the entire rescue operation at that time!"
Ye Xiao didn't hide it from the people who were about to point out, his words made Qin Guanghan understand the reason why Ye Xiao asked for command authority. But not everyone can see through this meaning, and many officers in the command are full of resentment towards Ye Xiao at this moment - this is a shameless bastard who grabs merit!
Qin Guanghan was stunned, he didn't think about taking the opportunity to attack, but the order of the headquarters was to let him parachute into the Jicheng Government Affairs Building to protect more imperial civilians, it was impossible for him to disobey! But Ye Xiao attacked decisively, and while saving civilians as much as possible now, he killed more grass emperors.
Ye Xiao's meaning is not wrong, but what about the consequences?
There is no doubt that once there is an exchange of fire, in addition to the death accidents on both sides, more civilians will become victims of the fire of both sides in the battle, and all kinds of noble feelings will be removed, and the rebuke after the fact will make the commander who gave the order unable to eat and walk around!
After all, this is not a war, and the empire cannot accept the fact that countless civilians have died in the crossfire! Once the flames of war are ignited, the civilian casualties affected are sure to be staggering, and the post-war reckoning is enough to take them to court-martial.
No wonder he wants to ask for command authority, this is clearly because he doesn't want to embarrass Qin Guanghan, to put it mildly, this is also not to believe Qin Guanghan.
But Qin Guanghan couldn't afford to be angry, how could he be angry in the face of such a selfless soldier?
Of course, Ye Xiao didn't want to embarrass Qin Guanghan, but for him, who had "personally experienced" the bloody 309 incident in Jecheng, sacrificing a minority to save the majority was the only choice, although the government affairs building was now controlled by the imperial army, but once the best opportunity was missed, when the grass emperor gathered all the hostages and freed his hands, there was no choice but to attack!
Long Xiaotian instantly understood what Ye Xiao meant, he felt honored and proud to have such an officer under his command regardless of personal gains and losses, but it was too unfair for Ye Xiao to do so!
You must know that Ye Xiao aside, his memory in the spiritual world prediction alone is enough for him to become a general of the empire smoothly, and his rich combat experience will definitely make Ye Xiao a dazzling new star in the future war, and it is not impossible to become a general, but if he is stained, his military career is very likely to be terminated.
"Ye Xiao, I hope you think about it clearly, your future is very bright, for now, you have done your best......" Long Xiaotian dissuaded, with Ye Xiao's bloody performance in the emergency, he will inevitably become a star vigorously launched by the military after the Jecheng incident, used to cover up the shame, it is too simple, plus his weight in the hearts of the high-level and the huge family behind him, the aura is really too much, why waste it like this?
Ye Xiao's eyes flashed in front of the figures of those warriors of the Armed Guards who were devoured by death, and these figures of silent sacrifice shattered the last wisp of selfishness in his heart.
"General, time is pressing, I am willing to take this responsibility!" Ye Xiao Zhengse said, without hesitation.
In fact, there was actually no problem with the response of the theater command in Ye Xiao's dream, and he didn't dare to take any military action for five consecutive days. Hoping to resolve the issue through negotiations, the military even did not hesitate to send all the perpetrators of this incident out of the country safely.
However, the demand of the Grass Emperor is to exchange hostages!
They took these hostages and coerced the empire into exchanging the captured heirs and high-ranking officials.
The conditions for the exchange of hostages were met with the strongest opposition from the generals, and the generals would never allow this to happen, and it was their biggest concession to let the grass emperor withdraw from the empire, once they were forced to exchange hostages, such an example would make the empire's future anti-terrorist operations a joke! The captured grass emperor elements must not be released!
This is absolutely non-negotiable!
In the end, the National Assembly had no choice but to authorize the plan to use force, but even so, the final black cauldron was still detained on the military, and even the six major royal families were affected.
It's ridiculous to say, when the world war broke out, the He people were still engaged in endless internal friction, and the funniest thing was that in the third year of the outbreak of the world war, the empire still did not enter a wartime state - the Fรผhrer's repeated proposals to enter the wartime system were strongly rejected by the He people, which is simply a big joke in the world!
After the lieutenant general heard the firmness and persistence in Ye Xiao's tone, he did not waste precious time, he quickly hung up the communication, contacted the command headquarters directly, and asked to transfer the command authority of the airborne battalion to Ye Xiao.
Admiral Ling Qiming's authority was enough for him to have access to the highest level of imperial secrets, and he knew Ye Xiao's identity and the prediction that did not fail that time, when Lieutenant General Long Xiaotian asked to hand over the command authority to Ye Xiao, the general had already understood that this major who would definitely dazzle in the future decided to carry this black cauldron.
In fact, the general did not think of ordering the airborne battalion to attack while it was chaotic, and the conscientious staff officers had already deduced countless plans, and there was no doubt that a strong attack by the airborne battalion was actually the best choice.
But General Ling Qiming did not dare to give such an order - as an imperial general and commander of the Western Theater, if he gave such an order, the future and the like were put aside, the adverse impact on the military alone would be enough to be unable to clear up for several years, and shameless politicians would definitely make a fuss about this matter and jam the military budget.
Therefore, he could only give the airborne battalion an order to rescue civilians and defend the position, and he did not expect Qin Guanghan, a lieutenant colonel, to have a fearless spirit to resist the order.
When he heard Lieutenant General Long Xiaotian's request, his tense heartstrings moved inexplicably, and there was only one thought in his heart: it was a real soldier.
That's right, it stands to reason that even if Ye Xiao doesn't do anything now, the title of hero can't be removed from his head, but this major will take a huge black cauldron and ask for it without hesitation.
"Order the airborne battalion, and the command authority will be transferred to Major Ye Xiao! All the officers and soldiers of the airborne battalion obeyed Major Ye Xiao's dispatch one by one! "The only thing the admiral can help Ye Xiao is not to give any orders after handing over the command authority, which may become Ye Xiao's biggest lifesaver in the future trial.
There is no doubt that in the general's opinion, Ye Xiao will rescue many, many civilians, kill many, many Grass Emperor mercenaries, and even provide the greatest contribution to the final rescue operation, but this cannot affect the trial that he ordered to lead to the accidental killing of civilians.
The only thing he can do is not to repeat the previous order - after the war, he will be liquidated and brought to court, at least he can get Ye Xiao!
Soon, the order from the headquarters to hand over the command authority reached the immediate finger - not everyone could understand Ye Xiao's painstaking efforts, or they would understand the greatness of this major in the future, but at this moment, they still hated this major who occupied the magpie's nest,
After the communication soldier conveyed the order, he glared at Ye Xiao fiercely, feeling that this bastard who grabbed merit should be cut by a thousand knives!
"Major, you ......" Qin Guanghan didn't know what to say, no matter what words he said, he couldn't express the inexplicable emotions in his heart, he watched this hero ask for the black cauldron.
"Lieutenant Colonel, time is pressing, I don't have the time to say this now!" Ye Xiao unceremoniously took over the command authority, and after interrupting Qin Guanghan's words, he said: "Pass my order, except for the troops directly under the battalion headquarters, the rest of the troops will take the platoon as a unit, attack immediately, take the government affairs building as the center, and kill all the grass emperor elements in front of me, remember, I don't need to be captured!" Staff officer, please keep a record of the location of each platoon from time to time, and be careful not to let them get entangled with the main force of the Grass Emperor! โ
"Organize all the men in the government building and go out to assist civilians in evacuating here. Also, distribute weapons to all reservists and men with military experience to protect the evacuees! โ
Ye Xiao's order was given very simply, although everyone in the command headquarters was dissatisfied, but in the face of the order, no one dared to question or slack off.
"Lieutenant Colonel, the command headquarters doesn't need too many manpower, please take the rest of the people out and organize civilians to dig tunnels, if the grass emperor wants to fire missiles at the government affairs building in a frenzy, this will be their only hope!"
Ye Xiao's order to Qin Guanghan made everyone in the finger angry, what is this for? Doesn't it count as grabbing the class and seizing power, but also burying a lieutenant colonel like this?
"Yes!" Qin Guanghan saluted, he felt an incomparably terrifying scene from Ye Xiao's tone, nearly 10,000 civilians had gathered in the government affairs building now, he didn't dare to imagine the scene of the grass emperor throwing missiles in a frenzy.
"Contact the headquarters, please be sure to parachute in a group of teleportation array architects, I need to build a teleportation array here to evacuate the civilians!" Ye Xiao ordered the signal corps to report to the headquarters.
The establishment of the teleportation array is not a simple matter, all the architects of the teleportation array can be called strategic talents, and the consumption materials of the short-distance teleportation array are not less than those of the ultra-long-distance teleportation array, and the headquarters has obviously not made up its mind to build this thing in the government affairs building.
But Ye Xiao didn't dare to bet on whether the Grass Emperor still had a conscience, there were so many civilians in the government affairs building, even if they were protected by the imperial army, but after all, they were still within the strike range of the air defense missiles, which was equivalent to being an alternative hostage to the Grass Emperor. Ye Xiao didn't dare to imagine that if they grass emperor elements carried the "defenders" to demand the withdrawal of the imperial army - in the dream, the grass emperor made the government affairs building bleed, in case the grass emperor jumped over the wall in the end, he would regret his death!
After receiving the order, the platoons of the airborne battalion carried out the order without discount, and the officers and men of the airborne battalion in platoon units began to advance, and any mercenaries who stood in their way would be ruthlessly torn apart by them.
If it weren't for the Air Force's rat trap, countless missiles would have rained down and blown all the grass emperor elements into powder, but the current situation forced the Air Force to hover in the sky, not daring to lower the altitude at the same time, but also not daring to kill the enemy raging below.
The team followed the pace of the airborne troops, and evacuated the civilians from the houses one by one, although many civilians were still abducted by the grass emperors, but most of the civilians escaped the search safely, and finally with the help of the response team, they hurriedly withdrew to the government affairs building.
Fighting was still raging everywhere, and in the area of fire, countless houses were affected, and the abducted civilians were also affected - much to the annoyance of the airborne troops on the front line, who thought that these sacrifices and deaths could be avoided, but did not think that if all the civilians were hijacked, it would be so difficult to rescue them!
8 companies with 3 platoons.
Qi Hanlin, the commander of the 8th company, led his subordinates to comfort a group of civilians.
Just now, they fought with a team of more than ten grass emperors, and according to the orders of the command, all the mercenaries were killed, and they also lost three comrades because of the requirements for a quick victory.
Although they were all killed, more than ten civilians held hostage by the grass emperor were affected, and five of them died on the spot.
Qi Hanlin's heart was twitching, he shouldn't have attacked directly, even if he allowed this team of grass emperor elements to kidnap the hostages, there was always a way to rescue the hostages through negotiation afterwards, but because of the order of the headquarters, five civilians died in the crossfire.
"You're the murderers! You guys killed my dad! You are murderers! A seven or eight-year-old girl helplessly pressed the bullet part of a corpse, trying to hold down the gushing blood, but no matter how hard she tried, it still failed, the blood was still flowing, and her life had already died. The little girl broke down and screamed heartbreakingly at the imperial army, who had just lost three of their comrades.
Hearing the little girl's heart-rending roar, Qi Hanlin closed his eyes in pain.
Oh, my God! What the hell is he doing! He is a soldier of the Empire, a guardian of the people of the Empire, and he swears to guard the soldiers of this Empire, but their bullets have taken away the lives of the civilians they guard! Even if it's just manslaughter!
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