Chapter 1004: Killing in the Night
Why did Thompson make this call, informing these generals of the coalition command to evacuate, what good would it do him? Nonsense, the top commanders of these countries, and the mercenaries are now a community of interests, and it took hundreds of millions of dollars in a few months to feed them, and once they are killed by helicopter gunships, the commanders who will take over later will come to Afghanistan and have to renew relations, which is a waste of time and money.
"What the hell is going on, where did these special forces who infiltrated the airport come from? Which countries are carrying out sneak attacks against us? Mr. Four-Star Admiral listened to the explosions and screams above his head, clenched his fists and slammed them on the conference table. They hid quickly, but in the headquarters office, some civilian personnel did not have time to hide in, and the result was a tragedy.
The Coalition Command is the highest command body that oversees the armies of various countries in Afghanistan, and it was actually bombed by special forces who do not know the origin, not to mention other countries, at least the face of the United States is equivalent to being stepped on, and it is specially flattened.
Fools also know that the only people who can do this are the so-called military coquettes, that is, the special forces, and as for the guerrillas in the Taliban, they are afraid that they can't even get close to the edge of the airport, let alone toss such a big incident under the surveillance of the US military.
The looted helicopter gunships only fired anti-tank missiles and rockets from a long distance, blowing up the headquarters office that had been caught off guard, tearing most of the equipment and facilities to pieces, and killing many civilian personnel.
These special forces piloting helicopter gunships were very ghostly, and after a short one-minute stop, they flew away after launching missiles and rockets, making the Avenger air defense missile system guarding the sky of the headquarters glaring dryly, and cursing angrily at the sky.
The opponent's attack and evacuation speed is too fast, and by the time the Avenger air defense missile system is turned on, scanned, locked, launched and other programs, they will already be dozens of kilometers away! And it can be seen that the other side is a veteran of the war and actually uses low-altitude flight, which is known to be the weakness of the Avenger air defense missile system.
The generals who crawled out of the underground air-raid shelter wanted to cry without tears when they saw everything in front of them, and they were paralyzed, they were unlucky to arrive home tonight, the airport is estimated to be only ruins, and the headquarters has become a ruined wall, how can they explain to the bigwigs of the governments?
"It's over, let's wait for the military court this time, if something so big happens, it is estimated that Kandahar and Herat will not be able to fight within the specified time, and the president's promise to the people will not be fulfilled, and my military career may be over." Mr. Four-Star Admiral looked frustrated.
The U.S. government's promise to the people to end the fighting on New Year's Eve and take the two most important cities is the president's promise to the people of the whole country, if there is a problem in the rear that leads to the failure of this military operation, the commander-in-chief may indeed be immediately dismissed by the Department of Defense, which is the most serious dereliction of duty!
"Your Excellency General, although the agreement stipulates that the mercenary corps will not participate in this war and only do a good job in logistics support, but at this time, as an American, I have a suggestion, the weapons and equipment of the mercenary corps are mostly common to the weapons and equipment of the US army, in order to end the war as soon as possible, I can temporarily allocate a batch of ammunition to support the front-line battle, and when the mission is completed, please return the ammunition to us." Thompson, who rushed to the scene, made his own suggestions.
"Good, very good, very good, Mr. Thompson is worthy of being a citizen of the United States, and even more worthy of being our friend, I have adopted this suggestion, you go back immediately to arrange transportation, I can promise Your Excellency, when this war is over, I will return ten times as much to the mercenaries, and the US government will not treat its partners badly!" Mr. Four-Star Admiral was so moved that he almost burst into tears as he shook Thompson's hand.
Thompson's suggestion is also Wu Chen's decision after careful consideration, since he is ready to temporarily give up the two cities and give the US government a step, then do things to the extreme, this four-star general of the US military will not forget this favor, in the future, the "emperors" of Afghanistan will definitely think about mercenaries when they encounter good things, and all kinds of orders and projects will inevitably flow continuously, and this deal is very cost-effective.
The weapons and ammunition provided by the mercenary corps are all second-hand goods bought from the United States, although they do not affect their use, but the storage time must be reduced accordingly, after all, there must be a shelf life. However, the weapons and ammunition returned by the coalition headquarters after the battle were new goods that had just been produced recently, and they secretly gave more benefits, and more weapons and equipment were given.
Thompson and the generals of the coalition command drove to the officers' club in the new city of Kabul, where martial law had been imposed by the mercenary gendarmes and temporarily assigned to the coalition headquarters as a command structure, the mercenary gendarmes were only responsible for external security, and the security work was carried out by the guard battalion of the coalition headquarters.
The chief of the general staff, Khant, immediately ordered to start transferring ammunition and supplies from his own troops to the front line of the US army, and the mercenary regiments sent a huge number of troops to Afghanistan, and there will be no shortage of such necessary combat arms, the ammunition stocks of the Kabul garrison are supplied to the US troops in Kandahar, and the arms stocks of the Memane garrison are supplied to the US troops in Herat.
More than 100 transport helicopters of various types, purchased from the United States, were busy until 5 o'clock in the morning to complete their mission, transporting more than 5,000 tons of ammunition and food supplies to the front line to meet the needs of the offensive.
The damage report from the airport was also sent to the officers' club in the morning, and when Mr. Four-Star General saw it, he almost fell headlong when he looked at the numbers on the report, and this time the loss far exceeded his expectations, and it can be said that it is the most painful lesson for the US military since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan.
This special forces, who do not know the origin, snatched six Longbow Apache helicopter gunships and six MH-53J Pave Eagle assault transport helicopters during the sneak attack at the airport, the equipment of a Patriot anti-aircraft missile battalion, which was completely destroyed by enemy bombs, the ground control equipment of a Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft group, which was completely destroyed by the enemy, and more than 10,000 tons of ammunition, weapons and combat materials, which were completely destroyed by the enemy.
In addition, twenty-four Black Hawk general-purpose transport helicopters and six Chinook transport helicopters were blown up, and ten Longbow Apache helicopter gunships were blown up, which was caused by the firing of rockets at the tarmac, most of the equipment of the headquarters was blown up, the number of casualties at the airport and the headquarters actually exceeded a thousand people, and half a battalion of American troops died on the spot in the explosion, including many colonel-level officers at this temporary air base!