Yes, it was a meeting on the operational side.

Although there is not a single soldier sitting on the floor of the large room, and it does not look like anyone present can go to war, as the backbone of the Syrian Freedom Party, it is these people who have created the situation in the whole country right now, and it seems that they will continue to influence it.

At Rahman's suggestion, someone first reported on the situation of the fighting in the country, and the middle-aged man with a mustache talked about the attack of the Free Army on the western Syrian city of Hama, and told those present how the BM-21 rocket launchers of the Free Army turned the city into a sea of fire; Everyone here naturally knows that after a fierce attack in the past, the Free Army has taken control of this city (or ruins) not far from the Syrian coastline, and now as long as it continues to the south and capture the important town of Homs near Lebanon, it can completely cut off the sea passage of the Syrian government:

"As you must be aware, the vast majority of the weapons, ammunition and other supplies of the government army come by sea; If we could capture Homs in a week and cut off this supply line, it would be of great significance. ”

"Good. So gentlemen, what about the East? ”

With two puffs of hookah, Rahman picked up the delicately shaped crystal cup and squinted at the other Liberal party leader next to him.

Seeing the leader's gaze, the young man who took off his black-rimmed glasses looked a little cautious, and he still felt a little restrained in front of the leader of the Liberal Party; Before speaking, he licked his somewhat dry lips, although there was a cup of tea on the coffee table in front of him:

"The shape of the Eastern Theater of Operations. At present, the 'Al-Aqsa' brigade has advanced to Nasya. But it hasn't established itself there. The same can be said for now. In this narrow strip of land linking government forces and the new Iraqi party, we are one step away from cutting off the enemy's connecting corridors; If air supremacy in the combat area can be guaranteed, and the 'Aideed' brigade, which has been resting and waiting in Abu Kamal before, can be used to solve the problem within about a week. ”

"Good. - Good! ”

I don't know if he was inspired by the young man's words or remembered the issue of "air supremacy", Abdul Rahman sat up straight all of a sudden, and then stood up quite exaggeratedly and clapped his hands, "In a week, the supply lifeline of the government army will be clamped from the east and west." Just cut them off from the New Party, and with the big powers, and gentlemen, we will soon be able to celebrate our victory in Damascus! ”

With the leader's words, there was a burst of echoing and sparse applause in the room, but there was also a discordant voice, and the bearded man who was sitting at the bottom of the room and in charge of air power raised his hand with some hesitation:

"Your Excellency Rahman, Mansour has consulted with me before, and the premise of launching a ground offensive is to ensure air supremacy, but ......"

"But. - But what, my sir? ”

"Uh......"

It is about feeling the invisible oppression in Rahman's words. The man looked at the young man named Mansur who was sitting at the top of the house, with some weakness, "Your Excellency. Although we have been supported and resupplied by our Turkish allies recently, the previous offensive against Damascus-controlled Zì has consumed a lot of aircraft and lost a lot of men. - Ah, of course, in terms of manpower, for the time being, it is good to say that our newly recruited batch of hired pilots has entered the country along the way; But in terms of fighters...... As for the fighters, I have not yet explained to you that there are very few fighters left from the government forces at the beginning of the operation, and the supply of spare parts for the 'Raptors' fighters left behind by the government forces is also very problematic."

"Ah, my dear Mr. Hassan Khaled."

Waving his hand impatiently to stop the beard's statement, Rahman walked slowly back and forth in the room, his robe twisting slightly with a somewhat exaggerated movement:

"Do you think that if you don't report to me in time, I don't know that the skies of the Free Forces are already under threat? - Ah, the Chinese refuse to sell us fighters and spare parts, that is because they do not understand what business is, oh, right? But I come to tell you, Hassan, that I have not been idle in Haifa for so many years, and I know very well what modern warfare is. Only by controlling the sky can we make a difference on the earth, and I know very well what Saddam Hussein has learned from the past, all in all, we need more free warriors, and more fighters!

The assistance given by Turkey's allies is naturally good; But in addition to the weapons and ammunition they provide, we have a more powerful solution. ”

"A more powerful ......?"

"Oh! Yes. This doesn't need to be asked, no more is asked. ”

As he spoke, Rahman paced back to his seat, and he pointed to the person next to him who had not said a word, "Then, it will be up to Mr. Khalif to assign tasks to everyone." ”

With Rahman's words and gestures, everyone present silently looked at a man sitting cross-legged next to the leader's seat, with a calm face, this man in the prime of life who had never appeared in the upper echelons of the Liberal Party before, and no one even knew his origin, still looked as usual under the gaze of everyone, and even his facial expression did not change between words:

"The next battle is still aimed at encircling government forces.

The plan for the Western Front is to capture Homs within a week and the troops arrive at the Lebanese border to garrison; The plan of the Eastern Front, the 'Aideed' brigade attacked southwest along the oil pipeline and occupied the areas of Ubaila and Rutba within a week. After completing this phase of the mission, the next step is to eliminate the Syrian government forces and the new Iraqi party, and it is scheduled to end the fighting by the end of the year and enter preparations for war against Saudi Arabia. ”

“……”

The man's flat words, although he had heard them more than once before, still made everyone here feel a little weird; At Rahman's urging, they exchanged ears, stood up and said "promise to complete the mission", and then followed the map on the coffee table to understand the plan of action they had received, but the doubts in each person's mind continued unabated.

This mysterious appearance of Khalif has now become Abdul Rahman's confidant and core adviser, but where did he come from, and how did he get close to and gain Rahman's trust?

None of the Liberal Party cadres in this room could answer this question.

Unlike the superficial scene of everyone working together and working upwards and downwards, the last few routine combat meetings have taken on a strange color due to the appearance of a mysterious man; And Abdul Rahman, who seemed to have been influenced by this man named Khalif, who had been dormant in Haifa and had planned a plan for the Syrian Freedom Party to seize power, not only came to Deir ez-Zor and started the civil war in advance, but now he has put forward a grand plan that is far more radical than any previous plan. (To be continued......)