Chapter 544 Command
"What happened? Your people knocked down the American Chinook?"
In the command room, Chen Chen asked dumbfounded.
".It wasn't shot down, it was just a shot fired."
"We are not even going to them, we are just trying to scare them."
"Didn't you say, don't have a direct conflict with them? We didn't want to fight in the first place."
"But you know the situation on the battlefield. As soon as you open fire, many things are out of control."
"So the fight finally broke out, our people had already withdrawn, and the scene was in chaos anyway."
"The extrajudicial forces also exchanged fire with the US military who flew over, the local JD armed forces also exchanged fire with the old Americans, and the special forces who were bombed also opened fire. In short, it was a mess."
"In the end, it didn't matter who was beating whom. The result was that the wounded were evacuated, the extrajudicial police were evacuated, and the Americans were also evacuated. Only the JD elements who came over were taken advantage of."
".Outrageous."
Chen Chen sighed and then continued to ask:
"What is the US reaction now?"
"Their actions are approved and within the framework of the ceasefire agreement. In theory, they should start to cause trouble for you, right?"
"That's the theory, but it doesn't."
Suhail shook his head and replied:
"France's intervention seems to have touched their sensitive nerves. At least for now, they have not reacted in any way to this conflict."
"As you said, they were in turmoil."
"However, it is not only the French army that is in chaos, but also NATO."
"They have to deal with their own internal conflicts of interest before they can take care of us."
"The good news is that the ceasefire with NATO may continue to be extended."
"The bad news is that such a window period has made the civilian clique more turbulent and put Assad under greater pressure."
"He has decided to launch a general offensive against the Free Army in a short period of time to completely solve the rebellion problem in the country."
"The time for action is in 7 days."
"At that time, General Issam will unifiedly command all government troops in Aleppo Province to clear out the Free Army entrenched near Azaz."
"At the same time, Maher will lead the Fourth Armored Division from Damascus to clear out the rebels in Homs and Latakia from south to north."
"And I will continue to be in charge of the defense line in Raqqa Province, blocking JD militants from Raqqa and providing conditions for the deployment of other troops."
"This will be a decisive battle, and it may even be the last battle."
"Everyone will face a huge test, especially me - us."
Hearing Suhail's words, Chen Chen's face, which had been just having fun just now, immediately became a little heavier.
He knew very well what Suhail's words meant.
Most of the main forces were transferred to Aleppo, leaving Suhail with only the Tiger Corps, which he had just formed, with less than a thousand people and an equipment level that did not even reach the level of motorization, and a small number of local troops.
What he has to face is tens of thousands of JD militants and a vast battlefield covering more than 40,000 square kilometers.
This kind of task cannot be said to be difficult, it should be said that it is completely desperate.
Even if Suhail in his heyday were to do it, he could not guarantee that he would escape unscathed.
The most critical thing is that judging from the intelligence obtained in the early stage, the JD elements in Syria have obviously completed the merger and are planning a large-scale operation against Raqqa.
All parties involved in this vortex were pushed in the same direction by the torrent of war development, and converged at a certain node.
And if they want to survive, the only thing they can do is to eat each other like wild beasts.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen said:
"If this plan is indeed finalized, there is no doubt that you will suffer the greatest casualties."
"It can even be said that you are already an abandoned child."
"You will use the lives of you and your men to buy time for the main force and ensure victory on the counterinsurgency battlefield."
"This is definitely not an easy task. There are too many variables and the enemy is too strong."
"The enemy I am talking about is not the Free Army, but the Turkish government and NATO countries."
"In the short term, they may indeed temporarily stop their offensive due to internal conflicts of interest, but before you achieve a decisive victory, they will not hesitate to intervene and then use their super force to reverse the situation."
"You have one and only one chance, and that is to end the fight before they intervene."
"Do you think this can be achieved with General Issam's strategy and the combat effectiveness of the army you have at your disposal?"
"It can't be done."
Suhail answered honestly:
"But, we have to try."
"As a northerner, you should know better than me. This is the so-called moment of national survival."
"In the past decades and hundreds of years, you have experienced this kind of moment countless times, and your choice every time is to fight to the death, isn't it?"
"yes."
Chen Chen did not dwell on the little loopholes in his words, but sighed and said:
"But there are reasons why we have to fight hard."
"More than a hundred years of suffering, the deaths of hundreds of millions of people, and countless resistances and failures have led to the last success."
"You don't understand. The sacrifices you are experiencing now are too light compared to what that country has experienced."
"So no matter what, your people and your soldiers can never reach a level close to theirs."
"What they can do, you can't do."
"Because that kind of will is built up with mountains of corpses and seas of blood."
"They owe countless debts. If they don't pay them off completely in that struggle, the entire nation will perish in the long river of history."
"And you? You have a way out."
"As long as there is a way out, it is impossible to recklessly do everything."
After Chen Chen finished speaking, Su Haier nodded silently.
After a long time, he spoke:
"You seem to have told me this before."
"I always thought you were exaggerating, but now it seems that you are not."
"After these battles, I have completely seen the true situation of this country."
"We are fighting hard on the front line, but the civil service group is forcing the president to compromise with the enemy - even the most radical officials have never thought that this may be a protracted war."
"They all want to win quickly. I thought they were overconfident, but in fact, it is just the opposite."
"It is because of lack of confidence that you want to break the jar and want to get a result quickly, right?"
"That's right."
Chen Chen nodded without saying much.
Looking at his expression, Su Haier sighed deeply.
He stood up and looked out the window, then said after a moment of silence:
"This is a hot land."
"We may not be as good as you, but at least Bashar made the right choice."
"He handed the strongest power to the right person."
"Whether it is me, Isam, or Maher, we all want to win."
"We have to give it a try regardless of success or failure."
At this point, Suhail suddenly fell silent.
He then turned to Chen Chen and said solemnly:
"I will hand over the command to you."
"The Tiger Corps, from now on, you will command it."
"??? Are you serious?"
Chen Chen was shocked.
Of course, he could understand Suhail's eagerness to win, but from any perspective, handing over the command to a foreigner or a mercenary of a mercenary group seemed too radical and unreasonable.
Even if he was willing, Chen Chen himself might not be able to accept it.
Because he knew that once he took on this important task, all the hopes of this country would be on him.
Moreover, changing the commander at the last minute is not a wise decision. The disorder in command will lead to a decrease in combat efficiency. In addition, he is not as familiar with the local situation as Suhail, and the final result may not be what he wants.
Looking at Chen Chen's hesitant expression, Suhail continued:
"This is not a spur-of-the-moment decision."
"Back to the problem itself, our combat mission is to use all the troops in our hands to stop the extremists in the entire Raqqa and the entire Hasakah Province, and prevent them from continuing to move east and south, right?"
"Yes."
Chen Chen nodded in agreement.
Suhail pointed out the core of the combat plan, which proved that he had indeed thought it through.
Seeing his action, Suhail continued:
"So, do you think we can achieve this goal with the troops we have?"
"There is absolutely no possibility. The generation gap in weapons and technology is not enough to make up for the advantage in numbers. We may win every battle, but we cannot achieve the final victory."
"This is the crux of the problem."
Suhail sat down again and said seriously:
"I need more troops."
"And the only source of more troops is the local forces scattered in Raqqa and Hasakah provinces."
"I want to integrate these people and let them fight for us."
"This must be done by me, and only I can do it."
"So, I can't take care of the Tiger Corps at the same time. command, nor do I trust to hand it over to anyone else. "
"Chen Chen, you are the only candidate and my only hope."
".Too exaggerated, I may not have such strong ability."
"But you are absolutely trustworthy."
Su Haier interrupted Chen Chen and continued:
"In a sense, mercenaries are very similar to doctors."
"Your reputation, income, and achievements rely on victory. Doctors don't want their patients to die, and mercenaries don't want their missions to fail."
"Instead of handing the team over to those speculators, it is better to hand the team over to you, because the benefits will firmly bind you to the goal of victory, and this is exactly what I need."
At this point, Su Haier's determination is actually irreversible.
The two fell silent at the same time, their eyes locked on each other, as if they were waiting for the final "answer".
"I agree."
Chen Chen finally nodded, and then said:
"I need detailed information about the Tiger Corps."
"Equipment, personnel, organization, resumes of main commanders, combat experience, arms composition. Everything."
"It's all here, let's take a look now."
Su Haier immediately took out a thick stack of information that he had prepared long ago, and said with a little relief:
"Since I learned that Bashar was forced to make a decision to launch a full-scale offensive, I have prepared these things."
"In my opinion, this is really the only solution."
"That's not necessarily the case."
Chen Chen flipped through the information and said casually:
"If you can completely drag the Russians into the water, the problem will actually be easily solved."
"Impossible."
Suhail immediately denied:
"I have done a deduction. If Russia continues to intervene deeply, the result we can get is at most a long-term confrontation with the rebels and JD elements, and there is no chance of achieving the final victory."
"How do you know?"
Chen Chen spoke in astonishment.
At this moment, he was really impressed by Suhail's foresight.
Because in the previous life, after Russia intervened in the Syrian conflict, the results they brought were exactly the same as Suhail predicted.
"It's a simple logic. An elephant can't crush an ant."
"NATO can't really crush us. Similarly, Russia can't crush those extremists."
"To destroy them, we can only rely on a more ferocious ant, or anteater."
"You are anteaters."
"It's a professional match, isn't it?"
Suhaier said "professional". This pun with a jackal style made Chen Chen smile knowingly.
They are indeed professional.
Professional mercenaries are also professional JD element cleaners.
Without continuing to talk, Chen Chen has already looked at the information in his hand.
Suhaier prepared everything very carefully. The organization and equipment information of the entire Tiger Corps are clear at a glance. Even at the very beginning, Suhaier also put his own introduction.
Chen Chen took a quick look, then asked with some confusion:
"You had tanks before, where are the tanks?"
"It turns out that in the high-mobility operations we need, this thing can only be a burden."
"I have handed over the remaining two tanks to the 4th Armored Brigade in exchange for two AGS-30 automatic howitzers, a captured MK-19 howitzer, and ammunition."
"Smart move."
Chen Chen said approvingly, and then asked:
"There are too many general-purpose machine guns, don't you feel it?"
"That's what I learned from you."
"You can't learn this, the soldiers' physical fitness is simply not up to the level of carrying so many machine guns, it's better to Replace these machine guns with more useful precision marksman rifles and give them to the precision marksman in the team. "
"Understood, I'll do it right away."
"Bring more rocket launchers, the current number is too small."
"Why? JD elements don't have many armored units."
"Not necessarily."
Chen Chen shook his head and explained:
"The JD elements after the merger are not the traditional JD elements you know. They control a large industrial area."
"There are no armored vehicles, but they must have pickup trucks and suicide trucks."
"To deal with these things, rocket launchers are the best choice."
"Understood."
Su Haier wrote down Chen Chen's needs with a pen, and the handover between the two continued.
At this time, neither of them realized that this transfer of command had, in a sense, changed the nature of the Dongfeng Corps, a mercenary group, and allowed it to move from under the steps to above the steps.