Chapter 700: Internal strife, we can’t fight anymore...
Silence.
The oppressive silence.
Two people, one dared not speak, and the other could not speak at all.
For a while, the huge office was quiet except for the hum of the air conditioner outlet.
However, Sheldon's ears were still ringing with what the secretary had just said.
Originally, the United States and the European Union were already very unhappy because of the euro issue.
If this news spreads now, how the Allied operation will end may be a problem.
As for himself, he can probably start summarizing his career directly.
Sheldon has been in the army for forty years and thinks he is used to all kinds of ups and downs, but...
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I don’t know how long it took, Sheldon finally felt that his consciousness, which was about to leave his body just now, returned to his body, and his brain gradually recovered its ability to control the whole body. Muscle control.
So he quickly asked:
"Yes..."
As soon as the first word came out, I found that my throat was as dry as sandpaper, and the sound I made was even louder. It's comparable to scratching a blackboard with your fingernails.
Seeing this, the secretary quickly handed the cup on the table to Sheldon's hand.
“Is there any very clear evidence?”
The latter drank a few mouthfuls of water and finally recovered a little. Although he was still a little hoarse, the words he spoke were able to speak. Ordinary people can understand it.
According to the plan, all air activities tonight must make way for stealth bombers, so the bombing can only be carried out by GBU31 from the Spirit of Kansas.
Under normal circumstances, six bombs are enough to blow up an ordinary building until nothing is left. Moreover, the prototype of GBU31 is the MK84 aerial bomb. The charging coefficient is far higher than that of missiles or artillery shells. It rarely explodes after the explosion. Leave a complete wreckage.
As long as there is no direct evidence, it is not difficult to confuse right and wrong.
For example, it can be said that after the anti-aircraft missile missed its target, it fell down and hit it by chance.
Although for an expert, even dozens of continuous rods or fragmentation warheads of anti-aircraft missiles cannot produce the effect of an aerial bomb when the fuel is exhausted.
But that’s not important.
As long as you can find a superficially justifiable reason to block the public's opinions and avoid boiling public dissatisfaction.
"This... we don't know yet."
The secretary shook his head:
"The only news that can be confirmed so far is that the damage to the building was very serious. Except for part of the auxiliary building, it almost completely collapsed. The countries involved, including Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, have not yet figured out the whole story. Only our military intelligence department speculated based on the time of the explosion that it should be the bomb on the B2..."
"In that case..."
Sheldon breathed a sigh of relief.
The situation didn't seem to be as bad as he had just expected.
But mid-sentence, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
"Hello, this is the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
"Yes, I already know..."
"Okay, come over right away..."< br>
The call lasted less than a minute, and it looked like it was coming from the White House.
“I’m going to have an emergency meeting. You go notify the press department and temporarily prepare for the hearing by condemning the opponent’s inappropriate firing of anti-aircraft fire. However, no one can Make any clear statement, do you understand?”
After Sheldon gradually regained his composure, the secretary seemed to have a backbone, no longer the lost look when he first came in:
"Understood, I'll get ready right away."
After saying that, he turned around and left the office quickly.
After confirming that the secretary's back disappeared from the door, Sheldon bent down to pick up the unburned cigar on the ground, and put it back on the cigar stand with force of composure.
He took a few minutes to calm down and got up to go to the meeting.
However, the moment he stood up, the phone on the table rang again.
"I'll be right away..."
He thought it was a call from the White House urging him to take action, but his secretary's voice came from over there.
"General Sheldon, the news just came back from Europe."
The other party's tone returned to the panic at the beginning:
"It is the other party's ground search and rescue. The personnel found three unexploded bombs under the rubble, confirming..."
Sheldon gradually became unable to hear the following content.
He only felt a sense of dizziness... "Plop——"
The whole person fell back on the office chair.
The coat and phone receiver that I just took in my hand also fell to the ground.
Although the lights in the office are bright, the eight silver stars on my shoulders seem to have lost their former brightness.
"General...General?"
The secretary's anxious voice kept coming from the receiver, but there was no response...
...
Back to the conference room with three doors.
Fu Youquan read the intelligence documents in his hand as quickly as possible, raised his head again and looked at the people in front of him, his face became serious:
"The relevant countries are concerned about this matter. The reaction is basically clear.”
He paused.
But no one answered.
What deserves the response of "each" country is obviously not a "little thing" like the B2 being shot down.
What is worthy of being written into intelligence documents is obviously not the public attitude of various countries.
In fact, regarding this extremely complicated situation, everyone’s immediate external stance was basically based on nonsense literature.
The country concerned made harsh words and stated that it would investigate to the end, while the country not involved expressed its regrets and hoped for world peace.
But the inside is definitely not that simple.
Sure enough, Fu Quanyou continued:
“First of all, there are some unofficial sources that believe that the explosion may have been caused by anti-aircraft ammunition that had exhausted its fuel.”
< br>After saying this, everyone present, including Chang Haonan, was immediately shocked——
I know you, the bald eagle, are shameless, but to be so shameless is really eye-opening.
Ding Gaoheng sat up straight and was about to say that this was technically a fantasy when Fu Quanyou reached out to stop him.
The latter continued:
“But someone took a set of clear photos of the three bombs that did not detonate. The marks on the missiles clearly showed that they were equipped with satellite guidance components. MK84, also known as the GBU31 bomb. "
"Not long ago, this set of photos was sent to several European media that we have cooperative relations with, as well as leaders of the countries involved, through a special liaison mechanism. layer.”
Everyone's expressions that were full of dissatisfaction just now turned to surprise.
"In that case, wouldn't it be..."
Liu Yaoshun's tone was a bit unbelievable.
“That’s right.”
Fu Quanyou nodded:
"The companies that have moved the fastest have already published their articles. Now, even if those European countries want to swallow this dumb loss, they can't."
"So, there have been nearly Ten European countries have decided to suspend their participation in Allied operations and will make the news public at a press conference this morning local time."
At this point, he finally put down the first document in his hand.
No one answered.
The conference room was almost as quiet as Sheldon's office a few hours ago.
But under the same appearance, there is a completely different atmosphere.
The Chinese side was completely overjoyed.
Before today, let alone other people, even Chang Haonan had never thought that such a good thing could happen.
Although there are 13 participating countries in Operation Allied Forces, most of them are in name only.
Only five or six of them are really useful.
You must know that only one aircraft carrier was dispatched this time, and most of the aircraft were stationed at land airports in surrounding allied countries.
For example, the Aviano Air Base mentioned by Fu Quanyou just now provides almost a quarter of the sorties.
Now most of the core participants have withdrawn directly, and the British are probably going to do it sooner or later——
Even if it is a conjugated father-son relationship, the impact of this incident is really too bad. It makes no sense not to react.
This does not take into account the subsequent series of disputes such as claims and apologies.
In general, this Allied operation...
I am afraid it will not be sustainable.
(End of this chapter)