Chapter 700: Internal strife, can't go on anymore...
Silence.
An oppressive silence.
Two people, one dared not speak, the other could not speak at all.
For a time, the huge office was quiet except for the humming sound of the air conditioner outlet.
However, Sheldon's ears were still echoing 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...
Upon seeing this, the secretary quickly handed the cup on the table to Sheldon's hand.
"The only information that can be confirmed so far is that the building was severely damaged. Except for part of the auxiliary building, it almost completely collapsed. The countries involved, such as Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, have not yet figured out the ins and outs of the matter. Only our military intelligence department based it on It is estimated from the time of the explosion that it should be the bomb on the B2..."
Sheldon breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as the first word came out of my mouth, I found that my throat was as dry as sandpaper, and the sound I made was comparable to scratching a blackboard with my nails.
"In this case…"
As long as there is no direct evidence to prove it, it is not difficult to confuse right and wrong.
But that's not important.
“This… I don't know yet.”
According to the plan, all aerial activities tonight must make way for stealth bombers, so the bombing can only be carried out by GBU31 from the Spirit of Kansas.
The situation seemed not as bad as he had just expected.
So he quickly asked:
"have…"
The latter drank a few sips of water and finally recovered a little. Although he was still hoarse, his words could be understood by ordinary people.
Hello, this is the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
As long as you can find a superficially justifiable reason to silence the public and avoid boiling public dissatisfaction.
“Is there any very clear evidence?”
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.
For example, it can be said that the anti-aircraft missile missed the target and then fell down and hit it by chance.
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I don't know how much time passed, but Sheldon finally felt that his consciousness, which was about to leave his body, returned to his body, and his brain gradually regained control over the muscles in his body.
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. Its charge coefficient is far higher than that of missiles or artillery shells. It rarely leaves complete wreckage after the explosion.
The secretary shook his head:
But halfway through speaking, the phone on the table suddenly rang.
“Yes, I already know...”
“Okay, let's go right away…”
The call lasted less than a minute, and it looked like it was coming from the white house.
"I'm going to hold an emergency meeting. You go and notify the press department. Temporarily prepare for the hearing by condemning the opponent's inappropriate firing of anti-aircraft fire. However, no one can make any clear statement before receiving clear notification. Do you understand?"
After Sheldon gradually regained his composure, the secretary seemed to have a backbone, no longer the lost look he had 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 from 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 prepare for 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 was said that the other party's ground search and rescue personnel found three unexploded bombs under the ruins, confirming..."
Sheldon gradually became unable to hear the following content.
He only felt a dizziness..."Plop-"
The whole person fell back on the office chair.
The coat and phone receiver he just took fell to the ground.
Although the lights in the office are bright, the eight silver stars on the 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 from the other side...
Go 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 expression became serious:
“The reactions of various relevant countries to this matter have basically been clear.”
He paused.
But no one answered.
What deserves the response of "each" country is obviously not a "little thing" like the B2 being knocked down.
And 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 remarks and stated that it would investigate the matter thoroughly, while the country not involved expressed regrets and hoped for world peace.
But it's certainly not that simple inside.
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.”
After saying this, everyone present, including Chang Haonan, was immediately shocked——
I know you are a shameless bald eagle, 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 MK84s equipped with satellite guidance components, which are GBU31 bombs.”
“Not long ago, this set of photos has been passed on by us through a special liaison mechanism to several European media that we have cooperative relations with, as well as the leaders of the countries involved.”
The expressions of everyone who were full of displeasure just now turned to surprise.
“In this 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.”
“Therefore, nearly ten European countries have decided to suspend their participation in allied operations, and this news will be disclosed 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 call.
The conference room was as quiet as Sheldon's office was 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 actually 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 the core participants have withdrawn by more than half, and it is estimated that it will be a matter of time for the British -
Even if they have a conjugated father-son relationship, the impact of this incident is so severe that it is completely unjustifiable not to react.
This does not take into account the subsequent series of disputes such as claims and apologies.
Overall, this Allied operation…
I'm afraid it won't be able to sustain itself.
(End of this chapter)
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