The next day, Badr took the initiative to find Canglong and recited yesterday's conversation with Feisam, word for word, "You punish me, prophet. -" Badr lowered his head, without the sinister and stern expression of the past. Ruthless, like a kitten in front of Canglong, admitting his mistakes and demanding punishment,
"Oh." Canglong looked at the document, "Then how do you think I should punish you? Remove you from your post as commander-in-chief, let you be tried by a military court, or both."
Hearing this, Bader's expression changed. From the time he met Canglong until now, Bader has not seen clearly Canglong's temperament, but he knows one thing very well. Canglong will not be threatened by anyone.
"I will do whatever the prophet says. I accept my fate." Badr has no room for argument. In fact, it is useless for him to argue. If Canglong really wants to do anything to him, with his current strength, he will not be able to fight in Basra. Without any trouble, the Badr Brigade is no longer the Badr Brigade it used to be.
"Accept your fate." Canglong put down the document in his hand and said with a smile, "I never expected that such depressing words would come out of your mouth. You are the general of the Badr Brigade and the commander-in-chief of the Prophet Army. If I If I really remove you, although nothing will happen, what will the Shia and Sunni chiefs think of me?"[
Badr's face was ashen. Obviously Canglong's words meant, are you threatening me? But in fact, Badr didn't mean to threaten me at all, but he came to apologize sincerely. After all, he His status is, at least in name, the elder of Basra. Even if he has different intentions, there is no need to do this.
"I don't mean any threats." Badr explained,
"I don't think you are threatening me, nor do I think you can threaten me." Canglong said, looking at the document again, "If I really want to punish you, no one will refuse to accept it, and no one will punish you. Just say a few words, but you yourself are not guilty, so why should I punish you?"
"But, I'm not." Badr raised his head with a strange look on his face.
Canglong waved his hand and said: "Who doesn't have any ambition? It's just that some people hide their ambitions in their hearts because they don't have the strength to realize their ambitions. But it's the first time I've seen someone as honest as you. If You are doing this to gain my trust, there is no need to do so."
"I" Badr can say nothing. In fact, the purpose of his coming here is to worry that Canglong will discover his ulterior motives. After all, the intelligence agency run by Susu has become the most mysterious organization in Basra, and Susu only listens to Canglong. , although until now, Canglong has not seen any former officials of Basra dealt with, but Badr has to guard against,
"I have always trusted those I employ and distrust those I doubt. If I really wanted to deal with you, I would have eliminated you all when the Prophet Army began to take shape. I think it would be a waste of time to scheming with you." Canglong said calmly. ,
Badr's expression was very bad. He heard the meaning of these words. This was clearly telling them that Canglong didn't even need to scheming with them.
Looking back, it seems to be the case. Canglong is now a prophet, and the military and political power is basically in his hands. Isn't it easy to kill them?
"I won't deal with you like Saddam did." Canglong said calmly, "Because what I want is not a high-pressure and cold Basra, but an open-minded and progressive Basra. I don't intend to establish any family-style rule. Do you understand this?"
"No, I don't dare." Badr was a little flattered. He didn't expect Canglong to clarify his words directly.
"It seems that you still can't change." Canglong shook his head, "If one day I want to remove you from your post or kill you, there are only two reasons. The first is that you can, and the second is that you formed a clique for personal gain and violated any of the , no matter what your position is, and no matter how many people ask you for mercy, do you understand?"
Hearing this, Bard immediately raised his head and resumed his former demeanor: "I understand."
"Now that you understand, why are you still so groveling?" Cang Long said with a smile, "Can't you be like Vivian, like Su Su, like Lao Bai and Lao Hei?"
Badr obviously did not come back to his senses. It seemed that in the Prophet Army, the senior generals appointed by Canglong would never bow down to Canglong in words. For example, Vivian, as the Minister of Administration, seemed to have great power, but in fact she All rights are given by Canglong,
But Vivian always likes to compete with Canglong in some places. The two sometimes even compete with each other, but this does not hinder Canglong's reuse of Vivian. Bader also found that anyone in Team B, Although he may conflict with Canglong verbally, and even use sarcasm, provocation and sarcasm, Canglong never takes it seriously. Although in the eyes of outsiders, Canglong has no majesty at all.
But Badr knew that these people respected Cang Long from the bottom of their hearts, not in terms of words or appearance.
When he thought about it, he understood what Canglong meant. It seemed that since Canglong became a prophet, they have been groveling, from Chief Assad to Chilam, and even to himself.
"Don't "lose" yourself at any time. I don't care what others do, but I don't need people who "lost" themselves. That often means that even if they are loyal, they won't have much effect." Canglong said coldly, "As for loyalty, it is a false proposition. A truly capable leader has the confidence to overwhelm his subordinates at any time, even if they have different intentions. Leaders who are wary of their subordinates will either do things that are unfavorable to themselves. Too much, or you just don’t have confidence in yourself.”[
Badr nodded: "I will definitely live up to the Prophet's expectations. If the Prophet has nothing else to do, I will go handle military affairs."
"Here we go again." Canglong shook his head reluctantly, "It seems that it is difficult for you to change for a while, but don't rush away yet. I also want to ask you about Simon. The information is very one-sided. I want to know the real situation of this Simon."
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Hearing the word "Simon", Badr immediately showed admiration on his face: "He is a great general. Even if he left Iraq with his troops during the Iraq War, it was not his." wrong."
"What I need is not this kind of official one-sided evaluation, but something internal." Canglong said calmly, "For example, if you beat away the Baath Party's envoy, do you think Simon will do anything to us with his character? War? If there is a war, where will he start?"
Badr was stunned for a moment, silent for half a minute, and said: "General Simon is a general with a strong intrusiveness. During the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, his troops went deep into Iran and Kuwait. The only shortcoming is that Maybe he's too kind."
"Benevolence." Cang Long grasped the key point, "Where does it manifest itself specifically?"
"For example, during the Iran-Iraq War, we fought with Iran for eight years. When the Iranians invaded our territory, they would always carry out retaliatory massacres on our civilians. However, after General Simon fought back, he never
He will massacre their civilians, and even if he captures prisoners of war, he will abide by the Geneva Conventions. If there is any abuse of prisoners, he will deal with it with military law." Badr said,
"This shouldn't be called kindness, but the way to run an army. I can only say that he is an excellent soldier." Canglong commented,
"Why an excellent soldier and not a general?" Badr asked strangely.
"An excellent soldier would disdain to do things like massacre of civilians. Soldiers are soldiers. Even though they are executing orders, there is a bottom line. The war between two countries is a matter between two countries and cannot be controlled by civilians."
Canglong explained, "As for why he is not an excellent general, it is very simple. If he was an excellent general, he would not have knelt down under Saddam's rule for so long. When the US military came to the city, what he should do was not to lead
The troops flee the country, no matter how many reasons he has for him to do so, this is fatal, so what he does is not called loyalty but pedantry. If the army cannot protect its own country and people, it is not called an army, but
Although he is pedantic, this is also the endearing part of him."
"Cute." Balder couldn't believe that the great General Simon actually turned cute in the eyes of Canglong, which made it difficult for him to accept.
"If I asked you to command and fight his troops, how sure do you think you can defeat him?" Canglong asked suddenly,
"This" Bard suddenly felt confident. Facing a generation of famous generals in Iraq, he was once their subordinate, how could he have a confrontational mentality? "Honestly, I am sure that he will fight more battles than I will."
There are still many people.”
"Oh." Canglong touched his chin and thought, "You still answer me, will he invade Basra?"
"It's hard to say. Basra is General Simon's hometown. I think he would be very willing to return here." Badr said, "And Basra owns nearly 70% of Iraq's oil reserves and is Iraq's only outlet to the sea. If the Baath Party
It will be much easier if we can occupy this place and open up the seaport to compete with the central 'government'."
"Hometown." Canglong smiled, "This is very interesting, but most of you think about it from a strategic perspective and analyze his character. If we don't ally with him, he will become angry.
Are you going to attack us and make us surrender by force, or are you going to take the initiative to negotiate?"
"I think it should be an attack." Badr confirmed, "General Simon will send troops to conduct a tentative attack on us. After he has firmly controlled the five central provinces, he will press the border with a large army, at least
He will give us the illusion that he is going to start a war."
"Why are you so sure all of a sudden?" Canglong asked,
"During the Gulf War, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, General Simon's troops were the main force, and he was also one of the commanders. He was stationed in Basra at that time. He did the same at the beginning. Rather than saying that Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was a war, it was
It is better to say that the Iraqi army directly took over Kuwait, because after entering Kuwait, we encountered no resistance at all, and this all depended on General Simon's strategy." Badr said,
"In this case, you go back and prepare." Canglong said,
But Badr didn't know why: "What are you preparing for?"
"Get ready for war." Cang Long said coldly, "From now on, in addition to adjustments to the grand strategy, you have the highest command authority in terms of tactics."[