At three o'clock in the morning, the Afghan Defense Minister received a report from the soldiers of the 9th Division. Five thousand people had been maimed, and only less than a thousand returned.
After learning that this was done by the Prophet's Army, the Minister of Defense was immediately furious. Because Ariza had dismissed the post of Chief of General Staff, Defense Minister Behsoud concurrently held the post of Chief of General Staff. Regarding Ariza's abnormal behavior these days, Behsud Sood did not find anything. He believed that the reason why Aliza defied all opinions and firmly supported the Prophet Army was just to give face to the Prophet Army so that he could take the initiative in future cooperation.
But Behsud did not expect that the Prophet Army actually launched an attack on their army and defeated the entire Ninth Division. Although the Ninth Division also had its faults, they were only executing orders after all, not to mention this Still on Afghan soil.
At that time, Behsud had no time to notify Ariza, so he rushed to the Ministry of National Defense and summoned the entire military hierarchy in Kabul to repeat the matter. Almost everyone looked very unhappy.
Deputy Chief of General Staff Kabul said: "The Prophet Army is too arrogant. It dares to attack us before driving out the US military. We must give them some color or simply expel them from Afghanistan without recognizing their actions. legitimate."[
Other generals also agreed, but Behsud was the only one who remained calm. He was not carried away by anger. Reason told him that something seemed wrong with President Ariza's recent behavior. At least on the surface, Ariza wanted to cooperate with the Prophet Army. Yes, but Behsud felt that even if they wanted to cooperate, they must take the initiative.
This is why the former Chief of General Staff was dismissed, and when Behsoud took charge of the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense, he also implemented the plan to accept US military equipment. He believed that the president was too indulgent to the Prophet Army, which would make the Prophet Army feel that they were weak and vulnerable. bully.
"We cannot directly defeat the Prophet's Army, let alone expel them. If Afghanistan wants to become stronger, it must cooperate with the Prophet's Army. New Iraq is such an example. We are a landlocked country with no other economy except poppies. Source, if we can cooperate with the Prophet Army, open up relations with China, and turn Afghanistan into an important transportation hub, it will bring about huge changes to the entire country and the current situation." Behsud said calmly.
"Then are we just going to tolerate it? In this case, the Prophet Army will become another US military, riding on our heads." The deputy chief of staff asked, "Afghans can be strong without the help of outsiders. Only by driving out all foreign armies can we achieve strong independence in war."
Behsud's face turned cold, because the deputy chief of staff's words were too inflammatory. He frowned, glanced at everyone and said: "Has Afghanistan ever become stronger since the British invasion? Use your weapons." Think carefully, if you drive out the Prophet Army now, won't the US military come back? Can you have the confidence to withstand the US military's attack? Besides, even the Americans don't really want to help us, they just want to take advantage of us. Our place only serves the purpose of constraining the Middle East and China."
Everyone was silent, but at this moment, the deputy chief of staff said again: "Then what is the difference between the Prophet Army and them? With the current situation, the Prophet Army is worse than the US military. How can it still help Afghanistan?"
"No." Behsud shook his head, "First of all, the Prophet's Army is composed of Iraqis, and the Iraqis have the same faith and skin color as us. Even in ancient times, we were members of the same country and could be considered Arab compatriots. Americans can't compare to this. Secondly, although the Prophet Army also wants to use us, it is different from the Americans. Look at Iran. In the creation of free zones, Iran's economy has developed rapidly. Even if it has such a There is a lot of oil, but the Iranians still understand the benefits that the free zone brings to them, let alone us who have nothing."
The deputy chief of staff lowered his head and said, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Of course we have to fight, because they killed so many of us, and we must give an account to the people under our command." Behsud said, "But we cannot annihilate the Prophet's army, or drive them out, and fight with them. They are completely at odds with each other, and all we can do is surround them and threaten them, letting them know how powerful we are and thus taking the initiative in this confrontation."
Hearing this, all the generals nodded, even the deputy chief of staff had nothing to say.
Behsud thought carefully, but he forgot that the Prophet Army is not a force like the US military that will surrender once it runs out of food. On the contrary, the Prophet Army is the kind that is bigger and stronger, has greater pressure, and has more power. Big army.
Therefore, when Behsud mobilized the entire five divisions of the National Army in Kabul to launch a mighty siege towards Bagram Air Base, Jabbar also received the news at the same time.
The staff officer on the side looked very ugly. There were 25,000 people in the five divisions, and the Southern Front Group Army of the garrison armored division only had a total of 10,000 people, and most of the troops were used to resettle American prisoners and annihilate the remaining troops in the area. Resisting U.S. troops were killed.
Clark's Northern Army Group is attacking Jalalabad and another base that has not yet been recovered. Once the reinforcements come back and confront the National Army, they can win. But the problem is that they turn against the National Army and expand the war. By that time, they had to face the entire Afghanistan, not just the National Army, and all the prophet's plans came to nothing.
"It seems that the battle a few hours ago has not hurt them yet." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's face was cold. He was not prepared to negotiate with the National Army.
The staff officer said: "Chief, if we continue to fight, it will be very detrimental to us. If we cannot win Afghanistan in four days, the country will collapse."
"If we can't defeat them, the Afghan strategy will collapse." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was not angry for a moment, but after careful consideration. If Karaman dared to receive equipment in such a big way, he could see the intentions of the Afghan high-level officials, so Kareem Abdul-Jabbar believed that it must be To intimidate the Afghan leadership.
Only in this way can we occupy a dominant position in future negotiations. In fact, Jabbar does not think that handing over the initiative to the Afghan government will lead to peace of mind. On the contrary, Jabbar feels that once it is handed over to the Afghan government, this important transportation link with China will be destroyed in the future. Transportation lines will be unstable for a long time. How can an unstable transportation line promote the economy?
I am afraid that by then they will invest more and more manpower and material resources, so Kareem Abdul-Jabbar must firmly hold the initiative in his hands to facilitate future talks.[
He must fight this battle, even if the enemy is outnumbered, he must fight it, even if the entire army is annihilated, he must understand that the Prophet's Army is not something they can use, expel if they want, or knead them if they want. pinched.
The staff officer stopped talking, and then Jabbar asked about all the situations of the Southern Army Group, and made detailed strategic arrangements for the National Army surrounding Bagram Air Base.
About half an hour later, Behsud saw that the Prophet Army in the base was not only not intimidated by them, but was even more hostile to them, so he decided to use force to further intimidate them.
Under Behsud's order, the infantry of the National Army, with the cooperation of a small number of armored vehicles and some old tanks, began to attack Bagram Air Base.
The tactics used by Behsud were also very simple. A large-scale siege of troops was carried out, but only small-scale and multi-faceted harassment operations were carried out. This not only did not directly engage in a bloody battle with the Prophet's Army to prevent the matter from expanding, but also reduced the number of direct confrontations with the Prophet's Army.
Probability of reloading artillery.
In fact, his tactics were very successful. Such harassment from all directions put the small prophet army under greater pressure. In addition, the people were very tired. The longer the fight continued, the greater the pressure in their hearts, because the opponent
When it seems that I am not sleepy at all, I keep pressing on and then back off.
The initiative to attack was directly rejected. After all, their number was too small, and the opponent's number was twenty-five times theirs. Before other troops could rush back, the only ones that could support them were the aircraft of the Army Aviation Regiment.
Jabbar sat in the base and waited calmly. When other troops rushed back, it was time for him to launch an attack. However, judging from the tactics of the opposing commander, he seemed to find that the purpose of these national troops was to intimidate, not to fight with them.
A bloody battle, otherwise, the entire base should be under fire.
Although the Afghan National Army has heavy weapons, it does not mean that they have them. Twenty-five thousand people attack their base of one thousand people. No matter how powerful it is, with reinforcements, it will only be a matter of time before they are breached. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has not yet
As for thinking that they can defend such a base, after all, they are not the US military and can use the fighter jets in the base. His Army Aviation Regiment can only fly helicopters, but they know nothing about fighter jets.
The two sides started a tug-of-war, but the situation soon changed because the Southern Front Group Army's armored brigade that had wiped out the US military returned.
When they circled back and attacked from behind Behsud, the entire Afghan National Army was thrown into chaos. Behsud, who was initially confident, thought that this would be the case in the end.
However, Behsud was not responsible for this, because the intelligence provided to him by the remaining soldiers of the 9th Division misled him. He really thought that all the main forces of the Prophet Army had gone to attack Jalalabad and another US military base.
But thinking about the reinforcements returned by the Southern Front Group Army, they were killed and howled like ghosts and wolves. The entire siege collapsed in an instant under the crushing force of the armored brigade, and there were deserters from the National Army scattered everywhere.
When Jabbar ordered the soldiers in the base to attack, the battle situation fell into the control of the Prophet Army again without any doubt. This time Jabbar was also merciful.
By the time President Ariza learned of this, it was already past six in the morning, but at this time the entire National Army had abandoned its armor, suffered heavy losses, and was almost defeated. All five divisions had been scattered.