In this battle, Fred and the others were completely victorious. Half of Metshaw's men were either killed on the spot or captured, while the remaining half fled in embarrassment with him.
In addition, Fred and the others also seized three tanks and an armored personnel carrier. In addition, various firearms, ammunition, military rations and other trophies were worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Because Metshaw ordered his men to blow up the only stone bridge on the river when he was escaping, there was no road to travel at all this time. Both sides retreated one kilometer back on the river bank to set up camp.
Metshaw was very angry. His anger was not that he had lost the battle, but that his guards were so competent that his officers and soldiers were spreading rumors that he had run away on his own.
In anger, Metshaw directly shot the guards who were helping him escape.
…
Soon, the news of the outcome of this battle reached the ears of Russell and Dopengbei respectively.
Russell's health has been getting worse recently. Since the nerves in his brain have been affected, he suffers from explosive headaches. On the advice of his personal doctor, Russell began to inject pethidine.
Pain relief.
Unknowingly, he had developed a serious psychological and physical dependence on Demerol.
Therefore, his focus was not on fighting Doppeng Bei at all, but on the endless pleasure that Du Leng Ding brought him.
"They are all gone?" After Russell heard that Minister Fred led the army to a great victory, he remembered that this seemed to be the case.
"Already won." Russell's personal secretary was recommended by Fred.
Russell had just finished an injection and seemed to be in good spirits. He laughed and said, "Yes, it seems that the three brigade commanders are very cooperative and have sent out all their elite soldiers and generals."
Originally, his personal secretary wanted to use this rare opportunity to break some explosive news to irritate Russell, but when he thought of Fred's instructions, he still endured it.
In fact, he didn't know why Fred didn't let him break the news. This was a golden opportunity to deal with those brigade commanders.
"General, this is the promotion list prepared by the minister." The secretary also listed out Fred's officers and soldiers who had outstanding performance in this battle at the right time.
"You started to praise so soon?" Russell seemed a little unhappy.
As a confidant, the secretary’s right to speak naturally comes to the fore at this time.
"General, you should be praised well this time. Especially under the strong offensive of Metshaw's side, the minister was able to lead his people to a complete victory. It is definitely a credit to you, General, for knowing and employing people and running the army well. In this way, we can
Boost our morale.”
"And according to Metshaw's character, he will definitely not be willing to fail. He will definitely make a comeback. So at this time, we must establish a clear direction of rewarding the good and punishing the bad. If we don't establish our authority at this time
, there will be fewer and fewer people willing to sacrifice their lives in the future..."
After the secretary explained eloquently, almost every word he said touched Russell's heart, especially his rainbow fart, which made Russell feel his pride as a commander.
His previous slight dissatisfaction with Fred quickly disappeared, and he firmly believed that Fred was an excellent subordinate who could take the overall situation into consideration.
This time Russell was obviously enlightened, and suddenly he remembered the defeated bastard captain.
"Where's that guy Jom?"
"It's now being guarded by the minister's people."
"Look after this bastard, just shoot him, this bastard is a loser." Russell said without hesitation.
The secretary nodded, looking understanding.
After Fred's letter and the secretary's praise, Russell happily signed his name.
This matter quickly spread to the ears of the three brigade commanders. Originally, they wanted to see Fred's joke, but they didn't expect that this guy actually won the first battle easily.
This time it was their turn to panic. After all, the three of them had agreed to give him some crooked melons and jujubes.
If Fred tampered with them in front of Russell, I'm afraid they wouldn't get anything good out of it.
However, after several days of worry, no bad news came.
It wasn't until a week later that Russell sent someone to call them to the official residence.
This time the three guys were obviously panicked.
I think Russell will definitely use his ultimate move.
Unexpectedly, after arriving at Russell's official residence, he was told by Russell that Fred, who had multiple jobs, could not stay on the front line for a long time. He thought about it and prepared to ask the three brigade commanders to send their men to take turns leading the troops.
Go to the front line.
They couldn't escape this time, so they had no choice but to agree.
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At first, Doponbe was a little wary of Metshaw's rapid progress. He was worried that this sharp-edged guy would rise up and pose a serious threat to his position as the boss. When he was about to find a way to hinder him, who would have expected that the front line would actually
News of Metshaw's defeat came.
Upon hearing the news, Dopengbe couldn't help but grin.
Finally saw the news of Metshaw's defeat.
Just taking this opportunity, under Doponbe's instruction, the Ministry of National Defense held an operational reflection meeting.
Metshaw was picked up from the front by plane.
At the reflection meeting, almost all senior generals accused Metshaw of rushing forward without considering reality, and were primarily responsible for the failure of this battle.
Metshaw had never experienced such a big scene before, and he was sprayed red in the face by these senior generals.
On the other hand, Oliveira and the boss Doponbei supported him unswervingly, which made him feel that his efforts were not in vain.
"General Metshaw is working very hard. You can't blame him this time. You can only blame the other party for doing a very good job of hiding. If it were the rest of you, it would definitely not be as good as General Metshaw. He was able to lead troops in the first battle."
It is not easy to lead the troops like this. There is no so-called victorious general in this world. We must fully learn the reasons for the defeat from this war..."
"General Metshaw, you are really excellent, but unfortunately you lack experience. My personal idea is that you should enter the military academy for further studies to improve your personal military quality as soon as possible..."
Metshaw was reluctant to leave the front line at first. He believed that he still had a chance to make a comeback. However, after hearing Salma's assessment of the situation that the two sides would continue to draw lines and rule, he couldn't help but agree.
He is still young and has plenty of opportunities. As long as he enters the military academy for further studies, his personal abilities will definitely be improved.
In this way, Dopombe sent Metshaw to a European military academy.
Short seemed to have noticed something. After thinking twice, he resigned from his insignificant official position and followed Metshaw to Ba Li.