Chapter 700 Internal Strife Can’t Be Fought Anymore

Chapter 700 The internal strife can no longer be fought...

silence.

An oppressive silence.

Two people, one dared not speak, the other could not speak at all.

For a moment, the huge office was quiet with only 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, there may be a problem with how the Allied operation will end.

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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After an unknown amount of time, 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.

So he quickly asked:

"have……"

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.

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 sips of water and finally recovered a little. Although he was still hoarse, his words could be understood by ordinary people.

According to the plan, all aerial activities tonight will give way to stealth bombers, so the bombing can only be carried out by GBU31 of 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. Its charge coefficient is far higher than that of missiles or artillery shells. It rarely leaves complete wreckage after the explosion.

As long as there is no direct evidence, it is not difficult to confuse right and wrong.

For example, it can be said that the anti-aircraft missile missed its target and then 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 silence the public and avoid boiling public dissatisfaction.

"This... we don't know yet."

The secretary shook his head:

"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..."

"In this case……"

Sheldon relaxed slightly.

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, 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 go to the meeting.

However, the moment he stood up, the phone on the table rang again.

"I'll be right away..."

He originally 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 and confirmed..."

Sheldon gradually became unable to hear the rest of the content.

He only felt a sense of 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 his 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...

…

Return 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 a response from "each" country is obviously not a "little thing" like B2 being shot down.

And what is worthy of being written into intelligence documents is obviously not the public attitude of various countries.

In fact, for this extremely complicated situation, everyone's immediate external stance was basically based on nonsense literature.

The country concerned made harsh words and said it would investigate to the end, while the country not involved expressed its 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 who 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, 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 markings on the bombs clearly showed that they were MK84s with satellite guidance components installed, which are GBU31 bombs."

"Not long ago, this set of photos has been passed on by our side through a special liaison mechanism to several European media that have cooperative relations with us, as well as the leaders of the countries involved."

Everyone's expressions that were full of dissatisfaction just now turned to surprise.

"Then if this happens, 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 cannot do so."

"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."

Having said this, he finally put down the first document in his hand.

No one answered.

The conference room was as quiet as Sheldon's office had been a few hours ago.

But under the same appearance, there is a completely different atmosphere.

On the Chinese side, they were 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 Force, in fact 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 the core participants have withdrawn more than half of them, and the British are probably going to do it sooner or later——

Even if there is a conjugated father-son relationship, the impact of this incident is so bad 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 I won't be able to sustain it.