"Our attack was repelled. The other party used artillery, and now we are in a weak position. Mr. President wants us to show more strength in front of the military observers …"
Blackstone Security helping Sanchez conquer territory was supposed to be a private matter of Blackstone Security. However, because there were too many geopolitical factors involved, and the Federation needed to train soldiers, this task that should have been handled by Lynch himself was handled by the Ministry of Defense.
They also sent a special senior officer to the front line to command. From the beginning to the end, they did not ask Lynch if this was okay.
Of course not.
Lynch knew a lot more about the war than they did. He knew from the beginning that Black Rock would encounter setbacks, and it wouldn't be just once or twice. There would be many setbacks.
Arrogance and conceit were fatal to anyone at any time, especially when they revealed their flaws. These could take their lives.
The Federation looked down on the people of Marillo, and they looked down on the warlords of Marillo even more. From the beginning, they did not treat this military operation as a serious war.
Although they said "we are already very serious," in reality, they were not. It was as if they were on vacation.
Lynch did not intervene. After all, the people who died were the elites of the army and navy. He was not afraid that these people would hurt them. They would not put down their arrogance to treat this matter.
People always said that the Guevara People were arrogant. In fact, the people of the Federation were also arrogant. It was just that they did not think so, just like the Guevara People.
Lynch pressed a button on the bedside table. The wires inside were connected to the TV. Soon, there was no sound coming from the TV.
He sat on the bed and glanced at the maid. The maid took the initiative to leave the room and closed the door.
"You can drag some artillery over. I heard that recently, some artillery company broke a record and developed a more lethal field artillery."
"That's what you need!"
The person on the other end of the phone said without hesitation, "We don't have enough time. We will arrange for some artillery to be sent to the front line, but it will take at least five days to a week. We don't have so much time to waste. We need to solve the problem as soon as possible."
Losing face in front of their allies was the most terrible thing. If it weren't for so many military observers, the Ministry of Defense and the President might not have been so anxious.
At this time, the Bailey Federation was like a young man in his adolescence, full of hormones and aggressive. If they wanted to expand their influence among their classmates, the best way was to establish their prestige through force.
However, the current situation was a little unexpected. The target it chose was very cunning. Not only did it dodge the attack, but it also knew how to counterattack. A punch landed on the Federation's face, making it dizzy.
The boos from the surrounding people infuriated the young man from the Federation. He decided to win this war by hook or by crook, regardless of the consequences!
Before Lynch could speak, the senior official on the other end of the phone took the initiative to say, "I know about your 'Rainstorm' plan. You can show it now."
The 'Rainstorm' plan itself was not a strict military operation. It was just a comprehensive study.
This was also one of the next steps of the Aircraft Research Institute. Stronger engines and load capacity, changing the two-wing aircraft into a single-wing aircraft, redesigning the fuselage, and increasing the load capacity.
Then the ground would be bombed!
In the 'Rainstorm' plan, the bomber known as the 'Explosive Scale Dragon' would not use the large caliber howitzers they used before as the bombs for dive-bombing. Instead, it would use mortar shells as the main bombs.
Each bomb weighed eight pounds. The unnecessary firmware was removed and more gunpowder was added. The effective killing range of the explosion was expanded to twenty-five meters, and it would produce more fragments.
In other words, each plane could now carry about sixty bombs, using a gun-like ammunition supply device.
As long as the bomb bay door was opened, these bombs would all be released in forty seconds.
So far, there were only six experimental models of the Explosive Scale Dragon, one of which was the prototype.
These were not originally on the list of "display". They were highly confidential in the Federation's military. In addition, there were military observers from other countries, so Lynch did not want to expose these equipment too early.
Although he knew that he would be exposed in the end, there was a huge difference between the effects of a little earlier and a little later. It might only be two or three years, or even a year, but a difference of a few months would directly affect the final outcome of the war.
However, the Ministry of Defense and the Presidential Palace seemed to want to save face in front of their allies. In addition, Lynch felt that there might be something else going on, so he did not avoid it immediately. Instead, he thought about it.
Someone was playing dirty behind his back. This was the disadvantage of having capital first. Everything, including politics and military, had to give way to capital to a certain extent.
At this moment, Lynch could even guess that once his bomber was exposed, other than receiving the attention of the international community, it wouldn't bring any other benefits.
The reason was very simple. These bombers were already exposed. Whether allies or enemies, these bombers would be the main target of defense and reconnaissance in the future.
If the Ministry of Defense wanted to place an order, someone might jump out and use these reasons to exclude it from the list of big orders.
An arms race would definitely want to have some secret weapons, not something that everyone could see.
Lynch was silent for a while, just a while, then he agreed. However, he also had a condition. "You shouldn't interfere too much in the internal affairs of my company. I know the order was placed by you, but how to execute it should be my business."
He was referring to the Ministry of Defense's excessive interference in this military operation, unlike the bandit suppression mission in Amelia.
The Federation government and the Ministry of Defense did not take it seriously, nor did they have the desire to intervene. After Lynch laid out the specific steps, the rest was efficient implementation.
It had to be said that his strategy was very good, and everyone executed it well. Unlike now, the Ministry of Defense wanted to intervene, but the result was a mess.
The official on the other end of the phone froze for a moment. "I can report this situation. Wait for my news."
After Lynch hung up the phone, he called the Flight Research Institute and told them what might happen next. Thus, the two official pilots, along with the pilots who could already fly independently, began to prepare for the take-off of the KI-I bomber, which was called the "Explosive Scale Dragon".
Yes, Lynch was that bored. All attack aircraft would start with "Lin", such as the first-generation "Lin-I" attack aircraft that was currently being developed.
Combined with the "KI-I" bomber, which already had a test aircraft, the combination was Lynch.
The fun of the rich was so simple and unpretentious!
As for why the research on attack aircraft was slower than the development of bombers … This was probably because attack aircraft had higher requirements for the overall technology of the aircraft. The current bomber only needed higher lift and load capacity.
One was a combination of cutting-edge technology, and the other only needed a bunch of less cutting-edge parameters.
About half an hour later, the Ministry of Defense agreed to Lynch's request. They would return command to Blackstone Security, but they also had a condition, and that was to suppress the frontline battlefield as soon as possible to regain face for the Federation!
With this sentence, six bombers, which were called "KI-I" by the Flight Research Institute, rose into the sky after a long takeoff.
At this moment, the war far away in Marillo was not over.
The sky was completely dark, but the war was not over.
The Federation had suffered a great loss, and they would not be willing to wait a night because there were still many wounded at the frontline waiting to be rescued. The Federation did not have the tradition of giving up on their comrades!
The light in the sky suddenly dimmed. Ryan, who had already started to take off, carefully poked his head out of a window.
The next second, he pulled his head back because he saw a flash of fire in the distance.
Then, the wall behind him shook with a bang, and some brick fragments flew everywhere. It sounded like it was raining. Then, he heard the sound of a gunshot!
This was also the situation where it was easy to misjudge on the battlefield. If the distance between the two sides was maintained at a medium distance, the gunshot would only be heard after the person was shot.
Those who could rely on the sound of gunshots to dodge bullets must be great fortune-tellers!
"There's a sniper behind the window on the third floor of the red house on the right side of the intersection around 200 meters away …" he said to the person beside him. The person quickly moved to the window next to him and set up his gun in the dark.
It was too dark to see anything. There was a little light just now, but now there was no light at all.
Ryan looked at his watch. There was some fluorescent material on it, and at this time, there was still a faint light, allowing him to see the constantly moving second and minute hands.
He counted out loudly, "Five …"
"Four …"
"Three …"
"Two …"
"One!"
In the next second, more than ten flares suddenly flew in the sky above the city, and the dark city was instantly lit up. The gunshots beside him made Ryan feel an inexplicable sense of security.
The sniper on his side made a killing gesture, and the two quickly began to move.
Street battles were much harder than expected. Although the Federation Army had training courses for street battles, those things were taken for granted, or things that happened to other people.
They did not have any guidance.
They were facing these warlords, and the armed forces of these warlords were different from theirs.
From the first time these people picked up weapons, they had been fighting street battles and had never changed their program!
In the city's attack and defense, they were the real kings!