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Chapter 1192 The Citigroup guy is upset (two more chapters tonight)
Although Gao Zhendong felt relieved, people in other places did not feel relieved.

South Jiaozhi, Citi garrison headquarters.

"General, our losses are increasing," complained a senior ground combat commander.

"Can't you defeat those monkeys hiding in the trees?" the garrison commander asked back.

Not to mention that the Japanese had conflicts between the army and navy, on the Citibank side, there was also a clear distinction between the first, second, third, and fourth classes.

"General, we've won almost every battle, but it feels like we're losing the war."

The American said that he won every battle on the Jiaozhi battlefield. This is of course flattering himself, but it is no exaggeration to say that he won most of the battles.

"Won the battle but lost the war? My ground commander, what nonsense are you talking about?" For the Citigroup guys, security warfare is still a brand new thing. The Citigroup army from top to bottom is actually not familiar with this form of combat.

Of course, in the 21st century, they can only fight security wars that they can never win, or even fight the Slippers Army on equal terms, but that is another story.

The failure on the battlefield of the peninsula was obvious. Everyone was fighting face to face, deploying their troops and fighting in large groups. Every battle had tactical goals, and these tactical goals served the strategic goals. Moreover, the relationship between the two was very clear and visible at a glance.

It can be said that the Citigroup bosses are well aware of their failure on the peninsula and have a very clear understanding of the process.

But when we arrived in Jiaozhi, things seemed to have changed.

"General, I'm not talking nonsense. I never know what the connection is between the tactical objectives of each battle and our strategic interests here. It seems that there is a layer between them that prevents them from influencing each other."

The ground operations commander felt a little frustrated with himself. Having experienced S2 and the Battle of the Peninsula, he even began to doubt his own command and judgment. This doubt could be summed up in a few words.

——What the hell am I doing?
"Mr. Commander, then don't worry about strategy. Just let your boys fight every battle well." The garrison commander shrugged.

"That's the problem, General... We win every battle, but the next battle happens almost exactly where we left off. Do you know what this means?"

For the Americans, the biggest problem is the lack of effective occupation and control. They can only take helicopters from various heavily guarded and well-defended bases and cities to the combat site.

This journey may be successful or unsuccessful.

It was unsuccessful. The helicopter was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from the jungle halfway. Naturally, there was nothing else. If we have to say what happened next, it would be that the next batch of helicopters came to pick up the bodies or rescue people.

If they succeed, they will most likely win a battle. However, that's where the matter ends. The Citi ground forces that won the battle did a great job in the exchange ratio. After all, they have absolute firepower advantage from the ground to the sky, and intelligence and other combat conditions do not play much of a role in this kind of close combat from the sky.

It can be said that the Citigroup's tactics in Jiaozhi, which mainly relied on helicopter maneuvers, did greatly enhance the suddenness of the battle, brought out their own advantages, and greatly reduced the casualty rate.

But to some extent, this way of fighting has one biggest problem.

——The foundation is unstable, which can cause effective damage, but cannot be effectively controlled.

At the same time, this piecemeal approach makes it difficult to achieve a decisive victory and has no impact on the overall situation of the war, especially when facing guerrilla warfare.

This can be seen from the fact that the Americans fought in Jiaozhi for so many years, and so many people died on both sides, but there were not many battles that could be written about.

Guerrilla fighters are eager for you to do this. I lose, but you will always lose people. For guerrillas who are committed to driving the invaders out of their own land, they can afford such casualties. As long as their backbone cannot be eliminated, as the saying goes, they will be reborn again in the spring breeze.

The Citigroups intended to use the damage to the guerrilla forces to undermine the enemy's fighting spirit, but the lack of actual control made their intentions a pipe dream.

How could the liberators' fighting spirit be so easily crushed?

A protracted war is not something that can be fought easily. Perhaps some countries cannot fight a protracted war due to their endowments, for example, they are too small or too peaceful. It is really impossible to start a war in a tiny country like Grenada. A single pee can penetrate the country's territory. This cannot be analyzed in terms of fighting spirit.

However, as long as there are conditions for a protracted war, Citigroup will have no way to deal with them. For example, in the "graveyard of empires" that has never had a peaceful life, Citigroup can only perform the "airport iron fist" again.

In fact, helicopter vertical assault is a good tactic, but it is not a good tactic for dealing with guerrillas because it cannot eradicate them. It is more suitable for regular combat. It can be said that the Citigroup is using regular combat tactics to fight a security war.

This is not good news for Citigroup.

But decades later, the Citigroups are fantasizing about using the tactics and methods of fighting a security war to fight a regular war with a big country, which is another extreme. Commissioner Smith: How can we not update our weapons? How can we do a good job if we keep updating our weapons?
"This means that the guerrillas of the Southern Front have received strong support from the Northern Front! They are always able to update their weapons, and these weapons seem to grow out of the woods!" The garrison commander came to his own judgment.

This judgment is not wrong, but it is not the crux of the problem.

The crux of the problem is that there are always people willing to pick up these "weapons that grow out of the forest" and fight against them.

The weapons are not the problem, the people are.

"Yes, we always have to fight similar battles in similar locations and against similar opponents. This makes my boys extremely tired, General." The superstition about weapons prevented the ground operations commander from seeing the essence of the problem.

This is not surprising. Although the book "Legend of Protracted War" took eight days to write, the possibility of most people in this world even opening the first day is very slim.

"We must cut off their supply channels."

"This is difficult, Mr. General. Due to the existence of the rainforest, we have no idea how many roads they have for supply."

"Then cut off the dividing line between North and South Jiaozhi! That line is not wide!"

Although I don't have the courage to cross that line, can I defend the southern side? All I have to do is cut off their logistics supply channel.

For the Americans and their vassal army, this line of dozens of kilometers long is not difficult to block.

"General, this may be difficult. They are using the territory of their western neighbor for logistical supplies." Although it was unknown which specific routes the Jiaozhi people used for logistical transportation, the Citiland ground commander was still aware of the general area.

The garrison commander frowned. This was troublesome.

Jiaozhi has a long and narrow terrain, which means that they have a long border with their western neighbor. The length of this border plus the tropical rainforest terrain makes it difficult to defend and control. Moreover, it is difficult for Citi and South Jiaozhi to cross and attack openly, but for North Jiaozhi, which has the support of its western neighbor, it can come and go freely.

However, perhaps this route was too easy to use and made the Northern Jiaozhi addicted to it. After driving out the American invaders and eliminating the puppet regime in the south, the first thing they did was to annex their neighboring country to the west.

This is the most ungrateful thing.

"Increase the scale and scope of the bombing of North Jiaozhi, and focus on bombing their strategic locations, bridges, and material distribution centers."

Compared to the elusive trails hidden in the rainforest, the locations of these important nodes are almost public.

After all, Southern Jiaozhi has the intention to turn to Northern Jiaozhi, and vice versa.

After hearing this, the second-class people had something to say. The ground operations were carried out by the third-class and fourth-class people. As the saying goes, those in the sky are responsible for flying, and those on the ground are responsible for dying.

The bombing of Northern Jiaozhi is the task of the second-class people. However, this task has not been so pleasant recently.

"There's some trouble, Mr. General." The second-in-command indicated that he had something to say.

"Tell me, what's the trouble?" Although he knew that the battle would not be smooth sailing, the garrison commander still felt very dissatisfied.

"Our bombing route for Northern Jiaozhi has been severely compressed, which allows the people of Northern Jiaozhi to effectively use their limited air defense capabilities to resist our air strikes." The second-class commander shrugged.

"Compressed? Who did it?"

"Orientals!"

"Orientals? Impossible. They have a tacit understanding with us. As long as we don't cross that line on the ground, they won't take the initiative to attack our aircraft that are not over their territory and territorial waters." Although the Orientals are poor and arrogant, they are reasonable.

"Yes, they didn't attack our planes, but their radar on the island in the center of the North Bay made our planes passing within 150 kilometers of the island look like running naked on Broadway! The boys will be intercepted as soon as they approach the target coastline."

Speaking of this island, everyone present looked unhappy. Of course, the unhappiest ones were the first-class people. After all, the SEALs were theirs, and none of them had returned. The submarine was also theirs, and they were escorted out of the country.

The garrison commander was no idiot. He understood the seriousness of the situation. “So, you have to launch the attack from a more southerly position. The offensive fan has been greatly compressed. Why don’t you break through from Jiaozhi’s western neighbor?”

Beijiaozhi took the route through the ground, and we took the route through the air, perfect!
(End of this chapter)