The naval battle in the Gulf of Kuwait was caused by communication problems, and the communication was completely restored within an hour before it was told that the United States was in the headquarters of the Saudi King Khalid Military City.

Before this, the US military had completely occupied Kuwait City, and surrounded the remaining troops in Kuwait from the north and south in an area of ​​more than 30 kilometers north of Kuwait City.

However, after the troops in front occupied the previous positions of the Iraqi army, they discovered that many of the military equipment they destroyed did not leave any wreckage!

The US military's artillery shells and bombs turned most of the buildings in Kuwait City into ruins.

And in these ruins, they found a large amount of burning wood chips!

Before the war began, the Iraqi army had evacuated most of its military forces from Kuwait, and not too many troops left here!

The US military only carried out long-range strikes, which prevented them from discovering it immediately.

Such a situation was passed to the headquarters, causing Powell to vomit an old mouthful of blood.

Before he could digest the news, the news that the aircraft carrier formation in the Gulf of Kuwait came again.

"His Excellency Chief of Staff, our two aircraft carrier fleets in the Gulf of Kuwait were suddenly attacked, among which the USS Midway was sunk... A Ticonderoga-class cruiser sank, three Charles Adams-class destroyers sank... Two ammunition supply ships sank, and one fuel supply ship sank... The USS United States aircraft carrier was seriously injured... Two aircraft carrier fleets completely lost the ability to continue combat..." After the communication repair, the communications staff quickly reported this bad news to the Chief of Staff.

When Powell heard such bad news, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The American invincible aircraft carrier fleet, which traverses the Earth's ocean, has suffered such a blow in such a war.

This is a disaster that is even more serious in the history of the US Navy than the sneak attack in Pearl Harbor.

"Go out..." Powell could no longer gather his strength in the face of such bad news.

"Chief of Staff..." The staff officer said with some concern as he looked at Powell's pale face and his whole body was weak and collapsed on the chair.

"I need to think carefully when I go out. From the beginning of the war, we seem to have fallen into the trap of the enemy!" Powell was not a fool.

If, from the beginning, the weapons and equipment purchased by the Iraqis from the Soviet Union could cause extremely serious harm to them, it is possible. The Soviets sold advanced weapons and equipment to Iraq.

However, now, the Iraqis, perhaps from other countries, have destroyed the aircraft carriers that the US military is proud of. Although the Midway has long been behind and will not even retire until the end of the war, the US Department of Defense has prepared to arrange the Independence aircraft carrier to come to the Gulf region and replace the Midway aircraft carrier.

No anger, no thunderousness.

There is an invisible behind this war.

Perhaps, it was the Soviets who stumbling behind their backs, but could the United States start war against the Soviets for such reasons at this time?

"Commander, my next combat plan..." the officer below asked Powell.

At present, the entire headquarters has been completely shrouded in pessimism.

They don't know whether the war can continue.

Everyone knows that even if they win this war, they will lose the war.

After only two days of war, the 24th Aircraft Division was completely destroyed, and now it has lost one aircraft carrier formation, and another aircraft carrier formation can no longer be put into the war.

It is equivalent to the absence of two formations.

Even before the war started, the Ministry of National Defense and the government prepared 10,000 body bags for transporting American troops, which was not enough now.

What kind of order should the headquarters issue?

"We are powerless to take revenge on the Iraqis except for launching nuclear strikes from the country. So far, our losses are no longer something we can bear." Powell took a deep breath and said to the entire headquarters, "Report the losses we have suffered in detail to the Pentagon in detail. I will personally think that the President will submit a report... Let's break the meeting and wait for further orders from the country! At the same time, order all troops to stop all military operations..."

In order to maintain that little morale, Powell had to issue an order to stop all military operations.

In American history, he was the most popular Joint Chiefs of Staff because of his black identity.

At the same time, he is also the most depressing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in American history, because the plan he formulated to crack down on Iraq was completely a pile of garbage.

While this combat plan put the US military in trouble, it also caused tens of thousands of outstanding American soldiers to die.

He has an unshirkable responsibility for all this.

Especially at this time, Schwartzkopf, the commander-in-chief, pretended to be sick and hid in the hospital. He was alone and could not reverse the situation.

So, Powell began to lock himself in the headquarters office alone, and ordered the orderly soldiers to bring paper and pen, and he wanted to record all his situations in the war and submit them to the president.

"First, since the beginning of the war, the Iraqis seemed to have the initiative everywhere. In terms of intelligence, most of the information we obtained was fake. The Iraqis' army left in Kuwait, and it has been confirmed that many of them were fake targets..."

Intelligence errors are the main reason for their mistakes this time.

Before the war, the United States collected a lot of intelligence, but not much of this intelligence was real.

They believe that Iraq's air defense forces cannot pose a threat to their stealth fighter jets. Even if they can pose a threat, after blowing up Iraq's radar command station and combat/interception command center at the beginning, Baghdad's air defense forces will become blind and deaf...

The fact is that it is not the case at all.

The F117 squadron, which went to Baghdad to conduct a bombing mission, was accurately intercepted, and only three of the 40 F117 fighter jets sent out fled back.

Their radar cannot detect its own stealth fighter, but Baghdad has radar that can be clearly seen.

This is all based on the investigation results of the three F117 pilots who escaped.

The Iraqis seemed to have known about their military deployment for a long time!

"So, in the second aspect, the country's top-secret military plan was leaked..." Powell had to doubt it so much. This was something he had not figured out in the past two days. "How did the 24th Infantry Division be discovered by Iraqis who didn't even dare to take off the plane. In the direction of the army's advance, there were special operations troops around to clean up..."

"From the beginning, we used fighter jets to test Baghdad's air defense firepower and to detect the Nighthawk's stealth ability during the day. However, our fighter fleet was ambushed and whether it received missile attacks, or just the opponent's graphite dust bomb attacks, we could not draw conclusions before the pilot was retrieved. No matter in any aspect, we were all hit by the enemy's complete set..."

"The Iraqis have powerful armed forces that we cannot imagine. The number of missiles far exceeds our perception. All of this has not been discovered by the intelligence agencies... Are these missiles built by themselves or purchased from other countries? They have the same fighter jets as our F14. Are these fighters from Iran?"

Powell kept writing down all his doubts.

It didn't take long to write many pages of paper.

Intelligence work is necessary before any war.

The United States believes that it has prepared very well in this war, and even mobilized their most powerful armed forces, mobilizing more than 4,000 tanks, more than 6,000 armored vehicles, more than 1,500 fighter jets, six aircraft carriers, 500,000 US troops, and more than 100,000 coalition forces...

This is a powerful military force far exceeding the total number of Iraq's troops and has advanced many levels.

However, the US military, which had such an advantage, was beaten up by the Iraqi army at the beginning of the war.

Even, I haven't seen the Iraqi air force and ground forces yet!

All this evidence points in one direction - the top Americans, with spies, maybe Soviets, or other American hostile forces.

In this war, whoever gets the greatest benefit is the mastermind behind this war.

"There are so many advanced weapons in Iraq, which are not even worse than us. Many of the weapons and equipment are designed for our weapons... The Gulf War broke out, and even since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, international oil prices rose sharply, and the Soviets got the greatest benefit... And those who can tamper with this matter and set a full set of them for us..."

Finally, Powell listed all the reasons for the Soviets to participate.

All of this is his suspicion.

After writing, he checked it again to make sure everything was written out before picking up the photo of his wife Alma on the table.

Gently stroking his wife in the photo, Powell kept thinking about the little things he knew Alma in his life.

Since he served as the chairman of the first US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Alma kept moving with her children because they were black.

Colin Powell won a total of 11 medals on the Vietnam battlefield, allowing him to climb to a high position that blacks cannot reach and also allowing him to bear greater responsibilities.

Immediately, Powell picked up his pen again and wrote to his wife Alma.

"Alma, please forgive me! As an American soldier... the war failed... We lost the lives of tens of thousands of young men and many officers in just two days... neither public opinion nor morale, we could continue to launch an attack... As the supreme commander, I can only bear my responsibility..."

After writing a letter to his wife, Powell opened the drawer...
Chapter completed!