"Commander, the evaluation report is out." Schwartzkopf and Powell never left the command center of the headquarters except for going to the toilet.

I've been waiting for the result here.

It is already ten o'clock local time. Whether to continue the night attack mission to bomb Baghdad has reached the most urgent moment.

At the same time, whether to send airborne troops and ground troops to support the two special operations forces in that area is also waiting for this result. Losing the information advantage and without the air eyes and command, the US military is very difficult to fight.

As the Commander-in-Chief and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it is impossible not to know.

Schwartzkopf, who was rubbing the sun with his eyes closed, suddenly became energetic when he heard this. His eyes opened, and he suddenly sat up and said to the staff officer, "What's the matter?"

Even Powell, who was drinking coffee to refresh himself, became energetic.

"According to the detection and analysis of our logistics department technicians, all of our fighter jet failures are caused by circuit short circuits. These failures are not failures of the software system, but caused by the damage to the hardware system. It is difficult to eliminate in the air..." The technical staff put down the analysis report in their hands and then reported it seriously to the commander and the chief of staff.

"What exactly is the cause? You just need to tell us whether our fighter jets can continue to enter this area. If not, what solutions are there!" Schwartzkupf didn't want to listen to those details.

Powell has never spoken.

The failure of the initial battle will be a serious blow to the morale of the entire US military.

The Arab League Command does not know the news yet. The news is only compressed to a very small range, but these fighter jets have not returned to the airport and can be spread soon.

Once the problem cannot be solved too early, the entire US military will eventually show a sense of timidity.

"Graphite dust!" The technical staff directly mentioned the culprit. "Within the first attack wave reached dozens of kilometers in the southwest of Baghdad, their anti-aircraft artillery troops dropped a large number of graphite bombs into the sky. These bombs were filled with graphite dust. Once it exploded, the entire air would spread out. Under the movement of the airflow, the dust spreads to the surroundings, forming a area full of black and gray..."

The words of the technical staff made the entire combat command gasp.

There are many people who know about graphite bombs, because on today, the first day of the war, Captain America dropped graphite bombs into many Iraqi cities in order to paralyze their power systems and command and communication systems.

For the US military, this is a very familiar advanced conventional weapon and equipment, not used to kill the enemy, but to destroy the enemy's combat effectiveness.

"Graphite bombs? Where did they come from? And they floated in the air!"

Schwartzkopf was about to go wild.

This is the weapon and equipment owned by the US military!

Even the Soviets did not have the entire technology.

Unless the intelligence department is not working, it is not very clear about the Soviet intelligence.

But where did so many graphite bombs come from in Iraq?

"According to our analysis of graphite dust on the fault line, these graphite dusts are more subtle than the graphite we produce, and the processing technology is better than ours..." said the technical adviser calmly. "These graphite dust floats in the sky. Once our fighter enters these areas, the graphite dust will pass through the high-speed airflow pressure generated by the fighter jets through the airflow pressure generated by the fighter jets and the fine gaps used to cool down in other places, and quickly cover the electronic components, short-circuiting the electronic components and burning the electronic components, thus forming a short-circuiting..."

The analysis of the technical staff made the entire headquarters fall into deep thought.

Iraq slapped them seriously this time. They thought that only they had the technical equipment, but they thought that an ordinary enemy had it?

Serious mistakes in intelligence work!

The battle situation of the day only proves this.

"What about the solution?" Powell was much calmer than Schwartzkopf.

As long as the reason is found, it will be much easier.

"Under the current conditions, if you want to solve this problem, you can only wait. Wait for the graphite dust in the air to dissipate, and the small amount will also pose a threat to the fighter. Or, wait for it to rain. After it rains, these graphite dust floating in the air will be brought to the ground under the gravity of the rain."

The technical consultant gave the solution.

The attitude is very obvious. What they can do now is wait.

Wait for the graphite dust in the air to be blown away, or wait for the graphite dust in the air to be poured onto the ground by rain.

"Does these graphite dust have any impact on radio communication signals?" Thinking that their troops cannot contact, if there is no way to connect to the communication signals in that area, it will be troublesome.

Powell asked seriously.

"Theoretically, graphite dust has a certain impact on communication signals. However, its main function is to attach itself to electronic components and form a short circuit, thereby destroying communication equipment..." The technical consultant shook his head. They were also uncertain whether graphite dust would affect the communication system. "However, too much graphite dust floating in the air will have an impact on our laser guidance signal, causing a decrease in accuracy..."

"If we send ground troops, will this dust affect our ground equipment?" Powell continued to ask.

I was also a little shocked. Iraqis actually knew how to use graphite dust in this way.

They use graphite dust just to paralyze their electronic devices and radar stations.

I never thought that the other party would use this trick!

It is impossible for the other party to use this trick without any precautions.

As for this situation, I finally understood why the first wave arrived near the Baghdad airspace. The radar station in Baghdad clearly discovered them, but still did not send any fighter planes!

"As long as it is electronic equipment, it cannot enter this area. Even missiles can be affected!" The technical staff emphasized.

Schwartzkopf collapsed, and Powell waved to the technical staff, signaling him to leave, and then said to the commander, "We had an intelligence error before the war, and now we must re-form the combat plan. And feed the news back to the country. Find out how many graphite bombs Iraq has! If they have too many in their hands, for us..."

Needless to say, the consequences are very obvious.

Schwartzkopf took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and nodded. "The air strike must be stopped, we need to rescue our special forces! The other party is a trap."

In the current situation, who doesn’t know that this is a trap?

The problem is that even though they knew it was a trap, they couldn't stop jumping into it.

The two special operations forces are the most elite troops of the US military.

When the situation is unknown, so many special forces are sent to this area to carry out missions. It is hard to say whether the wreckage of the fighter can be destroyed. The Iraqis obviously set up traps at the beginning waiting for them to get in.

"Even if it's a trap, can we do it without burying it in?" Powell's face was extremely serious.

After this incident, both Schwartzkopf and him will take responsibility.

Even if you take responsibility, you must first rescue the surviving pilots and special forces there. Otherwise, the war will not continue.

Once the headquarters makes any bad moves, the entire army will soon understand that it is unlikely to block the news.

After all, many people see these troops performing missions.

"Send the 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division to enter this area, and at the same time, the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment is airborne. The remaining troops are on standby. The 24th Airborne Infantry Division has arrived in the Alla area. After the airborne implementation, the entire army will raid and respond..." Powell quickly came up with an action plan.

Even though they knew it was a trap, they still had to break into it.

"We need to mobilize more ground troops to support..." Schwartzkopf now completely feels that these troops are not enough.

According to the previous combat plan, on the border between northern Saudi Arabia and Iraq, most of the Arab coalition and other coalition forces were deployed. According to the original combat plan, this area should be raided by the 18th Airborne Army from the Rahav border on the Shaiil border to the edge of the Euphrates River through the ground and airborne, cut off Highway 8 in southern Semawo, prevent the Iraqi army from reinforcements, and assist the 7th Army that broke through to Basra to annihilate Iraq's viable forces in the south.

Now things have changed from the beginning, making their arrangements invalid.

Moreover, from the beginning, the war had to attack the most tightly defended areas in Iraq.

"An attack on the Iraqi army in Kuwait, and at the same time, the 7th Army also moved according to the plan..." Since everything was in chaos and could not continue according to the originally formulated combat plan, then the attack could only be launched faster.

"We need to obtain domestic authorization when changing the combat plan!" Schwartzkopf's sense of powerlessness became increasingly serious.

If you don’t agree in China, this matter is definitely not an easy task.

Soon, the changed combat plan was passed back to the Pentagon, and Cheney then entered the White House with the changed combat plan.
Chapter completed!