"But I'm just a colonel. It's probably not realistic for me to completely withstand the pressure from above." Colonel Neal said helplessly.
¡°We share the pressure from above, but I need you to be on my side.¡± Lin Rui replied.
"But is this useful? Mr. Rick, I am just a low-key colonel. If the superiors are not satisfied at all, they can replace me at any time.
It seems to me that they trust you even more than I do. "Colonel Neil was a little helpless.
"Colonel, this is different. Even if they believe in me, I am still an outsider. Just a thug they brought to show how to deal with the situation. In comparison, you are their real one.
They placed you next to me, firstly, to let you coordinate the relationship between me and the Malian troops. The second point is also to allow you to better monitor me and better control our actions. Lin Rui said slowly.
"No, Mr. Rick, you may have some misunderstanding" Colonel Neil quickly explained.
But Lin Rui did not give him a chance to explain, but directly stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking, "Colonel, please listen to me first.
This is our first cooperation, and we are facing such a severe situation. There is nothing wrong with being cautious.
Your senior management is right. If it were me, I would make the same arrangements. So I fully accept this arrangement without any objection.
But in actual operations, we need to achieve absolute unified command. Avoid having two different voices on the same team. do you understand me? "
"What Mr. Rick means is that he is worried that the higher-ups will directly intervene in the command of the troops, thus interfering with the normal operations of the troops?" Colonel Neal thought for a while and asked.
"That's what I mean. Colonel, you are a smart man." Lin Rui nodded.
"This" Colonel Neal thought about it for a moment and nodded. "Okay, even if a situation like what you said happens, I will definitely try my best to stand by your side."
Lin Rui patted him on the shoulder, "Thank you very much for your efforts, Colonel Neil. In the end, you will find that the decision you made was a very wise one."
"Boss, the latest enemy situation. The rebel forces in the north have regrouped, and their attack direction has changed." A mercenary hurriedly came to report.
Lin Rui took the report from his hand, read it carefully and nodded, "Thirty minutes ago, the Tuareg troops suddenly wanted to make a detour to the east and destroyed two surrounding villages.
This makes their attack direction look more like a roundabout side attack. But I feel like it's just a smokescreen. The intention is to disguise their true line of attack. "
"Concealing their true attack line?" Sergey frowned.
"Yes, this report came from our frontline troops. In other words, our frontline troops watched them move in.
If this is their true intention, they should at least be more subtle.
This is like a face-to-face duel between the two of us. We were originally facing each other, but now I deliberately walked around you, and the whole process did not avoid you at all.
¡°Do you think this roundabout attack can have any effect? And even if it is a roundabout flank attack, it should attack the flank of the garrison as quickly as possible. The right way is to go so fast that the other party can't react.
Now they are attacking some residential villages and deliberately causing trouble. Who could be deceived by such a clumsy technique? Lin Rui sneered.
"That means they attacked our flank in a roundabout way. Is that false?" Colonel Neal asked him.
¡°It can¡¯t be said to be completely false. If we don¡¯t react to it at all, then I¡¯m sorry, it¡¯s very likely that it will become true.
But if I react to this situation, I will inevitably extend my troops to the east.
And this is the result they want. If we continue to extend our defense line to the east. This will further weaken our defensive strength on the west side.
And the focus of their attack is still on the west side. If we try to have both things, the defense in the middle will be disjointed.
Their other units can definitely give us a breakthrough in the middle. Attack our camp directly. "Lin Rui drew a few arrows on the map.
After seeing it, Colonel Neal was also frightened. Because if this is the case, it is indeed targeting the weaknesses of the Mali defenders at every turn.
"There is actually such a good tactician in the Tuareg Liberation Organization. If we follow his arrangement, we will have to expose several key parts.
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Mali¡¯s military itself is divided into factions. We are helping you, trying to bring the scattered forces together.
If internal conflicts arise at this time, it will only benefit our enemies. "Lin Rui patted him on the shoulder. "So everything should focus on the overall situation. You'll have plenty of opportunities to check it out later, but not now. "
Colonel Neal took a deep breath, "I understand, Mr. Rick. I will follow your arrangements.
But I will definitely record this matter in the report. I will report it afterwards and organize a thorough investigation. "
Lin Rui nodded, "Okay, now the enemy's movements are basically clear. Then we have to make corresponding adjustments.
At least let them believe that their plan was successful. Let them think that their roundabout attack has attracted enough of our attention.
In this case, their main force on the west side will take action. And what we want is exactly this. "
"Understood." Colonel Neal nodded. "So, Mr. Rick, what is this reserve team you are talking about"
¡°Our Trident Company troops, led by Lincoln, will mainly defend against attacks from the east.
As for the main enemy force on the west side, I will be responsible for commanding the defense. Actuary Shogan is responsible for overall command.
"For your Malian troops, I have only one request, which is also the most basic and simple request for an army, and that is to enforce orders and prohibitions. Lin Rui said slowly.
"Mr. Rick, you can rest assured on this. You have been granted full command authority. All troops in Mali must obey your command." Colonel Neal replied.
Lin Rui smiled and said, "This is just a formality. In fact, I'm afraid even the highest level in Mali can't fully control the troops, right?"
Colonel Neil was a little embarrassed. He tried hard to explain, "There were indeed some such situations. But in fact, most of the troops were completely obedient to the command."
"I understand." Lin Rui nodded, "If it really comes to a very critical moment, I have an extraordinary solution. I hope you can understand then."
Colonel Neil looked up at Lin Rui, and the seriousness in his eyes shocked his heart.
"There are still three hours left. At that time, I will require all troops to enter level one combat readiness.
All troops must enter the designated area we have planned in advance and deploy their defenses.
Our military advisory group will have two inspection teams that will patrol every defensive position continuously. If there is any violation of the order, we will deal with it on the spot.
We will enforce battlefield discipline without soliciting your opinion. There is no sympathy left. "Lin Rui looked at his watch.
"Understood. We have talked about this many times in previous meetings. A security battalion under me will handle various emergencies at any time." Colonel Neal nodded.
"Okay, we have to make preparations. Everything in the headquarters will be handed over to Actuary Jiang's command team and Colonel Neal." Lin Rui slowly patted Colonel Neal on the shoulder, " Colonel, I hope you can be our strongest support."
Colonel Neil nodded, "Understood. I will try my best to withstand the pressure from all parties and fully cooperate with your work.
But Mr. Rick, can you tell me all your plans now? "
"Colonel, you don't have to worry about this at all. Because you will stay at the command headquarters, and you will be fully involved in all the command and deployment of the actuary.
For you, we can absolutely trust you. Of course we also hope that you can trust us completely. Lin Rui replied.
After completing all deployments, Lin Rui officially led the team to leave. He led a team of 400 people from the Trident mercenary force and three companies of Malian troops.
However, this Malian unit is obviously more capable than other Malian units.
Because this force is the special anti-terrorism force that Trident Company was responsible for training during the six-nation joint anti-terrorism operation.
¡°Both in terms of personnel quality and equipment, they are much higher than other troops.
After all, these three companies have received NATO-style systematic training from top to bottom. During the joint anti-terrorism operations that year, Western countries such as France and the United States advocated letting Africans manage Africa and let Africans handle African affairs.
So this unit received comprehensive NATO training.
After the joint counter-terrorism operation, this unit also returned to Mali and has been retained. Their combat capabilities are naturally far superior to other troops adapted from militia.
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