Scholarly Shadow

Chapter 33 is interesting

After Wang Fan and his group returned having skipped out on their bill, Wang Fan was prepared to continue being...Uncle Feng trained like a monster, but nothing came of it.

"You just got a tattoo",The wound needs two or three days to scab over, so you can take that time to rest.

When Uncle Feng said those words, Wang Fan really wanted to find a place to set off a firecracker to celebrate.

This is truly a rare opportunity, but before Wang Fan could even feel happy, Uncle Feng added, "These next few days, you can talk to me about some military knowledge."

Absolutely nothing good is coming, absolutely nothing good is coming.

Of course, this is something even a fool could figure out.Uncle Feng has always been extremely strict with him, so it's absolutely impossible for him to relax all of a sudden.

"Um, I want to sleep with him for three days and three nights."

After Wang Fan said that, Uncle Feng smiled and said, "You can sleep wherever you want after your training camp is over."

Now I'm going to test your theoretical knowledge, understand?

Wang Fan really didn't understand what theoretical knowledge was.

"But I've already learned most of the basic military knowledge, what else do you want me to learn?"

Wang Fan was still unclear about this.

This is where Wang Fan's problem lies; he still knows too much.Alright.

Uncle Feng led Wang Fan to the classroom where Wang Fan had studied before, where Victor had been waiting for a long time.

Uncle Feng stood in front of the blackboard: "I want you to learn how to analyze the battle situation and how to control it, etc."

The military knowledge you've learned is too rigid, and it's all basic military knowledge.

If we're talking about levels, what you learned before was at an elementary school level, while what I'm trying to get you to grasp is at a university professor level.

Wang Fan understood immediately from Uncle Feng's simple description.

Uncle Feng wanted Wang Fan to learn battlefield knowledge, which naturally included a lot of professional knowledge.

Uncle Feng seemed to realize something: "Since you said you've seen the movie Red Battlefield, then you should be familiar with the movie Shadowfall, right?"

When the movie Black Hawk Down was mentioned, Wang Fan immediately nodded.

Wang Fan had read this book when he was studying at the library during his university years.

Wang Fan immediately began to recount his story without hesitation: "Black Hawk Down is adapted from the novel of the same name, directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Seltz."A war movie starring Er.

The film tells the story of the 1993 Somali War, in which the US Army...The report of errors led to a protracted urban battle with Somali armed militias, involving only about 150 personnel from Army Rangers, Delta Force, and some Navy SEALs.

HourThe small mission, once completed, unexpectedly encountered resistance from the local army.The attack unexpectedly evolvedA 15-hour ordealThe story of the struggle.

My personal opinion on this movie is that the United States is too blindly arrogant.

"You think this is just a movie?"

Uncle Feng's surprised expressionLooking at Wang Fan, Wang Fan nodded, somewhat puzzled: "Isn't that right?"

Victor was laughing hysterically: "Haha, I'm telling you, Fanfan, you're really incredibly silly. This is a movie based on a true story."

Did you know that Black Hawk Down is now in the US military's..."The word 'fang' means failure. That's hilarious! You think this is just something from a novel or a movie?"

When Wang Fan learned that this was a real event, he was truly terrified.

So, Wang Fan still knows too much.tooAlright.

"Today we are going to analyze a case that focuses on the failure of the US military, and we will focus on pointing out exactly where the US military failed."

Is it a problem with their leadership, or with the execution of their soldiers, and so on? Let Victor give a brief introduction first.

"Let's begin, Victor."

After Uncle Feng finished speaking, he sat down to the side and drank. It seems that Uncle Feng is always drinking.Smoking, drinking cigarette, he smokes and drinks, doesn't he know to drink some water?

Victor said smugly, "Hehe, I know quite a bit about this, because I looked at their database whenever I wanted."

Let me give you a brief introduction first.In fact, Black Hawk Down was part of a U.S. military operation codenamed "Eddie" to arrest Eddie in Somalia.

This military tripThe aim is to assist the United Nations in providing humanitarian aid in the region, while simultaneously eliminating local warlords and armed groups.

It looks very sophisticated, but everyone knows that the US military actually wants to arrest the leader and replace him with a more compliant one.

The operation was a joint effort between Army Rangers and Delta Force, with the aim of capturing Somali warlord Aidid and his government staff.

If this task had been done at the time...If it were up to Hong Xun, things wouldn't have come to such a state; at worst, we'd all just die.

As soon as Victor said this, Uncle Feng pointed at Victor, and Victor obediently continued with the briefing.

"However, due to insufficient preparation andError report caused the arrest operation to fail.trapmixTwoUH-60 Black Hawk helicopters of the 160th Aviation Regiment were shot down and crashed one after another; the survivors on board...Member trappedSurrounded by militia,

ArrestImmediately changerescue mission.

It's absolutely ridiculous.They caught the man, but then surrounded him. The US military was really something else back then.

Haha, the funniest thing is that the one that shot down the US military's Shadow helicopter wasn't some particularly powerful military force.It's an RPG, an extremely cheap shoulder-fired artillery piece; these things are really cheap.

Victor's words soon veered off-topic again.

Wang Fan then raised his own objection: "At that time, the US military had more than 20,000 troops stationed there, so why didn't they go and rescue them directly?"

"Wait for Victor to finish speaking."

Uncle Feng meant to let Wang Fan hear the briefing first.

"At the time, the US military was still very confident in breaking out of the slums; the US military's weapons..."The equipment is among the most advanced available.

So they first sent out prisoners. As the subsequent transport convoys loaded the prisoners and prepared to evacuate, groups of Somalis attacked the US troops, firing their Aka rifles.Rockets trailed plumes of smoke as they flew through the air; at major intersections, Somalis burned...fetal,

Set up roadblocks.

The American troops were completely bewildered inside and couldn't find their way out.

Furthermore, things got much more interesting after several US Shadow helicopters were shot down; that was a classic case of besieging a stronghold to ambush reinforcements.

When Victor got to this point, Uncle Feng nodded. That was indeed the most classic example of besieging a point to attack reinforcements.

Uncle Feng added, "At the time, the US military's Shadow helicopters were considered among the most advanced helicopters in the world, so the US military did not allow their technology to be..."It landed here.

So they sent Delta Force ostensibly to rescue the pilot, but their real mission was to destroy the helicopter, not wanting the Shadow helicopter to...It could fall into the hands of people from any country.

Therefore, what happened next occurred.

When Uncle Feng finished speaking, Victor played the video. The video was a movie clip. The two blocks were separated by only a row of buildings. On the left were swarms of Somali fighters, and on the right was a group of US soldiers.

"US military inGadishu is trappedAfter a fierce battle lasting 15 hours, under heavy siege by Somali militias and even civilians, they finally captured [the village/the village].19 people were withdrawn to the safe zone under the cover of Pakistani peacekeeping forces.Soldiers on the moveMore than 1,000 Somali civilians and militia members were killed or wounded.

000 people.

From a cost perspective, nineteen to one thousand is a better deal, but for US soldiers...Life is extremely valuable.

It is said that the US military's actions at that timeAt the time, the commander agreed to all sorts of requests in order to get the peacekeeping forces to deploy.

Because the more US soldiers die, the more trouble there will be.

When Victor got to this point, Uncle Feng added more.

Uncle Feng added: "After the battle ended, that afternoon, the US soldiers..."They were dragged through the streets and paraded through the public.

The television screen repeatedly showed Somalis dragging a rope on the ground.US special operations teamThe scene of being paraded through the streets.

Therefore, this trip by the US militaryIt was a complete failure.

So, where exactly did they fail?

After Uncle Feng finished speaking, he pressed Wang Fan for an answer: "So, where exactly did you fail?"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Fan replied, "First of all, being overconfident is arrogance."

The US military thought they were very powerful, and they were indeed powerful, but they didn't have everything.And then retreated.

However, they were unable to launch large-scale air strikes, and this campaign indeed placed too many constraints on the US military.

However, if they launch an airstrike, that would be a real problem.

As Wang Fan was giving his evaluation, Uncle Feng seemed very dissatisfied: "I told you to focus on the key points, but you've said nothing at all."

"The key point is that the entire Somali population is involved in the war."

Everyone has an Aka, they scan you whenever they see you.They were surrounded by tens of thousands of people; it would be strange if they didn't fail.

Therefore, from then on, the US military had the ability to wage war.analyzeSpecifically designed for each trip"I'll conduct a risk assessment, right?"

Wang Fan asked Uncle Feng a question in return, and Uncle Feng actually gave Wang Fan a thumbs up.

Uncle Feng began to speak: "Actually, many countries have studied the US military's Eddie mission this time."Most importantly, the US military's commander-in-chiefThe Somali mixedThe situation has been thoroughly calculated.

Especially in the event of a battle, what is the situation on the ground?condition.

They didn't consider this at all; other countries can mobilize the entire population to be soldiers.

Of course, that has nothing to do with Somalia.There is a connection.

There's one more thing, do you know what it is?

"Religion, faith!"

Wang Fan answered without hesitation, and Uncle Feng gave him a thumbs up again.

Victor scratched his cheek: "Oh, right, that makes sense."

"So, if you were in command of this battle, how would you do it?"

Uncle Feng suddenly presented Wang Fan with such a big problem: if he were to take command, how should he proceed?

Wang Fan was genuinely a little embarrassed at this moment: "Ah, you want me to give the command?"

I don't know!

"Think about it before you answer me what you would do."

Uncle Feng seemed unhurried as he spoke.

Wang Fan stared at the video on his computer screen and muttered to himself, "If it were me, what would I do?"

Victor thought for a moment and said, "Just drop a Tomahawk missile and blow them up."

Uncle FengIgnore Viktor. He's talking nonsense. The US military spent so much money back then, didn't they know to drop missiles?

At that time, the US military's main concern was capturing the leaders; if they wanted to kill them, they would have dropped bombs long ago.

"If it were me, I would do that."

Suddenly, Wang Fan spoke with great confidence.