The first update

General Jonathan stared at the screen tightly, the situation on the scene was developing in a worse direction, the casualties of Operation Irene this time were still increasing, and every time there were new casualties, Jonathan's heart sank a little. And the culprit of all this is the anti-aircraft missiles in the hands of the Somali militia.

Why do they have anti-aircraft missiles in their hands, and who the hell is this weapon that supplied them?

"Colonel Hudson, you immediately request reinforcements from the United Nations' Pakistani Mountain Division, telling them that our troops are trapped in Mogadishu and need their armoured infantry and tanks." Jonathan looked up, but the other party looked at him with an incredible look, as if he didn't understand what Jonathan was saying.

"But the UN peacekeepers didn't know about our secret operation, and they didn't even say hello to them in advance." Hudson said, "And it will take some time for them to mobilize the 10th Mountain Division, and if the United Nations people know, then Washington will definitely ......."

General Jonathan's expression became serious, and he said to Colonel Hudson, "If he does reply like that, then you tell him that our soldiers are now surrounded by armed militia regiments, that people are dying every second, and that we must get them out of the enemy area immediately." We need their help now. ”

"As for Washington's reaction, it doesn't matter anymore, if all our soldiers die in Mogadishu, that will be the most terrible outcome. If that's the case, we'll all be court-martialed! General Jonathan's words made Colonel Hudson take a deep breath.

"Yes sir, I'm going to contact the Somali peacekeepers right now." Hudson stood up and left the command room. Jonathan knew he would face accountability from Washington next. Accuse him of why he carried out such a risky operation. But now the most important thing. Or rescue all the soldiers trapped in the enemy area. Even if he had to be court-martialed later, General Jonathan was willing to take all the responsibility.

"This will be the deadliest battle for the U.S. military since the Vietnam War." General Jonathan muttered to himself.

The operation was much shorter than in history, as U.S. troops were trapped for a day and a night before escaping from the guns of Somali militias with the support of coalition forces. General Jonathan knew that ground forces without air support amounted to a bloody campaign, which also led him to turn to the armed forces of the United Nations for help.

Armored vehicles and tanks suppressed the frenzied offensive of the Somali militia, and under the cover of night, the Little Bird helicopters also rained artillery on the places where the militias gathered. In order to achieve the effect of suppressing the other party. The U.S. support Humvee then approached and eventually reached the place where the convoy was trapped, and the helicopter was destroyed to rescue the wounded.

After a day and a night of bloody fighting, most of the rangers and special forces members finally safely withdrew from the area surrounded by the enemy, but the losses were very heavy, with 34 American troops killed, more than 60 wounded, four helicopters shot down, four pilots missing, and three pilots killed. One survived.

The Somali operation ended in a fiasco for the United States, because no one could have imagined that the Somali militia would have anti-aircraft missiles to deal with the Black Hawk helicopters hovering in the United States. Jonathan no longer had the energy to think about why they would have such an advanced weapon as an anti-aircraft missile. The only thing Jonathan thought about was that his career had come to an end.

On the afternoon of October 4, the day after the end of the war, the major television screens in the United States repeatedly showed images of Somalis dragging the body of an American Black Hawk helicopter pilot on the ground with a rope on the street, and a captured soldier was also on television. Aideed, a former Somali government official, knows how to use the international public opinion environment to crush the U.S. government.

Sure enough, this incident made the front page headlines of the world's major newspapers, and US public opinion was in an uproar, unanimously criticizing the US government for sending troops to Somalia. At the same time, they believe that this is an act of the government to disregard human lives. Knowing that there was no need for such an attack and attack in Somalia, the army paid such a terrible price.

International criticism has also been heard from the United Nations, and former British Prime Minister Edward Heath, after reading the report on Somalia, proposed to the United Nations that the peacekeeping force should not be an umbrella for US military operations; In particular, they fear that they will become a backing force for some of the CIA's covert operations.

"We pay so much money and the military to the United Nations every year to maintain world peace, not to let them serve the Yankees." The British Prime Minister complained.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Moussa said that what is happening in Somalia will add new obstacles to the Somali national reconciliation process; A war has further complicated the situation, ignited anti-UN sentiment across the country, and undone all our efforts because of the U.S. military's actions.

French Defense Minister Leopard accused the United States of acting beyond the scope of a humanitarian mission and turning into an intolerable confrontation; The German press said that the United States was fighting "a dirty war" in Somalia or for their own interests. There is no concern for the feelings of the Somali people, and even more extreme people even compare this war to a massacre, a massacre of the Somali people by the US military.

Of course, these media in the United States have forgotten that the reason why their country started this war and paid for it was because of the invitation of the United Nations, otherwise the United States and the military would not have waded into the troubled waters of this trip. The U.S. military spent $2 billion in Somalia for 27 months, but the operation ended in failure. That's a big joke.

The war in Mogadishu was a blow to the U.S. government, and such a war had too many negative effects on the U.S., and Mario knew that an emergency meeting on the situation in Somalia would be convened immediately. Far from catching Aideed, the months of war have made Aideed's popularity in Somalia even more popular, and President Mario has finally realized that they should take a political approach to solve Somalia's problems. (To be continued.) )