Chapter 26 22 "I'm Going to the Front"

Hang yourself!We've been fighting at Landlessy, and you're not there. —Henry IV On February 23, light rain.I can't eat fish soup at noon.I always think of the war in Saudi Arabia, and it is really not a good feeling for a war reporter who is proficient in the history of World War II and the US military to stand abroad and watch the 101st Division.He didn't use Quick Knife Cape when he needed it the most. I never meant to belittle others, I just said that I have the subjective conditions to do better.My boss blamed me for being too arrogant and offended the leader.Only then did I know that I offended the Great Pharaoh of the Middle East unintentionally, but I was helpless.There are not many bad people in socialist countries, and I can't doubt my boss. When I graduated from the Department of International Politics at Peking University in 1983, 30 people applied for the postgraduate entrance examination for the History of World War II.I have always suspected that I am the reincarnation of the Prussian cavalryman from the previous century, or the reincarnation of Rommel's armored soldier.Because I always involuntarily blend into the military and police.I firmly believe that I must have fought Patton in the North African desert in my previous life, and I can easily spell the names of American generals correctly.I will win the favor of the 82nd Division of the United States and act with it like I did in Israel, and I will take a truly exclusive shot.

Watching CNN at night, I feel that contact has begun on land.Mang#The night is like a ball of ink, I finally found some stars in the darkness, I waited all night in vain.The east began to turn white, and rolling red clouds floated head-on, like salmon just cut open.The U.S. military is about to perform "The Wedge Before Dawn".I guess the 101st and 82nd will land in Iraq, and the 1st Marine Division will grab the beachhead later, "from Long Beach to Oxbow Lake." Ten years of preparation will go to waste. Will People's Daily use the ruins of Baghdad now?Now people are interested in battles, grappling, captives... and the American military parade after the victory, the Kuwaiti carnival... But I'm dreaming!

I am most annoyed by waiting, what is waiting in Jordan, and where is waiting.An officer who pursues comprehensive defense cannot win a battle, and it is better to cut off one than to hurt ten fingers.If you have a sharp knife, you should use it now.I firmly believe that offense is an eternal military principle, and the best defense is offense.Patton said, "Attack, attack, attack. Don't go until the gas runs out." I was very excited to write close-ups of the battlefield at night, but I always thought about the 82nd Division. I knew Ridgway and this division. Alas, I dream of Kuwait.

I couldn't help but make a report to the photography department and the agency leaders, emphasizing the importance of the southern front and hoping to send me to the front: Yesterday he reported to Beijing that the current situation is very similar to Europe in 1944 and Japan in 1945. Bush said a month ago: "I will never tie the hands of the generals." Another unfriendly military machine. Ninety percent of American generals are graduates of West Point, and one percent are from Virginia Military Academy or Fort Penning.Armored units, cavalry divisions, and airborne divisions all received Patton education.Schwarzkopf has called out Patton's famous words during the "Cobra" operation in August 1944: "Attack, attack, and attack." The current political system, just like their senior Patton did to Germany, and MacArthur did to Japan.Therefore, the gate to Baghdad is not in Amman, but in the search battalion of the 101st Division.

Patton always thought he was Napoleon's cavalry marshal. In July 1943, he competed with British general Montgomery to liberate southern Italy. "Neither can participate.He sued President Roosevelt angrily, awakening the sympathy of West Point alumnus Eisenhower. On August 1, 1944, he commanded the "Cobra" operation, liberated Paris, Germany, and the Czech Republic, and finally died in Mannheim.At that time, because Patton loved photography, he allowed Capa and others to join the army (as did Rommel in Germany).As a result, a large number of precious and wonderful historical photos have been left behind.I want to apply to act with the 101st Division and the 82nd Division. This possibility is very high.A pilot of the Apache Gunship Battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States once gave me a military emblem of the battalion, which is a Pegasus flying into the air.The reason is simply because I know their division commander is General Gavin.

During the Second World War, Maxwell Taylor, the commander of the 101st Division, and Matthew Ridgway, the commander of the 82nd Division (the former became the commander of the Vietnam War, the latter became the commander of the Korean War, and both served as Army Chiefs of Staff. Wrote "Sword and the Plow", "The Horn of Indetermination", and other books) I know all the anecdotes.They are likely to fight like the Ardennes and Bastogne in December 1944, that is, "from oxbow lake to Long Beach" advertised by West Point.The British Armored Seventh Brigade was the "Desert Rat" of Montgomery Alamein, and the French Armored Forces originated from Leclerc in 1944.

Under such circumstances, if a few more war correspondents act separately with the British, American, and French armies, they can take first-hand photos, which is better than sitting and waiting in Amman. Therefore, I applied to go to the battlefield, fight for action with the army, get into an "Abrams", and take real photos of the battlefield.I think I can fight for cooperation with the US military.The defense in all directions is solid, but the focus should be on offense. soldier who obeys all orders Tang Shizeng I think of Eugene Smith, who suffered 200 battle wounds in World War II, once questioned the boss who didn't allow him to go to the front line: "Why don't you let me die!" There was nothing in the war except battle wounds and medals, but I I haven't been injured once so far, so it's boring to think about it.

On February 24, at 1:00 AM GMT and 9:00 AM Beijing time, the ground war in the Gulf finally broke out.The Gulf War entered its final phase.The multinational forces headed by the United States, supported by the firepower of the navy and air force, launched one of the largest ground wars against the Iraqi army since World War II.At the same time, I received an order from the head of the Middle East bureau: "Go back to Iraq immediately!" I seemed to hear Henry IV mocking the Duke of Gryon after the victory at Acre, "Go hang yourself! We've been fighting at Landlessy, and you're not there!"