Chapter 348 Famous Scene

Chapter 348 Famous Scene

Chapter 348 Famous Scene

The fighting took place in Baghdad, but the main battlefield was in DC.

When Panetta was urgently summoned to the White House, he was still confused. He didn't know why he had the opportunity to meet with the president. However, when he saw his biggest competitor in the White House, he understood everything.

The open and covert struggles between the two powerful deputies put the director, who serves as a mascot, in a difficult position. Both of them have their own strengths and weaknesses.

But now, instead of making the conflict public, Panetta was called into the White House without his knowledge, to watch his competitor's highlight moments in front of the president.

In other words, Panetta screwed up, and if he witnessed his rival's outstanding performance in front of the president, he would be better off resigning.

It's okay to be transferred to another place, but just don't continue the internal fighting in the CIA.

The president was fed up, the director was fed up, and they made a choice, but this choice was not Panetta.

Panetta was panicking.

He dug a trap and buried himself in it.

"I am a businessman. I welcome healthy competition within the company, but I am tired of endless internal friction. I cannot tolerate this situation continuing."

The president has never denied that he is a businessman, and he is even proud of it, but then again, the president is a pragmatic man, and now he seems to want to do something.

Change the current situation of serious internal friction.

"It's normal for the Pentagon and the CIA to be at odds, but under my predecessor's management, the Pentagon and the CIA have already had irreconcilable contradictions, which I cannot accept. No one understands competition better than me, so I came to solve the troubles left by my predecessor."

The president finished speaking, waved his hand, and said, "The Pentagon is unwilling to cooperate, but the CIA can complete a wonderful decapitation mission on its own without relying on the support of the military."

The president has lost his patience and wants to end the infighting within the CIA. It doesn't matter who is better now. The key is that the CIA can end the current vicious competition.

Panetta understood that this was a test.

The fate of the losers is tantamount to public execution.

But Panetta's competitors were taking an open-book exam, and Panetta didn't even have the chance to write on the paper.

This is not fair.

This is very unfair.

The president has made his choice. He called Panetta here because he wanted Panetta to watch his opponent win and then leave on his own accord.

Panetta was panicked and angry.

If Panetta had known this would be the result and this situation, he would have invested more energy and tried his best to perfect the trap and completely destroy his competitor Liberty Wind.

Panetta was dissatisfied, but he had nothing to say.

Liberty Wind was created in Europe and was promoted by the director of the European Division of the Intelligence Agency. However, after its establishment, Liberty Wind quickly gained the recognition and favor of Deputy Director Mason. Then, Mason raised the use rights of Liberty Wind and returned it to the White House.

The most damning thing is that the president has used Free Wind three times since he took office last January, and all of them have achieved excellent results.

Why could a Free Wind operation cause the White House to order the Pentagon to cooperate, and why was Panetta suddenly called in to take a test like a public execution.

Isn't it because Liberty Wind can be considered as one of the White House's own people to some extent?

The president's own people.

It's normal that the President decided to choose Mason to take control of the CIA because of Free Winds.

Panetta wanted to use Gao Yi to get rid of Liberty Wind. Although he knew it was difficult, he always saw an opportunity.

Now, the good opportunity to bury Free Wind has turned into a trap to bury himself.

Panetta hated Mason so much, and he hated Gao Yi even more.

If there is a chance to reverse this extremely unfavorable situation, Panetta will certainly do it, whatever he is asked to do.

But it was too late now. Liberty Wind bypassed the Pentagon and directly borrowed the power of the British.

The hateful president not only did not think it was shameful, but also thought it was a very good deal. Free Wind only needed to use his brain and mouth, and used the power of Britain and Iraq to complete a perfect decapitation operation.

Panetta felt that this was a brilliant move.

Now the British planes have arrived, the Iraqi armored forces are on the way, and Panetta has been waiting in the White House for an hour and a half before being called into this damn conference room. Now he can do nothing but watch.

"Sir, the attack has begun."

Mason reminded the president, and the president turned and looked at the screen in front of him.

The CIA has its own reconnaissance methods and does not have to borrow the Pentagon's reconnaissance aircraft.

Panetta clenched his fists as he watched the helicopters launch their attack.

I saw this scene as soon as I came in. Panetta was waiting to be judged by his fate.

"We have located the Sky Garden. There is no way he can escape!"

Mason was so confident that he acted as a live commentator without even looking at Panetta.

Panetta stared at the TV expressionlessly.

No one knows special operations better than the President.

"Well, electronic signal positioning, but can the British do that?"

The president raised the question in time, and then watched as a ball of fire exploded from the window of the building below, followed by two more.

Mason looked confident. He smiled and said, "Sir, the electronic signal we were monitoring has disappeared, the target has been destroyed, the operation has been successfully completed, and all that remains is to clean up the remaining enemies."

Panetta exhaled softly.

Nothing can be done. Nothing can be achieved.

Attack helicopters launched indiscriminate bombings, and transport helicopters began to drop infantry.

"The British are willing to send their trump card SBS to carry out this decapitation mission. This is our double insurance. Even if the missile just now failed to kill the truck driver, he will definitely not be able to escape the next cleanup."

Mason is extremely confident.

The president liked confident subordinates. He smiled and said, "I know that the British SBS is quite good. Connect me to the frontline communication. I want to say a few words to their frontline commander."

"Uh, sorry, in order to prevent someone from tipping off the Sky Garden, we used electronic jamming."

As he spoke, Mason looked at Panetta and stared at him fiercely as if he were a mole.

Panetta said nothing.

Nothing to say.

The British went in.

"Once the British deliver their target, the battle will be completely over. It doesn't matter if the target is dead or alive. In five minutes at most, we will see the truck driver."

Mason was so confident that the President couldn't help but check his watch.

Time passed minute by minute.

There are only aerial images, no details, and no live recordings. This live broadcast from a high altitude angle is not very interesting to watch.

Finally, the president couldn't help but say, "Ten minutes."

Mason still said confidently: "No problem, although the target's protective force is very strong, but under our powerful attack, the target is dead."

The president sighed and said, "It's a pity that this is just a demonstration of ability. The target is still too insignificant."

The meaning was obvious. It would be great if they could kill Bin Laden like their predecessors did. Truck drivers are unknown, unlike Bin Laden who has received global attention. Mason smiled and said, "This is just a rehearsal. We can kill Badadi of Ace Ace with a perfect operation, if you want, sir."

The president nodded in satisfaction, and then he suddenly said: "Let's remove the electronic interference. I don't think it's necessary to continue. I still want to see the live footage. There is a live scene between us and the British...hmm."

Given the characteristics of the English language, if the president doesn't know how to say professional military terms, he can't say a term that shows he understands it.

Mason immediately said, "Of course, I'll notify them to turn off the electronic interference right away."

Mason spoke a few words into the satellite phone, and the electronic jammer that was circling over the battlefield immediately flew away.

The fuel supply was insufficient to begin with, and since electronic jamming was no longer necessary, of course we had to evacuate the battlefield immediately.

Mason said confidently: "Connect to the front screen."

The President was interested.

Until he saw the corpses all over the ground.

There was a brief pause in the scene, but the sound could still be heard clearly.

"help me!"

"Cover, cover!"

"Grenade..."

Every word was clear, but the camera didn't move. It seemed that the signal was not stuck, but the person holding the camera was dead.

Ok?
Panetta suddenly perked up.

what happened?

Just as this question flashed through Panetta's mind, the president frowned and said, "Well, the situation ahead doesn't seem... very good?"

Mason said calmly, "This is normal. The target is surrounded by Russia's most elite special forces. Although they are operating in the name of mercenaries, everyone knows that they are KGB..."

Panetta didn't say anything, he just watched.

It was so exciting to watch, even though he basically couldn't see anything, but listening to the British people's panic and even desperate cries, his soul began to tremble.

Mason is still holding strong.

Panetta thought that if he were doing the same thing, he would definitely use the excuse of signal interruption to end the live broadcast of the disaster.

Then Panetta felt his phone vibrate.

At this time, someone called, but only God knew that Panetta didn't dare to answer any calls at this critical moment.

But the calls kept coming, and the British offensive was now facing more than just a setback; it seemed they were facing a counterattack.

There is no clear picture, after all, it is the picture provided by the British, not the Americans' own troops.

The president spread his hands, and Panetta felt he saw his opportunity, so he spoke for the first time.

"Mr. President, I have an important matter to take care of. I need to take a call."

It took a lot of courage for Panetta to ask to take the call in front of the president, because he had decided to go for it.

The president waved his hand.

As soon as Panetta walked out of the conference room, he took out his phone in the corridor and called back. Without bothering to explain anything, he just whispered a few words to Gao Yi.

Then Panetta did not go back to the conference room directly; he called someone who was impossible to contact.

"I don't know if you know what's going on, but the president is watching the live broadcast from Baghdad. The British may cut off the signal. I suggest that your drone can take over the signal. Also, if we can cooperate, you won't regret it."

The person who answered the phone hung up without saying anything, but by making the call, Panetta fulfilled his promise to Gao Yi.

Panetta walked back to the conference room without knocking, and someone opened the door for him.

When we came in, we found that the British had cut off the signal, and now there was only high-altitude footage provided by the CIA's drone.

Panetta said nothing. Now was not the time to speak because there were more severe tests to come.

The atmosphere was awkward and solemn for a while.

Mason was speaking at length, carefully explaining all the details of the action, or rather the entire conception of it.

The process of stalling for time until the arrival of the armored forces was torturous for Mason and Panetta alike.

"Sir, the Pentagon's reconnaissance plane has arrived over the battlefield and sent us high-definition footage. The fighter jets are preparing to take off. Once the bombs are loaded, they can start bombing."

The president was extremely dissatisfied and said: "It has been such a long time, and the Pentagon is just waiting and watching. They don't even take the orders from the White House seriously."

It’s fine to just complain a few words. The military was never included in the plan anyway. This is a performance of the CIA’s free style.

The tanks are coming.

The two tanks and three armored vehicles put on an extremely impressive performance, which seemed more like a show than a battle.

Except for the fact that the president couldn't understand it, the performance was perfect.

The military used more drones to provide clearer images of the battle, which had lasted for more than half an hour.

"It looks good, the Iraqis are doing well."

The president was very happy, and Mason said in time: "Free Wind is in command, this time..."

Then a bomb exploded above the tank, but it was of no consequence.

Panetta was so excited that he hoped the tank would be blown up.

Mason was very scared. He was really afraid that this attack would fail again.

Then the famous scene began.

A man jumped out of the window, first jumped onto a tank and began to attack the infantry between the two tanks. Then he quickly climbed onto another tank and began to hit the tank with something in his hand.

The president couldn't help but ask, "What is he doing?"

Mason was speechless.

Panetta made his first meaningful remarks since entering the conference room.

"Mr. President, it looks like he's destroying the tank."

No one in the room made a sound.

The president was stunned and said, "Zoom in, let me see."

The drone footage is clear, but not sharp enough to see the finest details.

The picture was indeed enlarged, but there was no time to see more clearly. The man who was smashing around on the tank suddenly jumped off the tank, and then he jumped into the window in the picture that seemed a little blurry due to the enlargement.

Then the tank exploded.

As the tank exploded, Panetta was overjoyed. He felt as if gas instantly filled his body, making him feel full.

Mason began to sluggish, like a balloon that was beginning to lose air.

The president pointed at the TV in surprise and asked, "What happened?"

Panetta took a step forward and said calmly, "The tank was smashed, Mr. President."

(End of this chapter)