Chapter 1,327 Disagreement Within the Coalition Forces

July 12, 2020, is definitely the most humiliating day for NATO since its establishment.

With the fall of the Bucaramanga military base, the Colombian government forces and NATO coalition forces stationed in this area had to begin a strategic retreat. However, when communications are completely interrupted, it is not easy to obtain first-hand intelligence, whether on the front line or in the rear.

There was even such a conversation between a certain unit stationed in the rear after seeing friendly troops withdrawing from the front line.

"Hey, which country's troops are you from? Where are you going? Why can't we find the signal from the headquarters?"

"Italian XX Brigade. Go to the port of Barranquilla. Don't ask, we don't know why..."

"Then shall we continue to stay here or retreat?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?"

The order to retreat was indeed issued, and was notified to each unit on the front one by one through the carrier-based helicopters of the Ford aircraft carrier battle group using the most primitive method. However, due to the paralysis of the command system, this notification can only be accurate to the battalion level, and cannot be accurate to everyone.

This also leads to another situation.

It may be that the men of Company A were ordered to stand firm in a certain defense area, while Company B, which was responsible for supporting the defense area behind, received an order to retreat. When the person responsible for notifying Company A to retreat ran over, they found that the rebel guerrillas had already come over. A fierce battle was going on between the two sides. The people in Company A were still wondering where the people in Company B had gone...

Looking down from the strategic map, NATO's defense line completely shrunk to the Gulf Coast in just one day before it stopped its retreat and rearranged its positions around the port of Barranquilla.

The NATO coalition re-established the command system. While issuing new equipment, a metal sleeve was prepared for each piece of equipment, and every soldier was strictly required to keep all equipment in the metal sleeve during non-combat periods.

This is the most primitive means to combat EMP attacks, and it is also the most effective. The principle is probably the same as the steel wire balls sent by the guerrillas to their own people. They build a Faraday cage to shield the entire electromagnetic field.

Of the nearly 100,000 troops, less than 60,000 retreated to Barranquilla. In addition to those who were captured and those who died in the crossfire, some others may still be on the road, or may have withdrawn to Bogotá with the Colombian government forces.

A disastrous defeat is no longer enough to describe the losses suffered by the NATO coalition forces this time.

While the repair squad was busy repairing the equipment that had been removed from the front line,

FARC and the Moro Volunteer Army are not idle either.

NATO left a large amount of equipment and supplies at the Bucaramanga military base. After accepting these equipment and supplies, the Moro Volunteer Army and the FARC troops split into two groups. The volunteers marched northward over mountains and ridges, encircling the NATO coalition forces on the Gulf Coast.

In accordance with Jiang Chen's request, FARC followed the Andes Mountains all the way south to the Colombian capital, pushing Jimenez to the throne of president as soon as possible, and striving to end the war as soon as possible.

As the FARC moved south, panic spread in major developed cities in western Colombia.

Everyone knows that the rebels are coming, but they don’t know how many kilometers away they are. In the past, they could see what was happening on the front line through Twitter, but now they can’t even open their mobile phones.

In a modern society that relies heavily on the Internet, when even the most basic electricity is lost, not only the channels for obtaining information are affected, but even daily life is affected. Supermarket doors were crowded by panicked crowds, prices skyrocketed, and supplies that should not have been scarce became tense without warning. The United Nations had to wipe NATO's butt and began to discuss whether to send humanitarian relief supplies to the Columbus Bill.

Of course, the most panicked ones are the NATO countries.

The more modern an army is, the weaker its ability to resist EMP strikes. Although various countries have been committed to researching EMP and anti-EMP weapons and "anti-pulse" processing of existing equipment, it has only been less than three years since the advent of EMP weapons, and it will take time to complete all of this.

The U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Projects Agency may have gone a little further in this regard, but in the face of such a wide-area EMP strike, their efforts still seem to be a drop in the bucket. Unless the entire army is thrown into an airtight iron box, it is impossible to completely avoid the effects of EMP.

After all, even Star Ring Trade itself cannot completely resist EMP weapons...

"ESA has conducted a forensic investigation into whether a solar wind transit occurred on July 11, but it is currently unable to confirm... We have submitted the latest investigation progress to the European Commission, hoping to help the authorities' judgment."

ESA's hesitant statement also reflects the EU's wavering stance to some extent.

They originally thought they were just following their eldest brother to South America to torture a group of gangsters, but they didn't expect that they would get into such a big trouble.

These are more than 9,000 prisoners of war.

Excluding the Turks, who accounted for the majority, there were about a hundred people divided among the various countries.

And the families of those fallen soldiers...

Just thinking about it makes my head spin.

There are already differences within the EU on whether this war should continue.

In particular, Star Ring Trade's strong performance on the South American issue has far exceeded their expectations...

As for the United States, the rhetoric remains as tough as ever.

The White House spokesperson stood up immediately, took NASA's report, and pointed the finger at the Star Ring trade.

"NASA has not observed active solar wind and is conducting further investigation into the matter. At the same time, we are shocked and angry about what happened in Colombia. I warn some rogue organizations not to take chances and try to use natural phenomena to To confuse the public, if the disaster that happened last night is proven to be a farce directed and staged by some people, they will pay the price for their careless behavior!"

investigation?

There's no way to investigate this thing.

The solar wind is a continuous phenomenon. Only when the two magnetic fields undergo "magnetic reconnection" will a "gap" appear in the protective barrier of the Earth's magnetic field, causing the solar wind to affect the earth's surface. This gap opens and closes, and the size and position of the opening are not fixed. It is also related to the magnitude of the material ejected by the sun.

As various variables fluctuate, the impact may be severe or quite minor. For example, in 1991, the wind gust almost blew up the Maine nuclear power plant in the United States (now dismantled), but in 2010, it only caused a blast over the United Kingdom. Quite spectacular auroras.

However, the White House's statement made Jiang Chen somewhat gratified. The strength and power of Star Ring Trade finally made the old world overlord soften his attitude a little.

If it had been more than ten years ago, I'm afraid that the US emperor's aircraft carrier battle group would have arrived at the gate of the new country to investigate "weapons of mass destruction", right? How can we get entangled in such trivial issues as whether it is solar wind or EMP?

As for whether NATO would become angry and launch a full-scale war against the Star Ring trade, Jiang Chen was not worried at all.

The EMP launched towards Colombia did not and did not deter NATO.

Military analysts from various countries have had different views on how far the wide-area EMP of Star Ring Trade can cover. How destructive is the electromagnetic pulse warhead carried by the Peace Messenger? How big is strategic deterrence? How does it compare to nuclear bombs and so on.

But now, Star Ring Trading directly used its fist to draw a line on NATO, just how destructive this thing is.

Anyway, it's very big...