Chapter 6 Chapter IV On-the-job training

That day, although he had done everything step by step, Ryan knew that what he really remembered were only sporadic fragments.The term time-sharing was a product of the pre-computer world, but Lane knew that it still applied to the president of the United States, and it was almost a luxury for him to want to follow the same idea consistently. Linking one disparate individual session to another is like watching TV episode after episode of a TV series and trying not to get things mixed up, but it's difficult. After seeing off Murray and Price, he got to work in earnest. One of Wren's first jobs was to have a national intelligence staff member of the White House staff brief him on the national security situation.It took him twenty-six minutes to hear what he already knew, because it was his own job a day before.But he had to keep listening, for no other reason than to get a feel for the team member who would be briefing him every day.

Haven't found anything yet, have you?Ryan asked. Mr. President, the National Security Council hasn't found anything yet.You certainly know where the troubles are as well as we do, and they change every day.The guy was evasive and as adept as a guy who's only danced to one tune for years.Ren has seen this situation before, so he remains calm.A real intelligence officer is not afraid of death, of finding out his wife is sleeping with his best friend, of life's ups and downs.A national intelligence staff's real fear is saying the wrong thing on a mission.However, it is also very simple to avoid this, that is, don't make your own claims about any one thing.

I have something to tell you.Ryan said after thinking for a few seconds. What's up?sir.the national intelligence staff asked cautiously. I don't just want to hear what you know, but what you and your people are thinking.You are responsible for what you know, but I act on your opinion; I did what you did, right? Of course, Mr. President, this man forced a smile to hide his worries about his future, and I will pass on the words to my people. Thank you.Wren dismissed the man, knowing he needed a trusted national security adviser here and now, but where would he find the right one? The door opened like magic, and the national intelligence officer walked out of the room. The door was opened by a Secret Service operative, who had been observing the situation in the room through the peephole.Next came the briefing team from the Ministry of Defense.

A senior major general handed over a plastic card. Mr. President, please put it in your wallet. Ren nodded, knowing what the orange plastic card was before his hand touched it.It looks like a credit card, but with a series of numbers printed on it Which group to choose?Ryan asked. It's up to you, sir. After Ryan made his choice, he read the third set of numbers twice.The general was accompanied by a colonel and a major, who took down the number he had chosen and repeated it to him twice.Now President Wren has the ability to issue an order to launch strategic nuclear weapons. Why is this necessary?Last year we destroyed the last batch of ballistic missiles, he asked.

Mr. President, we also have cruise missiles that can carry W|80 warheads, and B|61 gravity bombs with bomber fleets.We need your authorization in order to activate the permission mobile connection mainly we want to activate them as early as possible, in case I got killed first.Ryan helped him finish the sentence. Wren, now you're really important, an obnoxious voice whispered to him, and now you have the power to start a nuclear war.I hate this kind of thing, always have. You don't have to like them, sir, the general said sympathetically, as you know, the Marine Corps now has a VMH |

Ryan listened, but in his head he wondered if he should be like Jimmy.As Carter does in moments like this: Well, try it.But, he can't do that now, can he?That way people would think Lane was a paranoid fool instead of trying to see if the system was as amazing as it was said to be. The fourth member of the briefing team, a plainclothes Army warrant officer, was carrying a rather plain-looking briefcase dubbed a football, which contained a binder containing an entire attack plan. let me see.Ren pointed to the briefcase and said.The warrant officer hesitated, then opened the briefcase and handed over the blue binder; Lane flipped through it.

Sir, we haven't changed it since Lane saw that the first part was titled: Primary Attack Target Selection Plan.It shows a map of Japan with many cities marked with different colored dots.From the description below the figure, it can be seen that these dots represent the million tons of explosives dropped, and there may be estimated death tolls on other pages.Wren opened the binder ring and took out the whole plan, I want to burn the files and cancel this prime target selection plan immediately.That means it will be shelved in the Pentagon's operational plans and filing cabinets in Omaha.

Sir, we have not confirmed that the Japanese have destroyed all of their launchers, nor have they confirmed that their weapons have been rendered useless.sir General, this is an order, Wren said calmly, you know I can give an order.The man straightened his back and said: Yes, Mr. President. Ryan quickly flipped through the rest of the binder.Despite his previous career, he was still amazed by the stuff.Wren always avoided knowing too much about these things, and he hoped never to touch them.Since the terrorism in Denver caused global panic, politicians on every continent and of every political creed want to take control of nuclear weapons.Even at the end of the hot war against Japan, certain groups of experts had planned a nuclear retaliation attack, and he went to great lengths to make it unnecessary.What makes the new president quite proud is that he never had the idea of ​​implementing this plan, and as for the outline of this plan, he just prepared it for use.

what is this?light switch? Mr. President, the general replied, this is the method of attack using electromagnetic waves: electromagnetic pulse.If a device is blasted at a very high altitude, there is no air available to absorb the initial energy of the explosion and convert it into mechanical energy i.e. no shock wave.As a result, all energy is released in raw electromagnetic form.This generated energy wave can destroy telephones and power conducting lines.We've been deploying a set of high-altitude explosive weapons against the Soviets in our single integrated war plan, which is a low-cost lethal weapon that doesn't really hurt people.

I see, Lane closed the binder and handed it back to the warrant officer, who then locked the lightened file, I don't think anything major that would require a nuclear attack has happened yet? Yes, Mr. President. So, is it necessary to have this person sitting outside my office all the time? You can't anticipate all contingencies, can you, sir?asked the general.Ryan was taken aback, and then realized that it would be difficult to speak seriously to this man. I think not.The president, who had been baffled, replied. The chief of protocol at the White House is a man named Judy.Ms. Simmons, who was transferred from the State Department to the White House only four months ago.Since she arrived at her office on the ground floor of the building at midnight, she has been busy preparing for what will be the largest state funeral in American history; hundreds of officials have proposed various ideas for it.

All the death lists are still to be sorted out, but after a careful examination of the videotape, it is possible to know roughly who was in the parliament hall at that time, and the personal data of all personnel married, single, religious beliefs, etc. From this, a necessary preliminary report can be drawn up. plan.Regardless of the outcome, Wren would be the protagonist of this sad ceremony, so every step in the plan must be reported to him at all times. After he turned a page of the report, he saw the words of the National Cathedral. The types of religious beliefs of the dead had been initially counted, and the results showed that priests had to perform many kinds of religious ceremonies in the world. Usually ceremonies are held here, Mr. President, said the concerned official, there is not enough room for all the remains, and she did not refer a White House official to the Robert.The Kennedy Stadium held an open-air memorial ceremony to accommodate all the victims' proposals, but it could accommodate President During, his wife and representatives of the victims in Congress.We have already contacted 11 countries on the question of who the diplomatic envoys should attend the memorial service, and have made a preliminary list of people from foreign governments who will attend the memorial service.After she finished speaking, she handed over the list. Ryan glanced quickly.This means that after the funeral, he will meet informally with important figures in many countries and engage in informal matters.He had to draw up an outline for each meeting, and in addition to dealing with any questions or requests they might have, everyone wanted to know him.Wren understood what was going on; presidents, prime ministers, and a few hanging dictators around the world must be reading their own briefing papers right now.Patrick.Who was Ryan, and what was he expected to do?He wondered if their answers would be better than his own.Probably not, after all their national intelligence officer wasn't much better than his men.Therefore, they came here in groups by special planes, on the one hand to pay tribute to President Turing and the US government, and on the other hand to observe the US president with their own eyes. Please Scott.Adler takes a look.Someone had to decide for him how much time to spend with these official visitors, and Wren had no say in that. Yes, Mr. President. What kind of talk do I have to deliver?Ryan asked. We are drafting for you, and the first draft will be in your hands by tomorrow afternoon.Ms Simmons replied. President Rennes nodded and put the file into his folder.The Chief of Protocol had just left when a secretary walked in. He didn't know the name of the lady with a bundle of telegrams, plus a list of the day's activities that had been settled without his participation and assistance. Itinerary note.Just when he was about to complain about it, she spoke up. I have received tens of thousands of telegrams and e-mails, all from people.she told him. What are you talking about? Mainly praying for you. oh.Somehow it surprised him a little, and a shameful one at that. Wren resumed reading papers, spending his first day at the White House. While the new president is doing his best to do his new job well, normal life across the country has ground to a halt.Banks and financial markets are closed, as are schools and many industries.All TV news networks have moved their broadcast centers to various strongholds in Washington. A group of photojournalists are on standby at Capitol Hill, constantly shooting new images, while broadcast reporters are constantly talking and interviewing, lest there will be a cold scene.Around 11 a.m., a crane lifted the wreckage of the 747's tail and placed it on a flatbed trailer for transport to a hangar at Andrews Air Force Base, where the crash investigation will take place.Photojournalists chased the trailer until it was far down the street.Soon, the two engines were also hoisted out and transported away. Various experts were silent, only thinking hard about what happened and how it happened.It was very difficult for everyone involved because there were no clues. Those who were trying to find out what happened were too busy to have conversations with reporters, recorded or unrecorded.However, the most vivid and rich source of reporting for reporters was the ruins facing the lens of thirty-four cameras.After synthesizing the recollections of all witnesses, everyone was very surprised that there was no entry record of this plane at all.The tail number of the plane was already recognized, painted on the wreckage, and it was easily identified by journalists and federal authorities.This plane is owned by Japan Airlines, and through interviews with Boeing officials, it has been confirmed that this 747｜400 (PIP) plane weighs more than 200 tons when it is empty. and luggage, the total weight of the lift-off will be doubled.A United Airlines pilot familiar with the plane simulated for two news networks how the pilot approached Washington and then made a suicide dive; Humans do the same simulation.There are some mistakes between the two in some details, but they are insignificant. But isn't the Secret Service equipped with anti-aircraft missiles?a presenter asked. If a big truck with eighteen wheels is coming at you at sixty miles an hour, shooting one of its tires isn't going to stop it, right?The pilot replied, noticing the focused look on the face of the well-paid journalist who knew nothing but a teleprompter, three hundred tons couldn't stop, right? So, there's no way to stop it?The anchor asked with a distorted face. no way.The pilot could see that the reporter still didn't understand, but he couldn't explain it any more clearly. From his control room on Nebraska Avenue, the broadcaster moved the camera to follow two National Guard members as they carried another body down the steps.An assistant director stared at the camera, trying to count the number of bodies being carried away.Now the remains of President Du Lin and his wife have all been found and sent to Walter.Dissections and processing were performed at Reed Army Medical Center.At the network's headquarters in New York, every foot of video about During's life was edited and cut for round-the-clock broadcast.His political colleagues were all sought out for interviews; in addition, a psychologist was hired to explain to Dühring's children how to overcome the trauma.After that, discuss the impact of this incident on the whole country and how people should view this incident. Ryan understood that what should come will always come.The figures represent only an increase in the number of victims, all equal in importance and horror. When Doolin's children saw their father on TV, their expressions were mixed with numbness of disbelief and horror of witnessing the destruction of the world.They will never see their father and mother again, and the badly damaged remains make it too difficult to open the coffin.I didn't meet for the last time, didn't say a word, only the pain of losing support. Families have come to Washington, and although the blows are the same, they have to muster up their courage in front of the children, cheer up and comfort the younger ones.Among them, the most painful ones are the operators who are ordered to accompany the children; most of these well-trained operators who specialize in protecting important people are women. Taking care of the children of the Du Lin family has a heavier burden than taking care of ordinary children. psychological burden.Ren saw the expressions on their faces, and wanted to ask Andre if it was necessary to send a psychiatrist to these operators. Ryan sat lower so that the children could meet his gaze.The children were well-dressed; one of their family members felt that it was important for them to dress and behave appropriately to meet their father's successor.Ren heard sobbing, and caught a glimpse of a male operator who couldn't contain his emotions.That's when Price grabbed the operator's arm and pushed him to the door before the kids noticed. will we stay here Yes, Ryan assured him it was a lie, but not one that would hurt anyone If you need anything, you can come to me, okay? The boy nodded, as strong and brave as he could be.Ren held his hand tightly like an adult, but for him, it seemed too early for him to bear the responsibility of an adult. Ren walked out the door and entered another hall.The operator who had just left because he couldn't bear the sad scene was crying ten feet away; he was a tall black man with rough features.Ren walked up to him. Are you OK? Fuck sorry I mean shit!The operator shook his head, embarrassed that his emotions were out of control.It is understood that his name is Tony.Wells, a Secret Service special operative whose father was killed in an Army training accident when he was twelve; a football winger before he joined the Secret Service, who usually treated kids Very friendly. Don't apologize for being human.I lost both parents, too, at the same time, Lane continued, his voice wafting and husky from fatigue. Midway Airport, 737 crash landing in snow.But I was a grown man when the accident happened. I know, sir, this operator wiped his eyes, straightened his shoulders, stood up straight, I'm fine. After Ren patted him on the shoulder, he walked towards the elevator and told Andre.Price yelled, "Get me out of the hell. The limousine convoy turns north left onto Massachusetts Avenue, which leads directly to the Naval Observatory and the oversized Great Victorian warehouse that the country had prepared for the fledgling president.This is also guarded by marines who let the convoy in.When Ryan walked into the house, Kathy was waiting at the entrance, and she only needed one look to understand how Ryan felt. Not feeling well? All Ryan could do was nod.He hugged her tightly, knowing that his tears were about to flow.He glanced at the group of Operators standing around the entrance to the hall, and it occurred to him that he had to get used to them, getting used to them standing before him like lifeless sculptures every moment of his private life. I hate this profession. But Marion.Commodore Diggs loves his job.Tensions are high at the Marine Corps camp in Washington, which will soon be reinforced and supported from Quantico, Virginia.As a result, other military units are also busier, because they can't really sleep a lot, at least not at the same time.One of them is based at Fort Irwin, California, which is located in the Mojave Desert and is even larger than the state of Rhode Island.The landscape is so inhospitable that ecologists can only wade through thin creosote bushes, looking for and probing the ecosystem.Even the most dedicated colleagues will admit over a drink that finding things on the surface of the moon is probably more fun than here.Diggs thought as he adjusted his binoculars, but it didn't make his life miserable.There is a kind of desert tortoise here, which is different from the sea turtle (the general knows nothing about it); in order to take care of this animal, his soldiers collected all the desert tortoises they could find and kept them in fixed enclosures. Large, so the activities of these reptiles will not be subject to any restrictions, locally known as the world's largest protected area for turtle protection. Fort Aven is the location of the Army's National Training Center, where the exercise counterforce is stationed here. It used to be two battalions, one is an armored battalion and the other is a mechanized infantry battalion.The confrontation force once called itself the 32nd Guards Motorized Infantry Regiment, which was a Soviet unit designation, because at the beginning of the 1980s, the Army National Training Center insisted on training the U.S. Army in the European Plains and the Soviet Union. The purpose of the Red Army to fight, survive and achieve ultimate victory.Soldiers of the 32nd Regiment wore Russian uniforms and drove Russian equipment (genuine Russian vehicles proved difficult to maintain, and American equipment was once converted into Russian equipment) and used Russian Human tactics, and take pride in defeating troops that come to their turf for maneuvers. Times have changed significantly with the fall of the Soviet Union.However, the mission of the National Training Center has not changed.The confrontation force has recently been expanded into three battalions and is now called the Cavalry Battalion. The designation is the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Black Horse Cavalry Unit, and simulates a brigade or a higher level of enemy formation.The only concession they have made to the new world political order is that they no longer refer to themselves as Russians.Now they are called Krasnovins, but this is a word derived from Krasny, which means red in Russian. Genardi.Asifovich.Lieutenant General Bondarenko knew most of what was going on here, and had never been more excited. Did you start out in the Communications Corps?asked Diggs, the laconic, quick-moving base commander in the desert camouflage known as the chocolate chip. Yes, Bondarenko nodded, but I keep getting in trouble.First the Afghans and soon the Mudijas attacked the Soviet Union.They attacked a defensive research facility in Tajikistan, where I was visiting.The warriors were valiant, but their command was chaotic, and we fought them off.The Russian reported in pedantic monotone that Diggs could expect his medals for the battle.During Operation Desert Storm, he commanded the Armored Cavalry Battalion with Barry.McCaffrey's 24th Mechanized Infantry Division fought a fierce pursuit on the American left flank and later served as commander of the 10th Buffalo Armored Cavalry Regiment, which is still stationed in the Naijaf Desert to fulfill American security obligations to Israel. promise. Are there any villages like this in your country?asked Diggs. We have everything you can imagine.This makes training extremely challenging, especially today.Look, he said, here it goes. The first group of tanks came along a wide V-shaped road known as the Valley of Death.The sun was setting behind the dun ridge, and night was falling quickly, and quickly covered the Humvees of the observation controllers, who were the gods of the national training center, watching everything and reacting to what they saw with the coolness of death The situation is scored.The National Training Center was the most exciting school in the world, and the two generals could have watched the battle from a place in Base Command called the Star Wars Room.Each vehicle has established a wired connection to display its position, maneuvering direction, time, shooting position and whether it hit the target at any time.Based on this data, the computers in the interstellar war room would send out signals telling people when they were killed, but rarely why, which would only be known after the fact from the observation controllers. Your gear looks like something out of science fiction. Diggs shrugged.Not much has changed from fifteen years ago.Now, though, we have more TV cameras on top of the mountain.The fact that the United States was about to sell this technology to the Russians made it difficult for Diggs to accept.He is the first generation of general officers who did not participate in the Vietnam War, but he experienced a big event in the process of growing up, which was the confrontation with the Russians in Germany.As a professional armored officer, he trained in the Forward Deployment Regiment, effectively a reinforced brigade to conduct forward contact operations.He remembered that at that time, several times he felt that he was going to die in the Fulda valley, and he was facing a man like this standing beside him. go in.Bondarenko smiled slyly.Americans always thought the Russians lacked a sense of humor, but he had to correct that misperception before he left. Diggs counted to ten, then replied with a straight face: Come out. After more than ten seconds: go in.Then the two started laughing out loud.The first time Bondarenko heard the base's most popular joke, it took him half a minute to get it right, but then he laughed until his stomach ached.After that, he regained his self-control and pointed out: This is the way war should be. It's pretty intense, just wait and see. You used our tactics!This was evident from the scouting displays deployed throughout the valley. Diggs turned around, why not?It worked for me in Iraq. The first battle of the night's exercise program was very difficult: the red army attacked, approached the enemy and destroyed the blue army's reconnaissance barrier.In this plan, the Blue Army is a brigade of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division implementing a hasty defense. The whole idea is a very dynamic tactical situation.The 11th Armored Cavalry simulated a division attacking a newly arrived force one-third its size; it was indeed the best way to welcome people to the desert. let's go.Diggs hopped into his Humvee, and the driver drove up to a plateau called the Iron Triangle.A terse radio message from his senior watch controller had the American general yelling, "Damn it!" Have a problem? General Diggs spread out a map.This hill is the most important site in this valley, but they didn't realize it.They will pay for this small lapse in judgment.This happens every time.The rebel forces had already sent men to attack the unoccupied mountaintop. It has advanced so far so quickly, is the Blue Army cautious in doing so? Why hasn't he spoken more, made more public appearances? We've been working on this Wren.That was the answer, based largely on news reports, many of which came from faxes sent back from his government's mission to the United Nations.Before today he seldom spoke publicly, and mostly expressed only his master's thoughts.He's an intelligence officer, actually a behind-the-scenes guy, an analyst.He is very good, but he is a behind-the-scenes figure. So why did Durin promote him so much? Yesterday's American newspapers reported on this matter.Their government needed a vice president, and Dooling also wanted someone to stabilize his international affairs team, and this Ryan happened to have some experience.Remember, he did a good job of handling the conflict with Japan. At that time he was only an assistant, not a leader. Yes, he never had the ambition to climb up.Our intelligence indicates that he has agreed to serve as Vice President temporarily for no more than a year. This is not surprising.Tayelan buried her head in her notebook: Vice Admiral James S.Gray's assistant, short-term acting director of DIA, deputy director of the CIA, national security adviser to President Dooling, and finally accepted the interim position of vice president.His impression of Wren was correct from the start: a helper.A good helper perhaps, for he had quite a few of his own, but there was no one for his duties, and he was unrivaled.very good.anything else? As an intelligence expert, he knows foreign affairs well, and may be unique in the United States in recent years, but his shortcoming is that he ignores domestic affairs.The briefing officer continued. oh.Hearing this, there is a plan.While this stage is only on paper, it will soon be different. So, what is the situation with your army?asked Diggs.The two generals stood atop the main terrain, using low-light observation equipment to watch the battle maneuvers going on below their feet.As expected, the 32nd Regiment, Bondarenko had to call it so, defeated the blue reconnaissance and cover force with absolute superiority, and continued to advance to the left, currently sweeping the enemy's main brigade. Too bad we have to start all over again. Diggs turned around.Yes, sir, that's what I want to know.At least you don't have to deal with drugs, the American thought.He couldn't forget his first second lieutenant, he would be afraid to enter the barracks without a sidearm.If the Russians came over in the early 1970s you really wanted to adopt our model? Maybe.What the Americans were wrong about was also right that the Red Army gave subordinate commanders tactical initiative, something the Soviets would never do.But the consequences are evident from the regulations drawn up by the Frunze Military Academy.It's something to bear in mind that Bondarenko himself broke the rules in the use of tactics, and that's one of the reasons why he's now a living three-star general and not a dead colonel; He was also recently appointed as the head of the Russian Army's operational command.Of course, money is the issue. General, I've heard that statement before.Diggs smiled wryly. Bondarenko had a plan for this. He wanted to reduce his army by fifty percent and spend all the savings on training the remaining half.The results of such a program were predictable. Traditionally, the Soviet Army relied on crowd tactics. Whether here or in Iraq, the United States has proven that training is the master of the field.They're very well equipped. He'll be briefed on his gear tomorrow, but he's more jealous of Diggs' personnel. General?Come to salute report, dark horse report!We wiped them out completely. This is Al.Colonel Hamm, the commander of the 11th Regiment, he is here for the second time and has served as the combat commander of the resistance force, don't play tricks with him.Diggs warned. The general won the prize.General Bondarenko, welcome to the desert.Ham held out a large hand. You fought the offensive very well, Colonel.The Russian looked at him. Thank you, sir.I've had some fantastic lads to bring me glory and the Blues were too indecisive; we caught them between the two positions.Hamm explained.He looked like a Russian, Bondarenko thought, tall, plump, with a rosy complexion and blue eyes that were always blinking.At this time, Hamm was wearing the Russian military uniform of the past, with a red five-pointed star pinned to the flat hat of the chariot soldier, and a pistol belt tied on the outside of the long coat.This made the Russian feel rather uncomfortable, but he was nonetheless grateful for the respect the Americans had shown him. Diggs, you are right.The Blues should have done everything they could to get here first, but you made it too late for them to implement this better plan. That's the way it is on the battlefield, Hamm replied for his superiors, who spend too much time on you to think otherwise.This is the first lesson to be learned for the boys of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division.It's no fun letting others lead you by the nose in a fight.