Chapter 580 (1/2)

Santos still can't believe it.

Even if the commander of the 5th division put the battle report in front of him with joy on his face, he still couldn't believe that the victory would come so easily.

Facing the Philippine government army with American equipment and training, the guerrillas almost never won in the front battlefield. They often have to rely on terrain advantages to recover some advantages in mountainous and jungle battlefield where armored units cannot pass through, and test the bottom line that the Philippine government can bear in the stalemate.

However, with the support of star ring trade, his men broke down two divisions of the Philippine government army in only three days, and moved back to the outskirts of kagayan. It is no exaggeration to say that if it had not been for Philippine's unwillingness to give up kagayan, Aquino would have offered to negotiate in exchange for the return of tens of thousands of captured soldiers, two divisional commanders and admirals.

The tragic defeat of Mindanao is far beyond the capacity of the Philippines and Aquino authorities. The U.S. has been reluctant to do so for fear that there must be a dirty py deal behind it. Originally, the commander of the army and Navy swore to him that he would win the victory. But now, one of them has been beaten into a turtle with a shrinking head. One has become a prisoner of the ring trade.

The Philippine navy has more than 120 ships in total. In order to show its military prestige, almost all of them have been pressed up. As a result, 101 of them have become rotten and broken away from the Pacific Ocean. More than 4000 sailors have fallen into the sea after making dumplings, all of them are prisoners of war.

Not to mention Aquino, who wants to cry without tears, the speed of the ring trade also scares the White House on the back of the earth. But it also left them helpless.

After learning about the outcome of the new Philippine border war, the US president immediately found Zhang Yaping, who was on a diplomatic visit to Washington, and expressed the hope that he would restrain the behavior of star ring trading company. The meaning of the words is nothing more than: you have made enough trouble, and almost enough is enough.

However, president Zhang Yaping said very simply: no control.

Strictly speaking. Star ring trade is a private military company, not a state organization. In terms of legal theory, the Moro side that participated in the civil war in the form of mercenaries could not constitute a violation of international law. Moreover, the United States is the world's largest ”military contractor”, and its mercenaries are notorious for their bad deeds overseas. The United States can't blame the ”law of war” of star ring trade.

Of course, the so-called legal principles are just excuses and high sounding rhetoric. What really worries the White House is their weapons on the stage of war.

Not to mention the mysterious air killer aurora-20, but to say that the formidable shipborne electromagnetic gun has always been one of the research projects of DARPA. However, even the most advanced experimental electromagnetic gun currently equipped on a Ford class aircraft carrier cannot achieve the terrible lethality that they have observed from spy satellites.

A shot sank the Hamilton patrol ship. There are many warships in the US Navy that can do it. However, few cannons can do it even if one gun is fired at a distance of more than 100 kilometers What's more, it also involves a hit rate problem. If it's a conventional gun, it's a miracle that it can hit so far away.

In addition, the excellent performance of the aurora-20 in the air combat with the fa-50 also alerted the White House.

According to the evaluation report given by the Pentagon. If the maritime power of star ring trade is to be disintegrated and a no fly zone is established in Mindanao airspace, it is conservatively estimated that about 30% of the battle damage will be caused to the aircraft carrier battle group Stannis.

This is a conservative estimate!

In peacetime, such a high level of war damage is unacceptable to the White House and Congress. The crash of an F35 plane has already left the White House in a state of anxiety. Pacifists still stand around the gate of the White House, holding photos of pilots and shouting slogans.

What's more, the strategic role of Stannis is to contain China. If we intervene in the conflict between the Philippines and the star ring trade, it is likely to break the US military deployment in South Asia.

And then there's the zombie virus that broke out in Cagayan. This is also the biggest headache for the White House.

Because of the Philippine attitude of blocking news, media reporters generally suspect that the virus is a biological and chemical weapon deployed by the Philippine government in Cagayan city. However, Aquino can not provide sufficient evidence to clarify this point, and just blindly put the words ”lie” and ”slander” on the head of the media.

Any mature politician knows how stupid it is to scold the media. But it's hard for a mature politician to be rational in the face of such a bad situation.