July 12, 2020. This was definitely the most humiliating day since the establishment of NATO.
With the fall of the Bucaramanga military base, the Colombian government forces and the NATO Coalition Force stationed in this area had to begin a strategic retreat. However, when communication was completely cut off, it was not easy to obtain first-hand information whether it was the front line or the rear.
There was even a conversation between the troops stationed at the rear and the allied troops that had retreated from the frontlines.
"Hey, which country's force are you from? Where are you going? Why can't we find the signal of the headquarters? "
"Italy XX Brigade. To the Port of Barranquilla. Don't ask, we don't know why … "
"Then should we continue to stay here or retreat?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
The order to retreat was indeed issued. Through the carrier-based helicopters of the Ford Aircraft Carrier Battle Group, they used the most primitive method to notify the various troops on the front line one by one. However, because of the paralysis of the command system, this kind of notification could only be accurate to the battalion level and not to every individual.
This also led to another situation.
Perhaps Company A received orders to defend a certain defensive area, and Company B, which was responsible for supporting the rear of the defensive area, received orders to retreat. When the person responsible for notifying Company A to retreat ran over, he found that the guerrillas of the rebel army had already arrived. The two sides were in a fierce battle, and the people of Company A were still wondering where Company B went …
Looking down from the strategic map, NATO's line of defense had fully shrunk to the Gulf of Mexico coast in just one day before it stopped retreating and rearranged its position around the port of Barranquilla.
The NATO Coalition Force re-established the command system. While distributing new equipment, they prepared a metal case for each piece of equipment, and strictly required every soldier to keep all equipment in the metal case during non-combat periods.
This was the most primitive and effective method to fight against EMP strikes. The principle was probably the same as the steel wire ball that the guerrillas distributed to their own people. A Faraday cage was constructed to shield the entire electromagnetic field.
Nearly 100,000 troops withdrew to Barranquilla, but less than 60,000 people withdrew to Barranquilla. In addition to those captured and those who died in the crossfire, some people may still be on the road, or they may have retreated to Bogota with the Colombian government forces.
Fiasco was not enough to describe the losses suffered by the NATO Coalition Force this time.
While the repair team was busy repairing the equipment withdrawn from the frontline, FARC and Moro soldiers were not idle.
NATO left a large amount of equipment and supplies at the military base in Bucaramanga. After accepting these equipment and supplies, the Moro Army and FARC soldiers split into two groups. The volunteer army marched north over the mountains and surrounded the NATO Coalition Forces along the Gulf of Mexico.
FARC, in accordance with Jiang Chen's request, followed the Andes all the way south, went straight to the Colombian capital, and pushed Timochenko to the presidency as soon as possible to end the war as soon as possible.
As FARC moved south, panic spread in major developed cities in western Colombia.
Everyone knew that the rebels were coming, but they did not know how many kilometers away they were. In the past, they could still see what was happening at the frontline through Twitter, but now they could not even turn on their phones.
In the modern society that was extremely dependent on the Internet, when even the most basic electricity was lost, not only was the access to information affected, but even daily life was also affected. The doors of supermarkets were crowded by panicked people, prices skyrocketed, and supplies that should not have been scarce became scarce without warning. The United Nations had to clean up NATO's mess and began to discuss whether to send humanitarian relief supplies to the Columbus Bill.
Of course, NATO countries were the most panicked.
The more modern an army was, the weaker its ability to resist EMP strikes. Although countries had been committed to researching EMP and anti-EMP weapons and conducting "pulse resistance" processing on existing equipment, it had been less than three years since the introduction of EMP weapons, and it would take time to complete all this.
The Advanced Projects Agency of the UA Department of Defense may have gone a little further in this regard, but in the face of this wide-area EMP strike, their efforts were still inadequate. Unless the entire army was thrown into an airtight iron box, it was impossible to completely avoid the impact of EMP.
After all, even Celestial Trade itself could not completely resist EMP weapons …
"ESA has conducted a forensic investigation on whether solar wind passed through on July 11, and it is still not confirmed for the time being … We have submitted the latest investigation progress to the European Commission, hoping to provide assistance to the authorities."
ESA's hesitant statement, to some extent, also reflected the wavering position of the European Union.
They originally thought they were just going to South America to bully a group of mobs, but they didn't expect to be in so much trouble.
There were more than 9,000 prisoners of war.
Excluding the Turks, who accounted for more than half, there were more than a hundred countries.
And the families of the soldiers who died …
Just thinking about it gave them a headache.
Whether this war should continue or not, there were already differences within the European Union.
In particular, Celestial Trade's strong performance on the South American issue had far exceeded their expectations …
As for the UA, the wording was as tough as ever.
The Capitol spokesman stood up immediately, took NASA's report, and pointed the finger at Celestial Trade.
"NASA did not observe active solar wind and is investigating the matter further. At the same time, we express shock and anger at what happened in Colombia. I warn some rogue organizations not to take chances and try to use natural phenomena to confuse the public. If the disaster that happened last night is confirmed to be a self-directed farce, they will pay the price for their careless behavior! "
Investigation?
There was no way to investigate this at all.
The solar wind was a continuous phenomenon. Only when the two magnetic fields were "magnetic reconnection" would it cause a "gap" in the protective barrier of the Earth's magnetic field, thus causing the solar wind to affect the surface. This gap opened and closed from time to time, and the size and location of the opening were not fixed. It was also related to the amount of matter ejected by the sun.
With the fluctuations of various variables, the impact could be serious or quite minor. For example, in 1991, the wind almost blew up the nuclear power plant in Maine (now dismantled), but in 2010, it only produced a rather spectacular aurora over the United Kingdom.
However, the Capitol's statement made Jiang Chen somewhat pleased. The strength and strength of Celestial Trade finally softened the attitude of the old world.
If it was more than a decade ago, the aircraft carrier battle group of the UA would have already arrived at the gate of Xin to investigate the "weapons of mass destruction". Why would they struggle with the issue of whether it was the solar wind or the EMP?
As for whether NATO would be angry and launch a full-scale war against Celestial Trade, Jiang Chen was not worried at all.
The EMP launched to Colombia was also a deterrent to NATO.
Military analysts of various countries have always had different views on how large the wide area EMP of Celestial Trade could cover. Including how destructive was the electromagnetic pulse warhead carried by the Messenger of Peace? What was the strategic deterrent? How did it compare to a nuclear bomb?
But now, Celestial Trade directly used its fist to show NATO how destructive this thing was.
In short, it was very, very powerful …
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