Chapter: 2826

Faisal quickly replied, "They're all from the helicopter team. Most of them are maintenance personnel. Today's weather is gloomy, with poor visibility, which will limit our visual monitoring, so we'll need to take turns sending out helicopters for patrolling and surveillance to monitor if any government troops are sneaking up on us."

Leaf nodded thoughtfully and asked him, "Oh, do you know how to operate a helicopter?"

Faisal shook his head and said, "I don't. I'm from the armored team, good at operating tanks and infantry vehicles."

Leaf nodded again, thinking about what plan to come up with after rescuing Hei Qiu, as he hadn't yet had a clear idea.

If it were just to rescue Hei Qiu alone, Leaf would be able to carry her quietly out of there, walk several dozen kilometers through the mountains, and then meet up with Chen Ze Kai's team without much trouble.

However, if they wanted to rescue Hei Qiu and her seven other little friends as well, it would be quite a challenge relying solely on himself.

Thinking about this, he again pushed this problem to the back of his mind, muttering to himself: "It's not time to consider this now, let's just get through with it for now!"

Leaf and Feisal walked together across the central square, their ears assaulted by the deafening roar of diesel generators.

In such a loud mechanical environment, ordinary conversation was quite difficult, with many other sounds being masked; but this was actually a good thing for Leaf, as it would make it harder for anyone outside to discover what was happening in the rescue process.

So Leaf asked Feisal: "How long does your diesel generator set usually operate?"

Feisal hurriedly replied respectfully: "Since the government army cut off our power supply, we rely entirely on this 50-kilowatt diesel generator set and a backup battery system."

Because daytime electricity usage is generally relatively small, we don't typically start up the generators during the day; instead, we use the backup batteries to ensure essential equipment runs normally, only starting up the generators at night to supply lighting, other electrical devices, and recharge the backup batteries.

"It's an early start today, mainly because of the poor lighting due to cloudy weather."

Leaf curiously asked: "You're turning on all the lights here at night without fear of government troops sending planes to bomb us?"

Feisal explained: "In Syria, whether it's the government army, the opposition, or Kurdish armed forces, most wars are ground wars, with the government army having already lost a significant number of aircraft. The few remaining old planes are used for defense in Damascus and the Daraa province, and they won't dare to send them out to fight. And we have many civilians here, if they were to launch an indiscriminate air attack, it would surely spark widespread outrage among the people, which would ultimately benefit our opposition."

Leaf nodded lightly.

In his understanding of war, it is based on modern warfare like the Gulf War.

The core of modern warfare is mainly aerial forces with ground and naval forces as supporting roles.

It's like how the US fought in Iraq, where they used fighter jets to control the skies and then deployed bombers carrying precision-guided munitions to destroy the enemy's key defensive forces and military industries, crippling them before sending in ground troops to occupy territory directly.

However, it seems that in Syria, the way of war is basically similar to World War II, with both sides relying mainly on ground troops to engage in head-to-head combat, and air power having limited impact.

Leaf remembered that Feisal was the commander of an armored brigade, so he asked him: "Feisal, since most wars here are 90% ground wars, your armored brigade must have a non-comparable identity and status?"

Feisal nodded and said truthfully: "Our most important two forces are the armored brigade and the 'flying squadron', but the flying squadron only has four armed helicopters, so our main combat strength still relies on my armored brigade."

Leaf curiously asked: "Feisal, since you're able to lead an armored brigade, your position in this branch of the military should be relatively prominent?"

Feisal hurriedly replied: "In reality, my armored brigade is completely under the direct command and dispatch of our commander during wartime. I'm only able to lead because I have a deeper understanding of tanks, so I'm more like an instructor rather than having much actual authority."

Leaf nodded slightly, since the armored brigade was the most core fighting force here, it was only natural for it to be directly under the commander's command and dispatch. JrNovels.com