"So we just accept it? Swallow the dumb loss?"
"No." Song Heping's eyes chilled: "But we can't play by their rules. They play bureaucracy, which we can't. They play by legal procedures, which we can't. The only thing we can play..."
He paused, then slowly said: "is the law of the jungle."
Jiang Feng was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"I mean we also need a Plan B." Song Heping stood up and walked to the window: "How much available troops does General Samir have in Mosul?"
"Aside from border defense and some units that can't be moved, the Tenth Division has six thousand troops as a mobile force."
"That's enough." Song Heping said: "Inform Samir, we need a rapid reaction force, about two thousand men, with the best equipment, ready to move at any time. Also, contact our Kurd allies to prepare an alternate transport route."
"You're going to snatch it?"
