Song Heping instructed them not to bomb.
The reason is simple: while eliminating personnel could weaken the 1515 armed forces, sparing these people also has another advantage.
But this advantage is something Song Heping cannot explicitly state.
And that is — nurturing troublemakers to bolster one's own position.
If the 1515 armed forces are entirely wiped out at once, the cooperation with the Americans would end as well.
Things might even turn sour, and the military contract previously promised might be annulled.
Allowing 1515 to continue existing in the Northwest Region, as long as Mosul and Titrick, these two key nodes, are secured, along with cooperation from major towns like Dagula and Sulaimaniyah in the north, control over the Northwest Region would be firmly in hand, and there's no need to fear any disturbance from the 1515 armed forces.
