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The United States wants war, and no one can stop it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It can be said that the only thing that can really slow down the pace of war is the United States itself, or the US military.

When Stokes was wheeling the stick, the US military was not materially and mentally prepared for war, which became the biggest factor hindering the outbreak of war.

According to the relevant information released by the US authorities, by this time, the equipment gap of the US military is still very huge.

Of the ground forces that have been reorganized, only the 1st Cavalry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division have been restored to heavy strength, including the 2nd Infantry Division and the 7th Infantry Division, which are deployed in Korea, all of which are light units. The situation of the Marine Corps is not much better, the 1st Marine Division has been withdrawn from Afghanistan for less than three months, most of the officers and men are on vacation, and the heavy equipment in place is only enough to form two armored battalions and two infantry battalions; The situation is even worse for the 2nd Marine Division, part of which is still in Afghanistan and has only been withdrawn for a month.

In terms of the Air Force, there are less than 240 F-22As in place, even if you count the 12 of the 14th batch that will leave the factory, there are only about 250 aircraft, while the B-2, which is the main strike force, can only use eight aircraft, and the number of F-16 and F-15E is less than 300 aircraft. In addition, the number of support aircraft is seriously insufficient. In order to ensure air strikes, at least 128 tanker planes are needed, but the US military can only use only 46 of them, and if we send less than 80 tanker planes deployed on the mainland.

Relatively speaking, the situation of the navy is slightly better, but only four aircraft carrier battle groups can be deployed in place within half a month, and in the case of insufficient investment by the air force, in order to ensure the due speed of assault, at least six aircraft carrier battle groups need to be invested. The Navy's solution is to commit more amphibious fleets to carry out some strike missions with vertical take-off and landing attack aircraft deployed on amphibious assault ships to reduce the combat burden of aircraft carriers, and to put in more submarines to take on part of the strike missions with cruise missiles on submarines.

In fact, the biggest problem lies with the Army.

Because this is a war that must be resolved quickly, if it cannot win before the mainland army enters the war, the US military will have to pay a greater price and even lose the war, so compared with previous wars, the US military does not have enough time to prepare for firepower before the attack, and must put ground troops into the ground as soon as possible.

If the army is not prepared, a ground war cannot be fought, and an offensive cannot be fought.

If we follow the speed of mobilization of the US military, especially the speed of replenishment of equipment, even if we wait for the first half of the year, we may not be able to prepare for a ground war.

There is only one solution: let the Han [***] team take on more combat missions.

Compared with the US military, the problems of the South Korean army are not so prominent.

Comparatively speaking, the size of the South Korean army is much larger, especially the South Korean army. Because peace has never been achieved, the ROK army has maintained a state of combat readiness for a long time, and the ideological preparations of its officers and men are relatively adequate. More importantly, there is no equipment problem in the South Korean army, after all, the South Korean army does not need to deal with the guerrillas, but faces the North Korean army of one million, so the equipment construction of the South Korean army has always been heavy.

In addition, the size of the South Korean Air Force is not small, and the quality of equipment is not much worse than that of the US military.

As long as the ROK army can shoulder the heavy responsibility of combat, the chances of winning the war will not be too slim.

In fact, this is the most important part of the U.S.-South Korean coalition's battle plan.

According to the operational plan drawn up by the US military, after the start of the war, the main task of the US military is to seize air supremacy, carry out key bombing of strategic targets in the DPRK, and act as an attack knife in the main direction. As an auxiliary force, the ROK army should put in enough ground troops at the first time to undertake the task of attacking fortified positions after the US military opens a breakthrough, and also undertake the necessary combat tasks in tactical air strikes.

As a result, in the early stage of the war, the US military only needed to invest less than 100 F-22A, about 200 multi-role tactical fighters, of which no less than 60 F-15E, eight B-2s of one squadron, four carrier-based fighter wings deployed on aircraft carriers, and two divisions of ground forces.

This investment is completely within the scope of the US military's bearing.

However, in this way, the ROK army had to commit at least 600 combat aircraft and 12 divisions of ground troops in the early stages of the war.

Although the ROK army's combat readiness level is relatively high, and the troops deployed near the 38th parallel are always on alert, there is still a big problem in committing so many combat units in one go.

Not to mention anything else, the combat units that put in 12 divisions to reserve combat materials according to the combat time of one month have to transport millions of tons of materials to the front line. Just organizing the transport work would have to take up a large part of the railway capacity and mobilize enough transport vehicles.

All of this takes time and needs to be carefully organized.

What really worries the US authorities is not the preparations of the South Korean side, but something else.

The day after the FBI announced its findings, the CIA obtained an extremely important piece of information, and then the NSA used photographs taken by reconnaissance satellites to confirm the CIA's intelligence that the three mainland armies deployed in the northeast region had entered a state of combat readiness, and that the two armies deployed in the north region were moving northward. That is, the continent prepared for war much faster than expected.

As a result, there was a problem with the battle plan drawn up by the US military.

If the mainland does not need a month of preparation for war, but enters the war shortly after the start of the war, then the offensive operations of the US army will definitely run into trouble.

The biggest trouble is that it is unlikely that the US military will quickly advance towards Pyongyang after breaking through the 38th parallel.

If even Pyongyang can't be fought, there will be no way to fight this war.

So, is the continent ready for war?

Two days later, the CIA submitted another piece of information, that is, the mainland did not mobilize in other aspects, that is, did not mobilize troops to fight in North Korea, and did not carry out preliminary assembly. More importantly, there are serious differences at the top level of the mainland on the issue of whether to send troops to North Korea.

This intelligence put the United States in a dilemma.

Although there were not many people who advocated an immediate war, especially the generals in the army, Stokes was not so careless and did not think that it would bring much benefit to the United States by rashly starting a war without knowing the opponent.

It can be said that there is merit in the arguments of both sides.

At the military level, the movement of U.S. and South Korean forces has begun, the North Korean army is preparing for war, and there are many indications that North Korea is likely to use weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, to block the advance of the U.S. and South Korean forces to Pyongyang after the 38th parallel is lost.

If that is the case, there can be no delay.

Although North Korea does not have the ability to miniaturize nuclear warheads, that is, to put nuclear warheads on missiles or drop them by aircraft, with its technological strength, it can at least deploy nuclear warheads near the battle line and detonate them close to the ground to create a large area of radiation contamination, so that the United States and South Korea have to make a detour. If a nuclear warhead is detonated during an attack by the U.S.-South Korean coalition, it poses a lethal threat to the attacking forces.

The problem is that the mainland's military intervention is much more lethal than North Korea's nuclear warheads.

Stokes must figure out whether the mainland is willing to clash out with the United States over North Korea. You must know that as long as there is a war with the United States, all of the mainland's state-owned assets in the United States will not be protected, and may even be confiscated by the US authorities in accordance with the law, and this is the result of the mainland's decades of construction accumulation.

The cost of squandering decades of hard work for the sake of a less important country is too great.

To this end, Stokes personally called the mainland leaders on the hotline, and then asked the ambassador to meet with the mainland's foreign minister, and also expressed the intention of reconciliation to the mainland through Russia.

As last time, Stokes still hinted at the mainland leaders that the United States would never let go of the president's killer and would punish the North Korean leader with surgical air strikes, but there was no idea of starting a war, nor would it trigger a large-scale regional war at this time.

What made Stokes very annoyed was that the mainland's answer was the same as last time, that is, the mainland, as a friendly and mutually helpful neighbor of the DPRK, would not acquiesce in any country's military attack on the DPRK, and any harm suffered by the DPRK's leader would not help peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula in any way. Out of precautionary needs, the mainland will strengthen military deployments in border areas so as to provide necessary assistance to the DPRK when necessary.

By this time, the problem became complicated.

Stokes has repeatedly stressed that the United States does not mean to start a war, but the mainland leaders have not budged and have repeatedly emphasized their special relationship with North Korea.

To put it bluntly, if it is only an air strike, the mainland will not send troops, and as long as it turns into a ground war, the mainland will not sit idly by.

Will an air strike solve the problem?

Stokes had to throw the question to the generals who were in a hurry to start a war.

At this point, the US generals have no better choice. In any case, the mainland is already on guard, and ground forces are massing. Because the mainland's transportation system in the northeast region is very developed, it will definitely be able to send troops within a month, so if you rush to start a ground war, the consequences will be unimaginable.

You must know that even if the US military can control the air, it will not necessarily be able to defeat the mainland army on the ground.

If we can't win a ground war, not only will we not be able to defeat North Korea, but we may also hit South Korea.

At this point, the US military had to readjust its operational plan again, that is, to extend the time for air strikes and delay the ground offensive, so as to inflict heavy losses on the DPRK troops during the air strike phase. Because the mainland's dispatch of troops is a process, it is impossible to cross the Yalu River immediately after the US-ROK forces cross the 38th parallel, so as long as the North Korean forces lose their resistance, the US-ROK forces can advance quickly after launching a ground offensive.

Only in this way will it be possible for the US military to reach the south bank of the Yalu River before the mainland sends troops.

However, in this way, the US military's initial investment will be even greater, and the requirements for the US military's air power will also be greatly increased, so that the US military will have to spend more time on preliminary deployment.

(To be continued)