In the early morning of the 11th, Liu Zunshan followed the first batch of reinforcements and went to the front line by heavy helicopter.

For Ding Zhennan, who remained in Kara Harbor, he had to wait patiently for more than 10 hours before receiving the news of the occupation of Deogle in the evening.

Strictly speaking, it only controls the town.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, after arriving at the front line, Liu Zunshan arranged for the prisoners of war to go to persuade them to surrender, so that the militia who were still resisting in the urban area would disarm and surrender, so as to ensure that the personal safety of the people would not be endangered, and that they would also provide basic living guarantees for the civilians during the occupation.

It was in this way that the assault on Deogle came to an end as the militia surrendered to the Marines before noon.

However, the marines were not stationed in the city, they were still stationed outside the city, and continued to block the city by controlling the junction and preventing the residents of Deogle from going out.

In addition, the only telephone line was cut and all radio equipment was confiscated.

After all, the military facilities built by the Marines outside the city are displayed in front of the residents' eyes at a glance. No one dared to guarantee that all the inhabitants would honestly act as bystanders, and would not be influenced by some special emotion, telling the Vatican army dozens of kilometers away what they had observed.

To calm the mood, the Marines also set up three relief stations outside the city to provide humanitarian services, including basic medical care, to the residents of Deogle.

Since then, Liu Zunshan has also arranged for patrols to distribute vouchers to residents affected by the war to exchange for food and other daily necessities. According to the basic law of occupation, as long as the local population accepts the food provided by the occupying forces, it is tantamount to recognizing the legitimate status of the occupying forces.

Relatively speaking, the cost of feeding a few thousand inhabitants is certainly lower than that of an armed occupation.

All in all, the main task was to keep the residents of Deogle in the city honestly and not to cause trouble for the marines.

In addition to this, that is, the placement of prisoners of war.

Although he could let the tactical transport plane send the prisoners of war to Pakistan Railway when they returned, Ding Zhennan did not agree, so he could only arrange for a helicopter to send them to Balmel.

Fortunately, the 141st Infantry Division had been routed, and most of the surviving officers and soldiers fled south, and few took the initiative to surrender on behalf of Ogel. Most of the prisoners of war captured were wounded who could not be evacuated during the 10-day counterattack, and they were mainly lightly wounded.

The point is that many of the seriously injured do not survive to receive medical attention.

In addition, on Balmer's side, a prisoner of war camp had been built to hold thousands of Vatican officers and soldiers captured during the attack on Balmer.

After these things were arranged, it was already the evening of the 11th.

Receiving the battle report from Liu Zunshan, Ding Zhennan was not surprised, but he was not surprised. Strictly speaking, a little disappointed.

It's not that the land war is badly behaved, but it is too good.

By the evening of the 11th, the number of combat units arriving in Deogle had reached five battalions, one of which was still armoured, and three more battalions, including the second, arrived that night. Overall, the force projection was 12 hours faster than planned.

The key point is that the Vatican army's counterattack was not as fierce as expected, and the militia guarding Deogle had almost no resistance, and did not consume much ammunition and other materials, which greatly reduced the burden of logistics support, and could transport more combat troops without increasing the volume of transportation.

The problem is, it's not a good thing.

Don't forget that the purpose of the raid on Deogle was actually to lure out the main force of the Vatican army in Udaipur and use the strong defensive positions to fight a battle of annihilation.

In order to achieve this, a prerequisite must be met.

Deogle can still hold on, or launch a counterattack to crush the enemy.

If Deog had already fallen, the enemy had gained a firm foothold, and the chances of a counterattack were unlikely, the Van army might not have wasted its precious forces here.

According to Ding Zhennan's assumption, in the initial stage, it was actually a siege but not an attack, so that the Van army guarding Deoger sent a request for reinforcements to Udaipur. Although this was not a long-term solution, after all, Deogle was a small town of little value in itself, but in the early stages of the assault, especially before the Marines had established defensive positions, the request for reinforcements from the defenders of Deogle was a key reason for the Van army to send the main force.

Of course, Ding Zhennan's prediction is also problematic.

It was not the regular army that guarded Deogle, but only a few hundred armed militiamen.

As for the 141st Infantry Division, it was stationed south of Deogle, almost 30 kilometers from the city, and it was impossible to enter the city after being attacked.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Zunshan arranged for the marines to counterattack south on the night of the 10th to find the main force of the Van army.

According to Liu Zunshan's plan, as long as the Vatican army can be found, whether it is to withdraw to guard the landing site or to launch an attack, it can force the main force of the Vatican army in Udaipur to go north according to the original plan, so as to fight to the death with the marines south of Deogle.

Who would have thought that the 141st Infantry Division only held out for a day, and it was already crushed before the Marines moved south.

In addition, the three main divisions of the Vatican army were heading north from the west of the Aravalli Ridge, and since they would not pass through Deogle, there was no possibility that they would have to storm Deogle.

Even if there are still a dozen divisions on the Udaipur side, they may not be sent.

As long as the Vatican army held on to Udaipur, the surprise capture of Deogle would become pointless.

In addition, if the Vatican army were to strengthen its air defenses in the west, such as Pali, it would also pose a threat to the airlift routes, thus forcing the Marines to abandon Deogle.

If anything, when the Vatican army comes to its senses, there is no need to use air defense forces at all, and the deployment of some air defense groups using individual anti-aircraft missiles south of Pali can pose a threat to low-flying heavy helicopters, allowing the Marines to abandon the more efficient vertical airlift.

So, what's next?

When drawing up the plan, Ding Zhennan formulated several sets of plans for this situation.

For example, after reaching a certain size of troops, they moved south along the railway line and forced the main forces of the Vatican army to fight by storming Udaipur. Because it is relying on the railway to fight, the problem of logistics support will not be too big, at most let the "Y-15A" send a few small locomotives over. It would have been even more desirable to have captured the train yard on the northern outskirts of Udaipur and the wagons parked there.

Even if the force is insufficient, a second air assault can be launched, such as the capture of Gidolgarh east of Udaipur and the cutting of the railway line from the Gangaro Plain to Udaipur. Because most of the necessities of life, especially food, came mainly from the Gangara Plain, the Vatican army in Udaipur had no choice but to use the main force to launch a counterattack, and it would be able to fight it in Gidolgarh.

But the problem is that the current situation is a little different from Ding Zhennan's pre-war prediction.

Storming Udaipur?

According to the plan, it will take at least 3 days, or even 5 days, to deliver combat units to the front line that are sufficient for a large-scale ground offensive.

The key, that is, the main battle equipment that must be transported by air, that is, the number of "Y-15A", directly determines the efficiency of large-scale airlift.

It's a shame that there simply isn't that much time available!

According to the information fed back from the front, the main force of the Vatican army heading west from Udaipur has stopped, and the Vatican army in the direction of Pali is also adjusting its deployment. Even if the Vatican army has not yet figured out the situation, it still thinks that the Eastern Coalition is only a feint attack in Deogle, and it is only temporary. By the 12th, the Vatican army would surely find out that the Eastern coalition was transporting the main forces to Deoger by strategic airlift.

At that time, the Vatican army will use air defense forces to block the airlift route to Deogle.

In addition, long-range weapons, such as tactical ballistic missiles, will be used against Deogle's ground forces.

It is precisely for this reason that in the plan drawn up by Ding Zhennan, an anti-aircraft battalion of "sharpshooters" will be deployed to Deogle on the night of the 11th.

The problem is that it doesn't solve the main problem.

As long as it is determined that the main force of the coalition forces is in Deogle, the Vatican army will withdraw the main force to Udaipur and will rely on the position to defend this strategic town.

The next thing to do is to strengthen the defensive deployment and wait for the coalition forces to launch a ground offensive.

The key point is that the Van Rowe Air Force has not been completely defeated.

In addition, part of the combat aircraft of the Nuland Expeditionary Air Force, which is deployed near Jaipur, includes more than 100 front-line attack aircraft.

Prior to this, these A-10As of the Newland Air Force had already made the Coalition suffer in the Northwest Theater.

That is, if you have to storm Udaipur, you will definitely need to spend more time to prepare.

As for the other option, launching a second air assault, there is no need to consider it at all if the air threat is not completely removed.

After a night of discussion with the staff officer, after rejecting all the plans that had been drawn up before, the staff officer came up with a solution that seemed to work.

Suspend the delivery of ground forces, first send long-range artillery over.

Even if long-range rockets are very expensive, guided rockets are even more expensive, and it is more cost-effective than dispatching aviation forces and using precision-guided munitions to strike the enemy.

If nothing else, long-range artillery at least does not have the possibility of being "shot down" by the enemy.

In addition, it is relatively easy to transport ammunition by air.

As long as the long-range artillery deployed to Deogle is put into battle, then no matter what the commander of the Vatican army thinks, he will have to face a very serious problem. In a few days, the main forces of the Vatican army deployed near Udaipur will be incapacitated by shelling.

So, waiting to be beaten?

Unless the Vatican army intends to abandon Udaipur and all the military strongholds 400 kilometers away from Deogle, it will have to recapture the military town.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Vatican army to give up.

Don't forget that Jaipur is just over 300 kilometers away from Deogel, so the main forces of the Central Army deployed near Jaipur are all within the range of long-range rocket artillery. The point is that the Van Luo authorities deployed the main force of the Central Army in Jaipur in order to avoid the long-range rocket artillery of the 33rd Infantry Division and avoid the loss of combat capability due to shelling after the start of the battle.

It follows from this that after the deployment of long-range artillery is in place, the Vatican army has no choice.

It was precisely because of this that Ding Zhennan adopted this suggestion, and immediately made adjustments to the combat deployment, and personally gave Liu Zunshan an order.

On the night of the 11th, in the last round of airlift, 60 "Y-15A" sent 30 sets of long-range rocket artillery to Deogle.

A total of 30 PH-300B launchers and 30 PZ-300A ammunition loading vehicles.

Actually, this long-range rocket artillery unit came from the 17th Panzer Division.

The reason is also very simple, the PH-300 was developed at the expense of the army and was only supplied to the main forces of the army.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Marine Corps did not purchase such long-range rocket artillery, and after the outbreak of the war, it will not be delivered until next year.

If it were not for the outbreak of the Great War, the Marine Corps would not have procured long-range rocket artillery.

After all, the Marine Corps can use aviation when it needs long-range fire support, or have Navy warships launch cruise missiles. Besides, for the Marine Corps, which mainly operates in the coastal area, the requirements for long-range support firepower are certainly not as good as those of the Army.

In addition, the PH-300 is too bulky.

With 12 long-range rockets, the PH-300B has a combat weight of 46 tons, which is slightly heavier than the ZT-88DG.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the PH-300 is certainly beyond doubt.

Compared with the A-type, the biggest improvement of the PH-300B is that it can use guided rockets, and gains the ability to carry out precision strikes against fixed targets.

In fact, the PH-300B installed now is modified from the A type, mainly to add a satellite positioning system, improve the positioning accuracy of the launch vehicle, and ensure that when using guided rockets, there is no need for the assistance of other platforms, and it can obtain fire control information by itself.

If anything, it is the emergence of accurate knowledge technology based on global positioning satellites that makes long-range rockets have actual combat value.

Do not forget that the error of rocket artillery is several orders of magnitude higher than that of barreled artillery.

Normally, the error of a rocket can reach 5 thousandths of the range, and even if the trajectory is corrected, it will not be less than 5 thousandths of the range.

That is, a rocket with a range of 100 kilometers has an error of between 50 and 500 meters.

Actually, this is still an ideal situation.

If the firing range is increased to 400 kilometers, the error will exceed 200 meters, and even reach 2,000 meters, while the killing radius of large-caliber rockets is generally only a few tens of meters.

It is precisely for this reason that in combat use, rocket artillery is used to cover the area where the target is located by salvo fire.

If the range is not far, a salvo will also solve the problem.

It's just that when the range is increased to 400 km, there is little point in a salvo, after all, large-caliber rockets are inherently very expensive. In this way, it is necessary to fire dozens, or even hundreds, of rockets at a time to destroy the target, and the cost-effectiveness ratio is certainly very low.

In fact, it was also under this influence that the Imperial Army did not attach much importance to long-range rocket artillery.

When the PH-300 was originally developed, it was more to solve the problem of existence, or when fighting against the southern subcontinent, it was necessary to have a support firepower with a range of an order of magnitude higher than that of artillery, which was used to replace the air power that could not be deployed due to the plateau environment.

In order to increase the combat efficiency of long-range rocket artillery, it is necessary to work on rockets.

The use of traditional guidance equipment is acceptable to the military at a cost.

Use the money from the purchase of missiles to buy rockets, why not buy missiles directly?

If anything, it was only after the creation of the Compass GPSS system that the Imperial Army found a low-cost solution.

Of course, the unit price of small batch production in the initial stage is not low.

It is precisely because of this that the PH-300B is temporarily only equipped with the main forces on the southern subcontinent, and the guided rockets produced are only used in the war against the Vativa.

The size of a reinforced battalion was enough to wipe out the Vatican army in Udaipur.

With enough ammunition, these 30 PH-300Bs can turn any major city within range into ruins in a matter of days!