Chapter 831: The Decisive Battle Breaks Out Ten
In the tent of the temporary headquarters of the main Turkish army, a group of generals and officers were all frowning, and the atmosphere was very depressing. These Kurds are so cunning that there are so many heavy howitzers hidden in the mountains, but the air force's reconnaissance planes and intelligence agents have never found that any artillery has been transported up the mountain!
"It is not difficult to speculate that the Kurdish army must have dismantled these howitzers into parts, transported them to the mountains and assembled them and hid them in caves! The reason why we did not launch artillery bombardment in the first two days of fighting was to paralyze us and seek the greatest combat effect. The Chief of Army Staff said.
"This shelling killed more than 2,000 officers and soldiers, and we can afford the losses alone, but the impact on the morale of the army is immeasurable. At present, we will soon reach the point of running out of ammunition and food, if we grit our teeth, it is not that we cannot take the position of Mount Erguiyes, we still have 60,000 troops so far, they can't resist it no matter what, but the problem is that we still have more than 200,000 troops behind us! ”
"It is likely that the base in Talas was in enemy hands last night, and the communications battalion did not respond to any calls, and if these Kurds attacked us from behind, it would be a few hours before the entire army was annihilated." The army commander said with a wry smile.
As the saying goes, one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies, and this battle is an obvious example, knowing that the Kuerd tribe has a very strong combat effectiveness, and is not afraid of death in a fight, how can they have so much confidence to solve the problem within 24 hours?
Mechanized troops are not omnipotent, advanced equipment cannot decide everything, even American GIs do not dare to say such big things, the Vietnam War is a lesson from the past, and the former Soviet Union is so strong, is it not still beaten by local guerrillas in Afghanistan and suffered heavy losses?
The disparity in strength between the two sides is huge, which is not bad, but this is not in the plains, if you can use mechanized troops, the Kurdish army of an infantry division can indeed be killed in the specified time, but this is in the mountainous area with rugged roads, the other side is defending according to the danger, is it so easy to fight? As the Supreme Commander, I didn't even take this into account, what is it that is not incompetent?
"You mean to say that this battle is over?" Ellie Jie breathed a sigh of relief, not to mention that it was only two days, she was like walking into a nightmare, the mountain was full of corpses, and even the land was stained red.
The most elite infantry division of the Kurds still has more than 6,000 men, of whom four-sixties are wounded and 12,000 killed.
The Turkish troops, on the other hand, were much more miserable, launching an attack from the bottom up, which in itself did not take advantage, resulting in more than 30,000 casualties and more than 10,000 wounded, which was equivalent to losing half of their combat effectiveness.
"If I were the commander of the other side, if I still insisted on the original purpose, I would have launched an attack overnight after the shelling ended, and the 60,000 army sea tactics could also kill us, but now it's noon, and the other side has not moved, I am sure that they will admit defeat on their own, because Eric's army has arrived, and there is no more chance." Wu Chen smiled and said.
Wu Chen was not wrong at all, after Eric conquered the base last night, he immediately sent three infantry divisions to attack Kayselli, and he took six infantry divisions with a full 100,000 troops, and drove Turkey's main battle tanks and armored transport vehicles early in the morning, followed by rocket artillery, self-propelled howitzers and anti-aircraft missiles, to complete the encirclement of the main Turkish forces.
After receiving the news, the Turkish Air Force originally sent two fighter squadrons with a total of 24 Su-27 fighters to attack the main targets of the base, such as ammunition depots and oil depots, but the S-300 anti-aircraft missiles at the base were so powerful that they killed 18 of them, and the rest could only escape back to the air base.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have to admit that this operation was a complete failure, the military base of Talas was occupied, Kayseri was in danger, our main forces were surrounded by the enemy at Mount Erguiyes, and there was no ability to break through, it was I who betrayed your trust and resigned today and assumed my own responsibility." This was stated by the Minister of Defense to the Prime Minister of Turkey.
"Don't say that, I know you've done your best, the soldiers at the front have done their duty, and there are always winners and losers in wars. And you alone can't afford to resign from such serious consequences, and I submitted my resignation to the president and parliament at the beginning of the month, but it was not approved. ”
"They also know that the establishment of the Kuerd nation is no longer stoppable, and whoever comes up will have to face this situation, the reason why they didn't besiege me and let me sit in this position is to deliberately let me bear this infamy!" His Excellency the Prime Minister said lightly.
People who have the ability to become parliamentarians, that is, people who are not simple, have an absolute IQ, and those who have the ability to win the **** are the best among them, seeing that the negotiation with the Kurds is a big pit, or the kind of big pit that can't get up and is spurned by the people and nailed to the pillar of historical shame, of course, no one wants to jump down.
"What should be done about the problem of the Kurds? If you still want to continue the war, I and the generals of the military will definitely support you, even if all the elite troops in the country are evacuated and all the reserves are mobilized, we will fight the other side to the end! The Minister of Defense said firmly.
"Notify the encircled troops to surrender, send representatives to contact the other side, we will end this war through negotiations, and if we continue to fight, Turkey's finances will have big problems, and if we have this strength in the future, we will make other plans."
"In fact, the parliament doesn't want to fight anymore, the Kurds occupy all the mountains and plateaus, there are not many plains, and it will not have any bad impact on the overall economy of Turkey, Iran and Syria also have a large number of Kurds, we Turkey have suffered heavy losses and they see jokes, and it will be their turn next!" His Excellency the Prime Minister said.
There is no end to people's greed, and since the Kurds can establish a state in Turkey, they will also think of dividing the Kurdish settlements of Iran and Syria into their own countries, and the governments of these two countries will definitely not agree, and the war will definitely continue.
This strategy can be described as not vicious, trying to lead the water to other countries, so that Iran and Syria can consume the strength of the Kurds, and then the Turkish government will be able to reap the benefits of the fishermen, and the so-called negotiation agreement will be torn up, that is, between countries and countries, it is pitiful to expect integrity.
But is this logic right, of course it is, many elders of the Kurd clan think so, but if you want to do this, you need to get Wu Chen's nod, there is no mercenary army behind you, a Kurd tribe wants to start a war with two countries at the same time, and there is Turkey behind it, wake up, it's not dark yet!