Chapter 866: Choosing a Target

"The intimacy of the US-Israel relationship is not just on the surface, if the US-Japan relationship is more embodied in the contract, then the US-Israel relationship is in essence, if we really want to take action against Israel, then we must also consider the possibility of the United States sending troops, and whether we can withstand the pressure of the Americans." Hoffmande, commander-in-chief of the Somali Federal Guard, analyzed Li Lan's words.

"Before discussing this issue, it is necessary for me to further introduce the current comprehensive national strength and military strength of the United States." As soon as Hoffmande's voice fell, Natasha stood up with a copy of the text and said:

"The United States has a total population of 340 million people, nearly 100 million more than we do, and the total number of human resources suitable for service is 142.2 million. 120 million people between the ages of 17 and 45 could be conscripted if necessary. The number of potential recruits that can be replenished each year is 4.2 million. The number is 20% higher than ours. At present, the US military has 1.53 million active duty personnel and 1.45 million reserve personnel.

In terms of the military, the size of the US military and the number of equipment in service are not comparable to us.

The U.S. Army has the largest number of various types of technical equipment, with a total of 12,325 main battle tanks, 35,782 armored transport vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, 2,934 self-propelled guns, 2,791 towed artillery pieces and 2,330 multiple rocket launchers.

The total number of aircraft of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps is 25,456, including 2,971 fighters, 3,201 attack aircraft, 6,222 military transport aircraft, 3,145 trainer aircraft, as well as 8,012 multi-role helicopters and 1,914 attack helicopters.

The Navy and other institutions currently use more than 540 warships, submarines, speedboats and auxiliary vessels, including 13 aircraft carriers, 25 frigates, 95 destroyers, 86 submarines, 43 shore defense ships and 23 minesweepers.

In terms of energy, the U.S. oil industry currently produces 13.5 million barrels of crude oil per day. 21 million barrels per day. U.S. oil reserves of 30.6 billion barrels......

U.S. production and logistical supply capabilities. The U.S. workforce totals 165 million people, with 393 merchant ships (flagged American) and 24 major ports. The total length of highways is 6.58 million miles. The total length of the railway is 227,800 miles, with access to 13,500 airports and airports......

Last year, the US military budget was $812.5 billion. External debt is $16.9 trillion, foreign exchange reserves are $250.2 billion, and purchasing power parity is $16.9 trillion. ”

Speaking of this, Natasha slowly put down the text and continued: "We are growing, and our opponents are also improving, compared with six years ago, the United States has also made tremendous progress in energy, military, and economy, according to incomplete statistics. In the past six years, the US military has increased its regular military strength by at least 30 percent, increased its active force by 100,000 troops, increased its reserve force by 600,000, and has a military resource of hundreds of millions.

We only have six aircraft carrier battle groups in the Navy, and even if we can add one after the end of this year, the United States will end this year. The fourth Ford-class aircraft carrier will also be launched ahead of schedule, and the gap between us and ours has not narrowed because of this. And now is not the full war potential that the United States has shown in the event of a war. The industrial efficiency of the United States will be at least doubled or even more, and then our existing development advantages will immediately become disadvantages.

Of course. I say this not to discourage everyone, but to illustrate a fact that has already existed. If war really breaks out with US allies such as Israel. Then we must be prepared to face this enemy. ”

When Natasha finished speaking, she sat down with a blank face. Li Lan beside him nodded slightly, the American factor really cannot be ignored, but this is also one of the difficulties he has to deal with, there have been too many similar difficulties along the way, no matter whether it is arduous or not, we must find a way to solve it.

After another six years of development, Li Lan's plan has not yet been fully realized, and it is indeed not suitable to be in a state of war with the United States at this time, but it does not mean that Somalia has no strength to fight a war at all, not to mention that the United States has such a huge force, but the troops that can really be used to fight Somalia are only a part.

Now Somalia also has thousands of main battle tanks, one or two thousand combat aircraft, and six aircraft carrier battle groups of the Navy, and it also has the strength to fight a war against the United States, and unlike the United States, Somalia has global military bases that need to be defended, and can fight with all its might, and the concentrated use of force is incomparable to that of the United States.

Therefore, in Li Lan's heart, Somalia at this time can already compete with the United States, and as long as the second mandatory task is completed, even if it is a relatively equal force, Li Lan is confident that he will increase his chances of winning.

"The method was figured out by people, and we have many ways to make it impossible for the United States to participate, so this issue can be put aside for the time being, and today we will mainly focus on how to win a top ten military power in the world in ten days." Li Lan once again corrected the core of the main topic of this meeting.

When Natasha next to her heard this, she continued to speak: "Since they are both pointing the finger at Israel and Japan, then I will briefly report the current level of armed forces of the two countries."

Although the size of the Israeli army is not large, it is indeed the most difficult force to mess with, and every Israeli soldier is a real soldier who has grown up with actual combat, not comparable to the soldiers who sweat on the training ground, and every soldier can be called a battle-hardened warrior. This is the result of Israel's uninterrupted military training in foreign military operations, and Israel has never had a day of peacetime since its founding, and it is still so.

The IDF was formerly known as Haganah. Haganah means defense force in Hebrew. There are 220,000 people on active duty, including 160,000 regular army troops, 6,500 navy personnel in 3 regional commands and 1 domestic front command, and the bases are located in Haifa, Arthur Dod and Eilat. The Air Force has 37,000 personnel, equipped with 646 combat aircraft and 233 helicopter gunships. There are about 18,050 paramilitary troops. Reserve: 420,000 people, more than 500,000 retired soldiers can be mobilized at any time to enlist. It is widely recognized as having a nuclear capability of up to 100 nuclear warheads.

The combat characteristics of the Israeli army are quite similar to ours, and it has extremely strong offensive leadership capabilities, with the highest goal of seizing the initiative on the battlefield and military victory. It has 4805 main battle tanks. More than half of them are Merkava main battle tanks, with 1,858 guns of various types. One hundred and sixty surface-to-surface tactical missiles, the models are Lance and Jericho. 2300 anti-tank missiles. Mainly dragon and dow. There are 2,105 anti-aircraft guns, 550 ground-to-air missile Stingers, 1,400 Red Eyes, and 248 Xiaoxie Trees.

On the Japanese side, the total military strength is 430,000, of which 352,000 are active military personnel, 24,000 are civilians, and 106,000 are reserve personnel. Among them, the Ground Self-Defense Force has about 198,000 personnel, organized into five fronts, with 13 divisions, 2 mixed brigades, and 1 airborne brigade, equipped with 1,720 tanks. There are about 1,580 armored vehicles, about 711 aircraft of various types, and 9,630 artillery pieces of various types.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has about 94,000 personnel, consisting of a combined fleet responsible for mobile operations and five local units responsible for coastal security, and is equipped with 172 ships of various types, more than 498,000 tons, and 246 aircraft.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force has about 45,000 personnel, and its main combat unit is the Air Corps, which has jurisdiction over three air squadrons and one mixed aviation regiment. It is equipped with more than 475 aircraft of various types, including 361 combat aircraft. In addition, it has 28 types of missiles. The Defense Agency has more than 7,000 personnel in its organs and directly affiliated institutions. The total strength of the U.S. military in Japan is about 36,000. (The above deposit is hand-played, and the value increases in a reasonable proportion, which is not fabricated.) )

Ahmed, the commander-in-chief of the garrison, continued Li Lan's words and said: "Since everyone is pointing the finger at Israel and Japan. Then I'll tell you what I think. According to my personal thoughts, I am more inclined to deal with Japan, first of all, Japan's plane landing is free from the constraints of the pacifist constitution. The so-called common orientation treaty is not very necessary to exist now. In recent years, Japan's armaments have developed very rapidly. However, it still cannot get rid of the control of the United States, just like Japan's mental fighter plane. Although the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force has already begun to be installed, Japan still orders a large number of American F-35s, and the missile zhì Shinshen fighter has become an extremely expensive sample, and there is no way to equip it on a large scale.

Therefore, Japan is also trying its best to get rid of the control of the United States, and it is common sense that Japan without the control of the United States may become our help, but because of well-known reasons, we and Japan have not been able to get together, rather than let Japan sit and watch the United States play against us, it is better to clean up small Japan first. And after all, Israel has a certain amount of nuclear weapons, and once it really hurts the Israelis, it is not excluded that the Israelis will make extreme decisions. This is even more inconsistent with the strategy we have in place. ”

Ahmed's remarks made everyone in the conference room can't help but talk in a whisper.

"It is undeniable that what you say is very reasonable, but Japan is too far away from us, how long the journey of more than 10,000 nautical miles is, and how difficult it will be to supply during the war, these are all issues that must be taken into account." Commander of the Navy, Iprasin. Suleiman continued: "The Japanese Navy is a world-class navy, with the most complete anti-submarine forces in the world, and over the past few years, the Japanese Navy has developed step by step, and has completed the construction of eight amphibious assault ships of the third class, and gradually completed the work of the F-35 on the ship, four of these eight amphibious assault ships, without any modification, can immediately become the carrier of the F-35 naval version of carrier-based aircraft."

Having traveled long distances to deal with a world-class navy or a country with a large number of submarines and aircraft carrier capabilities, our advantage is already very small, and the other side does not need to go head-to-head with us, but only needs to fight guerrilla warfare on our transportation lines, and our logistics will also face the danger of collapse. In ten days, it will be very difficult and very difficult to defeat Japan, unless we can completely destroy the living forces of the Japanese navy at the very beginning of the attack, so that in the course of the war, it will not be able to organize the navy to destroy our supply lines. ”

"The supply line can be completely shortened, just like the Vietnam War, we can store a large amount of supplies in Vladivostok, Russia, or we can store supplies in the southeast coast of China, in the southeast sea of China, once the Japanese navy comes in, it will be looking for death. And I believe that both China and Russia will be willing to help us with this, and maybe the Russians will not be able to help but take action. So, in my opinion, we don't have the problem of the so-called long supply lines at all. "Air Force Commander Smith? Kai first refuted Suleiman's words, and then continued in a changed voice:

"However, I am also not in favor of sending troops to Japan, now is not a good time, after all, we are now stepping up our assistance to Middle Eastern countries. Japan does not have a direct conflict of interest with us in the short term, and it seems to me that neither Israel nor Japan is easy to deal with. Therefore, we should combine the factors of maximizing interests, if war is really unavoidable. Then choose Israel and continue to expand our voice in the Middle East. ”

Hearing this, Li Lan showed interest for the first time, and bowed slightly. Kai's words came to Li Lan's heart. However, he did not affirm this kind of remark loudly, because it was still a little different from what he had in mind.

Everyone saw that Li Lan did not say anything. Then he continued to discuss, and the direction around Israel and Japan was to choose the two countries, and the time passed slowly, and after seeing that everyone did not say what they really wanted to know, Li Lan interrupted everyone and said: "I want to know that when facing Israel or Japan, there is a way to end the war and achieve victory in ten days." ”

Li Lan's question has already made it clear to everyone present that he has not thought of making a move against Japan or Israel at the moment. It can be said that among the top ten countries in the world military, except for China and Russia, other countries can be regarded as enemies of Somalia, even South Korea. But the best targets are Japan and Israel.

Needless to say, the United States and India are two traditional powers, although Britain and France have declined a lot in modern times, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. The great brilliance of the past still brought a lot of war potential to these two countries, and the subject countries of the world are still a good source of troops and resources.

So. The normal focus is on Israel and Japan, but neither country is easy to mess with. Although the overall national strength is at the bottom of the top 10 countries, both countries are among the strongest in the world in some aspects.

This is also one of the main characteristics of the world's top 10 military countries, judging a country's war potential according to Somalia's internal world ranking, and combining a factor that can influence the war, such as Japan's anti-submarine and naval combat level, it has won a lot of ties. Israel has been in a state of foreign war for a long time, and its army's preparedness for war can be said to be the world's top level, and there are still nuclear weapons. Moreover, the performance of conventional weapons is also world-class, although it is inferior to many countries in terms of war potential and force size, it is still ranked among the top 10 in the world by the Somali assessment department.

Such two countries, even the United States did not dare to say that they would win the war in ten days, or that neither country dared to make such statements, and here, this was discussed as a goal, no wonder the elites of the Red Guard Corps did not talk about this topic at first, because in their opinion, it was really too difficult.

However, now that Li Lan has spoken again, they can't be silent. In the conference room, which was silent for a moment, Ling Liang was the first to break the deathly silence and said: "It is not a whimsical thing to defeat Israel or Japan in ten days, but as Suleiman said before, due to the long-distance attack and the difficulty of the navy, coupled with the political factor, it will be more reasonable to take military action against Israel, and Israel is within the scope of the meteorological force, which also creates the most abundant conditions for defeating this country within ten days." ”

"Tell me about it!" Li Lan became interested.

"Israel is a country with very advanced science and technology, both military and civilian, very dependent on the Internet and electronic equipment, the first step of the war must paralyze the entire command system of the Israelis, which is the most crucial point, no matter what means, in the first few hours of the war, Israel must lose the ability to command every army.

The second step is to destroy the Israeli command center, completely eliminate the Israeli high-level power, destroy the command structure of the Israeli brigade and above troops as much as possible within a few hours of the start of the war, wipe out the air force on the runway as much as possible, and destroy satellites and radar equipment.

The third step, and the most crucial, is to control Israel's arsenal of nuclear weapons as much as possible, destroy Israelis' long-range strike weapons, and encircle and eliminate the Israeli navy in the Mediterranean.

And before the first step begins, our assault forces must be the first to be in place and have a reasonable pretext for war. And as the first step begins, it is imperative to concentrate all of our air forces on all military and valuable targets in Israel, paving the way for the second step of the special decapitation operation. Ling Liang said very succinctly.

"Then what else do you think about the meteorological troops you just mentioned?" Li Lan asked.

"It was also the key to the start of the entire war, using the meteorological forces to create thunderstorms and, if necessary, paralyze the entire Israeli network and electricity and electronics. And when the need arises, it is completely possible to reverse the weather in Israel, which I believe will not be difficult for our meteorological troops? Ling Liang explained.

Li Lan didn't give any explanation for Ling Liang's tentative last words, but turned to the others in the conference room and asked, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

"We need to be very thorough and very important to do intelligence work against Israel, which will take at least a few months." Natasha added.

"How the troops are deployed in advance also needs to be prepared in advance and not make the Israelis suspicious."

"The Navy also needs to act first, first of all, it should at least determine the movements of the Israeli Navy's submarine forces, after all, once our aircraft carrier fleet is close to the Mediterranean, the Israeli aircraft carriers are a great threat."

"Special infiltration work also takes time to prepare, and during the decapitation operation, it is necessary not only to ensure the success of the operation, but also to develop a safe operation and evacuation route."

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With the opening of the chatterbox, everyone quickly added a large number of details one by one, and the meeting recorders on the side were quickly recording everyone's speeches.

After all the details were perfected, Li Lan made a final instruction: "The General Staff Headquarters will draw up a detailed plan based on this, and at the same time, a detailed plan for operations against Japan will also be drawn up." Remember, this matter is highly classified. ”

PS: The previous chapter where the error was copied has been revised.

There are a lot of numbers in this chapter, but they are all gorgeously calculated carefully, not just randomly looking for them and pasting them. (To be continued......)