The battle began, and world public opinion was in an uproar. No one thinks the republic is joking about the Germans.

At a time when the Western news media were speculating about how quickly the Republican Army would capture Ankara, an Al Jazeera report on the afternoon of July caught the world's attention. There is only one main point in this story. That is, the Iranian authorities will send troops to Turkey as promised to assist the republic in resolving the Kurdish issue.

The first reaction of the Western news media to the dispatch of troops to Turkey was to shout for thieves to catch thieves.

Strictly speaking, the Kurdish issue also has Iran's share. Although the Iranian authorities did not treat the Kurds in the same way that Turkey did with the PKK guerrillas and Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the problem of the Kurds in Iran is still prominent, and the Kurds have limited autonomy in Kurdish provinces and no privileges in other areas. According to the Western news media, if the republic wants to solve the Kurdish problem in good faith, it should treat them equally, and not use the power of Iran and Iraq to attack Turkey.

In any case, Iran's dispatch of troops to Turkey has further complicated the war situation.

At the time of Al Jazeera's announcement, the first armoured unit of the Iranian Army had followed the first combat unit into the Turkish province of Van and two infantry divisions had been assembled in West Azerbaijan province. What's more, in the southern part of West Azerbaijan province, west of Urumiyah, that is, east of Turkey's Hakkari province, at least four divisions of Iranian troops are preparing for the offensive. In other words, the Iranian army will divide its troops into two routes, one with the first combat unit to attack Van province, and the other alone to attack Hakkari province.

All of a sudden, it was as if the Iranian Army had become the main offensive force.

Thanks to advanced commercial remote sensing satellites, the news media quickly grasped the movements and deployments of the Iranian army and judged the Iranian army's campaign intentions. The address of this site has been changed to: Eliminate the heart, delete please log in to read!

Before the news media could act, Dudgway was in control.

In his view, the problem is far from being as simple as it seems.

It is not impossible for the Iranian army to carry out the main attack, but it does not have any practical significance. Duchway did not underestimate the Iranian military. It's about telling the truth. During the Iranian War, the Iranian Defense Forces and the Revolutionary Guards and the U.S. Army exchanged casualties by 7o, in order to defeat Ahvaz guarded by a U.S. Army division, the Iranian Defense Forces dispatched 2 armored divisions, 3 mechanized infantry divisions and Kou infantry divisions, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps also dispatched 6 infantry divisions, a total of 10,000 flying divisions, nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers, after paying the heavy price of 80,000 killed and wounded, only forced the U.S. military to abandon all heavy equipment and evacuate Ahvaz by helicopter. In this siege known as the "Ahvaz Meat Grinder". The U.S. military only paid the price of the death of its officers and men and the wounding of its famous officers and men. Thus. The combat effectiveness of the Iranian army, especially its ability to attack fortified positions, is indeed not flattering.

Although Bae Chengyi has not experienced the Iranian war, it is impossible not to know the situation of the Iranian army.

Even if Iran uses it? A division, about 10,000 troops, may not be able to defeat the province of Hakkari, which is guarded by Blucher, and it is even more impossible to annihilate the 10,000 American troops under the command of Blucher. Of course, the prerequisite is that the attacking republican army will not participate in the assault on the province of Hakkari and will not provide support to the Iranian army. According to Dugway's estimates, as long as Pei Chengyi is willing to put some effort in the direction of Hakkari, Blucher's situation will become extremely dangerous.

It didn't take long for Dudgway's fears to become a reality.

The Support Brigade of the 1st Combat Unit did not continue to advance westward with the Combat Brigade, but abruptly turned south when it reached the north of Bashkale and fought in the Khakari province with the cooperation of two combat battalions. Although Bashkale had a Turkish infantry force of about four men, and Blucher sent the vanguard of the battalion to the area, the border defense line of the US-Turkish coalition army had collapsed and it was impossible to hold Bashkale. Without Dugway's orders, Blucher would have made the tactical decision to shrink the defensive line. In order to gain enough time for the US troops to adjust their defensive deployments, Bashkale's Turkish troops will not retreat and will take on the arduous task of blocking them.

Before the battle in the Bashkale direction began, Duchham received another more important one.

The artillery brigade of the 1st combat unit has been deployed in Sufian, West Azerbaijan province, and is ready to provide artillery support to the front-line attacking forces.

Needless to say, this piece of information dashed Dudgway's last hope.

Although Sufian is about a kilometer away from the Iranian-Turkish border and a kilometer away from the battlefield, the Republic Army has the most advanced and longest-range electromagnetic cannon in the world, and the maximum range of ordinary artillery shells is more than a kilometer. The artillery deployed in Sufian is capable of shelling Yabakir and, if extended-range ammunition is used, extending the range of shelling to the vicinity of the Ataturk reservoir. That is, the Kurdish districts are within the strike range of the artillery brigade. The province of Hakkari, where Blucher is located, is even more in danger. What's more, Sufian has the most important railway transportation hub in West Azerbaijan Province and the largest railway transit station in the northwest region of Iran. As long as the railway line is not blown up, the artillery brigade of the 1st combat unit does not need to be reinforced

If the armored units of the Republican Army are sharp knives, then the artillery units are hammers of incomparable power.

Looking at the whole world, there is no country whose artillery can be compared with that of the republic. Although the United States has advanced technology and is able to produce electromagnetic guns that are no less than small, the US Army does not attach importance to the tradition of artillery, and is not willing to expand the scale of artillery by ignoring "the ancient army aviation" or strengthening the tactical aviation of the Air Force. Russia has a fine tradition of artillery, but it does not have enough advanced technology to produce electromagnetic guns that can rival its opponents. The armies of the European countries were very limited in size, and it was not possible to spend much effort on artillery.

The great superiority of the artillery of the republic often became a key force in shaping the situation of the war.

In the Peninsula War, the failure of the US Marine Corps to break through had a lot to do with the powerful field artillery of the Hongjun and Zhaojun armies. The failure of the U.S. military to defeat the five old men occupied by the airborne forces before the fall was also closely related to the lack of sufficiently powerful artillery. During the Japanese War, the ground-type electromagnetic cannon that participated in the war even became the main means of strategic strikes against the Japanese mainland. In the Indian War, the long-range artillery of the Republic Army made the enemy even more frightened, and the artillery undertook more than 60 percent of the strike missions, and the strike efficiency and effectiveness surpassed that of the air force.

An artillery brigade of combat units was enough to decide the life and death of Blucher.

According to the information provided by the fourth, even according to the peacetime establishment, there is only an artillery battalion in the artillery brigade, and as long as the logistical support is not considered, it can deliver pure ammunition in a short period of time to continue shelling and shooting.

This is a devastating striking force, without doubt.

Not to mention the US army with only 2 brigades, even if it is 2 divisions, it may not be able to hold out for hours under such a heavy rain of bullets.

It can be said that by this time, the inferiority has become clear.

Pei Chengyi's deployment was not clever, Du Qiwei could see it at a glance. The support brigade of the 1st Combat Unit moved south to attack Bashkale, in addition to blocking Blucher's northward gates, with the intention of establishing a forward supply center, since Bashkale was the most ideal place to gather supplies before the capture of Van City. The main forces of the 1st Combat Unit will continue to advance westward, aiming to capture the city of Van and even Gevash further west before American reinforcements arrive. The heavy task of attacking Hakkari Province will be entrusted to the high-spirited Iranian Army, and even if it cannot be defeated, with the support of long-range artillery, it will be able to achieve the goal of depleting the US military strength and preventing the US army from breaking through. By this time. Blucher's only option was to abandon the province of Hakkari. Quickly break through to the west to avoid being completely encircled.

However, can Blücher break through?

Just as Dudgway hesitated, another piece of bad news arrived at him.

The second battle, which had previously entered the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakah, had slowed its march and was advancing towards Qamishli on the Syrian-Turkish border. To the north of Qamishli is the province of Shernak and to the west of the province of Mardin. What's worse is that. Running through the Middle East, the Great Eastern Railway, which runs from Basra in Iraq in the east to Latakia, Syria, in the west, entered Turkey at al-Nusaybin in Qamishli, and did not re-enter Syria until Elbeili in Gillis province. In other words, as long as the Republic Army controls Nusaybin, it is equivalent to opening the southern gate of Turkey, and it can use the Eastern Railway to advance westward along the Syrian-Turkish border for a strategic attack. Although this will lead to the lengthening of the front several times. It made logistical supply more difficult, but it also extended the defense line of the US-Turkish coalition forces several times, making the shortage of US troops more prominent, so that Duchway could not turn the situation around in time.

On the other hand, if Duchway was commanding the Republican Army, he would have let the second battle enter Turkey alone.

The point is, by this time, the real bad news has not yet arrived.

In the afternoon, the latest satellite reconnaissance information showed that the vanguard of the 10th Combat Unit had entered the Dahuk province in northern Iraq. The main forces are expected to arrive at night. Although, according to the general situation, after arriving at the front, this unit should be properly rested and prepared for the attack, but the 10th combat unit is the latest and most mysterious of the old combat units of the Republic Army, and it has been being trained in the southwestern region of the Republic before, and the state of the unit should be the most ideal. According to Stark's analysis, the 10th Battle Commander will not be resting for long, and it is likely that the attack will start in the early morning of July 2.

In response to Stark's comments, Duchway did not rush to conclusions, but asked him to evaluate the movement and deployment of the Republic Army Air Forces, especially the use of VTOL transport fleets, in combination with all reconnaissance intelligence.

In any case, the 10th combat unit needs enough combat objects to play the attack.

If you don't want to spend too much time preparing for an attack, you need to make the most of tactical airlift, especially the tactical airlift capabilities of VTOL transport fleets.

There is another important reason why Du Qiwei asked Stark to figure out this matter, that is, it can be judged that Pei Chengyi can attack in several directions.

Although after the reorganization of the Republic Army, the combat capability of various combat units has been greatly enhanced, and in some extreme cases, it has even been able to increase the size of the support brigade several times, so that the number of officers and men can provide sufficient tactical support for the attacking troops. The problem is that this is only tactical support, and in the logistics support system, strategic support capabilities are also crucial. There is no doubt that the support brigades of combat units have very problems in terms of campaign support and strategic support, and they have to rely on other support forces. Because there are enough military bases on the battlefield, Pei Chengyi first considered not strategic transport aircraft, but tactical transport aircraft of the army.

Of course, regardless of whether the 10th Combat Unit could attack in the early hours of July, the situation could not have been more obvious.

Before the 10th Combat Unit enters Turkey, the Iranian Army will attack.

When the time comes, the artillery brigade deployed in Sufian, as well as the artillery brigade of the 10th combat unit that has already reached the northern region of Iraq, will participate in the battle to provide the strongest support to the attacking Iranian army. If the Iranian Army is able to capture Hakkari Province, Bae Chengyi will not be in Blucher and waste valuable combat forces, and will let the 10th Combat Unit quickly move north and attack Shernak Province. Jointly with the 1st Combat Unit, they encircled and suppressed the Approximate Liwan Turkish Army, which was scattered in the southeastern part of Turkey. Even if the Iranian Army could not capture Hakkari Province, Pei Chengyi could let the 10th Combat Unit attack from the south and assist the Iranian Army in the war. With the assault offensive capabilities of the 10th combat unit, it is a miracle that Blucher was able to hold out for hours.

All in all. Pei Chengyi has invested enough troops and is ready for various situations.

If the opponent's attack ends here, there is no need for Dugway to panic, after all, he has already considered these situations and is ready to do so.

The thing is, that's just the beginning.

Before it was time for dinner, Stark came to the news again.

While the investigation of the VTOL transport fleet of the Republican Army Air Force was not over, Stark provided Duchway with another shocking piece of news, namely that the Syrian Army was delivering war materiel to its northern province of Aleppo and had begun to assemble combat units north of the province.

Duchway's first reaction was that Syria should follow Iran's lead.

If that were the case, Dudgway should be happy.

The fact is that Syria has no intention of attacking Turkey, at least not alone. According to the information provided, it is likely that Syria is preparing for an offensive by the imminent arrival of the Republican Army units. That is, Pei Chengyi is about to put new combat units in Syria.

Will it be a second combat unit?

Dudgway denied the situation, and even Stark thought it was impossible. The second combat unit has already rushed to Qamishli and is unlikely to move west to the province of Aleppo.

Other words. Bae Cheng Yi will be thrown into the first combat unit.

The problem is not so simple, judging by the supplies sent by the Syrian authorities to Aleppo province, it is enough to support the fighting units of Jiaozhi for more than the old days. Considering the ability of combat units to carry combat materials on their own, Pei Chengyi will definitely invest in 2 or even more combat units. More importantly, the Syrian authorities are working very quickly to deliver supplies, and it is expected that all the supplies will be delivered to the Aleppo provincial capital in Aleppo within hours, so it is very likely that Pei Chengyi will send the first and sixth combat units to the front line within hours.

At this conclusion, Dudgway gasped.

The mother is undoubted. Pei Chengyi's courage was far beyond Du Qiwei's expectations.

After forcing himself to calm down, Dudgway reanalyzed the situation.

Now, he came to an even more astonishing conclusion, that is, Bae Chengyi is likely to take the capture of Ankara as the ultimate goal of this war.

In fact. If it weren't for the capture of Ankara, Bae Seung-yi would have had no reason to invest in combat units in Turkey.

If Bae Seung-yi's goal is to hit Ankara, then the situation could not be clearer. In addition to defeating the US-Turkish coalition forces, the 1st Combat Unit and the 10th Combat Unit were also responsible for attracting reinforcements from the US-Turkish coalition forces, so that the 2nd Combat Unit was deployed in the south of Mardin Province, intending to take advantage of the eastward advance of the US-Turkish reinforcements. Go north to cut off its logistical supply routes, or make a strategic detour to the west. The main force of the US-Turkish coalition is pinned down in the southeastern region of Turkey, and the two combat units sent by Pei Chengyi will definitely be able to fight outside Ankara within the old days. Even if two combat units are unable to capture Ankara quickly, they will force the Turkish authorities to flee to Istanbul. This gave the republic the opportunity to prop up a pro-Chinese regime in Turkey and to make the Kurdish issue public.

Anyway. This is a defeat that neither the United States nor Turkey can afford.

After thinking about this, Dudgway realized that he had no chance to take the initiative at all. As with the Peninsular War and the Indian War, from the very beginning, the initiative was in the hands of Pei Chengyi.

It's very clear how to play next, but it's not easy to play well.

Had dinner. Dudgway received an update from Stark. His suspicions were confirmed, and the 5th and 8th combat units of the Republican Army were preparing for the airlift, and the first combat unit was expected to arrive in Aleppo, Syria, on the night of July 3.

The mother is undoubted. Pei Chengyi's ability to card time is too strong.

If the information had not been provided, Du Qiwei would have been there? By the night of the 3rd of the month, the European legions, which had arrived in Diyarbakir, were sent to the front, which led to a serious emptiness in the rear.

The problem is that the remaining strength of the European Army is only a division of fighters, and it is not at all an opponent of 2 combat units.

In fact, it is also difficult for the US military to resist the edge of the Republic Army. The prayer address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please read the law!

Reactive defense will certainly not solve the problem, and we must be more proactive.

After talking to Stark, Duchway contacted IDF Chief of Staff Dayan

Army.

There is no other option but to let Israel play its part.