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July thug day night. While Du Qiwei was anxiously adjusting his deployment, Pei Chengyi was also paying attention to the situation on the battlefield. Compared with Du Qiwei, Pei Chengyi needs to pay attention to many more issues.

Blucher is not a problem at all, and it cannot be a problem.

When the U.S. Army Lieutenant General rushed to Hakkari with two brigades, Pei Chengyi saw Du Qiwei's wishful thinking, and he didn't take the U.S. troops of these two brigades into account. From Bae's point of view, there was no reason for Duchway to slow down his offensive when he wanted to gain time through the positional war in the direction of Hakkari. The solution to defeat Duchway is simple, and that is to make Dudgway's deployment completely frustrated.

In a sense, the battle against Van was more important than the battle against Hakkari

Because there was a railway built at the beginning of the century to lead directly from Iran to Van City, Van City became the first front-line logistics support center of the Northern Front Army. No matter how Pei Chengyi prepares to attack later, as long as he wants to make a difference on the battlefield on the northern front, he has to take down Fancheng.

Fortunately, the urgency of attacking Van was not obvious.

Because the support brigade of the 1st combat unit took Bashkale without blood, and the convoy carrying supplies could reach this town with a population of only a few thousand, the logistical problems of the front-line combat units were not yet obvious. It was in this way that Pei Chengyi lost the task of attacking Van to the Iranian Infantry Division, which closely followed the 1st combat unit. In fact, Pei Chengyi did not expect the Iranian army to be able to take Van alone. According to his deployment, the Iranian army only needs to stand south of Van and prevent the Turkish troops stationed in Van from moving south. It would be great if it could surround the city of Fan and trap the tens of thousands of years inside. As for the attack on Van City, as soon as the attack of the 5th and 8th combat units begins, the Turkish army will have to shrink the strategic defense line, and may take the initiative to abandon Van City. Even if the Turks do not abandon Van, they can force the Turks to retreat voluntarily by having the first combat unit capture Tatwan on the other side of Lake Van.

Generally speaking, it is important to attack everything, but it is not urgent.

For Pei Chengyi. The most important thing was whether the 10th Combat Unit could enter the battle in time and build a strong enough defensive line on the west side of the demarcated battlefield before the American reinforcements arrived at Diyarbakir to keep the American reinforcements out of this line and force Duchway to continuously commit troops.

Only by doing this well can the subsequent battles be successfully won.

The problem is, the sky is unpredictable.

Just as the 10th combat unit was methodically preparing for the attack, a new piece of information was sent by the Military Intelligence Agency. To be precise, Du Qiwei's latest adjustment caught Pei Chengyi off guard.

U.S. troops, who had previously held off Iranian forces south of Bashkale, began to move westward.

Although the US army's assault force has not yet been dispatched, judging from the actions of the US army, Blucher is very likely to give up his plan to hold on to Hakkari and take the initiative to break through to the west.

Is this possible?

In any case, the intelligence was very clear that the American armored forces were being assembled, and that there was already a vanguard moving westward.

Unlike in the past, Pei Chengyi did not make a decision immediately.

After asking the intelligence staff to pay close attention to other reports from the Military Intelligence Bureau, Pei Chengyi contacted Yuan Chenhao.

"I've just received information, and it's really hard to believe." Yuan Chenhao's expression was very grim, "We always thought that Du Qi Sheng would let Blücher defend Hakkari, but judging from this latest information, Du Qi Wei may have changed his mind and is ready to fight us in the mountains.

"The question is. How much capital does he have? ”

Yuan Chenhao frowned slightly, knowing that Pei Chengyi had something to say, so he didn't accept it. The new address of this site has been changed to: Except for the goo, please click to read!

"It is undeniable that the current situation is very unfavorable for Duchway. Even if you don't take into account the 5th and 8th combat units that have not yet reached the bay area, Li Dongshi's 10th combat unit can give Du Qiwei a headache.

Pei Chengyi paused a little and said, "The question is, can letting Blucher break through can get a better effect than sticking to Hakkari?" Because the 1st Combat Unit was still more than 100 kilometers away, Du Qiwei's transfer was definitely aimed at the 10th Combat Unit. Although the Tactical Airlift Force of the 10th Combat Unit remained in Iran for the 1st Combat Unit, it was impossible for Duchway, as commander, not to know that the Tactical Airlift Force could be transferred to Iraq at any time to airlift supplies for the 10th Combat Unit. More importantly, the striking force in the aviation will arrive tomorrow night, and no matter how fast Blucher is, it is unlikely that he will leave the battlefield before dark tomorrow. As long as our low-altitude attack aircraft group reaches the battlefield, even if the ground forces are not dispatched, Blucher will be more than lucky. Another point that cannot be ignored is that the 10th Combat Unit was originally a combat unit that was good at fighting small-scale assault battles. Fighting a movement war with the 10th combat unit in the mountains, I am afraid that the US army does not have such great ability. Taken together, I think Dudgway's move is too suspicious. ”

"You're No. Is Dudgway fooling us? ”

Pei Chengyi nodded and said, "We can consider the problem from a different angle." Leave aside for a moment what I started to say. What do we do when we receive this information? ”

"There is no doubt about it. It was definitely necessary to get the 10th Combat Individual to be dispatched immediately. Hold off the breaking American troops in the mountains. ”

"That's just one of them. If Chuanyu is not good. Instead, let the first combat unit turn south. Participated in the combat operation of encircling and suppressing the cloth "Horn Water". ”

Yuan Chenhao nodded slightly. expressed agreement with Pei Chengyi's point of view.

"Because the airlift force of the 10th combat unit is still in Iran, the operation to stop Blucher will not go very well, and the possibility of using the 1st combat unit is very high. At this point, let alone attacking according to our previous plan, I am afraid that we will not be able to achieve even the most basic operational objectives. Pei Chengyi paused and said, "No matter what Du Qiwei does, he should not deviate from his basic purpose. Sending Blucher to Hakari was enough for Duchway not to count on the Turkish army, but to buy enough time through Blucher for the main forces of the American army to reach the battlefield. Other words. Whether Blucher defends Hakkari or goes all out to break through, he is buying time for Duchway. It follows that if we think that Blucher is preparing for a breakout, we will waste too much time on the encirclement operation. ”

"It seems that we are thinking about the problem too complicated."

"To be exact, it's not a problem."

Yuan Chenhao smiled. knew that his careful eye was seen through by Pei Chengyi.

In any case, it is impossible for Yuan Chenhao not to see such a simple attempt to fight.

"Dudgway would not have thought that he could deceive us with such a clumsy method." Pei Chengyi sighed and said. "The MIA has confirmed that the first fighter is expected to begin combat preparations in the early hours of tomorrow morning and can leave Diyarbakir as soon as tomorrow morning. If all goes well, the other three brigades of the Eurocorps will all reach Diyarbakir the morning after tomorrow. That is, less than thirty hours of time are left for us. Although I have great confidence in the assault capabilities of the 10th combat unit, we must know. Duchway will not underestimate the combat effectiveness of our army, and there will be no slackness. I think that Duchway's attempt to make Blucher break through at this time is to force us to encircle and suppress Blucher first. ”

This time, Pei Chengyi didn't say it too directly, but the meaning was very clear.

To put it simply, Du Qiwei has already kicked the ball to Pei Chengyi's feet. If Pei Chengyi does not plan to encircle and suppress Blucher. Du Qiwei made a fake show and let the two American brigades quickly break through to the west and reach Siirt first. Stabilize your position while building a defensive position for reinforcements. At that time, even if Pei Chengyi is engaged in two battles, he may not be able to quickly tear apart the defense line of the US army. If the opposite is true. Duchway would have told Blucher to return to Hakkari. Continue to die and defend, while the reinforcements that have reached Diyarbakir will rush to Sirt as fast as they can to take control of this vital city. Although Pei Chengyi could let the first combat unit go south to attack Sierte, Du Qiwei could also let the U.S. troops go north to control Tatwan, thus echoing the city of Van on the other side of the lake, making the battle against Van extremely difficult. The new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read!

It seems that the choice is in the hands of Pei Chengyi, but in fact, the initiative is in the hands of Du Qiwei.

Thus. Du Qiwei is indeed a high-ranking general who can compete with Pei Chengyi. Perhaps, he is still the only US general who can compete with Pei Chengyi.

In any case, Yuan Chenhao is the commander of the Northern Front.

Seeing that Pei Chengyi didn't plan to continue, Yuan Chenhao thought for a moment and said: "It is definitely unrealistic to encircle and suppress Blucher, even if the two brigades of US troops have enough temptation, they should not lose sight of one or the other." Holding back the reinforcements of the U.S. Army is the key. The problem is, we have to convince Duchway. In the event that Blücher is likely to break through the encirclement, we will make a more cautious choice. In other words. We can accept a less than satisfactory result. Only in this way can Dudgway's appetite be fished and he will be able to make a wrong judgment. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Let the 10th Battleman make it look like he is encircling Blücher, and then draw a larger encirclement."

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly, it seemed that he had already figured out what Yuan Chenhao meant.

Encircling and suppressing Blucher is not the point, the focus is on how to draw a small and larger encirclement.

According to the original plan, the western border of the first phase of the offensive campaign was Siirt. In other words, as long as the area east of Sirt and south of Lake Van was controlled, even if there was no way to continue the outward advance, this result would be acceptable to the authorities of the Republic. What's more, it is also more acceptable to the US authorities versus the Turkish authorities. In any case, this area covers only one-fiftieth of Turkey's land area, about four square kilometers, and it is the old Wankurds who are about one-eighth of Turkey's total population to be settled. Even if the Turkish authorities cannot accept the reality of being divided again. This result will also be recognized by the US authorities.

Widening the encirclement is tantamount to expanding the occupied zone.

Politically considered. Pei Chengyi can't take this risk. The problem is that there is no point in considering anything if a military victory cannot be achieved.

Thinking of this, Pei Chengyi nodded thoughtfully.

"You don't have to expand too much westward. Just change the target to Bartman between Siert and Diyarbakir. "Yuan Chenhao knows Pei Chengyi very well, so he didn't waste time." If you can successfully capture Bartman. After the end of the first phase of the offensive, the scope of our defense zone will increase by 30 percent at most, and the length of the defense line will be increased by less than 10 percent, and the pressure on our troops will not be great, and it will be completely within the range of bearing. The point is that we have missed the best opportunity to attack Baatman, and only the first reinforcements of the American army will be said to settle in two battles; Because the main forces of the U.S. Army were closely following the first reinforcements, the offensive action had to be decisive and swift. In order to prevent the US reinforcements from breaking through in the opposite direction, it was necessary to invest heavy troops after the offensive operation began. ”

That is to say. took out all the housekeeping skills of the 10th combat unit.

"It's mainly tactical airlift forces, and the rest is easy to say."

Pei Chengyi let out a sigh and said: "The key is what you mentioned earlier, the time window is very narrow, the longest: fourteen hours, the shortest ten hours. It is definitely not an easy task to defeat Bartman in such a short period of time and establish a defensive position. ”

"That's why it's important to put the 10th Combat Unit on the field."

As soon as Yuan Chenhao said this, Pei Chengyi also laughed.

Obviously, as early as the campaign planning stage, Pei Chengyi took into account possible variables. Realizing that he would encounter some tough battles, he transferred Li Dongshi, who was the best at fighting tough battles, over. In Nonghei, Wulao and Ranchi, Li Dongshi's airborne troops all proved their tenacious fighting style. If needed, a force was taken down in the old hours. And if a defensive position is built enough to block several US military brigades and even several US military divisions, I am afraid that only Li Dongshi's 10th combat unit has this ability.

After thinking about it for a while, Pei Chengyi spoke: "This is our only choice, after the first combat unit crosses the city of Fan, let the tactical airlift unit of the tenth combat unit return to Iran to prepare for a large-scale assault operation." I will immediately adjust the combat mission of the 10th combat unit to your direct command after it enters the territory of Turkey. Remember, give me a tactical plan as soon as possible. ”

"No problem, I'll deal with it right away."

"Also, a new communication channel will be established, and after the entry of the 10th combat unit into the war, the artillery units remaining in the northern region of Iraq will also be under the command of the Northern Front Command."

"I'll arrange it as soon as possible. Anything else? ”

"Not for the time being. There is re-contact. ”

After the call, Pei Chengyi immediately called Yang Shaoyong over and asked the colonel's staff officer to adjust the combat mission of the 10th combat unit.

At this time, it was less than 2 hours before the single attack of the 10th battle.

On the battlefield, Blucher's armored forces were still gathering.

Although there is no need to worry about being attacked from the air for the time being, and the main battle equipment is parked in the fortifications equipped to resist heavy shells, there is no need to worry about sudden shelling. But Blucher was not at all happy. Because Dudgway's breakout order completely disrupted his operational deployment. The address of this site has been changed to: anti-goo, please log in to read!

In any case, at this time, Blucher had to be convinced if he wanted to be convinced.

Dudgway is indeed much better than him.

The question is, does it make sense to break out?

Although the two brigades still have more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, it is a very powerful force with a very strong assault capability, but now there are armored units of the Republic Army everywhere, even if Blucher is very confident in the surprise attack of the US army, it is not clear that it can run faster than the Republic Army.

If you can't outrun your opponent, breaking through is sending you to death.

If you take into account the low-altitude assault capabilities of the Army of the Republic, it is even more fatal.

What worries Blucher even more is Dugway's attitude.

When asking him to prepare for the breakout, Du Qiwei did not explicitly mention when to break out, or even under what circumstances, but only asked him to prepare, and asked him to be able to act within a few minutes after receiving the breakout order. That is, to reach the highest state of combat alert.

It's not a problem to get on maximum alert, the problem is that you have to let the front-line commanders know how to break through.

Duchway's attitude convinced Blucher that the Marine Corps general was not thinking about the breakout, but only hoped to use the breakout equipment of the two brigades to achieve a certain goal.

It was in this way that while the preparations were being carried out, Blucher kept a hand.

This is not considered disobedience to orders, after all, it is impossible for more than 10,000 officers and men of the two brigades to leave the defensive positions at the same time and embark on the road to break through. According to the normal detachment, it will take at least a few hours from the first battalion to the last, and in these hours, it is enough to prepare the battalion that is not ready for the breakout equipment. In other words, Blucher only put the 2 armored battalions and 2 infantry battalions that acted as the vanguard of the breakout into the highest state of alert. Four battalions were put on higher alert, while the rest remained in defensive positions.

It has to be said that Blucher is indeed much worse than Duchway.

It's not that his fighting talent is poor, but in terms of grasping the overall situation, he is far inferior to Du Qiwei.

You must know that after his move was discovered by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft of the Republic, Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao no longer doubted the judgment they had made before, that is, the two US military brigades did not break through with peace of mind.

What's worse is that. In the following breakout operation, because there were still many battalions of thugs who were not prepared, the breakthrough of the US troops was not fast, and they did not form an assault front, and when they encountered the blocking force of the 10th combat unit, the problem of insufficient strength of the breakthrough force became a fatal problem.

From this, it was not Duchway who buried these two brigades, but Blucher.

It is a pity that Duchway was on combat duty to the reinforcements at that time and did not notice Blucher's "cutting corners"!