Let's just say that Duchway realized it on the night of July. [] Buchancher could not have been unwilling; until the next night. Then he could never have imagined that the defenders of Van City would surrender without a fight.

Although soon after the ground battle began, the focus shifted from the quick assault of the 1st Combat Unit to the siege of Hakkari Province of annihilation. Subsequently, the 10th battle was fought in the ground, which also stole the limelight of the 1st battle unit, but no one can deny the importance of the 1st battle unit's attack in the north. Pei Chengyi wants to delineate the scope of the battlefield. To take the initiative in your hands, you have to fight a battle line in the north, and the center of this front is the city of Van on the east bank of Lake Van Lake. In other words, Van was one of the centers of the entire northern front.

If it weren't for the limited number of troops, Pei Chengyi would definitely let Ling Yunxiao personally defeat Fan City.

Because Lake Van is the largest lake in Turkey, it is also a very famous plateau lake, and it is also the natural boundary of the Kurdish settlement, so Pei Chengyi cannot let the troops stop the pace of advance on the east bank of Lake Van Lake, and must go around to the west bank of Lake Van as soon as possible and occupy the equally important Tatwan. If the battle against Siirt is taken into account, it is even more unlikely that the first combat unit will be delayed too much time in Van City.

Exactly. Duchway did not attach much importance to the battle in the direction of Van City.

In fact, the Turkish army had the opposite view of Duchway. Because to the north of the city is the "Armenian region" in the sense of legend. "If the republican ** team occupies the city of Van and moves north. The Turkish authorities will not only face the Kurdish problem.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Turkish army strengthened the defenses of Van and sent two elite divisions over. That is to say, when the war broke out, the Turkish army stationed in Van City had many divisions. Although all are infantry divisions. But this Turkish army, which is close to 70,000 people, should not be underestimated. In the words of the Turkish authorities. Not to mention the rabble of the Iranian army, even the republican ** team, which claims to be the first in the world, don't want to easily take down the city of Fan.

Affected by this, Du Qiwei had no reason to worry about Van.

In his opinion, even if the Turkish army could not hold a few cities in the end, it would be able to hold out for several days. As long as the main force of the American army arrives and gains a foothold in Sirt, the pressure on Van will be greatly reduced. If the Turkish army has some ability, it can even take advantage of the opportunity of the decisive battle between the main force of the republican ** team and the US army in the west, counterattack from Van City, and cut off the logistics supply line of the republican ** team

All in all. Du Qiwei never imagined that the city would fall quickly.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Du Qiwei.

Before the night of July 2, Pei Chengyi really did not plan to take down Fan City quickly. According to his plan, "first demarcate the boundaries of the first round of offensive battles, and after the battlefield is determined, the first battle will turn back and collect the Turkish army in Van City and consolidate the entire defense line." Prior to this, the Iranian army was responsible for besieging Van and not giving the Turkish army a chance to counterattack.

After adjusting the combat strategy, this scheme will not work.

With the expansion of the scope of the battlefield, two very obvious problems have emerged: First, the logistical line has been lengthened and the pressure on logistical support has increased; second, the offensive time of the first combat unit has been prolonged and it is unable to return to defense in time. From this point of view, if the first combat unit could not take Van when it was about to advance westward, even if the Iranian authorities swore and made a guarantee, Pei Chengyi would not think that the Turkish army in Van was no threat.

In any case, 4 Turkish divisions are definitely a threat.

The question is, how can you take the city of Van without using too many main forces?

The Iranian army is certainly unreliable. The fierce fighting between the Khomeini Division and the Ahvaz Division in the south has proved that the fighting power of the Iranian army is not high, and behind the single butt of the first battle are only a few infantry divisions, and only one is the main infantry division, and the rest are all reserve forces. If the Iranian army can stand tall, Pei Chengyi will not have to consider a surprise attack on Van City at this time.

The strength of the first combat unit was already tight, and even if the support brigade of Bashkale could be transferred, because the artillery brigade was supporting the battle to annihilate the American forces in Hakkari, it would be difficult for the support brigade to receive long-range fire support, and it would be impossible for it to perform well in the offensive operation. In fact, the support brigade lacked heavy equipment, and without adequate fire support, it was simply impossible to take down the enemy's fortified positions.

Come and think about it. It can only be attacked by surprise attacks.

Of course, this problem was lost to Yuan Chenhao. Pei Chengyi has only one task, that is, to meet Yuan Chenhao's requirements as much as possible.

Yuan Chenhao did not disappoint Pei Chengyi, and in the early morning of July 3, he came up with a not very detailed combat plan.

There is only one point, that is, let the special forces disguise themselves as the scattered troops of the Turkish army, take advantage of the chaos to enter the city of Fan, and then capture the headquarters of the Turkish army, and force the Turkish commander to give the surrender order.

Because time is of the essence. So Pei Chengyi asked Yuan Chenhao to directly command the battle.

Of course, just a special infiltration operation will definitely not be able to take down the city of Fan.

Before daybreak, the Iranian infantry, following behind the First Battle Sheet, attacked the town of Elcek, east of Van. Because the Turkish army in the town was not satisfied, it only held out for a few hours under the fierce attack of the Iranian army, and retreated on its own initiative shortly after dawn. It was at this junjin that dozens of officers and men of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the 1st Combat were mixed into the retreating troops of the Turkish army. On the morning of the 3rd, the scouts successfully entered the city of Van without incident. At noon on the same day, the Iranian army arrived on the outskirts of Van and began to deploy a defensive line on the periphery, assuming a posture of besieging Van City. In order to prevent the Turkish army from counterattacking, the Iranian army fought against the artillery fire of several cities for ten years, and the scouts who had entered the city successfully found the headquarters of the sharp army. Taking advantage of the confusion caused by the shelling, the scouts quickly captured the Turkish headquarters and captured the most Kar commander of the defenders of Van. Pressed at gunpoint, the Turkish commander had to give the order to surrender.

On July 3, the Vantu army officially announced its surrender to the Iranian army.

Although some small groups of Turkish troops are still resisting without the call of the corresponding commander, these skirmishes will not have much impact when the vast majority of the Turkish army has laid down their arms. That night, Iranian troops entered Van and began to encircle and suppress the Turkish army that refused to surrender.

Because it was the scouts of the 1st combat unit who made the merit, the Iranian authorities did not hype up this "proud" victory.

For Du Qiwei, the fall of Van Cheng was undoubtedly the greatest bad thing.

Judging from the overall situation, the importance of Van is definitely higher than that of Hakkari.

To Duchway's shock, the defenders of Van surrendered to the Iranian army. Not that Duchway looked down on the Iranian army, the fighting in the Hakkari direction has proven that the Iranian army is fierce enough.

The surrender of the defenders of Van to the Iranian army means that the 1st combat unit in this direction has rushed to the front!

By the time the surrender order was given by the commander of the defenders of Van City, the main force of the 1st Combat Unit had reached Qevash, south of Lake Van Lake, and the vanguard was advancing westward along the road along the shores of the lake. That evening, when the Iranian army began to clear the remnants of the Turkish army in the Van city area, the vanguard of the 1st Combat Unit had reached the outskirts of Tatwan, and the main force had also departed from Gavash, and was sure to reach Tatwan before dawn.

Just because the first combat unit did not attack Van does not mean that it will not attack Tatwan.

Du Qiwei is not a stupid person, Pei Chengyi did not let the first combat unit attack Fancheng, but quickly defeated Tatwan.

Because Sirt is about a kilometer to the south, Tatwan can be seen as the northern gateway to Sirt. As long as the 1st combat unit has captured Tatwan, and the 10th combat unit has taken control of Shernak, it means that the republican ** team has completed the three-pronged operation against Sirt, and it is almost the final general attack. At this time, anyone can see that Pei Chengyi's ultimate goal is to defeat Sierte, otherwise the two fighting individual soldiers will not point to Siert at the same time. According to Dudgway's estimates. Because the battle in the direction of the 10th combat unit is easier, the battle against Sirt will begin as soon as the first combat unit takes down Tatwan and the first combat unit in coordination follows up individually. If all goes well, the attack can be started on the night of July, or in the early morning of July.

Clearly, Duchway had no choice.

On the night of the 3rd, Duchway sent Blucher out again, so that the general, who had just returned to Iskenderun and had only eaten a supper, was once again dressed in battle and went to Siirt to take command of the defense.

Before putting Blucher on the plane, Duchway made a solemn promise to send all the combat units of the Eurocorps to Siirt before dawn on July 4, and to provide Blücher with tens of thousands of tons of supplies by air, so as to ensure that the Eurocorps could hold on to the old days. There is only one demand from Duchway, that is, no matter what, he must hold Siirt at all costs, and he must not take half a step back.

It can be seen from this that until this time, Duchway still believed that Siirt would be the front line of the battle.

At this time, Dudgway made the third mistake, which was to seriously underestimate the assault ability of the 10th Battle Zhuo.

Strictly speaking, this is not a Duchway problem either.

After the Republican Army captured Caval by air assault, Duchway urgently contacted Stark to find out the deployment of the Republican Army Aviation, especially the deployment of tactical transport aircraft. On the morning of the 3rd, a very important piece of information was provided, that is, the tactical transport group of the 10th Combat Unit was still moving, and it was impossible to exert much of a role before the 4th. In other words, before the 4th, the 10th combat unit still had to maneuver on the ground, and it was impossible to cross the US defense line like an air assault force.

It was this piece of information that made Du Qiwei lower his fear.

Of course, there is also the factor of geography.

Sirt is located in the upper reaches of the Tigris River, because Turkey has no oil, not enough coal, and no advanced technology, so many hydropower stations were built in the early Tigris and early years, many of which are located in the plateau valley of the upper Tigris. That is, the Tigris consists of almost all man-made lakes. These reservoirs are undoubtedly a natural barrier for the ground offensive forces, and this natural barrier lies between the 10th Battle Unit, and the military towns of Sirt, Batman, and Diyarbakir. Although any ground force will bring engineering troops with them when they attack, engineering bridges can only be used on rivers, and bridges are useless on reservoirs whose width is measured in kilometers. To cross the reservoir on the Tigris, you have to use a boat. Although the Republic Army had enough boats, if not any, to borrow them from the Marine Corps, they were all in the country and had to be transported by air. In other words, in the case of a serious shortage of airlift forces, the 10th combat unit will definitely have to find another way.

It was in this way that Du Qiwei firmly believed that Pei Chengyi would attack Sierte.

In fact, Duchway was not wrong in his judgment.

The 10th Combat Unit did not have enough boats and boats, and although it could be used to get timely support to the north shore of the reservoir with its poisoned rubber boats and its sail boards, all the heavy equipment and most of the vehicles could not cross the reservoir, and therefore could not pose a threat to the military town on the north bank.

The question is, do you necessarily need a boat to cross the reservoir?

When formulating the battle plan, Pei Chengyi took this into account and reminded Li Dongshi. The reply given by the lieutenant general was simple, the 10th combat unit was adapted from the Airborne Forces. According to Li Dongshi's request, as long as he is provided with a group of vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft that can transport battalions of thugs, he will be able to take down Batman.

It was in this way that the VTOL transport group, having sent the guard battalion of the 1st Combat Individual Artillery Brigade to Kaval, flew directly to Guizre, where it accompanied the 10th Combat Unit.

On the night of 3 July, the 10th Combat Unit captured Hassan Kaiev, south of Batman, on the south bank of the Tigris River.

As Lee Dong-seok had expected, the Turkish forces guarding Hassan Kaiif blew up the bridge over the Tigris River before they surrendered. What's more, there are American troops guarding the bridge on the opposite side, and even if the Turkish army does not blow up the bridge, the American army will blow up the bridge after the armored unit of the 10th combat unit drives onto the bridge. Because the unmanned reconnaissance plane took pictures of the US military planting bombs on the bridge, Li Dongshi did not think about crossing the Tigris River from the bridge.

Stabilizing his position, Li Dongshi asked the artillery that remained behind to suppress the US troops on the other side of the river, and on the other hand, he organized an empty vehicle assault.

I have to admit that the air transportation capacity of Dish Yiwu is indeed strong.

When transporting infantry, "Ugly is able to deliver a platoon of about a number of fighters at a time." If the main battle equipment is transported in a hanging manner, it can transport the equivalent of a battalion of troops within the time of transporting the thugs. In this way, even if the entire combat brigade is delivered, it will only take about 3 hours. Including the troops of the support brigade that followed behind, the entire airlift operation would take only an hour at most, that is, it would end before dawn.

In the early morning of July 4, the main forces of the Eurocorps passed through Baatman.

At this time, the 10th combat unit had just taken Hassan Kaiif.

With the arrival of artillery suppression, the main force of the American Army appeared on the south bank of the Tigris River, south of Batman.

By the time Dudgway received the news, the 10th Combat Unit had already crossed the river.

Seeing the live video of the unmanned reconnaissance plane's return, Du Qiwei almost didn't jump.

The main force of an entire combat unit appeared less than a kilometer from Bartman, and was crossing the Tigris River at breakneck speed. Idiots can guess what this army wants to do, and what Pei Chengyi wants to do, Du Qiwei can also imagine.

Defeat Bartman, and the main forces of the European Army will once again fall into the encirclement.

There is no doubt that Pei's purpose is not to encircle a battlefield, but to take out all American troops in a sports war.

This time, Duchway did not hesitate and immediately ordered the main forces of the Eurocorps to return to Bartman.

The problem is that before that, Dudgway's order was to rush to see Silte, and the main force of the U.S. army, which had a large number of troops, put the armored forces at the forefront, then the engineering troops, then the infantry, and finally the radiant troops, so when Duchway gave the order to return to Batman, the closest to Batman was the logistics support force that had no combat effectiveness, and the armored troops with real combat effectiveness were about to arrive in Silt.

There is no doubt that the US military will not have time to return to Bartman.

Of course, the abnormal behavior of the US military also immediately attracted the attention of Pei Chengyi and Xi Chenhao.

As a front-line commander, Li Dongshi will not take it lightly. Now that the armored cluster of the main force of the US army has turned, the infantry following behind has begun to build a defensive line, and the logistics support force is advancing in addition, Li Dongshi concluded that the US army will kill Baatman as quickly as possible.

Like Du Qiwei's choice, Pei Chengyi did not think of the second possibility.

Before he gave the order for the 10th Combat to rush towards Baatman, Li Dongshi had already given the same order to the two battalions of the Pil River.

Obviously, it's a less fair race.

The 2 battalions of the 10th Combat Unit were able to cover the distance of the 10th kilometer while they were fighting. Although Baartman has a Turkish army that is not small, it is a logistical support force.

Even the main forces of the Turkish army can't stop the army of the republic, can you still count on the logistics troops?

Of course, this Turkish army is not useless.

In any case, before the arrival of the assault units of the 10th combat unit, they had ample time to destroy all the war materiel that had been hoarded in Bartman.

The destruction of war materials was also the last order given by Duchway to this Turkish army.

When the warehouse with tens of thousands of tons of ammunition was detonated, even on the "Qionglou" space station, which was hundreds of kilometers above the ground, the astronauts could clearly see a sudden and strong flash. If it were not for the absence of strong electromagnetic radiation, I am afraid that the strategic alert satellites of the Republic and the United States would have judged it to be a nuclear explosion.