Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 120 The Battle Stalemate
The battle of the 7th Armored Brigade could not be fought by the thugs. Shi Yang asked the brigade to insert the order to disperse and break out.
Judging by the situation on the battlefield at that time, the breakout operation of the 7th Armored Brigade was nothing. Although a scattered breakthrough will lead to the loss of organization of the troops, and from a strategic point of view, it is equivalent to a complete loss of combat effectiveness, and if the quality of the officers and men is not high enough, it will even lead to the collapse of the troops, but in the face of a strong enemy, after losing the hope of a concentrated breakthrough. Dispersing the breakout is the only option, even if it is a very risky one, to save the troops. Relatively speaking, Dayan does not need to worry about the quality of the officers and men of the 7th Armored Brigade, as the ace unit of the IDF, the officers and men of the 7th Armored Brigade are absolutely worthy of Dayan's trust. Coupled with the fact that the brigade has been stationed in the Golan Heights for a long time, often assisting special forces and Mossad on covert missions, all the grassroots commanders are very familiar with the environment in southern Syria, and even if they don't have satellite navigation equipment, as long as they have a working compass, they can walk across the desert and back to Israel. It was in this way that when the 7th Panzer Brigade could not defeat the opponent, Dayan gave the order to disperse and break through.
At that time, Dayan's first concern must have been the second combat unit that was storming Shekhba.
Although judging from the battlefield situation, the second combat unit stormed Shekhba as a stupid move, even many Israeli commanders believed that Su Jinhui should let the second combat unit besiege Shekhba and send a force to harass Suweida's garrison. Let the main force move eastward, intercept the retreat route of the main force of the Israeli army, and encircle and suppress the Israeli army with the ninth combat unit. But they all overlooked a very important point, namely, that only the second combat brigade was attacking Shekhba, whose support brigade had long been sent to the defensive line south of Damascus. In other words, at that time the second combat unit was inadequately staffed, and there were simply not enough troops to fight on several fronts.
In this regard, Pei Chengyi just asked Su Jinhui. There was no meddling in the command work.
From this, it can also be seen that Su Jinhui's deployment is no problem.
Those who see the mystery are also Dayan.
On the surface, the second combat unit's assault on Shekhba was a waste of valuable combat strength and even more precious time, but from a glance at the entire battle situation, it can be seen that Su Shuhui's move forced the US-Israeli coalition forces to a dead end.
Because the 1st Marine Division failed to capture Suweida as planned, the American-Israeli forces had to pass through Shekhba when they contracted their defensive lines. Looking at the longer term, if the Israeli army wants to hold the Golan Heights, it must hold its ground at Shekhba, and must not retreat, at least not before inflicting heavy damage on the opponent.
Dayan has only two options. The first is to have the old armored brigade or the first armored brigade of the first fighter retreat and reach Shekhba before the victory of the second combat unit.
Neither option is ideal.
Although Dayan did not have to worry at all about the Syrian army of Suweida in the first thrasher marine division, consolidating the defense of Suweida. If this is the case, even if the US-Israeli coalition forces control the situation in Shekhba and block the frontal attack of a single person in the second battle, they will lose all their significance because they have not been able to defeat Suweida. That is, the combat effectiveness of the 1st Marine Division. At least beyond Dayan's understanding of this US military.
It is not necessarily much better to let the Israeli troops fighting head-on retreat. Whether it is to let the first thug name armored brigade retreat, or let the first infantry brigade retreat. All this meant that the other brigade had to withstand the frantic attack of the 9th Combat Unit, and it was very likely that it would eventually fall under the enemy's stormy rain of bullets, becoming the second Israeli unit to die after the 7th Armored Brigade. Because the officers and men of the 7th Armored Brigade are very likely to return to Israel, at most they will lose some weapons and equipment, and with the vigorous assistance of the United States, the Israeli army does not need to worry about equipment, so it is very likely that the Israeli brigade that has been cut off will be completely wiped out by the 9th combat unit and become the first main force of the Israeli army to be completely annihilated.
In fact, Dayan's greatest concern was the loss of the main forces.
After he let the 7th Panzer Brigade disperse and break through. The individual combat units of the 9th Combat are also being redeployed, and many of the units that were still besieging the 7th Armored Brigade have switched to the old Armored Brigade of the 1st Fighter. According to Dayan's estimate, the other side must have seen that the Israeli army was scattering and breaking through, and knew that it was impossible to capture all the officers and soldiers of the 7th Armored Brigade, so they aimed the spearhead at the Brigade that was still resisting. Because the 8th Armored Brigade will definitely not last long, and the next unlucky one is the 1st Infantry Brigade. The new address of this site has been changed to summer: Sishan Cave plus 8 four, please log in to read
With the battle ahead, Dayan no longer dared to underestimate the combat effectiveness of his opponent.
You know, the predecessor of the 9th combat unit was the number one ace unit of the Republic Army. This combat unit has been holding back on the southern front for so many days, and finally has the opportunity to fight in a big way, and naturally it will not let go of any opportunity to annihilate the Israeli army. I will definitely try to eat the 3 main forces of the Israeli army in one go.
Suddenly, the Israeli army is not without hope.
In any case, the combat brigade of the ninth combat unit has only a few thousand troops, and it is very scattered, and it is difficult to quickly build up superior troops in a certain direction! The Sub-Armored Brigade and the 1st Infantry Brigade can support and cover each other and break through the opponent's encirclement.
According to Dayan's estimates, as long as the action is timely. The hope of a breakthrough of the Rank Brigade is not small.
The problem is that in this case, Dayan will have to let the US Army's 1st Marine Division go to Shekhba to relieve the siege. The hope of stabilizing the defensive line is pinned on the US military.
Because there was really no better option, Dayan had to settle for the next best thing.
At 8 a.m., it's 7 a.m. on the Israeli side. Dayan took the initiative to contact Dudgway and asked for command of the 1st Marine Division.
Without hesitation, Du Qiwei contacted the commander of the 1st Marine Division on the spot and asked him to obey Dayan's direct command.
Let the 1st Marine Division go to Shekhba to relieve the siege. It's not the same as showing off to attack Suweida. With the support of Duchway, Dayan immediately ordered the 8th Armored Brigade and the 1st Infantry Brigade to break through in the direction of Suweida.
It must be admitted that Dayan's battlefield command ability is indeed extraordinary.
As Dayan's opponent, after Su Jinhui began to mobilize the US-Israeli coalition forces, his first thought was not to break through the Israeli army, but to take this opportunity to eat the ninth combat unit and the second combat unit that were fighting on two fronts.
Standing in Su Jinhui's position, we must take into account the combat effectiveness of the first thug Lu Zhanbei.
Although the Marine Corps is a unit suitable for fighting in the coastal area, it is not very suitable for fighting in the inland plateau. However, during the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Marine Corps carried out inland combat missions and took on many important tasks during the Iran war, so the U.S. Marine Corps cannot be measured by the standard of the Marine Corps. More importantly, the US Army's Marine Operations Department has always attached importance to independent combat capability, and its establishment is much larger than that of army units of the same level, and the number of officers and men in a Marine Division is more than 20,000, and it can be expanded according to the actual situation. If calculated according to the strength of troops. The combat effectiveness of the 1st Fighter Marine Division is also equivalent to 2 to 3 Israeli brigades.
In the face of such a powerful force, Su Jinhui had no worries.
In his opinion, how many thugs. The 1st, 1st, and 7th Marine Regiments were ordinary regiments, and there were no separate Marine Battalions capable of holding off the attacking forces of the 2nd Combat Unit at Shekhba, outflanking the 2nd Combat Unit with another regiment, and attacking the 9th Combat Unit from the flanks of the 3rd Regiment. As long as the combat units of the 1st Marine Division are rationally used. You can take advantage of the opportunity of the Republic Army's rapid southward movement and unstable foothold to fight a beautiful turnaround.
Also making this judgment is Pei Chengyi.
If Su Jinhui is still likely to be careless and underestimate the enemy, then Pei Chengyi will definitely not underestimate Dayang's ability. Because Zhang Xiaolong of the Military Intelligence Agency has been reminding him. Don't underestimate Dayan.
In a battle that cannot be lost, Dayan will never give up easily. Judging by the whole situation. Lose Shekhba before defeating Sweida, regardless of whether the US-Israeli coalition can build a new line of defense in Deira'a province to block the advance of the Republican **. will lose the opportunity to storm Damascus. Because the US-Israeli coalition forces are mainly attacking on the southern front, unlike the US-Turkish coalition forces on the northern front. Therefore, if Damascus cannot be defeated, the US-Israeli coalition will not be able to win. Although by solid defense. There is great hope of holding the Golan Heights, but for the American-Israeli coalition that must win. The retreat to the Golan Heights was the greatest failure. If you take into account the situation on the northern front, it is even more of a fiasco.
It can be seen that whether it is Duchway or Dayan, they will fight desperately to win.
This can be seen from the offensive arrangements of the US-Israeli coalition forces. In order to achieve victory, both the US and Israeli armies have invested blood. In a sense, the fact that the 2nd Marine Division moved north along the Syrian-Lebanese border to attack Damascus, and that it moved north before the fighting on the main battlefield began, proved that Duchway did not want to lose the battle to the south. With the Israeli offensive being thwarted by the Ninth Battle, Duchway's immediate involvement of the 1st Marine Division also illustrates the U.S. Marine General's intentions.
In this way, the Marine Division of the American Army marched north from Suweida to rescue Shekhba.? The Israeli army marched south from the east of Shekhba; The combat brigade of the 2nd combat unit was still besieging Shekhba, while the combat brigade of the 9th combat unit was divided into several units to pursue the retreating Israeli army.
In such a chaotic situation, degrees are everything.
After receiving the warning from the Joint Command, Su Jinhui immediately contacted Fu Weimin and asked him to immediately transport at least two battalions of combat troops to Suweida by air. Prior to this, Su Jinhui arranged for the combat brigade of the second combat unit to send troops south to reinforce Suweida. Because the defense zone of the 1st Marine Division reached Suweida. What's worse is that the main forces of the 2nd combat unit are all in the vicinity of Shekhba, which is too close to the enemy to be able to use VTOL transport aircraft to air combat troops.
In this way, the task of reinforcing Suweida could only be entrusted to the 9th combat unit.
Su Jinhui's first decision was very important, because with the situation at that time, Su Weida must not be lost.
Angle. If Suweida can be held, it will be able to block the range of the US-Israeli coalition army's "heart and return to the battlefield of the Israeli army, so that the ninth combat unit will have more opportunities. More importantly, if you can manage to defeat Shekhba. It can achieve the goal of encircling and annihilating one U.S. Marine Division and three Israeli brigades. Although the total strength of these forces is less than 10,000, while the IDF has more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, and can mobilize more than one million reservists within a month, for the current battle, if the main force of the United States and Israel can be annihilated in one fell swoop, it will not only be able to determine the basic situation on the southern front in one fell swoop, but will also have a major impact on the entire war situation. If nothing else, when the time comes, Dudgway will have to send the 2nd Infantry Division and the Old Infantry Division to Israel, and several newly mobilized US National Guard divisions will have to go to the Middle East.
Su Jinhui is not a stupid person, he knows very well that in this war, he is a supporting role, and he is the second supporting role.
When he met Pei Chengyi in Beijing, he knew that the southern front was not the "home field" of the republic. "Affected by the country's basic strategy, no matter how well Su Jinhui fights in the south, it is impossible to change the situation. That is, the military itself is at the service of politics. In a situation where the republic cannot do anything with Israel, the military cannot decide the future. After the outbreak of war. Pei Chengyi's deployment confirmed Su Jinhui's guess, and made Su Jinhui realize that there was only one way out for him, that is, to cooperate with Pei Chengyi as much as possible to win this war.
From this point of view, Su Jinhui does have a different general from other military families.
Of course, as a soldier, Su Jinhui also has a very clear purpose.
Sticking to Suweida is a decision made by Su Jinhui to consider the overall situation and achieve an overall victory. If you only look at the situation on the southern front, Su Jinhui should not waste too many troops in Suweida. Instead, the ninth battle unit should advance towards Shekhba, and the second battle unit move westward. Together with the Support Brigade at the 9th Combat Section in the northern region of Dara'a province, it swept through several military towns in the southern part of Dara'a province, and aimed at the Quneitra province, also known as the Golan Heights, to the west. Kill the Golan Heights with a beautiful strategic detour.
If you only consider the southern front, Pei Chengyi will fight like this.
The problem is that if you fight like this, you will have a very immediate problem, which is to force Israel to mobilize for all-out war. Although the Israeli army cannot complete the mobilization in a day, Israel is the only country in the world that is in a state of war at all times, and it also has the most comprehensive mobilization mechanism. The countries with the strongest mobilization capacity. According to MIA estimates, Israel was able to mobilize about 10,000 soldiers within a month, and 10,000 troops in the first week. Although Israel's military mobilization is modest in absolute terms, its mobilization capacity is staggering compared to its population of only a few million. What's more, the quality of the Israeli reservists is probably the best in the world.
In other words, the combat effectiveness of the Israeli army's reserve units is closest to that of the regular army, and the mobilized troops can go to the battlefield after they are assembled, and there is no need for additional training at all. Because Israel entered the war in Japan, the pre-mobilization that would have taken a week only took 4 to 4 days. If the Israeli army mobilizes the fighters within a day, the situation on the battlefield will certainly change drastically.
Although it is impossible for Duchway to pin his hopes entirely on the Israeli army, as long as the Republican ** offensive is quick and decisive, and Israel completes the first phase of the war mobilization and destroys the Golan Heights, he can force Duchham to send the 2nd Infantry Division and the Old Infantry Division to Israel, but in the long run. As soon as Israel begins to mobilize, Duchway will send other reinforcements, such as the 1st Assault Division, to Turkey, and possibly even the ground forces originally deployed in Israel. Let the Israeli army undertake the main combat mission.
If you really get to this point, it will be much more difficult to win in the north.
In the case of Pei Chengyi's struggle to fight. Su Jinhui must consider the consequences of this, and there is no way to fight in a completely safe and beneficial way for the southern front.
I have to admit that Pei Chengyi didn't look at the wrong person.
After the ninth combat unit turned to Shekhba, Pei Chengyi guessed Su Jinhui's deployment. I understood what Su Jinhui meant. What's more. In the case that Su Jinhui's consciousness is high enough. Pei Chengyi no longer needs to focus on the battle on the southern front, and can shift his energy to other directions.
Compared to the fighting in the south, the situation in the north can only be described as bad.
Beginning in the morning, the U.S. forces, supported by long-range fire provided by the fleet, began to storm Bakhche, which was entrenched by the 8th Combat Unit.
According to Pei Chengyi's deployment, the fifth combat individual did not immediately return to Bakhche.
The reason is simple, Bahche is so large that it simply cannot accommodate 2 combat units. If tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are huddled together, only the US Navy warships are the gunners on board.
In order to stabilize the battle in the Osmaniye direction, it is necessary not only to hold Bakhce, but also to try to open the situation.
It was precisely because of this that Pei Chengyi decided to use 2 combat units to fight a mobile defensive battle to let Du Qiwei know what true tactical talent is.