On July 7, the Army of the Republic took the lead in the offensive on the Northern Front. 【】

According to Pei Chengyi's deployment. The 1st Combat Unit, with the support and cooperation of the 10th Combat Unit, took the lead in attacking Sierte, showing that he would not give up until he killed the 2 American divisions. By daybreak, the two artillery brigades of the 1st and 10th combat units had poured about 80,000 tons of shells on Sirt, ploughing the American positions several times with a rain of bullets. During the shelling, light multi-role fighters of the tactical aviation of the Air Force and naval aviation also bombed Sierte. Because the battle for air supremacy was still ongoing, all fighter planes carried out focused bombing under the protection of Iran's or Iraq's long-range air defense systems using standoff munitions with a range of more than 1,000 meters. It is a pity that because of the need to prioritize the deployment of tactical transport aircraft groups, the low-altitude attack aircraft of the Army Aviation were not able to participate in the attack on Sierte.

In any case, this round of fire strikes received very good results.

According to the relevant information released by the Pentagon after the war, after the shelling began, the American commander in Sirt issued a request for help before dawn, and it was the most urgent request for help.

The conundrum was in front of Dudgway.

The only way to save Sirt's 1st Panzer Division and 3rd Infantry Division was to have the 7th Infantry Division that had reached Diyarbakir attack Baatman with long-range artillery fire, forcing the 10th Armored Division and the 3rd Infantry Division to break through to the west.

In fact, Duchway was not even able to provide long-range artillery support to the front-line troops.

The artillery of the 1st Fighter Armored Division and the 3rd Infantry Division remained in the capital of Malatya Province, south of the Ban Khai Reservoir, where the Tatvanichel Railway and the Samsun Malatya Railway meet, one of the main railway hubs in central Turkey, just a kilometre from Diyarbakir. It is less than a kilometre from Mosul, where the artillery brigade of the 10th combat unit is located. In other words, when the US artillery bombarded the 10th combat unit, it would definitely be met with a fierce counterattack from the opponent. The new address of this site has been changed to: Heart. 8. Please read the law!

It is a great pity that the electromagnetic cannon of the US Army is far inferior to that of the Army of the Republic.

Because the United States has always attached little importance to artillery construction, even after the Korean Peninsula War, it invested heavily in the development of electromagnetic guns, but due to the influence of basic technology, it has not been able to catch up with the development level of the Republic's artillery, so the performance of the US military's active electromagnetic guns is on par with the first generation of electromagnetic guns of the Republic Army. The maximum firing range when using ordinary artillery shells is only one meter, and the firing range when using extended-range ammunition is less than a kilometer, while the maximum firing range of the second-generation electromagnetic cannon of the Republic Army has been increased to more than one kilometer, and when using extended-range ammunition, it can even hit targets that are killed thousands of kilometers away.

Of course, the gap is not only in range.

In a sense, the Army of the Republic invested heavily in the "wireless power transmission system" to solve the problem of electrical energy supply for the artillery. If you use wires to transmit electrical energy, because the electrical energy required for electromagnetic guns is particularly huge. In the case that the quality of the system must be reduced as much as possible, the transformer that is too large can only be used to increase the current to increase the power transmission power, so in the case of using ordinary wires, the transmission distance is limited by Jing Liangda, and all the electric sulfonous guns of a system must be deployed near the power supply system. With such a deployment, the artillery is easily suppressed by the opponent's artillery fire or attacked from the air. What's more, the power supply system is extremely fragile and can be easily destroyed. Only by solving the problem of electric energy transmission can we make the actual combat value of the electric bumper system fully realized.

Because the US Army does not have a sufficient understanding of the importance of artillery, the United States is inferior to the Republic in the development of related fields.

According to the relevant data released by the Pentagon, in the case of using wires, the US military's electromagnetic cannon system can be dispersed and deployed within the range of square and round codes, that is, each electromagnetic gun has a gray meter long brother line about a martyr code. The problem is that in real combat, it is impossible to lay wires in a straight line. What's more, the full deployment distance is still too narrow, and the power supply equipment that is the core of the system, that is, the controllable fusion reactor and the electrical system, is vulnerable to attack, and the survival rate when bombing against an adversary is certainly not much higher.

In fact, as early as the morning of the 6th. As soon as the first units of the 7th Infantry Division arrived at Diyarbakir, Duchway ordered the two artillery brigades remaining in Malatya to withdraw quickly to the provincial capital of Siwassivas province further north. Although the distance between Sivas and Mosul is more than 6 kilometers, and the distance from Sufian, where the artillery brigade of the 1st combat unit is located, is even more than a kilometer, unless the 10th battle is an extended-range artillery shell that is dozens of times more expensive than ordinary artillery shells and whose strike efficiency is far inferior to ordinary artillery shells, it will not be able to threaten the US artillery at all, but Sivas is about a kilometer away from Diyarbakir. It is a kilometer from Sierte. From this, it can be concluded that Duchway was ready to give up Silt a long time ago. Let the 1st Panzer Division and the 3rd Infantry Division break through to the west in the ideological preparations.

It is a pity that before the 2 artillery brigades could leave Malatya, the battle in the east began.

Although Blucher repeatedly requested artillery support for the front-line units of the Eurocorps, Duchway was unmoved and still ordered the artillery brigade to move to Sivas. In order to prevent Blucher from overstepping his authority, Duchway personally contacted the two brigade commanders, and unmistakably went to Sihus on the night of the 7th to talk about the artillery formation and make preparations for the artillery battle.

It has to be said that Duchway showed the ruthlessness he deserved.

The preservation of 2 artillery brigades is of greater significance than the rescue of 2 divisions of the Eurolegion. Especially judging by the battle that is about to start. If Düdgway plays two cards too early, it will not only make it extremely difficult to defend, but also lose the opportunity to counterattack.

The problem was that it was impossible for Duchway to abandon the 1st Panzer Division and the 3rd Infantry Division.

Before dawn, Du Qiwei did not rush to give the order to break out, but asked the 1st Fighter Armored Division and the 3rd Infantry Division to repair the damaged defense line as much as possible, block the enemy's attack, and delay the enemy's assault as much as possible.

Sweet in a sense. Duchway didn't believe that Pei Chengyi would make a big fight in Silte.

No matter how mediocre the commander is, it can be seen that with the arrival of the Dijiang Infantry Division of the US Army in Diyarbakir, the first thing the Republic Army needs to do is not to take down the two US Army divisions of Siert on their knees. Instead, it was to consolidate the line of defense west of Batman, or to pin down the 1st Infantry Division with a limited tactical attack, and wait until the American forces had been defeated before storming Silt. As long as reinforcements are hopeless, the 1st Panzer Division and the 3rd Infantry Division may even surrender on their own initiative.

From Dugway's point of view. It must be taken into account that the purpose of the assault on Sirt was to force the 7th Infantry Division to rush to its aid.

This is definitely not out of the question.

In fact, before that. Pei Chengyi's tactical deployment had already forced Dugway to let Blucher lead the vanguard of the European Army to aid Hakkari, and as a result, the two most combat-effective brigades were completely annihilated. Immediately afterwards, Pei Chengyi used the same method to force Dudgway to let the main force of the European Legion rush to help, but he fell into the encirclement and has not been able to get out until now. If the 7th Infantry Division repeats its mistakes, Duchway will have to throw more troops into the Turkish theater. Even if this does not have much of an impact on the fighting in the south, it will cost the U.S. military more combat units.

According to Duchway's logic, a night of shelling is not too much of a price.

Even if a ground offensive has already begun, Iranian or Iraqi troops can be used, and the main forces of the Republican Army may have been moved elsewhere.

If that were the case, the rush to Sierte would have sent the 7th Infantry Division to its death.

Of course, Dudgway had to confirm his suspicions.

Before dawn, a large unmanned reconnaissance plane of the US military rushed over and took pictures of the battlefield in the direction of Silt in the sky of Diyarbakir.

As the sky brightened, the situation on the battlefield became more and more apparent.

As soon as Du Qiwei had breakfast, the staff officer brought in the latest reconnaissance report. It was indeed the main force of the 1st Combat Unit that was attacking Sirte, because the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft not only photographed the tanks and fighting vehicles painted with the logo of the 1st Combat Unit, but also identified these tanks and fighting vehicles as the only ones of the Republican Army. 3 The old and the exhortation, and not the old ones that are exported to Iran and Iraq.

Half an hour later, the second piece of information arrived.

As with the first piece of intelligence. It has been determined that the main forces of the Army of the Republic will attack Sirte, that the troops of the 1st Combat Unit will be the main attack in the east, and that the troops of the 10th Combat Unit will be in charge of the interspersed mission in the west. More importantly, the information mentions that only three combat battalions were deployed in the 10th Combat Unit, and that the rest of the main combat units were moved to the west of Bartman and into defensive positions.

Now, there's no guesswork at all. can reveal Pei Chengyi's intentions.

Eat the remnants of the Eurolegion, and then face the approaching 7th Infantry Division west of Baartman. Because Sirt's purge from the west is almost underway, and if the war ends at this time, it will be the Republic that wins. To put it bluntly, the republic could have stopped large-scale military operations at this time and formed a pound in the occupied territories under its control. A predominantly Kurdish state. Even if the authorities of the republic do not intend to dismember Turkey, an autonomous Kurdish regime can be established in the occupied territories that are completely independent of the control of the Turkish central government. All in all, the Republic Army may adjust its strategic deployment at any time and hold on to the fruits of victory.

For Duchway, this is an absolutely unacceptable outcome.

In offensive operations, 2 combat units of the Army of the Republic, to be precise. It is a thug with a combat unit and some Iranian troops that do not have much combat effectiveness to eat 2 US Army divisions and about 10,000 Turkish National Army. If the Republican Army intends to consolidate its defensive positions, make full use of the complex terrain of the engagement area, and have a strong advantage in tactical airlift with the Republican Army, 2 battles alone will be able to withstand at least one U.S. Army division. If the Iranian and Iraqi armies are included, Duchway would need to prepare at least seven divisions to be able to defeat his opponent and retake southeastern Turkey in a battle that does not care about casualties and losses. The new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read!

Mother Yong undoubtedly said that this was absolutely impossible.

It is nothing to attack the southeastern part of Turkey with 7 divisions, the question is, who can guarantee that the casualties will not exceed the capacity of the United States? You know, the Republic Army attaches great importance to the living forces that kill and injure the enemy in defensive battles, and it has the ability to make the American army pay a heavy enough price. It is not a problem to kill thousands of American GIs for Turkey, but it is a problem to give the lives of tens of thousands of American GIs to Turkey.

There is only one way to stop this, and that is to attack before the opponent organizes a defensive line.

The question was back to square one, that is, whether to let the 7th Infantry Division attack Bartman with insufficient preparation.

When thinking of this problem, Du Qiwei was pessimistic again, he was avoided by Pei Chengyi into a corner, and had to make a very reluctant choice.

If the 7th Infantry Division is not sent, Pei Chengyi can easily defeat Sierte and maintain the minimum results.

By sending out the 7th Infantry Division, Pei Chengyi could take this opportunity to launch the next round of attacks and expand the results.

For Pei Chengyi, this is undoubtedly a gamble.

The question is. For Dudgway, it was also a gamble.

What's more. Pei Chengyi didn't have to raise at all, and was able to gamble while keeping his old capital, while Du Qiwei had to bet all his bets, and gambled everything for a not-so-sharp goal when he was likely to lose everything.

As a sane commander, Dudgway knows how to choose.

Just as he was about to make his choice, the staff officer sent a third reconnaissance report.

This report is not much to do with the fighting in the Silt direction, to be precise, not directly related.

The main force of the 8th Combat Unit, which had taken down Gaziantep before dawn, stopped for only about three hours, then handed over the task of sweeping up the remnants of the Turkish army to the supporting forces and continued to advance.

As Duchway had expected, the 8th Combat Unit did not advance in the direction of Ankara, but turned westward a short distance north of Gaziantep and aimed its offensive arrows at Osmaniye. Anyone can see that Pei Chengyi's real purpose is certainly not Osmaniye, north of Iskenderun Bay. Rather, it was to encircle Iskenderun and knock out the main landing site for American reinforcements to Turkey.

If this is the case, the US military will definitely lose not Sierte, but Turkey's whole pound. Southern Region.

Exactly. Du Qiwei suddenly realized that Pei Chengyi was not the kind of commander who made a small fight.

To put it simply, if a small victory could make Pei Chengyi feel satisfied, he would not have achieved such brilliant achievements in his military career in just over the past few years.

Other words. From the very beginning, Pei Chengyi set a high goal.

And so it goes. Regardless of whether Du Qiwei sent the 7th Infantry Division out or not, Pei Chengyi would let the main force of the 10th Combat Unit attack Diyarbakir at the right time, and he would definitely try his best to defeat Diyarbakir. In fact, Du Qiwei had this premonition for a long time, otherwise he would not have let the two artillery brigades move to the rear on the 6th, and he would not have accelerated the transfer of the two artillery brigades in the early morning of the 7th. Before that, Dudgway just didn't believe it. Bae Seung-yi will take the risk of attacking Diyarbakir while surrounding 2 American divisions. Now it seems that Pei Chengyi did not take this risk, but wanted to attack Diyarbakir after eating 2 American divisions.

Once again, the question was in front of Dudgway.

Will the 7th Infantry Division be able to hold back the attack of the 10th combat unit?

If not, is it necessary to increase the number of troops in time?

Will the troops reinforcing Diyarbakir arrive in time?

If reinforcements do not arrive in time, what can be done to buy more time?

A series of questions haunt Dudgway, and they test his abilities.

It was noon that day. The vanguard of the 8th Combat Unit had reached Bakhche, east of Osmaniye, less than a kilometre from its destination. Although the vanguard of the 8th combat unit stopped at this time. A force was sent south to attack Islahiya. Expanding the depth of the flank line, there was no rush to advance to Osmaniye, but the situation to the west was already very obvious, and the 2nd Panzer Division and the 4th Infantry Division must move north quickly to close the hole in the defensive line and compete with the 8th Combat Unit for Osmaniye.

In other words. Even if Osmaniye was held, because the front had advanced to Iskenderun, the troops arriving by sea would not be able to reinforce Diyarbakir. Combat units can only be delivered to the front line by air.

Herein lies the problem.

If the Air Force is carried out. It will take at least a thug week to send the first strategist to Diyarbakir.

With the combat effectiveness of the 7th Infantry Division, it would simply not have been possible to hold out for a week in Diyarbakir without being a little more proactive.

According to Du Qiwei's estimate, as long as Pei Chengyi makes up his mind and invests more air power, within three to four days, he will be able to defeat Diyarbakir and annihilate the Di? Infantry divisions. The new address of this site has been changed to:, please log in to read!

If you want to buy enough time, you can only turn from passive to proactive.

Come to think of it. Duchway knew that the main purpose of the 8th Combat Unit marching towards Osmaniye was not to capture Iskenderun, after all, it was impossible for a combat unit to defeat the 2nd Panzer Division and the 4th Infantry Division. Even with 2 combat units, it is unlikely that Iskenderon will be successfully defeated. Pei Chengyi's purpose is very simple, that is, to cut off the reinforcement route of the American army and provide assistance for the attack on Diyarbakir.

At this point, Duchway also had to consider the fifth combat unit that had already arrived on the battlefield.

In other words. If Diyarbakir is lost, it will open the door to the army of the republic to march into Ankara. Even if Pei Chengyi does not put the attack on Ankara in an important position, it is very likely that the main force will be dispatched to overthrow the Turkish regime when the conditions are favorable.

Anyway. Diyarbakir must be held!