When the battle on the battlefield was in full swing, the battle on the battlefield dawned, and the thugs began. 【】

Early in the morning of June Blade Day. The vanguard of the 1st Combat Unit reached Urumiya, the province of Western Azerbaijan. After a short pause, Poison Yunxiao said goodbye to the Iranian general in charge of the reception, and led his troops to leave this beautiful lakeside city and set off for an offensive position close to the border.

On the way, Ling Yunxiao was worried about Zhongzhong.

After arriving at the offensive position, he first sent scouts to carry out infiltration reconnaissance missions, and then immediately asked the engineering company to return to Urumiyah along the route they had come, and to identify the roadbeds that needed to be repaired along the way. When the officers and men began to prepare for the main force, Ling Yunxiao contacted Yuan Chenhao and asked that the support troops of the army aviation be sent over as soon as possible, otherwise it would be difficult for the first combat unit to attack under extremely bad basic conditions.

As the most backward province of Iran, the infrastructure of West Azerbaijan can be described as "miserable".

The more than 4o kilometres of road from Urumiye to the offensive were all paved with gravel, and many sections of the road were not even paved with gravel, and the mud-tamped foundations could not withstand the heavy tanks after withstanding the wind and rain. While this type of road has little impact on tracked vehicles, it is a complete disaster for heavy trucks transporting supplies. The supplies can't be delivered, and the first combat unit can't think of a good wave.

In an instant, all the pressure fell on Yuan Chenhao.

Although when formulating the combat plan, the Iranian side pointed out that the infrastructure of West Azerbaijan Province was incomplete and would have a negative impact on combat operations, it did not take into account that the army aviation could not be deployed in time at that time, so neither Pei Chengyi nor Yuan Chenhao paid too much attention to this issue. In the eyes of the two, because Iran's West Azerbaijan Province is poor and backward and cannot provide sufficient support for the attacking forces, the Turkish army will definitely relax its vigilance and put its main force in Hakkari Province, which faces Iraq, instead of Van Province, which faces Iran, so that the first combat unit will have the opportunity to surprise it.

In fact, the judgment of the two was not wrong.

Before the outbreak of war. The main forces of the Turkish Army are deployed in Hakkari Province and in Shernak Province, west of Hakkari Province.

According to intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, the Turkish Army has been carefully building defensive lines in the provinces of Hakkari and Shernak for decades. In the direction of Van Province, north of Hakkari Province, the Turkish Army has taken advantage of the rugged terrain and backward transportation infrastructure to create a quarantine zone with a width of nearly 4,000 meters, so that any frontal troops have to consider the severe test of logistics support caused by extreme conditions before attacking.

In a sense. There are no major problems with the deployment of the defense of the Turkish Army.

The province of Van and the bordering province of West Azerbaijan of Iran are located at the northern end of the Zagros Mountains, and the Zagros Mountains as a whole show a trend of high in the north and low in the south, so the whole territory of Van Province and West Azerbaijan Province is mountainous, and the average altitude is about the edge of the knife, which is worthy of the name of the roof of West Asia. Fighting in such terrain is a disaster for any ground force. During the Iran War. The U.S. military did not enter Iran from Turkey and took a shortcut to attack Tehran because the terrain here is too complex and the infrastructure is extremely backward, which is not conducive to the operation of large corps. It can be seen from this that the infrastructure of West Azerbaijan Province is backward. Most of this is also a deliberate act by the Iranian authorities.

From the point of view of geography. The average altitude of Turkey's Van province is about the same as Iran's province of West Azerbaijan, while Turkey's Hakkari and Shernak provinces are much higher than Iraq's Dahuk province. That is, it was much easier for the Turkish army to attack from the province of Hakkari to the province of Dahuk. Because after the Gulf War at the beginning of the century, Iraq was poor and weak, and it was no match for Turkey, and Turkey also sent troops into Iraq many times to fight the Kurdistan Workers' Party guerrillas, thus attaching great importance to the military infrastructure of Hakkari and Shernak provinces.

For these situations. Pei Chengyi sent the first combat unit, which was good at mountain warfare, to Iran.

The same thing. Pei Chengyi sent the 10th Combat Unit, which is also good at fighting independently in complex environments, to the northern region of Iraq to prepare for the 1st Combat Unit.

As a front-line commander, Yuan Chenhao was very clear about Pei Chengyi's strategic intentions.

Although from the very beginning, Pei Chengyi made the point clear, the main battlefield of the Middle East war is not in the Zagros Mountains, especially in the early stage of the war, there is no reason to invest too many troops in the north, and it is the battle in the direction of the Golan Heights that determines the outcome of the battle, and only when necessary, that is, when the battle in the south is lost, will it make a big fuss on the northern front. But Yuan Chenhao is definitely not a simple soldier, in a sense, he is very similar to Pei Chengyi, especially after serving as the commander of the South Asian Theater, many of Yuan Chenhao's performances are reminiscent of Pei Chengyi back then. Among Yuan Chenhao's many eye-catching talents, his political acumen is the most important for ordinary soldiers.

In fact, Pei Chengyi is also very aware of this, knowing that Yuan Chenhao is a general with a city government.

In other words, the problems that Pei Chengyi saw, Yuan Chenhao also saw clearly.

No matter how proactive the authorities of the republic are on the Kurdish issue, anyone with a bit of a brain knows that the wrestling between the republic and the United States in the Middle East is not focused on preserving the human rights of 40,000 Kurds, but on how to resolve the contradictions between millions of Jews and tens of millions of Arabs. Sooner or later, the Middle East issue will erupt in the form of a Palestinian-Israeli war, and if the Republic wants to win a war in the Middle East, it must completely defeat Israel. There is no doubt that this is a goal that cannot be achieved for the time being, and it is also impossible to achieve

As long as Yuan Chenhao realizes this. He wouldn't have had much hope for this war. The new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read!

In other words, he has his own opinions.

Looking back, when Pei Chengyi arranged for him to go to Iran as a front-line commander, Yuan Chenhao took these issues into consideration, knew that Pei Chengyi was thinking about him, and gladly accepted this arrangement. It can be seen that Yuan Chenhao has known for a long time. There will be no substantial victory in the fighting on the Southern Front. Because the authorities of the republic will not accept a war that is not won, and the general election of the government will be held next year, regardless of whether Gu Weimin is sure enough to win the support of the majority of the deputies, he must also hand in a qualified answer sheet for the first term. Therefore, in the case that the southern front cannot win, it can only make a fuss on the northern front and find a way to achieve a victory in some sense.

The Republic did not take the Palestinian-Israeli issue as difficult, but challenged the United States on the basis of the Kurdish issue

From Yuan Chenhao's standpoint, how to effectively solve the Kurdish issue is not only related to the political trend of the republic in the general election in the new year, but also related to his personal future. No matter what, Yuan Chenhao will not let go of this precious opportunity, and there will be no slack.

After receiving a call from Ling Yunxiao, Yuan Chenhao found the chief of the general staff of the Iranian Defense Forces.

According to the secret agreement signed by the two sides, when the republican ** team attacked Turkey. Iran will not only have to send ground troops to fight together, but also take on the task of logistical support. Although Yuan Chenhao will not have any hope for the performance of the Iranian army on the frontline battlefield, before the arrival of the army support force, he must put the heavy responsibility of logistics support on Iran and find ways to provide Ling Yunxiao with the most support.

The video meeting with the chief of the general staff of the Iranian defense forces lasted only half an hour, and Yuan Chenhao did not get a satisfactory answer.

It's not that the Iranian authorities won't cooperate, it's that the Iranian army doesn't have the ability to do so.

Fortunately, Yuan Chenhao had already been prepared, and not just mentally prepared.

In a sense, from the beginning. Yuan Chenhao's biggest requirement for the Iranian army is not to drag the republican ** team back and not to create unnecessary trouble in the battle.

As the commander of the South Asian Theater of Operations, it is impossible for Yuan Chenhao not to know the situation of the Iranian army.

Although after the Islamic Revolution, the nascent Iranian regime inherited the legacy of the Pahlavi dynasty, and Iran, which had the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world at that time, was the most important ally of the United States, and its place in the American alliance system was even higher than Israel, not to mention that the United States sold to Iran the old fighter planes that had just been developed and had not yet had time to fully equip the US Navy. The self-proclaimed military power in the Gulf region went to war with its neighbors in the second year of the new regime, beginning the Iran-Iraq War that lasted for eight years. During the Iranian war, the US invasion was successfully thwarted, and the Iranian authorities were even more complacent, even declaring that they would take concrete actions to drive the US ** team out of the Gulf region, which made several Arab countries in the south uneasy day and night. In fact, even during the Pahlavi dynasty, because of the long-term domestic turmoil, the struggle between the king and the prime minister never stopped, so Iran, which was fully supported by the United States, was not a military power in the true sense of the word.

After the Islamic Revolution, Iran's military power did not substantially improve.

What best reflects Iran's military strength is not the Iranian war, which led to the century, but the Iran-Iraq war that led to the early years of Iran.

In the words of Western military strategists. The Iran-Iraq war was a primitive war fought with high-tech equipment.

Although this assessment is a bit extreme, it reflects the problem. Because the Iran-Iraq war coincided with the most intense period of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The U.S. ** team had just left the dense forests of Vietnam, and the Soviet Army had entered the mountains of Afghanistan, so the two major powers coincidentally wanted to use this to contain their opponents and find ways to assist the warring parties. Not to mention anything else, the "Iran-Gate" incident that shocked the world broke out at this time, that is, in order to rescue the hostages held by Iran, the US authorities authorized the four countries to sell to Iran old fighter jets, "Hawk" anti-aircraft missiles, and other parts and components of weapons and equipment purchased from the United States during the Pahlavi dynasty, as well as "Sparrow" missiles and "sidewinders." missiles and other supporting ammunition. This move by the US authorities also does not want Iran to be defeated quickly and thus allow Iraq under Saddam's control to dominate the Gulf region. Of course, other countries other than the United States and the Soviet Union were also involved in this protracted war, such as France, which sold Iraq the most advanced "Mirage" fighter jets at the time, and the Republic provided the warring parties with Stone and 7 fighter jets.

It can be said that during the Iran-Iraq war. Neither Iran nor Iraq is inferior in weaponry.

Measured by the level of the Li Century Qin era and the Tian era, in the main battle weapons and equipment of the two sides at that time, the Yin "Tomcat." Fighters, 4 "Phantom" fighters, "Phantoms." Hatchet man. Fighter, "Rainbow Gong" fencer. Fighter jets, Pinwan "frog feet." Attack aircraft, Sun Hu "Blindfold" bombers, "Cobra" helicopter gunships, "Hind" helicopter gunships, "Scud. Ballistic missiles, slashing main battle tanks, "Chieftain." The main battle equipment such as the main battle tank and the Yi-7 infantry fighting vehicle were all advanced weapons at that time, and they were not much worse than the main battle equipment of the United States and the Soviet Union.

It was in this situation that the two countries spent 8 years fighting a war without a victory. From a point of view, the Iran-Iraq war has caused in addition to serious damage and losses. and bring any benefits to the old and old warring parties. One could even say. It was this war that brought Saddam's regime to the end of its military silence. Similarly, it was the poor performance of the Iraqi army during the Iran-Iraq war that made Bush Sr. make the decision to send troops to the Gulf and use hundreds of thousands of American soldiers to help Kuwait restore its freedom and freedom. You must know that before Bush Sr. decided to launch the Gulf War in the name of the multinational force, almost all Americans thought of the war that would kill more than 10,000 US GIs and maim hundreds of thousands of US GIs, and Saddam Hussein also announced in a high-profile manner that Iraq would become the second Vietnam. It turns out that Iraq under Saddam Hussein did not become Vietnam, and Iraq after Chesaddam did not become Vietnam.

Just because Iran has not followed the path of Iraq does not mean that Iran does not have problems.

In a sense, Frederick's courage to send troops to Iran before his ass was wiped clean was his belief that the Iranian army would be vulnerable and that the American army would march straight into Iraq as it had done in Iraq many years ago, overthrowing the Iranian regime in one fell swoop and ending the large-scale fighting. Although there are not many Americans who support this point of view, after all, Yimin is not Iraq. It is unlikely that a country with a population of 640,000 will be conquered in the same way that a country with a population of only 10,000 people will be conquered, and it is impossible for the US army to fight in the mountains as it would in the desert, but the problems with Iran's defense capabilities are certainly one of the main reasons why the US authorities decided to go to war.

Strictly speaking, Iran is able to withstand the attack of the United States, not because the Iranian army is better able to fight, but because Iran is not Iraq.

In any case, the United States had reasons to send troops in the Gulf War under Bush Sr. and the Iraq War under George W. Bush, and the international community condemned the United States at most, rather than blatantly supporting Iraq. When Frederick started the war with Iran, not only did he not have a reason to put it on the table, but he was also opposed by several major powers, and the republic and Russia spared no effort to support Iran. In other words, if the Republic and Russia had also supported Iraq, the US military would not have easily overthrown Saddam's regime.

Because Iran has three times the population and land area of Iraq, and its resources are much richer than Iraq's, Iran was inferior to Iraq at the same time. Among other things, Iran, with the active support of the two major powers, took nearly a few years to completely defeat the invading American army, while the Iraqi guerrillas had exhausted the American army in the past years without any foreign support.

The reason for Iran's backward military strength is only one catty, and that is the serious backwardness of concepts.

In military construction, concept is the soul of the army, and equipment is only the physique of the army. Without a strong soul, no matter how strong the body is, it is not really strong.

In fact, the problem of perception is the most difficult to solve.

From the Second World War to the old years of force. The United States is able to lead the world in military strength precisely because the United States has advanced military thinking. The fact that the Republic is able to challenge the United States after the old year is to abandon the outdated and backward military concepts. Make a big fuss about military thinking.

If it takes years to arm an army, then it takes years to arm the mind of an army. Strictly speaking, from the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War in the old year of Li to the Indian War in the Year of the Knife and Stone, it took the Republic of Li years to establish a modern military concept and cultivate a large number of outstanding soldiers with independent military ideas, such as Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao. Mother Yong undoubtedly said that this was already an astonishing degree of astonishment. It took the United States nearly half a century to establish its modern military thinking, from the Spanish-American War at the end of the thug century to the Second World War in the middle of the century, and it took Tsarist Russia more than 100 years to complete this transformation.

There is no doubt that Yuan Chenhao can't change Iran, and he can't count on Iran.

Although logistics seem to be a small matter. But when it comes to doing it, it's a big deal. According to the capabilities of the Iranian army, to provide sufficient logistical support for the first combat unit, it is necessary to mobilize at least tens of thousands of troops and invest a large number of engineering equipment and materials in the province of West Azerbaijan. Obviously, the Iranian authorities are unable to meet Yuan Chenhao's demands, whether in terms of manpower or material resources, and therefore cannot provide sufficient support.

Can't count on Iran, Yuan Chenhao had no choice but to turn his attention to the land aviation.

After finding the staff officer in charge of army aviation operations. Yuan Chenhao only mentioned one thing, that is, according to the backup plan, the work of the vertical take-off and landing transport group should be completed first, and the deployment of the low-altitude attack aircraft group should be put behind, and priority should be given to ensuring that sufficient combat materials are provided for the first combat unit.

Subsequently, Yuan Chenhao called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The address of this site has been changed to: Eliminate the heart, delete please log in to read!

This time, he didn't make excessive demands. It is only hoped that the Iranian authorities will ensure that the subway route from Bandar Abbas to Salemas, located in the northern part of West Azerbaijan Province, about a kilometer from the provincial capital Urumiyah and about a kilometer from the Iranian-Turkish border, is an important transit point for the railway line to the Turkish province of Van and is also an important material assembly for the first combat unit, and the subway route can be unimpeded and the delivery of materials will not be affected in any way.

Ahmadinejad, unlike the chief of the general staff of the Iranian Defense Forces, agreed in one bite.

In any case, this railway line is related to the final outcome of the offensive operation on the northern front, and the Iranian authorities will not joke about such an important matter.

It was only at this time that Yuan Chenhao breathed a sigh of relief.