Knock on the moon in the morning. The 8th Combat of the Republican Army crossed the border from Alep in Syria and entered the Turkish province of Kylis. And after a short battle, they occupied the Turkish-Syrian border town of Kilis, and sounded the horn of the march to Iskenderun.

Because the offensive began after dawn, it didn't take long for the world's major news media to turn their attention to this previously unknown mountainous region and the border city with a population of about 10,000. Because this is the first time that the republican team has invaded Turkey from Syria, the first thing that the Western news media consider is the "legitimacy of the war" It is a pity that Aleppo Province is a Kurdish settlement in Syria, and in the northern part of the province, that is, the Syrian-Turkish border area, there are about Tianwan Kurds, and north of the border, that is, in Turkey's Kilis, Gaziantep and Shanlluurfa provinces, there are about the thugs Tianwan Kurds, plus the US-Turkish coalition has heavy troops in Hatay Province in the west. Therefore, the invasion of the republican ** team from Syria into Turkish territory can also be seen as part of the operation to liberate the Kurds and punish Turkey for war crimes. The new address of this site has been changed to: In addition to the coo, please log in to read!

Unlike what the Western news media see, the Arab news media, led by Al Jazeera, are preoccupied with the impact of this offensive on the overall situation of the war.

Although Al Jazeera first affirmed the strategic value of the "left-flank outflank" as a key step in the liberation of the Kurds in Auwan, the military critic hired by Al Jazeera, the retired Pakistani general, commented on the wartime and expressed a high degree of concern about the actions of the Republican Army, and what worried him the most was the long front and the excessively heavy logistical burden. All in all, Al Jazeera commented on the offensive operation. Uncharacteristically, he behaved very cautiously.

Clearly, Al Jazeera expressed its value position in a very subtle way.

Compared to Al Jazeera, other news outlets are much more straightforward.

Before the Al Jazeera table commented. Egypt's Middle East News Agency (MID) published an eye-catching editorial through its subsidiary United Arab Television, saying that it is very irresponsible for the Republic of Korea, which has always claimed that it will earnestly protect the interests of Arab countries and maintains friendly relations with Syria, to still regard the settlement of the Kurdish issue as a key task despite the military invasion of Syria. Of course, this news media, which only got rid of official control a few years ago, has not forgotten to severely criticize Egypt and other Arab countries in their editorials for "seeing death and not saving them," believing that acquiescing in the US-Israeli coalition's attack on Syria at this time is tantamount to acknowledging the division of the Arab world, and any defeat suffered by Syria will be a shame for all Arabs. Although the Middle East News Agency has not made more radical words and deeds, such as calling on the Arabs to fight a holy war, it can be seen that the Arab countries no longer regard this war called the settlement of the Kurdish problem as a foreign matter.

At that time, more attention was paid to the fighting in the direction of the Golan Heights.

Although the US-Israeli coalition has just launched an offensive. Moreover, in the absence of any suddenness, let alone defeating the Ninth Combat Unit, which had been waiting for a long time, and even failing to successfully break through the defense line of the Syrian army, the offensive actions of the US authorities to break the deadlock still aroused the dissatisfaction and concern of many Arab countries, and even many Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have always been pro-American, believe that the United States has no reason to invade Syria. This discontent is even stronger in Arab societies and more likely to form a flood that can be feared by the United States: During the day in July, there were many demonstrations in Egypt against the US invasion of Syria, and there were clashes between the demonstrators and the police who maintained order. Regardless of whether the Egyptian authorities will change their basic policy because of the US invasion of Syria, they will have to pay close attention to nationalist sentiment at home. Even from the standpoint of the US authorities, we must pay attention to the rising anti-American sentiment in Egypt and other Arab countries. If the U.S. authorities insist on going their own way, there is a good chance that the war will eventually spiral out of control.

It was precisely for this reason that when the 8th Combat Unit entered Turkey, the US authorities were discussing countermeasures overnight.

In any case, not all high-ranking officials believe that they should take the initiative to provoke a Syrian-Israeli war. Because when Landers approved the invasion of Syria, he did not inform all the officials of the federal government, and only a few people such as Mrs. Loeblin knew about it, so when the issue was discussed, almost all the officials who did not know it thought that the president had gone too far. In their view, even with Congress's war mandate, even if there are 10,000 reasons why Israel cannot be abandoned, the president should tell his cabinet members before making such a major decision, rather than drawing the United States into a war against the Arab world behind closed doors, leaving the United States again with the threat of a full-blown recession.

As the commander-in-chief of the front, Duchway participated in the meeting via video call.

Although common sense tells Dudgway that the angry ministers are not wrong, and Landes really shouldn't keep his cabinet members out and make "closed-door decisions", what impresses Dudgway the most is that there are so many interest factions in the Republican government that there is no way to unify opinions. This is not to say that the interest groups that support the Republican Party are peace-loving, everyone knows that the arms groups, energy groups, trade groups, mineral groups, financial groups, and many other interest groups that influence all walks of life in the United States are the real promoters of the war and the real beneficiaries of the war. For example, on the question of whether or not to fight, the Asian and arms groups are certainly in favor of expanding the scale of the war, while the financial groups with close ties to the Jews are very cautious, and the mining and trading groups are against sending troops to a pure Arab country. For example, the Minister of Defense is the spokesman for the arms group, the Minister of Finance is the spokesman for the financial group, the Minister of Energy is the spokesman for the energy group, the Minister of Resources is the spokesman for the mineral group, and so on, so it is difficult for these people to unify their opinions on such a major decision.

Let's look at it in a different way. It's not for nothing that Landers has set aside all the longs when making decisions.

Perhaps the greatest effect of this meeting was that Dudgway no longer had any illusions about the outcome of the war.

Even if there is no internal unity, is it possible for the United States to win the final victory?

The meeting, which lasted about four hours, ended with only one conclusion: the president should have told his cabinet members in advance when making decisions that would have a significant impact on the national interests of the United States.

Obviously, this is a meaningless resolution.

It took four precious hours and nothing to gain, which made Duchway sigh.

By the end of the meeting, the situation on the battlefield had changed.

By the time the 8th Combat Unit entered Turkish territory and captured Kilis, the Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) stationed in Aleppo, Idlib and Latakia provinces were all in defensive positions and ready to resist the invasion. More importantly, the Syrian army deployed in the border area has begun to lay mines on the Syrian side of the border, and has used a large number of advanced mine-laying equipment. According to information from a large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, the border is less than a kilometer long north of the province of Latakia. The Syrian army has laid 10,000 mines at a depth of about 1,000 kilometres, with a density of four per kilometre. Because the Syrian army uses a large number of plastic mines without metal parts, and many of them have the ability to resist blasting and clearing, the US military does not want to easily cross this mine defense line.

Before Duchway could react, the intelligence agencies sent new information.

The 1st and 10th Combat Units besieging Sirt have left their positions and are expected to attack by noon on the 6th. The operation was also carried out at the same time by three Iraqi Army brigades stationed in Dahuk governorate. Based on the deployment of the Iraqi army, it is likely that the brigade will go to Bartman and hold the line to the west in place of the 10th combat unit, so that the 10th combat unit can concentrate on attacking Siirt.

Anyway. This is definitely not good news.

The Republican ** team simply ignored the fighting in the south and focused on the battlefield in the north, clearly aiming to fight Ankara before the American army reached Damascus.

The problem was that the single line of attack in the Makuhachi battle was very problematic.

The Syrian army's minefield laying along the border line can be explained by the defense against a sudden US invasion. The question is why the 8th Combat Unit should move steadily north, instead of letting the vanguard bypass Kilis, as the 10th Combat Unit had done before, and let the main force pick up the Turkish forces there. Although the 8th Combat Unit is not the 10th Combat Unit, and its assault capability is certainly not as good as that of the 10th Combat Unit, as an elite unit of the Republic Army, the 8th Combat Unit has no reason to be overly concerned about the influence of the Turkish Army.

Let's be direct. If the 8th Combat Unit had attacked in depth from the beginning, it would have been able to advance tens of kilometers before the US-Turkish coalition could react, and even advance the battle line to the Ceyhan River valley north of Gaziantep in one fell swoop, piercing the US-Turkish defense line and marching towards Ankara in one fell swoop. If this were the case, Duchway would have no choice but to let the arriving 2nd Panzer Division go north with the 4th Infantry Division to intercept the all-assault 8th Combat Unit. Because the fifth combat unit is about to arrive at the front, Bae Seung-yi has every reason to attack Ankara with a combat unit.

When thinking about this issue, Du Qiwei also "put himself in Pei Chengyi's shoes" and thought about it.

In his opinion, there were two main reasons why Pei Chengyi did not let the 8th combat unit go all north. First, the logistics support cannot keep up with the operational needs, and if the 8th combat unit is trapped behind enemy lines, it is very likely that it will not be able to break out of the encirclement of the US army and will become a victim of the attack on Ankara; There is no doubt that a good commander will not easily sacrifice the thugs to persuade the kilometer, and the fifth combat unit is strong. Without assistance, even if you get to Ankara, you will not be able to take Ankara because you are exhausted.

Obviously, Dudgway thought it all round.

Figuring out this problem is not the same as solving the immediate threat.

With Duchway's talent, it is impossible for him not to know that if Bae Seungyi does not march to Ankara, he will have to recover his losses in other directions.

No doubt. Iskenderun is a good choice.

The eighth battle was fought from Kilis into Turkey alone, and was certainly related to the attack on Iskenderun.

It was also at this time that Du Qiwei thought of a situation, that is, Pei Chengyi had never thought of attacking Ankara at all, but had been fighting the idea of Iskenderun. The address of this site has been changed to: In addition to the coo, please log in to read!

If that's the case. Dudgway had to think about it

Because the information related to the front-line battle was still coming in a steady stream, Du Qiwei did not adjust his deployment, but calmed himself down and reconsidered the situation of the battle.

When he opened the paper of the Turkish region. It immediately brought to mind the problems that had been considered for a long time but had not been taken seriously. The new address of this site has been changed to: Except for the goo, please click to read!

Even if it goes north from Kilis, the republican ** team will have to assault thousands of kilometers to reach Ankara. Because the northern region of Syria is within the range of the electromagnetic guns on the large warships of the US Navy, the material hoarding center of the Republican ** team has always been located in Iraq, not in Syria. That is, from the Iraqi province of Dahuk, to Ankara, the line of logistical support has crossed the thug kilometer.

There is no doubt that this is a very fatal problem.

With the input of the Army of the Republic, it is simply impossible to establish a ground support channel. Even if the Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian armies are included, it is impossible to establish a single line of communication from Mosul to Ankara, let alone secure this life-support line. That is, the troops of the republic, marching towards Ankara, can only pin their hopes for logistical support on those vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft. The only ones who can fly back and forth between Mosul and Ankara without needing to replenish electricity are. over, and in accordance with the information provided by IV. The Republic Army's possession of the dish 2 Hui can only be supported at most! combat units are fighting in areas beyond the kilometer of the beater's song. In any case, it is impossible for Bae Chengyi to send a combat unit to Ankara.

Of course, the problem can also be solved by other means, such as capturing an air base or a large civilian airfield along the way, using strategic transport aircraft to transport combat materials to combat troops, or simply airdropping supplies to combat troops. The question is. The efficiency of airdrops is certainly not much higher, and some materials cannot be airdropped yet. The capture of the airfield was time-consuming and a waste of troops, and there was no reason to capture an airfield that could not be defended at all in a quick assault operation when only two combat units could be committed and the United States and Turkey had to avoid being surrounded by the United States and Turkey. To put it bluntly, only when the assault failed, the thugs needed to withdraw their combat units. It is necessary to occupy a large airfield.

Obviously, it is impossible for Pei Chengyi not to be unaware of the seriousness of this problem.

That is, from the very beginning, he did not intend to attack Ankara, but only put on a posture to attack Ankara so that the other side thought that he would attack Ankara.

If this is the case, Pei Chengyi has other plans.

When his gaze fell on Iskenderun, Dudgway gasped.

Bae Seung-yi's target is not Ankara, but Iskenderun.

The 8th Combat Unit, having captured Kilis, did not rush forward, but was to stabilize the line and build step by step a line of defense that would be enough to discourage any unit. You must know that the predecessor of the Eighth Combat Unit was the Flying Army, one of the three main heavy armored armies of the Republic Army, and it was one of the most famous ginger troops in the world. If this force were allowed to reach Iskenderun, the consequences would be unimaginable.

No, the task of the 8th combat unit is not to attack Iskenderun, but to surround Iskenderun.

If the 8th Combat Unit successfully encircled Iskenderun, that is, captured Osmaniye, which is located north of Iskenderun Bay, and cut off the external access to Hatay Province, the US-Turkish coalition would lose all initiative. At that time, even if two U.S. divisions arrived at Iskenderun, Duchway would have only two options. The first was for the 2nd Panzer Division and the 4th Infantry Division to storm the single line of the 8th Battle, and the second was for the 2nd Division to move westward and go ashore from Mersin. Neither option has any benefit to speak of. The former would expose the U.S. Army to the powerful artillery fire of the Republican Army, and even if the thugs were able to break through the single defensive line of the Eighth Battle, they would suffer extremely heavy losses, making the breakout operation meaningless. The latter will delay precious time, and even if they can go into battle without loss, they will not be able to prevent the defeat of the US-Turkish coalition.

More importantly, this is only the beginning of a series of offensive operations.

When the 8th combat unit wears down the fighting spirit of the US army, Pei Chengyi will use the 5th combat unit that has just arrived on the battlefield to attack Iskenderun. Take control of this extremely important port city. At the same time, the 1st and 10th Combat Units to the east would not only storm Sirt, but also attack Diyarbakir and advance westward. Eventually, the entire southeastern Anatolian region of Turkey will be divided. At this point, even if the republican team does not defeat Ankara, it can force the United States and Turkey to admit defeat.

Thinking about this, Du Qiwei did not contact Dayan.

The 2nd Panzer Division and the 4th Infantry Division had to hold on to Iskenderun, and if they wanted to close the loophole on the side of Zoyabakir, they had to pin their hopes on the only force that would arrive in time, that is, the 7th Infantry Division, which had promised to be sent to Israel.

Fortunately, the battle in the south was going well, and Dayan was a very big-picture general.

Although Du Qiwei knew that going back on his word would make Dayan very disgusted and would make him take full responsibility, at this time, Du Qiwei had no other choice. Of course, he did not forget to do another thing, and that was to tell Mrs. Loebling of his idea when the communications staff officer was setting up a confidential communication line. In any case, if someone needs to take responsibility for the final result, Dudgway definitely doesn't want it to be him.