Searching for the night. The third piece of good news that Pei Chengyi received was made by Li Cunxun since he was a child.

Through the efforts of the director of the military intelligence bureau, Yuan had already approved Pei Chengyi's second request for additional troops, and sent Lieutenant General Han Zhibiao's sixth combat unit and Lieutenant General Shang Xueyun's seventh combat individual to participate in the battle. More importantly. Both combat units will be sent to the battlefield by strategic airlift. In other words, the 6th Combat Unit will be in place before the old July, and the 7th Combat Unit will not be able to reach the battlefield until the old July.

In fact, this was also the last piece of good news that Pei Chengyi received on the night of the 8th.

Towards the early hours of the morning, Wang Xueping of the 8th Combat Unit came to report that the assault forces of the 2nd Armored Division and the 4th Infantry Division of the US Army had captured the Islahiye thugs and were besieging Bakhche.

At that time, Pei Chengyi was planning to have a video conference with Sai Shanbiao and Shang Xueyun.

After receiving the message. He immediately canceled the meeting schedule and contacted Wang Xueping.

After giving Wang Xueping a general introduction to the situation, Pei Chengyi only gave one order, that is, to hold Bakhce at all costs.

For Pei Chengyi. There is no second option.

The main forces of the 8th and 5th Combat Units were in the lower Ceyhan plain west of Bakhche, and to the west were the approximately three regular divisions of the Blade Army. The rest were urgently mobilized reservists and militia units heavily guarded Adana, to the south was the heavily defended Iskenderun by the American army, and behind was Osmaniye, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack; There were only two roads to the front, one passing through Islahiye, crossing the Gavul Mountains about a kilometre south of Osmaniye, connecting the high road at Yakazhek, about a kilometre south of Iskenderun, to the north and south of the large cities, and the other through Bakhche, which bypassed the Gavul Mountains north and led directly to Osmaniye. When the U.S. forces counterattack, they will definitely attack Islamiya first, after all, they can kill Iskenderen from here.

Because the road through Islahiye is too close to Iskenderun. It was within the range of the U.S. army's short-range firepower, so the 8th Combat Unit did not move south after capturing Islahiye, but was preparing to come out from here after the capture of Osmaniye and attack Iskenderun. In other words, due to the limitations of the combat area, in the absence of large-scale use of tactical airlift forces, the war materials sent to the front line had to pass through Bakhche.

For Pei Chengyi, he can lose Islamiye, but he can't lose Bakhche.

It can also be seen from Pei Chengyi's operational deployment that the capture of Islamiya itself is a buffer for Bakhche. Once you have captured Chensmaniye, you can follow the high road south from the west side of the Gavul Mountains. There was no need to leave Islahiya and cross Gavur again. Veins.

After deploying the task to Wang Xueping, Pei Chengyi asked Long Hongen to contact Major General Mei Lechi.

Although the artillery brigades of the first and fifth combat units are deployed in Hasakah, which is not threatened by the long-range naval guns of the United States Navy, and can provide artillery support to the front-line troops in a timely manner, and the two artillery brigades are deployed together, which can provide double artillery support for combat operations in a certain area at critical times, but like the artillery brigade of the 10th combat unit, the artillery brigade faces a serious problem, that is, it cannot obtain sufficient ammunition. Because the railway line from the Gulf to Hasakah had to pass through Mosul in Iraq, ammunition supplies had to meet the needs of the Tenth Combat Unit. The situation of the 8th combat unit and the 5th combat individual artillery brigade is not as good as that of the 10th combat unit.

Long-range artillery is not effective, so it can only pin its hopes on aviation.

In previous offensive operations, Pei Chengyi rarely considered air support, mainly because communications were jammed, and front-line combat units were unable to provide target information to the aviation in a timely manner. It is difficult to guide the air strike, because the battle situation is very fast, no one can accurately grasp the situation on the battlefield, and the air support can easily accidentally injure friendly forces, so the commander has to think carefully. Now the situation is completely different. The U.S. forces have already occupied Islahiya and do not have to worry about hitting friendly forces when bombing. In the defense of Bakhce, the defending forces can carve out a defensive zone and allow air support to focus on the enemy outside the defensive zone. Although this cannot maximize the effect of air support, it can effectively stop the enemy's follow-up forces, make it difficult for the enemy to continue the attack, and eventually break up the enemy's attack.

Arrange these things. Pei Chengyi had a phone call with Sai Shanbiao and Shang Xueyun.

Because the battle situation is tense. Therefore, Pei Chengyi did not go into too much detail, and after concisely introducing the situation, he deployed tasks to the two generals, and then asked Dongfang Wen to be responsible for dealing with the relevant coordination work.

Deal with this matter. Pei Chengyi had time to think about the situation on the battlefield.

If one keeps a close eye on the battle in the direction of Osmaniye, it is easy to see the capture of Islahiya and the siege of Bakhce as a tactical counterattack to defend Iskenderun rather than a long-term campaign counterattack. and even a strategic counterattack that affects the entire battle situation. Combined with the battle in the direction of Diyarbakir, it can be seen that the counterattack by Duchway in the west must have been related to the entire northern front.

Paying attention to the actions of the US-Israeli coalition forces in southern Syria gives us enough reason to believe that Duchway has a long-term plan. It is even possible that a large campaign is being planned.

In order to calm himself down, Pei Chengyi went to make a pot of strong coffee, which he rarely drinks. The new address of this site has been changed to summer: Sishan Concave plus 8 four, please read the shark land threshold

On the overall battle situation. The Republican team still holds the initiative. Objectively speaking, Dudgway's counterattack in the Iskenderun direction can only be seen as a final struggle. As long as he could not increase his troops to Diyarbakir in time, Duchway would have to abandon the southeastern part of Turkey, and seek a second strategic port in the Mediterranean region of Turkey, using reinforcements to establish a strategic defensive line in the Taurus Mountains and the area north of the Ataturk reservoir to prevent the Republican ** army from moving north, so as to ensure that the Turkish regime would not fall.

Because of the unexpected offensive of the 10th Combat Unit and the successful completion of the task of capturing Sirt by the 1st Combat Unit, the 7th Infantry Division, which was guarding Diyarbakir, held out for a few days at most. In these days. Duchway had to open the railway line to Diyarbakir and send reinforcements from at least 2 divisions to Diyarbakir. Because the 2nd Panzer Division and the 1st Infantry Division were already engaged in battle in the direction of Iskenderun, even if they still had good combat effectiveness, it would be impossible to regroup under the siege of the 5th Battle Individual and the 8th Combat Unit, let alone abandon Iskenderun and Osmaniye. Without any logistical support, they rushed to the aid of Arbuckle.

Duchway had only one option, and that was to have the arriving 1st Cavalry Division disembark at Icher to the west of Iskenderun, and then rush to the rescue of the 7th Infantry Division along the Icher Uluksh Lapa Seli to Sivas Malatya Yabakir railway line. Although the infrastructure of the port of Icher is not worse than that of the port of Iskenderun, the throughput capacity is very strong, and the fast cargo ships transporting the US army have good self-loading and unloading capacity, and the dependence on the port infrastructure is not high, and the degree of disembarkation of troops will not be affected, but the railway line from Icher to Diyarbakir is about longer than the railway line from Iskenderun to Diyarbakir, and the transportation capacity is also a lot worse. In other words, Duchway had to find a way to buy enough time for the 2 US divisions.

From this, it is not difficult to understand the counterattack actions of the US troops in the Osmaniye direction.

Duchway exploited a major flaw of the Republican Army on the Turkish battlefield, namely that the eastern and western fronts were too far apart to support each other.

Although on both fronts, the Republican ** team was in an advantageous position, and both occupied the initiative, and even forced the US army to divide its forces many times, effectively dispersing the combat effectiveness of the US army, but this way of fighting on two fronts also made it difficult for the Republic Army to obtain an absolute superior force in a certain important direction. To put it mildly, if enough combat forces could be concentrated in the east, I am afraid that the battle against Diyarbakir would have been over long ago.

This time, Dudgway saw it very accurately.

Regardless of whether Pei Chengyi wants to or not, he has to withstand the counterattack of the two main divisions of the US army on the western battlefield, because the fifth and eighth combat units are behind the vast desert in northern Syria, and the Sino-Syrian coalition forces in Syria put the main force on the battlefield in the south, and if the northern defense line is lost, Syria will be defeated without a fight.

If he wants to withstand the 2 main divisions of the US army, Pei Chengyi has to spend blood.

In any case, in this kind of littoral warfare, the superiority of the Army of the Republic was not obvious.

According to Wang Xueping's report on the operational situation, the main reason why the US military was able to quickly defeat Islahiya was that the US ground forces received long-range artillery support from the fleet. Although the support brigade of the 8th Combat Unit stationed in Islamiya built a solid defensive position during the day on the 8th, in the face of overwhelming artillery fire, in order to reduce casualties, Wang Xueping still issued an order to retreat.

Pei Chengyi did not reproach Wang Xueshu, because the support brigade was not the main combat force.

Contrary to the situation in the Islahye direction, it was the combat brigade of the 8th combat unit that guarded Bakhche, because this small town was a matter of life and death for the two combat units, so Wang Xueping not only did not give the order to retreat, but also ordered to hold out to the last man.

Fortunately, Heche was north of the Gavor Mountains, the farthest distance from Iskenderun, and the U.S. surprise was not very strong.

According to Pei Chengyi's instructions, Wang Xueping is asking the front-line troops to increase the depth of the defense area and make preparations for defending to the death. In other words, in order to hold Bakhche, Pei Chengyi used all the main forces of the eighth combat unit. As a result, the operations of the 5th Combat Unit to attack Osmaniye will certainly be affected. According to Pei's estimate, Duchway's first purpose was to relieve the pressure on Osmaniye. Because before repelling the counterattack of the American army, Pei Chengyi could not have ordered the fifth battle to attack Osmaniye alone, so the impact was not very large.

What worries Pei Chengyi is Du Qiwei's other plans.

With the 5th Combat Unit having to reduce the intensity of its attack, it is very likely that the 2nd Panzer Division, which had been pressed and beaten in the direction of Osmaniye, will switch from the defensive to the offensive and take advantage of the favorable terrain in the plains of the lower Ceyhan River to attack the right flank of the 5th Combat Unit from the west, forcing Jiang Wancheng to retreat backwards, thus completely removing the threat to Osmaniye. This is still secondary, and the important thing is that the US military is likely to use this opportunity to steadily reduce the encirclement, and eventually encircle the 5th and 8th combat units in Bakhce and fight a beautiful encirclement and annihilation battle. The new address of this site has been changed to summer: Sishan Cave plus 8 four, please log in to read

Even if it is impossible for 2 main divisions of the US army to eat 2 combat units, Duchway will force Pei Chengyi to pay a greater price in other directions by capturing Bakhche, marching south and east.

All in all, the battle of Heche will affect the entire battle situation. Youzhou praised Yi Chengyi from a different angle. Standing in Du Shouwei's ancient field Bu Laidian's "step combat operation.

If the U.S. military can successfully eat Bakhche, the result will be needless to say. The question is, is Duchway confident enough to beat Bahche? For such an important strategic location, even Pei Chengyi doesn't do anything. It is also necessary to let the first entry into battle retreat alone. As long as the 8th Combat Unit is well deployed, not to mention the 4th Infantry Division, even if the 2 US divisions go together, it may not be able to capture Bakhche. Although the U.S. ground forces were able to receive fire support from long-range artillery and naval fleets during the attack on Bakhche, considering the performance of the U.S. forces up to this point, Duchway should not have much hope for the attack on Bakhche, at least not that the U.S. forces would be able to capture the town quickly

Can't hit Bakhche. Dudgway would have to make a fuss in other directions.

Since the transfer of the 6th and 7th combat units had already begun, Dudgway had to consider which direction the two newly arrived combat units would be sent into. To lay down Bakhce first. It was necessary to prevent Pei Chengyi from sending a third combat unit in that direction. That is, in addition to increasing troops to Diyarbakir as soon as possible, to help the 7th Infantry Division consolidate the defensive line. Forced Bae Chengyi to throw outside the 3rd combat unit in this direction. It is also necessary to launch an offensive on the southern front, trying to break through the line of defense between the 9th Fighting Individual and the Syrian Defense Forces, forcing Pei Chengyi to put another combat unit in that direction. If the third group of US seaborne units, the 2nd Infantry Division and the Old Infantry Division, can reach the battlefield in time and take part in the fighting in the Bakhce direction, the US forces may win in that direction.

Although from the point of view of time, waiting until the 2nd Infantry Division and the 1st Infantry Division entered the battle to occupy Bakhche will definitely not achieve Duchwe's original goal, because by that time, Pei Chengyi has already consolidated the victory in the east, even if he loses Bakhche, it will not affect the overall situation, but does Duchway have any other choice? If Bakhche is not taken, the US military will lose even more bitterly if it loses the southeastern region of Turkey.

Come to think of this. Pei Chengyi realized that Du Qiwei would definitely take the lead on the southern front.

In any case, Israel is much more important than Turkey. Because the Le Infantry Division, the 2nd Armored Division, and the 4th Infantry Division, which had been sent to the Southern Front by the planned thugs, were all left on the Turkish battlefield, the US-Israeli coalition forces were not able to seize the initiative as they wished. As the situation on the northern front gradually became clearer. As long as Pei Chengyi frees his hand, the US-Israeli coalition will suffer. In this case, whether Duchway wants to or not, he must take action on the southern front as soon as possible. Even if a decisive victory cannot be achieved, we should take advantage of the fact that the main force of the republican ** team is placed on the northern front, and the progress made on the southern front should be prepared for the next fierce battle.

Pei Chengyi did not delay time, and immediately asked Yang Shaoyong to send over the battle report on the southern front that had been sorted out.

After reading the battle report. Pei Chengyi realized that he did not underestimate Du Qiwei too much, but underestimated Dayan. After Israel entered the war, it was not the two U.S. Marine Divisions that played the main role on the southern front, but several main forces of the Israel Defense Forces, and it was the Israel Defense Forces that played a key role.

In Yang Shaoyong's words, the main task of the US Marine Corps is to transport war materials for the Israeli army.

Although this comment is a little arbitrary, in addition to being responsible for transporting combat materials, the US Marine Corps also plays the role of a campaign reserve, and it is the existence of two Marine Divisions that makes Su Jinhui dare not send the second combat unit for a long time, and can only let the ninth combat unit rely on positional defense, but Yang Shaoyong's words also reflect a problem, that is, it is not the US army that really hopes to win on the southern front, but the Israeli army.

It's not that Duchway doesn't want to win, it's that he can't commit more troops to the southern front if the northern front is not stabilized. Dayan's situation is completely different, because behind the battle line is the Golan Heights, which is used as a barrier to Israel's homeland, and if the United States and Israel are unable to advance north after the start of the war, they will waste precious troops and even more precious time near the ceasefire line. Then, when the Sino-Syrian coalition forces counterattack, the US-Israeli coalition forces will definitely not be able to hold the defensive line, and they will not even have a chance to retreat to the Golan Heights.

Exactly. Under the circumstance that the US military is insufficient, the Israeli army will be able to shoulder the heavy burden of the offensive at any cost

Less than 4 days. Proven their strength with military operations.

Just as Pei Chengyi judged before this, the Israeli army's fighting strength is not below the US army. Because they are more aware of the situation in the surrounding countries, the Israeli army performs much better than the US military in battle. Objectively speaking, Du Qiwei asked the two marine divisions to move behind the Israeli army in order to let the officers and men of the two divisions take this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the battlefield environment, understand the opponent, and prepare themselves to play as the main force on the field.

Because there are two U.S. Marine Divisions in reserve, Du Qiwei can launch a large-scale attack at any time. The new address of this site has been changed to summer: Sishan Cave plus 8 four, please log in to read

Of course, a major offensive requires more than just troops.

In order to clarify the situation, Pei Chengyi contacted Zhang Xiaolong and asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to provide all the information related to the southern front as soon as possible. Then he contacted Su Jinhui again. While warning the commanders of the Southern Front. Let Su Jinhui try his best to collect tactical intelligence on the US-Israeli coalition forces and find out the situation of the other party.

In any case, there must be no mistakes on the southern front.