Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 103 Passive Response
For the situation to be clear, so in many times, Du Qiwei easily carved the fighter
In his opinion, Bae Chengyi will not abandon Syria in any case. Or rather. It is impossible for the authorities of the republic to sacrifice Syria for the sake of an illusory Kurdish problem.
When he received the news that the second combat unit had moved south from Hasakah, Duchway was not only not nervous, but more relaxed.
This circumstance fully proves his judgment that Bae Chengyi will not leave Syria behind in any case.
Of course, there was nothing Duchway was happy about. To be precise, it's not time to rejoice.
As the Supreme Commander of the Coalition Forces, Duchway was well aware of the situation at hand. It seems that Israel suddenly entered the war and took a big advantage. In fact, the situation in favor of the US-Israeli coalition is only temporary and will soon change. Duchway can doubt the combat effectiveness of the Syrian army, but he will definitely not doubt the combat effectiveness of the republican ** team, especially the athletic ability. The 9th combat unit has long been on standby. The second combat unit will certainly assist in the defense in the form of a movement war. If Dayan is unable to make full use of the many hours ahead, and by the time the second combat unit arrives, the US-Israeli coalition will turn from active to passive. Whether or not we can win will become a suspense.
When the time comes, it will not only be the battle south of Damascus that will become suspenseful.
Because after the battle in the direction of the Golan Heights began, the second combat unit stationed in Hasakah came out, so Du Qiwei had reason to believe that Pei Chengyi had already guessed that he would take action in the early hours of the morning and made preparations in advance, otherwise the second combat unit that had feinted in the north before would not have reacted so quickly.
Thinking of this, Duchway had to be worried.
If Pei Chengyi had guessed that the US-Israeli coalition would move in the early hours of the morning at night, or even earlier, why didn't he take a preemptive strike?
Is it a battle to rise?
It's bullshit. Oil and Mossard can direct a farce, and the CIA will certainly be able to concoct it.
Leaving the initiative to the time is obviously not in line with Pei Chengyi's consistent style.
There is only one conclusion. That is, Pei Chengyi doesn't want the initiative at all. In other words, what Dudgway is holding is not the initiative to dominate the course of the war, but a fuse that has been ignited.
If this is the case, everything that the US-Israeli coalition forces did at this time was expected by Pei Chengyi, and it was exactly what Pei Chengyi wanted to see. In other words, Pei Chengyi must have a more long-term plan, in order to achieve his goal, he not only tried every means to force Du Qiwei to fight on the southern front, but also made Du Qiwei think that he had reversed the situation.
This idea made Du Qiwei go cold.
If it was someone else who was playing against him, even if it was Yuan Chenhao or Su Jinhui. Dudgway would also immediately veto the idea of starting. The problem is that standing opposite him is Pei Chengyi, who has made him suffer several big losses. The lessons of the Peninsular War and the Indian War are still vivid, and it is impossible for Du Qiwei not to know that Pei Chengyi is definitely a general who can plan for how to end the war when the war starts. Du Qiwei suffered many heavy defeats, and what he lost was not his tactical command ability, but his strategic judgment and ability to grasp the battle situation. In fact, Pei Chengyi was not a commander who liked to make a fuss about tactics in the first place. Strictly speaking, from the beginning of the Korean Peninsula War, several very creative tactical actions basically had nothing to do with Pei Chengyi, he was only responsible for proposing the purpose, and the specific tactical tactics were all completed by his staff officers.
There is no doubt that such a big flaw must have been deliberately exposed by Pei Chengyi.
Thinking of this, Du Qiwei did not take immediate action, because he knew that wrong actions could only lead to more painful defeats. More importantly, Pei Chengyi can make such an accurate judgment of the battle situation, so he has the ability to judge the actions that the opponent may take in the panic, so as to prepare accordingly. The address of this site has been changed to: Eliminate the heart, delete please log in to read!
After forcing himself to calm down, Dudgway combed through the course of the engagement since the ground battle began.
Because it is a reminiscence of past battles, Dudgway can be as objective as possible.
When he stood from the standpoint of an outsider to observe the battle that had ended, it suddenly became clear that the attack of the Republican ** team was not only smooth as a cloud, but also interlocking, with almost no flaws. What is even more commendable is that the offensive operations on all sides are carried out in an orderly manner, as if they were fighting as a force. Whether Du Qiwei wants to or not, he has to admit that Pei Chengyi's ability to attack the fighters is absolutely unparalleled.
With such an excellent commander, the most important directions should certainly not be neglected.
In fact, the more fierce the Republican ** team attacked in the north, indicating that Bae Seung-yi did not want to lose the battle in the south, because only if he won in the north, he could make a difference in the south. Strategically speaking, as long as the authorities of the Republic do not intend to take out Israel as they did South Korea, there will be no illusions about the final outcome of this war. Because it is really impossible for the authorities of the republic to destroy Israel, the end result will not be much better for the republic. In this case, whether Pei Chengyi is willing to fight or not, he must be prepared to give up halfway. In order to ensure the interests of the country to the greatest extent. He can only make a big fuss on the battlefield in the north.
In other words, in Pei Chengyi's eyes, the south is the secondary direction.
Thinking about this, Du Qiwei suddenly realized.
Obviously, this is the fundamental purpose of Pei Chengyi to send Yuan Chenhao to Iran. Prior to this, Du Qiwei had always believed that Pei Chengyi's arrangement was to hide people's eyes, and when he personally commanded the battle on the southern front, it seemed that Pei Chengyi had no sacrifice at all on tactical command!
If that's the case. The battles on the southern front don't make much sense.
Coming back to reality, Dudgway immediately confirmed this speculation.
After Pei Chengyi concluded that the US-Israeli coalition was going to attack, he did not take the initiative to start the battle in the south, not because he did not want to seize the initiative, but because he could not grasp the initiative. Only by allowing the US-Israeli coalition forces to take the lead in the offensive can Du Qiwei believe that he can fight a quick and decisive blitzkrieg in the south and send valuable troops to Israel, resulting in a shortage of major generals on the northern front. At this time, Pei Chengyi did not hide his strategic intentions, and sent the eighth combat unit to Aleppo in the north of Syria by strategic airlift, first, to cover up and make Du Qiwei think that the south had an opportunity, or to make Du Qiwei think that the task of this combat unit was to hold the north of Syria, block the US forces entrenched in the south of Turkey, and solve the worries of the ninth combat unit and the second combat unit. Of course, this may also be in preparation for an attack on Iskenderun and a strategic encirclement of Turkey. Even if it's 10,000 steps back. Pei Chengyi can also use this force to attack northward, targeting the Turkish capital.
Up here. Dudgway has returned to his judgment a few days ago. That is, Bae Seungyi's real purpose is to attack Ankara.
When he thought about this, Old sent a piece of information.
The combat units of the 5th Combat Unit deployed in the Liaoning Province of the Republic are heading to the nearest air base, while the second round of airlifts has begun for the strategic transport group transporting the 8th Combat Unit. If all goes well, most of the units of the 8th combat unit will arrive in Aleppo in a few hours. That is, it is quite possible that those strategic transport aircraft will fly directly to the air base in the north-eastern regions of the republic. Begin to transport the fifth combat unit.
Because the intensity of sorties of strategic transport aircraft is inferior to that of tactical transport aircraft. And the distance from Liaoning to Aleppo is much farther. It is estimated that it would take many hours to transport the Fifth Combat Unit, which is about twice as long as the Eighth Combat Unit. Even so, by 7 July, the fifth combat unit was able to reach Aleppo in its entirety.
The mother is undoubted. This is not good news.
Although Du Qiwei has reason to believe that it is impossible for Pei Chengyi to let a combat unit attack Ankara, the straight-line distance from Aleppo to Ankara is more than a kilometer, because the road along the way is rugged, so the actual road mileage must be more than a kilometer to help the thugs, and there are also Dapo Turkish troops along the way, not to mention the little-known eighth battle individual, even the first battle individual who is famous for fighting tough battles may not be able to reach Ankara, let alone capture Ankara. But Dudgway had to consider another possibility. That is, Pei Chengyi asked the two combat units to attack in turn. In order to ensure the continued combat effectiveness of the troops. It is also necessary to have two combat units take turns charging into battle. In this way, Pei Chengyi is very likely to have the eighth combat unit out of Aleppo in the early morning of the 6th, or even day and night.
At the time when Dudgway made this guess, the Air Force's strategic reconnaissance planes came with more accurate information.
The individual combat units of the 8th Battle, which arrived in Aleppo, went to the warehouses set up near the airbase to collect the war mater for about the past day before heading to the offensive positions in the north.
This is undoubtedly the most obvious offensive signal.
Of course, Du Qiwei has not yet arrived at the busy Diqiang
If all goes well, the Clippers transporting the 2nd Panzer Division, General Patton's division and the 4th Infantry Division, will reach Iskenderon. Because of the use of the latest fast roll-off freighters; Therefore, when the two US military divisions went ashore, they were ready for battle.
Dudgway could be suspicious of other army units, but not of these two forces.
Needless to say, the daimyo of the 2nd Panzer Division had the same status in the US Army as the concave army of the Republican Army. Long-term stationing in the homeland, the unit is an important position to defend the homeland. As the ace unit formed by General Patton, who fought with him in all the battles of World War II, and who also came out on top in the Gulf War during the Centennial Era, the division has always been known for its combat bravery. Needless to say, the 4th Infantry Division, which was formerly known as the 1st Mountain Infantry Division, exchanged numbers with the 1st Infantry Division in order to paralyze the enemy before the Iran War. After the Iran War, the U.S. military unified its number, and the division officially received its current number. It can be said that this is the best unit in the US military at fighting mountain warfare, and it is also the best at fighting defensive warfare under harsh conditions.
Duchway prioritized the deployment of these two forces in order to make a difference in the north.
According to his original idea, if Pei Chengyi really aimed the finger at Ankara, he would let the 2nd Panzer Division move directly south from Iskenderun to sweep the coastal areas of Syria and force the opponent to shrink the defensive line. The 4th Infantry Division had two tasks, one was to organize a defensive line in the early stage to block the opponent's attack, and the other was to carry out a quick interspersed counterattack to disrupt the opponent's formation and provide conditions for annihilating the opponent.
Obviously, this is a very ideal Ji Ge fighter.
Because it was impossible to attack before Bae Chengyi, Du Qiwei had to adjust his plan.
If you continue to act according to the original plan, you will definitely lose everything. Not to mention whether the 2nd Armored Division can achieve victory after entering Syrian territory, it will be difficult for the 4th Infantry Division to block the attack of the 8th Combat Division.
The question is. It is impossible to win by pure defense. The new address of this site has been changed to: Regret the heart, please log in to read!
Offense or defense?
Duchway must make a decision as soon as possible.
It can be said that this is a very difficult decision.
If you choose to attack. It is about to face the possibility of Turkey's collapse. Because Pei Chengyi has already invested 2 combat units on the Turkish battlefield, if he invests 2 more combat units, he has a great chance of defeating Turkey before Syria arrives. If he really wants to play like this, Du Qiwei doesn't even have a chance to turn the book. Because the strategic airlift capability of the Republican Air Force is higher than that of the U.S. Air Force, and the Republican Army still has four combat units, after July 8, Pei Chengyi can also increase troops to Syria by air. In other words, if Dudgway chooses to go on the offensive and the U.S.-Israeli forces fail to reach Damascus by July 8, the war will be lost.
Clearly, Dudgway was not yet so confident.
Even if the 7th Infantry Division is sent to the front before the early hours of July 7, with three U.S. divisions committed, it is unlikely that the US-Israeli coalition will be able to penetrate the frontal line of two Republican Army units and the Syrian army by July 8, let alone take Damascus before that.
It can be seen from this that choosing to attack is tantamount to choosing failure.
Figure this out. Dudgway had to sigh. Pei Chengyi not only has excellent strategic judgment, but is also very active in commanding operations, never giving his opponent any chance.
Duchway had no choice but to defend aggressively.
Obviously, this is what Pei Chengyi needs to achieve.
Seeing his opponent's strategy, Duchway felt that there was nothing he could do. Although many people do not think that this is Duchway's problem, if the US military can be stronger, the Turkish army can be more brave. Or maybe the Israeli army can be on its own, and all the problems will not exist, but as the supreme commander of the coalition forces, it is the responsibility of Duchway to find out the situation of all the troops, and therefore the responsibility to arrange the troops according to the situation of each army, instead of relying on luck to win like gamblers.
Objectively speaking, the difference between Du Qiwei and Pei Chengyi is here.
Whether it was in the Peninsula War or during the Indian War, Pei Chengyi never had much hope for the allies, and he would not even overestimate the combat effectiveness of the Republican ** team, and always prepared for the worst when planning the combat operations of the thugs. This combination of extremely cautious tactical thinking and proactive strategic planning is the essence of Pei Chengyi. Although there are many people who understand this principle, there are not many people who can actually implement it. In the final analysis, it is often not the military who decides the outcome of a war, but the politicians outside the battlefield. If a politician has set an unrealistic goal, it is impossible to win a war, even with the best soldiers. If it were not for the Argentine authorities' active adjustment of the purpose of the war and the complete defeat of Britain as the goal, even if Pei Chengyi was allowed to command the Argentine army to fight, it would not have been possible to achieve a final victory.
I look at it from this every degree. It's really not Duchway's
From the outset, the U.S. authorities had set a false goal for the war, which was to defeat the world's number one army in the mountains of Asia Minor, rather than to challenge its opponents in the deserts of the Middle East with their backs to the Eastern Mediterranean. If the US authorities had chosen to carry out a strategic defense in the north and launch a strategic offensive in the south from the very beginning, I am afraid that the situation would not have been so passive, and Duchway would not have been so embarrassed.
Regardless, Duchway had to make the most reluctant choice at this critical juncture.
After contacting the 2nd Armored Division and the 4th Infantry Division, Duchway held an online video conference with the Turkish Prime Minister, the Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish National Army and other high-level Turkish officials, introduced the situation on the front line, and made a bold prediction and rough analysis of the upcoming battle. In order to attract the attention of the Turkish high-level, Du Qiwei also bluntly mentioned that if this round of attack of the republican ** team cannot be blocked, it will not only fall in the mountains of southern Turkey, and Ankara will definitely be threatened.
When Duchway made his words clear, the Turkish prime minister issued a supreme mobilization order on the spot.
Of course, it was impossible for Duchway to pin his hopes on the unreliable Turkish army.
After the video conference is over. Du Qiwei and Mrs. Loeblin spoke on the phone again. This time, Duchway made only a very simple request, and that was to have the strategic aviation of the US Air Force carry out several rounds of conventional bombing missions. Help frontline combat units relieve stress.
Because the Republic Air Force had already used strategic aviation, Mrs. Loebling agreed very readily.
With the support of the Secretary of State. Duchway contacted the Allied Commander-in-Chief in Europe directly. US Air Force General Donovan, asked him to immediately arrange a bombing operation in accordance with the list of targets provided by the coalition command. Duchway did not forget to remind Donovan that this round of bombing would be a matter of life and death for the Eurocorps.
There was no reminder from Dugway. Donovan doesn't take it lightly either.
In a situation where both tactical and naval aviation are pinned down and it is not possible to immediately deploy more fighters to the front line. The dispatch of strategic aviation became the only option for the US military!