The topic of discussion soon fell to two important issues, which were the knowledge of 10,000 people, and the second was the transportation of materials. [Full text reading]

There is no doubt that neither of these problems can be solved.

Mentioned earlier, in order to paralyze the opponent. Creating the illusion that the republic was focusing on the Far East, the Army had committed only two combat units in Central Asia, and only one main combat unit. Although before the outbreak of the war, there were still several combat units stationed in the northwest region, and even the first combat unit and the first combat unit deployed in South Asia had already gone north and stationed in northern Pakistan, but in order to fool the Russian army, before that, except for the first combat unit in northern Pakistan, several other combat units had already left the theater of operations, and the tenth combat unit was on its way to the northeast. That is, in the short term, only the first combat unit can be dispatched under the premise of not using strategic transport forces. More importantly, from Pakistan to the north, not only must cross the Pamir Plateau and the Tien Shan Mountains, but also have to get permission from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and neither country has announced its participation in the war, the Kyrgyz government has promised to enter the war with Russia after the Russian army is driven out of Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan has asked Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to declare that it will be difficult for the first combat unit to arrive at the battlefield in time. As a result, in order to send additional combat units to the Central Asian theater, it is necessary to use strategic transport forces.

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In response to this problem, the General Staff proposed a more feasible solution, that is, the transportation of personnel by air and the transportation of equipment by land.

In accordance with the operational plan drawn up by the General Staff, the purpose of the campaign was to sweep one of the main tributaries of the Tobol River and the Ob River to the southern part of the Western Siberian Plain in the Ural Mountains. Even if the ninth combat unit and the first combat unit are not withdrawn, the main combat unit and four combat units will be required in the early stage, that is, nearly 2o thousand ground troops. If the deployment is to be completed within the time frame, it will be necessary to requisition and persuade large civil aircraft to be deployed. In addition, it will control large airports or air bases in the northern region of Kazakhstan and ensure the number of flights taking off and landing within the time of the break. Because the number of civil flights in the Republic is too warmer, and there are many large passenger planes with a carrying capacity of too many people and a maximum range of more than 1,000 kilometers, and in addition, all major airlines have signed emergency conscription agreements with the government, and the country has entered a state of war, so it is not difficult to requisition civil aircraft. Judging by the situation at that time, if it were not for the limited number of airfields in the northern regions of Kazakhstan and the low throughput capacity, some cargo aircraft could have been requisitioned to deliver weapons and equipment to the front line.

Relatively speaking, the problem of transporting troops is not too big.

The main problem is how to transport the weapons and equipment of the combat units.

The combat units deployed in the northwest region before are okay. Umbrella 10th combat unit. Because it had long been considered that it would fight in Central Asia, when it was making strategic feints, its main battle equipment was left in the arsenal in the northern part of Xinjiang, and all it took away was some fake equipment that was patched together from plates. In this way, it is only necessary to send the 20,000 officers and men who arrived in Lanzhou and the 10,000 newly recruited officers and soldiers assembled in Chongqing to northern Xinjiang, and the 10 th combat unit will be able to form a combat strength. And go to the battlefield on their own.

The key lies in the newly deployed planers, combat units.

On this issue, Pei Chengyi's initial idea was to reduce the scale of the attack, reduce the input of troops, and let the other four combat units participate in the battle in the form of reinforcements.

After discussion, Pei Chengyi had to admit that he had considered this issue too simply.

According to Yuan Chenhao's analysis, even if the right-flank attack is abandoned, the ground forces will be dispatched from Kostanay. After crossing the Kazakh-Russian border, it went north along the eastern part of the South Ural Mountains, directly attacked Chelyabinsk, and abandoned Kurgan and Tyumen in the east with the ultimate goal of capturing Yekaterinburg. A frontal attack alone requires the use of a combat unit. Because the Russian army will definitely attack on the west bank of the Ural River to prevent the republican ** team from moving north. As a result, neither the 9th combat unit deployed in the West Kazakhstan region nor the Dibeau combat unit, which was preparing for a forced crossing of the Caspian Sea, could take part in the offensive operations to the north. More importantly, going directly north is tantamount to exposing the right flank of the front to the West Siberian Front of the Russian army, and before that, the Russian army has always believed that the republican ** team will go north from the northeast of Kazakhstan, first occupy Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk east of Omsk, and then attack the eastern part of the Ural Mountains from the west. So the main forces of the Russian army have always been deployed in Omsk. In other words, even if you do not send troops to capture Tyumen and Kurgan, you have to build a defensive line to the east of the front and keep a sufficiently strong reserve. Because the most advantageous line of defense in the east was the Tobol River through Tyumen and Kurgan, it took the initiative to capture Tyumen and Kurgan. On the contrary, it can save a lot of troops and reduce the pressure on defense.

To put it bluntly, adding 8 new combat units is already the minimum investment.

Obviously, it is impossible for Pei Chengyi not to understand this truth.

In fact, it is not impossible to reduce the investment of troops. Judging from the situation at that time, the most effective way to reduce the investment of troops was to change the direction of the offensive, return to the old road, and fight a head-on decisive battle with the main forces of the Russian army east of Omsk. This is not completely without benefits, judging from the actual situation, at least it can consume the living forces of the Russian army. Weakening the overall combat effectiveness of the Russian army, and making a good start by sweeping Siberia and the Far East, can also reduce the threat to the northwestern region of the country. The problem is that this will definitely prolong the war, so that the Russian army can break through the velvet cloth to consolidate the "Ural Line", making the next offensive extremely difficult, and even blocked in the Ural Mountains and east of the Ural River, missing the best opportunity to advance into Moscow.

It can be said that in the long run, there must be no "going back".

For this reason, Pei Chengyi approved the operational plan drawn up by the General Staff Headquarters, but demanded that the forces be used as rationally as possible, that is, the four combat units that could not be deployed in place in time should be arranged as reserves, and the subjective initiative of the front-line offensive troops should be fully exploited through the adjustment of tactics.

Objectively speaking, the biggest problem at that time was not how to prepare a combat unit for its main battle equipment.

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According to Yuan Chenhao's plan, "in the case of investing the old ones, combat units, and frontal attacks into 8 combat units, at least 3 combat units must be left in reserve." As we all know, the 10th combat unit is the trump card of the Republic Army, and it is a unit personally brought out by Li Dongshi, the current commander of the Middle East Theater, and its predecessor is the famous No. 1 Airborne Brigade. Give more freedom to front-line combat units. Even if it is small, a combat unit, it will not have much impact on the frontal attack.

Arguably, the biggest problem is how to get supplies to the front.

As we all know, in several wars that led to the century, the material consumption of the Republic Army has been rising steadily, with the new generation of electromagnetic guns fully equipped. Material consumption must have increased a lot. In the past, wars were abundant, because most of the time they were fought in the coastal areas, even inland. It can also rely on railway and road lines to ensure the supply of materials. Even in some special cases, such as on the northern front of the Middle East War, where the battlefield was nearly 1,000 kilometers from the nearest port, and there were no connecting rail lines and road transportation, the Republic Army could rely on the large Allied forces to ensure supplies. At that time, the number of Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian troops in charge of transporting supplies in the rear was several times the total strength of the Republican Army fighting on the front line! Obviously, the basic conditions in Central Asia are much worse. The northern part of Kazakhstan is vast and sparsely populated. Even if there is a criss-cross road network, there are several railway lines, but the density of rail and road lines is surprisingly low compared to the vast area, and the infrastructure of stations is very poor. What's more. Kazakhstan has a population of less than 10,000 people, and most of it is concentrated in the southern region, so the human resources that can be mobilized and requisitioned are very limited.

According to the estimates of the General Staff, if it is completely dependent on railways and roads, the situation in Central Asia will be quiet. In order to support 10,000 ground troops, at least 40,000 logistics support personnel need to be mobilized, while Kazakhstan can only provide 10,000 personnel at most, and at most there are 10,000 old soldiers, and the other 10,000 are non-military personnel. In other words, the republic had to urgently mobilize thousands of logistical support personnel. Although with the population base of the republic, there is no problem in mobilizing tens of thousands of people. But the war mobilization was just a net. It was the fighters who started and mobilized first. The mobilization of non-combatants can only begin in the middle of the month at the earliest, with results at the end of February, and with the mobilization and distribution, it will not be possible until mid-March to deploy logistical support personnel to Kazakhstan.

In fact, this is also the main reason why the feints of the Republican ** team in the Northeast can be effective.

Of course, it's not impossible to solve it.

In response to this problem, Yuan Chenhao only proposed a solution, that is, to mobilize the strategic and tactical airlift forces of the whole army, and after entering the territory of Russia, in addition to ensuring the front-line offensive troops, first send support brigades to ensure that the airlift can be in place in time, and the artillery brigades of various combat units are deployed in the northern districts of Kazakhstan, and all are deployed near airports or air bases to make full use of railway capacity. Reduce the pressure of air freight.

Obviously, this is also the only solution.

In order to prove the feasibility of this method, Yuan Chenhao also came up with a set of calculation data. The old combat unit had a total of more than 100 million vertical take-off and landing transport planes of all types, and its daily air transport capacity was close to 100 million million kilometers. In other words, when transporting war materiel to an area 4,000 meters away, each transport plane can fly four sorties a day and transport a mysterious ton of materiel. The Majesty Knife Frame Transport Machine can transport the materials of the Gill Office within the day. In addition to tactical transport planes, there are also strategic transport planes that can be mobilized, and the daily air transport capacity of these transport planes exceeds two ton-kilometers, that is, they can deliver about 10,000 tons of materials to the battlefield thousands of kilometers away from Liankou within a few days. Even if the maximum combat sortie rate is calculated, the daily consumption of materials will not exceed 10,000 tons, including the ninth combat unit, the combat units fighting on the front line will not exceed the station, and the artillery brigades of other combat units will indirectly participate in the battle, and the maximum consumption of materials will not exceed 10,000 tons per day. According to the calculation of the high-intensity combat time in the early days of the campaign, it only takes an hour to prepare before the start of the campaign to ensure the smooth completion of the campaign.

Although this calculation is accurate and idealistic. But the difference with reality will not be too bad,

In Yuan Chenhao's words, for the sake of insurance, the pre-war preparation time can be extended to 10,000 hours, that is, 40,000 tons of war materials can be delivered to the front line before the offensive begins. In this way, even if the material consumption in the early stage of the campaign exceeds 10,000 tons per day, and the fierce battle time is too long, it can ensure that nothing goes wrong.

In this regard, Pei Chengyi did not raise any objections. He only asked one question, that is, how to ensure that within this knife hour, the Russian army will not adjust its defensive deployment. In other words, how can we ensure that the Russian army will not be able to see through the campaign intentions of the Republic Army because of the large-scale transfer of materials?

It can be said that this is an issue that is more important than the transfer of supplies.

In any case, the main force of the Russian army is in Omsk, and even if the army aviation and the space army are fully dispatched to prevent the Russian army from moving westward, within an hour, the Russian army will be able to strengthen the defense of the eastern Urals. In fact, the Russian army does not even need to mobilize troops on a large scale, as long as the defensive forces of Chelyabinsk and Kurgan are put into the state in advance, it can have a significant impact on the offensive operations of the Republican **.

In fact, this is also the main reason for restricting the republican ** team from bypassing Omsk and attacking Yekaterinburg directly.

No matter who you are, it is impossible to easily overcome the problem of spatial distance.

I have to say that in terms of military talent alone, Yuan Chenhao is indeed not much worse than Pei Chengyi.

For this of the meta. The Chief of the General Staff gave a very simple answer, that is, let the 9th combat unit attack in advance, and at the same time let the 1st combat unit prepare for a forced crossing of the Caspian Sea. Assume the posture of marching into the Inner Caucasus with all its might. According to Yuan Chenhao, as long as the battle in the lower reaches of the Ural River starts, the Russian army will desperately defend it, and the ninth combat unit has been fighting on the front line for 6 days, even if the intensity of the early battle is not large, and it is not even a battle, the officers and soldiers are relatively tired, and it is normal for the combat effectiveness to decline, and it is not incomprehensible for the Republic Army to transfer combat units to the front line at this time and transport war materials. What's more. A strong attack on the Necaucasus is tantamount to declaring that it will not go north to occupy Yekaterinburg, and it can also make the Russian army make a wrong calculation. Of course, the most important point is to create a chaotic situation, so that the intelligence agencies of the Russian army cannot accurately judge the war materials hoarded by the republican ** team on the front line, and therefore cannot judge the campaign intentions of the Republic Army.

To put it simply, it is to fish in troubled waters.

In other words, from a point of view, if Pei Chengyi didn't think of this method, it is obviously impossible. It can be said that from the beginning of the ninth combat unit and the first combat unit marching into Kazakhstan, Yuan Chenhao's intention was very clear, that is, to use 2 combat units to create a chaotic situation, so as to advance westward to attract the attention of the Russian army, and create a favorable position for the main force to launch a full-scale offensive in the later stage

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Therefore, Pei Chengyi must have other purposes in raising this question.

After Yuan Chenhao gave an answer, Pei Chengyi raised a new question, that is, how long he planned to complete the campaign.

Obviously, this is Pei Chengyi's real purpose.

Faced with this question, Yuan Chenhao did not hesitate, and gave a satisfactory answer on the spot: months. More importantly, the purpose of the campaign given by Yuan Chenhao was not to capture Yekaterinaburg, but to capture Orenburg. Cross the Urals.

At this time, even Pei Chengyi was a little suspicious that Yuan Chenhao was not overly confident.

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Out of the insurance, Yong Chengyi did not give the time to die so much, and gave it to Yuan Chenhao and Feng Tian. That is, the capture of Orenburg in Vontiannai, after the start of the campaign. Because the battle plan was put forward by Yuan Chenhao. Prior to this, the Republic had not set up a Central Asian theater, so Pei Chengyi immediately appointed Yuan Chenhao as the commander-in-chief of the mainland theater, and the chief of the general staff was personally responsible for directing combat operations in the Russian direction.

For this arrangement, Yuan Chenhao didn't feel that there was anything to be happy about.

The reason is very simple, after becoming the "commander-in-chief of the mainland battlefield", Yuan Chenhao's identity as chief of the general staff was weakened, so he had to hand over some of the powers and responsibilities that originally belonged to the chief of the general staff to the general staff. As everyone knows. Pei Chengyi is the supreme leader of the country, the supreme commander of the republican team, and the supreme commander who is proficient in war. So after Yuan Chenhao went to command the mainland battlefield. Pei Chengyi is the direct leader of the General Staff.

It can be said that this is Pei Chengyi's fundamental purpose.

Of course, Yuan Chenhao has nothing to say about Pei Chengyi's arrangement. Anyway, he got the ground war he wanted. Moreover, it was only a matter of time before Yuan took over the General Staff, and as Chief of the General Staff, it was only a matter of time before he handed over military command.

In fact, if you look at the long term, you can see that Pei Chengyi has taken over military command from Yuan Chenhao, and there is a more important purpose, that is, to change the focus of the war and no longer focus on the mainland battlefield. At that time, the real main battlefield was in the Pacific Ocean in the east, not in the Great Siberian Plain in the north. Because Yuan Chenhao has always advocated winning the war against Russia first and then dealing with the United States. Therefore, Pei Chengyi is unlikely to let Yuan Chenhao command the republican ** team. With no other choice, Pei Chengyi could only pick up the burden himself.

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