Volume 14 The Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 30 The Direct Cause

Under the combined effect of the cold current in the north and the warm current in the south, the regret that is about to sweep Cangqiu will become more and more violent...... On the old day of the month, the Russian authorities officially announced that they would begin a large-scale rearmament of the entire army at the same time in the Central Western Theater, the Urals-Caucasus Theater, the Siberian Theater, and the Far Eastern Theater as planned. On the same day, stationed in Russia and in neighboring countries. The main divisions were the first to move to receive new weapons and equipment.

According to the plan, "after the rearmament, these units will be sent to the integrated bases in the Kaliningrad region, the Murmansk region, the Smolensk region, the Rostov region, the Orenburg region, the Altai Republic, the Republic of Buryatia, the Chita region, the Amur region, the Khabarovsk region and the Primorsky Territory for security training." Because these states and the training grounds are in the border areas. Most of them are oriented to Europe, Central Asia and the republics. Therefore, Russia's move immediately caused a strong reaction from the European Union, Central Asian countries and republics...... On the past few months, the European Union and the Republic have successively submitted notes to Russia, expressing the hope that the Russian authorities will act cautiously and will not deliberately create unstable factors and undermine peace and stability in Eurasia.

It is conceivable that such a diplomatic note will not have any effect.

Judging by the situation at the time, even if the Russian authorities responded to this, it was unlikely that the situation would be de-escalated. In any case, after Russia's move to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, even if there is a relaxation in attitude, the EU and the republic will not joke about security matters. To put it more bluntly, even if the EU and the republics would not have talked to Russia-for-tat. Precautionary measures will also be taken to deal with contingencies.

Interestingly, this time the EU reacted much faster than the Republic...... On the day of the couple, when the note was fruitless, and at the call of France, Germany and Italy, the European Collective Security Organization held an emergency meeting of defense ministers in Palin to discuss countermeasures.

Since it is a countermeasure, it is naturally not a joke.

At that time, Russia had already deployed 3 divisions in Kaliningrad, plus an additional armored division and paramilitary units after the rearmament, the total strength of the Russian ground forces had exceeded the old 10,000, and Poland had only a total of Liwan regular troops. Including the Russian forces deployed in Belarus and Ukraine, plus the armies of Belarus and Ukraine, the Polish Defense Forces will face an enemy three times as strong as itself. It is precisely so that the Minister of Defense of Poland offered it. Additional defensive forces should be sent to Poland in accordance with the Collective Security Treaty. In addition to the meeting, the Polish Minister of Defense met separately with the Ministers of Defense of France, Germany and Italy to make a request for assistance in the defense. More importantly, the Polish authorities had a very detailed demand, that is, they wanted France, Germany and Italy to send armoured brigades and infantry brigades to the northern, eastern and southeastern parts of Poland. And help Poland to strengthen its native air defense. At the Organizational Conference, the Minister of Defense of Poland also made a request for defense assistance to other member states, asking them to assume responsibility for collective defense.

At the strong request of Poland, the meeting of defense ministers, which was supposed to focus on the strategic security situation in Europe, was turned into a meeting of tactical discussions, that is, whether countries should send troops to Poland and how many troops should be sent.

There is no doubt that on the issue of collective security, France, Germany and Italy are not ambiguous in the slightest.

The second day of the meeting, that is. The old days of the month. During his inspection of the French Army barracks in the suburbs of Paris, the French president said that France would inevitably assume the responsibility of collective defense as long as necessary. Moreover, the French authorities are already considering sending defensive ground forces to Poland in the light of the situation. As long as a number of related issues are resolved, French ground forces can be deployed within hours.

As French President Chrysostom opened, the German Chancellor and the Italian Chancellor also rushed to express their attitude.

Of course, as Europe's number one economic power and the number one arms power, Germany surpassed France to become Europe's largest arms producer and exporter, and Poland's neighbor as early as the beginning of the century. In addition to expressing their readiness to send defensive forces to Poland in accordance with their obligations under the collective defense, the German authorities made it clear that they could provide Poland with a batch of weapons and equipment free of charge to speed up the mobilization of Polish reserve forces.

At the time of the German Chancellor's statement, representatives of the German government were already negotiating with the Polish authorities in Warsaw.

Because as early as half a century ago, that is, when it joined the NATO bloc, Poland made improvements to its own weapons and equipment in accordance with the requirements, abandoned the Warsaw Pact standards, and completely adopted NATO standards. In the subsequent wave of defense modernization, Poland received only a small amount of American-made weapons and equipment due to various objective factors. Its main weapons and equipment are all from European countries, such as the "Leopard" Concave 4 provided by Germany, the "Triumph" self-propelled artillery of France, and the Swedish 4 fighters. Affected by this, Poland's weapons and equipment have always been mainly European goods. After the war in India, NATO existed in name only, and Poland joined the European family without hesitation, gradually phasing out all American-made weapons and equipment. In order to promote European integration, Germany, France, and other countries have also allowed Polish enterprises to participate in arms production while selling weapons and equipment to Poland. For example, the high-strength alloy armor of Germany's new-generation main battle tank is produced in Poland, some subsystems of the new-generation multi-purpose destroyer jointly developed by many European countries are also undertaken by Poland, and the leading edge flaps and landing gear doors of the new generation of European fighters are also produced in Poland.

In general, the Polish army was armed with German-made weapons

In fact, after the establishment of the Organization for Collective Security in Europe, Poland adjusted its military system in accordance with the organizational regulations, that is, in a moderate reduction of the regular army. In addition to sufficient funds for the formation of the European Joint Forces, it is necessary to appropriately strengthen the construction of the reserve forces and the reserve force system, form a more effective war mobilization mechanism, make up for the negative impact of disarmament on national defense strength, and maintain the overall defense level of Europe. Under this mechanism, the key is not how many reserve forces are formed. Rather, it is to improve the emergency response capability of the reserve forces, as well as the country's ability to mobilize for war in the short term. To this end, Poland has extended the average annual training time of the reserve forces from three weeks to eight weeks, spent more than half of the time on equipment adaptation training, and provided the reserve forces with a full set of weapons and equipment for the main combat units.

With a well-developed mobilization mechanism, coupled with a relatively large population base, Poland's war potential cannot be underestimated.

According to official information, regular units of the Polish Army can reach any point in the country within hours and in the territory of any OSCE member state within an hour. More importantly, Poland's reserve forces were able to complete mobilization within hours, return to their units within hours, prepare for battle within 10,000 hours, and form a complete combat strength in Zhou Zhiran. Of course, there must be a concomitant condition, that is, there will be enough weapons and equipment for the mobilized reserve forces. The problem of light weapons is not yet big, all reservists have the necessary firearms, and the key is heavy weapons, especially main battle weapons that cannot be equipped on a large scale in peacetime.

Poland alone would not have been able to stock up on heavy weapons.

At this time, the role of the European Collective Security Organization became apparent. Although the collective defense treaty of the European Collective Security Organization does not stipulate that France, Germany, Italy, and other countries have the obligation to provide free assistance to other member countries, and in peacetime, whether Poland or other countries have to pay for national defense construction, the collective defense treaty clearly stipulates that when a member country is invaded by an enemy country or is threatened with aggression, other member countries have the obligation and responsibility to provide assistance free of charge. Therefore, after Poland's request for assistance in defense, France, Germany, Italy and other countries reacted quickly, and Germany, as Poland's neighbor, behaved very actively.

To put it bluntly, Poland was a barrier for Germany.

Regardless of whether the German authorities admit it or not, if Germany wants to become a European power, it must first keep an eye on Russia in the east and guard against the threat from Russia, and Poland is the barrier in front of Germany. Out of Germany's national interests, to help Poland strengthen its defenses against the threat from Russia, in fact, go home defense.

Russia is sending more troops to Kaliningrad, and Germany feels even more strongly threatened than Poland.

You know, Germany is the number one industrial power in Europe, and Poland is just an ordinary industrial country. If Russia intends to compete for hegemony in the west, with the ultimate goal of winning the European continent, it will not be Poland or France, which is hiding in the rear, that will suffer first. It is Germany, which is holding the door to Western Europe. Arguably. As soon as the war broke out, the first thing Russia did was to concentrate its forces on destroying German factories. Weaken the war potential of European countries.

All in all, it would be strange if Germany was not active.

Within the European Collective Security Organization, in terms of appeal, Germany is not below France.

Because France and Italy have also taken a stand. In addition, Germany was so active that within a few days, other member states also expressed their willingness to send troops to Poland in accordance with the Collective Defense Treaty.

The question is, to this. At that time, the voices of European countries had been silenced...... On the day of the rising moon, Yongyuwang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, arrived in Bishkek and began a three-day trip to five Central Asian countries

Although the official claims of the Republic that Yong Yugang is paying a return visit at the invitation of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, everyone knows the purpose of the Prime Minister of the Republic of China's visit to the five Central Asian countries at this time.

Don't forget, Yongyuwang, like Yan Shanglong before, is the prime minister who came out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As the prime minister in charge of foreign affairs, Yong Yugang's trip is of extraordinary significance. If you count Pei Chengyi's previous visit to Kyrgyzstan and the traditional influence of the Republic in Central Asia, I am afraid that no one doubts that Yong Yugang's trip to the five Central Asian countries is not to implement the results.

The Prime Minister's diplomatic visit corresponded to the military movements of the Republic...... When Yongyuwang met with the president of Kyrgyzstan in Bishkek, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic announced the latest round of military transfers.

Compared to relatively low-key diplomatic activities. The military mobilization of the republic is much more high-profile.

According to information released by the Ministry of Defense, the military movement was mainly in response to new potential threats, and this is indeed the case. According to the arrangement, the 9th combat unit stationed in the Tarim region of Xinjiang was stationed in Karamay, and the supporting combat unit was stationed in Karamay; The 10th combat unit stationed in the 4th was moved to Lanzhou, and the supporting 10th combat unit was stationed in Turpan; The 1st Combat Unit deployed in Pakistan moved to Warzirabad. The supporting Jianshu is not the same body clam, and it is good to read and go outside" The combat unit transferred to Howl: the fourth combat unit deployed in Tuyang is degraded" Xiaobin and the supporting combat unit of the first combat unit was stationed in Changchun; The 6th Combat Unit deployed in Guangzhou was deployed to Datong. The combat units of the supporting section were stationed in Hohhot. In total, Ryan only mobilized the main combat units and reserve combat units, but the Republic's move immediately caused a big stir.

What really attracts attention is not the main combat unit, but the reserve combat unit.

Historically, the Republic has not recognized the old reserve combat units as regular troops, but has designated them as reserve forces similar to the U.S. National Guard and the Russian Internal Affairs Forces, and is therefore not subject to conventional arms control agreements. Before that. The United States, Russia and other countries cannot blame the republics yet, after all, every country has reserve forces. The United States took the lead in the regular mobilization and deployment of reserve combat units by the authorities of the Republic. It is considered that the authorities of the Republic have violated conventional arms control agreements. Expand the size of the army with the secrecy of reserve forces.

Obviously, this is not a single accusation.

To put it bluntly, if the accusations of the United States are established. That is, if the Republic is convicted of violating the conventional arms control agreement without authorization, the United States can reasonably and legally withdraw from the arms control agreement and shift all the responsibility to the Republic. When the time comes, even if the United States or Russia provokes the war, the main responsibility will lie with the republic.

Of course, for this accusation to be established, a full investigation is indispensable.

If you want to start an investigation, you have to spend a lot of diplomatic effort first.

Among other things, what are the certification criteria for the reserve forces? Because there is no one exact certification standard. Therefore, after the statement of the United States authorities, the Republic immediately responded, claiming that the accusations of the United States are groundless, and if the normal deployment and transfer of reserve forces is a violation of conventional arms control agreements, then the daily movements of the National Guard of the United States and the internal affairs forces of Russia are of the same nature.

In any case, this skin must be endless.

The key, of course, is how significant the military mobilization of the Republic is.

In this. Al Jazeera, which had been silent for several years, gave the best answer, that is, the old combat units of the Republic Army were enough to neutralize the entire strength of the Russian Army, making Russia's military mobilization and deployment meaningless.

The problem is that this reply failed to satisfy the audience.

With the situation at that time, what the audience wanted to know most was whether the republic would take the initiative to attack with the world's first military strength as it did against India.

Obviously, this question is not easy to answer.

According to Al Jazeera's analysis, the republic has enough strength to defeat Russia, and even can easily defeat Russia without foreign intervention, making this country with the largest land area in the world history, but it is impossible for any war to ignore external factors, and more importantly, the military mobilization that the republic has carried out, that is, the ground forces of the republic, can only strengthen the local strategic defense at most, and do not have the ability to strategically offensive. Because the standing ground forces of the republic are only Chouwan, it is impossible to take the initiative to attack without military mobilization.

The key lies here, that is, whether the republic has carried out military worship or not

The military mobilization mentioned here is not the same thing as war mobilization, the former is much smaller in scope, and for the republic, it is mainly the conscription of veterans of appropriate age. Because in many previous local wars, the republic has carried out military mobilization, and has long formed a mature mobilization mechanism, and even signed re-service contracts with the vast majority of retired soldiers. So the military mobilization capacity of the republic is definitely the first in the world. According to the estimates of some Western news media, the Republic will be able to mobilize the retired officers and soldiers of the Ten Thousand Army within a week after the mobilization order is issued. Counting other branches of the armed forces, the general mobilization capacity is even more than 40,000.

Such a powerful mobilization capacity, so to speak. Even the reserve forces of many countries.

More importantly, the republic has long completed the reform of the military system, and the proportion of officers and non-commissioned officers in the ground forces is more than 80 percent, while under normal circumstances, this ratio should be about 20 percent. That is, in combination with the military mobilization mechanism. The Army of the Republic was able to multiply its strength in a very short time.

It can be seen that "within a week." The Liwan army of the old combat unit deployed in the north can be expanded to Tianwan.

There is no doubt that this is not only a formidable military force, but also a devastating military force. You must know that more than 20 years ago, the Republic Army defeated the most populous country with only the dispatch of Tian Wan combat troops, even if Russia's military strength is stronger than India's, and there is a broader strategic depth, the combat effectiveness of the Republican ** team has also been substantially improved over the years. Not to mention bystanders, even many Russian generals think. With the strength of the Russian army and Russia's war mobilization mechanism, as long as the republic can concentrate about 10,000 ground forces in the Russian direction, it will be able to achieve victory before Russia completes its war mobilization.

It can be said that this military transfer of the republic pushed the situation in Eurasia to the side of the war

In the eyes of many, this was the direct cause of World War III! If you want to know what will happen next, please log on to Jishan. More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!