As mentioned earlier, it is quite difficult and dangerous to withdraw during the stalemate stage, especially now that there is real pressure on Israel, in fact, even if the Egyptian army gives up the stalemate and retreats, a mistake will make a fake come true, which is to make people laugh and cry. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Therefore, there were doubts within the Wehrmacht about this plan, but both Ben-Gurion and Aden chose to stick to it. The reason is simple, Israel now has no better choice, and the Soviet side has also given promises to give Israel all the necessary support.

What is it about Ben-Gurion that makes Ben Gurion so reassured? In fact, it is quite simple, the USSR urgently deployed an air assault brigade to Israel. The brigade has already arrived in Haifa and, as promised by the Soviet Union, an elite armored brigade will be deployed. The Jews were very aware of the combat effectiveness of the elite units of the Soviet Red Army, and the two sides fought side by side for a long time in World War II, especially after the start of the major counteroffensive, and the Jews who witnessed the Red Army beating the German army admired the combat effectiveness of the Red Army.

Although according to the Soviet side, the two brigades deployed will only be used for defense and will not be used for active attack, but with the Red Army of these two brigades as a foundation, the Jews are reassured.

Of course, the actions of the Soviet side were still very covert, and the two brigades that arrived in Israel entered Israel in a covert manner, the personnel entered Israel as Jewish expatriates from East Prussia, and the equipment went through the channels of Soviet aid. Even all equipment and personnel entering Israel have been uniformly dressed in IDF livery, insignia and uniforms. Even the camps of the two brigades were cut off from the surrounding area, and no one was allowed to go out or be approached by outsiders. Anyway, the secrecy measures are done to the extreme.

And that's not all, some of the Red Air Force's fighters began to be deployed to Israeli airfields, and the Soviets also sent quite a few spare parts and mechanics to help the IDF with logistics.

In any case, with the addition of the Red Army, the IDF's preparations for war have become more solid, and it is a world of difference from the Arabs who are now in disarray.

All of this gave Ben-Gurion and Aden confidence and courage, and the next lure to the enemy depended on the courage and wisdom of the Jewish lads. But truth be told, at first the Jewish lads were not happy to accept Aden's new plan, and the reason was profound.

Let's start at the beginning, we all know that there are two basic forms of defensive operations, one is positional defense, and the other is mobile defense. Positional defense has also become a fixed defense, and the defending side takes advantage of the existing terrain and fortifications to hold on, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack the attacking enemy. The typical manifestation of this form of warfare is the First World War. For greater flexibility, the defending side can set up two or three heavily guarded echelon lines, while the armoured units are put on standby behind the line, either for counterattacks or to reinforce fixed positions.

This kind of defensive warfare is very familiar to the Jews, and after World War II, they are around a big circle, and this trick is to grind the German Nazis to death. After returning to Palestine, they also used this set of tactics to maneuver with the Arabs and the British, and achieved satisfactory results.

Now, Aden has gone so far as to abandon this set of tactics and replace fixed defensive tactics with another set of mobile defensive tactics, and it will naturally be difficult for the IDF to turn around from top to bottom. So what are mobile defensive tactics?

Mobile defense tactics have also become flexible defense tactics, and the defending side only arranges a lightly armed alert force in the forward position, whose task is to monitor the enemy's movements, alert the rear when the enemy attacks, and delay the enemy's actions, and even induce the enemy into the ambush annihilation zone when conditions permit, creating conditions for annihilation. The troops on the defensive line can hold on to favorable terrain and win depth, but they do not need to blindly defend to the death, and should take the initiative to retreat after blocking the enemy's advance and gaining time. The main forces of defensive operations consisted of armored forces, which stood by in the rear. Its task is to carry out a surprise attack after the troops on the defensive line introduce the enemy's main forces into the preset zone of annihilation, and destroy the enemy in maneuver. In other words, in a mobile defensive operation, only after destroying the invading enemy can we recapture the positions that were previously lost by trading space for time.

A detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of these two types of defensive operations shows that the advantage of positional defense is that the defending side can properly protect all its own land without giving up any territory. The defending side strengthens the defensive position in advance and relies on a strong defensive position to fight. The requirements for the troops are low, simple and clear, and the requirements for the quality and initiative of the commanders and soldiers, as well as the equipment, and the fighting spirit are relatively low. It is relatively easy to organize and implement.

But the disadvantage is also very obvious, your position is there, as long as the enemy is not too stupid or careless, basically you can make your defensive arrangement messy, that is to say, the expected battle position, terrain and defensive posture are basically not secret, which gives the enemy time to fully ponder and prepare. What's more, after continuous combat exploration, the enemy can also prepare for targeted attacks, the enemy can completely hoard a large number of troops and heavy firearms behind the line of contact, hit the force attack or raid a point on your defensive position, people can fight more and less, once your reserves do not give strength or can't keep up, it will be completely collapsed with a point break.

What's more, if the enemy concentrates his forces to attack a point on your position, it will be difficult for the evenly arranged garrison forces on the defense line to effectively support the battle at key points, and the emergency deployment of defensive arrangements will easily cause confusion, and if you don't do it well, the enemy will seize the opportunity. If the enemy bypasses or breaks through a point on the defensive line, the fortifications and the troops on the defensive line lose their value, and the defensive line collapses, as exemplified by the Nazi blitzkrieg on France, which turned the Maginot Line, which the French had carefully prepared for many years, into an ornament.

And for mobile defense, the situation is exactly the opposite. The defending side can concentrate the main forces in the standby area, while the enemy does not know where or when the decisive battle will break out, so it cannot be prepared in advance. However, mobile defense has very high requirements for commanders, soldiers, and equipment, and it is not something that ordinary rabble can play. And because it is necessary to take the initiative to give up some territory and exchange space for time, in order to hit the force and create favorable conditions for counterattack.

For the defending side, giving up territory will be politically stressful, and even giving up even temporarily is often considered unacceptable. For example, during the Battle of Kiev in World War II, Stalin did not listen to the correct opinion and refused to abandon Kiev, which led to a heavy defeat.

And not all countries can play this trick, for small countries that lack strategic depth, how much space can you give up?

Unfortunately, Israel is precisely one of those small countries that lacks strategic depth. Historically, the superpowers would call for a ceasefire and freeze the front shortly after the outbreak of war. If the Israeli army takes the initiative to retreat and exchange space for time, the Egyptians can take the opportunity to encroach on Israel's territory and then consolidate the contiguous territory, and when the Israeli army is just preparing to counterattack, the battlefield will be frozen due to the intervention of the superpower. In this way, the ceasefire imposed did not give the Israeli army a chance to fight back, and as a result, Israel lost ground in vain. In this way, it is impossible for Israel to get any concessions from the other side politically, and it is impossible to win any victory militarily.

Don't think this is nonsense, in the historical October War, Sadat fought this idea, preparing to encroach on Israel's territory through a short surprise attack, and then gain benefits through the superpower freezing the battlefield, and the idea of fighting step by step.

And now, Aden has to choose a mobile defensive tactic that may suffer huge losses, do you think the Jewish officers and soldiers will gladly accept it? It can even be said that if it were not for Aden's good performance in the first Middle East war, the officers and soldiers below might have "rebelled", for example, Sharon was very dissatisfied with Aden's plan and called it a "coward's" plan.

Not only Sharon is not satisfied with this plan, but many reserve soldiers are also dissatisfied with this plan, the reason is very simple, these reserve soldiers are urgently conscripted, they have given up their jobs, abandoned their families, and returned to the front line desperately, and they have just arrived at the front line to maintain and stabilize the front, and they are suddenly told that they are going to give up this newly stabilized front, what do you think?

One more point, Israel's reserve system, although very complete and efficient, has come at a very high price. Because Israel lacks strategic depth, and the surrounding countries are almost exclusively hostile forces. In the event of tension with its neighbors, the only way for Israel to protect itself is to call up reservists to prepare.

For example, on the eve of the Sinai War in 1955, Egypt strengthened its military forces on the front line in the Sinai, and Israel immediately mobilized its reserves. First the reservists go to the emergency assembly site, distribute uniforms and weapons, and then they have to move tanks and armored vehicles and fill them with ammunition and prepare fuel and water. The convoys also had to be mobilized, because they were going to pull tanks to the front line.

However, not every mobilization will actually start, and if the crisis is over, the tanks and equipment will return to the arsenal, and the munitions and ammunition will have to be removed, and all the parts and systems that need to be repaired will be repaired before they can be put into storage. Some reservists will need to stay a few more days to prepare for the next emergency dispatch in the event of a crisis, so that the next emergency dispatch can remain effective. This is not the case once or twice, but when relations between Israel and its neighbors are tense, it comes several times, sometimes even three or four times in a row, and many reservists are only a few days apart from their requisition. After playing for so many decades, who do you say can stand it?

For example, this time, because the war broke out so suddenly, even Israel was a little unprepared, so the initially recruited reservists were a little panicked at all, and as soon as the reservists arrived at the assembly area, they didn't care about the formation at all, and they didn't have time to calibrate their guns.

It can be said that a considerable number of reservists have left their work at hand and rushed to the front line, and some very special combat heroes have emerged among them. For example, Zvika. Lieutenant Greengold, who was not affiliated with any unit at the outbreak of the war, was studying for a company commander course at the military academy and was resting at home during the holidays. After the outbreak of the war, he immediately hitchhiked to the front line, pulled a few reserve tank men who had encountered him halfway, found two freshly repaired tanks and began to fight.

Lieutenant Greengold was not worth mentioning the combat strength at his disposal, but the lieutenant was clever and decisive, and when he found an unguarded intersection where two key roads intersected, he personally led his small army to defend it.

In the face of the swarming enemy tanks, he changed places with one shot, replaced a newly repaired tank when he damaged a tank, and replaced four tanks one after another, almost single-handedly holding the intersection for 20 hours, causing great damage to the enemy. According to post-war statistics, he destroyed 20 enemy tanks, but according to his temporary subordinates, it should have doubled and destroyed 40 tanks.

When the follow-up reinforcements finally arrived, the Lieutenant Greengold climbed out of the tank with difficulty, and lay directly on the ground, only humming strength, and before falling asleep, he said the last thing he said: "I really can't move!" ”

Not only was Lieutenant Greengold strong, but there were also even more powerful units in the Israeli army. Zamir commanded a tank company and withstood the onslaught of 100 tanks of the Syrian 43rd Tank Brigade for a night with eight tanks, and miraculously this company did not lose anything.

For these heroes who are desperately on the front line, it is better to let them give up their positions and let them turn around and retreat, than to shoot them directly. For a while, there was a strong dissatisfaction at the grassroots level of the IDF, and the big guys were unwilling to give up their positions, and they all felt that the five scum on the opposite side really had nothing to be afraid of, so that they could face a group of scum and retreat, it was simply shameless!

In the face of pressure from the grassroots, Aden was also under a lot of pressure, but this bad-tempered chief of the general staff was not the kind of person who could be easily persuaded, he forcefully rejected all objections, and ordered all commanders to immediately implement his instructions, and if they did not listen to the command, they would get out. At Aden's insistence, the order was finally carried out, and the IDF quickly and decisively completed its retreat, distancing itself from the enemy on the opposite side...... (To be continued.) )