Volume 12 Prelude to the Great War Chapter 84 Infighting
When Nong Chenhao's mood was relaxed, Shi Shousheng's mood was half old.
At noon in Ankara time, Turkey, Duchiwei received a message from Stark that a high-speed mobile unit suspected to be the elite force of the Republic's Army appeared in central Iran. Unfortunately, due to interference in the satellite system, it is impossible to accurately judge the nature of this unit. Only one thing is certain, that is, the speed of this unit's movement exceeds that of the hourly thugs and thugs, because when the reconnaissance satellite arrived again after a minute of relaxation, the unit was already thousands of meters away.
The ground troops with a marching speed exceeding 4,000 meters per hour are definitely not simple.
You should know that in the early priest century, even theoretically, no main ground force could have a marching speed of more than kilometers per hour, because the maximum road speed of main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other main combat equipment at that time was less than kilometers per hour. Until the main battle tanks with a combat weight of around Wang Duan and infantry fighting vehicles with a combat weight of around Wang Duan were introduced, the theoretical marching speed of the main ground force exceeded 4,000 meters per hour.
Next, no unit will march at such a fast speed. The reason is very simple. If marching at maximum speed, the power system and walking mechanism of the tank will be severely worn, the failure rate will be greatly improved, the combat efficiency of the troops will be greatly reduced, and they will not even be able to enter the battle on the battlefield. Even during the Indian War, the maximum marching speed created by the Republic Army was within a kilometer of blade per hour. Only when tactical assaults were conducted, the armored troops would sprint at a speed of more than 4,000 meters per hour.
Mu Yong doubted that it was definitely not the Iranian Army's combat force.
The problem is that Duchiwei couldn't be sure that it must be the elite force of the Republic's Army.
The first combat unit is famous, and Ling Yunxiao is even more famous, but this powerful general has no reason to let the troops exhaust all their strength during the march.
Besides, even so, Ling Yunxiao has reason to arrange a feint to make a feinted force to make a wrong judgment.
The reason why Du Nianwei had this idea was very simple. Is the size of the army large or small?
According to the information provided by the vulner, the number of the troops should be above the old wing, equivalent to 2 reinforced battalions or 3 ordinary battalions. If it is the vanguard who opens the road in the front, it is undoubtedly too large. After all, the total force of the single troops in the first battle also bully 10,000 people, and the real front-line combat troops are only about 3. There is no reason to take out the thugs. More than four people are used as the pioneer vanguard. If it is the main force, it will be too few. Even if Ling Yunxiao left the support brigade and the artillery brigade behind, where would there be about 80% of the combatants?
It was not until the evening of the feather sun that Du Qiwei changed his view.
This unit that had been advancing to the northwest of Iran only had a short rest for half an hour at the local time, and then continued to set off. Before dark, the unit had already advanced kilometers on the high-level highway in Iran under the noses of the US military reconnaissance satellite. In other words, the marching volume of the unit in one afternoon was equal to the marching volume of the US military in one day. More importantly, the unit had no sign of slowing down or finding a place to rest overnight. In other words, the unit was likely to arrive in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province before dawn.
Mu Yong doubted that this is definitely the elite force of the Republic Army.
There is still a kilogram of reason for Duchiwei to make this judgment. That is, in the afternoon of that day, at least the Wang train departed from Kerman, and the purpose was to be the West Azerbaijan province in the northwest of Iran, rather than Tehran to the north. In other words, the main force of the First Combat Unit is likely to be maneuvered by railways, rather than highways.
Duchiwei's speculation was confirmed that night. To be precise, the train heading to West Azerbaijan Province, Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan Province, was loaded with main combat equipment and combat supplies, and a train was loaded with a carriage of the Tianjie bus. According to the calculation that one carriage was loaded with young soldiers, there were about thugs on the train, and 10,000 officers and soldiers were basically all front-line combat personnel of the first combat unit.
The situation is already bright, and Du Qiwei no longer hesitates. The new address of this site has been changed to: Lu Xinxin.8. Please log in to read the following information!
Before the sky in Turkey was dark, Duchiwei ordered the strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force stationed on Sicily, Italy to take off immediately and patrol over eastern Turkey, using synthetic aperture radar with detection distances exceeding kilometers to find out where the elite troops of the Republic's Army were going. One thing needs to be clear about is the assembly of the first combat unit.
Although Du Qiwei still believes that Ling Yunxiao will not launch an attack on Bandri, after all, the marching times are more than a thousand meters, and the officers and soldiers of the first combat unit do not need to rest and so many main combat equipment also need to be maintained. Besides, it is not too much to spend a day preparing before a large-scale attack. However, past experience tells Du Qiwei that he must not judge the opponent based on experience and intuition, especially Pei Chengyi's combat method. If necessary, Pei Chengyi will definitely let the first combat launch an attack alone.
Of course, Du Qiwei did not ignore Yuan Chenhao.
As early as when he accepted the appointment, Du Qiwei asked Stark to find the old and four "后" and asked for all the personal information of Yuan Chenhao. At that time, Stark was not very good at all. After all, Du Qiwei's main opponent was Pei Chengyi, not Yuan Chenhao who was only responsible for the northern front. After all, Stark did not think so after getting Yuan Chenhao's personal information. When Du Qiwei was defeated by Pei Chengyi on the peninsula battlefield, Pei Chengyi was just a colonel. When Yuan Chenhao became famous on the battlefield, he was also an army colonel. This is secondary. All the intelligence officials of the four clearly mentioned that Yuan Chenhao was one of the best generals of the Republic after Pei Chengyi. More importantly, because Pei Chengyi faded out of the army too early, especially when competing for the Chief of Staff to win Lin Xiaolei, Yuan Chenhao's achievements in the army are likely to surpass Pei Chengyi and become the most important general in the Republic in the century.
No matter what, Du Qiwei has no reason to ignore Yuan Chenhao.
In fact, it was the fourth intelligence officials' evaluation of Yuan Chenhao that made Duqiwei make concessions to Dayan in Tel Aviv. He promised that Dayan would be in charge of the Southern Line combat operations, while he was only responsible for the Northern Line combat operations. That is, to concentrate on dealing with the young general who was no less than Pei Chengyi.
In Du Qiwei's view, Yuan Chenhao's desire to win must have exceeded Pei Chengyi.
After the Horse Island War, Pei Chengyi "disappeared" for several years, and Du Qiwei concluded that Pei Chengyi was working hard to "lead from" the army. Although the situation later deviated from his expectations, he still believed that Pei Chengyi did not voluntarily command the war. For this soldier who had reached the military career, he could not make a greater breakthrough if he continued to fight, and he was not yet lost! As a concave general, as long as he had a little fighting spirit and did not want to waste his rest of his life, he should work hard in the political circle.
In this way, the victory or defeat of this war, to be precise, will not have a great impact on Pei Chengyi. In contrast to Pei Chengyi, Yuan Chenhao's military achievements are not enough to make him proud of the world. Before catching up with Pei Chengyi, Yuan Chenhao had to work hard in the army. In other words, Yuan Chenhao definitely hopes to achieve a great victory. Even if he does not expect to surpass Pei Chengyi, he should take advantage of this opportunity to become a soldier with great influence like Pei Chengyi.
For a general, the prerequisite for victory is a strong desire.
Driven by desire, Yuan Chenhao had reason to do anything.
In this case, Du Kuawei attaches great importance to this opponent who is much younger than Pei Chengyi.
The US Air Force's strategic reconnaissance aircraft network Liu took off from a base on Sicily, and Duchway contacted General Blüchel, who was about to arrive on the front line, and asked this equally brave and fearless soldier to send several unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to closely monitor the Turkish-Iran border area in the direction of the province. The new address of this site has been changed to: Qigu, please log in to read!
This arrangement soon had an immediate effect.
In the early morning, UAVs discovered several small troops crossing the border and entering Turkey.
Although Blüchel immediately contacted the Turkish border troops stationed in the border area and asked them to send scouts immediately to intercept the enemy reconnaissance troops entering Turkey, the US Lieutenant General had no choice but to put it on the Turkish army, but decided to reliably.
After several reconnaissance units were allowed to set off on vertical take-off and landing transport planes, Blücher reported the situation to Duchwie.
Duchway did not make any adjustments to Blücher's arrangements, but only asked Blücher to prepare for rescue of the wounded and promised to send a special force to the lieutenant general within hours. In other words, Duchway did not believe that the scouts sent by Blücher were opponents of the republic army scouts.
The first combat unit is the first and most powerful of the combat unit of the Republic Army. Although the Republic Army had collected all the special forces under the name of the General Staff and established the world's most powerful special forces, we must not underestimate the "quasi-special forces" in the regular combat units of the Republic Army, which is the reconnaissance unit directly commanded by the various army levels and later the combat unit headquarters. It should be noted that when the army cannot be formed directly under the special forces, each commander established a "super reconnaissance unit" with a combat force far exceeding the general reconnaissance unit in the name of strengthening reconnaissance power and poison, and directly commanded by the commander.
No matter what these troops are called, their strength cannot be underestimated.
Of course, Duchewei did not place his hopes on the US special forces.
Although after talking to Blüchel, he sent out a Ranger company that had just arrived to report, so that they must arrive at the war zone during the day and night and obey General Blüchel's command, Duchway did not send out the real special forces, that is, the Navy SEALs that came with the Rangers to report. Strictly speaking, the Rangers are just a reconnaissance unit that is more tenacious than ordinary troops, far less than the Shanghai SEALs. Not to mention, the Rangers have thousands of personnel, and the total strength of the Navy SEALs has never exceeded that of the persuasion.
In any case, the opponent's intentions are already very obvious.
While talking on the phone with Blüchel, Duchway did not forget to remind the Lieutenant General that while dealing with the reconnaissance forces of the Republic, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of defensive positions, deploy defense lines behind the Turkish army as soon as possible, focus on ensuring the intersection of various mountain roads, and set up bombs on important bridges to prepare for breaking the traffic line. It can be said that in addition to not telling Bang to defend the dead, Duchway had already said it thoroughly. The problem is that Blüchel still made Duchway very worried because his warning was not received
See.
That's right, when Yuan Chenhao was relaxed, Du Qiwei was extremely anxious.
Hundreds of kilometers away, Blücher did not take Duchwie's warning to heart.
In fact, Blüchel had long been dissatisfied with the White House arrangements, and what made him most dissatisfied was why a retired lieutenant general of the army would command the war?
You should know that Du Qiwei's prestige in the US military is far inferior to Pei Chengyi's prestige in the Republican army.
In Blücher's view, no matter how powerful Duchwit is or how good his connections are, he should not be given special care. According to the rules, if he sends troops to Turkey as an NATO allies, then the commander of the European Legion, that is, Blücher, is the commander of the coalition.
In other words, Duchwie snatched Blücher's job. The new address of this site has been changed to: Qingjigu, please log in to read it!
Of course, over the past few months, Blücher's mood stabilized a lot. Duchway's actions made the proud lieutenant general realize that he should not be biased against the Marine General. If Duchway does not have enough ability, he will definitely not be trusted by the White House.
More importantly, Blücher lacks practical experience, especially the experience of commanding large corps operations.
During the Iran War, Blüchel, who was still a junior building in the army, left Iran with the main force of the Armored Division, and returned to his German station, Blüchel was already an army colonel. In order to gain a better future, Blüchel chose to return to the military academy for further studies. In other words, he missed the Peninsula War that broke out immediately. When Duchway made achievements on the Peninsula battlefield, he studied hard at the U.S. Military Academy in New York, which is the world-famous West Point Military Academy. Although this further study paved the way for Blüchel's future promotion and laid the foundation for his later proposal of military reforms, so that his achievements were no less than Duchway, but missing the Peninsula War made him lack the most valuable thing, that is, the experience of fighting the Republic's army.
In Blüchel's view, no matter how powerful the Republic's army is, it is also a human army, not a God's army.
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Yue is like this. Blücher believes that as long as the human army cannot overcome the problem, the Republic's army cannot overcome it. With his confidence in the US military, there is enough reason to believe that no matter how powerful the Republic's army is, it is impossible to use armored troops to attack military fortresses of more than four kilometers without basic conditions.
When he received Duchwie's warning, the first thing that Blücher thought of was that Duchwie was too cautious.
In his opinion, the reconnaissance units of the Republic Army appeared across the border and entered the Van Province. It was not that the Republic Army was preparing to attack the Van Province west, but rather that the opponents were feinted in that direction, so that the opponents would launch an attack here and then enter Turkey from the more easily hindered south. When reporting the situation to the Pentagon, Blüchel mentioned that the second combat unit of the Republic Army had reached the Nineveh Province in Iraq, less than a thousand meters away from Turkey. Although the first combat unit of the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan Province was less than four thousand meters away from Turkey, considering the terrain factors and the reputation of the two combat units, the Republic Army was very likely to use the first combat unit to conduct feint attacks and use the second combat to attack Hakkari Province from the south, thereby breaking through the border defense line of the Turkish army.
Based on this judgment, Blüchel insisted that defense should be laid in Hakari Province, and that the defense line should be facing south.
Mo Yong doubted that this was something that gave Du Qiwei a headache.
When it was almost dawn, Duchway had to conduct a video conference with Blücher through the Joint Conference of the Pentagon.
In front of the generals of the Joint Association, Blücher was like an exciting cock, and he insisted on making Duchwie believe that his judgment was absolutely correct. Mo Yong doubted that Duchwie was also a general who would not give in easily. Although he couldn't accuse Blücher of disobeying the order in person, after all, Blücher was a big celebrity in the US Army. He might even become a major member of the Joint Association within the clam, but Duchwie would definitely not give in on combat issues.
At the end of the argument, the two had to give in to each other.
Blüchel agreed to arrange at least 4 battalions in the east of Van Province when deploying the defense line, and place the battle reserves in Bashkale in the southeast of Van Province, and after the reinforcements arrive, the eastern defense line. In addition to agreeing to arrange the transportation work of the European Legion, namely the thugs, the Armored Division and other units of the 3rd Infantry Division, Duchwit also agreed to give priority to the European Legion when arranging air support.
In fact, this is a meaningless result.
For Duchway, the problem has just emerged. Blücher's own actions are just the tip of the iceberg. For Duchway, who was promoted after returning to the army and became the commander of the coalition, in addition to the enemies on the battlefield, he also had to be wary of the enemies within the army. To put it bluntly, Blücher's courage to fight against Duchway must have received the support of some senior US generals.
The question is, does Duchway have enough time to solve these problems?
Chapter completed!