Volume Fourteen, Smoke of Gunpowder, Chapter 57, Active and Passive
According to Mercury, the Marine Corps of the Heguo Army was igniting Chou to land on the Kamchatka Peninsula, and only the capital was born in the cave.
As early as the afternoon of the Band Day, U.S. news media such as AFP, Detong News Agency, and Ocen news media such as Al Jazeera predicted that the Republic's army would attack Russia's Far East in the near future through reports, comments, etc. The American news media also asserted that the Republic's army would land on the Kamchatka Peninsula. For most ordinary people, the Republic's Marines arrived a little too fast on the Kamchatka Peninsula. It was just that it was a little surprised, and there was no question of surprise.
Rationally analyze, the Republic sent troops to attack Ropavlovsk, which was indeed of little significance.
As we all know, the reason why the Republic declared war on Russia was that Russia sent troops to invade Kazakhstan. As a Sakstan ally, the Republic has the responsibility and obligation to replace Kazakhstan to launch a counterattack against the invaders. Although in the declaration of war, the head of state of the Republic Pei Chengyi emphasized that Russia is the country with the vastest land area in the world, so the Republic's counterattack will not be limited to a certain direction, but choose the most appropriate and reasonable way of combat based on the actual need to eliminate Russia's strategic threat, but who
It can be seen that in the battle of several hours before, even if Russia posed a threat to the Republic and burned the war into the territory of the Republic, the Republic had no reason to attack a landing operation that was thousands of kilometers away from the mainland and had no strategic force deployed. In terms of AFP's comments, the Republic sent troops to attack the Kamchatka Peninsula, which was essentially "over-attacking". Obviously, AFP's comments were already very polite. To put it into consideration, the Republic invaded Russia in the name of counterattacking.
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It is undeniable that under the influence of the general environment, international public opinion will definitely change twice.
The problem is that from a legal perspective, the Republic does not have any reason to attack the Kamchatka Peninsula, or at least there is no reason to send troops to occupy the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Fortunately, this is a world war, not a local war.
Regardless of whether the Republic sends troops to capture Petropavlovsk or not, no one can change this fact, nor can they prevent the Republic's army from landing on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Even from a military perspective, the significance of the Republic's sending troops to attack the Kamchatka Peninsula is not very important. On the day of the day, after the news was confirmed, Al Jazeera made a comprehensive analysis of the Republic's sending troops to attack the Kamchatka Peninsula. According to the evaluation of military experts hired by Al Jazeera, in terms of military value alone, the Republic's army's gains from occupying the Kamchatka Peninsula in the early stages of war will not be much higher than the cost. Although the military expert affirmed the importance of the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Pacific battlefield, it also pointed out that the Republic
The reason for the country to send troops is to consolidate the left-wing defense line on the Pacific battlefield, prevent the United States from moving south from the north to advance to Japan, thereby attacking the Korean Peninsula, posing a threat to the Republic's mainland, and at the same time force the United States to maintain at least one fleet in the North Pacific to protect Alaska's division troops, so as to achieve the purpose of dispersing the US Navy's Pacific fleet. However, fundamentally speaking, the utilization value of the Kamchatka Peninsula is very limited. In the final analysis, the infrastructure on the peninsula is very simple and difficult to support large-scale combat operations.
Regarding this issue, the military expert gave a detailed explanation. According to his statement, if the Qinchaka Peninsula could become a springboard for attacking the North American continent, even if it became a strategic support base for combat in the North Pacific, as early as the fierce years ago, the former Soviet Union should have strengthened the infrastructure of the region and built it into a frontier military fortress. In fact, until the disintegration, the former Soviet Union only built a submarine base and several air defense positions on the Kamchaka Peninsula. Not only did the military facilities be pitifully few, but the infrastructure was extremely backward. In the final analysis, in addition to being influenced by the strategic choices of the former Soviet Union, it was not unrelated to the actual military value of the region, that is, it was difficult for the Kamchaka Peninsula to become a springboard for entering the North American continent, and it was not even a basic condition for becoming a strategic base for the fleet.
Of course, some people believe that infrastructure can be built after occupation and the support capacity of the Kamchatka Peninsula can be enhanced, thus making it a strategic offensive base. It is undeniable that building infrastructure is not difficult, to attract the technical and industrial strength of the mid-century. In addition, the Republic is already mobilizing war to build a crossing the Ardan Mountains. Cross the Lena River, Indigilkar River, Korema River, Anadal River and other dozens of rivers, bypass the Pinrenna Bay, from Neryungri to Petropavlovsk,
A railway that lasts for a thousand meters is not difficult, with a construction period of up to 3 years. The question is, is it necessary to build such a railway in three years? More importantly, how much reward can the huge investment in building such a railway bring? How much help will it be for war? Taking these issues into consideration, the conclusion is very simple, that is, the price of turning the Kamchatka Peninsula into a strategic offensive position far exceeds the benefits brought by the Kamchatka Peninsula as a strategic offensive position.
In fact, the debate over whether the Republic had to capture the Kamchatka Peninsula in the early stages of the war did not stop until after the war.
The opponents' view is very simple, that is, the military significance of the Kamchatka Peninsula is not very great, it has not become a basic condition for a strategic advancement base, and during the entire war, it did not become a platform for the Republic to march into the North American continent, and the Republic's army did not even deploy many combat troops here. The supporters' position is also clear, that is, the cost of capturing the Kamchat "the island is not high, but it has a different meaning. For example, the shielding of the United States cannot benefit Japan, protects the Korean Peninsula and the Republic's land, and makes the largest iron ore area around the Republic not affected. North Korea's iron ore reserves are very amazing, and it also achieves the purpose of restraining the US military and defeating the war process.
The question is, no one understands the episode, is it necessary to send troops on the second day of the war?
From the perspective of those who have come, this question is easy to answer. The key is that the combat operations against the Kamchatka Peninsula were obviously formulated before the outbreak of the war, and the leaders of the Republic were definitely not realistic to foresee the course of the war in advance, so the subsequent changes in the war situation could not be used as a reason to attack the Kamchatka Peninsula. That is to say, before this, why did the Republic authorities make the decision to capture the Kamchatka Peninsula?
There is only one explanation that is reasonable, that is, the real value is not the occupation of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
In fact, what attracted the most attention at that time was not the actions in the direction of the Kamchatka Peninsula, but the Western Pacific Fleet of the Republic gathered in the Iwoyu Island waters and suddenly disappeared from the eyelids of the US marine surveillance satellite when it moved south. Although the Republic did not declare war on the United States, the US authorities did not issue any war-related statements before the sun was dark, and even did not condemn the Republic's combat operations against the Kamchatka Peninsula. But everyone knows that a decisive battle between China and the United States is inevitable, and the key is who will ignite the war.
Mu Yong doubted that the most urgent thing was definitely not Pei Chengyi.
Duqiwei received news when discussing with General Cozant Cozant, General Paris, and Pacific Theater Commander General Stein, when the Republic was sending troops to attack the Kamchatka Peninsula, he learned that the Western Pacific Fleet, which had a wrinkled "Beijing" class aircraft carrier, suddenly disappeared. Although even Duqiwei believed that the performance of the "Beijing" class aircraft carrier was very backward, even when the second large-scale improvement was equipped with several sets of last-stage interception systems, strengthening its ability to deal with high-speed non-profit missiles, and its combat capabilities were very limited, no one dared to doubt the combat effectiveness of the Republic's Navy's Western Pacific Fleet. Especially the comprehensive combat capabilities of those new cruisers.
After confirming that the news was correct, Du Qiwei immediately issued an order to the three generals.
There is no doubt that the key is the US Navy. In accordance with Duchway's request, the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group stationed in Guam will retreat eastward. It will meet with the main force of the Pacific Fleet deployed in Pearl Harbor and prepare for the fight against the Republic's Navy.
In cooperation with the operation, the Marine Corps immediately entered the state of combat and was ready to mobilize at any time. According to Ducheway's deployment, as long as the decision to participate in the war was made, the Marine Corps would quickly increase its troops to Australia, consolidate Australia's defense, and prevent the Republican army from raiding Australia. The mobilization work of the Pacific War Zone must also be carried out intensified, mainly to provide practical and effective guarantees for all participating troops. Although according to the US military's command system, the Pacific War Zone Command should mobilize the fleet and the Marine Corps. However, the president is the supreme commander of the US military. With the president's personal intervention, General Stein did not even have the chance to speak, let alone command the army to mobilize.
Then, Duchiway contacted Admiral Angelodi.
Like the Republican army, when integrating the Sky Army and the Air Force, the Sky Army annexed the Air Force. In order to take care of the Stockholm Agreement, the Air Force was not cancelled, so Angelodi was the first general in the United States to serve as the commander of two major military branches and the most influential general in the US. Of course, if Duchwie is included, Angelodi can only be regarded as the second influential one.
Duchiwei only had one thing to find Angelo. That was to find out whether the US Sky Army could destroy the Republic's military star system after the war began.
According to Duchwie, the space-based interception part of the strategic defense system also belongs to military satellite systems.
Angelodi gave a very complicated answer to this question that only needs to answer "can" and "can't".
To put it bluntly, in the case of active attacks, more than half of the confidence is that before the military satellite system of its own side is completely destroyed, the Republic's military satellite system is destroyed. Although according to Angelotidi, even if the Republic takes the first step to destroy the United States military satellite system, it can rely on interception systems deployed on the ground and air to fight back and destroy the Republic's military satellite system, Angeloti did not forget to explain clearly that after the loss of the military satellite system, it would take the US military a long time, that is, at least several months or at most several years, to completely paralyze the Republic's military satellite system, and it is unlikely that it would be in the way after participating in the war.
There is no doubt that Angelodi advocates active attack rather than waiting for the enemy to come.
After reaching this conclusion, Duchway rushed to Congress in the afternoon of the 2018th ET, about an hour after the Republic Marines boarded the Seichoke Peninsula, and requested a closed-door hearing and defense meeting. At that time, Mrs. Lobring, the US Vice President, had asked Congress to agree to pass several war bills aimed at aiding Russia, and was working to fulfill the secret alliance treaty. Duchway suddenly arrived and faced the doubts of Congress directly, which was enough to allow those members who were still skeptical of the United States to participate in the war. It can be said that this is the most important hearing and defense meeting in American history.
Although it is held in a closed door, that is, it is not open to the outside world. And as usual, the Muslim meeting will end only after the Congress votes, but the American news media, with a bright and beautiful news, said it on the door. This will be a hearing and defense meeting that determines whether the United States will take the initiative to participate in the war. Du Qiwei will accept all the doubts of the members of Congress about the United States' participation in the war, and give answers that are sufficient to satisfy the members of Congress, so as to gain support from the members of Congress. According to the report, Du Qiwei was able to move into the White House, proving that he is highly popular enough, and the threat of war to the United States is imminent, and it is unlikely that members of Congress will refuse the president's request for participation.
In fact, shortly after Duchewei arrived in Congress, that is, the Republic time was in 2009. In the early morning of the morning, Pei Chengyi held the second video conference since the war was started at the strategic command center under the head of state, and raised a question that no one could avoid, namely, should he take the initiative to attack the United States?
It is obvious that almost all senior leaders have reservations.
There is nothing strange about this. The war with Russia has just begun. At the beginning, it is still very far from victory, and it can be said that there is not even a single word of the eight characters. In this case, actively attacking the United States can only make the Republic fight on both sides, causing the unexpanded military forces to be tight. It can be said that not only civilian leaders like Jiao Kuishan have reservations, but even Yuan Chenhao believes that it should not take the initiative to attack the United States. Of course, Yuan Chenhao is not worried about fighting on both sides, but believes that doing so will only marginalize the mainland battlefield he attaches importance to.
The problem is that retention is reserved, and when talking about substantive issues, no one doubts Pei Chengyi's strategic judgment.
According to Pei Chengyi's analysis, the United States is about to participate in the war. Whether it is proactive or not, it cannot change the difficult situation of fighting on both sides, so it is necessary to actively seize the initiative. Pei Chengyi also put forward a very important reason for this, that is, to defeat the US military satellite system through proactive attacks, so that the United States loses the basic power of strategic strikes; to achieve the goal of weakening the US strategic threat. As long as it actively attacks, even if it is subject to strategic counterattacks from the United States, it can be safe. If it can withstand the US strategic counterattack, it can also force the United States to contract strategically by counterattacking, and it may even cause the United States to surrender after a limited nuclear war.
As a basis, Pei Chengyi asked Yuan Chenhao to come up with the conclusion of computer simulation analysis.
Of course, the key is not the conclusion of the simulation analysis, but the every move of the US authorities. Pei Chengyi arranged the meeting after Du Qiwei went to Congress, which was enough to prove his intention.
Because it was a video conference call, the outside world did not know that the top leaders of the Republic were also preparing for a war against the United States.
The problem is that, with the situation at that time, even the most ordinary people could think that if the United States still did not make a stand on the issue of war, even if Duchwie went to Congress just for a trivial matter, the Republic would take action before the United States to burn the war to the other end of the earth.
The same as the U.S. Congress hearing and defense meeting, the Republic's high-level meeting did not reach a clear conclusion.
However, shortly after the sky in the Republic lighted up, the Republic's Navy took the lead in making adjustments.
On the morning of the first day of the year, the South China Sea Fleet of the Republic, which had been in the Gulf of Thailand, took the lead in turning eastward. Just half an hour later, the Republic's Navy Indian Ocean Fleet headed south from Guadal, and the route directly pointed to Digo Garcia Islands south of the Chagos Islands.
What is even more eye-catching is that on the morning of that day, the strategic bomber troops of the Republic's Sky Army did not bomb Russia.
According to the deleted report, "On the morning of the month, the Republic's Sky Army canceled at least a strategic bombing mission. Nearly 100 strategic bombers did not appear on the battlefield as expected, nor did they stay in the base. Although during the war, in order to ensure the safety of strategic bombers, even if there is no mission, as long as normal maintenance is not carried out, the bombers must take off and go to a certain area in the hinterland of the local area to patrol and stand by. They will not stay in the base, but on the fourth day of the war, hundreds of bombers did not perform combat missions after taking off. It is obviously very abnormal.
This move first reminds people of the tension between the Republic and the United States.
You should know that if the Republic goes to war with the United States, in addition to focusing on attacking the opponent's military satellite systems and strategic defense systems, the Republic's most wants to do is to defeat the US Navy. To this end, it is nothing to mobilize hundreds of strategic bombers, and even if it invests in all strategic bombers, it is nothing to do.
It can be said that by this time, the atmosphere of war between China and the United States has become very strong.
The problem is that when the sun leaves the sky of the Republic, there is no war between the two sides.
It has to be said that the people of the Republic are far more capable of enduring war than the Americans. While the country has partially entered a state of war and the war has been fought for several days, most of the people of the Republic can still fall asleep peacefully, and not many people have insomnia due to war.
For Americans, the most worthwhile situation is that the United States and the Republic are almost the same
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In other words, when the Republic enters night, the United States is ushering in daylight.
That's right, when the war suddenly came, most Americans were awake. Or in a semi-awake state, only a few Americans who worked at night had already gone to bed.
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Of course, this is not necessarily a good thing!
Chapter completed!