Volume Fourteen, Smoke of Gunpowder, Chapter Seventy-Four(1/2)
Recognize the time and make up... At the end of the month, the hatred is "to draw the storm" combat and perform the old turban technique. The sky army can transfer combat forces to the Pacific battlefield and assist the navy in attacking the Mariana Islands.
Although some people believe that at this time, the navy has not yet been prepared to attack the Mariana Islands. If the Sky Army starts bombing US bases on the archipelago in advance, it is likely to expose the navy's campaign attempts, but after the Navy of the Maldives, the Republic's Navy was transferring combat forces to the Pacific Ocean, and the campaign attempts were already very obvious. Whether it is an attack on the Hawaiian Islands in the east or a southward attack on Australia, they have to cross the Mariana Islands and use the archipelago as a springboard, so the Republic's Navy will definitely attack the Mariana Islands and start the Pacific War here.
It can be seen from this that the Sky Army's bombing of US military bases on the Mariana Islands has nothing to do with confidentiality.
There is only one reason why the Sky Army did not operate in the Pacific Ocean until the end of April. That is, after assisting the army invading Russia, it takes time to adjust its deployment and allow the troops to rest.
Some people may think that strategic bombers are not front-line combat units, and pilots rarely take risks, so there should be no fatigue problems. Objectively speaking, this view makes some sense. Because almost all the time, strategic bombers project missiles thousands of kilometers away from the target. What the pilot does is to input the fire control data into the missile's guidance system, and then press the launch lock at a predetermined time according to the navigation data given by the base. As for how much casualties the missile causes, the pilot can only see from TV, unlike the officers and soldiers of the ground troops, who have personal experience. In more popular terms, the bomber pilot is the farthest combatant from the battlefield.
If during peacetime, for safety reasons, especially flight safety, pilots will generally get a vacation opportunity after each period of flight calculated based on take-off and landing racks and total flight time. During the war, this humanized system was definitely cancelled. Only the pilots took the initiative to make a leave request, and the commander of the aviation brigade did think that it was necessary to take a leave to get a chance. By the end of February of the year, no pilots of the bomber unit had made a vacation request. More importantly, before that, there were no flight accidents caused by the pilot being too tired. It can be seen that the mental state of the pilot is not a problem.
In fact, it is not the pilots that need to "take a leave" but the bombers.
When merged with the Air Force, the Tianjun accepted two levels of front-type bombers. When the war broke out, the Tianjun only retained two types of bombers of one level, namely "multi-member, then. The former is a dedicated strategic bomber model. That is, it can carry strategic cruise missiles equipped with nuclear warheads and perform strategic bombing missions, with a total knife stand.
The latter is in accordance with the provisions of the London Treaty. The strategic bombing system is mainly used to enable the fire control system and the "regular bomber" that is necessary for nuclear warheads and high-precision inertial navigation systems. A total of the ferry frames. Of course, if necessary, it can carry conventional ammunition to perform bombing tasks. Although the uses of these two types of bombers are not exactly the same, because they use the same body, the performance is roughly the same. According to the design indicators, the take-off and landing times should be carried out, and the maintenance times should be carried out after every 4 maintenance times, and the comprehensive maintenance times should be carried out. The flight should be stopped after each 4 maintenance times.
During maintenance, after every four grounding and maintenance, it should be returned to the factory for overhaul, and after four times of overhaul, it must be retired. In other words, the old take-off and landing life of the 4th is about the Hongkou racks. According to the average flight time of each flight of 6 hours, the flight time is around the time of the joint book. Relatively speaking, this indicator is not low, not only exceeding all previous bombers, but also exceeding some fighter jets. The problem is that in order to achieve the maximum designed service life, it must be maintained strictly in accordance with regulations. In high-intensity combat operations, let alone the aircraft factory for overhaul, even grounding and maintenance is difficult to guarantee.
According to the combat records of the Tianjun Army, during the "Turan Storm", the nearly 3-century bombers who participated in the battle carried out a total of 3-century combat missions. On average, each bomber flew with a sloop. If the standard of normal maintenance is followed, at least the number of grounding maintenance is required. That is, if conditions permit, partial dismantling of the base of the dust-free hangar is mainly carried out, and then a comprehensive inspection is carried out by the technicians of the troops. This work takes at least a day. In fact, during the battle, there were no bombers grounding for maintenance, and all were used over the limit. This is why among the lost Xixiao Lao in this battle, eight were related to insufficient maintenance. Only, the racks were caused by ground crew operation errors.
Of course, bombers cannot be used more than limits.
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In any case, bombers are also industrial products, and as long as they are industrial products, their performance indicators are redundant. In the limit test before formal finalization, "Liu reached the record of using the near-edge knife for hours, that is, taking off and landing, and not conducting comprehensive maintenance.
The problem is that any excessive use will have a serious impact on the life, performance, etc. of the bomber.
The real consequence of the 4-chain continuous flight of 0 orders was that it was scrapped after the test was completed. Obviously, the result was definitely unacceptable to the Tianjun. In order not to allow more than four 4-chains to be scrapped, after the "Turan Storm", the Tianjun ordered all bombers to be grounded and underwent comprehensive overhaul. Some bombers were also sent back to the aircraft factory, and the manufacturer carried out more thorough inspection and maintenance.
There is no doubt that it is impossible for the Jinjin bomber to undergo maintenance together, nor can it be completed at the same time.
That's why between the end of Hu and the end of April, especially after April, the Tianjun asked the bombers that had completed the maintenance to bomb the Mariana Islands.
Until April 10,000, the last batch of "maintained maintenance and delivered to the combat troops of the Tianjun Army.
The problem is that by this time, the Army's second round of offensive battles on the mainland battlefield have also been put on the agenda. According to Yuan Chenhao's intention, if you want to launch the third round of offensive when summer arrives, that is, before the end of June, you have to launch the second round of offensive before the old day of the month.
In other words, by then, the bombers of the Sky Army will have to return to the mainland battlefield.
Because the transition deployment requires at least 2 days to support the army's operations, Wang bombers were deployed in the northwest of the Republic to assist the naval operations, and they must join the battle before the ground forces launched an attack. Therefore, the bombing operations of the Tianjun bombers on the Mariana Islands lasted at most until the moon. In fact, this is the main reason why the bombing operations started from Yue Dao Day. According to the battle plan formulated by the Navy, the bombing before landing lasted at least for the old days. It is best to leave a day of adjustment for the safety period. Therefore, at least the time is planned.
If the Navy attacked Goggarcia, this is not a problem.
In terms of attacking an archipelago, and an archipelago consisting of more than ten islands, and half of them have military facilities, this preliminary preparation is definitely not enough. You should know that the Mariana Group is not only an archipelago, but also a military base group. Even if the navy sets the target a little lower and adopts island jump attack tactics. Only occupy a few large islands with marines in the south of the archipelago, the US Marine Corps must have an electromagnetic gun system with a range of hundreds of kilometers, so it must occupy islands with Marines for continuous. The early bombing of the day also seems too short.
It can be seen from this that the Navy did not rely too much on the Sky Army.
In fact, as early as Lin Xiaolei's period, the Navy had no intention of cooperating with other military forces except for the Marines. In other words, under the leadership of Lin Xiaolei, the Republic's Navy has been developing in a large and comprehensive direction. It not only has an aviation force with a scale comparable to the Air Force and a Marine Corps with no worse combat effectiveness than the Army, but also has a unique fleet, and a sea-based theater defense system independent of the national strategic defense system is between the strategic defense system and the theater defense system, and its interception ability cannot be underestimated.
When the navy formulated a combat plan to attack the Mariana Islands, the navy did not think about relying on the bombers of the Sky Army.
Judging from some information released after the war, it was Pei Chengyi who decided to let the Tianjun participate in the war at that time. In other words, the head of the Republic directly arranged combat tasks for the Tianjun, and let the navy criticize Ding and Jirong on this basis. Even if the navy is fully responsible for the battle, Pei Chengyi is the direct striker of this battle, or even the supreme commander. It is not difficult to understand why the Tianjun took the opportunity to take the opportunity to perform on the Pacific battlefield.
If you want to figure out Pei Chengyi's campaign intentions, you must not just stand at the height of the battle.
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Judging from the campaign actions commanded by Pei Chengyi in the past, his campaign attempts are related to the purpose of the war. That is, all campaign actions serve the highest purpose. Although this is a world war, the highest war of the Republic is to win, and this is also the main task of all citizens of the Republic, including Pei Chengyi. It is impossible to analyze Pei Chengyi's campaign attempts when attacking the Mariana Islands from the purpose of the entire war, but according to the usual way, the world war is composed of multiple wars, that is, the world war is a collection of wars, and wars in all directions are mutually influencing and highly independent, such as the Soviet-German War and the Taishu in World War II.
The Plain War had little relationship, but it was influenced by the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as the relationship between Japan and Germany. In other words, if you want to understand Pei Chengyi's battle attempt, you must at least understand the highest purpose of the Republic on the Pacific battlefield. In fact, this is also a very basic issue, that is, defeating the United States and seizing the sea control and dominance of the Pacific. Then take a step back, in order to achieve this highest goal, the Republic will definitely score a few steps, and attacking the Mariana Islands is only the first step, or even the component of the first step. In this way, you must at least understand the purpose of the first step taken by the Republic on the Pacific battlefield.
Yan Ran, this is definitely not an easy-to-answer basic question.
Although almost everyone believes that in the Republic's Pacific strategy, the first step is to go south to capture Australia and New Zealand, resolve the flanking threats, and then advance eastward to compete with the United States for absolute maritime power in the Pacific, laying the foundation for entering the North American continent, objectively speaking, the Republic has another option. That is, after occupying the Mariana Islands, directly attack the Hawaiian Islands in the east, and then use the Hawaiian Islands as a base. Deliver fleets and submarines to block the ships.
Lock the United States, cut off the maritime passage from the west coast of the United States and the Panama Canal to the southwest Pacific, and use its superior power in the Indian Ocean to block the maritime route from the South Atlantic to Australia, thereby cutting off the ties between the United States and Australia. With Australia's population and industrial base strength, without the support from the United States, especially weapons and equipment from the United States, it would not be a strategic source of attack on the Republic.
Some people must think that doing this is risky. After all, it is Indonesia to the north of Australia, and then the South China Sea.
The problem is that the US military proved the feasibility of this line more than 0 years ago. During World War II, if MacArthur had not insisted on launching a counterattack from the Southwest Pacific, it would have been for the purpose of Lou, because MacArthur was driven out of the Philippines by the Japanese army, and his father, that is, MacArthur was the first Philippine military governor, MacArthur grew up in the Philippines. He did not return to the United States until he was in middle school, and Roosevelt believed MacArthur's suggestions were actually mainly to balance the navy and army and avoid Nimitz alone in dominating the Pacific War. He made the army and Marshall unable to get out of the Taiwan Strait, and then he made a strategic decision to advance in the two directions. Judging from the situation at that time, even if MacArthur did not launch a strategic counterattack in the Southwest Pacific, the US military returned to the Mariana Islands and occupied it.
Volcanic Islands, coupled with the strategic bombing of Japan by the Army Air Force, later the US Air Force, can still make Japan surrender. You know, the bombers that later threw atomic bombs at Japan also took off from Tinian Island, rather than from Okinawa. Four years have passed. The technological progress is obvious to all. Not only strategic bombers have global bombing capabilities, but even the combat radius of tactical fighters exceeded that of strategic bombers during World War II, plus new concept weapons such as Shanghai bases and air platforms, as well as more powerful war production capabilities. Not to mention using the Mariana Islands as a springboard, if Japan's infrastructure is better, the Republic's army can even directly attack the Hawaiian Islands without wasting too much effort on the Mariana Islands. In short, from a military perspective,
This is why these factors must be taken into account when judging the campaign attempts of the Republic's Navy.
Looking at it again, I'm afraid it's not that easy to judge the purpose of the Republic's Navy's offensive.
You should know that even if everything goes well, that is, the Republic Marine Corps landed on the Mariana Islands on the 8th of the month, the US military had to look at the battle from the height of the entire war. Because at this time, the Republic Army had already prepared for the offensive on the mainland battlefield, and the bomber troops of the Republic Sky Army rushed over. Even Duchiwei had to consider that the Republic Navy was likely to be covering the army, that is, attacking the Mariana Islands was fake, attracting attention was real, or numbing the enemy was real.
The reason is very simple. If the Republic's Navy is determined to attack the Mariana Islands, the US and Russian authorities will definitely believe that the Republic cannot launch two large-scale offensive battles at the same time. Especially these two offensive battles require a large amount of support, consume a large amount of combat materials, and also occupy a large amount of intelligence resources. Not to mention anything else. After the military satellite system collapsed completely, the allocation of intelligence became the biggest problem for all participating countries. In order to support a large-scale offensive battle, it is often necessary to concentrate all intelligence.
Resources. For example, during the "Turan Storm" operation, many intelligence agencies such as the Republic's Military Intelligence Agency conducted comprehensive mobilizations. Not only did they handle a large amount of tactical intelligence for the combat troops, but they also tried every means to collect the strategic intelligence of the Russian army. Without the full support of these intelligence agencies, the Republic's Army would be difficult to achieve such a brilliant victory. You must know that annihilate about 10,000 enemy troops in a battle, which has broken the record on the Soviet-German battlefield in World War II. It is a miracle in the history of human wars.
This alone is enough to disrupt the overall strategy of the United States and Russia
From the perspective of the United States, it is certain that the Republic has focused on the Pacific battlefield, otherwise it would not have built multiple anti-submarine frigates within three months. It also transported so many combat supplies to the Ryukyu Federation and assembled nearly 10,000 Marines in the Western Pacific. More importantly, before the occupation of the Mariana Islands, the local security of the Republic was not guaranteed. You should know that before the Keyword Day, the US bombers deployed in Guam carried out multiple small-scale attacks on the Republic's mainland.
Although limited by the capacity of Anderson Air Force Base, each attack is not large in scale and no results can be achieved, the Republic's Navy had to deploy large warships with regional interception capabilities in the waters of the Ryukyu Islands to strengthen the local strategic barriers. More importantly, in order to avoid a devastating blow, the Republic has begun to strategically evacuate cities with populations of more than 10,000 yuan in the eastern part of the local area.
In short, the U.S. authorities have enough reason to believe that the Republic's Navy is not joking.
The problem is that starting from the Russian authorities' standpoint is a completely different matter.
Although from the situation at that time, Russia posed almost zero threats to the Republic. Even though the Russian army north of the Altai Mountains were still actively preparing to move south, the Russian army in the Far East was also adjusting its deployment, and posing to cross the Amur River, Heilongjiang and Ussuri River and attacking the northeast of the Republic. The Russian army in the Baikal region even crossed the border and entered Mongolia. In preparation for marching from Mongolia to the Republic, anyone with discerning eyes knew that these actions of the Russian army were not to attack the Republic. Instead, it was necessary to attract the attention of the Republic and let the Republic use more troops on local defense, rather than concentrate its forces to attack Moscow.
Of course, these actions of the Russian army were basically ineffective.
In any case, Russia's military industry is concentrated in Europe west of the Ural Mountains, not in the East Asia. Even if there are nearly one million regular Russian troops east of Omsk, more than ten thousand militias and about ten thousand military personnel, and in the absence of main combat equipment and even ammunition is very limited, let alone marching into the Republic. It would be great to be able to persist for a few more days after the Republic's army launched an attack.
In fact, Russian President Chiliakov admitted this, otherwise he would not have let the Far Eastern Front be responsible for all matters, that is, to let the Russian army in Asia go laissez-free.
The problem is that this is not what the Russian authorities emphasize.
Judging from some information released after the war, Chiliakov had been emphasizing to Duchwie that the speed of the attack of the Republic's army exceeded the speed of Russia's war mobilization. If the offensive momentum of the Republic's army could not be curbed, the Russian army would definitely not be able to defend Moscow.
To put it more directly, the Republican authorities will definitely make the first priority of marching into Moscow.
If so, the Republic's Navy's actions in the Pacific Ocean were feints.
The reason is simple. Moscow's fall is only a line between the defeat and Russia's defeat. More importantly, the EU, which stays outside the battlefield, will definitely consider its own security and interests. The complete defeat of Russia means that the EU will become the "neighbor" of the republic, and France, Germany and Italy will definitely not want to be neighbors with the republic. It cannot completely defeat Russia, that is, the country of Russia cannot disappear from the earth. For this reason, the republic army occupied Moscow or occupied
When it is a foregone conclusion to lead Moscow, the EU will definitely join the war. It will also join the war by declaring war on Russia. Then send troops to occupy the Baltic Sea; the state, Belarus, Moldova, and the western region of Ukraine, allowing the Republic to stop moving forward not far from the west of Moscow. In this way, after the war is over, the EU will have the capital to bargain with the Republic and can establish a brand new Russia on the basis of the occupied areas.
For the United States, it is obviously a bad thing to join the war as a republic.
Although objectively speaking, when Russia's defeat is inevitable, Duchwit will definitely not abide by morality, that is, it will not declare war on the EU because the EU declares war on Russia. More importantly, because in the North Atlantic, the EU navy has no absolute advantage, and is even much weaker than the US Navy's Atlantic fleet, the EU will not take the initiative to declare war on the United States. But no one can deny it. As long as the EU is involved in this war, the Republic will try every means to force the EU to do so.
The United States declares war. The best way is to make a fuss about the Russian occupied area. There is no doubt that the EU's participation in the war has benefits, and the Snow War against Russia has proved that the European and Ming authorities will win. In this case, there is no reason for the EU to fight against the Republic on whether to declare war with the United States. In other words, as long as the pressure exerted by the Republic is large enough and given enough benefits to the EU, the EU will declare war on the United States.
Even if the EU takes a step back, it will be of no benefit to the situation facing the United States.
You should know that after Russia's defeat, the Republic can place all its strength on the war against the United States, thus causing the United States to suffer greater war pressure. In terms of the strength of the two countries, the United States has no chance of winning. Even if the strength of the members of the SAIC Group is included, the United States' chance of winning is slim.
It can be seen from this that as long as Russia can persist, the United States must help Russia overcome difficulties.
For this reason, as long as the Republican authorities have plans to march into Moscow, the United States must give it a high degree of importance.
Judging from the situation at that time, the United States must have been in a dilemma on both ends. If the focus is on the Pacific Ocean, the situation on the mainland battlefield will become extremely unfavorable to Russia. If the focus is on Russia, the situation on the Pacific battlefield will become extremely unfavorable to the United States.
It can be said that the United States has lost the initiative in war.
According to some information from the US authorities, Du Qiwei was very contradictory at this time, and even had reason to believe that in the face of this dilemma, Du Qiwei must have thought of the scene of fighting with Pei Chengyi before. You must know that the person closest to defeating Pei Chengyi has never gained the initiative in the battle with Pei Chengyi. More importantly, Du Qiwei will definitely not forget that if Pei Chengyi decided the direction of the war, no one could win in front of him. To put it more directly, in the war that took the initiative, Pei Chengyi had not failed, and could not even get the edge of failure!
Of course, Duchwire is not without a chance.
On April, the day when the Republic's Sky Army dispatched hundreds of bombers to carry out the first full bombing of the US military base on the Mariana Islands, Duchwi and Russian President Chiliakov reached a very important agreement on the hotline, namely, the US Army sent troops to Russia to assist the Russian army in combat.
In fact, the two sides were in negotiations long before the war broke out.
According to the information released after the war, before the war broke out, the Russian authorities proposed that after the Ural Line was lost, the US military should send troops to the mainland battlefield to assist the Russian army in combat. The reason raised by the Russian authorities is also very simple, that is, the Republic's army can break through the Ural Line, so it is only a matter of time to fight to Moscow. For this reason, the US answer is also very simple, and it can send troops. It is just necessary to exercise equal command, that is, the US military does not obey the command of the Russian general.
Obviously, the US reply is equivalent to no reply.
On the issue of command, the debate continued until after the outbreak of the war. The Russian authorities were very tough, that is, if they did not have command, they would not allow American soldiers to set foot in Russia. This is also easy to understand. What Russia wants is aid, not a group of arrogant soldiers.
At this time, Duchwi reached an agreement with Chiliakov and must have made concessions on the issue of command.
No matter what standard is measured, this is a major decision that had a profound impact on the Third World War and even affected the final result of the war.
Obviously, these effects cannot be revealed in a moment.
To be closer, the US decision will definitely change the situation on the mainland battlefield. Not to mention, on the day the first rapid transport fleet carrying two US Army combat troops arrived in Murmansk, that is, on the 8th of the tomorrow, Yuan Chenhao spoke with Pei Chengyi, and then delayed the launch time of the second round of offensive battle from the old day to the month of the month, and finally postponed to the day of the month of the month. Correspondingly, the participating troops increased from the initial eight combat units to the old combat units and the old divisions of the allies, and the total strength increased from the ten thousand to the second ten thousand to the second ten thousand.
It can be imagined that the second round of offensive battle, which should have been relatively relaxed, became very tragic after being involved in the United States.
Later, Yuan Chenhao admitted in his memoirs. Although before that, he and Pei Chengyi expected that the United States would extend a helping hand to Russia in a crisis moment, that is, to send troops to participate in the mainland war. However, they did not expect that less than half a year after the war broke out, Du Qiwei sent the US military over and used all his strength from the beginning. It can be said that this mistake in strategic judgment made the mainland war that was originally planned to be fought within one year even longer. It also made the Republic's army pay a huge price for hundreds of thousands of casualties.
Of course, this is not all bad for the Republic.
In any case, the United States has limited potential for war. Especially in the early stages of the war, even the Republic was unable to launch all the war power. The United States naturally would not be much better. To put it bluntly, after Duchewei extended a helping hand to Russia with extremely sincere heart, the US military's combat operations in other directions will definitely be affected. Although the US military's combat operations on the Pacific battlefield were not greatly affected. After all, it was the US Navy that dominated the Pacific War and the Marine Corps that obeyed the command of the navy during the war, even if the West
The main force in the South Pacific is the US Army, and Ducheway will not let the US Army deployed in Australia bypass most of the earth to fight in Russia. However, in other important directions, especially the Middle East battlefield that the US Army is actively planning, the impact of Ducheway's move is very obvious. You should know that the importance of the Middle East battlefield is not at all under the mainland battlefield. If we consider the relationship between the Middle East and North Africa, there is also the impact of the Middle East on European countries. It can be said that the Middle East battlefield is even more important.
Judging from the situation at that time, if the US Army did not send troops to Russia, the US military would be able to join forces with Israel and Turkey at the latest to attack the Republic on the battlefield of the Middle East. Because the Republic is already fighting on two fronts, and it will definitely fight fiercely with the US military in the Mariana Islands and launch a third round of offensive battles on the mainland battlefield, it will definitely be difficult to invest heavy troops on the battlefield of the Middle East. In addition, Iran has also sent troops to Russia, so it will be difficult to play a big role in the battlefield of the Middle East. In this way, Iraq will be the one who fights the strength of the Central and the Guards, and the Syrian and Kurdistan's army will be describing the fact that the troops of one or two countries are definitely not the opponent of the US-Israel-Turkish coalition.
Even if it is conservatively estimated, the Republic can only use defense instead of attacking on the Middle East battlefield.
In fact, judging from the order Pei Chengyi gave Li Dongshi, before the Mengkou Nian, the main task of the Middle East War Zone was to withstand the enemy's attack and avoid retreating across the board. In other words, under the premise of active defense, the defense line can be actively contracted when necessary, that is, to actively retreat to preserve troops.
Because of the sending troops to Russia, it is certainly impossible for the US military to launch the Middle East War at the end of June.
Under the circumstances at that time, even if the US military forcibly launched the Middle East War, the attack that should have been thunderous would become weak due to insufficient military input. It is obvious that an attack without threats would definitely not be able to achieve the purpose of the battle. In any case, the general Li Dongshi, who was born in the Middle East War Zone, was the general who was promoted from Nonghei, the five elders, and Ranchi, was probably the best general in the Republic Army who was good at fighting defensive wars. It can be said that Pei Chengyi left Li Dongshi in the Middle East War Zone, hoping to give full play to the special talent that would never be killed or defeated when necessary.
To be continued...