Sincerely speaking, the taste of world war gradually emerged.

Objectively speaking, if the battles on the Pacific battlefield were small and small, in the last four months of the year, that is, the four after the Saipan landing battle ended. Then during this period, the battles on the mainland battlefield were not only vigorous, but also extremely thrilling.

As mentioned earlier, because the United States sent troops to Russia and invested 8 divisions at one time (the first batch of only 2 divisions arrived), Yuan Chenhao had to postpone the launch of the second round of offensive battle from the old day of the Ming Dynasty to the ugly day of May. If it weren't for the upcoming "rainy season" in Russia, the weather would become unfavorable to the attack. Yuan Chenhao might even postpone the attack launch time for another half a month. Without the inability to postpone the attack time, he could only adjust the battle plan, reduce the purpose of the battle, and deal with the challenges of the US military.

It must be admitted that Yuan Chenhao gave the US Army a very high evaluation.

For U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Boothchelle, I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Although in the eyes of most people, the United States has never been a land power. To be precise, the United States has never been a country that relies on the army to conquer the world. Even at its heyday after World War II, the US Army was considered "the most powerful, but no one can deny that after the Middle East War in Yingnian, the Army received high attention from the US authorities and achieved great development. More importantly, since the old year, the development direction of the US Army has been very clear, that is, to defeat the Republic Army as its ultimate goal. This is understandable. If the US Army cannot defeat the Republic Army, the United States will not be able to win the world war, and may even be defeated in a mess.

In order to achieve the ultimate goal, the US Army carried out a modern military reform that lasted for a long time.

Even if the average life expectancy in developed countries exceeds the age of blade, the 100-year-old birthday stars are everywhere. The year is still a short and long time. The problem is that the year is very short for building a strong army. Although the US Army considered the threat of a world war when formulating reform plans, that is, the military modernization development plan, due to various practical factors, the development time set is still the year of force, not the year of old. Objectively speaking, this is also in line with the actual situation, that is, the average construction cycle of the army is between year of force and year. If the development rules are set as the old year, even if there is no need to worry about being questioned by Congress, the construction results will be considered. To put it bluntly, it is whether soldiers can accept the new military system and military ideas in such a short time, or whether they can complete the replacement of new and old in such a short time. In any case, the modernization reform of the US Army must abide by the objective laws of development of things.

In fact, the US Army lacks the experience of comprehensive reforms, especially the major changes from equipment to tactics carried out under the promotion of technology. Historically, several major changes in the Army have nothing to do with the United States. Needless to say, the United States did not exist at that time. After entering the Age of Hot Weapons, the three Army changes triggered by artillery, machine guns and tanks basically had nothing to do with the United States. They were all initiated by European countries and were only adopted by the US Army after verification. This is understandable. Under the protection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Navy Fleet, the US authorities do not have to worry about the powerful European legion at all, nor do they have to invest too much material and financial resources during the exploration of the army's reform. They can enjoy the success of European countries' reforms and use their strong basic strength to surpass their competitors.

For example, the British invented the tank, Germany carried it forward, and the Soviet Union pushed the tank to its peak. As a result, in the Gulf War in the 1990s, the US Army in the state equipped with states easily defeated the Iraqi army. It made the US tank a new weather vane. For a moment, the standard equipment on the 0-mm smoothbore cannon, gas turbine, welding armor, tail ammunition compartment, depleted uranium alloy armor and armor-piercing bombs, automatic explosion suppression system, passive infrared night vision instrument, etc., became an important indicator for measuring the performance of the main battle tank, and even the appearance of... was synonymous with "advanced. Otherwise, the South Korean Army would not have created a similar quotation to... Mountain. In terms of scenery, it is probably only during World War II, and Bi can compare with it.

The problem is that this "imitation plus transcendence." model must have a prerequisite, that is, it far exceeds the basic strength of its competitors, especially its basic scientific research strength. Let's look at the development experience of the US Army in the years after World War II. As long as it finds the development direction and determines the goal, the United States can use its strong basic strength to make the army surpass its opponents in a very short time. Still, in terms of tanks, it was not as good as the Soviet Union's contemporary suspense and injury (this has been confirmed in the Middle East War and the Iran-Iraq War), and... the sword, which can surpass its contemporaries in one fell swoop, is even more advanced than Tian and Na, and is closely related to the strong basic strength of the United States, especially its strength in scientific research.

The key is here. Starting from the 2-drawing, the United States' leading advantage in basic strength began to decline.

In the final analysis, there is only one reason, that is, it is not the United States that initiated the power revolution, but the Republic. Because it has not been able to master the core technology of the power revolution, the United States gradually lost its leading position in various fields, and even in some exclusive high-tech fields. For example, in the electronic field represented by computer chips, not only transistor technology was born in the United States, but before the beginning of the century, the United States almost dominated the world in this field, especially in commercial computer chips. Even Japan, which followed closely behind, could not stand up to it. With the advent of room temperature superconducting technology, the United States' advantages in the electronic field disappeared, especially in new fields such as neural network computers and quantum computers. The United States not only has no advantages, but is at an absolute disadvantage, which forced the US authorities to invest huge scientific research funds of hundreds of billions of dollars in related fields. For the US Army, the impact of this backwardness in basic technology is more obvious.

What's even more destiny is that even though it has clearly lost its "latecomer advantage", the US Army is still self-confidenced for a long time and has not made adjustments to its development model. It can be said that in the past few local wars, the main reason for the US Army's successive defeats was self-confidence. If it weren't for the "slim camel bigger than a horse" that the United States still had a lot of "a lot of comprehensive national strength, Jiabu could survive! For decades, I'm afraid that before the outbreak of the Ga. The Raptor 20 World War, the US Army had already become a second-rate legion.

No matter what, being late is better than not.

After suffering a crushing defeat in the Middle East War in his childhood, the US Army finally came to await, realized the huge gap with the Republican Army, and formulated a development plan for a long time. It must be admitted that as a country established by exiles, explorers and bankrupts, the United States is very good at learning from failure. When formulating the development plan, the US Army not only put forward a very clear purpose, but also made detailed plans for achieving the goal. Whether it is a realistic system or a traditional custom, the Americans are very good at formulating plans, and they are very detailed. According to the relevant report submitted by the US Army to Congress in Likou Year, the progress of the modernization of the army in the development regulations was detailed every quarter, and even detailed plans were made on which projects should be launched each month, and the months for which each project should reach a certain stage, and also made detailed demonstrations on the feasibility of the regulations.

I have to say that this is the characteristic of "American style project".

Anyone who knows the United States should know that the development plan of the US Army will definitely not be realized. At least it cannot be realized according to the schedule. You should know that in the past hundred years, various American military branches have proposed dozens of similar development plans, but none of them have truly implemented them according to the plan, and they have been reduced by 60% per day.

Although the development of the US Army is not as good as the worst, it has also changed during the implementation process.

Judging from the final implementation results, if the difference between the development regulations and the plan is the most important part, it is the compilation reform.

As we all know, the US Army has a very complicated organizational system. During the Cold War of the United States and the Soviet Union, the US Army has always adhered to the organizational system established during World War II, that is, based on the theater, and established group armies, divisions, brigades and battalions under the theater (battalions are the smallest organization with independent combat capabilities). After the Gulf War in the early 1900s, in response to the "air-ground integrated warfare." The US Army began to adjust its organizational system, the army was abolished, and the brigade-level combat units were strengthened. By the 2nd! The "War on Terrorism. During the early 2000s, the brigade-level combat units were strengthened again, and the integration of the regular army and the National Guard officially began. Until the Middle East War in Lishan, the US Army still used divisions as the basic combat units and brigades as the main independent combat units, and the organizational system did not undergo any essential changes. It can be said that this is the main manifestation of the US Army's conscientiousness and lack of deep understanding of modern military changes.

When summarizing the experience of the Middle East War, the US Army proposed that backward organization is the main reason for low combat effectiveness.

Affected by this, the U.S. Army was planning to reform the preparation before the development plan was proposed.

Because the goal is to surpass the Republic Army, before that, I must have caught up with the Republic Army. Therefore, in the year of the year, the US Army made the decision to learn from the Republic Army. That is, to adopt the organizational system of the Republic Army, and then seek ways to surpass them. As a major power army, in terms of specific manifestations, the US Army adopted the strategy of "old bottles of new wine", that is, to reorganize combat troops according to the organizational model of combat units of the Republic Army as much as possible, on the basis of retaining the troops number and the code names of troops at all levels, the combat troops will be reorganized according to the organizational model of the Republic Army combat units.

The benefits of doing this are very obvious. In addition to making it easier for the officers and soldiers of the army to accept, it can also reduce criticism from Congress.

That's why the first thing the US Army does is to "expand" the division to elevate its combat units.

In fact, this is also the easiest and easiest step.

Traditionally, the US Army's division has 2 to 3 brigades. In addition to clearly defined functional brigades for combat purposes, such as artillery brigades and aviation brigades, each brigade under the division-level brigades has no clear functional brigades, that is, they all have considerable combat capabilities and self-support capabilities. In terms of dealing with limited regional conflicts and small-scale local wars, this organization can maximize the combat effectiveness of the troops, that is, in a certain direction, the brigade-level troops can shoulder the heavy responsibility of combat, and no functional troops must be deployed, thereby reducing military input. The problem is also prominent, that is, in large-scale local wars, it is difficult to concentrate enough troops in a certain direction, and it is difficult to exert the combat effectiveness of the troops in a specific environment. Before World War III,

The disastrous defeat in the Middle East War is a direct manifestation of this drawback. It can be said that the US military did not have the Republican Army, which was much less powerful on the northern front, and it was mixed with the troops, making it difficult to exert the combat effectiveness of combat troops, especially frontal combat units. According to the US Army's investigation, in the frontal combat of the Middle East War, "a US military division could not even defeat the Republican Army combat units! A combat brigade often needed three US military divisions to withstand the attack of one combat unit in frontal combat. At this time, the US military invested more than twice the strength of the Republican Army, and the US military fighting on the front line was more than three times that of the Republican Army. Even if the gap in equipment performance was included, the US military's combat efficiency was less than half that of the Republican Army.

With this understanding, the direction of staffing reform is very clear.

The problem is that in the next reforms, the US military encountered a lot of trouble. Not to mention anything else. To reorganize the brigades below the division according to their functions, it will be difficult for many US military officers, especially grassroots officers. The reason is very simple. The combat brigades must be half a level higher than the support brigade. As a "professional soldier", that is, American soldiers who use money to serve in the army, this means salary, welfare, status, and even the order of promotions in the future. Naturally, no one is willing to become victims, and someone must make sacrifices.

In order to promote reform, not only did three army chiefs of staff change within two years, but it also led to the election crisis in the year of Daobai.

These things reflect the reality of the US military from one side, that is, why did the US Army suffer a great loss in decades, especially in the Peninsula War in the Yang era, and not until it was defeated again on the battlefield after Li Nian. To put it simply, it is "hard to return". As an "institutional country", whether it is the US military or the US government, it must act according to the system. No one can violate the prescribed system unless it changes the system. Therefore, changing the system, that is, changing the military organization, different body and hearts for Leeds' struggle has become the most difficult and contradictory thing.

The problem is that the establishment system of the US Army has reached a point where it must be changed.

It can be said that it is precisely because reforms are necessary that the US Army’s organization reform did not give up halfway. Not only did it persist, it also steadily advances under a lot of resistance.

Coincidentally, with the successful appointment of Landers United, the reform of the US Army began to accelerate.

It has to be admitted that promoting the reform of the army can be regarded as one of the few highlights of Landers, a less successful president, in his eight-year meaningless ruling career.

It was in this year that the US Army's modernization construction plan entered the stage of full implementation.

Cooperating with the organizational reform, the US Army transformed at a shocking speed.

During Landers' second term, the reform of the US Army was progressing very smoothly. Not only did Juefu's main combat equipment project successfully launched in World War III, but many equipment development projects that were not implemented or received attention during the former National Party government were reopened.

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All in all, the US Army has obtained a very critical 4-year development period.

By Landers left the White House, the arms race before World War III broke out in full swing. That is, in the year of the year, the modernization reform of the US Army ushered in the second turning point. Although at this time, Ducheway was still the leader of the opposition party, and was not even a member of Congress, and he had no chance to participate in national decision-making, according to a more credible statement, in the US military reform, Ducheway used his influence in the army, especially some subordinates without political factions, to have a great impact on the modernization reform of the US military, including the modernization reform of the US Army.

From the perspective of contribution, the most important thing Duchewei did is to shorten the reform cycle of the US military.

Although there is no evidence that some people expected the war to break out in the year of the year. But there is reason to believe that at the latest, Duqiwei should realize that the war will definitely not delay after the year of the year, and that the possibility of breaking out after the past year is the greatest. In this way, reform plans like the US Army that are only completed within four years will not be feasible

It's right.

Of course, it is definitely not easy to shorten 5 years.

In addition to greater military expenditures, the speed of technological development, especially the development of basic science, has become the key to the success or failure of military reform.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that the reform of the US Army has changed its flavor.

In any case, any military system can be based on military ideas, and the basis of military ideas is definitely basic tactics, and the basis of tactics is weapons and equipment. This is like in the era of cold weapons, the "Ten Ten Systems" can most effectively exert the combat effectiveness of the troops, and in the era of hot weapons, the "Three Three Systems" is more reasonable. In short, the basis of the reform of the US Army is actually equipment development, without advanced weapons and equipment; any reform is equal to empty talk. Of course, equipment construction cannot keep up with the pace of reform, which is not a problem faced by the army. Other branches of the United States also have the same problem, but the severity is different.

According to the US Army's evaluation, the modernization reform that lasted for the past year was not successful.

Of course, this is for the highest purpose. That is to say, in the eyes of the generals of the United States Army, there is only one standard for measuring the success or failure of reforms. That is, whether you have the ability to surpass the Republic Army and gain the ability to defeat the Republic Army.

Objectively speaking, the US Army has achieved many achievements in the past year reform, which can be considered relatively successful.

Not to mention anything else, judging by Yuan Chenhao's reaction after the United States sent troops to Russia, this general who once commanded the Republic's Army to defeat the US Army on the northern front of the Middle East War had affirmed the reform of the US Army, otherwise he would not have repeatedly postponed the launch of the battle.

There is no doubt that Yuan Chenhao is definitely paying attention to the modernization reform of the US Army.

Although in the past years, the Republic Army focused on expanding scale and consolidation, that is, strengthening the combat effectiveness of reserve combat units, improving the training level of reserves and militias, and reserving more military talents, and not making much adjustments to the organizational system. In terms of equipment construction, the Republic Army was also relatively conservative, that is, strengthening the strategic reserve system in accordance with the requirements of expanding scale and enhancing wartime mobilization capabilities, and raising the importance of equipment quantity to quality. However, as the world's number one army, the Republic Army's reform work has never stopped or relaxed. Like the Republic Navy, on the road to exploring new tactics, the Republic Army chose the basic strategy of accumulating strength, that is, on the basis of active exploration, it does not take action easily, put actions during the war, and use the convenient conditions of the wartime system to burst out the capital accumulated in the early stage, and maximize the combat effectiveness of the troops.

This strategy is understandable. After all, it is difficult to keep military reforms confidential, so it cannot be shown to others too early.

Of course, the problem of this strategy is also quite prominent, that is, in the early stages of the war, at least one year after the war began, the combat effectiveness of the Republic Army was unlikely to be greatly improved. Therefore, in addition to increasing the military strength and expanding the scale of the troops, it is difficult for the Republic Army to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops to overwhelm the enemy.

In fact, this is the fundamental reason why Yuan Chenhao delayed the launch of the second round of offensive battle.

The first batch of US troops arriving in Russia is equivalent to two combat units of the Republic's Army. By the Ming Chou Day, when the second round of offensive battles began, six US Army divisions had arrived in Russia, and the first two divisions had arrived in Kirov. The Russian army would send two armored divisions and two mechanized and infantry divisions deployed in Kirov to Ulyanovsk and Koshan to strengthen the central defense line. The second batch of two US Army divisions arrived were also on their way to Rostov and were expected to participate in the Russian counterattack operations in the south of the front. From this deployment, it can be roughly inferred that the third batch of two US Army divisions arrived were likely to be sent to Volgograd and become the backbone of the defending city, and the fourth batch of US Army units that were crossing the Atlantic Ocean would stay in Ronezhv or Ryazan to serve as a combat reserve.

Although the US military made a big mistake when deploying combat units, the combat effectiveness of the eight US military divisions arrived one after another was equivalent to the six combat units of the Republic Army. The offensive troops that Yuan Chenhao invested in in the early stages were only considered to be possible to increase troops to Russia, so Yuan Qiao was so sweet that he would add combat units to the front line. If we consider the combat effectiveness of the newly formed combat units, it is best to rudder combat units and hand over the non-combat and secondary combat tasks behind the front line to the Allied troops. This is true, when the battle was postponed, Yuan Chenhao increased the combat troops he invested all the way to the counter combat units and the Allied National Division.

The problem is that increasing troops can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. In any case, since the Peninsula War in the 1920s, the Republic's Army no longer relies on military strength to win. It can be said that in all local wars after the Peninsula War, the Republic's Army never gained a military advantage, and rarely invested more troops than the enemy in offensive battles.

It can be seen that increasing troops is just a forced choice.

For Yuan Chenhao, after increasing his troops, he had to do another thing, that is, adjust the purpose of the battle, and even adjust the entire battle action.

Not to mention anything else, if the US Army participates in the war, Yuan Chenhao must re-measure the feasibility of the war plan.

From another perspective, even if Yuan Chenhao did not adjust the daily target of the battle, Pei Chengyi would remind him. Based on the situation at that time, when Yuan Chenhao launched the second round of offensive battles, he had to first figure out whether to regard the Russian army as the main target of attack or to give the US military a warning. In other words, is it necessary to concentrate troops and fight several battles specifically targeting the US military and destroying the US military's vital forces.

It can be said that this is the biggest difference between Yuan Chenhao and Pei Chengyi.

From Yuan Chenhao's position, he must have wanted to severely damage the US military. The reason is very simple. Give the US military a warning and eliminate tens of thousands of American soldiers. This will make the arrogant US authorities realize that even if they do their best to support Russia, the US Army will not change the situation on the mainland battlefield, and will only make thousands of American soldiers a funeral for Russia. Although this is difficult to change the US authorities' minds, that is, the US authorities will not stop sending troops to Russia because of the first battle, but it will definitely make the US authorities re-examine it.

Depending on the combat operations on the Russian battlefield, the US Army spends more time to formulate a plan and even create some conflicts between the United States and Russia, thereby delaying the US military dispatch. As long as the US Army combat troops can slow down the speed at which the US Army can reach the Russian battlefield, the Republican Army will have the opportunity to fight to Moscow before the US military reverses the situation. Even if it can only push the front to Liangzan, it will make the US authorities realize that Russia has been defeated and there is no meaning to continue sending troops, thus ending the mainland war in a relatively satisfactory way.

It is understandable that Yuan Chenhao had such an idea. After all, after Pei Chengyi intervened in military command, his primary identity was no longer the Chief of Staff, but the commander of the mainland war zone.

It can be seen that Yuan Chenhao's position seriously lacks a view of the overall situation.

Not to mention how likely it is to agree to the mainland war after the United States sent troops to Russia. According to the original plan, the US authorities made a strategic decision to send troops to Russia, and Duchwi would not fight a war that was unsure. In other words, the US Army must have prepared for participating in the mainland war. If Russia was quickly defeated, where would the hundreds of thousands of American troops originally planned to be sent to the Russian battlefield? You must know that on any battlefield, hundreds of thousands of American troops can change the situation on the battlefield.

Judging from the situation in May of 2018, as long as the Republic Army reaches Moscow by the end of the year, Duchwit is likely to allow the transport ships heading to Russia to sail to the Mediterranean, put hundreds of thousands of elite U.S. Army troops into the Middle East, and use the victory of the Middle East War to make up for the disastrous defeat of the mainland war. Because Yuan Chenhao always advocated winning the mainland war first, and to attack Moscow by the end of the year, he had to invest enough troops. Therefore, when the US military reinforced the Middle East, Li Dongshi definitely did not have enough troops to withstand hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops, and he could not defend the Middle East front. The result is conceivable, even if the Republic Army is

A great victory on the mainland battlefield will also be overshadowed by the crushing defeat on the Middle East battlefield. More importantly, even if the EU declares war on Russia before the Republic's army occupied Moscow, then sends troops to control Belarus, Ukraine and western Russia, blocking the Republic's army thousands of kilometers away, because of the Republic's army's crushing defeat on the Middle East battlefield, the EU will never declare war on the United States, and will even make peace with the United States. After Russia's defeat, the EU's attitude determines the final direction of World War III, so the price the Republic pays must be much greater than the fruits it has achieved.

To be fair, this is the fundamental reason why Pei Chengyi opposed Yuan Chenhao's extreme claims.

It can be said that this just reflects the strategic decision-making ability of the two. Although the world war is a comprehensive war composed of multiple wars, no one can deny that the wars in the world war are related to each other and will influence each other. Therefore, victory or defeat on any battlefield cannot represent overall victory or defeat. Only what is useful for the final victory is valuable and should be actively strive for.

It can be seen from this that Pei Chengyi does not advocate attacking the US military.

To be precise, it does not advocate the US military being the number one target of attack.

According to Yuan Chenhao's memories after the war, Pei Chengyi's opinion was very clear at that time, that is, on the premise of appropriately reducing the target of the battle, he still aims to strike and eliminate the Russian army's vitality as the main purpose, and to appropriately attack the US military, especially the US military that is more active on the battlefield. The main purpose of attacking the US military is not to eliminate the US military's vitality as well. Instead, he attacks the morale and fighting spirit of US military officers and soldiers.

Although Pei Chengyi did not explain why he fought like this, Yuan Chenhao did not mention it in his memory. However, it can be concluded that Pei Chengyi wanted to put pressure on the US military, so that while allowing the US military to realize the difficulties on the mainland battlefield, he would not defeat the will of the US military. To put it bluntly, Pei Chengyi's purpose was only one, that is, to use the second round of offensive battles to make the US authorities more troops, and to make the US authorities more troops as soon as possible, so that hundreds of thousands of American soldiers who have been armed and are armed will not cause trouble on other battlefields.

As an army general, Yuan Chenhao could not have misunderstood Pei Chengyi's intentions.

The problem arises. If the US authorities decide to increase troops to Russia and regard the mainland battlefield as the primary battlefield of the army, then it will not only be affected by the second round of offensive battles, but also all future offensive actions, that is, the entire war plan, must be adjusted.

In this regard, Pei Chengyi also gave a clear reply, that is, after winning the first "Observatory Campaign, the United States began to increase its troops in Russia, it could appropriately recommend the launch time of the round of offensive campaign, and if necessary, it could also adjust the combat plan of the third round of offensive campaign and the entire mainland war. According to Yuan Chenhao, Pei Chengyi had hinted at that time that he would increase troops on the mainland battlefield and extend the planned time of the war from 1 year to clam. Of course, the premise was that the US Army must be severely damaged on the mainland battlefield.

What is not very understandable is that Yuan Chenhao did not argue and completely "adopted" Pei Chengyi's suggestions.

Of course, some people will say that Pei Chengyi is the supreme commander of the Republic. Although Yuan Chenhao is the chief of staff, as a soldier, he must obey orders.

Obviously, the situation is not that simple. You should know that before this, Pei Chengyi had always advocated focusing on the Pacific battlefield rather than on the mainland battlefield. As a result, it was under Yuan Wuhao's insistence that the mainland battlefield had gained the same status as the Pacific battlefield. If Yuan Chenhao was a soldier who only obeyed orders, he would not have fought against Pei Chengyi on the issue of left and right. Back to the essential issue, that is, how to fight this war, it is not difficult to understand why Yuan Chenhao did not fight against Pei Chengyi on the issue of changing the plan for the mainland war. To put it bluntly, Yuan Chen

Hao has selfishness, and Pei Chengyi also has selfishness. One wants to take this opportunity to revive the army, while the other wants to balance the various branches of the army to promote military reform. Adjusting the mainland war plan and fighting the US Army on the mainland battlefield will not harm Yuan Chenhao. In any case, the larger the scale of the mainland war, the higher the status of the army. Of course, this does not harm Pei Chengyi. When the US Army sent its main force to Russia, it is naturally difficult to exert force on other battlefields and it will be difficult to open up new fronts. This allows other branches of the Republic to play a more important role in other battlefields.

Of course, these are all things that happened later.
To be continued...