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Volume Fourteen, Smoke of Gunpowder, Chapter 82, Great Opportunity(1/2)

Many people believe that the US military has only been chewing on the mainland battlefield in mid-year. "The just deployment of the mobilization was planned and organized by General Blüchel, the Chief of Staff of the Army, but there are enough reasons to believe it. The real person of this round of mobilization was Duchwie, who lives in the White House.

It must be admitted that Du Qiwei is indeed a commander with outstanding military talents.

When adjusting the defense deployment, the first thing Duchiwei did was unexpected: to increase troops to Russia.

What is even more surprising is that Duchwie not only asked Blücher to send the elite troops of the US Army, but also doubled the number of troops sent. The Eastern European War Zone was established in Russia, and the headquarters was located in Moscow. The army general Almer who went to serve as the theater commander was also with him. Although, according to the situation at that time, he served as the commander of the US European Theater, served as the chief representative of the US-Russian Military Consultative Committee at Dawannian, and helped Russia draft a military reform plan in Oral Years, General Steed, who helped Russia draft a military reform plan, was more suitable for Moscow's position, but considering Steed's national identity, German and the events that had happened with the Russian army during his work in Russia, Duchwie sent Almer, who had Dutch descent and had more stable affairs.

Let’s not talk about anything else, this personnel appointment alone is difficult to understand.

You should know that in addition to Duchwie and Army Chief of Staff Blüchel, Almer is the best candidate for the commander of the US Middle East War Zone. Because the first two are impossible to serve as the commander of the theater, Almer is actually the number one candidate for the commander of the Middle East War Zone. Before the war broke out, Almer was the commander of the regional military force formed by the United Mediterranean Joint Forces, which was sent by the United States, Israel, Turkey and Malta, and has been in Turkey for a long time.

His activity headquarters is in Antalya, Turkey, and he is very familiar with the situation in the Middle East. According to the US military's habits, after joining the war, Almer exercised the power of the theater commander as the commander of the joint force. In other words, Duchwit has already defaulted to Almer as the commander of the Middle East War, and hopes that this "veteran" who participated in the Middle East War can achieve impressive results in this battlefield connecting Europe, Asia and Africa and reverse the passive battlefield situation.

More importantly, there is no right person to replace Almer.

As we all know, the Middle East War in Secret Year was defeated, especially on the Northern Front. The US Army lost almost all its capital. On the contrary, the Marine Corps and the Southern Front led by the Israeli army improved a little. Even if we do not consider how many outstanding officers the US Army lost in this war called "the most thorough defeat. Most of the US Army generals who participated in the war were implicated. Blüchel was in the late throne and took the opportunity of expanding the army to be promoted to general of the army at the last moment. Interestingly, it was precisely because too many generals were demoted that Blüchel became the acting chief of staff of the Army in Ninth without many competitors.

Affected by the Sino-Gao War, until this time, the position of the Chief of Staff of the US Army was empty, either the Secretary of Defense was appointed or the Acting Chief of Staff was appointed. He was supported by Duchewei at the beginning of the year and officially became the Chief of Staff. By the time the war broke out, only Almel was an army general, and the others had nothing to do with the army. Although there were still a large number of generals in the US Army. Moreover, in terms of qualifications, Almel, who was promoted to general in 2 and 4 years, was indeed a little younger. However, from experience and talent, it was indeed difficult to find a commander who was more suitable for the Middle East battlefield than him.

Duchway sent Almer to Russia, which was obviously far-reaching.

Judging from the increased troops, almost everyone would believe that Duchwie plans to fight a big battle in Russia.

By June Blade Day, the US military sent four main divisions to Russia to supplement nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers from the four divisions that were severely damaged in the previous battles, and all the heavy equipment used to re-arm these four divisions. Although the supplementary soldiers were mostly newly recruited "baby soldiers" and many of them were young people from old age to strong age, and they lacked scraping training. Some even had just graduated from high school, so these supplementary soldiers had to undergo several months of training in Russia, but from this action, it can be seen that Duchwei's determination was very firm, that is, to defend Russia at all costs.

. Judging from the situation at that time, it was reasonable to let the US new recruits go to Russia to undergo pre-war training. The reason is very simple. By the time these American new recruits have basic combat qualities, Russia has ushered in the autumn of the year, so let these American soldiers adapt to the Russian environment as soon as possible. Especially the cold environment in autumn and winter is very helpful for the subsequent combat operations. It is also true that the US military set the training base in the Arctic Circle of the Bochaola River estuary in the Nenets Autonomous Region, and is far away from the North Atlantic warm current, and is hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest city.

Relatively speaking, June is just a small fight.

In July, the US military's actions to reinforce Russia reached its climax.

According to the records of the US military, only before the old days, there were ports transporting combat troops and fleets dedicated to transporting combat materials for the US military to arrive in Russia. Because Murmansk's throughput capacity is very limited, although it is nominally the largest port in northern Russia, its annual throughput capacity is less than 40,000 tons. Even with the arrival of summer, Arkhangelsk can accept merchant ships. The ports in the port will be frozen in winter. Ships need the help of icebreakers to enter the port. Ports in northern Russia still cannot accept so many ships, and all Russian ports in the Black Sea area fall into the hands of the Republic, so about two-thirds of the United States

The fleets all went to the Baltic Sea. The problem is that, except for Kaliningrad, Russia has only a port city in St. Petersburg in the Baltic Sea region. To be precise, there is only a coastline in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland that is less than a thousand meters long. St. Petersburg is located at the easternmost end of the Gulf of Finland, and its throughput capacity can only support one fleet at most. Affected by this, the United States had to help Russia convince the three Baltic countries that Finland is a member of the EU and has historical problems with Russia. Therefore, it is impossible to open ports to the US fleet, allowing these three Baltic countries that have close ties to Russia to open ports. Obviously, it is necessary to promote

Although Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are both veritable small countries, as member states, they all enjoy Omin's collective security protection, that is, any invasion of the Chinese Communist Party invasion of the EU will be attacked by the EU. In this way, the United States and Russia dare not take these three small countries as a result. According to relevant international law, as long as they do not participate in military operations, do not provide military assistance to the belligerent parties, do not help the belligerent parties obtain military strength, that is, as long as they do not engage in military operations, do not help the belligerent parties obtain military strength, that is, as long as they do not engage in war production, they do not provide military assistance to the belligerent parties, do not help the belligerent parties obtain military strength, that is, they do not use war products.

The normal exchanges between countries are not affected, and humanitarian aid and other acts aimed at protecting civilians in war countries have been supported and protected by international law. In this way, the United States can use the ports of the three Baltic countries to transport non-military materials such as food, medicine, and even industrial raw materials to Russia, and send military materials and combat troops to Russia's ports. Of course, the United States and Russia have to pay huge fees for borrowing ports, railways and other infrastructure.

Of course, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania provide convenience to the United States and Russia, which will definitely make the Republic very dissatisfied.

As early as the beginning of the year, after the United States joined the war, using the ports of these three countries to transport supplies to Russia, the Republic sent formal diplomatic notes to the EU and the three parties, requiring the three Baltic countries to bear all the consequences. Because in the next first round of offensive battles, the Republic's army destroyed more than 40,000 Russian grass, pushed the front thousands of kilometers forward, and even crossed the Russian Ural line and attacked Europe. Therefore, the three Baltic countries still restrained their material transit issue. At one time, only ships that transport humanitarian aid materials into the port, while ships that transport other materials were turned away.

Affected by this, before making the decision to send troops to Russia, the United States strengthened its military presence in Norway. Norway was a member of the São Group, not an EU member, and once allowed the Second Fleet to enter the Baltic Sea and put pressure on the EU and the Baltic Sea countries. Relatively speaking, Russia did not put pressure on the three Baltic Sea countries. After all, Russia was a direct participating country on the mainland battlefield at that time. Exploring a military threat to the EU member states was equivalent to posing a military threat to the EU, which was equivalent to being an enemy with the EU. In the case of too many enemies, the Russian authorities certainly did not want to attack the second enemy, especially a powerful enemy.

In any case, the Republic is thousands of miles away, while the United States is on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, and Russia is by your side.

In the face of strong military pressure, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania successively compromised and relaxed restrictions on transit materials, just to give an explanation, increase the transit fee of materials several times, and require payment in hard currency instead of fooling them with paper money. The Republic is also very helpless in this regard.

In fact, judging from the actions of the three Baltic countries during this period, there is reason to believe that the EU must have reached a secret agreement with the United States, that is, to maintain peaceful and friendly bilateral relations as much as possible on the premise of defending the common interests of both sides as the highest goal. And to give as much convenience as possible within the scope permitted by the international relations norms.

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From the standpoint of the United States, the EU guarantees

No matter how it is said, the United States has become a foregone conclusion to increase its troops to Russia.

According to relevant information from the US authorities, in July, the US Army sent a total of 8 main divisions to Russia, and also transported various combat equipment weighing more than 40,000 tons, as well as about 40,000 tons of ammunition and medicine. At this point, the US military in Russia has reached a division, of which one has complete combat power and combat force of more than 10,000. If it includes the US Air Force Air Force dispatched to Russia and the strengthening forces of the US Army Air Force, the total U.S. military force on the Russian battlefield exceeds 10,000.

No matter what standard is used to measure it, this is a combat force that cannot be underestimated.

You should know that by this time, the remaining main forces of the Russian Army were less than 10,000, and the total strength of the Republic Army invested in the mainland battlefield was 10,000, of which the main forces were only about 10,000. It can be said that in terms of combat effectiveness alone, the US military on the Russian battlefield had surpassed the Russian army and became the main opponent of the Republic Army. If we consider that the US military still has strong air support forces, then the threat of the US military should not be underestimated.

If we consider the time when the United States sent troops to Russia and the actions of increasing troops to Russia with the Saipan landing operations on the Pacific battlefield and the Mariana Naval Battle, we can clearly realize that the United States has not deviated from its established strategic direction and that all efforts are for the same one.

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This is to launch a strategic offensive in the Middle East.

Duchway sent Almer to Moscow, but stayed the main force of Liwan deployed in the Middle East from the perspective of reinforcement of Russia. It was definitely much easier to send Liwan troops deployed in Turkey to Ukraine than to send domestic troops to ports on the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic. Even if it was to increase troops to Turkey, it would be easier, which was enough to prove that the US president still decided to make a difference in the Middle East.

In fact, this is exactly the opportunity Duchwit saw as mentioned earlier.

Imagine that if the crazy increase in Russia's strategy works, that is, the Republican authorities will conclude that the US military will launch a large-scale strategic counterattack in Russia, in fact, it will indeed launch a strategic counterattack and regard Russia as the main battlefield. Then the Republican authorities will definitely leave the main force on the mainland battlefield. With Yuan Chenhao's character, when the troops are sufficient, they will definitely fight against the opponent, that is, take advantage of the loopholes in the defense line when the US military launches an offensive, actively and proactively launch a counterattack, and develop the counterattack into a strategic offensive. At this point, when the US military launches an offensive on the Middle East battlefield, the Republic's Army will definitely be in a dilemma. For the US military, it only needs to do one thing. That is, to win before the Republican army completes the adjustment, they can win on the Middle East battlefield, and at least last for several more years.

No matter what, the situation of the Republic's army will definitely be very difficult to fight to this point.

What is a bit confusing is that before the end of July, Pei Chengyi did not send additional troops to the Middle East War Zone, nor did Yuan Chenhao focus on guarding the south, but did something that was difficult to understand. The mainland battlefield was divided into two parts, north and south. Yuan Chenhao continued to serve as the commander of the war zone and also served as the commander of the southern side. General Su Jinhui, who was already in a semi-deferred state before the outbreak of the war, served as the commander of the northern side.

As the front line on the mainland battlefield was rapidly lengthening, it was not a problem to add a layer of command organization. After all, it was difficult for the theater command to take care of all directions. For example, in the second round of offensive battles, Yuan Chenhao did not allow the troops on the northern front and central fronts to play their due role, especially the seventh combat unit and the tenth combat unit, which only ended the battle. They were all playing soy sauce outside the battlefield, which was undoubtedly a waste of valuable military power. The problem is that changing commanders at this critical moment is either lacking consideration or irrelevant intentions.

Obviously, Pei Chengyi must have no intention.

Objectively speaking, the most direct function of the headquarters is to enhance the capacity of the mainland battlefield. The first thing that comes to mind is that Pei Chengyi intends to increase troops to the mainland battlefield. More importantly, the direct purpose of the increase is definitely not to increase the number of strategic reserves. After all, with limited attack directions, no matter how many troops are sent, it is difficult to exert the combat effectiveness of the troops, and can only make more troops play outside the battlefield. In other words, Pei Chengyi hopes to launch an attack from two directions by setting up two commands, or launch an attack in two directions one after another, so as not to give the opponent any respite.

In this way, Ren Xingren would believe that Pei Chengyi was ready to do something on the mainland battlefield.

There is no doubt that this is exactly what is difficult to understand.

You should know that with Pei Chengyi's talent, it is impossible not to know that Du Qiwei did not intend to fight the Republican army to the death on the mainland battlefield. When the enemy was obviously trying to fight in other directions, Pei Chengyi was adding troops to the mainland battlefield. Isn't this the opposite?

Of course, some people may think that this is surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao, and they are actively seeking the initiative.

The question is, is Russia the main target of attack? As mentioned earlier, it is not Russia that really determines the situation in Eurasia, but the Middle East. In this way, even if the Republican army attacks cities and defeats Russia in a vast way, it is difficult to make up for the losses suffered in the Middle East battlefield. It can even be said that even if the US military only achieved very limited victory in the Middle East battlefield, it is enough to make up for the losses in Russia. It can be seen that increasing troops to Russia is not about taking the initiative, but about avoiding the problem.

No matter what, Pei Chengyi is definitely not the one who avoids the problem.

It can be said that this is also the most incomprehensible part.

If Pei Chengyi's talent was not there and Yuan Chenhao did not oppose this strategic adjustment, I am afraid that many generals would think that the head of state made a mistake, which would even lead to serious differences in the decision-making level of the Republic.

On the other hand, Pei Chengyi's abnormal behavior also puzzled Du Qiwei.

You should know that Du Qiwei will never underestimate Pei Chengyi's ability, so there is no reason to believe that Pei Chengyi will make such a low-level mistake. More importantly, when making a strategy, Du Qiwei will definitely stay and deal with it.

According to some information obtained after the war, before the increase in Russia, that is, in early June, the United States had completed the first phase of war mobilization, of which the US Army's mobilization force reached 10,000. Although the Marine Corps had higher priority than the 10,000 yuan, the Marine Corps had higher priority, but including the troops retained before the war and the National Guard that belonged to the reserve, the total strength of the US Army has exceeded 10,000 yuan. If we look at the absolute number, the US Army is not as strong as the Iranian Army in the same period, but according to combat effectiveness, the US Army is second only to the Republic Army and is the second most powerful ground force in the world. More importantly, there is no land power around the United States, or even no land power.

If there are hostile countries, there is no need to retain a powerful regular army on the ground. When the US Army is expanding, the National Guard is also mobilizing. Moreover, according to US law, the regular army has no right to operate domestically. Only the National Guard with a militia nature can perform various tasks including maintaining public order on the local ground. In other words, all the troops of the US Army, such as 10,000 troops can be used on overseas battlefields. In fact, by this time, the US Army has only 10,000 ground troops stationed abroad. Apart from the Marine Corps, the US Army’s external troops stationed in actually have no 40,000. In other words, the US Army still has about 40,000 combat troops to be used. Moreover, these troops have completed basic training and have basic combat effectiveness.

Even if the experience of this million army is very limited, because it has advanced weapons in terms of husband power, its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

To be honest, Duchewei did have a hand. He was very pessimistic about the prediction of the war situation. Otherwise, he would not have left so many strategic reserves. Considering that the United States' strong maritime power was in Tiannian, the United States had legislation that stipulated that all ships belonging to American companies must be registered at home or designated allies, and signed relevant recruitment contracts with the federal government. By the time the war broke out, the United States was already second only to the Republic and the world's second largest merchant ship owner. There were as many transport ships that could be mobilized during the war. More importantly, the United States was still in Tiannian.

At that time, a bill was issued to help the revival of the shipbuilding industry, that is, through government subsidies, encourage enterprises to build shipyards and provide high financial subsidies to all ships built in the United States. By the time the war broke out, the United States' annual capacity for manufacturing and manufacturing exceeded that of Bt. Of course, the actual shipbuilding volume was far less than that, and it was definitely not difficult to transport hundreds of thousands of ground troops to the front lines, including Russia and the Middle East. Otherwise, the US Army would not be able to deliver tens of thousands of officers and soldiers and supporting weapons and equipment to Russia in less than two months.

From this we can see that Du Qiwei never underestimated Pei Chengyi, nor underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Republican army. When everyone thought that Pei Chengyi was making a move, Du Qiwei would not lose his mind. It is precisely because Du Qiwei delayed the strategic offensive action originally planned to be launched at the end of July to early August. He wanted to understand the situation and understand Pei Chengyi's true intentions before making such a major strategic decision. The result was that on August 2

On Sunday, the third day before Duqiwei planned to launch a strategic offensive, General Su Jinhui, who was over 2018, arrived at Yekaterin Arbor and officially presided over the combat operations in the area north of the North latitude Calcium. The actual boundary between the two battlefields is not a straight line, but basically extends eastward with Moscow as the center. Therefore, this boundary is also called the "Moscow Line". Now even Duqiwei is a little confused. Did Pei Chengyi sacrifice the Middle East for the general election?

Of course, this is not impossible.

The problem is that Pei Chengyi dared to sacrifice the Middle East, so he was surprised to meet a prerequisite.

That's why on the day Su Jinhui arrived in Yekaterin Arbor, Duchewei sent the Secretary of State to London. As the presidential envoy, he met with leaders of mainland countries such as France, Germany and Italy within the Gathering Alliance through the British Prime Minister, and conveyed a very important message to these countries that are friendly to the Republic.

No need to guess, the information Duchwit gave to European countries will definitely not be beneficial to the Republic.

It can be seen from the situation at that time that Duqiwei must use the real battlefield situation to make the European countries that believe that the benefits of the Republic can be obtained from the Republic believe that countries with different civilizations are simply unreliable, and that the United States can truly bring benefits to European countries.

Here we involve the aforementioned "prerequisites."

It can be seen from the previous introduction that the importance of the Middle East, in addition to its own strategic value, is the most critical impact on Europe. To be precise, it is the impact on European continent countries, mainly members of the European Collective Security Organization. Duchwie is staring at the Middle East in order to stabilize France, Germany, Italy and other countries. Let Europe stay outside the battlefield, rather than joining the war as a republic allies.

Of course, if France, Germany and Italy can put aside the common security agreement signed with the Republic and join the war as a US allies, that would be a great thing. The problem is that it is obviously not easy to achieve this goal. After all, the Republic is also trying to win over European countries, otherwise it would not allow France, Germany and Italy and other countries to sign the common security agreement by technology transfer before the war breaks out. From this perspective, the Republic must also do its best to compete for the Middle East to influence European countries.

It can be said that this is the key to the importance of the Middle East.

Imagine what consequences would be if the Republic sacrificed the Middle East for absolute victory on the mainland battlefield? Even if it was a little more conservative, it is certain that after the United States won the Middle East War, the European continental countries would never completely surrender to the Republic, and even if they would not lead the Republic to turn against each other, they would not provide help. In other words, Europe is likely to remain absolutely unsuccessful because of this.

Obviously, this is not a good thing.

The EU guarantees that all regions on this strategic line are under the control of the EU. Similarly, even if the Republic can seize Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in northern Russia, due to the obstruction of European countries and islands controlled by European countries such as Scandinavia, Iceland, Shetland, Greenland, etc., it is difficult for the Republic's navy to use the ports of Dai and Yi. It is a remembrance of the United States' sea control in the North Atlantic Ocean. "The Republic has no possibility of leaving the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. In short, without the assistance and support from the EU, the Republic's actions on the mainland battlefield will end with Russia's defeat. Millions of republic troops will stop moving forward.

Objectively speaking, after Russia's defeat, the Republic's Army will definitely go south to the Middle East.

In fact, this is the fundamental reason why the Republic should never sacrifice the Middle East. Because no matter what, throwing it away and then fighting back is definitely not more cost-effective than sticking to it.

Assuming that the Republican authorities lost the Middle East and did not intend to fight back, how would they use hundreds of ground troops with strong combat power? The answer is clear, that is, let the army continue to advance westward, cross the Lorba Range, and sweep the entire European continent.

It can be seen from this that the Republican authorities gave up the Middle East battlefield and concentrated their troops in Russia, and they definitely did not want to meet with the European legion as soon as possible. Instead, they wanted to march into Europe.

It can be said that this is a very simple truth. European politicians can understand it without the explanation of the US presidential envoy.

From Duchwie's standpoint, this is naturally a good thing.

However, when the US President tried to change his mind, he also had a question in his heart. Will Pei Chengyi not understand such a simple truth? If the existence of the US Navy compressed the living space of EU countries and made it difficult for later European countries to expand outward, then the Republic Army that forced the former Republican Army to bring not only a problem of survival space, but a problem of survival. You should know that as early as more than four years ago, tens of thousands of tanks of the former Soviet Army made European countries tremble for decades. Faced with the Republic Army that was stronger than the former Soviet Army, the European continent countries that were still in their own formation had no chance of winning.

Objectively speaking, with the performance of the Republic Army on the continental battlefield, it is very difficult to sweep the European continent.

Of course, no matter what, if we can win over European countries, it will be a great thing for the United States.

During the meeting with the US Secretary of State, leaders and others of France, Germany, Italy and other countries also expressed high concerns about the actions of the Republic's military on the mainland battlefield. They also implied that the security agreement signed by the European Collective Security Organization and the Republic was not substantially binding.

All in all, continental European countries are already highly uneasy and do not want to be a sacrifice in war

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Affected by this, Duchiwei did not delay his precious time. After all, the summer grain on the Ukrainian plain is about to mature, mainly wheat. Because of the high latitude and the weather in recent years, Ukrainian wheat matures 2 to 3 months later than the Republic, which is much lower at latitude. If no action is taken, the Republic's army will take the lead in launching an attack.

On August 8, after Ducheway signed the order, the strategic offensive of the US military began.

Although the US military's actions during the childhood period were very secretive, there were not many secrets when it was put into practice.

According to Duchiwei's deployment, the first thing was the US military on the Russian battlefield to launch a counterattack on Voronezh. At the same time, the attack on the northern front was launched on the side of the 10th combat unit, which was controlled by the tenth combat unit. The main task was to restrain the tenth combat unit with the strongest combat power, and to prevent the seventh combat unit from going south rashly. In order to cooperate with the US military, the Russian Kirov Front, Ulyanovsk Front, Tambov Front, and Orol Front, just like the Tambov Front, were promoted from the group army to the front and the Ukrainian Front, each dispatched a group army to the entire front. From the scale alone, this counterattack must have set a record.
To be continued...
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