Puerto Rico is so important, Kenneth will not fight six...

There is no doubt that attacking Puerto Rico is a political need, not a military need. If the soldiers are allowed to choose, let alone Hua Jianfeng, who is not very keen on face-to-face battles. Even Yuan Chenhao, who wants the army to make great achievements, would not choose to fight the US military on this island less than a thousand meters away from Cuba. From a purely military perspective, after consolidating the military base on the Little Andres Islands, the best choice is to use bombing to destroy the US base on the adjacent islands, blockade with fleets, then send troops to Cuba, and then use Cuba as a springboard to attack the US mainland.

The problem is that war serves politics.

At the beginning of the Yaochu, after the Republic signed the Cairo Agreement with Europe, the Republic's navy took the lead in heading north and entered the Caribbean Sea according to Jigo. The eastern waters of the Greater Andres Islands were blocked and prepared to attack Puerto Rico.

The mother is that the US Navy has not recovered its vitality yet, so the maritime operation is mainly deployed in the early stages.

Throughout June, the Republic's Navy was strengthening its preliminary deployment.

Although the military bases of the Andres Islands in Xiuyuan are very important, these military bases have only auxiliary functions in the strategic plan of the Republic Navy. They do not deploy combat troops, so the early deployment of the Republic Navy is mainly maritime bases, especially maritime base groups.

Of course, as a supporting force, we must also consider the transport fleet.

Without guaranteed to be able to occupy the Panama Canal without damage, the Republic's Navy could only make the worst plan, that is, not to go on the Cape of Good Hope route. To this end, the Republic's Navy mobilized more than 20 fleets in the first half of the year. As the Middle East War ended in a compromised way, the real end time was adulthood. At the end of the month, the last US military entrenched in the mountains of Turkey surrendered to the European army, the Republic's authorities recognized the end of the Middle East War and began to fulfill the promises in the agreement. The Republic's Navy sent eight fleets to the Atlantic in June. By the end of June, with Egypt announcing the opening of the Suez Canal to the Republic's military ships, and the Republic's Navy swept the Mediterranean region. Most of the fleets changed to the Gibraltar route.

Because taking the Gibraltar route to Cuba is only a thousand kilometers more than taking the Panama Canal route to Cuba, and the length of both routes is more than kilometers, so after opening the Gibraltar route, whether to occupy Panama or not is controlled or not is not important.

This is also the main reason why the Republic's Navy placed combat operations against Puerto Rico before attacking Panama.

It must be admitted that before the Marines landed on Puerto Rico, the Republic authorities, including the Head of State Pei Chengyi, the Navy Advisor Hua Jianfeng, and the Chief of Staff Yuan Chenhao, seriously underestimated the tragic extent of the battle and did not even regard this politically strong combat operation.

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This is also easy to understand. At that time, the US military was already defeated.

Take the US Navy for example. After giving up the Little Andres Islands, the Republic's Navy did not resist when it entered the Caribbean Sea northward. There was no symbolic harassment. Although the US authorities announced a series of measures, such as inciting the Puerto Ricans to fight for the United States, these measures only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. In the final analysis, the US military lacks combat effectiveness because of lack of experienced soldiers and lacks sufficient advanced weapons and equipment.

More importantly, the key to defending Puerto Rico is not how many ground troops there are or how many fighter jets can be used, but whether they can control the sea and keep the Republican team thousands of miles away.

The US Navy has retreated. How much can the Marines and the Army who stayed on the island do?

If you don't look at anything else, this view is not wrong.

It is difficult to defend an isolated island. In history, no sacred team has defended an isolated island, and the defenders have to pay a more tragic price than the attacking party in some cases. Tian many years ago, the United States won the Pacific War. It is very clear how difficult it is to defend an isolated island.

The problem is that the Republic authorities have ignored a very important issue, that is, the political nature of war often has a great impact on the war itself. Take the Pacific War that was aged 2008. In the absence of certain defeat, the Japanese army created a miracle on Iwoyu Island. This made the US military pay a heavier price, which had a significant impact on the US strategic decision-making, and when the US authorities were considering how to end the war, they had to give up their plan to land on Japan. Although the two atomic bombs left permanent pain to Japan, the damage caused to Japan by the US military's landing was nothing.

In a sense, when large armies are on the verge of the border, the U.S. authorities must consider local operations.

For the United States, the best result is nothing more than ending the war before the local area becomes a battlefield. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to play a little on the local external defense line like Japan back then, so that the Republican team can suffer, and also make the Republican authorities give up their plans to land on the United States.

There is no doubt that Puerto Rico is the last choice for the US authorities.

If Puerto Rico cannot be defended, the United States will lose the opportunity to make the last struggle. To put it bluntly, the Republic's goal was to attack Puerto Rico to give the Jews an explanation. Next, the Republic will march into Cuba and use thousands of bombs and hundreds of millions of bombs to turn the United States into scorched earth. Even if the United States can persist until the end, forcing the Republic to fight ground. When the land becomes ruins, the US military's combat effectiveness will not be much stronger. At that time, it will not only be bombed back to the Stone Age, but also

The United States has no way out and no other choice.

In a sense, underestimating the US military's defence of Puerto Rico is a low-level mistake made by the top leaders of the Republic.

Underestimation at the strategic level brings serious shortcomings in tactical preparation.

Although the Republic Navy had been preparing for the early firepower for nearly a month before the Marines landed on Puerto Rico, and more than 20,000 fighter jets were dispatched alone, it was affected by factors such as logistical support. The intensity of the early firepower preparation was not very large, and there was no system formed. It was often bombed today and was repaired tomorrow in early July, that is, when preparing for amphibious landing operations, more than half of the military targets on the island were not destroyed, and more than two-thirds of the US defensive forces had complete combat effectiveness.

Compared with the early firepower preparations, the Marines' preparations are even less sufficient.

Although the Republic of Cai claimed that it had prepared a million troops at that time, even if the fleet, aviation and logistics personnel were eliminated, the strength of the Marine Corps combat troops was more than 10,000, according to the information declassified after the war, by early July, there were only a brigade of the Marine Corps on the front line, and the total strength of the combat units was less than 10,000.

You should know that at that time, the US military forces on the island were not less than ten thousand, and more than half of them accounted for.

The results are so inadequate.

On July, on the day of Independence Day, the vanguard of the Republic Marine Corps landed on Puerto Rico.

The battle on the beach was very fierce. Although the Republic Marines chose the three-dimensional landing tactics. Most of the combat troops arrived on the island by taking vertical take-off and landing transport planes, and only a few overweight and super-large equipment needed to be sent ashore by hovercraft or landing craft, the Republic Marines did not use the large-depth assault tactics that they were good at, but instead concentrated their forces on the beach.

This landing battle can be said to be the worst battle between the Republic Marines during the war.

No matter how many other reasons are there, no one can deny that the overly hasty decisions and serious lack of preparation have made the Marines who rushed to Shanghai the targets of US military shooting.

During the first day of the battle, the Republic Marines lost all the officers and soldiers of the United Nations.

You should know that the last battle to make the Republic Marines lose their swords within one day took place on Saipan Island four years ago. Compared with 4 years ago, the Republic Marines not only had more advanced weapons and equipment, but also had absolute initiative in the battlefield. Even though they had almost mastered all their advantages, they still became like this, which was definitely not a problem for soldiers, but a problem for decision makers!

Someone must be responsible for it, but this person is not Pei Chengyi.

It was not Yuan Chenhao who took the responsibility, but Hua Jianfeng.

After the Battle of Puerto Rico, Hua Jianfeng took the initiative to make a resignation request. Because someone needed to take the blame, Pei Chengyi did not try to keep him. He just asked Hua Jianfeng to continue to do a long-term job after resigning until he found a suitable replacement.

Of course, this has happened a long time later.

Relying on huge casualties, the Marine Corps gained a foothold on the island. Although the Republic's Navy's preparations were not sufficient, the huge strength advantage could not be changed. The next day after landing in the battle, the Republic's Navy fleet arrived at the battlefield. The large-caliber electromagnetic cannon provided strong artillery support to the Marine Corps officers and soldiers, which also made the US military, who had just seen hope, completely despair. In the face of fierce artillery fire, neither people nor equipment, there was a possibility of being spared.

On this day, the Republic Marine Corps sent more than 30,000 officers and soldiers from two brigades to the beach.

As the troops increased, the beachhead positions were consolidated. The Marines began to advance inland. After the front line was opened, the disadvantages of the US military were exposed. To put it bluntly, when the troops could not be guaranteed to move flexibly on the battlefield and the front line was lengthened, the US military lost the initiative. The Republican team could choose the weak links on the US military's defense line, forcing the US military to defend passively.

By July 6, the situation completely changed.

After shattering the hope of driving the Republic Marines out of the sea, the US military had to settle for the second best. It set its goal on solid defense, that is, using a solid defensive position to cause huge casualties to the Republic Marines, and make the Republic pay a high enough price for the island.

At this time, the Republican authorities had a way to change the situation.

From a military perspective, after consolidating the beachhead, the Marines should take steady steps and consume the US military's vitality through positional battles. They will weaken the US military's resistance and will to resist. More importantly, this steady advancement method can gain enough time to allow reserve troops to catch up, accumulate stronger offensive forces, and lay the foundation for a decisive offensive.

According to some information released after the war, according to the situation at that time, it only took two months at most, that is, by the beginning of the month, the Republic Marines could gather enough troops, and the logistics support would be unimpeded. For attacking an island with an area of ​​nearly a square kilometer of Xingong, Zhuyue's preparation time is nothing. More importantly, in the long run, these two months can be regained in the next attack. According to the plan formulated by the Marines, if the general attack is launched at the beginning of the month of the month, Puerto Rico can be conquered by the end of the year at the latest.

The problem is, this is a battle where politics determines everything.

The Republican authorities endured the promise in Cairo that they would turn Puerto Rico into a Jewish paradise and would soon fall into the middle of the Republic. However, they were still hegemonic in the United States. Where would the Republic be placed in the face? More importantly, according to the secret agreement reached between the Republic and Europe, the Cairo Agreement will be officially launched only after the occupation of Puerto Rico, that is, a new Jewish settlement, and millions of American troops trapped in the battlefield in the Middle East can be properly resettled. Therefore, the Republican authorities have no other choice but to put pressure on the military.

Based on these factors, an island battle that shouldn't be very difficult turned into a bloody battle.

The Marines finally gained a foothold, and under the urging from the rear, they launched an attack without sufficient time without getting enough time.

Let’s not talk about anything else. In the absence of troops, attack is equivalent to taking the lives of officers and soldiers into victory Moki.

In the next two months of battle, the Marines' offense was not smooth. Even according to the battle report released after the republic authorities, by the beginning of the month, nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers were killed or killed by the three land brigades, and the number of soldiers who were replenishing the front-line combat troops alone exceeded 20,000. The actual casualties must be much greater than this number, let alone anything else. After the initial three land brigades retreated, they rested for more than half a year before they recovered their combat effectiveness.

What's worse is that huge casualties caused a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Not to mention, after the reinforcements arrived, it took several days to change defenses. If we included the adjustment and deployment of small changes in combat strategies, Geman, etc., the delay time was nearly months.

That's why the Marines didn't organize a strong offensive until the beginning of the old month.

It can be seen that if you do not rush to launch an attack, you can take two months to prepare and launch a powerful attack in the early month, rather than delaying until the beginning of the old month.

No matter what, launching a strong attack is finally a good start.

After investing in a land brigade, nearly 10,000 ground troops, plus the nearly 20,000 combat aircraft deployed on three maritime base groups, 6 combat fleets, including 4 main fleets and 8 fire support fleets, the US military's defense deployment in Puerto Rico became a decoration.

At this time, the Republic's Navy invested a new weapon, namely the first real remote-controlled fighter.

Compared with traditional fighter jets, this remote-controlled fighter named Hu Yi does not require pilots. To be precise, the pilot is not in the fighter jet. Instead, it is remotely controlled in the rear. Of course, this is also the biggest feature of this type of fighter jet, that is, it is not a drone fighter in the true sense or a manned fighter in the traditional sense, but a fighter jet between the two is remotely controlled by personnel in the rear.

Of course, the key to "remote-controlled fighter jets" is communication technology.

To achieve real-time remote control, traditional communication technology is definitely not possible. Only one communication technology can meet the requirements, namely quantum communication technology. Quantum theory is very simple, that is, two homomorphic quantums are not far apart, and they will be in the same state. If the state of one quantum changes, the state of the other quantum will also change immediately. Without any time interval, it will not be limited by the speed of light.

More importantly, the information between quantums is not transmitted by the field, and there is even no such statement that there is transmission, so communication devices based on quantum theory can be absolutely confidential.

It can be said that before the emergence of new theories, quantum technology was the most ideal communication technology.

The major breakthroughs made by the Republic in quantum technology were first used in military use. Because quantum computer development is much more difficult, quantum technology was first utilized in the field of communications.

For the Republican team, the biggest benefit of remote-controlled fighter jets is that they do not have to take risks in theory.

Of course, there are more indirect benefits, such as breaking through the physical limitations of the pilot and allowing fighters to have more amazing or even exceeding conventional maneuverability, thereby greatly improving the air combat performance of fighters. More importantly, quantum communication equipment is not affected by electromagnetic disturbances, so in theory, the forced electromagnetic interference system is not thin, so remote-controlled fighters can fight in extremely harsh electromagnetic environments.

In a sense, this is the basic technology of the aviation revival.

Of course, this advanced technology has not had an outstanding effect on the Puerto Rican battlefield for the time being.

In low-intensity combat, remote-controlled fighters are no better than ordinary fighters, so the Republic's Navy has no reason to eliminate other combat aircraft immediately.

Huge investment, especially the widespread use of various high-tech weapons and equipment, greatly shortened the battle time.

Although the Republic Marines were unable to occupy Puerto Rico as planned before the years passed, after nearly three months of fierce attack, the US troops on the island were almost desperate.

As the war enters its seventh year, the most important thing the Republican authorities need to consider is not when to clear the remaining US troops on Puerto Rico. But when to turn Cuba into a bridgehead for the US mainland. And how to make the US authorities give up the idea of ​​final resistance and sign the surrender agreement before the war develops to an uncontrollable extent according to the conditions issued by the Republic.

Obviously, the New Year will be the last year of World War III.

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