Chapter 91 Opportunity
The military's performance in the first round of right battle surprised Xue Chengyi a little. His combat effectiveness was too strong, but the Indian army's combat effectiveness was too weak...
The 4 main divisions have not fought for 2 armored assault brigades!
You know. Even in the Peninsula War that year, the four main divisions of the South Korean army could tie the two armored brigades.
Because the Indian army's combat effectiveness was too weak, by the end of the battle on the southern battlefield of Jischengje, the tactical air support forces prepared by Pei Chengyi for Ling Yunxiao did not appear. It was not until Ling Yunxiao sounded the horn to annihilate the Dibi Armored Division and the Diwu Infantry Division that He Chengyi discovered a very serious problem. That is, if the sword army fought so hard, would it force the First Army of the Indian Army to give up the attack on Jischengje?
If so, the consequences will be serious.
The First Army could not defeat Jishengenjie. The Third Army of the Indian Army would not advance eastward, but would turn northward to participate in the battle to siege Jishengenjie. The Second Army deployed to the south of the First Army would also join the battle. Although the combat power of the Knife Army was extremely strong, with the airlift power in Pei Chengyi's hands, it was difficult to ensure that the Knife Army provided sufficient supplies to the Knife Army during the battle, nor could it be dispatched to timely reinforcements. Under the fierce attack of the Indian Army's eastern army group, the Knife Army would most likely not be able to defend Jishengenjie, and the casualties would be very huge.
We must never let all the Indian army pounce on Jishengenje. Only when the Indian army operates dispersed can we get the opportunity to annihilate each.
That's why when Ling Yunxiao was preparing to let the armored assault brigade enter the battle and launch a full-scale counterattack, Pei Chengyi seized the opportunity to intervene in the combat operations of the sword army.
After receiving Pei Chengyi's combat order, Ling Yunzang almost cursed.
According to Ling Yunxiao's plan, it is definitely the first to annihilate the Indian army south of Jishenge, because the southern legion had two main divisions. It also poses the greatest threat to Jishenge. However, Pei Chengyi asked the Athletic Assault Brigade to pass between the two main attacking troops. Then he attacked the westward and the Digong Armored Assault Brigade to encircle and annihilate the 2 jin and the Second Line Infantry Division of the Western Indian Legion blocked outside the encirclement.
Using armored strength is strong and enough to kill two main divisions to deal with two second-line infantry divisions that do not have much combat power. Wouldn’t it be that using a ox knife to kill chickens?
According to Pei Chengyi's tactics, it is very likely that he will miss the opportunity to annihilate the DiShao Armored Division and the Infantry Division. If the two Indian main divisions take the opportunity to adjust their deployment and switch from offense to defense, even if there is still a chance to fight an annihilation battle, the difficulty will increase a lot. More importantly, the Second Indian Army is heading north and can catch up with the First Army without going out like Bu Shi. Ling Yunxiao did not arrange it on the left wing of the Armored Assault Brigade, that is, in the east.
Battle Force. After the arrival of the Second Indian Army, the left wing of the Second Armored Assault Brigade will be exposed to the enemy. As long as the Indian commander has a little courage, he will take advantage of the opportunity that the Second Armored Assault Brigade will not have time to shrink the front line. He will defeat the Armored Assault Brigade in one fell swoop and rescue the First Army in trouble. He may even take the opportunity to advance the front line to the city of Jischengenjie, forcing the Sword Army to shrink its defense line across the board and face the two armies with passive defense.
It can be said that Pei Chengyi's tactical orders are completely different from Ling Yunxiao's tactical arrangements.
It can also be seen from this that as a battlefield commander, Ling Yunxiao considers issues more from the tactical level. As the commander-in-chief of the front line, Pei Chengyi mainly looks at issues from the battle and strategic level.
Ling Yunxiao had no choice but to act according to Pei Chengyi's request.
Of course, Ling Yunxiao did not forget the most important thing, that is, to obtain reinforcements as soon as possible and provide more ammunition and drug resources for the sword army. For Ling Yunxiao, if something goes wrong, the only solution is to obtain the reinforcements promised by Pei Chengyi. Strengthen the investment in the south and provide a combat reserve for the A-Assault Brigade. In order to annihilate the western legion of the Indian army at the fastest speed, it is necessary to obtain more ammunition and drug resources and try to shorten the battle time on the battlefield of Jesse on Jischengen.
The old point force was divided into two parts, and the A assault Brigade, which served as a reserve team, crossed the Bilam River about a thousand meters south of Gishchengje. It began to assault westward.
In fact, it can be seen at this time that Pei Chengyi did not make tactical mistakes.
In terms of force, the sword army is less than one-tenth of the Indian First Army, and one-sixth of the Indian army's participating troops. No matter how outstanding the sword army fights and the combat effectiveness are, the physical strength of the officers and soldiers is limited. It is impossible to always be in the best state. As long as the battle continues to be more than the time of divination, the fatal problems of the sword army will be exposed, that is, there is no combat reserve. When all combat troops are exhausted, what can Ling Yunxiao use to annihilate the Indian First Army?
Whether it is Pei Chengyi or Ling Yunxiao, they all know that using two brigades of troops, it is difficult to enter the battle after thugs. In other words, the sword army will not only fail to eat the southern Indian army army, but will also face new enemies. As the Second Indian Army joins the war, the only choice of the sword army is to retreat to Jishengenjie. According to Ling Yunxiao's deployment, even the western Indian army's western army will not be eaten by then. Jishengenjie will inevitably be besieged in two directions. The three combat brigades of the sword army must be carried out at this time. Unless Ling Yunxiao uses the non-combat troops of the military headquarters, the officers and soldiers who have been fighting for an hour will only fight to the death with the Indian army. There will definitely be heavy casualties.
Obviously, Ling Yunxiao's tactical deployment violated Yue and the Lu Army's combat purpose in Jischenggenjie. Pei Chengyi's deployment just solved this problem.
Only use thugs to restrain the strong southern Indian Army Corps and concentrate the superior forces of two brigades. Eat the relatively weak western Indian Army Corps at the fastest speed to ensure the continuous combat capability of the sword army. According to Pei Chengyi's estimate, after concentrating on a combat brigade, with comprehensive air support and fire support from long-range artillery deployed in Sikkim, the battle to annihilate the western Indian Army Corps will end in Sun Shi. At that time, at most, the armored assault brigade is left to provide a brigade's reserve. If done well, Ling Yunxiao can even replace the Athletic Assault brigade with the rest combat brigade, and continue to fight armored battles with the Indian Army in the south of Jischengje, thereby maximizing the armored power of the Indian Army.
Of course, Pei Chengyi did not ignore the possible problems after adjustment and deployment.
In other words, if the battle to annihilate the Indian Army's western legion was not completed on time, the Knife Army still lacked reserves and still had to fight the Indian army for life.
After receiving Ling Yunxiao's battle report, Pei Chengyi made a quick decision to adjust his support force.
The best way to quickly annihilate the enemy is to strengthen firepower strikes and use powerful firepower strikes to defeat the opponent's fighting will.
Starting from the old point blade segment, the tactical aviation troops deployed on the Eastern Front battlefield were fully dispatched.
As before, all tactical command work for supporting forces is under the responsibility of Yuan Chenhao.
After the air force's tactical aviation force was dispatched, the low-altitude strike forces of the Army were not to be outdone. After all, the battle that took place near Jischengenje was an army battle, and the Army Air Force was obliged to provide comprehensive support to the ground forces.
The most important thing is to provide reinforcements and combat supplies to the sword army in a timely manner.
Although the battle on the front line was very fierce, Jischengje was not threatened by the Indian army. Therefore, the operation of transporting combat supplies to Jischengje did not stop for a moment.
In order to speed up the delivery of materials, the staff of the Knife Army Department asked the engineers to open two airdrop sites before dawn.
The airport cannot meet the take-off and landing requirements of all transport aircraft. It can only allow those transport aircraft carrying dozens of tons of materials to deliver combat supplies by airdrop.
That's right, before reaching the mouth point, the sword army can obtain about ten tons of combat supplies every hour.
When the mouth is over, the air transport volume begins to decrease.
The reason is very simple, and transport aircraft need to transport reinforcements.
When arranging the first reinforcement unit, Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao had another disagreement.
According to Pei Chengyi's idea, the first task of the sword army is to defend Jishengenje. Moreover, the Third Indian Army of the Indian Army has not yet entered Bangladesh. It is possible to attack Jishengenje at any time, so it should first transport a mechanized infantry brigade who is good at defensive warfare to Jishengenje, so that Ling Yunxiao has the confidence to fight against the Indian army in front. However, Yuan Chenhao believed that an armored assault brigade or armored brigade who is good at offensive warfare should be transported to Jishengenje, a armored assault brigade or armored brigade who is good at offensive warfare, strengthen the assault power of the sword army, and entangle the main force of the Indian army south of Jishengenje, and at the same time, the Indian army believed that Jishengenje's defense had not been strengthened. As long as the sword army was annihilated, he could capture Jishengenje, thus allowing the Third Indian Army to enter Bangladesh.
After weighing the pros and cons, Pei Chengyi once again adopted Yuan Chenhao's suggestions.
The mouth is divided into the blade, the ugly thug. The armored brigade left Siliguri and headed for Jischengenjie, and is expected to arrive at Jischengenjie before Naitou.
Although the main combat troops of the Dijiu Armored Brigade do not need to take a transport plane to Jischengje. However, when arriving in Siliguri, many of the combat equipment and support troops of the Dijiu Armored Brigade remained in the rear. When they were heading to Jischengje, they needed to send these troops to Jischengje by air transport.
In addition, the Dihong Thugs The armored brigade is larger than any armored assault brigade of the Knife Army, with higher requirements for logistics support, and faster consumption of combat materials. Therefore, more air transport forces are needed to meet the combat requirements of the Aristocratic Brigade. The most important thing is that Xiliguri is not safe. After the Didong Armored Brigade leaves, the remaining troops of the Concave Army can only defend Xiliguri at most and cannot launch a counterattack in the middle of the battle as Pei Chengyi arranged before. In this way, the combat troops must be added to Xiliguri as soon as possible. Because the battle in the direction of Jishengenjie will be determined during the time of the fall of Bu, and whether the Indian Army's Third Army will enter Bangladesh will also be obtained within the time of Bu. With the throughput capability of the Xiliguri field airport, the Armored Brigade will start to send additional combat troops when it leaves Xiliguri.
After arranging the air transport work, Pei Chengyi breathed a little relieved and had time to sort out the entire battle situation.
Putting aside the tactical issues, Pei Chengyi immediately discovered an opportunity.
After counting the old points, Pei Chengyi called Xiang Yinghui and reported the battle situation.
In fact, Xiang Yinghui also saw the problem.
Although Xiang Yinghui handed over the command of the front line to Pei Chengyi according to the wishes of the head of state, he focused on serving as the commander-in-chief of the current line and the mediator of the command of various military branches to assist Pei Chengyi in fighting. However, Xiang Yinghui did not forget the battle on the front line for a moment. He paid more attention to the combat situation than anyone else.
When Ling Yunxiao was fighting against the Indian army with the frontlines, Xiang Yinghui saw the delicate situation on the battlefield.
Ding Yi said that in the war plan formulated by Pei Chengyi, he gave up the opportunity to make new governments. He first gained a foothold on the Eastern Front battlefield: First, to avoid a war of attrition with the Indian army in the Shannan region and ensure local security of the Republic; second, to allow the Indian army to fight on both sides and offset the Indian army's military strength advantage; third, to dismember India from a strategic level, laying the foundation for the ultimate overthrow of the Indian regime and establishing a pro-China regime.
As a strategic decision-maker, whether it is Wang Yuanqing or Xiang Yinghui, what you value is strategic value:
In fact, there are many tactical problems in fighting on the Eastern Front battlefield first.
The most troublesome thing is logistics support. Because there is no ground transportation line directly to the eastern part of India, the only way to protect it before opening the sea supply line is air transport.
Let’s not talk about air freight costs for the time being, air freight efficiency is difficult to meet the requirements of large corps operations.
It is precisely because Pei Chengyi had to try his best to let the Indian army invade Bangladesh, thereby winning over Bangladesh and obtain the right to use the port in Bangladesh.
It can be said that the entire early operations of the Eastern Front War revolve around this purpose.
After the battle started, the situation took a turn for the first time.
That is, the Western Indian Army, which was blocked by the sword army from Jesse in Kyschengen, is less than a thousand meters away from the Nepal border. After the A-Assault Brigade headed north and took the stance to encircle the Indian army with the A-Assault Brigade. If the Western Indian Army Group cannot break out in time, the only way out is to retreat north.
If the Indian army's western legion can be driven into Nepal, Nepal can participate in the war in advance.
From the Republic to Nepal, there are not only railways, but also several highways. From Nepal to India, there are also railways, and several highways. With the help of Nepal's ground transportation lines, even if the logistics support problem cannot be completely solved, it can greatly alleviate the logistics support problem.
Of course, this is no longer a problem with tactics and combat situations.
If Nepal joins the war in advance, Pei Chengyi adjusted the war strategy and thugs. "When he went south to attack Kolkata, he sent troops to attack westward to prevent the Indian army from counterattacking Nepal. In this way, the investment in the Eastern Front battlefield will increase a lot, at least the witch army or the depressed army must stay on the Eastern Front battlefield. If the investment in the Eastern Front increases, the investment in the Western Front will decrease. Stunning. From the perspective of the entire battlefield, as long as Nepal is willing to participate in the war in advance, even if more troops are invested on the Eastern Front, it will not have a negative impact on achieving the ultimate goal of the war.
Pei Chengyi and Xiang Yinghui talked for more than an hour through video call.
As the chief of staff of the three armies of the Republic, Xiang Yinghui has many strategic qualities. When Pei Chengyi made a suggestion, he immediately made a decision. As long as the head of state did not object, he would immediately adjust the war plan.
In fact, whether Wang Yuanqing will object depends on the communication between the government and Nepal.
Except for Bhutan, all countries bordering India made a commitment before the war that as long as the Republic can achieve a decisive victory on the battlefield, and promise to resolve their territorial and sea disputes with India after the war, they will participate in military operations during the war.
Although these countries all expressed their support for the Republic, their attitudes were also reserved.
Based on the actual situation, the attitudes of these countries are not difficult to understand.
As a small country sandwiched between two major powers, offending either side will not have a good result. Although the Republic's comprehensive national strength and global influence are far more than India, it is blocked by the Himalayas. Small countries in South Asia have to pay attention to their relationship with India. What's more important is that the Republic does not provide national security guarantees to any country in the region except Pakistan.
In other words, if these countries offend India and are subject to a military blow from India, it is unknown whether the Republic will send troops to help. In this case, only if India is bound to be defeated and will never recover from it, and at least in the next few decades, South Asian countries that are in a wait-and-see attitude will participate in the war and support the Republic with practical actions.
Among these countries, Nepal is undoubtedly the most representative.
In Wang Yuanqing's words, Nepal is big enough that India cannot annex Nepal like annex Sikkim, and Nepal is small enough to be a small thug. It is not enough to confront India head-on like Pakistan.
Although since the beginning of this century, after the Nepal Communist Party became a legal party, Nepal changed its one-sided national policy toward India, began to strengthen its relations with the Republic, and after the Fourth India-Pakistan War, it regarded the establishment of a comprehensive strategic cooperative relationship with the Republic as a basic national strategy. However, Nepal did not completely turn to the Republic, at least on issues related to its own security, still insisted on a neutral policy. If India had not been unwilling to make substantial concessions to Nepal on the issue of territorial disputes, Nepal would have probably not made a commitment to send troops before the war.
Because Nepal was hesitant, the Republic's army's combat operations on the Western Front battlefield had to rely on the Kashmir region controlled by Pakistan without launching an attack from the northeast. In other words, if Nepal fully supports the Republic, the Republic's army could avoid the Kashmir region. Attacking New Delhi from the northeast direction forced India to fight on three fronts.
After talking to Pei Chengyi, Xiang Yinghui set out for the head of state.
The launch of the Rapal waters is a strategic decision, and only the head of state has the right to make the decision.
Of course, the Eastern Front Battle has begun. Xiang Yinghui should also introduce the battle situation to the head of state.
Chapter completed!