Chapter 143 The Expendables
The participation of the two armies of the fox war is not a military issue or a political issue. It is a second- and sixth rank in the Shenzhen 26th rank.
The Indian army's sudden invasion of Nepal shocked the Nepal government, which was preparing for the dispatch of troops. In addition to ordering Mahendrasag's defenders to hold their positions, the first thing the Nepal government did was to contact the Republican government and ask the Republican government to fulfill its security commitments.
Because Zhang Jun was not within the war zone, it was directly mobilized by the General Staff.
When Pei Chengyi returned to his country, the vanguard of the summoned army had already headed to Mahendrasag to assist the local Nepalese army to deal with the invading Indian army.
There is no difficulty in fighting, and there is no large-scale battle breaking out.
After the vanguard of the army was only a thug. After the arrival of the vanguard, the Indian army crossing the border immediately changed from offense to defense, built a defensive position outside the suburbs of Mahendrasar, and put on a protracted battle with the army. Even if the Indian army did not act like this, the purpose of the Indian army was to restrain the Nu army, rather than to capture Mahendrasar, who had a population of nearly 10,000 and had a Nepali infantry division.
Because of concerns that more Indian troops would invade, the Nepalese government repeatedly emphasized the importance of the Nu army.
According to the Nepal government, if the Republic cannot fulfill its security commitment, Nepal has to keep the planned troops sent to India at home to ensure local security. Although this threatening diplomatic rhetoric has made the Republic's diplomats very angry, the fact is that if Nepal does not send the promised ground troops to the occupied areas as planned, the Republic's army will have to invest more ground troops. In other words, it is a very cost-effective thing for the Republic to exchange the Sha army for the old Wan Nepal army.
If Zhang Jun cannot be mobilized, is there any other troops who can replace the Wu Army?
The first thing Wang Yuanqing thought of was the Gujun, but according to Xiang Yinghui, the Gujun had to reach the front line at the earliest one week, and the attack on Bhopal could only delay by 3 days. The Gujun could not move, so he could only turn his attention to Hongjun, which made him even more disappointed, because Hongjun was already very tired and could not even attack Allah Abad, and he had to rest as soon as possible. The wounded army was far away in Kashmir, and even if he had good attack capabilities, it would take half a month to complete the strategic transfer.
The four heavy armored troops were not unable to move. Among the strategic reaction troops, the most powerful sword troops were still fighting. After sweeping the battlefield, they would definitely have to rest. The other troops either had tasks or were in poor condition and could not be dispatched immediately, making it even more difficult to undertake Bhopal's attack mission.
There is no doubt that except Zhang Jun, no other army can defeat the world in Bhopal.
If you have to use the Nu army, you have to use other troops to exchange the witch army from Nepal. Obviously, you cannot use ordinary troops, they must be field troops, and they are famous field troops. To put it bluntly, Nepal just wants psychological comfort. In the current situation, why should India invade Nepal in a large scale when it is difficult for itself to protect itself?
Which army can give Nepal a stable sleep?
To be honest, if this problem is easy to solve, it will not be sent to Wang Yuanqing.
I thought about it all night, and it was not until the next morning that Wang Yuanqing contacted Xiang Yinghui and asked Pei Chengyi to return to the front line command immediately and arrange a combat operation to summon troops to attack Bhopal.
When Lai Chengyi set off, Wang Yuanqing personally summoned the Nepal ambassador to the Republic.
In the afternoon of the same day, a "special" unit entered Nepal and officially took over the garrison task of the summoned army.
The reason why this unit is special is that it is not a reorganized unit, but a mixed unit. The unit is indeed famous and is well-known above the poor army, such as the first thug of the old army, the airborne brigade, and the first air assault brigade of the old army.
The name of the zombie army was not inferior to the summoning army. It became famous in the Battle of Shangganling during the Korean War in the Li Century-Tian era. The commander at that time later became the Minister of Defense of the Republic. The name of the airborne thug was definitely not mentioned, and the name of the Xiao Nai brigade was similar. As long as the Nepali people who care about the Indian War knew that the air attack was fired from left to right not far south, participated in several major battles, and fought the Indian army's assault troops.
Of course, according to the general understanding, 3 brigades are equal to thugs and soldiers.
More importantly, in the eyes of most Nepalis, airborne thugs are of course a business that can be counted.
I have to say that when Xiao Nai Brigade evacuated from the battlefield, the casualty rate of Xi is Xi. Although it can quickly obtain replenishing troops, and the retired airborne troops who left the army a few years ago are all replenished, both brigades need to rest and make the replenishing soldiers familiar with the new weapons and equipment and combat environment. At the fastest, they can only restore combat effectiveness at the end of the month. If they want to achieve the best state, they may have to wait until the beginning of the month. Sixth brigade's strength is slightly better, but the fatigue level of the officers and soldiers: the airborne brigade can only restore combat effectiveness at the middle of the month.
In other words, Wang Yuanqing replaced the thug with three brigades without combat effectiveness, a strong combat power army.
Unexpectedly, the Nepalese government readily agreed to the defense replacement requirement.
Although some people think that the Nepal government is easy to fool, from another perspective, it is very wise for the Nepal government to do this. As Wang Yuanqing analyzed, all Nepal needs is psychological comfort, or the Nepal government needs a sufficient reason to convince the people that the Republic has fulfilled its security commitment and has not abandoned Nepal. Only in this way, Nepal's citizens will support the government's military dispatch. More importantly, Nepal is very clear about the purpose of the Republic's request for a replacement. If he insists on the Nu army, he will definitely offend the Republic.
When Pei Chengyi returned to the front line command, the train transporting Mijun had already set off.
Under Yuan Chenhao's arrangement, the transportation work is proceeding in an orderly manner. If everything goes well, the main force of the Wushu Army will arrive in Zhanxi after dawn of Feiri, and the transportation of combat materials will be in place at night in Chari. In other words, the Nu Army can launch an attack as soon as possible in the early morning of Yuri.
This result made Bei Chengyi very satisfied, because according to his plan, the witch army could only participate in the war on the night of the 28th.
The difference is several hours, and the impact is not big.
The problem is that any carefully planned campaign cannot be perfect. The "joint battle" is recognized by military strategists all over the world. The Republic's Army fought the best battle in the Indian War. There were many problems in the implementation, and it was not carried out completely according to the thugs.
After regaining command, Pei Chengyi's first problem to solve is when to occupy Edavao.
If you want to attack Bhopal, you have to occupy Edati. According to Pei Chengyi's battle, Edavao will become the advance base for marching Bhopal. That is to say, when the witch army attacked Bhopal, they not only had to keep artillery troops in Edava, but also had to hoard combat supplies in Edavao. The so-called "untouched troops, food and grass will take the lead. Before the army is called, Edavao must be occupied, so that the engineering troops can have enough time to complete the infrastructure work. If the Indian army did not invade Nigeria, it would be necessary to occupy Edavao before the army was summoned to advance, so that the engineering troops could have enough time to complete the infrastructure work.
In Por, everything will be carried out according to Pei Chengyi's plan, and the Armored Assault Brigade or the Old Thug of the Blade Army will occupy Edavao. The current situation is that the Air Troop Brigade has gone to Nepal for a "vacation," and the 7th Armored Assault Brigade has not received the order to attack Edavao, and is searching for the scattered Indian army all over the mountains. In other words, by the time the 7th Armored Assault Brigade concentrates the troops, the main force of the summoned army has arrived in Zhanxi.
The A Assault Brigade can no longer count on it, can the other two brigades be counted on?
The Lenai Armored Assault Brigade suffered heavy losses and was retreated by Yuan Chenhao after the Mehel blocking battle. At this time, he had already rested in Manigpur and was basically in a state of "release the horses in the south mountain and the soldiers and armors were put into the warehouse", so there was no hope. The Dizhou Armored Assault Brigade was still cleaning the battlefield in Banda. And according to the plan, the brigade would enter Zhanxi before the Nu army arrived, and appropriately expand the defense space in Zhanxi.
It is not realistic to dispatch troops from other troops. The only one who can capture Edavao before the Nu army arrives in Zhanxi. According to Yuan Chenhao, the fallen army paid a great price in the battle to guard the temporary railway line. If the art troupe had not come to the front line to express condolences in advance, the grassroots officers and soldiers would have complained. It would be better to let the 4th Army attack Edavao, Zhang's army be self-reliant.
In fact, Pei Chengyi could only let Zhang Jun reliance on his own.
After figuring out the situation, Pei Chengyi adjusted Zhang's transfer work, allowing the Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which was the vanguard, to go directly to Sager, and then attacked Davao. In order to reduce the pressure on the Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Pei Chengyi also ordered the A assault Brigade, which was cleaning the battlefield nearby, to gather in Edavao as much as possible to prevent the Indian army from reinforcement of Edavao. If necessary, several small-scale mobile wars could be fought near Edavao.
Anyway, the Dao Army will retreat to rest after the Nu Army arrives, so Ling Yunxiao will have to put in more effort.
The second problem Pei Chengyi needs to solve is material transportation.
Because Zhang Jun is a heavy armored army and its organizational scale is second only to the Jijun, it not only requires the use of multiple vehicles to transport various heavy equipment, but also the demand for materials is much higher than that of strategic reflexive troops like the Dagger.
It can be said that the transportation of materials brings the largest Mahui.
Although the army that was still fighting at this time was only about half of the beginning of the Eastern Front decisive battle, as the front line was lengthened, the mileage of material transportation increased proportionally, and the difficulty of logistics support was greatly increased. Taking Hongjun as an example, the combat intensity at this time was much lower than when the decisive battle began, and the pressure on logistics support increased twice, mainly because the battlefield was farther from the rear and transporting materials was more troublesome.
What made Pei Chengyi even more troubled was that in order to meet Nepal's requirements, the combat brigades of the three airborne troops must arrive before the main force of the Nu Army left, so they had to draw all airlift forces and send the three combat brigades into Nepal as quickly as possible. In this way, they could not count on airlift forces. Fortunately, when the transport plane returned, the Wu army's personnel and some valuable equipment could be sent to the front line, reducing the pressure on railway transportation.
In any case, it is very difficult to complete the material transportation work before the early morning of the bad day.
According to Yuan Chenhao's suggestion, Pei Chengyi decided to continue to "requisition" the Bangladesh Army's transport convoy, and also requisitioned several inland transport ships that also belonged to Bangladesh and had just arrived in Patna. Although these inland transport ships can only reach Buli Neixi, each ship can carry a considerable number of cargoes. Second-hand skills greatly alleviate the transportation pressure from Patna to Varanasi. With the marching ability of the Wushu Army, when arriving in Varanasi, the main force can rely on the highway route to travel to Cambanasi on its own, and no longer need to occupy railway capacity.
It has to be said that the smart and capable logistics staff under Pei Chengyi played a great role.
Although the logistics staff is not as eye-catching as the combat staff, the role played by the logistics staff in the front line command is far greater than that of the combat staff. Especially when the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander-in-chief focus on combat and do not pay too much attention to logistics work, the combat staff is often idle, while the logistics staff are busy.
After arranging logistical support, Pei Chengyi must always pay attention to the trends of the Indian army.
Before Pei Chengyi returned to Wozilabad, the Indian army began to mobilize. The witch army exchanged defenses with three combat brigades, and it was impossible to hide it from the US reconnaissance satellites. This move was enough to make Duqiwei make a judgment, and it was enough to prompt the Indian army to immediately assemble combat troops to Bhopal and strengthen Bhopal's defensive power.
Although there are not many Indian troops near Bhopal, and mainly second-line troops and reserve troops, Pei Chengyi dare not take it lightly. The Indian army has already invaded Nepal to restrain the summoning army, which is enough to prove that Pei Chengyi has already seen the intention of attacking Bhopal and knows the strategic significance of Bhopal. The few troops that can be mobilized do not mean that Bhopal's defense is weak. As long as he pays enough attention, the Indian army will try every means to defend Bhopal.
As an excellent commander, Pei Chengyi must understand one truth, that is, "the best defense is to attack."
If the Indian army defends Bhopal to the death, Pei Chengyi has nothing to worry about. At most, let the Mi army fight for a few more days. When the other troops are rested, they will concentrate their forces to capture Bhopal. At worst, Bhopal will become the next Kolkata, the next Ranchi, or the next Varanasi.
Although this will increase the consumption of the Republic's Army, being able to annihilate the main force of the Indian army in Bhopal will also be of great help to the subsequent attack.
The Indian army did not make every effort to strengthen Bhopal's defense. This is the issue Pei Chengyi was most worried about.
In other words, if the main force of the Indian army did not go to Bhopal, it would definitely appear in other directions. Because the attacking party had the initiative, the defensive party could only passively fight, so after the Indian army had the initiative to counterattack, Pei Chengyi could only passively strengthen the defensive power of the entire front. This means that Pei Chengyi must leave more troops in the rear and the power to be sent to Bhopal is quite limited.
After thinking deeply about this issue, Pei Chengyi realized that attacking Bhopal was not an easy task.
The key is that the front is too wide!
From Fatahpur to Edavao, the front line of the Republic Army exceeds kilometers in width!
What is this concept? Even according to the minimum defense standards, at least a thug is needed to defend such a wide line of defense.
The problem is not that simple. On this front, Zhanxi has become a prominent force. If the Indian army decides to restrain its opponents by taking the initiative to counterattack, it will definitely attack Zhanxi, and attack Zhanxi with all its strength. In order to ensure that the summoning army is not threatened by the threats from behind, Zhanxi must be defended, and the enemy cannot use the traffic line to Zhanxi. In this way, the troops of the thugs must be invested here.
In this way, Pei Chengyi has to be more accurate in the army.
The reality is that if you don’t irrigate the army, Pei Chengyi doesn’t have any reserve team for the army.
Let Zhang Jun go south alone?
The consequences are unimaginable and may even be self-defeating.
Du Qi has been trying hard to find Pei Chengyi's flaws, and the Indian army will not give up defeating the Republic's army. As long as Pei Chengyi's deployment appears, it will leave the enemy with a chance to counterattack, making the key battle that should have been defeated by India the beginning of the Republic's army's disastrous defeat.
How to fight?
It is definitely not enough to defend the West to the death. If the troops are not strong enough and the investment is not enough, the defense will be a tragic victory in the end.
If you can't defend to the death, you can only take the initiative to attack.
From the perspective of military input, active attack is more important than defensive. With the combat effectiveness of the Republic Army, active attack can restrain the Indian army above the old days, and defensiveness can at most restrain the Indian army.
The direction of attack is not difficult to choose. Zhanxi is just south of New Delhi, about 1,000 meters away from New Delhi. Because India intends to defend New Delhi, as long as one force can launch an assault in the direction of New Delhi, it can restrain all the Indian troops north of Zhanxi, and the Indian troops that can attack Zhanxi are also concentrated in the north. Of course, such as this assault is no different from a "successful squad". No matter which force it is, it will be besieged by dozens of times the Indian army. If only one brigade of thugs is invested, it may be besieged by hundreds of times the Indian army. This "successful squad" not only needs to "successful squad, but also successfully delay several times, or even hundreds of times the enemy, and cannot let the enemy threaten Zhanxi. In other words, it must be a unit that dares to rush and fight, dares to fight, and dares to fight alone behind the enemy.
The question is, which unit can act as a "success squad"?
It’s not that Pei Chengyi has no choice, but he knows that this choice cannot be decided by him.
Although the front-line commander had the power to mobilize all forces in the war zone, Pei Chengyi did not have the right to let thousands of officers and soldiers die.
After thinking about it again and again, Pei Chengyi asked the communications consultant to prepare for the video conference.
Chapter completed!