Chapter 690: On the Eve of the Great War
A well-trained regular army with strong firepower is often overwhelmed by loose civilian forces, and the key lies in the use of tactics. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the famous Soviet army was dragged into the quagmire by the local armed forces, and the war had to end in defeat.
At present, the battle between the Turkish regular army and the Kurdish armed forces is a replica of the war in Afghanistan, and the Kurdish commanders have made full use of the three principles guided by Wu Chen, namely, the enemy advances and we retreat, the enemy is tired and we disturb, and the enemy retreats and we advance, and uses guerrilla tactics to entangle the other side.
These tribal fighters, well acquainted with the mountainous terrain, have traps or mines on every road, have hiding places and firing points everywhere, and use weapons such as assault rifles, sniper rifles, shotguns and grenades to spur the Turkish regular army into disarray.
There is no way, the regular army entering the mountains is like a blind man riding a blind horse, and it is impossible to figure out what the situation is, either they have stepped on a mine, or they have been shot cold, and sometimes they don't know where a grenade flies from.
The Turkish army is also one of the most modern in NATO, and it does not lack the courage to fight to the death with the enemy, but in the face of the Kurdish fighters running around the mountains like rabbits, there is a feeling that they have nowhere to start.
"Your Excellency Commander, something is wrong these days, the armed forces of the Kurd tribe have always been engaged in guerrilla warfare, using the terrain to play hide and seek with us, why are they now unusually fighting a positional war with us?"
"We have main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery, self-propelled rocket artillery, and conventional towed artillery, and the fighters of the Air Force can support us at any time, and we can fight our strengths with disadvantages, and the situation is very strange." The chief of staff said with a frown.
"I can't guess what the line of thought is, but there is one point, beyond these mountains to Genchi, the crossing of the Murat River, which is the only natural line of defense they can rely on. Yesterday the fighters had blown up the bridge over the river, and they could not be replenished in time, and if they gave up defending at this time, we would drive in and destroy them on their way out. ”
"I can't think of any other explanation now that the Kurdish forces fought a terrible resistance war with us, risking heavy losses, in order to get the people to repair the bridge and lay a new line of defense to prevent us from crossing the river." The commander said.
"At present, the Ministry of Defense has concentrated a huge strength of ten brigades, including one assault brigade, two armored brigades, three mechanized brigades and four infantry brigades, and the Air Force has three fighter squadrons, plus logistics units, totaling more than 100,000 people, concentrating one-fifth of Turkey's elite army."
"Involving ammunition and fuel that have not yet met the required targets, the attack is planned to be launched the morning after tomorrow, and the consumption of these days is too great, especially the 155-millimeter grenades, and the shelling for a week in a row, presumably the other side will not be able to hold on for a long time." said the chief of staff.
There were dense vehicles parked in the woods, all the equipment of the four battalions of a BM-21 MLRS brigade, counting twenty-four rocket launchers per battalion, which is ninety-six, and one hundred and ninety-two ammunition supply vehicles, which is equal to two hundred and eighty-eight vehicles.
These rocket artillery alone could not meet Wu Chen's requirements, including those mortar transport vehicles, howitzer transport vehicles, vehicle burning fuel trucks, air defense radar vehicles, and so on, adding up to a total of more than 400 vehicles, hidden under trees, under rocks, and in caves, and could not be detected from the sky.
The troops, totaling more than 70,000 men, will secretly assemble in positions this night, and the five integrated divisions are distributed in five ravines in the mountains, and they will definitely not show their faces during the day, and will only move at night to prevent detection by the reconnaissance planes of the Turkish Air Force.
"The purpose of this campaign is to advance the front to the line of Kayseri and Sivas, and as long as we encircle and annihilate the main army in front, there will be no more threatening forces in the southern and central regions, forcing the Turkish government to negotiate with the Kurds."
"The fighter squadron was the first to attack, destroying the enemy's radar, ammunition depots and oil depots, the rocket artillery brigade carried out two rounds of concentrated fire coverage, the howitzer group cooperated, and the target area was the site of mechanized vehicles and the concentration of personnel. The mortar group advanced to the closest place to the barracks and fired as close as it could, aiming and shooting, and shooting all the shells it carried. ”
"Recoilless artillery regiments and anti-tank missile regiments, as well as sniper brigades, are responsible for protecting mortar groups against those remnants of armored units, and anti-aircraft missile battalions turn on radars when rocket artillery is fired against fighters who come to support."
"The time for this battle was set at four o'clock in the morning, just after dawn. The fighters are to be fed and drunk, rest early, and start moving at two o'clock! "Wu Chen was in the cave of the forward headquarters and gave combat orders to the commanders who participated in this operation.
The military satellites of the mercenary regiment locked the combat area in space, and the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft kept hovering in the sky, and every move of the Turkish army was under the control of the Mosul base, providing a large amount of accurate intelligence for this operation.
The local armed forces want to fight with the regular army, it is definitely not as simple as imagined, why the Kurdish armed forces have been able to hold out until now, because intelligence support has played a key role. As soon as the enemy's fighter jets were about to take off, the Mosul base issued an early warning, because the satellite transmitted the picture accurately and clearly.
If the Turkish army has any abnormal moves, the base will also inform them as soon as possible, and the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft will be in the sky, or the two will take turns to conduct reconnaissance 24 hours a day, and the high-definition cameras can take clear pictures of all personnel, vehicles, and weapon configurations, and Turkey's air defense radar knows nothing about this.
Without the modern military means of mercenary regiments, the Kurds would not be able to stop the attack of the modern Turkish army even if they had ten times the number of troops. The gap between the two sides is too big to be compared, in fact, this is also a contest between mercenaries and the Turkish army.
"Boss, the Japanese parliament has elected a new prime minister, his name is Koizumi, his father used to be a cabinet member, he is a well-known reformist in Japan, and his political leaning is pro-American." Marcus called.
"No matter who becomes the prime minister of Japan, the South Kuril Islands are equivalent to eating meat in the mouth, and it is impossible to spit it out again! Our mercenary corps doesn't have so many worries about doing things, if the Japanese side wants to fight with us, then go to war directly, anyway, it will not be us who will suffer in the end. ”
"You temporarily serve as the first chief of administration of the South Kuril Islands Special Administrative Region, plan the local economic development and military defense, within the territorial waters set by the international community, no ships of a military nature can enter, otherwise it will be a declaration of war against us, and from now on, fishing boats from neighboring countries will be prohibited from fishing, and once the regulations are violated, the patrol fleet and patrol aircraft will immediately sink the boats." Wu Chen smiled and said.