Chapter 1029 The Soviet Union, which bullied the weak and feared the hard
This night is destined to be unpeaceful, not as comfortable as in the fairy tale of the Arabian Nights that swept the world, from late at night, the troops take turns to eat, the logistics of the Soviet Union and the United States are still incomparable, of course, there are no such high requirements of the US military, the sound of the lunch box has become the main theme of this time, the Soviet Union's combat readiness in peacetime is second to none in the world, but this combat readiness is also incomparable with real war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After a day of high-intensity combat, the troops who could not withstand the fatigue began to take turns to rest, and the soldiers in the war could control their minds and ignore death, but they could not let the physical fatigue disappear. The sound of guns and artillery in the distance has become an embellishment in the Arabian night, and the selected troops of the Red Banner Turkestan Military Region are on alert in the night, and fighting at night may bring chaos, and the general commander will not choose to attack in the dark, but this possibility also exists, and it cannot be guarded against.
Because of the time difference, the time in Moscow is late, the Kremlin is still relatively lively, and Serov is discussing issues with the military, including the commander of the Red Navy, Marshal Gorshkov.
During the day, after Serov issued an emergency evacuation order document, he established the Soviet Shadow Government, and established that once the worst result was reached, that is, after Serov was blown into gas by a nuclear bomb, the list was not announced, but there was no member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union this term, and this group of old men had only one task, to stay in Moscow, either to accompany Serov to succeed in his adventure, or to accompany Serov to death.
People in the shadow government have already received the message, both Lukashenko and Nazarbayev, that in the event of a nuclear strike on Moscow, the two will retreat from the arranged channels to lead the Soviet Union.
"According to the spy satellite photos, the location of the formation of the British Royal Navy is the easiest place for us to start." Serov showed Marshal Gorshkov a set of photographs, and said, "One thing must be admitted, I have a certain respect for the United States, especially for their nuclear weapons." ”
Of course, no one objects to this kind of honesty, and no one wants to talk to the weak who can fight the weak, but it is so legitimate to be able to bully the weak and fear the hard, and the big spy is thick enough. The fleet of the British Royal Navy was in the Arabian Sea south of Iran, and of course it was also far away, in fact, the flank rear of the US Navy.
Of course, there is a reason for this, although Britain and the United States always wear a pair of pants, but after all, they are not the same country. The U.S. Navy is a heavy aircraft carrier battle group in the same water, and if the British light aircraft carriers and the U.S. Navy are mixed together, it will affect the combat effectiveness of the U.S. Navy, and the British Royal Navy is more of an auxiliary to the U.S. Navy.
So in this case, the British Royal Navy actually did not participate much in the Persian Gulf War, and of course the first division of the British Army was involved.
"If the Red Navy comes out of the Red Sea, it will collide with the US Navy in the Arabian Sea, is it more dangerous?" Admiral Chebrikov voiced his concerns so that the U.S. Navy would not think that the Soviet Red Navy was coming at the British.
"The confrontation at sea is too dangerous, so this time it cannot be done by the Red Navy." Serov smiled, not interested in plans to make trouble for the Americans on the ocean. Frontal toughness, of course, is possible, provided that it must be on land, and air confrontation is also possible, but it must be within the combat radius of the USSR. In short, it had to be an area in which the Soviet Union had a clear advantage, and the Red Navy could unilaterally beat the US Navy, which only existed in Marshal Gorshkov's dream.
With the presence of the US Navy, the Soviet Red Navy, although its strength had long been able to beat the British, could not strike. Marshal Gorshkov also understood this, and as soon as Serov said that the Red Navy could not be dispatched, he immediately said, "Naval Aviation Bomber Division? ”
"Only air power can fight and run, and if the Red Navy wins, it will be chased by the Americans, and it may not be able to run away!" Serov looks like I'm also desperate, what to do in the face of the US Navy? If you can't fight and fight, you can only find an opponent who is not as strong as the Soviet Union, such as Britain.
The Soviet Union's Backfire bombers are about three-fifths of the strength of the Air Force, two-fifths of the strength of the Red Navy, used to counter the United States aircraft carrier battle group, there are currently two naval bomber divisions, about one hundred and forty Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers belong to the Soviet Red Navy, the British Royal Ark is normally far enough, granite can not reach, and the United States aircraft carrier battle group is in front, but for the Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber, this is not far enough.
"This raid can make the Americans remember for a long time, and it is not used in the US Navy, which is already the greatest sincerity of the Soviet Union." Serov picked up the ashtray that had already been filled and poured it clean, and turned back, "Is it difficult to implement?" ”
"After the start of the total of General Baglamyan, I will order the 37th Air Army to make a sortie." Marshal Gorshkov put on his hat and prepared to return to the Ministry of Defense to work out the battle plan.
Early the next morning, General Baghramyan, who was not disturbed by the scattered sound of gunfire, answered the telephone call of Kvashnin, commander of the Sixth Tank Army of the Red Banner, and ordered in an indifferent tone, "We are only 40 kilometers away from Kuwait City, give you eight hours to penetrate them, and the troops of the North Caucasus Military District will attack the troops of Saudi Arabia, Oman and other countries in a roundabout operation." ”
"It should be fine!" According to the Warsaw Pact joint operation plan, the Western cluster of 500,000 people will withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of 7,000 NATO planes and defeat the US heavy Seventh and Fifth armies within two days, and now there are 600,000 Soviet troops here, and the opponent is only one Fifth Army. The defensive line that the other side urgently built is not comparable to what it has been operating in the Federal Republic of Germany for decades, and faces much less difficulties than the Western cluster.
Lieutenant General Kvashnin, who put down the phone, adjusted the allocation of troops, 200 artillery pieces per kilometer is too little, there should be 280 guns, and the tanks are also a little less, and they will all be pressed at the beginning, anyway, there is the main force of General Baghramyan behind him. The shelling began in Zhouran, marking the beginning of the general attack of the Soviet troops.
"They have too many tanks, and one tank army has so many tanks." Lieutenant General Franks muttered to himself worriedly when he learned of the aerial reconnaissance. He knew that the Soviet attack had begun, and it was still the kind that was pressed on all fronts.
The subsequent staff officer's report confirmed Lieutenant General Franks' fears, and the endless army of tanks with the unique tracks of tanks struck at the positions of the Seventh Army, and the classic Soviet raid in great depth was reproduced.
"We are immersed in fighting small countries with high-tech weapons and pursuing a low-casualty war mode, and finally we have met an opponent who can't bite down! Today we have paid the price, General Schwarzkopf, and if our Seventh Army cannot hold back the Soviets, I propose that the troops besieging Kuwait City immediately retreat, those forces will be even more dangerous. After saying these words to Schwarzkopf, Lieutenant General Franks hung up the phone and ordered, "We are heavy troops, fulfilling our duties." ”
The troops of the Red Banner Sixth Tank Army rushed forward, like an endless stream of iron. A large number of T80U tanks, under the cover of helicopter gunships, lined up in a neat formation, and attacked the defense line of the Americans' heavy Seventh Army in a straight line. The shells of the Red Army's long-range artillery fell precisely on the enemy's positions, providing cover for the assault of the tank units.
Thousands of artillery pieces suddenly let out a tsunami-like roar, and the fiery red ballistics instantly covered the sky, and countless shells swept across the sky towards the opposite position. Violent explosions continued in one piece, and the earth and sky seemed to tremble under this unrivaled power.
Under the cover of the fierce artillery bombardment and the blow of air power, the units of the US Seventh Army, as a heavy unit, were not afraid, they also had helicopter gunships, and the Abrams tanks were not bad at all.
"Franks, how many gunships do you have in the U.S. military? How many tanks are there? "Lieutenant General Kvashkin is unmoved by the data that is now damaged, the war is supposed to be fought this way.
Moreover, in the high-level battles, the brightness of the US Air Force and the Soviet Air Force was not inferior at all, but because of the quantitative relationship, the effect of ground operations could not be reflected, and Lieutenant General Franks was sinking little by little in the face of this situation, air supremacy could not be seized, the armed helicopter group was entangled by an opponent with superior numbers, and the air defense force of the Soviet ground forces far exceeded that of the US army. The most important thing is that problem, the Soviet Union has too many tanks, and in the entire Persian Gulf, only the Seventh Army is a heavy army.
"With the range of our Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber, there is no problem in running from here to the Arabian Sea!" The commander of the 37th Air Force held a telescope and watched one after another backfire bombers accelerate, and finally rushed into the blue sky until they disappeared from sight.
At some air bases in southern Afghanistan, Soviet pilots flew Soviet-made fighter jets of the Afghan Air Force to escort the air raids, and the KH55 cruise missiles under the belly of the Backfire bombers had a long range, allowing the Backfire bombers to be launched without even being at sea.
There is no problem for the British Royal Navy eight hundred kilometers away, and on the USS Midway, the captain of the ship, Richard ? Cooper took the telegram from China and ordered, "Inform all ships to activate the existing air defense system and focus on detecting the northeast direction." ”
The USS Kennedy, USS Roosevelt, USS America, and other US heavy aircraft carrier battle groups have entered a state of alert one after another, and suddenly a large number of distant points marking the enemy's attack appeared on the radar, which made the hearts of all US commanders who had received the warning nervous.
"Ready to intercept? Was there a problem with the guidance system of Soviet missiles? "Richard? Captain Cooper felt that something was wrong, but he still gave the order to intercept it, and the reliability of the Aegis system would be tested immediately, which he thought, but it immediately turned out that he was wrong.