The war was fought at this time. [Full text reading] fully proves a problem. The excellent finger notch makes full and effective use of the combat power in hand, and never wastes military resources. In layman's terms. It's "good steel is used on the edge of the knife." Judging from the "Central Campaign" with the main purpose of attacking Surat, Pei Chengyi did not adopt the tactics of surprising victory, and still dominated the conventional style of play. Compared with Gujaram, Pei Chengyi's biggest advantage is that he should reasonably have each unit and let each combat force exert the maximum combat effectiveness

Being able to command front-line troops in combat like an arm and finger is closely related to the military command system of the Republic.

Before the outbreak of war. Xiang Linghui believed that two command centers on the western front and the eastern front should be set up under the front-line command to command the ground forces more effectively. Pei Chengyi did not take Xiang Linghui's suggestion. It is clearly pointed out that if a regional command is set up for the front, not only will it not improve the combat efficiency of the ground forces, but it will disperse the limited support forces. Because Xiang Linghui promised not to interfere with the front-line command, he did not force Pei Chengyi to "decentralize power, Pei Chengyi is not reluctant to give up power." Rather, it is not possible to disperse command in order to take care of the ground forces.

In fact, the importance of ground forces in modern warfare has been significantly reduced.

Although in the Indian War, the Republican Army performed very well, from an objective point of view, the ground forces played the role of occupiers most of the time. Regardless of the battle, the "thugs" are air power, or ground forces that rely on air power. For example, the Airborne Forces and the Air Assault Forces. The Army spared no effort to expand the size of its air force. Even at the expense of turning the other cheek with the Air Force, mass procurement has the nature of a tactical fighter ... The low-altitude attack aircraft is also designed to enrich the air strike force of the army. According to the statistics of the post-war period, the fixed targets, semi-fixed targets, armored targets, and mobile targets were all destroyed by the air forces of tactical aviation, army aviation, and naval aviation. In other words, the armored forces, which accounted for about the gills of the participating forces, only achieved the results of the Yuan. In fact, this is also the case, except for a few rare cases, in the vast majority of ground battles. The main task of the armored forces is to occupy enemy positions that are under air and artillery fire, annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and then wait for the next round of fire.

The key to fighting a good war is no longer how to use ground forces, but how to use fire support.

The same is true for Pei Chengyi's refusal to set up a two-line command, if two commands are set up. Support forces have to be distributed, making it impossible to concentrate support forces. Although the support force is strong enough to effectively support the ground forces even if it is divided into two parts, it will certainly not be able to do the same as it is now. In a month, the thugs swept through most of India. Let the large-scale ground war end in half a year.

It doesn't hurt to use support forces.

In the early days of the war, the biggest disadvantage was that it put a lot of pressure on the front-line command. In addition to the staff officers working in two shifts, Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao's average daily rest time is not more than a new hour.

By the middle of the war, the biggest problem was that it was difficult to take care of offensive operations in several directions at the same time.

That's exactly what happened when the attack on Surat. The number of support forces used in the direction of New Delhi has been reduced by more than half.

It was not until the early hours of the morning that the army and the leading army advanced the front to Gernar, south of Chang Qiang Gar, and the vanguard was still about a kilometer away from New Delhi. Worse. The army is still in Rajgarh, not only has it not moved forward, but it has been attacked by the Indian army.

After turning his attention to New Delhi, the first thing Pei Chengyi did was to ask the three field armies to submit battle damage reports.

The situation of the puppet army is not bad, the battle losses are less than 20%, and the combat effectiveness is more than 80%. For the heavily armored corps. Because it is not possible to devote all troops at once, there is not much difference between preserving 80% of the combat strength and preserving the entire combat strength. Still able to attack. The situation of the army is also good, mainly because it has met with the two armies in advance, and has handed over most of the tasks of attacking the fortified positions, and is only responsible for covering, without facing the solid defense line of the Indian army. The situation of the army is relatively bad, among the three combat brigades, the losses of the first mechanized infantry brigade are more than forty percent, the losses of the 6th knife mechanized infantry brigade are more than thirty percent, and the losses of the first wounded thug armored assault brigade are close to thirty percent, that is, that is. The army lost a third of its combat capability. According to the report submitted by the belly technique, even if it is possible to attack again, it will be difficult to make a greater contribution to the attack on New Delhi, and if possible, it should replenish part of the army as soon as possible.

Apparently. Pei Chengyi had no way to replenish the army.

Although the losses of the 62nd Army were relatively large, they were not completely worthless. Because the army posed a great threat to New Delhi, the Second Indian Army had been storming Rajgarh before the wounded army and the leading army captured Gernar, trying to annihilate the Kou army first, and then concentrate its forces to deal with the army and the leading army. Exactly. When the foil army and the leading army went south, they did not encounter much problem, otherwise it would be the wounded army and the leading army that suffered losses.

The problem now is that the army will most likely not make it to New Delhi.

Can the wounded and led troops occupy New Delhi without an army?

To be precise, will it be possible to occupy New Delhi within the planned time?

After receiving the report of the Fiber Field Army, Pei Chengyi immediately arranged for the staff officers to use computers to conduct simulation exercises. The conclusion reached was not much different from his judgment, if the army did not launch a counterattack in the direction of Rajgarh, the army and the leading army could only attack outside New Delhi at the earliest. If, according to the high requirements of the Yuan Rigang, there is a time to occupy the new German army and the leading army in Daotianhu, and if New Delhi is occupied within the thug month according to the most relaxed requirements, the You army and the leading army will have the time to occupy the siege. The sky will definitely not beat New Delhi. Even if it is relaxed to occupy the sky, it is unlikely that New Delhi will be captured before the 7th of the old month.

That is, the fourth army had to be committed.

Fortunately, Pei Chengyi had been prepared for a long time. Otherwise, it won't let the sword army stay behind and watch the excitement.

After getting the results of the deduction, Pei Chengyi called Ling Yunxiao and asked about the situation of the sword army.

Although according to Ling Yunxiao, the sword army has regained its combat effectiveness, its morale is extremely strong, and the officers and soldiers are eager to fight, and they can go to the battlefield at any time, Pei Chengyi did not fully believe Ling Yunxiao's words. According to his estimates, the problem of the 1st Knife Fighter and the Armored Assault Brigade was not very large, especially the 2nd Knife Armored Assault Brigade. It should have relatively complete combat effectiveness, but the situation of the first armored assault brigade is not optimistic.

In the "Battle of the Junction", the 7th Nai Armored Assault Brigade suffered the greatest losses, and in order to form an assault force, several combat battalions were transferred to reinforce the 1st Knife Fighter Armored Assault Brigade. When the sword army rests. Ling Yunxiao in order to go to the battlefield as soon as possible. Some officers and men were transferred from the 1st Armored Assault Brigade to supplement the 1st and A Assault Brigades, which was equivalent to counting the losses of the entire army on the 1st Armored Assault Brigade. The recruits who were replenished to the Digong Armored Assault Brigade were as many as Artisans. And the total strength of the 3rd Armored Assault Brigade is just over four. This is equivalent to more than half of the officers and soldiers being recruits. Although the supplementary soldiers are all retired soldiers, many of them are also retired officers and soldiers of the Sword Army. The basic qualities are good, but it will take a lot of time to familiarize these recruits who have not been on the battlefield with the battlefield environment, let alone master the various new weapons that have been equipped in recent years. Familiarize yourself with modern tactics.

Of course, Pei Chengyi can't care so much.

After making Ling Yunxiao ready for battle, Pei Chengyi did not forget to tell him. Because all the support troops were sent to the Surat battlefield, and the knife army could not get support for the time being, it was best to leave a combat brigade to cooperate with the logistics brigade to be responsible for the delivery of materials, and only put 2 combat brigades in front.

After getting Ling Yunxiao's affirmative reply. Pei Chengyi asked him to continue to wait for the battle order.

The sword army is half-determined to enter the war. It's just that when to go to war is worth digging into.

The third thing Pei Chengyi did was to contact the Military Intelligence Agency and ask if India's relocation of the capital had been completed. To be exact. It is whether all the Indian government agencies and government officials have left the new.

The military intelligence bureau soon reported that the last round of capital relocation had been completed in the evening, but there was no information that Rurajapani had left New Delhi, and according to the estimates of the military intelligence agency, Rurajapani was likely to go to an underground strategic command center on the outskirts of New Delhi and was expected to leave New Delhi at night.

After asking the Military Intelligence Agency to provide accurate information about Rurajapani as soon as possible, Pei Chengyi began to adjust the operation of attacking New Delhi.

A strong attack on New Delhi is inevitable, and Pei Chengyi must first consider the risk of a strong attack.

Rurajapani and Gujarad had already spoken. The Indian army will defend New Delhi at any cost. In other words, even if New Delhi is turned into ruins, it will not allow the Republican ** team to successfully occupy New Delhi.

If this is the case, Pei Chengyi will definitely give up the idea of storming New Delhi. Plainly. Even if all the troops were to be put into a decisive battle with millions of Indian troops in New Delhi and finally defeated New Delhi, the casualties and losses would be unimaginable, so that the Republican ** team would lose the opportunity to capture the whole of India.

The best thing to do is to avoid storming New Delhi.

There are only two ways to avoid storming New Delhi: one is to lure the defenders out of the city and annihilate the Indian army's living forces with a field battle that is more capable of wielding the fighting power of the Republican Army, so that the Indian army will lose the ability to hold on to the city; The second is to undermine the confidence of the Indian army. The Indian army lost the fighting spirit to defend New Delhi.

Of course, it is not a question of which approach is chosen, but how to use both approaches effectively.

Because the sword army has not gone north. So the mobile reserve that had been south of New Delhi has been moved to the west. An attack is underway on Rajgarh, which is under the control of the army. According to Pei Chengyi's estimate, as the Tendon Army and the Guiding Army gained a foothold in Gernard, they were ready to march to New Delhi. The mobile reserve will definitely turn north.

The Mobile Reserve must be taken out, as this is the most combat-ready armored unit in the defenders of New Delhi.

According to Yuan Chenhao's suggestion, it is best to let the sword army occupy the northwest as soon as possible, and let the Indian army make mistakes. According to his judgment, after the sword army went north. The Indian army has only two choices: one is to let the mobile reserve go south again to meet the sword army with fewer troops, and then to deal with the much stronger puppet army and the leading army; The second is to let the mobile reserve force divide the operation, part of which will entangle the 66th Army and the 6th Thug Army in the north, and the other part will go south to deal with the Sword Army. Whatever the case may be. can take advantage of the frequent shift of the mobile reserve to defeat it.

Pei Chengyi did not take Yuan Chenhao's suggestion for a simple reason. There is not enough support.

The best option to combat the enemy in motion is aviation. And according to Pei Chengyi's deployment. Tactical aviation, army aviation, and naval aviation will concentrate on supporting Surat, Raipur, and Visakhapat in the southward upward battle. It is not possible to invest much in the direction of New Delhi. There was no aviation, only the artillery of a few corps. In addition to the unsatisfactory strike, it will also cause a greater burden on logistical support, especially the logistical support of the sword army, which is definitely a big problem. If the support force is not in place, the only way to annihilate the Indian mobile reserve is to use ground forces. No doubt. Such an outcome was unacceptable, since there were not many ground forces attacking New Delhi in the first place.

It was precisely because of this that Pei Chengyi did not let the sword army be dispatched immediately.

According to his idea, first let the Tendon Army and the leading army lead the mobile reserve to use the puppet army and the three artillery brigades of the leading army to attack the mobile reserve. Because the Pakistani army is responsible for the logistics and supply work in the north, and the Pakistani army has not undertaken the heavy task of attacking the front, there is no reason not to do the work. Therefore, the problem of logistics support between the 66th Army and the leading army is not serious, at least it can provide enough ammunition for artillery in the short term.

In the evening of the old day, Pei Chengyi contacted the chief of the general staff of the Pakistani army and asked the Pakistani army to make every effort to provide logistical support for the army and the army.

After completing this matter, Pei Chengyi asked Dongfang Wen to contact several Pakistani companies that serve the republican ** team and asked if the leaflets ordered at the beginning of the month had been printed.

After receiving a satisfactory reply, Pei Chengyi immediately arranged several transport planes to deliver the leaflets.

Everything. Only the east wind is owed.

After dinner, when Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao returned to the tactical command center, the operational staff officer sent the news that the Indian army's mobile reserve that had attacked Rajgarh had turned north and was rushing to Gernard.

Pei Chengyi did not rush to give the order to attack. Keep communications staff officers on the lookout for intelligence from the MIA.

When to fight, it is not up to Pei Chengyi to decide, but it is up to Rurajapani to decide.

At this time, Rurajapani was arguing with Gujarad inside the strategic command center.

The two have already quarreled a few little pairs, just for one thing. That is, whether Rurajapani will leave New Delhi, which is about to be surrounded by the squadron.

Although Rurajapani has repeatedly stressed that he will live and die with New Delhi, Gujarad resolutely refuses to agree, and the prime minister should live and die with India, and losing New Delhi does not mean that India is finished.

In fact, Gujarad is well aware. Rurajapani won't stay, it's just a step away.

It's not that the army chief of staff thinks that the prime minister shouldn't stay, so the prime minister can't stay, but someone has to replace Rurajapani and stay and coexist with New Delhi. More importantly, this person must have a certain identity and status, and he must be able to awaken the fighting spirit of Indians.

Fernandez has left New Delhi. Senior government officials have also left New Delhi.

The only one who is eligible to replace Rurajapani is Gujarad.

It wasn't until Gujarad vowed to fight until the last moment that Rurajapani didn't hold out. Before leaving, Rurajapani left only one sentence for Gujarad, and if he could not hold on, he would retreat to Hyderabada.

This sentence is tantamount to not saying it.

When it's certain that you can't hold New Delhi. The squadron has surrounded New Delhi. Unless Gujarad becomes a pangolin, don't try to escape New Delhi.

In any case, the Prime Minister's words somewhat relieved Gujarade.

With a knife cut at the knife, Rurajapani left the strategic command center under the protection of the guards and set off for Surat.

About half an hour later, Pei received intelligence from the Military Intelligence Agency confirming that Rurajapani had left New Delhi and was on his way to Surat.

It was only at this time that Pei Chengyi gave the order to the Dysprosium army and the leading army to storm New Delhi.

The leading point was divided in a hurry, and the artillery preparations for the attack before the army and the leading army began.

Although Gernar is only a kilometre away from New Delhi

What an execution?

According to the data measured after the war, in the old defense area of four square kilometers, the trenches dug by the Indian army were more than 10,000 and a half miles long, the ball equator that could be circled two and a half times, the various fortifications accounted for more than 10,000, the average distance between them was less than four meters, and the total construction volume of the defensive positions was equivalent to the excavation of the Suez Canal!

In the case of limited combat effectiveness of the troops. All the Indian army could count on was impregnable defensive positions.

It is a pity that the Indian army's defensive formations were built over the decades and were not built to the highest standards, as in Bhopal.

For the tendon army and the leading army, the biggest problem is that the depth of the offensive is too large.

Artillery preparation lasted a full two hours, although three artillery brigades did not fire at maximum intensity. But almost 60,000 tons of shells were still thrown in 2 hours.

As the armoured troops attacked and the leading armoured troops attacked, the artillery fire began to advance in depth.

Very traditional and standard ground offensive tactics.

As you can imagine, the advance of the army and the introduction of the army is not fast.

In fact, Pei Chengyi did not let the tendon army and the leading army start a surprise attack, and even told the two army commanders. When you hit, be steady and don't be too aggressive.

The battle lasted until dawn, and the army and the leading army advanced less than shmi, and basically stood still.

At this time. The Indian Army's mobile reserve has arrived on the battlefield and is preparing for a counterattack.

The wounded army and the 6 thug army do not seem to have a mobile reserve of the current Indian army, and the front-line troops are still on the offensive. Merely. The armored forces in the rear of the front have switched from offensive to defensive.

Less than 7 o'clock, the Indian mobile reserve began to assault north.

Within a few minutes, the attacking troops of the drill army and the leading army were withdrawn, and the second-line troops, which were ready for defense, became the vanguard.

At the same time, Pei Chengyi gave the order to attack the sword army.

At 7 o'clock, dozens of large transport planes arrived over New Delhi and scattered 10,000 specially printed leaflets on the city of New Delhi and the Indian army's defensive positions.

Flyers don't explode, but they're more powerful than any bomb!