Chapter 96 Race against time
On the other hand, the US and India view the situation very pessimistic, but Pei Chengyi faces the problem Tian Daoist.
Yuan Chenhao is responsible for the formulation of tactical plans, and Pei Chengyi does not have to worry too much. Before the Nu army and Huo army are deployed in place, Pei Chengyi must solve a very important problem, that is, redistribute air power.
At this time of the war, Matsuki did not have much air force in the air to participate in tactical operations.
When formulating the war plan, Pei Chengyi considered that India would mobilize war after the war broke out and shifted industrial facilities concentrated in the northern region southward. Based on this judgment, Pei Chengyi made a combat plan for the Air Force, requiring the Air Force to focus on strategic bombing tasks in the early stage of the war and destroy India's industrial facilities as much as possible, especially military and heavy industrial facilities. From the perspective of the entire war, Pei Chengyi's deployment was not a problem. Although India does not have many cutting-edge industries worthy of praise and pride. But India has
The world's largest heavy industry system, and the southern region of India has all mineral resources related to heavy industry except oil. It can be seen that if India successfully completes the industrial transfer, the Indian army's ability to continue war will be enhanced, and the later combat operations of the Republic's army will be more difficult. Taking advantage of India's industrial layout is unreasonable, it is necessary to conduct industrial transfer during the war, and concentrating efforts to bomb India's industrial facilities in the early stages of the war can maximize the process of war and shorten the war time.
From the start of war in July to the early morning of August, within the old sky, the strategic bombing of the Air Force was effective.
According to the battle report submitted by the Air Force to the General Staff, within this old sky: 7 2 types of combat aircraft were dispatched, tactical aviation troops dispatched Wuou ranks, strategic aviation troops dispatched Guimei ranks, and support aviation troops dispatched Pinnai ranks. In addition to the tasks of carrying out tactical bombing tasks and support tasks, including transporting combat troops and combat materials to the front line, a total of the mountain scattered strategic bombing tasks were carried out; in the strategic bombing mission, tactical aviation troops dropped bombs and thugs were killed, inland freighters and ferries led out, and other targets were killed.
It can be seen from this that the early strategic bombing is very targeted.
Among the various daily bids destroyed, ground transportation equipment accounts for the vast majority. According to relevant data provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, in the old days, the bombed railway transportation equipment only accounted for the number of ships in India. India's railway transportation capacity has been reduced above, and the road transportation capacity has been reduced above, and the inland waterway transportation capacity has been reduced. Affected by the bombing, Ji Ge Xiao completed the relocation work before August 2018, only the thugs completed the relocation work before the early morning of the day. The two injured some completed the relocation work, and the remaining four factories only had the fastest
The relocation work can be completed by the end of August. Because most industrial facilities were blown up during the relocation process, only factories that completed the relocation can resume production within the year, and factories that have not completed the relocation will find it difficult to resume production within the year. According to the most optimistic estimate, at the beginning of the Western Year, India's industrial production capacity could only reach 4 before the outbreak of the war. Even if all industrial forces are concentrated, India's military industrial production capacity can only reach the pre-war production capacity, among which the production capacity of heavy military equipment can only be restored at most, and only the production capacity of light weapons and equipment can be guaranteed.
Because Indian workers are still relocating south, bombing of Indian transportation infrastructure must continue.
According to the war plan formulated by Pei Chengyi, after some important Indian factories have been relocated, in addition to allowing naval carrier-based aviation to participate in strategic bombing operations against southern India, the Air Force will significantly reduce its investment in strategic bombing and use only strategic aviation troops with a relatively long distance from some strikes to bomb southern India. Most of the tactical aviation troops will be switched to perform tactical bombing.
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In other words, the Air Force will not be able to draw enough tactical aviation troops to support ground operations until the end of August.
If an attack was launched according to the initial war plan, the impact of weak support from the air force was not great. Because when the Republic Army was lighter, it focused on strengthening the army's independent combat capabilities. Not only did it form an army aviation company that was not restricted by the air force and had a strike capability no less than that of the tactical aviation company, it also comprehensively strengthened the strike capability of the artillery. Hundreds of electric-bumping gun systems were purchased for the entire army.
In fact, in the battles before the old days, the Army did not rely too much on the Air Force.
The problem now is that the adjusted battle plan requires more support. According to Yuan Chenhao's preliminary estimate, even if all the support forces of the army are invested, plus the naval fleet operating in the Bay of Bengal, the fire support gap for ground forces is still above Wei.
What Pei Chengyi has to do is to make up for the firepower support gap of this fraud.
Before contacting Zhang Zhongxian, Pei Chengyi first contacted Lin Xiaolei.
Although Lin Xiaolei is a thorn, in Pei Chengyi's opinion, Lin Xiaolei has a straightforward personality, is very wise and has a better sense of righteousness.
Of course, Pei Chengyi’s purpose of finding Lin Xiaolei is not to give Lin Xiaolei a chance to intervene in the frontline battle, but to cause trouble for Lin Xiaolei.
According to Pei Chengyi's intention, in addition to the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet participating in the upcoming Eastern Front Decisive Battle, the Navy also had to leave the amphibious assault fleet in the Bay of Bengal, and hand over the command of the amphibious assault fleet to the front line command to participate in combat operations supporting ground forces.
This requirement is not low, because the amphibious assault fleet
Before answering the phone, Pei Chengyi knew that this matter was not simple. However, he was shocked. He heard that the amphibious assault fleet was shocked and he had an opportunity to join the war. Lin Xiaolei not only did not complain, but instead agreed and even hinted that Pei Chengyi. If necessary, the front-line command could mobilize the Marines that followed the amphibious assault fleet.
Pei Chengyi didn't know that Xiang Yinghui had already greeted Lin Xiaolei, otherwise Lin Xiaolei would not have cooperated like this.
Of course, what Pei Chengyi wants is not the high team on the amphibious assault fleet, but the powerful low-altitude strike capability and tactical transportation capability of the amphibious assault fleet.
Among the amphibious assault fleets: amphibious assault ships are equipped with port frames...shao Zhao type vertical take-off and landing attack aircraft, and out of the field-type tilt-rotating rotary wing transport aircraft. Its air strike capability is equivalent to half a brigade of landing aircraft, and the air transport capability is equivalent to a thug and a half a brigade of landing aircraft; each of the comprehensive landing ships is equipped with darts. The wound Zhao type vertical take-off and landing attack aircraft and 8 Tianyiji type vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft, and the two strategic delivery ships are equipped with darts and a brigade of landing transport aircraft and darts. The tilt-rotating rotary wing transport aircraft, each of which breaks large landing ships is equipped with darts and two blades inclined rotary wing transport aircraft. The air transport capability of the warship is equivalent to two brigades and a strike capability is equivalent to one brigade of landing aircraft squadron.
Compared with the land aviation, the biggest advantage of the amphibious assault fleet is its activity in the Bay of Bengal.
From another perspective, attack aircraft groups starting from amphibious assault fleets can reach coastal areas faster, providing air support to ground forces operating in the area and sending combat troops to the area.
For an unpredictable battle situation, the delivery ability that can be mobilized at any time is very critical.
After getting Lin Xiaolei over, Pei Chengyi contacted Zhang Zhongxian.
The amphibious assault fleet can only make up for the fire support gap on the gills, and in addition, the strong fire support gap can only be relied on the Air Force.
When talking to Zhang Zhongxian, Mu Chengyi seemed much more tactful. He did not give orders to let Zhang Zhongxian re-arrange the combat missions of the Tactical Air Force, but instead solved the problem with Zhang Zhongxian through discussion.
From the attitude, we can see that Pei Chengyi has reservations in front of a cunning general like Zhang Zhongxian.
There is no doubt that Zhang Zhongxian is much more difficult to deal with than Lin Xiaolei.
Although he guaranteed that the Air Force would fully obey the dispatch of the front line command and fully support the ground forces in combat, Zhang Zhongxian raised various questions when talking about practical issues.
Pei Chengyi had long anticipated this and took the initiative to propose solutions when talking about adjusting tactical aviation combat missions.
The solution is not difficult, that is, by redistributing the air force on the East-West Line and reducing investment on the Western Front, we will solve the problem of shortage of support forces on the battlefield of the Eastern Front.
Since Pei Chengyi proposed a solution, Zhang Zhongxian didn't say much.
Before the war broke out, the Republic Air Force deployed a tactical fighter jet on the Western Front. Among them, the powerful fighter jet was deployed in Pakistan and the persuasion was deployed in the northwest of the Republic. In the battle before the old days, this sight tactical fighter jet not only bombed the strategic markers of the northwestern India and Gujarat in western India, but also shouldered the task of supporting the operations of the Western Front. In the defensive operations in the Karachi direction, the Air Force's tactical aviation played a great role, and then performed well in the combat operations in the direction of Srinagar and Bernighal Pass. As Pei Chengyi turned his focus to the Eastern Front battlefield, there was no need to deploy too much air force on the Western Front.
If you look at it a little broader, you can find that Pei Chengyi's move has produced a bigger
ring.
Before this, Pei Chengyi was worried that the Pakistani army would take advantage of the Republic's Army to launch a strategic offensive on the Eastern Front battlefield and concentrate its forces to attack New Delhi. For this reason, Pei Chengyi caused a lot of trouble for the Pakistani army, and even did not provide support to the Pakistani army in battles in several directions.
This problem has not been resolved. As long as the Indian army sends its main force to the eastern front battlefield, the Pakistani army will take action.
According to the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, it is very likely that the Indian army would draw several main divisions from the Western Front battlefield when the Eastern Front battlefield was tight, resulting in a complete collapse of the Western Front defense line. As long as the Pakistani commander was a little smart, he would launch a full-scale attack at this time. Although the Pakistani army's attack on the Western Front battlefield can greatly alleviate the combat pressure of the Republic's Army on the Eastern Front battlefield, Pei Chengyi had to worry about the worst result, that is, the Indian army collapsed completely, and the army would capture New Delhi without bloodshed.
When adjusting the combat plan, Pei Chengyi received a call from the Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, asking him to worry.
The Republic's Army's fierce attack on the Eastern Front was a foregone conclusion, and the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Army could not see the opportunity in front of him. Calling Pei Chengyi at this critical moment was nominally a matter of negotiating the issue of coordinated operations between the two armies, but in fact, it was testing Pei Chengyi and preparing for the Pakistani army to launch a strategic offensive on the battlefield on the Western Front.
Pei Chengyi's concerns quickly became a fact.
After the He army and the ark army entered the eastern region of India, the bar army began to adjust its deployment. Several main divisions heading south from Srinagar did not stay in Chamo. Instead, they gathered in Lahore, stayed in Islamabad, and acted as strategic reserves, and left the camp and headed to Lahore. There was no doubt that the Pakistani army planned to use Lahore as an offensive position, tear open the Indian army's local defense line from the Amritsar direction, and cut off the main Indian army's troops in half. Unless the Pakistani army planned to join forces with the army to annihilate the Indian army entrenched in the southern region of Kashmir, the Pakistani army would have 10,000 reasons... The fourth army restrained the Indian army in the north and led its division to attack New Delhi.
Without doing war chess deduction, Pei Chengyi could guess the intention of Ba Jun.
To this end, he ordered the airborne thugs on the night of the 8th. Shaoxing Brigade was preparing to leave the Bernhar Pass and return the defense work to the army. At this time, Pei Chengyi even made the worst plan, that is, to shrink the defense line when the Pakistani army could not stop the Pakistani army from advancing blindly, and to release the Indian army a way out, so that the Pakistani army would not consider the security of the left wing, thus forcing the Pakistani army to give up the idea of entering New Delhi. Of course, the cost of doing so was very high. Not to mention that Pakistan was so angry that it would be so angry that it would be too embarrassed to have a bad relationship with China-Pakistan relations.
Compared with extreme means, the best way to restrain the ninja army is to weaken the support force.
Although Pakistan has a strong and its equipment level in South Asia, the firepower of the Barkistan Army is not weak, overall, the Pakistani army's firepower support capacity is still far inferior to that of the Republican army, and the Pakistani army's joint combat capability is not outstanding. More importantly, Pakistan has adhered to the strategic defense policy for decades, and its military-building ideas are completely based on defense. Although after the Fourth India-Pakistan War, the Pakistani army's strategy has been adjusted and began to form assault troops like the 7th Armored Division, the Pakistani army's overall offensive strength is not strong and there is even less strategic assault.
Capacity. Not to mention anything else, Pakistan does not have an airborne army, nor does it have a strategic response force similar to a knife army. According to Pakistan's guiding ideology for national defense construction, in local defense operations, the Pakistani army mainly relies on its own strength and will not rely too much on the military support of the Republic. Only when it is strategically attacked, do it rely on the military support of the Republic. In other words, without the military support of the Republic, the Pakistani army's offensive capabilities are quite limited. The most effective military support that the Republic can provide is air support. To a large extent, the Pakistani Air Force is only an auxiliary force.
The tactical aviation force on the Western Front is equivalent to removing firewood from the bottom of the pot.
Of course, the cunning Zhang Zhongxian also saw Pei Chengyi's intention. After Mao ensured that the tactical aviation was transferred before the thugs, the Japanese-Chinese Point, Zhang Zhongxian clearly stated that this was a battle mobilization of the front line command and the air force would not bear any consequences caused.
Pei Chengyi didn't say much about this statement of shirking responsibility.
In fact, only Pei Chengyi needs to bear responsibility. From another perspective, Zhang Zhongxian is unwilling to bear responsibility. It is impossible to challenge Pei Chengyi in terms of command.
After doing this, Pei Chengyi contacted the General Staff and reported the deployment to Xiang Yinghui.
When Xiang Yinghui learned that Pei Chengyi had drawn the Western Front to strengthen the Eastern Front, he did not object, but said that Pakistan's interests and needs should be taken into consideration within a reasonable range.
This matter did not worry Pei Chengyi, and Xiang Yinghui agreed to solve the problem for him.
After contacting the Chief of Staff of the Pakistani Army, Xiang Yinghui sent someone to call the Pakistani military officer in China. Although the military officers were diplomats, the Pakistani military officers also shouldered the important task of communicating with the Republic's army.
No matter from which perspective, Pakistan is an indispensable ally of the Republic.
In the news that Pakistani military officers were brought back, Xiang Yinghui clearly mentioned that after the Republic completed its strategic offensive on the Eastern Front battlefield, it would shift the focus as quickly as possible and jointly win the Western Front battlefield with the Pakistani army. Because there was no request for Wang Yuanqing, Xiang Yinghui only hinted that Pakistan could determine the occupied areas of both sides in the northwest of India, including in New Delhi based on actual military input and its role on the battlefield.
Although Xiang Yinghui's guarantee was too general, under the circumstances at that time, the guarantees made by the Chief of Staff of the General Staff of the Republic's Three Armed Forces were definitely more convincing than the guarantees of the commander-in-chief on the front line.
When Pei Chengyi solved the problem of support for the battle, the tactical deployment work under Yuan Chenhao was also completed.
On the night of the 8th, all the combat troops of the old army, including the 3rd Brigade, returned to Gangtok Air Force Base, and the main force of the Hong army arrived at Jishengenje. The sword army officially replaced the Feng army to station in Xiliguri, strengthened the two artillery brigades and thugs of the sword army, the 24th Army, the witch army and the blade army entered a state of combat readiness.
The only thing that has not been received is logistics support.
According to Yuan Chenhao's calculations, the fastest way is to complete the logistics materials transportation work day and night in the thugs. Moreover, the combat materials sent to the front line are at most for combat troops to clear the sky.
In other words, if more transportation channels cannot be obtained within the sky, the battle will be forced
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In response to this situation, Yuan Chenhao clearly mentioned in the newly released battle tackles that one of the key points of the first phase of the combat operation is to seize the transportation hub in the eastern part of West Bengal as quickly as possible, open up ground transportation channels with Bangladesh, and ensure that the combat materials escorted by the Marine Corps can be delivered to various combat troops in a timely manner.
Pei Chengyi also attached great importance to this issue because it was related to the success or failure of the battle.
After asking Yuan Chenhao to put down his work, Pei Chengyi asked him to set off for Dhaka immediately to negotiate the material transportation matters with the Bangladesh government. Pei Chengyi then asked Dongfang Wen to go to Kathmandu and negotiate the same matters with the Nepal government. In any case, it is necessary to ensure that a transportation line is unobstructed.
Yuan Chenhao and Dongfang Wen left Wozilabad less than half of the time. He said that he had a small separation and Nepal and Bangladesh officially declared war on India!
Chapter completed!