After Li Tianling left, the main issue discussed was still the main focus.

That is, Bai Huawei and Li Tianling arrived, making this issue that had been resolved by Ding Zhennan once again the focus of debate.

The ones who fought the most were Hou Chensheng and Fu Weimin.

According to the arrangements made by Ding Zhennan before, the southwest battlefield is actually a secondary direction, and there is no "main attack" theory, and both troops have their own belongings. After the main attack operation begins, the Fifth Land Warrior Division will go to the east coast, while the 17th Armored Division will head to the northwest battlefield. Even if it is necessary to make trouble in the southwest battlefield or the west coast of the Fanluo Kingdom during the offensive stage, other troops will be arranged at that time.

In short, the southwest battlefield has nothing to do with Hou Chensheng and Fu Weimin.

Because the matter is not about me, the two of them are not very concerned about it.

The key is that according to Ding Zhennan's arrangement, whether it is the northwest battlefield or the east coast, the 17th Armored Division and the 5th Land Warrior Division are well-deserved main forces.

It is precisely because Hou Chensheng and Fu Weimin did not cause trouble for Ding Zhennan.

The problem now is that we have to launch a large-scale attack on Pakistan Railway in advance, and judging from the current situation, we must place the main battlefield in the southwest. Even if we go to the northwest battlefield to fight, we will draw troops from the southwest battlefield. We will not consider using the 24th Mechanical Infantry Division and the 33rd Infantry Division for the time being. The reason is very simple. The former is the general reserve team, while the latter will take several months to complete the expansion work.

In fact, the 24th Mechanical and Infantry Division is also expanding. Due to limited capacity, several additional brigade-level troops have not yet been in place.

Relatively speaking, the 17th Armored Division and the 5th Land War Division who participated in the Posa Bay War were the most complete, and the officers and soldiers were in a more ideal state.

So, who will play the main force in the southwest?

Also, is it necessary to launch an attack on the Northwest battlefield at the same time?

These two questions are actually the same problem.

If an attack is only launched on the southwest battlefield for the time being, a unit must be selected to serve as the main force, or a main offensive direction must be determined in the southwest battlefield.

On the contrary, this problem does not exist.

That's why the main topic of debate is whether to start fighting in the Northwest battlefield.

Interestingly, the two factions of the Army and the Marine Corps fought to the end and all pointed their finger at Bai Huawei, to be precise, the Navy.

In short, it is how much support the Navy can provide.

Obviously, Hou Chensheng and Fu Weimin both came prepared and targeted.

According to the news revealed by Li Tianling, when the large-scale counterattack operation begins, the Air Force will focus on the northwest battlefield and may not be able to take care of the southwest battlefield. Even if it is taken into account, only one air force will be left, which obviously cannot support a large-scale offensive operation.

In this way, we have to count on the Navy and Air Force.

In fact, in the Posa Bay War, the naval aviation took on the heavy responsibility, especially in the late stage of the war, that is, after the air force moved to the mainland battlefield, the naval aviation took on the main responsibility and undertaked most of the battlefield support tasks, making great contributions to the victory.

On the southern subcontinent, the situation is actually similar.

According to the two divisions invested, if the Air Force can only send one air force with a size of about 500, the Navy must provide at least 500 combat aircraft. Because it does not include support aircraft, it is almost equal to the size of 6 carrier-based aviation gangs.

In fact, this is just a theoretical calculation result.

Taking past battle examples, there are definitely many more things to do.

Take the combat operations on the southern battlefield as an example. In large-scale air strike operations, the actual combat aircraft invested 50% more than theoretically calculated.

In this case, the Navy will need to provide 1,000 combat aircraft.

Where to find 1,000 combat aircraft?

Actually, this is still a secondary issue.

In any case, the Imperial Navy is considered a big business. Moreover, the 51st special mixed fleet deployed in Lu Xinhai, as well as the 41st special mixed fleet and the 61st special mixed fleet in the East Ocean have all suffered heavy losses and will not be sent to the battlefield in the short term. Here are a total of 7 carrier-based aviation gangs. Including the several gangs formed after the war started, it is not difficult to gather 1,000 combat aircraft.

Relatively speaking, the real trouble is actually the transport aircraft affiliated to the Air Transport Command.

Because he did not expect to launch a strategic offensive in advance, when making plans, Ding Zhennan applied for air transport support from the Air Force Command in accordance with the standards of supporting the Fifth Marine Division. The Air Force Command also dispatched large transport aircraft to the southern subcontinent according to this requirement.

In addition to the 60 "Yun-15A" mentioned earlier, there are 40 "Yun-10A" and 80 "Yun-11".

Obviously, these transport planes certainly cannot provide support for two large-scale offensive operations that took place in the inland areas and had to cross the Vanro Desert.

What to say is a bit difficult to support a large-scale offensive operation in one direction.

Otherwise, when planning an assault on Deaeger, Ding Zhennan would not impose strict restrictions on the forces invested by the Fifth Land Force Division.

The key is that the "Yun-10A" cannot take off and land at field airports, and the "Yun-11" cannot carry large-scale main combat equipment such as main battle tanks.

In addition, Li Tianling has mentioned that the most urgent thing at present is the transport aircraft.

Don’t forget that there are also a large number of combat troops that need to be transferred, including hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers from more than a dozen divisions that need to be withdrawn to the rear for reorganization.

On the east side of the ocean, there are also a large amount of supplies that need to be sent to the front line.

What's more, the situation in Beixuan area is also very tense, and sea transportation is at most to quench thirst. Many important combat preparation materials and military equipment still have to rely on air transportation.

The result is that even though the Imperial Air Force is equipped with thousands of transport aircraft, it is still difficult to do so.

In Li Tianling's words, because there is the Northwest Railway and the sea route is still unobstructed, the local security of Pakistan Railway is also guaranteed enough, so in the short term, don't expect the Air Force Command to send additional transport aircraft to the southern subcontinent, which would be good enough to be able to maintain the current fleet.

Li Tianling didn't say the key reason here, but Ding Zhennan could think of it.

In fact, it is related to Bai Huawei.

Although the Hovay Islands were defended, for the empire, it was equivalent to carrying a burden, and this burden should have been thrown to the Republic of Newland.

That's right, it's the Hovay Islands.

According to the initial combat plan, after the offensive and defensive battle of the Hovay Islands ended, the Newland authorities should have been worried about defending the captured islands. The Imperial Navy took this opportunity to retreat, shorten the logistics supply line, minimize the burden of support, and avoid investing too much troops in the East Ocean.

Only in this way can we use the saved troops, to be precise, combat materials, and launch large-scale attacks in other strategic directions.

To put it bluntly, it is to use the Hovay Islands to catch the Republic of Newland and take this opportunity to sweep the world island.

As a result, the Newland Navy was hit head-on.

Affected by this, the Imperial Navy had to launch an offensive operation on the East Ocean in advance, that is, to deploy strategic strike forces to the Hovay Islands.

Although the Navy was responsible for transportation tasks according to the plan, and the Air Force only provided combat platforms and sent bombers to the Hovayi Islands to carry out strategic bombing missions, in the original plan, large-scale bombing operations began as soon as possible in the second quarter of 151, the New Calendar.

In other words, the transportation work that supports strategic bombing also began in the 151st year of the New Calendar, at most one month in advance.

Obviously, that's the problem.

The relevant preparations for the Imperial Navy were carried out as planned, so the ships that performed transportation tasks could not be deployed until the end of the year.

Even if you make adjustments immediately, you cannot be in place immediately.

Even if, according to the ideal situation, only two-thirds of the basic demand can be invested by the end of the year, and there is still a huge capacity gap.

In addition, there is another problem that no one can ignore.

Transport vessels will also suffer losses.

It is precisely this that the Imperial Air Force undertakes some transportation tasks, such as the precious equipment and important materials used to maintain strategic bombers are transported by transport aircraft.

Affected by this, more than half of the "Yun-10A" were left in the East Ocean.

Of course, what Ding Zhennan needs most is the "Yun-15A". After all, it must be sent directly to the front line, and the most ideal transportation force is the "Yun-15A".

Unfortunately, the "Yun-15A" is the most intimate or popular transport aircraft.

In Li Tianling's words, each theater has long arranged for air force representatives to go to the manufacturer to ensure that they can get new offline transport aircraft.

The key is that no one can get the Northwest War Zone.

The main reason is that the air transport mission in the Northwest War Zone is the most arduous, and in many places, only field airports with extremely simple conditions are available. What's more serious is that the continental battlefield facing the Northwest War Zone has a north-south span of more than 4,000 kilometers, and an east-west depth of 5,000 kilometers. This has led to a very serious problem. On the front line that is thousands of kilometers long, many defensive strongholds are far away from the traffic line.

Before winter comes, the problem of logistics support is not very prominent.

Even if the distance is very long, you can set up a transfer station on the rail and highway eyeliner. Use heavy helicopters when necessary, just to burn more fuel.

With the arrival of winter, the problem becomes particularly serious.

After the first snow fell, most of the transit stations along the highway became decorations, not to mention normal operation, it was difficult to maintain. Without the support of the transit station, it would be impossible to arrange heavy helicopters to transport supplies to isolated strongholds. As for sending vehicles to transport supplies, there is no way to talk about it.

In response to this issue, the Imperial Army not only needed to adjust its defense deployment, but also relied more on air transport.

Simply put, it is mainly based on large field airports and cooperates with heavy helicopters to provide logistical support to strongholds within the helicopter's flight radius.

Obviously, this requires enough "Yun-15A".

That's why, in addition to the 60 "Yun-15A" sent to the southern subcontinent, the other 120 aircraft that have been produced were all sent to the Northwest War Zone.

In fact, it is precisely with the "Yun-15A" that the Imperial Army can keep the entire defense line intact without making too much adjustments to the defense line, and still have enough tension in winter to cope with the enemy's harassment, so that the main force behind the defense line can be withdrawn and rested.

If it is based on traditional defense deployment, unless the defense line is shrinking, the main force will have to undertake some of the defense tasks.

If you want to say, 120 "Yun-15A" is just barely enough.

According to the winter defense combat plan personally formulated by Shi Suliang, 180 "Yun-15A" are required to maintain the strength of the defense line. If you plan to make a difference in winter, such as launching a counterattack on local defense lines, eliminating protrusions, and seizing key areas of great value, more transport aircraft will be required, and they all have to be "Yun-15A" that can deliver main combat equipment to field airports.

The great significance of launching a tactical counterattack in winter is not something that Li Tianling does not need to say.

The reason is also very simple. The combat plan submitted by Shi Suliang was actually drafted by Ding Zhennan, and the main part was almost unchanged.

The core content of the plan is to take advantage of the opportunity of a truce in winter to lay the foundation for a spring counterattack.

As long as the preparations are in place, you can launch a counterattack immediately after the beginning of spring and make breakthroughs in the main direction from the beginning.

Because the Western Army may not be able to prepare for defense, and after the beginning of spring, it is very likely to adjust the defense line according to traditional practices, so when the Imperial Army launches a counterattack, or to be precise, a strategic offensive, the Western Army may not be in the state at all.

If this is the case, maybe before the end of the 151th year of the New Calendar, the Imperial Army would be able to drink the Strait of Madover.

It can be seen that even if hundreds of "Yun-15A" are offline every month and delivered to the Imperial Air Force, they will be provided to the Northwest War Zone first.
To be continued...