Operation Thunder Strike can be said to be another copy of Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War. The Chinese military has begun to demonstrate similar tactics many years ago. It was considered a preliminary combat test during the Taiwan Liberation War. It first used air force, missiles The troops destroy the enemy's air defense, logistics, and sustained combat capabilities, destroying morale, and then use ground troops to resolve the battle. By the time they fought together with the United States in the Gulf War, the Chinese military was already very familiar with this routine.
The multinational force composed of the twelve-nation coalition was more prosperous than the air force lineup of the multinational force in the Gulf War at that time. Of course, 90% of the military aircraft came from China. The total number of fighter jets, attack aircraft, and bombers exceeds 1,600, and this does not include transport aircraft and special aircraft that mainly carry troops and perform tasks such as early warning and reconnaissance.
After the operation began, Qi Yiming did not see the fierce resistance from the Soviet Air Force that he had expected. There was even a situation where Soviet pilots left the battlefield after taking off and fled to Ukraine and Belarus. Not many people fled to Yeltsin's side, probably because the Federal Russian Army was still fighting the Soviet Russian Army, and those who defected might be on the battlefield again in the blink of an eye.
What is certain is that a feeling of war weariness and an extreme desire for peace is brewing and sprouting in the hearts of ordinary Soviet soldiers.
The air strikes of the Chinese aviation force deliberately avoided Moscow, the center of Soviet Russia, not because they were worried about damaging the city's cultural buildings, but because they were concerned about the existence of a team here whose combat strength is difficult to calculate, the Safin Brigade. Qi Yiming remembered the airtight air defense capabilities of the Bingya tanks during the Sino-Soviet border war. It was hard to say that the Safin Brigade did not have full-time air defense weapons. Once Moscow and the headquarters of the Safin Brigade are attacked, those inexplicable black technology weapons may cause relatively large losses to Chinese fighters.
Qi Yiming not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully, and does not accept the mentality of casually sending out fighters and then not caring how much they are destroyed. Of course, he is not afraid of the Safin Brigade. Sooner or later, the Safin Brigade will fight, but Qi Yiming still hopes to observe more. Even if you are fighting B, you still have to clear out the mobs first, right?
He still has an idea to see if he can mobilize the Safin Brigade and then encircle and annihilate it, but he himself feels that this possibility is very small.
The Century bombers used electric warfare weapons to fly almost 24 hours a day at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters above Moscow, interrupting and blocking various military intelligence coming from Moscow around the clock. In the end, Moscow had to send four Signal soldiers on wheels and soles went to convey orders from above. Even so, Qi Yiming would not let them go. He deployed a large number of long-range Xianglong drones at the frontline base, specially carrying AR-B2 missiles. Once he found a team that seemed to be conveying important military information, he immediately sent them out to knock them out. Lose.
The poor communication of information from the Soviet Army seriously affected the overall combat effectiveness of the Soviet Army. When faced with an air attack, the generals could not find their soldiers, and the soldiers could not find their superiors, so they all fled for their lives. Some military camps even disbanded immediately after being raided by the Chinese Air Force, making the Chinese military dumbfounded and feeling as if they were at war with an ancient army.
This is the first time that all six Century bombers of the Air Force have appeared in this war and performed well. In addition to playing the role of electronic warfare suppression on the battlefield, some Century bombers simply rolled up their sleeves and poured dozens of tons of ammunition on the Soviet Union's heads. The effect of this kind of air strike, which can be called the largest bomber in the world, is astonishing. Often a century bomber can ensure the destruction of all effective enemy targets within a radius of 610 kilometers. The extensive use of precision-guided munitions has brought an end to the era of carpet bombing. .
This war has shown several major differences in tactical level and combat power between the two parties from the beginning. Compared with the Gulf War, the offensive of the Twelve-Nation Alliance appears to be more targeted and layered. Qi Yiming did not carry out air strikes for a month like Desert Storm. In fact, only more than forty hours passed from the time he announced Operation Thunder Strike to the first wave of ground troops entering Western Russia from the west side of the Ural Mountains.
It¡¯s not that the Chinese military is more impatient than the US military, but that it is more efficient. Although Qi Yiming is not a military general with a professional background, and he cannot even memorize many military theories, and he does not understand how to command troops at the grassroots level, but he has also recharged himself in recent years, specializing in cultivating the ability to command strategic-level military operations. .
Even the director of the Strategy Bureau had the audacity to conduct several exercises at the Zhurihe Training Center. Some professional generals, whether out of compliment or to tell the truth, thought that Comrade Qi Jingren was very capable in fighting and even had his own unique style. personal characteristics. The battle characteristics of Qi Yiming's command are indeed very distinctive, that is, the firepower is strong and the coverage is in place, the connection between units and arms should be short, the changes and execution of tactical battles are quite compact, and the emphasis is on interspersion and support.
He does not have the cunningness and cunning of General Su, the famous founding general of the People's Republic of China. He has no dexterity in using his troops. He has a strong sense of openness and control, but you can't say that his methods are rough, because when there is a real fight, his soldiers spin around and are overwhelmed. You can't breathe?, is also very good at fighting tough battles. As long as he seizes an advantage, he can expand it and then crush people to death.
So there is a rumor in the military that Comrade Qi Jingren is not only good at learning and engaging in red theory, but he is also a good fighter. So this time I personally commanded an army of two million to attack Russia, and there was not even a single voice of opposition within the army. Of course, maybe these soldiers were originally from Qi Yiming's Red Police Corps or were recruited from foreign countries, and the military had no interest in getting involved.
Of course, Qi Yiming is not as miraculous as they say. His ability to command large army-level operations is indeed related to his self-study of command and other relevant military knowledge, but more importantly, his ability to control the Red Police Legion is like an arm. In addition, he also has a large-scale red police staff team, plus full support from the base, so when others see Qi Yiming's "seamless connection" in fighting, they feel really mesmerized. In fact, the base is helping him to a large extent.
The main targets of the Eastern Front Air Force's strikes are the various arrangements of the Soviet Army in the Ural Mountains and the west side of the Ural River, including air defense positions, supply points, arms warehouses, etc. Qi Yiming did not waste the effort to bomb civilian facilities like in the Gulf War, because obviously the current Soviet Union's will to resist was not as strong as the Iraqi army, and it was unlikely that they would enter the city and engage in street fighting with Qi Yiming.
¡°And Qi Yiming had no intention of engaging in street fighting with them. He could completely go around and attack the next target. Most people are unable to do this because they are afraid that the enemy troops hiding in the city will gather again and cut off their own retreat. But Qi Yiming didn't have such worries at all in his offensive this time. Why?
He brought two million ground troops here, and when he almost sent out troops, he randomly scattered a few divisions on the road to guard the city, which was enough to scare the Soviet army to the point of peeing. How dare they think of such a high-end thing as cutting off their retreat.
¡°Moreover, Qi Yiming does not want to destroy too many civilian facilities. On the one hand, given China¡¯s current status, he is likely to be caught and criticized immediately. Qi Yiming is not afraid of this, but the squawking flies are noisy. On the other hand, he still wanted to go back and take apart more things to take back home as trophies. He was not willing to just blow up all the big cities to ashes.
A large number of bombers and surface-to-surface missiles have wreaked havoc, making the Soviet defense line in the Ural Mountains extremely fragile, especially since the Soviet Union was not prepared to deal with a large-scale enemy invasion at the beginning. In fact, there was no line of defense in the strict sense. . Coupled with the low morale and management negligence, a large number of armored vehicles and tanks are placed in the open air, which makes the Chinese attack aircraft and fighter jets passing by here embarrassed not to destroy them. Bombs were dropped one after another, and the Soviet Union's vehicle losses were in the hundreds. Not counting the plowing through by air strikes, these pilots immediately reported the coordinates to the rear. Those missiles, Guardian-long-range rocket launchers were free of charge. It was thrown over, and when the panting Soviet soldiers inspected those assets, there was basically nothing that could be operated.
The Soviet troops stationed on the front line were really miserable. Their tanks and armored vehicles were bombed, and their barracks were reduced to rubble. Many people even had no place to sleep at night and could only pitch temporary tents. I thought it would be better at night, but the Chinese Air Force's fighter planes all have night vision systems. I saw a tent set up in the place where it was destroyed during the day, and I just dropped things like incendiary bombs. Fortunately, it is summer now. , the air is not very dry, otherwise it will cause some kind of forest fire.
The lack of virtue hasn't played yet. The Air Force and the two artillery bombardment are not counted. A large group of Chinese special soldiers sneaked into the enemy in various ways. It's easy to touch a few soldiers and wipe their necks. It can easily destroy other people's water pipes, or secretly stick them on people's trucks or tanks. Although this level of attack is unlikely to shake tens of thousands of Soviet troops. , but harassment also made the Soviet army extremely annoying.
Finally, when the Maozi soldiers were about to collapse, the Chinese ground troops came over. At this time, I believe that most of the Maozi soldiers felt a sense of relief, and even had a fighting spirit. Finally, they no longer had to suffer bombings and teasing. Now, fight like a man, Kum
When the Soviet soldiers polished their heavy machine guns, prepared their rocket launchers, and prepared for a big battle, they looked resolutely into the distance, waiting for the Chinese tanks to appear. What they saw were armed helicopters and attack aircraft. .
"How can this be? Hasn't the Chinese army begun to mobilize?" Officer Mao Zi couldn't help but go crazy.
The scout could only say helplessly: "They moved halfway and then stopped."
At this time, the fool also understood that this was another big pit. When the Soviet army felt the sense of oppression and began to gather to resist, it formed a good target for attack. At this time, the attack planes and weapons were sent up to beat them hard. After a meal, the Army finally went over to collect the corpses. This division of labor was terrible.