Siverek only had the thugs of the thugs of the squadron of the Assault Division, plus two regular brigades of the Turkish National Army and two reserve divisions, with a total strength of less than 10,000. According to Duchwie's plan, the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Strategy Division will replace the 1st Assault Division after arriving at Siverek, become the main force to guard the place, and reorganize it in the place. In this way, if the first combat unit cannot be blocked near Diyabakir, it will follow the 7th Infantry Division and the 1st Strategy Division that broke through to Siverek, the US military will not be able to defend this strategic location no matter what.

At this time, Duchiway must have hoped that Siverek would have a sharp armored force.

Hope is hope, reality is always much crueler than hope.

Before dawn, Duqiwei had to let the infantry division and the strategic division slow down the breaking speed. According to Duqiwei's arrangement, the two divisions took turns to cut off the rear, trying to consume the combat effectiveness of the pursuit troops and force the pursuit troops to give up the pursuit operations before reaching Siverek. In fact, Duqiwei did not expect the 7th Infantry Division and the strategic division to defeat the pursuit units of the first combat unit when breaking through. To be honest, if the 7th Infantry Division and the strategic division had this ability, they would not have broken through from Diyabakir.

Due to the situation at that time, Duqiwei had no way to stop the pursuit of the First Combat Unit. Although a staff member suggested that the low-altitude strike force of the TikTeam Division be on the field again to block the individual pursuit troops of the First Battle, Duqiwei did not adopt this suggestion because he knew that the situation was not that simple. Besides, the TikTeam Division suffered heavy losses in the battle between the thugs and the day and night, and it was impossible to dispatch again at the TikTeam Division. Duqiwei's idea was very simple, that was, to buy more time for the TikTeam Division to organize the defense work of Siweirek. To be straightforward, if the Second Infantry Division and the Cylinder Strategic Division could not get rid of the pursuers behind, Duqiwei would sacrifice these two troops. From his position, if Siweirek could not be defended, let alone the 7th Infantry Division and the Strategic Division, the Fourth Assault Division, and all the Turkish National Army in that direction would be finished.

Of course, the actual situation is worse than Duchway imagined.

After the 7th Infantry Division and the Strategic Division slowed down their breakout pace, the pursuit troops following behind also slowed down, but the other units of the fighting unit did not slow down before dawn. The first battle had already been pressed on the entire line, and the main force passed through the south of the Devegajdi Reservoir northwest of Diyabaker and marched westward in off-road assault. It is expected that they will reach Siverek in the morning or kill Chermek in the north of Siverek.

Another assault unit of the First Combat Unit appeared south of the highway and was surrounding the 7th Infantry Division and the Strategy Division again. It can be seen that the First Combat individually adopted very flexible tactics, and it was entirely possible to attack Siverek when the 7th Infantry Division and the Strategy Division "don't cooperate" with the Strategy Division.

Obviously. This is not good news.

Compared with Diyabaker, Siverek's defense is more problematic.

Because he didn't expect Zabaker to fall so quickly, the US-Turk coalition did not prepare to defend Siverek, otherwise there would be no only thugs. The US military brigade was in Siverek. What's more, Siverek had become the next target of the Republic's Army, and Duchway could not immediately send combat troops to the front line. At this time of the war, defending Siverek even became a luxury.

Of course, Duqi did not give up on his efforts.

There is an air base west of Siverek, that is, the east bank of Ataturk Reservoir, and it is the largest air base in southeastern Turkey. Before that, because the combat troops were needed to be sent to Diyarbaker, all the transport planes transporting combat materials landed at the air base, and then sent the materials to Diyarbaker through roads. In other words, Duchway could increase troops to Siverek by air transportation.

Although Duchway has sent the thug cavalry division to Israel, the 2nd Infantry Division and the Old Infantry Division, which reached the requisition of the ship, have arrived in Nables, Italy, and are waiting for the rapid fleet to send them to the battlefield. Because the US military has an air base in Nables, when the fleet cannot be turned around, two US military divisions can be directly sent to Siverek with strategic transport aircraft, and tactical transport aircraft can be used to send combat supplies hoarded in Antalya to the front line. If this is done, air transport work in other directions will be affected, and the US Air Force and Navy must seize air supremacy near Siverek during air transport, at least not threatening the transport fleet.

For Duchwi, this is an opportunity and a challenge.

When adjusting air transport forces, the most affected thing is not the southern front, but the combat operations in the direction of Ottomaniye. The reason is very simple. The southern front is just so big, and most of them are deserts without even roads. The range of activities of combat troops is very limited, and the problem of logistics support is not prominent. The demand for air transport is not great. The battles in the direction of Ottomaniye are completely different. Because after the eighth combat unit entered Turkey, the US military transferred the assembly center of sea supplies to Antalya further west. Before Ottomaniye was attacked, the materials could be sent to the front-line troops by railway. As Ottomaniye became a battlefield, railway transportation was paralyzed, and tactical air transport could only provide materials to the front-line combat troops. Therefore, all tactical air transport forces were destined to Siverek, which would definitely cause the combat operations of encircling and annihilation of the eighth combat individuals and the fifth combat units.

If the eighth combat unit and the fifth combat unit cannot be annihilated in time and fail to defend Siverek, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Of course. Duchway is not so desperate.

If Siverek can be defended, it will prevent the Republic Army from joining forces on the two battlefields, and it will also be able to gain more time to annihilate the Eighth and the Fifth Battle Units.

Duqiwei did not hesitate and asked the staff to adjust their air transport forces on the morning of the day.

By this time, the fate of the 7th Infantry Division and the Diwang Strategic Division had been decided.

Of course, Duqiwei did not pay too much attention to the first combat unit. You should know that in the previous battles, the performance of the tenth combat individual is no worse than the first combat individual, or even much better. In other words, on the eastern battlefield, the real main game is not the first combat unit, but the tenth combat unit.

If this is true, the single action of the tenth battle is even more important.

The problem is that until the morning of the day, the tenth combat unit was in Diyabakir. What made Duchwie even more difficult was that the combat unit did not participate in the battle to sweep the city, nor did it carry out the mission of occupying the city. According to the photos taken by the US large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and reconnaissance satellites, the main force of the tenth combat unit moved to the suburbs south of Diyabakir during the night and began to rest before the battle in the city was over.

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The first combat unit rushed forward and fought hard, while the tenth battle was single but was replenishing his strength behind, giving Du Qiwei enough reason to believe that Pei Chengyi must be planning a larger-scale offensive operation.

Thinking of this, Duchiwei had to consider a new question.

If the tenth combat unit still has strong combat power, do you need to rest and recuperate later? To put it bluntly, when the US-Turkey coalition retreats across the board, even if the support work of the tenth combat unit is not in place. The troops lack the ability to continue combat, they should start an attack first and consider logistics support after the battle begins. Because Mardin's field airport has been put into use, and Diyabaker has fallen into the hands of the Republic, Pei Chengyi has no need to worry about the individual logistics support of the tenth combat. So there should be no need to let the tenth combat unit stay behind at this critical moment. Yes, a few; Chengyi does not want the tenth combat unit to continue advancing, but the combat effectiveness of the tenth combat unit has reached its limit, that is, the officers and soldiers are exhausted and must undergo a rest and recuperate, even if the officers and soldiers are comfortable to sleep.

In this case, how good will the situation of the First Combat Unit be?

Although the first combat unit received a brief rest before attacking Diyabakir, and in the battle against Diyabakir, the main force was the tenth combat unit, not the first combat unit, before that, the first combat unit was the main force on the eastern battlefield. According to Duqiwei's estimate, the officers and soldiers of the first combat were also very tired, and continued to rest, and it was best to rest for a long time.

In this way, can the first combat unit still have ears to defeat Siverek?

It was this judgment that made Duchwie decide to defend Siwerek.

According to his estimate of the situation, Pei Chengyi would probably let the first combat unit attack Siverek, and during this period, the tenth battle would intersperse northwards alone to fight to Maratia. At that time, even if the combat unit could not defeat Siverek, it would force the US-Turkey coalition to continue to retreat. At this time, Pei Chengyi would also let the sixth combat unit that had just arrived on the battlefield quickly advance westward, cut off the traffic route westward, and complete the strategic siege of Siverek. In other words, Pei Chengyi was very likely not considering attacking Siverek, but hoped to pass a large-scale roundabout attack. Force the US-Turkey coalition to take the initiative to give up Siverek.

Giving up Xiwei Yike is equivalent to actively surrendering.

If Siverek could be defended, even if the Republic's army completed a roundabout operation, Pei Chengyi would not dare to rashly advance west or north, and would withdraw the pressed troops and attack Siverek. In this way, Duchway could turn Siverek into a decisive battlefield. From his position, as long as he could defeat the offensive spirit of the Republic's army in Siverek, even if Siverek was finally lost, he could block the progress of the Republic's army. Or the thugs ended the first round of offensive frenzy of the Republic's army since the ground war began.

As a war of limited size, whether the Republic's Army can attack again is a question as long as it stops.

In fact, this is exactly what Ducheway has been striving for.

After the ground war started, the Republic's Army's offensive on the northern front never stopped. It can be said that this is a very unreasonable phenomenon. No one denies the strong combat effectiveness of the Republic's Army, but the officers and soldiers of the Republic's Army are also human beings, and they must be tired and rested. Pei Chengyi fought so many battles. It is impossible not to understand this truth. Even though he knew that the state of the officers and soldiers began to decline sharply, he still spared no effort to launch an attack, which is enough to prove Du Qiwei's speculation that the war would end after the attack of the Republic's army stopped.

Of course, it is important to defend Siverek to the death, and it is also important to defend the strategic defense line behind it.

While the staff was busy adjusting the air transport deployment, Duqiwei personally began to adjust the defensive deployment from Elazze to Chanleulfa. Of course, Duqiwei did not forget an important thing. The thug adjusted the combat operations on the western battlefield, allowing the 2nd Armored Division and the 4th Infantry Division to concentrate their forces to attack Bakhe's eighth combat unit. For the time being, do not waste precious troops on the fifth combat individual, and strive to capture Bakhe's within a few days. The new address of this site has been changed to: Sishanao and 8 ao. Please log in to read.

Soon, Duchewei was grateful for all the plans he had.

On the afternoon of the day, the sixth combat unit that had arrived in Mardin began to move westward.

What surprised Duchiwei was that the sixth combat unit did not go to the ground, but used the vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft group provided by the tenth combat to rush directly to Gaziantep.

At first, Du Qiwei thought this was Pei Chengyi's suspicious plan.

In his opinion, if Pei Chengyi intends to let the sixth combat unit participate in the battle on the western battlefield, the combat unit should be sent directly to Aleppo, and there is no need to build a field airport in Mardin. According to Duqiwei's judgment, Pei Chengyi's adjustment was to suspect the enemy. The single main force of the sixth combat was likely to go north from Mardin and then march towards Maratia with the tenth combat unit. In other words, Pei Chengyi will hand over the important task of sweeping the southern border area of ​​Turkey to the allied troops, concentrate his forces to attack Maratia, and march towards Ankara. In fact, this is also the reason why the tenth combat unit is resting at this critical moment.

The problem is that the intelligence was quickly confirmed.

It was not only the individual vanguards of the Sixth Battle, but also the main armored troops and the main support brigades. More importantly, in the evening of that day, the artillery brigade of the Sixth Battle Unit, which was originally left in the Iraqi territory, also began to transfer to Syria. All intelligence proved that the individual 6th Battle Unit would not go north, and the tenth battle unit in the direction of Diyabakir showed no sign of going north. When the Republic Army was preparing to attack Siverek, it would launch a large-scale combat operation on the western battlefield.

What exactly does Pei Chengyi want to do? Are you planning to rescue the besieged Eighth combat unit?

It's definitely not that simple.
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