In the early morning of the 11th, Liu Zunshan followed the first batch of reinforcements and took a heavy helicopter to the front line.

For Ding Zhennan, who stayed in Kara Port, you have to wait patiently for more than 10 hours before you can receive news of the occupation of Deaeger in the evening.

Strictly speaking, it is actually just controlling the town.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Liu Zunshan arranged prisoners of war to persuade the surrender after arriving at the front line, allowing the militia who were still fighting stubbornly in the city to surrender, ensuring that it would not endanger the personal safety of the people, and also provide basic living security for civilians during the occupation.

That's why the battle to attack Deaegel came to an end as the militia surrendered to the Marines before noon.

However, the Marines did not enter the city and were still stationed outside the city. They continued to block the city by controlling the intersection and prevented the residents of Deaeger from going out.

In addition, the only telephone line was cut off and all radio equipment was confiscated.

After all, the military facilities built by the Marine Corps outside the city were unobstructed in front of the residents. No one dared to guarantee that all residents would act as bystanders honestly and would not be affected by some special feelings, and would tell the observed situations dozens of kilometers away.

In order to calm the mood, the Marine Corps also set up three relief stations outside the city to provide humanitarian services including basic medical treatment to the residents of Deaeger.

After that, Liu Zunshan also arranged patrol troops to issue vouchers for exchange for daily necessities such as food to residents affected by the war. According to the basic rules of occupation, as long as local residents receive food provided by the occupation forces, it is equivalent to recognizing the legal status of the occupation forces.

Relatively speaking, providing food to thousands of residents is definitely lower than the cost of armed occupation.

In short, the main task is to keep the residents of Deaeger honestly in the city and not cause trouble for the Marines.

In addition, it means resettling prisoners of war.

Although the tactical transport planes could send prisoners of war to Pakistan when they returned, Ding Zhennan did not agree, so he could only arrange a helicopter to Balmer.

Fortunately, the 141st Infantry Division had been defeated, and most of the surviving officers and soldiers fled south, and very few of them came to surrender on the voluntary side. Most of the prisoners of war captured were wounded who failed to withdraw during the counterattack on the 10th, and they were mainly minor wounded.

The key is that many seriously injured people failed to survive until the moment they received treatment.

In addition, a prisoner of war camp was built on the side of Barmer, and thousands of Fan army officers and soldiers captured during the attack on Barmer were imprisoned.

After we arranged these things, it was already the evening of the 11th.

Ding Zhennan was not surprised when he received the battle report from Liu Zunshan, but he was not surprised at all. Strictly speaking, he was a little disappointed.

It’s not that Land War is not good at performing well, but that it is too good at performing well.

By the evening of the 11th, the combat troops arrived at Deaeger had reached 5 battalions, one of which was an armored battalion. And on that night, three battalions, including the second armored battalion, arrived. Overall, the speed of troops delivery was 12 hours faster than planned.

The key is that the Fan army's counterattack was not expected to be fierce, the militia guarding Deaeger had almost no resistance, and they consumed not much ammunition and other materials, which greatly reduced the logistics support burden and allowed them to transport more combat troops without increasing the transportation volume.

But the problem is, this is not a good thing.

Don’t forget that the purpose of raiding Deaeger was actually to lure out the main force of the Fan army in Udaipur and use its strong defensive positions to fight an annihilation battle.

To achieve this goal, one prerequisite must be met.

Deaegel can still defend or launch a counterattack to defeat the enemy.

If Deaeger had fallen and the enemy had gained a foothold, the chances of counterattack were not high, the Fan army might not have wasted their precious forces here.

According to Ding Zhennan's idea, in the initial stage, it was actually a siege and no attack, allowing the Fan army guarding Deaogel to send reinforcements to Udaipur. Although this was not a long-term solution, after all, Deaogel is a small town and is not of great value. However, in the early stage of the assault operation, especially before the Marines built a defensive position, the reinforcements requests issued by the Fan army were the key reason for the Fan army to dispatch its main force.

Of course, Ding Zhennan made a prediction also has problems.

The guardian of Deaeger was not the regular army, but only a few hundred armed militias.

As for the 141st Infantry Division, stationed south of Deaogle, it is almost 30 kilometers away from the city, and it is impossible to enter the city after being attacked.

It is precisely because Liu Zunshan arranged for the Marines to fight back south on the night of the 10th to find the main force of the Fan army.

According to Liu Zunshan's idea, as long as the Fan army can be found, whether it is retreating to guard the airfield or launching an attack, it can force the main force of the Fan army in Udaipur to head north according to the original plan, so as to fight the Marines south of Deaeger.

Unexpectedly, the 141st Infantry Division only lasted for one day and was defeated before the Marines headed south.

In addition, the three main divisions of the Fan army headed north from the west of Alavalli Ridge. Because they would not pass by Deaogle, there was no possibility of having to attack Deaogle forcibly.

Even if there are more than a dozen divisions in Udaipur, they may not be sent out.

As long as the Fan army defends Udaipur to the death, the assault occupation of Deaeger will become meaningless.

In addition, if the Fan army strengthened its air defense force in the west, such as Bali, it would also pose a threat to the air transport routes, forcing the Marines to give up Deaeger.

If you want to say, when the Fan army comes to their senses, there is no need to use air defense forces. Deploying some air defense teams using individual air defense missiles in the south of Bali will pose a threat to low-flying heavy helicopter institutions, making the Marine Corps give up more efficient vertical air transport.

So, how to fight next?

When formulating the plan, Ding Zhennan formulated several plans for this situation.

For example, after the force reaches a certain scale, we go south along the railway line and force the main forces of the Fan army to fight by attacking Udaipur. Because it is relying on railway operations, the problem of logistics support will not be too great. At most, let the "Yun-15A" send a few small locomotives over. If we can seize the train tract station in the northern suburbs of Udaipur and seize the carriage parked there, it would be even more ideal.

Even if the troops are insufficient, a second air assault can be launched, such as capturing Jidorgar to the east of Udaipur and cutting off the railway line from the Gangaro Plain to Udaipur. Because most of the daily necessities, especially food, mainly come from the Gangaro Plain, the Vatican army in Udaipur had no choice and would inevitably use the main force to launch a counterattack, and they could fight against him in Jidalgar.

But the problem is that the current situation is somewhat different from Ding Zhennan's pre-war predictions.

Attack Udaipur?

According to the plan, it will take at least 3 days, or even 5 days, to transport combat troops sufficient to launch a large-scale ground attack to the front line.

The key is that the main combat equipment for air transport of "Yun-15A", that is, the quantity of "Yun-15A", directly determines the efficiency of large-scale air transport.

Unfortunately, there is no time available at all!

According to the information feedback from the front line, the main force of the Fan army heading west from Udaipur has stopped, and the Fan army in the direction of Bali is also adjusting its deployment. Even if the Fan army has not figured out the situation, it still believes that the Eastern coalition is just a feint attack in Deaogel, which is only temporary. On the 12th, the Fan army will definitely find that the Eastern coalition transports the main force to Deaogel through strategic air transport.

At that time, the Fan army will use air defense forces to block the air transport routes to Deaeger.

In addition, long-range weapons such as tactical ballistic missiles will be used to attack Deaeger's ground forces.

That's why, in the plan formulated by Ding Zhennan, a "Arrower" air defense battalion will be deployed to Deaeger on the night of the 11th.

But the problem is that this cannot solve the main problem.

As long as it is concluded that the main force of the coalition forces is in Deaeger, the Fan army will withdraw the main force back to Udaipur and will rely on the position to defend this strategic important city to the death.

What we need to do next is to strengthen defense deployment and wait for the coalition forces to launch a ground attack.

The key is that the Vanluo Air Force has not been completely defeated.

In addition, some of the combat aircraft of the Newland Expeditionary Air Force were deployed near Jaipur, including more than 100 front-line attack aircraft.

Before this, these Newland Air Force A-10As had already made the coalition suffer on the Northwest battlefield.

In other words, if you have to attack Udaipur, you will definitely need to spend more time preparing.

As for another option, launching a second air assault, there is no need to consider it if the air threat is not completely lifted.

After discussing with the staff for one night, the staff member proposed a method that seemed to work after vetoing all the plans previously formulated.

Stop transporting ground troops and send long-range artillery troops to the front.

Even if long-range rockets are very expensive and guided rockets are more expensive, they are more cost-effective than dispatching aviation troops and using precise guided munitions to strike the enemy.

Not to mention anything else, at least there is no possibility of being "shooted down" by the enemy.

In addition, air transport of ammunition is relatively easy.

As long as long-range artillery deployed to Deaeger enters the battle, no matter what the commander of the Fan army thinks, he will face a very serious problem. In a few days, the main forces of the Fan army deployed near Udaipur will lose their combat capabilities due to artillery attacks.

So, are you waiting to be beaten?

Unless the Fan army intends to abandon Udaipur and all military strongholds 400 kilometers away from Deaegel, this military city must be recaptured.

Obviously, the Fan army could not give up.

Don’t forget that Jaipur is only 300 kilometers away from Deaeger, so the main forces of the Central Army deployed near Jaipur are all within the range of long-range rocket launchers. The key is that the Vanluo authorities deployed the main forces of the Central Army in Jaipur in order to avoid the long-range rocket launchers of the 33rd Infantry Division and avoid losing combat capabilities after the war begins.

It can be seen from this that after the long-range artillery was deployed, the Fan army had no choice.

It was precisely because of this that Ding Zhennan adopted this suggestion, and immediately made adjustments to the combat deployment, and personally gave orders to Liu Zunshan.

On the night of the 11th, 60 "Yun-15A" sent 30 long-range rocket launchers to Deaeger.

A total of 30 PH-300B launch vehicles and 30 PZ-300A ammunition loading vehicles.

In fact, this long-range rocket launcher unit comes from the 17th Armored Division.

The reason is also very simple. The PH-300 was invested and developed by the Army and is only provided to the main force of the Army.

Before the war broke out, the Marines did not purchase such long-range rocket launchers, but those purchased after the war broke out will not be delivered next year.

If the war hadn't broke out, the Marines would not have purchased long-range rocket launchers.

After all, when Marines need long-range fire support, they can use aviation or let naval warships launch cruise missiles. Besides, for Marines that mainly operate in the coastal areas, the requirements for long-range fire support are definitely not as good as those of the Army.

In addition, the PH-300 is too bulky.

After loading 12 long-range rockets, the PH-300B's combat weight reached 46 tons, which was slightly heavier than the ZT-88DG.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the PH-300 is definitely unquestionable.

Compared with Type A, the biggest improvement of PH-300B is the ability to use guided rockets to obtain the ability to accurately strike fixed targets.

In fact, the PH-300B that is now equipped is transformed from Type A, mainly to increase the satellite positioning system and improve the positioning accuracy of the launch vehicle, ensuring that when using guided rockets, no other platform is needed to obtain fire control information by yourself.

To be said, the emergence of precise knowledge technology based on global positioning satellites has made long-range rockets valuable.

Don't forget that the error of rocket launchers is orders of magnitude higher than that of body-barred artillery.

Usually, the error of a rocket can reach 5/1000 of the range, and even if the ballistics is corrected, it will not be lower than 5/1000 of the range.

That is to say, the error of rockets with a range of 100 kilometers is between 50 meters and 500 meters.
To be continued...