It is definitely not a good thing for the US-Russian coalition to retreat to Stavropol.

This means that the Southern Army Group must accelerate its advancement, and the US-Russian coalition forces in the direction of Volgograd will not divide their troops to guard Elista.

In fact, this is not the biggest problem.[..com]

You should know that with the combat effectiveness of the Southern Army Group, especially the 42nd Army, the US-Russian coalition forces will definitely not be able to defend Stavropol, and they will only last a few more days at most. Because there is no guard of Elista, the overall defense time of the US-Russian coalition in this direction will not be much longer. As for the direction of Volgograd, because there is no expectation of the US-Russian coalition to go south to enhance Elista's defense, the Central Army Group has long been prepared for a strong attack, so the impact of the US-Russian coalition forces concentrating its forces to defend is not very big.

At this time, something went wrong with the 39th Army.

To be precise, it was Wei Chenglong's loopholes in the offensive plan that began to have an impact.

After discovering that the US-Russian coalition forces in the Caucasus direction gathered towards Stavropol, the 39th Army headed south on January 25, one day earlier than the time when the Central Army Group planned to attack Volgograd. At that time, the 42nd Army was still advancing towards Stavropol, and the 139th Army stayed at Elista. In other words, all three armies of the Southern Army Group drove onto the battlefield.

In the first two days, the question was not big.

At that time, Wei Chenglong did not let the 39th Army stop, because the combat plan clearly mentioned that when the time was ripe, the 39th Army went south.

Wei Chenglong did not stop the 39th Army. Another major reason was that Qi Kaiwei was letting the army go south.

In other words, Qi Kaiwei issued an attack order directly to the 39th Army.

Judging from the situation at that time, Qi Kaiwei must have believed that the time was ripe. The 39th Army could sweep the main transportation hubs in the northern part of the Caucasus in a very short time, then build a strategic defense line, and then use a reserve army to block millions of US-Russian coalition forces from the south of the Caucasus. In this way, the 39th Army could lead the division northward in early February to participate in the combat operations to siege Volgograd. There was even reason to believe that the 42nd Army could quickly occupy Stavropol when the support of the US-Russian coalition could not reach, complete the combat operation to advance westward, and occupy Rostov in mid-February to complete the strategic siege of Volgograd.

If this is true, you will be sure to capture Volgograd at the end of February and at the latest at the beginning of March.

In this way, the Chinese army can march towards Moscow after the beginning of spring, strive to occupy Moscow in the summer, and end the mainland war that had been fought for a year and a half.

It is undeniable that Qi Kaiwei thought very well.

The problem is that the situation on the battlefield changes constantly, and the enemy will never be passively beaten.

In fact, when Brushilov adjusted his deployment, he had already given up the South Caucasus region and retreated the troops originally used on the Iranian battlefield.

By January 27, almost half a million American and Russian coalition forces had crossed the Caucasus Mountains.

These 500,000 troops were the troops that had retreated from the Iranian battlefield, including eight US military divisions with a force of more than 150,000.

Although the 39th Army advanced rapidly and captured Makhachkara on January 27, the US-Russian coalition also strengthened the defenders of Grozny from a Russian infantry division to two US military divisions and five Russian divisions on this day, with a total force of nearly 100,000.

On January 29, the Battle of Grozny began.

It was only at this time that Qi Kaiwei realized that conquering the Caucasus region was definitely not an easy task.

The siege of Grozny became the first truly evil battle in the Battle of Volgograd and one of the most tragic battles.

This battle not only failed to see the hope of quickly occupying the North Caucasus, but also had a more serious impact.

For example, use the reserve team too early.

By February 4, after the reduction rate of the 39th Army's personnel exceeded 25%, Wei Chenglong had to send the 239th Army to the 239th Army.

At that time, in this direction, only three armies served as reserves.

Obviously, for %%, it is definitely not a good sign to use the first reserve team on the fifteenth day of Kaida.

Two days later, Wei Chenglong used his second reserve team to strengthen his offensive operations against Stavropol.

The main reason is that the First 39th Army failed to advance towards Stavropol, but stayed near Elista to deal with the elusive guerrillas and guard the only ground passage. More importantly, the US-Russian coalition had already shown signs of pressure southward, and Wei Chenglong must let the First 39th Army stay in Elista, otherwise the 42nd Army besieged Stavropol and the 39th Army besieged Grozny could be counter-encircled by the US-Russian coalition. In order to understand the encirclement, more reserves must be used.

Two reserve teams were used in the south, so that Wei Chenglong had to be more cautious in the other two directions.

You should know that if the strategic reserve team is used too early, there will be no way to fight this battle, because it will not be until the end of February that he will have hope of obtaining reinforcements.

Affected by this, the Central Army Group's offensive operations in Volgograd were weakened.

By February 8, the battle had already reached a stalemate.

On this day, Brushilov made the last major adjustment to the combat deployment of the US-Russian coalition forces before Nozerov returned, and the most critical adjustment: let the Ulyanovsk Front and the Ural Front advance south, dispatch the Kursk Front to strengthen the defenses in the west and south of Volgograd, use the Moscow Front as a strategic reserve, and finally let the US-Russian coalition forces in the Caucasus region gather in the mine and water city.

This series of deployment and mobilization almost made the US-Russian coalition taste the sweetness of victory.

First, on the northern front, the situation deteriorated rapidly.

You should know that the Northern Army Group has only three armies, and they are facing two Russian fronts with a total force of more than three million. More importantly, Russian military and industrial centers such as Ulyanovsk, Kazan, Saransk, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir and Kirov are all in the defense zones of the Ulyanovsk Front and the Ural Front. These two fronts can obtain the first to obtain newly produced main combat equipment, and their combat effectiveness is second only to the Moscow Front among the Russian fronts.

At that time, the Northern Army Group had about 6,000 ground war platforms, of which less than 2,000 anti-armored platforms were used.

Opposite them, the two Russian fronts had at least 50,000 tanks and tanks, of which the number of main battle tanks was more than 20,000.

That is to say, there is a tenfold gap between the most important main battle platform of the two sides.

Fortunately, the Northern Army Group had already made preparations and deployed a defense zone with a depth of more than 150 kilometers.

More importantly, among several Class A armies, the 65th Army arrived last and came to Wei Chenglong directly command in early January. On the way to the front line, the 65th Army took the lead in obtaining a ground war platform improved with the second generation of fuel cells.

At that time, among the sixty-fifth army deployed on the front line, only the sixty-fifth army had been replaced.

The result was that on this huge battlefield, the Northern Army Group used less than 200,000 troops to block the three million troops of the Russian Army's two fronts.

In a sense, if the Northern Army Group had not adhered to the defense line, the Chinese army would have been defeated.

However, the Northern Army Group's persistence failed to turn the situation around.

On the central battlefield, after receiving assistance from the Moscow Front, Volgograd defended the Volga River defense line.

Of course, this is not the main battlefield.

Both sides of the war knew that Volgograd would not be the main battlefield until the last moment, and the battles here were all about restraining the opponent's troops.

At that time, Brushilov basically did not send the main force to Volgograd.

The real main battlefield is south of Volgograd.

In order to win this main battlefield, Brushilov used the Kursk Front, which acted as a strategic reserve, and also made adjustments to the combat operations of the Caucasian Front.

It can be said that if Brushilov was always in command, even if the US-Russian coalition forces could not win, they would definitely be able to prevent the Chinese army from entering the west bank of the Volga River, and would definitely prevent the Chinese army from attacking the Black Sea port, and eventually forced Wei Chenglong to withdraw his troops from the Caucasus region.

You should know that the fierce battle with the US-Russian coalition forces in the Caucasus has no practical strategic significance.

To put it bluntly, unless you cross the Caucasus Mountains, you will not be able to threaten the US-Israeli coalition forces on the battlefield of Iran. It is almost impossible for the Chinese army to cross the Caucasus Mountains, because several major transportation lines are under the control of the US-Russian coalition forces, and the southern mountainous areas are not suitable for aircraft landing operations, nor are they suitable for main armored troops to fight, and they can only allow the troops to fight battles similar to guerrilla warfare on a smaller scale.

At that time, the Southern Army Group had to face two Russian fronts, as well as 500,000 enemies from Iran.

Although Wei Chenglong has supplemented two armies for the Southern Army Group, the total force is still only more than 200,000, which is not enough to control the entire battlefield, and it is even impossible to continue to expand the length of the battle line. If you want to win, you have to continue to increase your troops. By mid-February, Wei Chenglong has not had many troops to send. Among the general reserve team, only the 242nd Army has not been dispatched yet.

After using the 242nd Army, it means that only the strategic reserve team can be mobilized, and it also means that Wei Chenglong must fully modify the combat plan. You should know that after using the strategic reserve team, if the breakthrough is still not achieved, Wei Chenglong can only pray that he will not be defeated before the reinforcements arrive. At any time, as long as the strategic reserve team is used, the combat plan should be adjusted instead of continuing to persist.

Fortunately, Nozhrov returned to Voronezh on February 9 and took over command from Brushilov.
Chapter completed!