Chapter 32: Fight all

On the night of October 10, the bloody battle between Syria and Israel began again.

This offensive operation was personally conducted by Qi Kaiwei from a tactical level, and the Syrian military also cooperated fully and fully trusted this general from China. [bsp;   According to Qi Kaiwei's deployment, all the armored units of the Third Armored Division and the Seventh Armored Division were separated in companies and mixed with the other two armored divisions and the two infantry divisions into a coordinated unit, commanded by officers of the armored units and assisted by officers of the infantry company. In addition, every three to four armored assault troops also received direct support from a long-range artillery company and a large-caliber mortar company. Every two to three such assault clusters are commanded by an experienced school official, responsible for guiding and coordinating support forces.

At that time, if it weren't for the Syrian military's firm opposition, Qi Kaiwei would have definitely gone to the front line.

The battle began around 8 o'clock at night, when the Israeli army was changing defenses, and most of the replaced officers and soldiers were enjoying dinner. In order to seize this opportunity, the Syrian offensive troops advanced the dinner time to 6:30, and all officers and soldiers returned to their posts before 7 o'clock.

The preparations for artillery only lasted thirty minutes.

When the long-range artillery was powerful, the ground troops had already begun to advance. The third armored division deviated from the south, and the seventh armored division surrounded from the north.

According to Qi Kaiwei's deployment, the Syrian army would surround Delseres first. If they could not invade the city at night, they would use the method of surrounding and attacking the Israeli reserve team to support the Israeli reserve team. Because they did not have much hope for the Syrian army, Qi Kaiwei left two main infantry divisions as reserve teams.

In other words, Qi Kaiwei invested six divisions and nearly 80,000 troops on the front line at that time.

Compared with the Egyptian army, the establishment scale of the Syrian military division-level combat units is relatively small, with only 12,000 armored divisions and about 8,000 infantry divisions. Operational units such as the Third Armored Division and the Seventh Armored Division often strengthened before the war, and their troops increased to about 18,000.

After four hours of fierce fighting, the Syrian army broke through the Israeli army's outer defense line and invaded the city of Delserice.

However, the subsequent battle was extremely difficult. More than 5,000 Israeli officers and soldiers who defended Delceres made full use of the favorable defensive terrain to stubbornly block the Syrian offensive forces, and also used various "anti-armored weapons", such as bombs buried on the roadside, large-caliber shells hidden under the roadbed, etc., destroyed many tanks and tanks, causing huge casualties and losses to the Syrian offensive forces.

In the early morning... around the world, the Syrian army had to stop attacking because the troops were deducting personnel.

According to the combat records of the Syrian army, among the ten armored clusters that were the main attack at that time, eight of the troops had a reduction rate of more than 50%, and the other two troops had a reduction rate of more than 30%. In less than seven hours of battle, at least 2,300 Syrian soldiers were killed.

The casualties are too huge, which not only affects morale, but also reduces the troops' assault capabilities.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Israeli army launched a counterattack and drove out some of the Syrian troops that had attacked the city. However, in the two main directions, the Syrian army withstood the Israeli army's counterattack.

At around five o'clock in the morning, the Israeli army began a full-scale counterattack.

Balam was very determined and invested four brigades in one go, but Qi Kaiwei was prepared. Two infantry divisions acting as reserves appeared very promptly on the wings of the Third Armored Division and the Seventh Armored Division, dragging the Israeli counterattack forces and buying time for the main force.

After dawn, the main force of the Syrian army turned off the attack and began to surround and attack the aid according to Qi Kaiwei's deployment.

Seeing that the frontal counterattack in the direction of Delseres was ineffective, Baram had no choice but to allow the 7th Armored Brigade and the First Infantry Brigade, which had not yet been supplemented, to attack the Syrian army's flanks, hoping to force the Syrian army to give up the attack, retreat actively, and then join the reserve team.

The problem is that Qi Kaiwei still has enough capital.

Among the combat troops assigned to him by the General Staff of the Syrian Army, two independent armored brigades were not in battle, and this was Qi Kaiwei's "Shock Warrior".

When the Israeli army attacked from the flank, the Syrian army also attacked.

In the direction of the Seventh Armored Brigade, two armored troops with equal strength collided head-on, fighting a tragic armored battle in an extremely narrow space.

Due to the limitation of the terrain, the two sides will only get the opportunity to fire within two thousand meters. Although the Israeli army is at a higher place, it does not gain enough advantages. You should know that the elevation angle of the tank gun is much larger than the descent angle, so as long as the distance is close enough, the tank occupying the commanding heights is not very beneficial. Although at a height, the tank can use the terrain as a cover to reduce the exposed area, in the face of a modern fire control system, reducing the area of ​​the bomb is not very helpful to reduce the rate of shooting, especially when the distance is short enough, it has almost no impact. You should know that even the third-generation main battle tank, within two thousand meters, the hit rate of Jing and Jing is more than 95%. If it is a fourth-generation main battle tank, the error radius will not cross zero or five meters at this distance.

The result was that the 7th Armored Brigade retreated first.

For troops like the Syrian army that are good at fighting battles with the wind, the Israeli army's voluntary retreat is undoubtedly a shot of strengthening the heart, which immediately boosted morale and fighting spirit.

More importantly, the Syrian Army's independent armored brigade was the new force.

Although the independent armored brigade is not as good as the two ace armored divisions in terms of equipment, they are mainly based on Type 04, while there are only less than fifty "Mekava 5" models left in the 7th Armored Brigade of the Israeli Army. The main addition is "Mekava 4", and some "Mekava 3" with more backward performance.

Relatively speaking, because of the rear motive, the "Mekava 5" is more suitable for combat on the Golan Heights.

In comparison, the front-facing power systems of the "Mekava 4" and "Mekava 3" cause the turret to move backwards, and the dive angle of the tank gun is much smaller. The result is that the "Mekava 4" and "Mekava 3" cannot make full use of the back slope position and can only be exposed to the muzzles of Syrian tanks.

It can be said that if there were not about fifty "Mekava 5s" and those who drove these tanks were all the ace tank players of the Seventh Armored Brigade, the Seventh Armored Brigade would collapse in the morning of the battle that day. According to the Israeli army's combat records, in several most critical battles, the reserve team equipped with "Mekava 5" arrived in time, acting as a firefighter, and repelled the Syrian army. In a battle around 10 o'clock in the morning, an Israeli major, "Mekava 5" destroyed eight Syrian tanks in five minutes.

The 7th Armored Brigade fought extremely hard and was forced to retreat to the position before noon.

At the end of the battle, nearly 300 tanks were destroyed on the north side of the highway leading to Delserice. Previously, the two sides lost more than 100 main battle tanks here. In the Fourth Middle East War, this road was called the "Blood and Tears Highway" by the Syrian army, because the Syrian army was defeated by the Israeli army when they were about to win. The two main armored divisions were blocked by the Israeli army and lost thousands of tanks and tanks. Now, this road has become the "Blood and Tears Highway" of the Israeli army, and the Seventh Armored Brigade has lost nearly 300 main battle tanks here.

To the south, the First Infantry Division also fought extremely hard.

This time, the First Infantry Division was not facing Syria's infantry units, but another armored brigade and two infantry divisions that concentrated their armored forces.

Unlike the battle in the north, the Syrian army fought more actively in the south.

According to Qi Kaiwei's deployment, the Syrian army would take offense in the direction of the First Infantry Brigade to strive to break through the Israeli defense line, and then bypass Delseres from the south and seize the town of Magan south of Taipali Lake. If the goal can be achieved, the Israeli Golan Heights defense line will completely collapse. The reason is very simple. The Syrian army can leave from the town of Magan, bypass Lake of Taipali, and attack the supply route behind the Israeli defense line.

Under the situation of front and back attacks, the Israeli army could not defend Delserice at all.

The problem is that Baram also knows this truth very well, so the First Infantry Brigade is not the main force of the counterattack, but only acts as a supporting role in the Seventh Armored Brigade.

In other words, when the Syrian army attacked, it needed to face the Israeli ace infantry brigade left on the position.

The battle lasted from early morning to evening, with nearly 30,000 Syrian troops taking turns to attack. In addition to continuously causing casualties to the Israeli army, they failed to make a major breakthrough. Of course, as long as the Syrian army insisted on attacking, it was only a matter of time before it broke through the defense line of the first infantry brigade.

You should know that before the Syrian army launched an attack, the First Infantry Brigade was left with only more than 3,300 officers and soldiers.

What is extremely disproportionate to the military strength is that the front line it guards is 80 kilometers long and the position area exceeds 500 square kilometers. There are more than ten towns behind it alone that need to be guarded.

If it weren't for the mobilization of nearly 3,000 local residents, the First Infantry Brigade could not have defended such a wide front.

The problem is that even after mobilization, the strength of the First Infantry Brigade is still very tight.

On many defense lines, there was less than one company, and the system was not complete. For example, the one guarding the No. 8 stronghold was an infantry company, with an actual organization of only more than forty people, which was equivalent to a reinforced platoon, and the front width of the defense line reached 15 kilometers.

It can be said that if it weren't for the large number of permanent fortifications and had been stationed here for decades, the First Infantry Brigade would not have been able to defend its position. In fact, this is also the reason why Balam would rather let the First Infantry Brigade be consumed on the battlefield than send the Reserve Infantry Brigade to replace it. You must know that if it was replaced with other troops, it would be necessary to expand the force at least three times before it could be possible to defend its position.

On the evening of the 11th, the Israeli army was about to shed the last drop of blood.

At that time, Baram sent the guard company to Del Sereth at around six o'clock, which was the last established reserve team he could send.

As long as the Syrian army persists for another night, there is great hope of breaking through the Israeli military defense line.

Although Baram knew very well that the Syrian army was almost at its limit, no one could be sure that the Syrian army had lost its offensive ability.

At least when it was dark, the Syrian army was still attacking Delserice frantically.

For Israel, defeat will be a matter of hours...
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