When the Israeli army attacked Amman, on February 10, the Russian army launched another combat operation to attack Tehran.

Unlike Amman, the Sino-Iranian Legion did not defend Tehran, but gave up Tehran and left this completely destroyed city to the Russian army.

In other words, on February 11, the "Battle of Tehran" was declared over.[]

Although the Russian authorities claimed that after fierce battles, the Russian army captured Tehran, the actual situation was that the Russian army entered Tehran. What was left to the Russian army were only thousands of completely blown up buildings, a city that was not suitable for military garrison.

More importantly, the Sino-Iranian Legion destroyed all the infrastructure in Tehran.

The result was that the Russian army occupied Tehran but could not use this very critical transportation hub city.

In fact, the main strategy of the China-Iranian Legion is to "strengthen the walls and clear the fields."

Of course, this is also determined by Iran's geographical environment.

As a country with more than one million square kilometers of land, and two-thirds of its land is plateaus and mountainous areas, Iran has enough strategic depth to have strategic capital to fight against invasions of powerful enemies. Not to mention, the straight-line distance from Tehran to the port of Persian Gulf is hundreds of kilometers, and the road mileage is as high as thousands of kilometers. Even if the Russian army occupy Tehran, it will not be able to occupy the entire Iran.

In addition, this is also related to China's Iranian strategy.

In China's strategy, Iran is the grave of the Russian army, or Russia's quagmire. Only by letting Russia fall into it can strategic goals be achieved.

In a sense, as long as the Russian army is still fighting in Iran, there will never be a chance to make a comeback.

In fact, Russia cannot withdraw its troops from Iran.

At that time, Russia had two main strategic purposes for its combat in Iran, one was to cut off the railway from China to the Middle East, and the other was to reach the northern coast of the Persian Gulf.

Obviously, these two purposes are very tempting.

The problem is that China has taken advantage of this, allowing Russia to continue to increase its troops to Iran, thus unable to invest in the main force in Siberia.

According to the information disclosed after the war, this combat plan was drafted by Qi Kaiwei himself.

According to Qi Kaiwei's plan, the main task of the Sino-Iranian Legion is to lure the enemy into depth, give the Russian army some hope for victory, and prevent the Russian army from tasteing the fruits of victory, so that the Russian army will continue to increase combat forces for the soon-to-be victory, thereby consuming the Russian army's combat power.

In fact, this tactic is not very clever.

You should know that any bystander with a little military mind can see that China's main strategy in Iran is to consume Russian combat troops.

The problem is that few of the Russian army are bystanders.

At that time, only the Russian Chief of Staff Brushilov, and only he had always opposed the increase in troops to Iran, and even believed that the troops should be withdrawn from Iran, so that hundreds of thousands of troops used on the battlefield of Iran were sent to the more important Siberia.

To this end, Brushilov also did a lot of things within his ability, such as leaving all the Russian ace troops in the rear.

The problem is that Brushilov must obey the president's orders.

At that time, the Russian president did not think that the battlefield of Iran was irrelevant, but instead regarded Iran as the main battlefield, or the main battlefield for cooperation with the United States.

After the war, many people believed that the barbaric intervention of the Russian president was the main reason for Russia's defeat.

Perhaps, this reason makes sense, but considering the situation at that time, there are enough reasons to believe that the Russian president is by no means the main reason for Russia's defeat.

You should know that as a shrewd politician, it is impossible for the Russian president to be unable to distinguish the severity of the local and overseas battlefields.

The Russian president insists on using military force in Iran, and there is only one key factor, that is, Russia cannot do without the support of the United States and needs to obtain more support.

Some information released after the war is enough to prove this judgment.

In 2053, 37 of the forty-two strategic materials that Russia needed to import mainly came from the United States, and accounted for 75% of the total import volume. In other words, without the strategic resources provided by the United States, Russia would not be able to participate in the war.

Relatively speaking, what Russia lacks most is not resources, but equipment and technology.

In 2053 alone, Russia imported more than 10,000 machine tools from the United States, introduced thousands of technologies, and even directly introduced equipment production lines. The Russian army was able to obtain new main combat equipment developed by the United States by the end of 2053, mainly because the United States provided a complete set of production lines.

It can be seen that without the support of the United States, Russia would not have been able to last until 2054.

In fact, at that time, 30% of Russia's food needed to be imported from the United States. Without the help of the United States, civil unrest would have long erupted in Russia.

The problem is that Russia cannot just ask for it and not give.

You should know that the relationship between the United States and Russia is based on common interests. Russia is not within the American economy or a vassal state of the United States.

The problem arises is that only by proving its own value can Russia obtain the help of the United States.

What Russia can prove its value is to cooperate with the United States strategically. In this way, the battlefield of Iran becomes crucial.

It can be seen from this that the battlefield of Iran is the point of fitting between the interests of the United States and Russia.

If Russia gives up the battlefield of Iran, even if the United States does not give up Russia, it will reduce Russia's importance and thus cause Russia to suffer more severe failures.

It is undeniable that in politics, the Russian president is correct.

However, in military terms, Russia's Iran strategy simply does not work.

With the Russian army's advancement speed, even if China no longer increases its troops to Iran, it will take more than a year before the Russian army is expected to occupy Iran.

Of course, the Russian president is not an idiot either.

According to the secret agreement between the United States and Russia, after Russia occupied Tehran, the United States will send troops to Iran so that the Russian army can draw 200,000 troops to Siberia.

Judging from the situation at that time, the Sino-Iranian Legion's abandonment of Tehran must be related to this.

Although there is no evidence that the Military Intelligence Agency obtained relevant information before February 11, based on the combat operations of the Sino-Iran Legion, especially the special deployment made by Qi Kaiwei, there is sufficient reason to believe that even if there is no intelligence, Qi Kaiwei made an accurate judgment.

In other words, Qi Kaiwei should have known at that time that the United States would send troops to Iran after the Russian army occupied Tehran.

In fact, after the war, Mu Haoyang mentioned that Iran was originally a battlefield that could be abandoned, and its main value was to restrain the enemy's combat troops. Obviously, this "enemy" not only refers to Russia, but also the United States, so there is reason to believe that the Chinese military had made accurate judgments at that time.

Of course, the Russian army captured Tehran and also saved the siege for Balam.

You should know that the main purpose of Baram launching the "Amman Battle" was to restrain the Chinese army, even though he did not think so at the beginning.

With the Russian army occupying Tehran and the Israeli attack in Amman has made no achievements, Baram can at least claim that the Israeli army has successfully achieved its main goal, so there is no need to continue to attack Amman, and the offensive operation can be ended when the loss of troops is not enough to threaten the security of the front line.

More importantly, Rollinson cannot blame Baram for this.

At least from the situation, the Israeli army's offensive actions have indeed restrained the Chinese army and forced the Chinese army to retreat from Tehran.

As for the longer-term strategic impact, it is not so beneficial to the United States.

Although Marshall knew very well that the Chinese and Iranian legions voluntarily gave up Tehran so that the Russian army could capture this city that had lost its strategic value on February 11, the United States and Russia had an appointment first, so Marshall had to consider sending four US military advisors to Iran.

On February 15, at the urging of the president, Marshall sent two divisions to the battlefield in Iran.

These two divisions first enter the Black Sea, then cross the Caucasus Mountains and enter Iran.

Two days later, with the arrival of the US troops, Brushilov began to evacuate his main force from Iran and began planning a strategic counterattack in Siberia.

The problem is that the other two divisions promised by the United States will not arrive until the end of February.

As a result, on February 20, Qi Kaiwei transferred the 113th Army, which had been sent to Iran, to strengthen the strategic defense line in the Middle East, especially in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, consolidated the defense power of the Chinese army near Jordan, made the victory of the Israeli army in the "Amman Battle" worthless, and also increased the US-Israeli coalition by hundreds of kilometers, reducing the strength density of the US-Israeli coalition.

The result is that the US military must continue to increase its troops to the Middle East.

At that time, Qi Kaiwei only left one army in Iran, and clearly required the Chinese and Iranian army to focus on defense and make full use of Iran's favorable terrain to block the US-Russian coalition. Although by early March, the US military fulfilled its promise to send the other two divisions to Iran, the strength advantage of the US-Russian coalition was not enough to break through the defense line of the China-Iranian army, and it was impossible to achieve the strategic purpose of attacking the Persian Gulf.

It can be said that this series of changes is relatively beneficial to China.

There is only one reason: China has not sent additional combat troops to the Middle East and Iran, and can defend the re-formed front with its existing forces.

On the contrary, the United States, Israel and Russia have to use more combat troops to defend the achievements.

At this point, the situation in the Middle East and Iran has stabilized again.

Of course, the ground war did not end.

As Iran's main Russian army was relieved, Brushilov began to plan a strategic counterattack and concentrated his superior forces to siege the Chinese army in Siberia.

In fact, Brushilov was preparing before that.

In his opinion, the Siberian battlefield will determine the final outcome of the Sino-Russian War and the fate of Russia. Only by winning here can Russia have the hope of winning this war. If it cannot win as soon as possible, Russia will soon lose blood and die.

Don't forget that the resources produced in Siberia account for 60% of Russia's total resource output.

In fact, if Siberia was in Russia's hands, Russia would not have the problem of insufficient resource supply and would not have to rely on the United States.

The question is, can Russia win in Siberia?
Chapter completed!