Facing reality, Wei Chenglong had a disagreement with Qi Kaiwei for the first time.

At that time, Wei Chenglong advocated suspending the offensive, allowing the troops to rest, and at the same time clearing the logistics support system, reducing the burden on the air transport troops.

His proposal is very reasonable because these problems do exist.[..com]

First of all, let’s talk about the front-line troops. The six armies of the first echelon have been fighting for more than forty days. Even if they are not too tired, the officers and soldiers have consumed more than half of their energy. Next is to force the Volga River, and Qi Kaiwei means to capture Volgograd, which is regarded as a spiritual symbol by Russia, so it is very necessary to let the front-line troops rest and recuperate. It is best to rotate the combat troops, that is, replace the first echelon with the second echelon. This large-scale defense change is itself rest and recuperate, because it takes enough time to change defense.

Secondly, the situation of the air transport troops is indeed relatively bad, especially the tactical transport aircraft troops. The integrity rate of 2,500 conventional tactical transport aircraft has dropped to 60%, and almost all have to be fully repaired. Some of the more serious faults have to be returned to the factory for maintenance. If the attack is not temporarily stopped, not only will the tactical transport aircraft not be maintained enough, but there will also be insufficient field airports on the front line. Therefore, the combat pressure of the tactical air transport troops cannot be reduced, and transport aircraft that may fail at any time must continue to be dispatched at high intensity.

In fact, these two questions alone should stop the attack.

At that time, there was another problem, that was, there was not enough combat materials hoarded on the front line to launch a decisive offensive operation.

This will take even more time.

The problem is that Qi Kaiwei didn't care about this at all, insisting on letting the troops attack Volgograd by January 20, and thinking that the city could be captured in one fell swoop.

For this reason, Wei Chenglong almost turned against Qi Kaiwei.

The reason is that Wei Chenglong refused to implement the offensive order issued by Qi Kaiwei, and as the commander of the war zone, he expressed that he only obeyed the decision of the War Department.

Now, Wei Chenglong has complicated the problem.

You know, the meaning of his words is: just follow Mu Haoyang's command.

The problem is that his dispute with Qi Kaiwei actually had nothing to do with Mu Haoyang, because Mu Haoyang did not care about the situation on the mainland battlefield. He was determined to be on the battlefield in the southwest Pacific, commanding the navy and marines to attack the Solomon Islands, and had no mind to take care of the army.

Strictly speaking, Wei Chenglong should follow Huang Hanlin's command.

The reason is that Huang Hanlin is China's highest military commander, and under the theater system, the theater commander directly obeys the supreme military commander. However, when it is executed, the minister of war or other appointed generals usually exercises his powers instead of the supreme military commander.

In fact, the problem lies here.

At that time, the only ones who were formally appointed were the Minister of War Mu Haoyang, and Qi Kaiwei was only the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff, with only the right to suggest and no decision-making power.

At the beginning, Qi Kaiwei refused to delegate power, which was also related to this.

Wei Chenglong jumped out at this time, taking advantage of this institutional loophole, hoping to make Qi Kaiwei give up the idea of ​​attacking Volgograd.

Strictly speaking, Wei Chenglong has no malice. He just doesn't want the officers and soldiers to sacrifice for no reason.

However, this led to his breakup with Qi Kaiwei.

When this incident hit Huang Hanlin, it also created a problem for Huang Hanlin, and at the same time brought in the originally irrelevant Mu Haoyang.

To be honest, Mu Haoyang was a little unfair because he only knew what had happened when he saw Huang Hanlin.

When Wei Chenglong got to this point, he naturally couldn't take advantage.

You know, Huang Hanlin is not a military strategist, but a politician.

Under the huge temptation of victory, Huang Hanlin did not think too much and fully supported Qi Kaiwei and asked Wei Chenglong to attack Volgograd according to the plan formulated by the Chief of Staff of the Army.

Later, many people believed that Mu Haoyang was the biggest dereliction of duty to remain silent at this time.

Huang Hanlin didn't understand military affairs and had nothing to say, because he only saw political interests, that is, the political impact of the capture of Volgograd.

But the problem is that Mu Haoyang cannot not know how much risk it is to attack Volgograd at this time.

You know, even if the electric tactical transport aircraft that had just left the factory were sent, there were less than 1,500 aircraft in total, which was not enough to provide stable logistics supplies to the frontline troops.

After learning about the situation on the front line from Wei Chenglong, Mu Haoyang should be very clear that at least the attack on Volgograd should be delayed until February. First, there will be about 2,000 electric tactical transport aircraft available, which can basically meet the tactical air transport requirements. Second, the front line troops can be properly rested and let the already tired officers and soldiers breathe a sigh of relief. Third, more field airports can be built on the front line to shorten the tactical air transport distance and enhance the logistics support force. Fourth, the replacement of the main force can be completed, and several armies of the second echelon will take the lead. Most importantly, even if Volgograd is attacked in February, it will be within the war plan originally formulated by Qi Kaiwei.

To put it bluntly, as long as Mu Haoyang is willing to come forward to clarify the situation on the battlefield, Huang Hanlin is likely to make concessions.

Unfortunately, Mu Haoyang remained silent and just agreed to Wei Chenglong to draw two tactical transport aircraft troops from the Marine Corps to reinforce the mainland battlefield, and send all newly-produced electric tactical transport aircraft to the mainland battlefield, and actively arrange for the manufacturer to send engineers to the front line to repair the tactical transport aircraft.

In the eyes of many people, Mu Haoyang remained silent because he did not want to have a head-on conflict with Qi Kaiwei.

At that time, Qi Kaiwei almost regarded attacking Volgograd as his greatest mission, and it could even be said to be the number one task to realize the value of his life.

However, everyone ignored the role played by Huang Hanlin.

To put it bluntly, Huang Hanlin supported Qi Kaiwei, and Huang Hanlin also regarded the capture of Volgograd as the most iconic major victory on the mainland battlefield.

It can be seen from this that if Mu Haoyang makes a strong move, he will only fight against Huang Hanlin.

Judging from the situation at that time, this would only weaken Mu Haoyang's status and make Qi Kaiwei take more attention, which would definitely be unfavorable to the future development of the battle situation.

You should know that the Chinese military can take the initiative strategically, not because it is how good it is on the mainland battlefield, but because it has never slacked off on the marine battlefield. Mu Haoyang is the one who actively promotes the marine strategy, and Mu Haoyang is the only one who can actively promote the marine strategy.

Imagine what impact would it have if Qi Kaiwei became the Minister of War?

Although Huang Hanlin could not have asked Mu Haoyang to leave the Ministry of War and appointed Qi Kaiwei as the Minister of War because he opposed the attack on Volgograd, there was another possibility, that is, Huang Hanlin believed that Mu Haoyang was unreliable, so he undertook the Minister of War and allowed Qi Kaiwei to take control of military command.

More importantly, no one at that time said that the combat operation to attack Volgograd would end in failure.

Although there are great risks and some difficult problems, both Mu Haoyang and Wei Chenglong only believe that attacking Volgograd will lead to huge casualties and losses. Both of them think that they are sure to defeat Volgograd, but they just feel that there is no need to let thousands of soldiers shed blood and sacrifice in order to gain less than a month, which is not worth taking risks and gambling for this.

The question is, why did Qi Kaiwei turn against Wei Chenglong for less than a month?

As mentioned earlier, even if Volgograd was attacked in February, it was completely within the scope of the initial plan and was still ahead of the time and progress.

The main reason is that Qi Kaiwei himself did not plan to fight according to the plan.

It can be said that there is only one reason to explain why Qi Kaiwei did this, that is, to march into Moscow.

There is no doubt that this runs contrary to the plan he has made himself.

According to the plan, after capturing Volgograd, the Chinese army should advance south, that is, march into the Caucasus region, open up ground passages to Iran, encircle and annihilate the US-Russian coalition forces trapped in the Caucasus region, and relieve their worries, then concentrate their forces to march into Moscow.

Strategically speaking, it is necessary to eliminate the US-Russian coalition in the Caucasus.

The reason is very simple. The US-Russian coalition forces here can obtain supplies through ports on the east coast of the Black Sea, or even obtain reinforcements from the United States, which has basically nothing to do with the Russian inland battlefield. The problem is that if the Caucasus is still in the hands of the US-Russian coalition, it will be unsafe to march towards Moscow, because the rear of the Chinese army is exposed to the US-Russian coalition forces, and all previous efforts may be wasted at any time because the logistics supply line is cut off.

Don't forget that in the Caucasus, there are still half a million troops withdrawn from Iran, and about four hundred thousand combat troops.

If the troops mobilized locally are included, the total strength of the US-Russian coalition forces in this direction is more than 1.5 million, and the weapons and equipment provided by the United States will be soon obtained.

It must be admitted that by this time Qi Kaiwei was too optimistic.

The previous battle made him believe that marching into Moscow is no longer a problem, and as long as Moscow is captured, Russia will surrender and the mainland war will end.

Obviously, he thought things too simple.

The subsequent facts proved that even if the Chinese army captured Moscow, Russia would not surrender.

Unfortunately, not only Qi Kaiwei has this view, but even Huang Hanlin believes that the capture of Moscow will become the end point of the protracted mainland war.

The result was that when Qi Kaiwei was confused, Huang Hanlin also became confused.

It can be seen that Mu Haoyang remained silent at the strategic decision-making meeting in mid-January and did not stand up to object, which has a lot to do with his understanding of reality.

When everyone is confused, the person who does not make a confused is the real confused.

Fortunately, it is not only Mu Haoyang who can see the reality clearly, but Wei Chenglong. At least after the decision-making meeting, Wei Chenglong has seen the essence of the problem clearly. Fortunately, Wei Chenglong is still the commander of the war zone, and Huang Hanlin did not let him get rid of get out of class because he refused to execute Qi Kaiwei's order. Of course, this is by no means a reason to get the commander of the war zone. Mu Haoyang did not defend Wei Chenglong, but he never said that he would watch Wei Chenglong get rid of get out of class.
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