Although the battle was very chaotic, the Battle of Ellista was definitely the most exciting large-scale field battle in the Battle of Volgograd.

Within three days, the 70,000 army led by the 242nd Army Group annihilated nearly 400,000 US-Russian coalition forces, including 80,000 reinforcements from Volgograd.

This battle was almost always carried out in the wild, so it is very in line with the appetite of the Chinese army.[..com]

You should know that when designing the ground war platform, it is mainly based on field combat, and emphasizes the ability of field mobile phone action combat, and is also very suitable for combat on field battlefields.

Relatively speaking, the field performance of the main combat equipment of the US-Russian coalition forces is far inferior.

Although tracked tanks have strong field maneuverability, in large-scale battles, tanks mainly move on the road. Only when fighting with the enemy will tanks leave the road and use their relatively powerful field maneuverability.

Affected by this, the tank tanks and tanks have some flaws in their design.

More importantly, the US military has not yet obtained main combat equipment that can compete with the ground war platform. Therefore, in order to enable the main combat tanks to deal with the Chinese Army's ground war platform, in addition to using more powerful tank guns, external armor was also added, resulting in a significant increase in combat weight. At that time, the combat weight of the US m27a7 main combat tank was as high as 74 tons, and the combat weight of the Russian T-140 main combat tank also reached 68 tons. Without the synchronous increase in the grounding area of ​​the track, it means that off-road maneuverability, especially on soft ground, has been greatly reduced. It should be noted that the combat weight of the Chinese Army's anti-armor platform is less than 50 tons.

Near Elista is the most important agricultural area in Russia, with extremely fertile land.

In other words, the ground is relatively soft and has certain restrictions on the passing ability of tanks and tanks, which has led to a significant reduction in the field maneuverability of the main battle tanks of the US-Russian coalition forces.

In addition, another important factor that led to the crushing defeat of the US-Russian coalition was logistical support.

During the battle, Wei Chenglong concentrated on the use of 1,500 electric tactical transport aircraft, providing logistical support for decentralized ground troops, ensuring that each assault cluster has a tactical transport aircraft group of more than fifty, and can obtain supplies at any time and anywhere.

It can be said that the logistics supply conditions of the US-Russian coalition forces are extremely poor.

At that time, more than 300,000 American and Russian coalition forces besieged Elista only rely on one highway, that is, the highway to Volgograd via Cochenettere.

This is just a low-grade highway, to be precise, a rural road, with very limited traffic capacity.

On February 25, when the US-Russian coalition forces besieged Elista, they only carried combat supplies for one week, and the supplies replenished through the highway were less than one-tenth of the daily consumption of the US-Russian coalition forces. On March 1, after the counterattack began, the road was controlled by the Chinese army.

In fact, this is the main reason why the Battle of Ellista only lasted for a week.

By March 4, most of the US-Russian coalition forces had run out of ammunition and food. What they lacked the most at that time were food and other basic supplies to maintain the lives of officers and soldiers.

Although the temperature has risen by more than ten degrees in March, it is still below zero, and the minimum temperature at night is often around minus fifteen degrees. Under normal circumstances, the per capita per day needs to consume about 3,400 calories per day, while for soldiers carrying out combat missions, it must reach more than 4,200 calories. At that time, the per capita daily intake of officers and soldiers of the US-Russian coalition forces was less than 2,500 calories.

Driven by hunger, the US-Russian coalition forces had no choice but to surrender to the Chinese army.

At the end of the battle, among the 400,000 American and Russian coalition forces that were annihilated, there were 340,000 prisoners of war, and only about 60,000 American and Russian officers and soldiers who died in battle.

Relatively speaking, the losses of the Chinese army are minimal.

Unfortunately, the huge victory in the Battle of Ellista did not change the overall situation on the battlefield.

To the north, the two fronts of the Russian army were still attacking, and the Northern Army Group had asked for help several times, demanding that at least one army reserve team be provided as soon as possible. Volgograd and the Central Army Group still did not make a decisive breakthrough. The breakthrough opening opened by the First 38th Army in Ahtumbinsko has been blocked by the Russian army, so there is basically no hope of encircling Volgograd in battle.

In fact, by this time, there was a significant deviation from the time on the schedule.

You should know that if everything goes well, at least Krasnodar should be captured at this time, and even the front line should be pushed to Novorossiysk.

The failure of the offensive operation as planned means that problems are about to occur in the operation of this huge war machine.

The biggest problem is still the shortage of reserves, and the materials reserved before the war have also been reduced to a dangerous level, and the army's continuous offensive ability has begun to decline.

On March 5, after the Northern Army Group issued a seventh request for help, Wei Chenglong did not dare to remain indifferent and sent the 115th Army Group over there.

The 115th Army and the 15th Airborne Army are the same number, and belong to the Class B Army, but they are not airborne troops like the 15th Airborne Army. In fact, in this war, most combat troops and airborne troops are not very obvious.

After dispatching the strategic reserve team, Wei Chenglong had to start revising the combat plan.

Obviously, it is impossible for him to complete all the established combat goals.

After the war, many people believed that it was obviously unnecessary for Wei Chenglong to do this, because there were four armies in Kazakhstan to mobilize. In addition, at the end of February, Qi Kaiwei added four armies to him, and at least eight armies in his hands did not participate in the war.

The problem is that these armies are too far from the battlefield, and at least four armies have to be used to control the Central Asian region.

In other words, even if we continue to adopt the previous combat plan through the increase of troops, Wei Chenglong can only mobilize four armies, and he has to use strategic airlift forces to send these four armies to the near-front line, otherwise he will not be able to arrive in mid-March.

Now, a new problem has emerged.

Because the combat intensity and combat time exceeded the original plan, and the consumption of combat materials was too fast, Wei Chenglong could only transport combat materials to the front line by air transportation. In other words, almost all the large electric transport aircraft deployed by Wei Chenglong at that time were used.

Obviously, if large electric transport aircraft are used to transport combat troops, combat supplies cannot be transported.

Without supplies, it is useless to send troops to the front line.

At that time, Qi Kaiwei also admitted the reality that the remaining combat effectiveness of the Chinese army could only launch a large-scale attack in March at most.

Although Qi Kaiwei did not think about stopping, but decided to wait until April to increase the offensive strength, on the current issue, that is, in which direction to launch the attack, he once again had a conflict with Wei Chenglong and insisted on letting Wei Chenglong obey his orders.

At that time, Qi Kaiwei focused on Volgograd.

Obviously, Qi Kaiwei did not give up on the idea of ​​entering Moscow when spring came, and he didn't care much about the actual situation at that time.

Objectively speaking, in early March, Qi Kaiwei's hope was shattered.

Given the situation at that time, as long as Qi Kaiwei calmed down, he could find that at least before the summer came, the Chinese army could not advance to Moscow. The reason was very simple. If you want to march into Moscow, in addition to capturing Volgograd, you also had to control the entire Caucasus region in order to expand your troops on the front line facing Moscow, otherwise you would have to worry and you would not be able to invest enough troops on the main front line.

Perhaps, Qi Kaiwei believes that military strength is not a problem.

You should know that by the end of April, the Chinese Army's military strength on the mainland battlefield will be increased to twenty-eight armies, and at least twenty-four armies can be used.

The problem is that the force is not only the combat troops, but also the combat troops must be able to fight.

To put it bluntly, logistics support must keep up.

Obviously, this problem cannot be substantially resolved before the summer comes, because the transport capacity of the Chinese army is simply not enough to support so many troops in combat on the front line. It will not be possible to obtain enough large electric transport aircraft until June or even July.

It can be said that Qi Kaiwei is too persistent.

At that time, as the commander of the front line, Wei Chenglong was very clear about the situation on the battlefield and insisted that the focus should be placed on the south, mainly to capture the Caucasus region. Although this would delay the march to Moscow by a few months, it would ensure that Moscow was occupied by the end of the year.

You should know that in the overall strategic plan, it is only necessary to capture Moscow by the end of the year.

Unfortunately, Wei Chenglong's proposal was not supported.

As a result, even though he knew it was impossible, Wei Chenglong had to obey Qi Kaiwei's orders and began to prepare for the attack on Volgograd.

The result is that the Chinese Army missed a great opportunity to attack Krasnodar and Novorossiysk.

You should know that the US-Russian coalition then transferred the Caucasian Front's 1.2 million troops to Rostov through Krasnodar and Novorossiysk, formed the Rostov Front, and cooperated with the Kursk Front to launch a strategic counterattack in the west of Volgograd.

If the Chinese Army captured Krasnodar and Novorossiysk in March, it would be impossible for the US-Russian coalition to launch a strategic counterattack in Volgograd.

By March 10, the Southern Army Group was not only not strengthened, but was weakened.

At that time, there were only three armies left in the Southern Army Group, namely the 42nd Army, the 142nd Army and the 242nd Army. The 39th Army, which had previously fought here, the 139th Army and the 239th Army reorganized into the Western Army Group and besieged Volgograd together with the Central Army Group. In other words, a total of seven armies were placed on Volgograd.

On March 14th, the Battle of Volgograd began.

Wei Chenglong spent a lot of money, but the US-Russian coalition also bet heavily, and the troops guarding Volgograd exceeded 800,000, and could also obtain direct support from the Moscow Front from the north.
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